Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4427, Edward Dimmick, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                          NUMBER
Conn            Dimmick Edward         W. 4427
                                      Esther
CONTENTS
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[left side]
Reported
Dec'r 20/48

[right side]
2517
Pennsylva Philod'ia
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Esther Dimmick
widow of Edward Dimmick
Con'n
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a priv & Ser't
================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36   Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
=====================
Certificate of Pension issued the
20 day of Dec. 1848
and sent to
Hon T. Smith
        H of R                     
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 220 Vol. 2
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11,515
Pennsylvania
================
Edward Dimick
of Susquehanna Co. in the State of Pennsylvania
who who a P't in the Company commanded
by Captain Burrows of the Reg commanded
by Genl Heath in the Connecticut
Militia
7 Mo Private -        23.33
========================
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
=======================
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May
and sent to-
1833     Asa Dimmick, Montrose Pa
=======================
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 -     46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  __11.66___
                                                            $58.32
                        
                                    {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                    {Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J.P. Sprague -Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 5 Page 13 

[right side]
(over to pay)
See letter to P Agt. Dec. 10. 1835
do to same & E.P. Walker Nov. 7
1826
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State of Pennsylvania}
Susquehanna County, ss }

                        On this tenth day
September A.D. 1832, personally appeared
in open court before William Thomson and Davis Dimmock esquires. Associate Judges of the Court of common pleas
of Susquehanna County, now sitting-- Edward Dimmick a
resident of the township of Herrick, in the County of Susquehanna
and State of Pennsylvania, aged Eighty four 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 7th 1832.
     That he entered the service of the United States
and served as hereinafter stated.
     He volunteered in the Militia for seven months.
at Mansfield, Windham County and State of Connecticut, about
the first of June 1776, in a company under Capt Barrows.
Marched directly to New London, then took shipping and went
to New York. He was ten or twelve days on his passage, being 
weather bound on the sound -- arrived at New York the first
of July following. He believes that Col. Stenz was commander
of the Regiment to which he belonged. That he remained in
New York -- was quartered at a place called the Bowry, until
our troops were driven off from Long Island sometime 
in September 1776. He then left New York, crossed King's
Bridge on the East river, and encamped on a hill near
White Plains, and remained there until after the battle-- was
taken sick with the "camp distemper," (so called) in September,
and was unable to do Military duty from that time until he
received his discharge from the General of the Brigade. He
believe his name was General Heath. The discharge was given
about the first of December 1776, and is lost or destroyed. He
was in no battle during the time. he has no documentary evidence.
    He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state to his knowledge.
Sworn and subscribed in open court       
the day and year first aforesaid.    his
                                          Edward  X  Dimmock 
                                                     mark
Asa Dimmock Prot [Prothonotary]
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WE Davis Dimmick a Clergyman residing in the township of
Bridgewater in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania 
and Stephen Ellis, resident of Haucks township in
the County & State aforesaid hereby certify, that We are acquainted
with Edward Dimmick, who has subscribed & sworn
to the within declaration, that WE believe him to be Eighty
four years of age and to have been a soldier of the Revolution as he states.
                             Davis Dimmock [signed]
                             Stephen Ellis [signed]

Sworn to & subscribed in 
Open Court Sept 10, 1832
Asa Dimmock  Prot [Prothonotary]

And the said Court do hereby declare the 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.
The Court further certify that Davis Dimock [Dimmock], who has signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman resident in the township of Bridgewater, and that Stephen Ellis
who has also signed the same, appears to them to be a resident of Herrick township 
Susquehanna County and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court.
        [signed] Asa Dimmock Prot [Prothonotary] 

State of Pennsylvania}
Susquehanna County ss} 
I Asa Dimmock Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that 
the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Edward Dimmock for a
pension.
      In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office at Montrose the tenth day of September AD 1832.
     [signed]Asa Dimmock  Pros [Prothonotary]

