Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25568, Nathan Fairchild, Conn.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Conn.     
Fairchild, Nathan     
Sarah
NUMBER
W. 25568
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28031
Connecticut
Nathan Fairchild
of Huntington in the State of Con
who was a Private in the com commanded
by Captain ---- of the Regt commanded
by Col Whiting in the Conn Troops line
for 9 mo 17 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Con
at the rate of 31 Dollars 88 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jany
1834 and sent  Hon G Tomlinson on Senate 
U. S.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33   $79.7?
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar '34  15.9?
                                    ------------------------
                                             $95.6?
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk
Book E  Vol. B  Page 14
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} ss. Bridgeport 

On this 28th day of September 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate in and for Stratford District in said County now sitting, Nathan Fairchild a resident of Huntington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, aged 70 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 in the Spring of 1777 my Father John Fairchild belonged to a company of Householders in the sd Town of Huntington which was commanded by Capt Edmond Leavingworth in Col Saml Whitings Regiment, when Capt Leavingworth and a part of said Company was ordered into the United States Service by Genl Gold S Sillaman to keep guard in the Town of Fairfield in said County for two months service my Father went in said Guard & performed a part of said 2 months service when said Nathan took his Fathers place in said Guard and performed one months service for the United States as his substitute, was discharged at said Fairfield had no written discharge. James Nawley can testify to this term of service whose Deposition is annexed, which service was performed in Keeping Guard in said Town of Fairfield.
That in the Spring of 17787 his Brother Curtis Fairchild belonged to Capt Joseph Birdseyes company of Militia in said Nuntenton which at that time was a part of the Town of Stratford when Capt Birdseye depart of his company was ordered to a place called the Sawpitts in the State of New York on the lines, my Brother was drafted & went in said company which draft was for 2 months- that he took his Brothers place in said Guard & performed one months service for the United States at said Sawpitts under Capt Birdseye, was discharged at the Sawpitts [unk]- which service was performed by order of Gen Gold S Sillaman
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in Col John Demings Regiment. By the authority of the State of Connecticut James Hawley can testify to this term of service. That in the Summer of 1779 there was 2 companys of Light Horse ordered into the United States Service & stationed at Horse Neck or Granwich, that Capt Elnathan Nichols of said Huntington commanded a company of Light Horse in said Huntington when he recd ordered from Col Seymour of Hartford to detach 7 men from his company to go to Horse Neck one of said men was Curtis Mills of said Huntingdon which was detached from said company, That said Mills hired said Nathan to take his place & paid him one hundred dollars in continental money, which was at that time of very little value, that he went as a substitute for said Milles, Capt Nichols himself went in said campaign, that he served the United States in this campaign under Capt Nichols, Col Noadeah Hooker was in command & Gen Gold S Sillaman at this time commanded the Militia, this tour of service was five weeks, was stationed at Horseneck Hill (when Genl Putnam rode down) either before or after we were stationed there, while he was in this campaign Norwalk & Bedford was burnt & that in this campaign he was out with a party of 17 Light Horse on a reconoitering party below the lines when they were supposed near the Sawpitts by a company of Brittish known as Majr Barnous men and narrowly escaped being taken that he served the United States Five Weeks in said campaign faithfully as a substitute for said Curtis Mills & was discharged at said Horseneck Hill- James Hawley can testify to this campaign.
That in 1780 the begining of September, he enlisted into the Continental line and joined a Lieut Col company, Col Philips B Bradleys regiment under command of Lieut Saml Deforest 5 Regiment Connecticut
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Continental line Genl Huntingtons Brigade he joined said troops at Tappan in the state of New York & was present at the execution of Major Andre, part of this tour of service was performed in New Jersey & part of the time at West point, that he served the United States in this campaign Three months was discharged near West Point on the 9th day of December 1780 had a written discharge from Col Heman Swift which is lost. Abel French Esq. whose deposition is annexed will prove this tour of service.

