Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17216, Thomas Anderson, Conn. Vt.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Vt.


Anderson, Thomas
Alice

NUMBER

W 17216
B.L. Wt. 12849-160-55

CONTENTS
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29.956
Connecticut
Thomas Anderson decd
of  --- in the State  Conn't
who was a private in the ---
commanded
by Captain ---- of the -----
commanded by

in the Revolution
for 13 mo & 18 days


Inc'd from $31.10
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
at the rate of 45 Dollars 33
Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
& Every March 30, 1835

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of
Novr 1853 and sent to
Jeremiah W. Bishop
Moore Meadow
Tolland Co.
Conn't
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 

 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. 

Recorded by H R Weightman Clerk
Book E [or C] Vol 3, Page 1
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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland
Tolland Probate District
On this 12th day of June AD 1833 personally appeared in
Open Court before Jeremiah Parish by Judge of the Court
 of Probate for the District of Tolland
aforesaid in said State of Connecticut now sitting in Tolland
in said District and County. Thomas, Anderson a resident of the Town of
Willington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut
Aforesaid - aged Seventy four years, who being first duly
Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named Officers and served as herein stated.
First tour, that about the 7th day of May 1775, I enlisted into
the service of the United States, for a tour of duty for seven months.
I belonged to a company commanded by Capt Thomas
Knowlton. The subaltern officers were Lieut. Meyers, Lieut Allen
and Ensign Hill. We were marched immediately to Cambridge
in the State of Massachusetts and belonged to a regiment
 commanded by Col. Israel Putnam, and were stationed
at Cambridge thro the summer. Capt Knowlton with
about one half of his company was in the battle of Bunker
Hill. I was one who was in that battle-- I continued
in the service during the whole of said term of seven months
at Cambridge and in that vicinity and performed all
the duties required of me, and at the expiration of said
seven months I was discharged and returned home to
said Willington - I know of no other proof of my services
this tour to be obtained except that of Capt Jedediah Amidon,
 whose deposition is herewith transmitted