[Vetically on lower left]
Edward Dimmock
Pension application
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Sep 26
Edward Dimmick
Pension Application
16657
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State of Pennsylvania}
Wayne County}  ss
                 On this 4th Sept AD 1832
Personally appeared, before me the subscriber one of the
Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County afores'd Eliphalet Dimmick, lately
from the County of Windham State of Connecticut
aged seventy nine years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth depose and say,
that he is well acquainted with Edward Dimmick
formerly from the s'd County of Windham in Connecticut
but now of Susquehanna County, in the State 
of Pennsylvania, an applicant for a pension, and
has known him from his Youth up, being his
natural Brother-- and having lived together in
the same neighborhood for many years thereafter
wherein the s'd Edward was Known and reputed
to be a soldier in the revolutionary war - that in
the year 1776 as he the Deponent believes, the said
Edward served in the Connecticut Militia, under
Capt. Barrows - That news came his brother Edw'd
was sick in the army. 
When he the deponent
was sent on for his relief-- he found the s'd Edward
at or near [1 illegible] heights and [1illegible] him off and
conveyed him back to Connecticut.
                            Eliphalet Dimmick
Taken & subscribed before me}
the day & year first aforesaid }
            Isaac Dimmick [signed]

Pennsylvania}
Wayne County} ss
I George B Wescott Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne do Certify that the Honorable
Isaac Dimmick before whom the foregoing deposition was made is one of the
Acting Associate Judges of the said Court.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and have affixed the seal of the said Court at
Bethany this 5th day
of September A.D. 1832.
               [signed] Geo B Wescott  Prot.
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Susquehanna} ss
             On this Eighth day of February
A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared
before the honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Said County of Susquehanna, Esther Dimmick aged
seventy years, who being 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 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows"; That she is the widow of
Edward Dimmick (or Dimock) who was a Private
and Sargeant in the Revolutionary War, as may more
fully appear by the Evidence in the War Department, taken
in connection with that hereunto attached and referred to
that her said husband at the time of his decease, was a
pensioner of the United States, as doth fully appear from
his Certificate "given at the war office of the United States
on the 4th day of May one thousand Eight hundred and
thirty three - John Robb Acting Secretary of War & J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions," which said certificate purports
to be recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol. 5 Page
13 by John F Sprague Clerk: That, as she supposes, the
reason why her said husband did not receive a pension
as first Sergeant, was the want of the Commission which
was then supposed to be lost or mislaid, although the said
commission has since been found and is hereunto
attached, marked "A." That the said Commission signed by
"John Chester Col" was found amongst the papers of her
said husband after his decease, by which it appears that she
is entitled to and hereby claims "half pay & pension"
for the service of her said husband Edward Dimmick 
as first Sergeant.
      She further declares that she was married
to the said Dimmick (or Dimock) on the twenty sixth
day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand
Seven
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seven hundred and Eighty nine.
      That her husband the aforesaid Edward Dimmick
(or Demock) died on the Eighteenth day of September,
Eighteen hundred and thirty six; that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the
Marriage took place previous to the first of January,
Seventeen hundred and ninty four, viz: at the time
above stated.
                                 Ester Demmick [signed]

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first
above written before the Hon. Edward Henick
President and Davis Dimock [Dimmock] & Isaac Post his assocates
 Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas aforesaid, in open Court. The
erasures being first made in the last line.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court & my office this
Eighth day of February A.D. Eighteen
hundred and thirty nine
        [signed] Geo. Fuller, Prot [Prothonotary]
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4916
Esther Dimmick
Pa

admitted
Pr     7 mos          $6.66
Segt  4 mos     ___20.--___
                            26.66
                                 [1 illegible]
died 18 Sept             
1836

Cap. Barrow
Col. Chester  Con.
Mili [Militia]

