Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23892, for Neazer Scofield, Connecticut
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Form (3-1776)
SERVICE - Conn.
NUMBER - S23592
Scofield. Neazer 
CONTENTS  (Blank)
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(Pension File Jacket)
24404 New York

Neazer Scofield
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a private in the Conn. commanded
by  Captain Betts of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Mead in the New York
line for 14 months and 18 days
Conn.

Inscribed on the roll of New York
the rate of 48 Dollars and 64 Cents per anum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Dec.
1833 and sent to M. F. Warner
                            Saratoga Springs

Arears to the 4th of Sepr'33               $121.60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Ma'34  $  24.32
                                                            $143.92

                                        {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                        {Act June 7, 1832       }

Recorded By Geo. C. Stiby (Sp?) Clerk

Book C. Vol. 4. Page 121
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State of New York
Saratoga Sp: (Springs?) 

     On the 25th September 1832 personally
appeared in open court before Esek (SP?) Cowen.  Vice Chan-
cellor of the court of Chancery in & for the 4th circuit
in said State in one sitting Nezer Scofield of the
Town of Hadley in the County of Saratoga aged Seventy
eight years who being first duly Sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United   
States under the following named officers being as
herein stated.

     To the Question Where & in What Year were You 
born?  he answers that he was Born in Stamford
Fairfield County State of Connecticut on the 22 May
1754 - 

     To the Question Have You any record of your
age?  he answers he has a copy of the record from the
Town clerks Record of Births of said Town of Stamford
the original is there.

     To the Question Where you living when you when
called into service, Where have you lived since the
Revolutionary War Where do you now live?  he
answers that he lived in said Town of Stamford until
about 34 Years ago when he moved To the said Town
of Hadley where he has resided ever since & does still
Reside -

     To the Question How were You called into service;
were You Drafted, did you volunteer or were
you a substitute? and if a Substitute for whom? he
answers that he first entered the service in 1775 in 
the month of March as a Substitute for Ebenezer Weed
under Capt. Betts then of Norwalk in the said County
of Fairfield:  That he marched with Said Company
to the City of New York at the time the British Man of
War Ship of 74 guns called the Asia Man of War lay
near Governors Island & did service for about 15 Days
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& was there dismissed By the said Capt. Betts & Returned
home.

     In June 1775 he entered the service as a 
volunteer with a large number of volunteers from 
Stanford & chose there(?) (to?) elect a captain by the name
of Simeon Selleck & went to the City of New York &
State about 12 Days & there returned home at their
own Expense -

     In the Month of July or August 1776 the
Militia Generally (?) of the State of Connecticut were
called out to go to the City of New York & applicant
went with them under Capt. Jesse Bell, who is now
dead in Col. John Mead’s Regiment of Horseneck (Greenwich, CT?)
who is also dead & Done Service in Said City about
two months & Retreated to Fort Washington & there Retur-
ned home where the Militia generally were discharged
Colonels Webb & Col. Hoyt were also at New York
that afterwards he was called out & went to Horseneack
a number of times as a guard under the Said 
Capt. Bell & Col. Mead making in the Whole 20
or 30 Days & that he served as such guard -

     In the summer of 1778 (1779) he went as a
volunteer with others from said Stanford to meet
the British that came from White Plains to Pound-
-ned (Pound Ridge) in the state of New York where they the British
Burnt Poundred (Pound Ridge) Meeting house & Capt Lockwoods
dwelling – And was gone Six Days – In the same
Year I volunteered & went under Captain. Benj. Weed
to Crone Pond (Crompond?) near Peekskill in New York & was
gone Six or Seven Days after Tories – In 1778 or 1779
he was warned & ordered to be & stand ready with
his arms & accoutrements & Three Days Provision
to march at a Moments Notice – That he did So arm
& Equip & Stand ready during the War –

     In February or March 1777 he was Drafted
as a Militia Man at Stanford for the Term of
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Two Months, that he Served as a Town guard for the
said Two months at & about the Said Town of Stam
-ford under Capt. Bell, Immediately after the
Expiration of the Two months & served that time under
Capt. Charles Smith of Stanwick as a Town guard –

     On or about the 20th of June 1777 he Enlisted
at Said Town of Stanford as a private under Capt.
Rueben Scofield for Six Months, That he served the
Six Months & nine days as on of the State guard in
Col. Eno’s Regiment & was discharged at Horseneck (Greenwich?)
about the first of January following -

     	And he states that he has no documentary
evidence of his service Knows no person whose Testi
-mony he can procure who can testify to his service
Except those whose affed (?) with (?) are now here shown
to the Court.  That he never received a Written or
printed discharge from any person as he Remem
-bers - That (Crossed out)