The said Nathan Fairchild hereby relinquishes ever claim whatever to a Pension (see page 5) 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.
Nathan Fairchild
Attest R L Nichols, Clerk

We, Abel French, residing in the town of Monroe and James Hawley residing in the same, hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan Fairchild who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and date aforesaid.
Abel French
James Hawley
Attest R L Nichols Clerk

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 names applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abel French who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the town of Monroe and that James Hawley who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Monroe and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Mark Moore Judge
Attest R L Nichols, Clerk

I Roswel S Nichols, Clerk of the aforesaid Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Fairchild for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 28th day of September 1833.
R L Nichols, Clerk
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The Depositions hereto annexed of Abel French Esq & James Hawley subscribed & sworn to in open Court, are a part of the proceedings in the case of the within named applicant herein certifyed under my hand & seal of office, and I further certify that the said Abel French Esq & James Hawley are credible witnesses & persons of good character for truth & veracity.
Attest R L Nichols, Clerk

I Mark Moore Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Stratford, certify that Roswel S Nichols is Clerk of said Court that the above and foregoing are his signatures with the seal of said Court thereto annexed.
Mark Moore Judge

I Mark Moore Judge of the Court of probate afforesaid do further certify that the amendment to said Nathan Fairchild was subscribed & sworn to in open Court before me.
Mark Moore Judge
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That he again enlisted in the year 1781 in the Parish of Pripton in said Huntington in the Continental line for 6 months service July 11th 1781 as will appear by a paper annexed signed by him & Isaac Hill and joined the Army at Peckshill State of New York, the 1st Connecticut Regiment Continental Line Col Durgeys Regiment Capt  Spaldings Company said Regiment was then commanded by Col Thomas Grovenor was stationed at said Peckshill when Lord Cromwell was taken, had an honorable discharge at the Huts near Westpoint & the same place where he had been discharged the year before- his discharge was from Major W. Cleft a written discharge which stated that he had been a faithful soldier & that he had permission to return to said Stratford now Huntington and was dated December 25 1781 which is lost. That he served the United States in said campaign five months that he enlisted in said campaign at the solicitation of Capt Joseph Birdseye of said Huntington & the listing paper which is annexed. I obtained from the son of said Capt Birdseye was born in the Town of Stratford in said County. December 4th 1762 has a record of his age in his Bible, was living in said Huntington then Stratford when called into service & have always lived there- was called into service as a vollunteer & as a substitute some of the regular officers with whom he served was those that he has stated in the different campaigns does not know of any officer alive under whom he served, the reason he has not procured the certificate of a clergyman is that the
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Clergyman in his vicinity has recently settled & knows nothing about his Revolutionary service, never recd any written Discharge except in 2 campaigns was not employed in any civil pursuit during said campaigns, has no documentary evidence except the memorandum of one enlistment which is annexed,
The 1st term of service 1777          1 month
        2 do                       1778          1
        3 do                       1779          1 & 1 week
        4 do                       1780          3
        5 do                       1781          5
                                 deduct 11 months & 1 week
                                 10 months & 1 week Private

Nathan Fairchild

#see addition to his Declaration below
Abel French of the Town of Monroe in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut 68 years of age a pensioner of the United States depose and say that I am well acquainted with Nathan Fairchild, the foregoing named applicant for a pension. That he knew him in the Revolution & in 1780. I have reasons to believe & I do fully believe that said Fairchild was in the Continental Army at the time Major Andre was hung and that he served the United States in different Tours in the Revolution, as he has stated in his declaration.
Abel French

# The said Nathan Fairchild further declares and says that the last campaign in 1781 was Four months service & not Five as he has before stated which he would hereby amend his Declaration. That all his service in the Revolution was a Private Solider.
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That the enlisting paper which is annexed he obtained from David Birdseye a son of Capt Joseph Birdseye decd, at whose solicitation I enlisted & signed said paper in 1781 that he obtained said paper in the months of September 1833 & his signature is genuine as it appears on said paper. That he has obtained all the proof in his power to the different campaigns, all his terms of service was in regular embodied Corps by authority of the State of Connecticut that he was either in field or garrison, & not employed in any civil pursuit during said campaigns. Abel French Esq & James Hawley, both of Monroe a Town adjoining said Huntington can testify to my service in the Revolution whose depositions are annexed.
Nathan Fairchild