Act 7 July 1838
[1illegible] 12 July 1839 to Mess'r
Post & Ferrell
Montrose
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania. }
Susquehanna County ss}
            Be it remembered, that on
the eighth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred
and thirty nine personally came before the Honorable
Edward Henick President Judge of the Court of Common
pleas and his associates, in and for said County
Shubael Dimmick, of Herrick township in said
County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say, that was acquainted 
with Edward Dimmick of the Township, County and
State aforesaid, who was a pensioner of the United States
and as such drew a pension under the law of the 
United States of the 7th of June A.D. 1832 - that the said
Edward Dimmick died on the eighteenth day of
September, A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty six
leaving his wife Esther Dimmick, with whom the said
Edward had been living up to the time of his death,
a widow; that deponent is well acquainted with
the said Esther Dimmick, and that she has continued,
and still remains the widow of the said Edward
Dimmick that after the death of said Edward
Dimmick a Sergant's commission was found among
his papers-- from John Chester Esq. Commander
of a regiment of Foot, raised by order of the General
Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut in compliance
with a requisition of the Honourable Congress of
the thirteen United States of America; appointing
the said Edward Dimmick first sergeant in Captain
Gershom Barrow's company in said Regiment. The
said commission bearing date the second day of
August A.D. Seventeen hundred and seventy six
that said commission is the same now shown here
to deponent, attached to the declaration of the
said Esther Dimmick widow as aforesaid.
                        [signed] Shubael Dimmick
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The within affidavit sworn and subscribed
in open Court the day and year first within
written. In testamony whereof
I thereunto set my hand and 
affixed the seal of said
Court this eighth day of
February A.D. eighteen hundred
and thirty nine - I do hereby
further certify that the within
named deponent Shubael
Dimmick is a credible
Witness
      Attest, [signed] Geo. Fuller, Prob. [Prothonotary ]
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State of Connecticut Tolland County}
Mansfield Town Clerk's Office}  ss
February 22nd 1839

                    Copy
"Edward Dimmick and Esther Alden both of Mansfield
were joined in marriage", on the twenty sixth day
of November Seventeen hundred and eighty nine
     I certify that the above is a true copy of the record
with the exception of the date which is expressed on
the record in fair legible figures as follows "November
26th 1789 "
   [signed] Attest Frederick F. Hanks Town Clerk

I Frederick F. Hanks above named depose and say that
I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County Town &
State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract
from the records of said Town of Mansfield with the
exception above named as certified by me
                       Frederick F Hanks [signed]

Tolland County ss    Mansfield February 22nd 1839
personally appeared the above Deponent and made
solemn oath to the above Affidavit by him subscribed
I here certify that the Deponent is a creditable witness
and has been appointed to and now discharges the duties of Town
Clerk in the Town of Mansfield
          [signed] Otis Sweet Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland}     County Clerks Office

I, Jeremiah Parish  Clerk of the Court in s'd County
of Tolland do certify that Otis Sweet of Country is a Justice
of Peace within said County of Tolland and acting in s'd Capacity
that his commission bears date the 26th day of May 1838 and
will continue untill the 20th day of June AD 1839
also that the signature to the within certificate purporting to
be the official signature of s'd Justice Sweet is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name & affixed the seal of said
County at Tolland this 23rd day of
February AD 1839
         [signed] Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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16657

Edward Dimmick
Susquehanna County
Pensylvania

Inlisted
7 mo's
$23.33


Asa Dimock [Dimmock]
Montrose
Susquehanna Co
Penn
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                    WAR DEPARTMENT.
                            Pension Office,
                                                      183
Sir.
       The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew 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 Statment, shewing the service of Edward Dimmick, Susquehanna Co. Penn |   
Period when the service was rendered.  | Duration of the claimant's service | Rank of the claimant | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
|        | Years | Months | Days |         |        |        |
|Vol. June 1776 |      |    7    |      |  Priv  | Gen'l Heath  |   age 84   | Traditionary
|          |       |       |       |        |          |  Mansfield  |  Living Testimony of Eliphalet Dimmick
|          |       |      |      |          |          |  Windham Co  |
|          |      |      |      |          |          |  Connt.  |

                        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, mucicians {sic] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of }
County of ____________           } ss

On this ________ day of ________ personally appeared (a) before ________
A.B. a resident (b) of ________in the county of ________ and State, Territory or District 
of ______ aged (c) ______  years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ______ with ______ and
served in the ________ (e) regiment of the _________ line, under the following named officers:

     [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under 
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [Pointed finger] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

    He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of __________ .
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.          A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary 
soldier, and served as he states.
     I, __________ of the Court of __________
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of __________ for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____
day of __________  &c.       
    If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the __________  and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________ who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ______
years of age; that he is reputed and 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 days and year aforesaid.