Second tour - That about the first of December 1776 I enlisted
into a company of State troops for the term of three and one
half months. Said company was commanded by Capt
Payne Converse, was marched to Providence, Rhode Island
and there performed the whole term of 3 months. Was
employed in keeping guard, digging entrenchments and
other duties-- Our quarters were in the College - We belonged
to a regiment commanded by Col Ely, at the expiration
of said tour I was discharged and returned home to said Willington
now of no other proof of my services this one except that of Frederick
Pearl and John Fuller whose depositions are herewith transmitted.
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Third tour. Some time in the fore part of May 1778 - The day I do not
recollect. It was when I was at work planting.
Stephen Brown of Windham and Benjamin Hutchins of
Mansfield both in Windham County and State aforesaid
come to me at Willington and hired me as a substitute
for one of them [a for a class - which I do not recollect.
I engaged to serve for eight months. I belonged to a corps
called the new levies - or recruits - to recruit the Continental
army. I went to said Windham with said Brown and
Hutchins and was there mustered and accepted. I then
had liberty to go home and get ready for the tour. As soon as
I got my clothing and other things ready-- I went on alone
and joined the army at a place called Blank’s Point, a few miles
below West Point on the North river in the State of New York. Was
attached to a Company of Continental troops. They being all
strangers to me and it being so long ago-- I cannot now recollect
the names of the Company Officers nor scarcely any of the Soldiers.
I recollect one soldier by the name of John Bishop who belonged
to the same Company. The regiment I believe was command
by Col Sherman, but of this I am not perfectly sure-
We were marched from Blank’s Point to West Point, and
were there stationed until some time in the fall. I was
ordered from West Point to a place called New Windsor, and
was there employed for some time in chopping wood for
the army - then returned to West Point and there stationed
until I was discharged having served the full term
of eight months. I was paid for eight months service
and received a written discharge but have lost it-
I have an impression that I gained some time by chopping
wood having finished our job sooner than the time allowed
as to do it.  If so,  I was discharged a few days before
the eight months expired. I was however allowed eight
months pay and considered as having performed an
eight months tour-- I believe that Gen. Malcolm
commanded at West Point when I was there. I saw
Gen. Washington at Blank’s Point and at West Point-
I have not at this late period, any distinct recollection
of the names of any of the Officer or soldiers, except
Capt. Hill, Lieut Dimock, Lieut Root, and William Royce.
The troops there being all strangers to me, I have not
been able by all the enquiry that I have been able to
make to find any person who can testify to my
services this tour. Whether my name is on the roll of
the army I cannot say.
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Fourth tour. In the year 1781 - I lived in the Town of Thetford
in the State of Vermont and about the 1st of May 1781
I engaged as a substitute to a man by the name of Amos
Chamberlain to go unto the service of the United States.
Some troops were then called out in consequence of the
burning of the Town of Royalton by the Indians. I belonged
to a company commanded by Capt Seely, Col Wait
commanded the whole. We were marched to a place called
Cornith, where we built a fort, which was called
Fort Wait. This was the place of rendezvous the whole
tour. I continued in the service, on guard and on scouting
parties to protect that part of the County from the
Indians about seven months. One of our scouting
parties was attacked by the indians - Two were killed
and the rest of the party was taken prisoners and
carried to Canada and was discharged about the
 first day of December 1781. After living in Vermont
 about two years I returned to Connecticut, and have
never seen a single person since who was out
with me in this service- I have sent to Vermont
but cannot find any person living, whom I was
acquainted with in this service, and have no
proof to transmit of my services in this or the
third tour except my own declaration. I have
delayed my application in order to obtain more
 proof but have not succeeded--
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declare that my name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
In answer to the interrogatories, put by the Court agreeable
to the instructions of the War Department-
I was born in the Town of Mansfield in the County and
State aforesaid in the year 1758
I believe my birth is recorded in the record of said
Town of Mansfield -
When I entered the service for the first these tours of duty
as set forth in this declaration. I lived in said Town of
Willington. At the time of engaging in the fourth
tour I lived in the Town of Thetford in what is now
Vermont - After living at Thetford about two years
I removed to said Willington and have lived there
ever since and now live there-
I was called into the service as stated in the body of
my declaration - the two first tour I enlisted, and the
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[right margin, vertical writing]
Thomas Anderson Decl’n 
[crossed out-’and Certificate’]

other two. I engaged as a substitute as stated in
my declaration and for the persons there named
I have stated the names of all the Officers that
I now recollect, and my memory is so much
 impaired, that I do not now recollect any other
general circumstances of my services except
what I have detailed in my declaration.
I received but one written discharge and that was
for my third tour as herein stated. It has been
a great many years, and I cannot now say
by whom it was signed-
I am known to the Revd Francis Wood and Daniel Glaizer Esquire
in my present neighborhood who can testify as to my
character for veracity and their belief of my services
as a soldier of the revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Anderson

We, Francis Wood a Clergyman residing in the Town of Willington
 and Daniel Glazier residing in the same Town,
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas
Anderson who has subscribed and sworn to the above
Declaration. That we believe him to be seventy four 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, and that he is a person of veracity
and his testimony is entitled to full credit-
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Francis Wood
Daniel Glazier

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the
matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department,
 that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
and the Court [finds?] Capt Jedediah Amidon, Frederick Pearl & 
John Fuller whose depositions accompany this declaration are credible persons
and that their testimony is entitled to credit. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Francis Wood who  has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman,
resident in the town of Willington and that Daniel Glazier Esq. who has signed the same *
is a resident in the town of Willington and a Justice of the Peace for s’d Tolland County and both are* credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

[pass’d] by the Court 
Attest J. Howard Clk of Probate for the District of Tolland

I, Joseph Howard, Clerk of the Court do hereby certify that
 the foregoing contains the original
 proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the
 application of Thomas Anderson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this 12th day of June 1833.
Joseph Howard, Clerk
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26370
Thomas Anderson

[illegible]

Connecticut

with letter to 
Joseph H Howard
Tolland
Ct.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
23 Sept 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Thomas Anderson