     	On being required to State the names of some
of the Regular officers who were with the Troops where
he served, Such continental Militia Regiments
as he could recollect the general circumstances
of his service – he says that he cannot answer
more fully than he has already answered - 	

	On being required to State the names of
persons to Whom he is Known in his neighborhood
& who can testify as to his character for truth & veracity
& their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolu
tion – he States the names of Minor Scofield  John
a Waterbury  William Waterbury, Benjamin
Cowles  Jeremy Rockwell & others –

	And he does hereby Relinquish every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the Present
& swears (?) that his name is not on the Pension Roll
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of the agency of any State

	And applicant further states that in 1777
in April he was at the Battle of Richfield (Ridgefield) the
next Day after Danbury was Burnt, he thinks
under Capt. Bell & was out 3 or 5 Days.

And he further says that he served 15 Days
as a Town guard under Capt. Handford Hoyt who
is now dead, he does not recollect the Year & month.

And he further says after the Year 1778 to
the end of the War he was called out on Town guard
& in Alarms more times than he can now enume
-rate to the amount as he believes 9 or 10 Months
Service – 
                                                     Neazer Scofield

Sworn to & subscribed this 25th
Sept 1832 in open Court before
me.            G. C. Davison
			Clerk in Chancery

	We William Waterbury Residing in Sara
toga Springs And Minor Scofield residing in the
Town of Hadley in Saratoga County hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Nezer Scofield
who has Subscribed & sworn to the above declara
-tion; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood
where he abides (?) to have been a Soldier of the revolu
-tion & that we concur in that opinion –

Sworn to & subscribed this 25th        Minor Scofield
Sept 1832 in open Court before          Wm. Waterbury
me.            G. C. Davison
			Clerk in Chancery
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(1905 response to Mrs. P. A. Claflin - Esther M Scofield great Granddaughter of Neazer Scofield via his son Minor Scofield and grandson Frederick Scofield.)
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State of Connecticut}
County of Fairfield   }    In Probate District of Stamford
On this 10th Day of August A D 1832 before the Court of Probate in
& for the said District personally appeared Rueben Scofield Esq of Stan
ford in Said District who being first duly Sworn Doth on his oath   
& upon his (?) say (?) that during the Revolutionary War in the year 1777
this deponent was the Captain of a Company of Connecticut 
troops guard Duty Duty with his Company that year for Six months
ten days – beginning June 20 & ending the first of January Said (?)
Neezer Scofield formerly of said Stanford now in Hadley in State (?)
of New York, _____ Saratoga, was an enlisted private in said com
pany & Did Duty therein during the whole time – The Service was
rendered on the Tories in Horseneck (Greenwich?) & at Peekskill in New York & from
Peekskill was marched northward to act against Burgoyne but at
Fish Kill he heard of his surrender & returned – The company was Dis
Charged at Horseneck in Connecticut – Church & Benedict (?)
my Lieutenants & Smith my Ensign in Defended (?) ___ his ___ ha____
of the said Company __ before him in Court & f___ there Sh____
_____ Neezer Scofield & knows him an inspection of said payroll
That the account he has given of the services of said Neezer
correct and said Neezer and to be a near neighbor of the(?) Depo
nent in said Stanford – His Character forthwith is good – Deponent
is nearly ninety years old - __d Company ____ed to Col. Enos Six
months(?)
						Reuben Scofield
And on the Same Day before Said Court personally appeared Jesse
Hoyt of the Said Stanford aged Seventy one(?) years who being first
Duly sworn Doth on his oath in open Court confirm & ____ that
he well knows Neezer Scofield previously of said Stanford, now og
Hadley in the State of New York Knows that during the Revolution
ary War (but cant remember the year or ____ of the year)
said Neezer was drafted and in the militia of the State of Connect
icut for two months under Capt. Charles Smith as a private th____
lot (?) of said Stanford under said deponent in said Service – Deponent
as lieutenant _____ were near neighbors in said Stanford –(?) N__ S__
_ice (Service?) was __ded (ended?) in said Stanford.  Deponent also knows that
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said Neezer did Duty under Capt Jesse Bell, now dead in said Stan
ford of his own Knowledge.  Does not know how long – understand(?)
in no e___ draft for two months – nor can he state the year when
if was ___  - believe ____ it was about the first of the year(?) – In 1777 Days(?)
went was(?) ___ enlist & ___ in Capt. Reuben Scofields Company of State
troops in Col. Eno’s Regiment for six months & ten days an account
of which h____nd in said Capt. Scofields __d __y roll beginning June 2_
& ending in January following f_____ing said Neezer was __ enlisted ___ and
____ty in said Company the whole of said time – N__ service(?) was _____ed in
Horseneck in Connecticut, Peekskill in New York & other places in that
region						his
					   Jesse + Hoyt
						  mark