         [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __________ 
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __________
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I, _______________ Clerk of the Court of __________ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __________ 
for a pension.
          In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ______ day of __________ &c.

     Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; 
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services 
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the 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 exexpected. [sic] 
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 the 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 his guidance. 
     [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
     [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
     [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
     [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
defnite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
     "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the 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
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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.
     [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
     [g] The opinion of the Court is always 
     required.
     [h]The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
     [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

     [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, 
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
     The notes from [a] to [i]  are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 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 in the War Department, with the declaration.
Page 19

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.          MDY

                                     May 28, 1925.

Miss Gertrude McDowell
American Red Cross,
Lafayette Parish Chapter,
Lafayette, Louisiana.

Madam:
     I have to advise you that, from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W-4427, it appears that
Edward Dimmick enlisted at Mansfield, Windham County,
Connecticut, June 1, 1776 as a private, was appointed
sergeant August 2, 1776 and served seven months in Captain
Gershom Barrow's Company, Colonel John Chester's
Connecticut Regiment.
     He married at Mansfield, Connecticut, November 26,
1789, Esther Tindel and he died September 18, 1836.
     She was allowed pension on her application exeuted
February 8, 1839 while a resident of Susquehanna,
County, Pennsylvania, aged 70 years.
                  Respectfully,
                 

                   WILDER S METCALF
                   Commissioner.
Page 20

Record Division.
                                  March 31, 1910.
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Berry,
#40 Laurel Street,
Carbondale, Pa.

Madam:
      In reply to your letter dated the 25" and received the 26" instant,
you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim Wid. File No.
 4,427, it appears that Edward Dimmick or Dimock was appointed Sergeant
on August 2, 1776 and was discharged from the service December 1, 1776,
the end of the period for which he has enlisted.
                           Very respectfully,

                                Commissioner.
Page 21

                        AMERICAN RED CROSS
                     LAFAYETTE PARISH CHAPTER
                         LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA

                              March 24, 1925.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
                           Re: Edward Dimmick (Dimock)
                                Pvt. Cont. 33d Reg of Foot
                                Revolutionary War..
Gentlemen:
     Would you kindly advise us if one Edward Dimmick
(surname also borne as Dimock) who served in the Revolutionary
War ever drew a pension, also what service you may have
on record of the said Edward Dimmick,
     We understand he enlisted on May 7, 1775 and served
as a private in Capt. Solomon Willeys' Company, Continental 33
Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllys, also designated
Wyllys' ( 2 ) Connecticut Regiment. His place of residence
during the Revolutionary War was Mansfield, Connecticut. At the
close of the war he moved to Uniondale, Pa.
             Thanking you, we are
                         Yours very truly,
                         Gertrude McDowell, [signed]
                         Executive Secretary,
Page 22

LAW OFFICE
CLAUDE M. PITCHER
REPUBLICAN BUILDING
                           SCRANTON, PA. Dec. 30, 1914.

Secretary of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.

Dear Sir:
     Can you tell me whether a pension for service in
the Revolutionary War or the war of 1812 was ever paid to a
man named Edward Dimmick, who died at Uniondale, Pa., Sept.
19, 1836, or whether his widow Esther Tilden Dimmick, who
died at Uniondale, Pa., July 4, 1850, received a pension after
the death of her husband the said Edward Dimmick.
Thanking you for any information you can give me in
regard to this matter, I am,

                        Very truly yours,
                        
                        Claude M Pitcher [signed]
                                   Atty
Page 23

Rev                                                                LW
                                          40 Laurel St
4427                                     Carbondale, Pa
                                                  Mch 25-/10
Dept of Interior,
Wash. D.C.
          In regard to service
of Edward Dimmick of Mansfield, Conn. in
Revolutionary War (A.E.P. W. File
4427) can you give from
your records date of promotion
from private to Sargent; also
Page 24

reason for withdrawal or
retirement from service at
the end of 7 months, as stated
in your report of Mch 15, 1910?
Thanking you for the 
favor                    I am 
                                  Respectfully
                        Mrs Elizabeth D. Perry [signed]
    [Postmark}
     PENSION
           A
       MAR 
   U    26   S
       1910
       OFFICE
Page 25