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of
the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

May 1775 | 7 months | Pr. | Col Putnam, Cap Knowlton | 74 Con.  | Traditionary & witnesses

Dec 1 1776 | 3 month 15 days | Pr.  | Cap Converse Col. Ely | [blank] | [blank]
May 1778 | 8 months  | Pr.  | Col Sherman| [blank] | [blank]
1781 |  about 7 months |  Pr.  | Cap Seely Col West| [blank] | [blank]

The alleged service in 1778 is not sustained by the 
rolls. Proof should therefore be exhibited. Amore full statement
 of services in Vermont is also required. It is believed that
actual service for the time claimed were not perform’d.
Mr Phelps’s certificate as to service in 1775 is also required.

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
March 26, 18[33]
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. ┃
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. ┃
Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 } ss.
County of
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of
and State, Territory or District
of
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 be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
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

[handwritten]
Service in 1775 may be proved by the rolls in the office of 
Comptroller of Public accounts which furnish the best evidence
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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 stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be 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 now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer  - Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be 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 make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
&
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.
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.
 The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
 The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
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 in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For – years
-- months, and days
, I served as a . For months and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid
 according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two yours
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 shown under what tiers 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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.
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.
The notes from a to i are equally applicable to the cases of Militia Men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note j applies to continental troops only. 
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[handwritten note]
Particulars of service in Vermont must be given at length
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Certificate of the
Town Clerk of the
town of Willington
as to the marriage
of Thos Anderson
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State of Connecticut 
Tolland County
Willington Augt 13th 1838
This may certify to whom it may concern that
I find on Record Book C. for Marriages births and
deaths fifth page for the Town of Willington that
Thomas Anderson and Alice Whitman were joined
in Marriage the Twenty third day of February one
thousand Seven hundred Ninety two with the exception
 of the state which is expressed on the record in
fair legible figures as follows-- The following
is a true extract from the record.
Attest Gideon N Merick
Town Clerk
(Viz) Thomas Anderson and Alice Whitmore were
joined in Marriage February 23d 1792

Gideon N. Merick above named depose and
say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the
County town and State aforesaid and that the
above is a true extract from the record of said
Town with the exception of any certificate.
Gideon A Merick
Town Clerk

State of Connecticut
Tolland County
Willington August ___ 1838
Personally appeared Gildon N Merick a credible
witness, and made Solemn Oath to the truth
of the foregoing Certificate & affidavit by him.
Subscribed before me and I certify that he
is Town Clerk of said Town of Willington.
 Daniel Glazier Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland ss

I Novatus Chapman Judge of Probate Court for
 Tolland District within said County of Tolland do certify
 that Daniel Glazier 
Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken
and whose certificate is annexed thereto is a justice
of Peace within and for said County of Tolland and 
I believe that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of Office and subscribed
my name this 30th day of August AD 1838
Novatus Chapman Judge of Probate 
for Tolland District
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1185
The declaration of
Mrs Alice Anderson
of Willington Tolland
County for a
Pension under the
act of Congress of
July 7th 1838
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State of Connecticut
Tolland County
On this Eighth day of August A.D. 1838
personally appeared before the Court of Probate
for the District of Tolland now in session in
in Willington within said District Alice Anderson
 a resident of said Willington in said
County of Tolland aged Seventy years on the
twenty first day of April 1838. who first being
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed July 7th A.D. 1838
entitled An act granting half pay and pension
to certain Widows.
That she is the Widow of Thomas
Anderson late of said Willington deceased,
who according to her best knowledge and belief
was a soldier in the war of the revolution
with Great Briton and in conformity with
the laws of the United States was entitled to
a pension and that subsequent to his decease
received his her late husband’s certificate
and received the pension that was granted
or allowed to him. And for the best
evidence that the nature of the case admit
of as to his service and the pension granted
she would refer the Department to his her
late husbands declaration of service and
the evidence connected therewith now on
file in the pension office at Washington,
As she was married to him subsequent
to his rendering the service for which he
was pensioned and that she is unable
to make a specific declaration as to
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to the services he performed from her own personal
 knowledge and she must rely solely on
the testimony of other in support of those
Service.  She relies on the fourth rule adopted
by the Department on the 17th of July 1838
requesting a reference to the papers now on file.
She further declares that she
was married to the said Thomas Anderson
at Willington aforesaid on the twenty third
day of February Seventeen hundred and
ninety two and that her husband the afore
said Thomas Anderson died on the 30th day
of March A.D. 1835, and that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service
but that the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January Seventeen hundred
and Ninety four (viz) at the time above
stated. And that she has ever since remained
unmarried.
Alice Anderson

