Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,704, Jared Grannes, Conn. Privateer
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(3-1776)
Service
Conn.
Privateer

Grannes, Jared
Or Grannis.

Number
S. 31.704
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17.985
Connecticut
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Jaren Grannis
of Et Haven in the State of Con
who was a Pri in the Com commanded 
by Captain Rose H of the [W marked out] commanded
by [blank] in the Con Troops
[crossed out “line”] for 16 mo ~
-Note-
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Inscribed on the Roll of Con
at the rate of 53 Dollars and 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Octo
33 and sent Jno
Beach New Haven Ct
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33    	$133.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4  26.66
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				                       $159.99

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 16
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No. 5332
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
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State of Connecticut,
County of New-Haven,} ss.

On this 6th day of Augst. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the County Court of New Haven County now sitting, Jared Grannis a resident of East Haven in the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, aged 76 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, and served as herein stated: -
That I entered the service as a private in the state service in the war of the United States about the first of December 1775 under the command of Capt. Reuben Rose of Branford  went to New York and was employed in building a fort in Brooklin and continued in service until the first of March following when I was discharged- Jesse Ludington and Elle Grannis now living in this Town were with me – In the month of April 1776 – enlisted as a private under the command of Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven and was employed to build the Fort on the east side of New Haven Harbor and in keeping guard. untill December following when I was discharged – And in the early part of the spring of the year 1777 enlisted again under Capt. Joseph Thompson and was employed in keeping guard in East Haven – New Haven and the adjoining towns under the command of Capt. Thompson and Lieut. Wilmont until the commencement of the following winter when I was discharged – Elijah Bradley & Jesse Ludington and several others now living in this Town belonged to said company – 
	In the month of July 1778 I enlisted as a marine on board of the armed Sloop called Revenge under the command of Capt Post of New London – sailed on a cruise from New London and in about three weeks after sailing – fell in with and was taken as prisoners of War by the British Ship Flora ann of thirty six guns – was carryed to Newfoundland put on board of the Ship Invinsable of seventy four Guns – conveyed to England landed at Portsmouth. put in prison at Gosport – and
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detained in prison about three years about two years on board of the Shiping and was exchanged at Gosport in July 1783 put on board of Casteel Princess Amelia and arrived in Boston – I know of no one living that was with me – was born in East Haven August 15, 1756 – recorded in New Haven. lived in East Haven when I entered the service and have ever since and still living in said town – 
I received no written discharge – I entered the service by voluntary enlistment

I Jesse Ludington of East Haven in New Haven County State of Connecticut aged 75 depose and say that about the first of December 1775 I enlisted in the State Services in the War of the revolution under the command of Capt. Rueben Rose of Branford went to New York and was employed in building a Fort on Brooklin and continued in service three months and I am well knowing that Jared Grannis of East Haven belonging to said Company and Served the whole time – I further more certify that the said Jared Grannis is believed to be 76 years old and is a near resident to me and that his Declaration is true –
	I furthermore testify that the said Jared Grannis did in the month of April 1776 enlist under the command of Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven and was employed in keeping guard in East Haven and New Haven untill December following and in the early part of the year 1777 he enlisted again under Capt. Joseph Thompson and continued in service until the commencement of the following winter. I both of said terms belonged in said Company.
[signed] Jesse Ludenton

sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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I Joshua Barns of North Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut of lawfull age being duly sworn depose and say that I am well acquainted with Jared Grannis of East Haven who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration. that I enlisted with the said Jared Grannis in the Connecticut line in the Company of Capt. Samuel Osborn and that Jared Robinson was Lieut.  that sd Grannis marched with me to Fort Independence and afterwards to Wright Mill that we enlisted for three months and that sd Grannis & myself both served our whole time  that I remember that the troops were employed at Wright Mill in pressing hay and keeping guard – dated at new Haven August 6th 1832
[signed] Joshua Barns

sworn to the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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He ^the Declarant^ hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, except that of the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Jared Grannis
Attest [signed] Jno Beach Clerk
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We, Stephen Dodd, a Clergyman, residing in sd East Haven and Bela Farnham residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jared Grannis who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 76 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.
[signed] Stephen Dodd
[signed] Bela Farnham
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest [signed] Jno Beach 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 Stephen Dodd who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in East Haven and that Bela Farnham who has also signed the same, is a resident of sd East Haven and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
By order of Court Attest [signed] Jno Beach Clerk