Also on the same Day before said Court personally appeared Ephrain
Jones of Said Stanford who being first Duly Sworn doth in this open
Court Depose & Say that he well Knows Neezer Scofield formally of said
Stanford now of Hadley in the State of New York – Deponent is in
his seventy fifth year – in 1777 or 1778 (Deponent thinks in 1778)
Deponent was drafted out for two month in a Company of Connecti
cut militia commanded by Capt. Charles Smith now dead of said Duty the whole of
time in Said Stanford and Neezer was Drafted ____ in the
Same company for the Same time & and Duty in said Company
for the same time – His(?) timer Deponent thinks was from about the
middle of March to the cir__b__ding time in the May follow
ing in said Capt. Charles Smith was(?) of said Stanford but has
been dead for several years. – Amos Smith of Said Stanford now
dead was Lieutenant – Col. John Mead then of Greenwich now
dead was f___d command in K.(?) lines – 
							Ephrain Jones
Sworn & Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid by the Said Reuben
Scofield Esq, Jesse Hoyt & Ephrain Jones subjectively (?)
                                                           Chr. Hawley Judge

I Samuel Lockwood clerk of the Cout of Probate for the District of & in
Connecticut Do hereby certify that the proof say(?) was the _____
of the at said Court in the matter of Neezer Hoyts (s/b Scofield) application _______
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto duly a___d my name ___ my seal of
office this 10th day of August AD 1832
					           Saml Lockwood Clk
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Pension 
H
Jul 13, 1899
U.S. 
Office.
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(Letter from Hiram and William Scofield sons of William Scofield, Neazer’s son)
H. & W. Scofield, 
     Attorneys.   		 		Washington, Iowa. July 10, 1899. 

Commissioner of Pensions, 
  	          Washington City, D. C. 

Dear Sir:-		 Our grandfather Neazer Scofield was in sone service
for the United States during the Revolutionary War and drew a pension
for such services for a good many years and died about Sept. 6, 1846. 
Will you please have your records examined and inform us in what 
capacity he served and during what time.   We are not able to give the 
Company or Regiment, but we remember of his drawing a pension for ser- 
vices rendered.   Please respond and greatly oblige us. 

                                                                Respectfully yours,
Dict.					                                  H & W Scofield
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       21824
Nezer Scofield
Pension Papers
--------------------     
I must Issue a deposition
that Miner Scofield is a credible
person (Struck out)

Is there a clergyman in
the immediate vicinity or not.
This must be Known. I see nothing
of any such proof (Struck out)

Admitted
   Private 14 mon & 18 days
(Struck out)

(Unreadable pencil notes)

	M.J. Warren
		Saratoga Springs
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State of New York
	Saratoga Sp: (Springs?)

Whose due application to me made in
open court before the Undersigned Vice Chancellor
of the 4th Circuit of said State on this 9th Day
of November 1833 for the purpose of ar___ding
the papers hereunto annexed.  I Do Certify that
it appears to me That Reuben Scofield, Jesse
Hoyt & Ephrain Jones whose names appear
to(?) the affidavits annexed are respectable pers
-ons & that their Statement is entitle & to(?) credit
                                                        E. Cowen

		I Nicholas Hill jr. Deputy Clerk
of the court of Chancery in & for the 4th Circuit
do certify that the foregoing contains the origi
 			-nal Proceeding of said Court a____
 			_atory to the proceedings of Nezer
{L.S.}			Scofield for a pension

                               In testimony Whereof I have here
                        -unto put my hand & seal of office this
                        Day of Nov. 1833
	                                        Nich Hill Jr
			                              Deputy
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State of New York
Saratoga ss Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said
County Nezer Scofield who being duly sworn
deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively
as to the precise length of his service but according to
the last of his recollection he served not less than the
periods mentioned below in the following grades
for 15 days I served as a private, as a substitute for
Elmer Deed under Capt. Betts at New York as
I was then attached to Col. John Mead's Regiment
stated in the annexed paper for twelve days
I served as a private under Capt. [illegible] Sellick
as a volunteer. For Two months I served as a private
under Capt. Jesse Bell in Col John Mead's Regiment
at New York in 1776, as stated in the annexed paper
for Twenty days I served as a private & as a guard
under the same Capt Bell & Col Mead at Three
several calls out to Horseneck, For six days I served
as a private volunteer under Capt Berry Weed to meet
the British when they burnt Porincidt meeting house
in 1778 in the same year I served six days under the
same Capt. Weed at Crown pond. For Two months
I served as a private at Stamford as a Town guard
under Capt. Bell in Col. Mead Regiment on a
Draft. Immediately after this I was drafted again
I served as a private at the same Town for a Town
guard under Capt. Charles Smith for two months
longer- For six months I served as a private under
Capt. Reuben Scofield in Col Enos Regimen. For [illegible] I served under the said Capt Bell at the Battle
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of Richfield.  For fifteen days, I served as a private, as a town guard at Stamford under Capt. Handford Hoyt. Col Meads Regiment.  He was called out on alarms a great many times, but for this he does not claim, as he informed that kind of service does not entitle him to pay, but for all the other services herein mentioned, I claim a pension.