I Isaac Sherman Justice of the Peace in the town of Bridgeport County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, testify that I am personally acquainted with Nathan Fairchild who has signed the foregoing Declaration, that his Declaration is entitled to full credit & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & I concur in that opinion & I fully believe his statement in regard to his Revolutionary service is true.
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace
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8962
Sarah Fairchild
Con:
act 7 July '38
, 92 d43
admd
9 mo 17 as pri
31.85


Isaac Sherman
Bridgeport
Con:
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield}
On this 28th day of April AD 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Bridgeport in said County & State Sally or Sarah Fairchild a resident of the Town of Huntington in said County aged 77 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 that act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and also to a resolution passed by Congress and approved the 16th of August 1842 entitled a Resolution [unk] of the said Pension act of July 7th 1838. That she is the widow of Nathan Fairchild late of said Huntington decd who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War and a Pensioner under Act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of $31.88 per annum and for proof of his service she refers to his pension application at the Pension Office at Washington.

She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Fairchild on the 4th day of March in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two. That her husband the aforesaid Nathan Fairchild died at said Huntington on the second day of January AD 1843.
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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 at the time above states.
She further declares that she is still a widow of said Nathan Fairchild decd.
Sarah Fairchild her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Attest Mark Moore Clerk Smith Tweedy Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that that the above named Sally or Sarah Fairchild is the widow of said Nathan Fairchild decd a soldier of the Revolution as she stated.
Attest Mark Moore Clerk
Smith Tweedy Judge of Probate

I Mark Moore Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of widow Sally or Sarah Fairchild for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 28th day of April AD 1843, and I further certify that the name of said was interlined in 3 several places in the above instrument before execution and that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that sd Nathan died on the 2 day of January 1843 and that sd Sarah is his widow.
Attest Mark Moore Clerk
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This certified that in the record of marriages in this town kept by the Rev. David Ely D.D. who was the minister of the first [unk] Society in this place from the year 1771 to 1816- the following entry made under the year 1792-
"March 4th married Nathan Fairchild to Sally Bennett both of Ripton."
Attest Thomas Punderson, minister of the gospel, one of the above named Society
Huntington 
April 3, 1843

Fairfield County ss Huntingdon April 3, 1843
personally appeared before me the above named Thomas Punderson whom I certify is the present minister of said Society and made oath to the truth of the above certificate who is a credible witness.
Thaddeus Beardsley Justice of Peace
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December 15, 19??
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BA-J/ady
Nathan Fairchild W. [unreadbale]
Moses Page, R. [unreadable]

Mrs. L. R. Verden
2318 Glenwood Drive
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of John Page as described by you, all spellings of the names searched.

The records of Nathan Fairchild and Moses Page are furnished you herein as found in the claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

Nathan Fairchild, W. [unreadbale]

Nathan Fairchild, son of John Fairchild, was born December 4, 1762, in Stratford, that part which was later Huntingdon, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The name of his mother is not stated.

In the spring of 1777 said John Fairchild, enlisted for two months in Captain Edmund Leavenworth's Company, Colonel Samuel Whiting's Connecticut Regiment, after serving one months, his son Nathan Fairchild served one months as a substitute for him as private in said company and regiment. In the spring of 1778 Curtis Fairchild, a brother of Nathan, enlisted for two months in Captain Joseph Birdseye's Company, Colonel Jonathan Dimon's Connecticut Regiment, after serving one month, said Nathan served one month as his substitute in said company and regiment. Nathan Fairchild enlisted early in the summer of 1779, served five weeks as private in Captain Elnathan Nichol's Company of Light Horse, Colonel Noadiah Hooker's Connecticut Regiment and was in an engagement near the Saw Pits. Nathan Fairchild enlisted September
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Date of widow's death not on A.B. (handwritten)
12,1780, served as private in Lieutenant Samuel Deforest's
Company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Fifth Connecticut Regiment,
was present at the execution of Major Andre and discharged
December 9, 1780 by Colonel Heman Swift.  He enlisted
as private in Captain Spalding's Company, Colonel Thomas
Grosvenor's First Connecticut Regiment; in December 1781 he
was detached from said company and served on General William
Heath's Life Guard and was discharged December 25, 1781, by
Major W. Clift, having served three months and twenty-two
days.
He was allowed pension on his application executed 
September 28, 1833 while a resident of Huntington, Fairfield
County, Connecticut, where he had always lived.
He died January 2, 1843 in Huntington, Connecticut.
Soldier married March 4, 1792, Sarah, the name is also
shown as Sally, Bennett.  Their marriage was recorded on the
records of The First Ecclesiastical Society of Huntington.
Soldier's widow, Sarah Fairchild, was allowed pension
on her application executed April 28, 1843 at which time
she was aged seventy-nine years and a resident of Huntington,
Connecticut.
In 1848 one Mary Bennet witnessed the signature, by
mark, of soldier's widow, Sarah Fairchild, in Huntington,
Connecticut, her age or relationship to the family not stated.
There are no further family data.