I, Jn Beach Clerk of the County Court of New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jared Grannis for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 6t day of August 1832
[signed] Jn Beach Clerk
[to the left is a seal without legible print]
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State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss
Be it remembered that at a County Court held at New Haven within & for New Haven County on the 11h day of June 1833 The said Court in addition to their certificate to the pension papers of Jared Grannis of the 6h of August 1832 hereto annexed, hereby further certify that in their opinion the said Jared Grannis was a Revolutionary Soldier, & served as he states in his supplemental Declaration, & that the several deponents or witnesses whose affidavits or depositions were & are takin & sworn to before said Court, & which are thereunto & hereunto annexed, to wit Elijah Bradley, Jesse Ludenton & Joshua Barnes are respectively persons of credibility and declare that in our opinion their statements are entitled to full faith & credit.
By order of Court
Attest [signed] Jno Beach Clerk

I Jn Beach Clerk of the County Court of New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jared Grannis for a pension – 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County Court the day & date above written
[signed] Jn Beach Clerk
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I Jared Grannis of the town of East Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged 76 years, that in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 – Do make the following Declaration in addition and explanation of the one heretofore maide – 

1.	That I enlisted as a private in the Connecticut service in the war of the revolution about the first of December 1775 under the command of Capt. Reuben Rose of Branford in said County Joined the company in New Haven and marched by land to the city of New York encamped in New York a short time. then [illegible] over to Brooklin on Long Island for a brestwoork and continued in said Service until the first of March a term of three months. cannot recollect the names of the higher officers
2.	That in the month of April 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in a company under the command of Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven (a company raised by the State of Connecticut and placed to guard the shores of East Haven, New Haven and Milford) the Company being divided into different parcels. I was stationed a part of the time at Milford in erecting a Fort and part of the time in keeping guard in New Haven and part of the time in East Haven in erecting a Fort on the east side of New Haven Harbour and in keeping guard at a guard house about two miles south of the Fort. I was part of the time under Lieut. Wilmont who was Lieutenant in said Company and some of the time under a noncommissioned officer. I continued in service until about the first of December a term of about six months.
3.	I enlisted again under the aforesaid Capt. Joseph Thompson and Lieut. Wilmont about the first of April 1777 and was employed in keeping guard in this Town and in New Haven in a manner similar to the former year until the latter part of December following a term of seven months when when I was discharged –
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4.	In the month of July 1778 I enlisted as a marine on board of the armed Sloop Revenge under the command of Capt Post of New London. Commissioned by this State. Soon after sailed from New London on a cruise and in three weeks took a prize Brig called the Tratus (a British Merchant Brig from the West Indies  I was put on board of said Brig and in nine days after said Brig was retaken by the British Ship Flora ann of thirty six guns. I was put on board of said Ship carried to Newfoundland put on board of the Ship Invinsable of seventy four Guns carried to England landed at Portsmouth. put in the  prison at Gosport  continued in said prison and attempted to escape but was as often taken and brought back. After which I was put on board of the Ship [blank] of seventy-four guns as a prisoner kept the some time after -which I was put on board of the Ship called the Princes Amelia and continued on board as a prisoner of War until peace when I was discharged in the July 1783 – put on board of shiping and arrived in Boston – being a term from the time that I enlisted to the time of my release of five years and a few days over – 
I cannot recollect the exact time of my services but according to my best recollection I served as follows
1.	from the first of December 1775 to the first March 1776 – under Capt. Reuben Rose – three months – see Jesse Ludington Deposition
2.	from April to December 1776 under Capt. Joseph Thompson and Lieut. Willmot six months. see Elijah Bradleys deposition
3.	from the first of April to December 1777 under Capt. Thompson and Lieut. Willmont. seven months see John Thompson deposition
4.	from July 1778 to July 1783 as a marine and as a Prisoner five years – for which services I claim a Pension 
I was born in East Haven August 15 1756 have a family record  I lived in East Haven when I entered the service where I now live 
I entered the service by enlistment – never received a written discharge and have no Documentary evidence to prove my service I remember know other officers than those heretofore mentioned. I am well known to Enos Hemingway – John Russell Lewis Patten and others in this Town who can certify to my character for veracity and of their belief of my Services as a soldier in the war of the revolution
[signed] Jesse Grannis
Sworn to & subscribed  in open Court this 11t day of June 1833
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I Elijah Bradley of East Haven County of  New Haven and State of Connecticut aged 73 years Depose and say that In May 1776  I enlisted in the State Services in the War of the revolution in the company under the command of Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven and was employed in this and the adjoining towns in keeping guard and creating Forts until November following a term of six months. And I well remember that Jared Grannis of said East Haven Joined the Company about the time that I did and continued in said Company until late in the fall of that year. I well remember that he was in that part of the Company with me at Milford in erecting a Fort and also in this Town and in keeping guard at the guard house about two miles South of the Fort in this Town. I cannot remember the time that he joined the Company or the exact time of Discharge but it has always been my belief that he continued in service not less than six months
[signed] Elijah Bradley

Sworn to  & Subscribed in open Court this 11h day of June 1833
[signed] Attest Jno Beach Clerk