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year
 above written before [blank]
At a Court of Probate holden at Willington within and for
District of Tolland on the 8th day of August 1838
Present, Novatus Chapman Judge
Personally appeared the above named Alice Anderson
 who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and made
 solemn Oath that the matters therein stated are true
before me
Novatus Chapman Judge of Probate
for Tolland District-
Page 17

I Novatus Chapman Judge of the Court of Probate
 for the District of Tolland do hereby certify that the
 foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
 in the matter of the application of Alice Anderson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this 8th day of August AD. 1838

Novatus Chapman Judge
Page 18

State of Connecticut
Tolland County
On the Eighth day of August A.D.
Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight personally
appeared before the Court of Probate for
the District of Tolland now in session in
the town of Willington within said district
Thomas Anderson an inhabitant of 
said town of Willington, and son of 
the Wid Alice Anderson (who has this
day made an application for a pension),
 aged thirty years & doth on his
oath depose and say that his
Father Mr Thomas Anderson died at
Willington aforesaid on the 30th day of
March 1835 - And I furth state that I am 
knowing to the settlement of my father’s
Estate and that at the time of his death
he was entitled to a pension at that
my mother Mrs Alice Anderson received
said pension subsequent to his death
And that my mother has ever since remained
 singlet and unmarried.
Thomas Anderson
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year
above written
Novatus Chapman Judge of
Probate for Tolland District
Page 19

I hereby certify, that Novatus Chapman
Esqr is Judge of Probate for the District
of Tolland which includes the Town of
Willington and that he is a Justice of
the Peace for Tolland County, and his
acts are entitled to full credit as such
Willington August 29th 1838
Orin [Holt or Hoke]
Page 20

2107
Connecticut
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas Anderson
who served in the Revolutionary
Conn
war, as a private
Increased from $45.33

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
65 -Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
 to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
7th day of Sept 1857
and sent to
Hon L. P. Waldo
Tolland
Ct:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 173 Vol. H
Page 21

Willington Conn Tolland County
Oct 19. 1854
This may certify that I have herd [heard] my father Thomas
Anderson say that he lived in Windon Conn with 2 of
his uncles Stephen Brown & John Brown and went from
Windon Conn into the Revolutionary War and Returned
out of the servis [service] to the Town of Windom Conn. Again
after he went into the servis [service] from Windon I recolect [recollect] very
well that he said that he went into Vermont and Bot [bought] some
Land and Maid [made] a servis [service] in the R. War in Vermont.
I should think that he went to Vermont in 1780 and
Remaind [Remained] there about a yeares [years]. I lived with my farther a nomber [number] of years. my age is fifty years. my fatther [father]
Resided in Willington after his mariage [marriage] untill [until] his
death as far as I no [know]. the above Statement is as near
as I can recollect and I am willing to testify to the same
under Oath
George Anderson
Page 22