Moses Page, R.7870
The date and place of birth and the names of the 
parents of Moses Page are not stated.
In 1816 or 1817 he was a resident of Genesse County,
New York.  He died about 1834 or 1835 in Alexander, Genesee
County, New York.
His son, Asa Page, his age not given, applied for
pension on account of the service in the Revolutionary War
of his father, July 19, 1851, in Marquette County, Wisconsin,
and stated that Moses Page joined the army in the northern
part of Vermont, near Sorel, Lower Canada, about the time
of the battle of the Cedars, served in Lieutenants Martin's and Sanders' Companies, Colonel Timothy Bedel's Regiment,
that he served as a scout in the Coos Valley, later called
Coos County, and that he served three years.
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His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish
proof of the service of his father, Moses Page, as
required by the pension laws.
In 1801 one James W. Page made affidavit in
Marquette County, Wisconsin, his age or relationship not
stated.  There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 25568
Sarah Fairchild
wid of
Nathan Fairchild
Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:- Vol. a, Page 228

[Arrangement of 1870]
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5 Dec. 16. Hist. to [unk] L. R. Verdon. ADY.
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7324
Connecticut

Sarah Fairchild
widow of Nathan Fairchild
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died in the 2d January 1843
of Fairfield Co in the State of Ct.
who was a private in the     
commanded by Captain                  of the
Regt commanded by Col: Whiting in
the Connecticut line for 9 mos & 17 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecitcut
at the rate of 31 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of
June 1843 and sent to Isaac Sherman, Bridgeport, Ct.

Total amount,                    $159.40

[Act July 7, 1838]

Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk
Book A  Vol. 1  Page 180
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2740
Connecticut
Sarah Fairchild
widow of Nathan Fairchild
who was a Private
in the Conn. line
for 9 mo & 17 days

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31 Dollars & 88
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of Nov. 1843
and sent to Isaac Sherman, Bridgeport, Conn

[Act of March 3, 1843]

Recorded in Book A
 Vol. 1   Page 67
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County} Bridgeport December 6th 1833

Personally appeared Nathan Fairchild the within named applicant for a pension before the Court of Pronate for Stratford District in said County & being first sworn makes this further declaration viz
That in the month of August or September 1781 he recd orders from Col Johnathan Dimon  of Hartford to march together with John B Arnes or Ernez & Nehemiah Blackman to join the Connecticut Continental Troops then lying at Peckshill in the State of New York near West Point- that he imediately obeyed sad orders & went with said Blackman & Ames to said Perkshill when we all reported ourselveds to Col Thomas Grovenour, who put us three in the first Connecticut Continental Regiment in Capt Spaldings Company, the orderly sergeants name os said company was Booth, one Loomis from the eastward was [unk] of said Regiment. Durkey was not there but I had an idea said Regiment was called Durkey's & thinks it was under command of Col Grovenour is sure it was the first Regiment is confident that his name with said Blackman & Ames was entered on the Books or rolls of said Regiment said Ames took a [unk] from Col Grovenour that  we had joined said Regiment as 3 men from the Town of Stratford a part of said Spaldings Company were a part of a company that had been in service at the Susquehana against the Indians & called themselves Wyoming Boys. That in the month of December 1781
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he was detached from Capt Spaldings Company & placed on Genl William Heaths Life Guard at the Robinson House then acupied by Genl Heath & his suit was in this Gaurd until the 25 of December 1781 when he was Discharged at the Hutts near West Point by Major Cleft whom that say signed his name as commandant of said Regiment, said Arnez recd his discharge at the same time & came home with him- remembers to have seen Isaac Hill (who signed the same paper, that he did which is annexed) at Peckshill thinks he did not join the same Regiment. That he does not know of any officer or any other person now alive by whom he can prove this service or in any other campaign except James Hawley that was with him. That he has performed the service as he has stated & feels confident his name can be found on the Rolls or Books of the first Conn Continental Regiment. That he was either in field or garrison & not employed in any civil pursuit during said campaigns. That he has called this term of service four months. That he spent some days before he marched to join said Army in this campaign to look up one Jackson who was enlisted who could not be found & from the time he marchd to join the said Army & the time he got home after being discharged was over four months. That all the terms of service was in Regular embodied corps called into service by competent Authority.