   Rev     2                                   Feb. 24 1910

Dear Sirs, 
      I wish you 
would Please inform 
me if there was any 
Person Pension that was 
in the Revolutionary 
War. By the name 
of Edward Dimmick 
from Conecticut or 
Berry from New York 
State formerly from connecticut.
Page 26

My Grand Father 
was in that war 
and I would like to 
know whether he received 
a pension Please 
answer & oblige
       Mrs. A Berry 
            Olyphant [signed]
             [1 illegible] Co
             Pa

[stamp]                       [stamp] 
PENSION                  FEB 23 1910
      A
    FEB
U   26   S 
    1910
   OFFICE

  Box 25
Page 27

       [on left side]
1910, Mar. 15. Hist: to
     Mrs. A. Berry A.E.P.
1910 Mar. 31. Mrs. E. D. Berry
[1 illegible] date of appt as Sergt &
dis. from service.
1915 Jan'y 5 Hist to Claude M. Pitcher
-----------------------------
1925 May 28 Hist to Miss 
Gertrude McDowell, MDy
---------------------------------

[on right side]
Revy    WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4427
Esther Dimmick
Widow
Edward Dimmick
Priv & Seigt   Rev war

Feb 22d 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 183

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 28

4870
Pennsylvania
==============
Esther Dummick
widow of Edward Dummick
who was a priv & Serg't
in the Con't Militia
====================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26  Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
====================
Certificate of Pension issued the
5th day of Feby 1844
and sent to
M. L. Wilson
   Montrose
     Pa
==============
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  Page 131
Page 29

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
July 22, 1841.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Esther Dimmick
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and
66 Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7 July 1838, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4" of March
to the 4" Sept. 1840 ~

Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris [signed]
Comptroller.
 
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                                          Present
Page 30

Edward Dimmick Pv. Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen's. Office
July 12, 1839

p'd to 4 Sep 1836
                   JH
Page 31

[vertical]                      [stamp]               LW
Oct 28                       [1 illegible]
                                      OCT
                                        26
To the                             PA
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[pencil vertical]
Ed  Dimm
privt
Page 32

To 
The Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
      The enclosed certificate was sent with others
to me for collection ~ 
having over 6 mos they can
not be paid by the Girard Bank without a
Special order from you.
Please endorse the requisite order
upon it and return it.
                 Respectifully
                             E. P. Walker [signed]
                                   58 2nd St

[1 illegible] Oct 23.36
Page 33

State of Pennsylvania }
County of Susquehanna } ss

         Be it known that on the Eighth
         day of February A.D. Eighteen
hundred and thirty nine personally appeared Esther
Dimmick of the township of Herrick in the County aforesaid, 
and made proof before the Court of Common Pleas
of said County of Susquehanna Now in Sessions, to the
satisfaction of said Court, that she is the widow of
Edward Dimmick and that he died on the Eighteenth
day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty six
and that he was a pensioner at the time of his
death, of the United States being possessed of a Certificate
dated 4th day of May 1833. and purporting to have
been recorded in Pension Office in Book "E" Vol. 5 Page 13.
     In witness whereof I have hereunto set
     my hand and affixed my seal of
     office the day and year first above
     written -
         [signed] Geo. Fuller, Pro't [Prothonotary]
Page 34

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
     Inclosed we send you the claim &
necessary proof obtained for widow Esther Dimmick
a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7, AD 1838.
The Original certificate of Edward Dimmick is also
enclosed, upon which she claims back pension due 
her husband at the time of his death to wit from 
the 4th of September 1836 to the 18th day of September A.D. 1836
to obtain which if we have a right understanding of the
matter, it having been due more than eight months, a 
New Certificate for the amount must be obtained from 
the War Department. The necessary proof accompanies it.
     Speedy & favourable disposition of the matter,
and notice of the result will be gratifying & highly
acceptable to the aplicant &
                                    Yours
                                   [signed] Post & Honell

Montrose Susquehanna Co. Pa
March 7th. 1839-

N. B. It will be seen that proof is here made, by the Commission
that Edward Dimmick, was an Officer in the Revolutionary
War. We would not have the fact overlooked that she claims or 
applies for the pension that would have been coming to her 
husband had he made proof to the Department that he
was an officer, as the proof is now made.
                                       P. & T.