I George Anderson of Willington in the County
of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged Forty
nine years testify and say that I am a son of Thomas
Anderson a deceased Revolutionary soldier. that I was
present with him at Mansfield Ct at the time that
he filed his declaration for a pension before John
Fitch Esq and heard him say what he had frequently
said before. that he was a private Soldier in the War of
the Revolution that he was under Captain Thomas
Knowlton at Cambridge Massachusetts in the
year 1775. his next tour under Captain Pain Converse
in 1776 and 7 was in Providence Rhode Island, his
next tour of service at or near West Point in
the year 1778 was eight months & the longest
time of service at any one time. I have very
often heard my Father speak of this eight months
term of service. I have heard him speak of a
tour of service in Vermont but dont remember the
length of it. I well recollect his saying that his
Vermont tour of service was the most dangerous
of any on account of the Indians. I lived with
Father in Willington many years & the time of
his death was the 30th day of March AD 1835 & I was
present. There was no other Thomas Anderson in
said Willington excepting his son now living there. 
I know him to be the identical Thomas Anderson
who made his declaration for a Pension before
John Fitch Esq above stated and that my
Mother his widow Alice Anderson is now living
with me in said Town of Willington. I well remember
 a remark made by John Fitch Esq.
to my Father while he was trying to describe to him
his different tours of service. "We dont expect all the
Page 23

particulars of the service but we want the
bones of it now.”
Dated Willington September 20 1855.
George Anderson

State of Connecticut
Tolland County Ss. Willington
On the day and year above written before
me Zina Winter a Notary Public in and
for the County and State aforesaid
personally appeared George Anderson
who subscribed his name to the foregoing
affidavit in my presence and made
oath to the truth of the same and I certify
that I am well acquainted with him, that
he is a credible witness, and that I am in no way
interested in the claim designed to be supported
 by said affidavit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and
affixed my seal of office
Zina Winter
Notary Public
Page 24

[10240]
[Act June 1832]
April 27/33 

Alice Anderson
widow
Thomas Anderson, Prvt
Pension

Capt Thomas Knowlton
Private
Col Wait
Ent [mil] 1775
Dis 1775
1775
Troops
Revolution War

Conn Feb 48 2107
Ad. 160 ac's Dec 15/55
Dodge

Jeremiah W Bishop
Moose Meadow
Conn
Vol. A. 92

[diagonal script superimposed on above notes]
No 12849 [fs] Dec 1855
Page 25

We Zeruah Robbins and George Anderson
residents of Willington in the State of Connecticut
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed
 and acknowledged by the Alice Anderson in our presence; and that
 we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that
 she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Zeruah Robbins
George Anderson

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is
the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Harvey Bidwell Justice of the Peace

State of Conneticut  Tolland County.
We, Zeruah Robbins and George Anderson
having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Thomas Anderson
who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution
whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than twenty
years before his death, which occurred at Willington Connecticut about twenty
years ago: that we know that he died about that time, because we are at his funeral
and new [sic] all the circumstances of his sickness and Death
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Zeruah Robbins
George Anderson

Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this fifth day of April A. D. 1855
Harvey Bidwell Justice of the Peace

It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a
Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Zeruah Robbins and George Anderson
of the said County and State, whom I know to be credible persons, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application: that Alice Anderson
the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, and that
 she is the widow of the late Thomas Anderson who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution
and that the said Thomas Anderson died at the time above stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this
5 day of April 1855
Harvey Bidwell Justice of the Peace
Page 26

State of Connecticut
TOLLAND COUNTY,
County Clerk's Office, ss
I Wm. Sumner Clerk of the County
Court, within and for the County of Tolland, and keeper of the Seal thereof
and of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby
certify, that Harvey Bidwell Esquire, was on the 5th day of April 1855,
 ever since has been and now is, a Justice of the Peace
within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with
 power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgement
 of DEEDS and other Instruments; that I am acquainted with his
hand writing and that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
 is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said  court, at Tolland
 this 23rd day of April 1855 
Wm. Sumner Clerk
Page 27