Nathan Fairchild

Subscribed and sworn to in Court on said 6th day of December 1833 before me.
Attest R L Nichols, Clerk
Mark Moore Judge
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27523
Nathan Fairchilds
Application
for a Pension


enterd 12 Sep 1780
Disc 9 Dec 1780
not in [unk] Regt
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James Hawley of the Town of Huntington in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut 73 years of age and now a pensioner of the United States on oath deposeth and saith that he has personal knowledge that Nathan Fairchild the within named applicant for a pension in the year 1777 served in Captain Edward Leavenworth's company & Col. Samuel Whiting's Regiment of Militia Infantry at Fairfield in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut as a substitute for his father John Fairchild who was drafted for the term of two months said deponent hath also personal knowledge that in the month of April 1778 the said Nathan Fairchild served the United States in Capt. Joseph Birdseye Company & Col. Jonathan Dimon's Regiment of Militia infantry at Saw Pits in the State of New York as a substitute for his the said Nathan's Brother Curtis Fairchild for the term of one months the said Deponent hath also personal knowledge that in the early part of the summer in the year 1779 that the said Nathan took the place of one Curtis Mills as a substitute the said Curtis Mills having been drafted in the Militia light horse the said deponent belonged to the same company of Light horse with the said Curtis Mills but does not recollect the exact term of time that said Nathan served in guarding the lines at Horseneck- the said deponent having served in the same company & regiment in the year 1777 and 1778 with said Nathan and further deponent saith not.

James Hawley
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County} Bridgeport December 23d 1833
personally appeared Nathan Fairchild the within named applicant for a pension, before the Court of Probate in & for Stratford District in said County & being first sworn makes this further Declaration to wit.
That the Declaration heretofore made by him in regard to his service in the first Continental Regiment in 1781 calling that term four months was made from memory & that since December 6 1833 he has obtained a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut in regard to his pay for said service that he now claims said service in 1781 to be three months & twenty two days instead of four months- said certificate & the deposition of David Birdseye & the certificate of the Justices & selectmen of said Hunting has been annexed since his papers was returned,
Nathan Fairchild

Subscribed & sworn to in Court on said 23 day of December 1832 before me
Attest R L Nichols, Clerk
Mark Moore Judge

The annexed Deposition of David Birdseye subscribed & sworn to in open Court are part of the proceedings in the case of the within named Nathan Fairchild herein certified under my hand & seal of Office. And
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I further certify the said David Birdseye is a credible witness & a person of good character for Trust & veracity & I further certify that Daniel Bennett, Donald Judson, & Thaddeus Beardslee Junr who have signed a certificate which is annexed are Justices of the Peace of said Huntington, that I believe their signatures on said certificate are genuine & also the signatures of Lewis Downs & Thaddeus Beardslee Jun as selectmen of said Huntington.
Attest
R L Nichols, Clerk
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Comptrollers Office
December 17th 1833

I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of the public accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears by the books of the Pay Table, that Nathan Fairchild was paid in May 1782 L7.9.4 for his service int he continental army, from the 10th day of September to the 25th of December 1781, being three months & fifteen days at 40 per month---------------L7.0.0. By 7 days allowed to go & return 9.4
                                          ----------------------
                                                 L 7.9.4
The aforesaid service was performed in the 1st Cont. Regt in the [unk] Army.