The Certificate of Marriage has been obtained since the other 
papers were made out although the impression had been that there
was no record.     P & T
Page 35

      I Jonathan Dunham of Mansfield
in Tolland County of the age of eighty years
being under oath depose and say that I was
present at the Marriage of her whose Maiden name 
was Esther Tilden with Edward  Dimmick and that
said Marriage took place on the 26th of November or about
that time in the year seventeen hundred Eighty nine
and the Marriage ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Moses C. Welch in Mansfield then Windham
County now Tolland County and was a settled
Minister of said Town of Mansfield and further
the deponent saith not.
                                Jonathan Dunham [signed]

Tolland County ss Coventry  November 
twenty sixth Eighteen hundred and thirty
eight. be it remembered that the day aforesaid Jonathan
Dunham who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition
appeared before me and made solemn oath to the same
I hereby certify that the above Deponant is a credible
witness whose veracity has never been questioned.
Certified by Otis Sweet Justice of the Peace

I Eunice Sweet of the Town of Coventry in
Tolland County of the age of sixty seven being under
oath depose and say that I am a sister of the widow
Esther Dimmick and was present when she was
married to Edward Dimmick the wedding I should
say was attended on the 26th day of November in
the year seventeen hundred eighty nine and the
Marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev
Moses C Welch a settled minister in Mansfield
Windham County at that time, now Tolland County
and further the deponent saith not. 
                                        [signed] Eunice Sweet

Tolland County ss Coventry November
the twenty sixth Eighteen hundred and thirty
witnessed that on the deed
Page 36

Eunice Sweet who hath subscribed
the foregoing affidavit appeared before me
and made Solemn oath to the same
I hereby certify that the deponent is a credible
witness and sustains an unblemished character.
          Certified by Otis Sweet Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut} 
County of Tolland} ss   County Clerks office
I, Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Courts in Tolland County
Certify that Otis Sweet Esqr of Coventry in s'd County is a
Justice of Peace within & throughout s'd Tolland County, duly
appointed and sworn that his commission bears date the 26th day
of May A.D. 1838 and will continue untill the 20th
day of June 1839. and that he is an acting Justice of Peace
in s'd County. That the signature to the foregoing Certificate
purporting to be the signature of the s'd Justice Sweet
is genuine.       In testimony whereof I have hereunto set  
my name and affixed the seal of s'd County
of Tolland at s'd. Office this 28th day of
November A.D. 1838.
                         [signed]  Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Page 37

[on left side]
See letter to Post & Turrell 27
July 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6 April 1838 from
4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agent
Notified 28 July 1841

[on right side]
3474
Pennsylvania.
=================
Esther Dimmick
widow of Edward Dummick
deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 ~
and who died on the 18 Sept 1836 ~
of Susquehana in the State of Penn'a
who was a pri & Serg't in the Co commanded
by Captain Barrow of the regt commanded
by Col Chester in the can. Con. Mil'a 
line for   2 mos  private
               4  "      Ser
=========================
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 26th day of Sept 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of July
1839  ~   ~  and sent to Messrs
Post & Ferrell, Montrose, Pa
=========================
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839  ~            $65.04
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 _13.33   
                                                                 $78.37
                                                            ======                                                                                                                        
                                                     {Act July 7,}
                                                     {   1838.     }  
Recorded by D. M. Curdy, Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 149
Page 38

Payments to be made 
at Philadelphia P'a 
by the Prest U.S. Bank 
Agent for paying Pensioners, 
in the Agency of Pen'a.