I John Thompson of East Haven County of  New Haven  State of Connecticut aged 80 years Depose and say that I enlisted in the State Services in the War of the revolution in the early part of year 1776  under Capt. Joseph Thompson and continued in service in sd Company six or seven months – And in the month of March or April 1777 I entered again under the said Capt Thompson and Lieut Samuel Willmot and continue about the term of time as the former year - was employed both years in erecting Forts in this Town and at Milford and in guarding the shores in this and the adjoining towns.  And I am well knowing that Jared Grannis of said East Haven was a Soldier in said Company both of the aforesaid years and served a considerable of the time with me – the exact time that he entered the Company I cannot say but according to my recollection he served not less than six or seven months each year
[signed] John Thompson

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven ss

East Haven June 11h 1833 personally appeared before me Bela Farnham a Justice of the Peace for said County John Thompson who hath subscribed to the foregoing Deposition and who is well known to me as a credible person and made Oath to the truth of the same
[signed] Bela Farnham Just Peace
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31704
Revy
Invalid. 

File No. 31,704
Jared Grannis
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7h 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 165

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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East Haven October 5t 1833
Sir
The Pension papers of Jared Grannis were returned and handed to me as agent for Mr. Grannis – it appears a certificate from the Comptroller is required to prove that the vessel on which he served was public property – I have called on Mr Grannis and Stated the case to him and he has requested me to write to you that he knows of no proof to support his claim further than what he has heretofore procured and requested me to return the papers and must submit to the decision of the war department to grant him such compensation for his services in the war of the revolution that may appear just or reasonable – 
Yours respectfully
[signed] Bela Farnham

J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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5332
Jared Grannis
[crossed out [illegible] certiftd Comp of Pub. Act that vessels was pub. vessels]
16 mo private
5.14.16.17
Does not appear that vessel on board which he was captive was a public ship. If it were it is not probable that claimant would be taken out of prison in England and put on board a sea going [illegible] & several years unless he had entered as one the crew
[crossed out Jno Beach
New Haven
CT]
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Brief objections to the admission of a Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jared Grannis which require further proof or explanation.

I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [blank]
II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [blank]
III.	If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he reside, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV.	Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [blank]
V.	*Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No
VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [blank]
VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [blank]
VIII.	Has the Court given their opinion? [blank]
IX.	Has the Clerk given his certificate? [blank]
X.	Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [blank]

It must appear that the vessel on board which claimt served was a public vessel as the service & imprisonment cannot be [illegible]
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XI.	Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [blank]
XII.	If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]
XIII.	If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [blank]
XIV.	†If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [blank
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [blank]
XV.	Does it appear from any papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? [blank]
XVI.	‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII.	Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if no, which of them is not so answered?  No

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 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 [blank] year [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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	It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension 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 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 a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 employed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
	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 claimants 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.

‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
	In every instance where the certificate of the certifying office who authenticated the paper is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
	In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss New Haven
June 11t 1833

I Jn Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for New Haven County hereby certify that Bela Farnham is Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths & that his name as written & subscribed to the foregoing deposition of John Thompson is his genuine official signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court the day 
 & date above written
[signed] Jno Beach Clerk
[seal is affixed to the left, but print is not legible]
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I Jesse Ludington of East Haven in New Haven County and State of Connecticut, aged 76 years, Depose and say that about the first of December 1775 I enlisted as a soldier in the State Service in the war of the Revolution under the command of Capt. Reuben Rose of Branford  Joined the company at New Haven and marched by land to New York then to Brooklyn on Long Island and was employed in erecting a Fort and other fortifications and continued in Service until the first of March 1776 when I was discharged having served a term of three months. And in the month of April 1776 I enlisted as a soldier in the state service under Capt. Joseph Thompson and Lieut. Willmont and was employed in erecting a Fort in Milford and in this town on the east side of New Haven Harbour and continued in service until latter part of Nov. or the forepart of December following when I was discharged – And in the month of March 1777 I enlisted again under the aforesaid Joseph Thompson and Lieut. Willmont and was employed in keeping guard in the Fort a part of the time at the guard house about two miles South of the Fort and a part of the time in New Haven. untill September following when I was discharged – And I am well knowing that Jared Grannis of this Town served with me in the Company under Capt. Rose and went to New York and Brooklyn and was employed the whole term of three months and was discharged with me and I am well knowing that the said Jared Grannis entered the Company under Capt. Thompson in the Spring of the of 1776 and served until late of that season – and that in the month of March or April 1777 he entered as  Soldier under Capt. Thompson and Lieut. Willmont and continued in said Company with me as long as I remained – I cannot recollect the exact time of his Service for the two last years but according to my belief he served not less than Six or Seven months in each year
[signed] Jesse Ludenton

Sworn to & subscribed  in open Court this 11t day of June 1833
attest [signed] Jno Beach Clerk