E Phelps
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David Birdseye of the Town of Huntington in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, depose and say that I am well acquainted with Nathan Fairchild of said Huntington who has applyed for a pension, that some time in the months of September 1833 said Nathan came to my house and requested that my late Father Joseph Birdeyes' papers (who is dead) might be examined to see if said Nathan's discharge from the Army in the Revolution could be found among said papers. That he commenced looking with said Nathan but could not find it & he went away. I afterwards examined said papers further when I found a paper signed by Isaac Hill with pale ink and has said Nathan in dark ink which paper I imediately sent to said Nathan, which is the same paper attached to his Declaration, under the seal of the Court of Probate for the District of Stratford, that he has no doubt but it is the signature of said Nathan, that appears on said paper- That his father Capt. Joseph Birdseye decd was a selectman in the Parish of Repton in the Revolution which Parish at that time belonged to the Town of Stratford
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That when his father was selectman the Town of Stratford authorized the selectmen to enlist men & said them on to join the Army- That said Nathan is a man of good reputation for truth & veracity- that there is discharges among said papers but have not been able to find said Nathans, some of his said Joseph's papers have been destroyed that related to Revolutionary service.
David Birdseye
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We the subscribers Justices of the Peace in the Town of Huntington in Fairfield County, State of Connecticut, certify that Mr. Nathan Fairchild of said Huntington who has applyed for a pension is a man of excelent charracter, that his statement regarding his service in the Revolution is intitled to implicit credit.
Huntington November 21st 1832
Daniel Bennet
Donald Judson
Thaddeus Beardslee Jr

We the undersigned selectmen of Huntington fully concur in the opinion of the above named Justices of the Peace as above expressed.
Lewis Downs
Thaddeus Beardslee Jr} selectmen
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[?] of Hartford in the County of Fairfield Do hearby Acknowledge my self to be [?] a soldier in the Continental Army for six months [?] Discharged and do also subject myself to the Orders and regulations of sd Army and I am to receive ten Pounds Bounty before I joined the army and Forty shilling wages a Month  [rest is unintelligible]

July 11 1781
Isaac Hill
Nathan Fairchild
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State of Connecticut
Bridgeport May 1st 1843

J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir, I send you herewith the pension applications of the widow Sarah Fairchild for a pension under Act of July 7th 1838 & March 3d 1843, please send her certificate to me.

Yours respectfully
Isaac Sherman
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} ss.
On this 28th day of April AD 1843 personally appeared before me Smith Tweedy a Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Bridgeport in said County and State, Sally or Sarah Fairchild a resident of the Town Huntington in said County aged 79 years who being duly 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 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathan Fairchild late of said Huntington decd who was a private soldier in sd War and was a pensioner under act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of $31.88 per annum. That she has not yet been pensioned for 5 years as his widow but has this day authenticated her Declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she is still the widow of said Nathan Fairchild decd.
Sarah Fairchild her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before one and I certify that sd Sally or Sarah Fairchild is personally known to me as his widow & the name Sarah was interlined before execution.

Smith Tweedy Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairchild} ss. Bridgeport
I Mark Moore Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of sd Court in the matter of Sarah Fairchild for a pension and that said Smith Tweedy is the Judge of sd Court, duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature to the foregoing Declaration is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of sd Court this 28th day of April AD 1843.

Attest Mark Moore Clerk
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State of Connecticut
Bridgeport
May 1st 1843

J L Edwards Esq
 Sir, I send you the pension applications of the widow Sarah Fairchild under act July 17th 1838 and under Act of March 3d 1843 please send her certificates to me.