                       (signed) Neazer Scofield

Subscribed & sworn this
28th June 1833 before me
Thom Marvin justice of the Peace



State of New York
Saratoga NY
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace of said county, William Waterbury who being duly sworn says, that he is between sixty-six and sixty-seven years of age.  That he is acquainted with Reuben Scofield, Tepe  Hoyt & Ephraim Jones all of Stamford in the State of Conecticut whose names appear to the affidavits interested by them hereunto annexed.  That the said Reuben Scofield, Tepe Hoyt & Ephraim Jones are Respectable men & their statement is entitled to credit.

                      (signed) Wm Waterbury

Subscribed & sworn this
28th June 1833 befoe me
Thos. Marvin Justice of the Peace
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And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the Investigation of the matter & after
p___ting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War
department that the above named afficient was
a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he States – And
the Court further certifies that it appears to them
that William Waterbury who has Signed the above
certificate is a Resident of Saratoga Springs &
Neezer Scofield who has also signed the same
is a Resident of Hadley in said County of Saratoga
& are credible persons & that their Statement is c_____ed
to court.

I G_____ N Davison Clerk of the Court of
Chancery in & for the 4th Circuit do hereby Certify
that the foregoing contains the original pro-
ceedings of the said Court with the matter of the
application of Nezer Scofield for a pension
 	In testimony Whereof I have hereunto put
 my hand & seal of office this 25th Sept. 1832 (Date struck out)
Seventh day of January, 1833
                                       G___ Davison Clerk
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     I Thomas J. Marvin a Justice of the Peace  do certify that I am well acquainted with William Waterbury who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit & know the said William to be a very respectable man, of unimpeachable integrity & his statement is entitled to implicit credit .

Dated June 28th, 1933

                   (signed) Thos. Marvin
 

State of New York
Saratoga County
I Alphew Goodrich Clerk for the County of Saratoga do certify that Thomas J. Marvin before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing & signature.

 Witness my hand and seal of office the first day of July, 1833
                (signed) A Goodrich Clerk

(stamped)
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Pension 
A
March 13, 1905
U.S.
Office
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(Page one of a very hard to read letter from Mrs. P. A. Claflin)
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(Page two of a very hard to read letter from Mrs. P. A. Claflin)

[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY MAR 16 1905 FILES U.S.P.E.
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE. U.S. A MAR 18 1905
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(Form to reply to requests for service records)
In reply to your request of ________, received _______
for a statement of the military history of Neazer Scofield
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.

         1775            15 Days                  Private    Betts                    John Mead     Conn
June  1775	     12 Days                       "         Simeon Selleck            "                "

August(?) 1776     2 Months 2 Days		   Jesse Bell	       John Mead
	
Feb or Mar 177_   2 months ___		           Jesse Bell
                                                                           Charles Smith	
	
June 20 1777	     6 months		                   Reuben Scofield
		
             1778  	    12 Days		                   Benjamin Weed
		
	                     15 Days		                   Hoyt	                       Mead	

Battles engaged in,			Ridgefield (April __1777).
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Stanford, Conn.
Date of application for pension,  Sept. 25 1832  His Claim __
Residence at date of application, Ha__, Sa_____   _________ (Hadley, Saratoga, New York)
Age at date of application, Born May 25 1754 at Stanford, Conn.
Remarks:  (Unreadable)
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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(Invalid Form of 1870 used to log correspondence after 1899 about Neazer Scofield’s service)
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State of New York
Saratoga
John A. Watrbury being durly sworn says that he is acquainted with Miner Scofield whose name appears to the certificate hereto annexed.  That the said Miner is a very respectable man.  This statement is entitled to credit and deponent further states that there is no stated clergyman within the town of Hadley in said county as deponent has been informed herewtih.

                     John A. Waterbury

Sworn & subscribed in
open court on the 
7th Jan, 1833 before me
E. Cowen