Edward Dimmick

Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book E  Vol. 5 
Page 13 by
 John T. Sprague Clerk. [signed]
Page 39

War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States of the 7th June, 1832, Edward Dimmick of the State of Pennsylvania 
who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, 
is entitled to receive Twenty-three dollars and thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing 
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 
4th of March, and the 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this 4th day of May 
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
                                  [signed] John Robb
                        Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and   }
 Countersigned.}
                                [signed] J.L. Edwards
                                Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 40

Sergeant 
Edward Dimock [Dimmick]

Edward Dimmick [1 illegible] 
W. F. 4427 Rev. War
Conn.
Page 41

John Chester, Esq; Commander of a Regiment 
of Foot, raised by Order of the General 
Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, in June last, in Compliance 
with a Requisition from the Honourable 
the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America.
To Edward Dimock [Dimmick]       Greeting:
Reposing especial confidence in your courage
Skill and good conduct, I do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint 
you, the said Edward Dimock [Dimmick], to be the 1 s't Serjeant in Capt. Gershom Barrons Company, in the Regiment
now under my command. - You are therefore faithfully and diligently 
to exercise the several Acts and duties of said office, in a strict 
and careful discharge of the same; and you are to observe and 
obey all such orders as you may from time to time receive from me, or  
other your superior officer, - and to instruct said Company in the 
use of arms, and of all necessary duty, commanding them to obey 
you as their Serjeant, for this shall be your sufficient Warrant.

Given under my Hand, this Second day of August A.D. 1776
[signed] John Chester Col'o.
Page 42

                   DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making 
further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."                                                                 

State of Pennsylvania}
Susquehanna County} ss
     On this seventeenth day of July 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized 
by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Esther Dimmick a 
resident of Herrick township in the county of Susquehanna 
State of Pennsylvania, aged 79 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 the 2d February, 1848, granting 
pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow 
of Edward Dimmick who was a 
private & Serjeant in the Connecticut service 
in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Twenty- 
Six dollars and sixty-six cents, 
per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declared that she is still a widow. 
                             [signed] Esther Dimmick
In presence of 
[signed] Wheeler Lyon
[signed] J. S. Dimmick      
                          
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before Wheeler Lyon Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affadavit.
[signed] Wheeler Lyon Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania} ss 
Susquehanna County}
I John Blanding Prothonotary of the Court of 
Common Pleas of Susquehanna County, certify that Wheeler Lyon Esq 
before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Peace 
in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified: and that the 
foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed 
my name this Tenth day of August in the year 1848.
[signed] J Blanding Prothonotary
             per S. B. Chase Dept'y
Page 43

  [postmark]
MONTROSE
      JAN 
      18
      P'a

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[vertically]
5213 Jany 22 1844
Pa
Esther Dimmick
3 March 84
$26.66 per annum
M.S. Nelson
Montrose Penn
Page 44

                    Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of 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 1838.

State of Pennsylvania } ss
County of Susquehanna }
        On this eighteenth day of November A.D. 
1843, personally appeared before me one of the acting & duly 
constituted Justices of the Peace in and for said county of 
Susquehanna & resident in Herrick in said county, Esther 
Dimmick a resident of Herrick in said county & state, aged
seventy four years, who being sworn according to law, doth 
on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain 
the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress -
passed on the 8th of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons 
who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the
widow of Edward Dimmick, who was 1st Sergeant in the 
militia belonging to the regiment commanded by Col. 
Chester, and for further particulars I would refer you 
to the papers in the War Department. The annual amount 
of pension which she received under the Act of 7th July 1838 
was twenty six dollars and sixty six cents. She further 
declares that she is still a widow.
     Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before -
                             [signed] Wheeler Lyon J P
                             [signed] Esther Dimmick

I the said Justice of the Peace do further certify that the said declarant Esther Dimmick is personally known to me.
Dated the day and year above written
                      [signed] Wheeler Lyon J. Peace
Page 45

State of Pennsylvania}
Susquehanna County} ss
I John Blanding Prothonotary of the court of 
common Pleas of Susquehanna County state of Pennsylvania 
do hereby certify that Wheeler 
Lyon before whom the foregoing 
proceedings were held is a Justice of the 
Peace in and for said County duly 
commissioned and qualified: and that 
the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name
 this twenty first day of November in the year 1843.
              [signed] John Blanding Prothonotary
Page 46

J L Edwards Esq.
            Dear Sir the application of 
Esther Dimomick [Dimmock] for a continuance of Pension - if She is entitled to it & the application informs 
you will please forward a certificate if 
not inform to what is necessary
                                  Yours Respectfully
                                   M S. Wilson [signed]
                                     Montrose Susquehanna 
                                      County Penn'a