Yours respectfully
Isaac Sherman
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4369 S. Fairchild $31.88 per annum


J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
City

Isaac Shermand 
Bridgeport
Conn

Mar 16 '43
43 can
Sarah Fairchild
Ct. [unk] 38
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Nov 16 43
43 can
Sarah Fairchild 
Ct [unk] 38

4369 S. Fairchild
$31.88 per an

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City

Isaac Sherman
Bridgeport
Con
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State of Connecticut
Bridgeport Nov 14th 1843

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sir, I wish respectfully to call your attention to the Pension application of the widow Sarah Fairchild of Cont, that I sent you on the 28 of April last, together with an application for a Pension from March 4th 1836 to 41- which 5 years pension was granted in June last and no return for the application for a pension for her from March 4 1843 to March 4 1844 has not been Recd- and as so long a time has elapsed I conclude there has been an oversight in regard to it.

Yours respectfully
Isaac Sherman
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Sarah Fairchild
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2740

admitted

Isaac Sherman
Bridgeport
Ct.
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DECLARATION, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d of February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution:

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield } Huntington

On this 15th day of June 1848, personally appeared before me, a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid, Sarah Fairchild a resident of Huntington in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, aged 84 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of Nathan Fairchild who was a private soldier in said War who received a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and eighty eight cents per Annum who was a resident of said Town of Huntington at the time his decease & for proof of the Regiment or Corps in which he served in said War she refers to his Declaration for a pension at Washington City.
That she received a pension under the act of June 17th, 1844, at the rate of thirty one dollars, and eighty eight cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.

Sarah Fairchild her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year before written, before me.

Ague Lewis Justice of the Peace
signed in the presence of Ague Lewis- Mary Bennet

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above declarant, and know she is the widow of Nathan Fairchild aforesaid and the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration.

Ague Lewis Justice of the Peace
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Nathan Fairchild

9 mo 17 days
private
31.88

Hon G Tomlinson
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Nathan Fairchild.
Period when the service was rendered:
Duration of the claimant's service: years. Months, Days
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:



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 officer, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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.-> This form is to varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, nave, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or 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 name 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 mater 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 the applicants, making such declarations, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicannt 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 made 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 abovenamed 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                                     .
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.
It should appear whether there are [unk] of each term of militia service. Those before claimant was 18 years old would be [unk] proven. The enlisting paper as it is called afford, no evidence whatever to enlistments were generally [unk], the presumption is that [unk] purpose, as his name (in this) term is not on the rolls he [unk]
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts states will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
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 is service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to very particular in the inquiry 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 made the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform.
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 in account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect to 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 to which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit 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 reasons of old age and the consequent loss memeory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length is his service; but according to the best of his recollection, I served as a-------. For ----- months and ---- days, I served as a -------; and for such services 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 is his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all sucj 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 officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a 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 [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required 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 be all written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.


[unk] that the claimant ever enlisted under it, as separate [unk] the claimant has lately added his name to it (a fraudulent [unk] must prove this term as is required about.
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Kalamazoo, Mich.
Nov. 27, 1935
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me
any information concerning his family
that may have been given in the pension
application of Private Moses Page (1775-1783)
of Lancaster, N.H.--and of Private John
Page, also of Lancaster, N.H., both of
whom served under Captain Eames at
the ports in Coos County.
Thanking you,
Very truly,
Irene B. Verdon
(Mrs. L.R. Verdon)
2318 Glenwood drive
Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Kalamazoo, Mich.
Dec. 2, 1935
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Will you kindly send me any
information concerning his family that may
have been given in the pension application
of Nathan Fairchild who served in the 5th
Regiment of Fairfield County, Conn., (and came from
Huntington, Conn.), in the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you,
Very truly,
Irene B. Verdon
(Mrs. L.R. Verdon)
2318 Glenwood Drive
Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Answered 2 histories sent
Kalamazoo, Mich
Dec. 17, 1935
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir-
Will you kindly send me any
information concerning his family that
may be given in the pension application
of a Moses Page of Lancaster, N.H., who 
served in the Revolutionary War.  If there
are more than one by this name, will
you kindly send me the above information
for all of those by this name
who came from Lancaster, N.H.
Also the above information of a
Nathan Fairchild of Oxford, Conn.
or of a 
Nathan Fairchild in the 5th Regiment of Fairfield Co who
enlisted from Huntington, Conn.
Thanking you most sincerely,
Very truly,
Irene B. Verdon
(Mrs. L.R. Verdon)
2318 Glenwood Drive
Kalamazoo, Mich.