Declaration of a widow who has NEVER HAD a Land Warrant
State of Connecticut
COUNTY OF Tolland ss
On this fifth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 55
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid, Alice Anderson aged Eighty Six
years, a resident of Wellington in the State of Connecticut who, being duly
 sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Anderson
deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier in the Company commanded by
 Captain Thomas Knowlton, at Bunker Hill in 1775  about five months,
 in the —Regiment of —---commanded by —  in the Revolutionary War
and was there honorable discharged and that I Alice Anderson am
getting a pension for the above Sevce.
that her said husband Vollentured or Enlisted at Window Connecticut
on or about the twentieth day of May or June A. D. 1875, for the term of
 about five Months and continued in actual service in said war for the
term of five months and was honorably discharged at —--- on the —
day of – A. D. 1775; but that to the best of her knowledge and belief, her
 husband never received any written or printed discharge, the said
Alice Anderson has not recieved [reiceived] a Land Warren t[Warrant] nor maid [made] application
for a Warrent [Warrant] hereto before.
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Anderson
in Willington on the 23 day of February A. D. 1929, by one David Lillibridge
a Clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was
Alice Whitmore; that her said husband died at Willington
on the 30 day of March A. D. 1835, and that she is now a widow.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
entitled under the “Act approved March 3, 1855,” and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Jeremiah Bishop Moose Meadow Conn.; and declares that she has not received a Bounty Land Warrant under this or any act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Alice Anderson
Page 28

Know ye that I Zeruah Robbins of
Ashford in the County of Windham and
State of Connecticut aged sixty six years
do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with
Thomas Anderson late of Willington in the
County of Tolland and said State of Connecticut who
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
That my mother was sister of said Anderson.
That I have frequently heard both my mother
and my said uncle Anderson say that he, my
said Uncle, lived in the town of Thetford in the
State of Vermont during the year of 1780 and
1781, and have heard my said Uncle say that
he served in the Army of the United States while
he lived in Vermont and that his Vermont
Campaign was the most perilous service that he
performed during the Revolutionary War on
account of their exposure to the Indians. That
I have a distinct recollection of his saying that
lived in Vermont at the time of the wonderful
dark day which I know from history happened
in May 1780. That my said Uncle removed from
said Willington to Vermont as above stated that
after 1781 he removed back to said Willington
 at which place he resided untill the day of his
 death which took place in the year 1835.
Page 29

That I have always lived near my said Uncle
during my whole life up to the day of his death
and had the best opportunity of knowing the
history of his whole life both from him and my
said mother. That my said uncle was
married since my rememberance to Alice Whitmore
of said Willington, with whom he lived many
years and raised up a large family of children.
That I knew them as husband and wife. And
that he left at his decease Alice Anderson his
widow with whom I am well acquainted and
who I certify is still alive and still the wife
of my said uncle Thomas Anderson deceased.
That with regard to my uncle’s service in the
Revolutionary War I can not be very definite
although besides his campaign in Vermont I 
heard him say that he served in the vicinity
of West Point in the State of New York and
in Charlestown in Massachusetts and Cambridge,
also in the State of Rhode Island further the
deponent saith not.
Zeruah Robbins
Page 30

State of Connecticut
County of Windham
Be it known that on
this thirtieth day of August in the year 1853
before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public
in and for the County and State aforesaid
personally appeared Zeruah Robbins the
above mentioned deponent and made oath
to the truth of the statement by her subscribed
and I certify that I am well acquainted with
deponent and that her testimony is entitled
to implicit confidence and I further certify
this I have no interest whatever in the result
of the claim which said deposition is designed to
support.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
Page 31

Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 17216
Alice Anderson
Widow of
Thomas Anderson
Pri Rev War

Act:  Feb 29 48
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 13
{Arrangement of 1870.}
Page 32

Moose Meadow let.
Sept 21
Sept. 24, 1853
Appl. of Alice
Anderson, widow
of Thomas
Tolland Co.
 Conn.

Act /32

Jeremiah W. Bisop
Moose Meadow
Tolland Co.
 Conn.

Free
Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 33

[circle stamp]
TOLLAND CT
JUL 22

FREE

George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Mr Taylor, Will please
get the case from Mr
Anderson & make &
hand me a copy of
the paper ask’d for
by [Comm’r] Waldo, as
 soon as convenient 
GCW
24 Jul ‘57
Page 34

Moose Meadow Co
Oct 26
Oct 29, 1853

Mr. Cole
Rev

Let. in care of
Alice Anderson
widow of
Thomas
 Cl. 2107 Act of 48
J. W. Bishop
Moose Meadow
Tolland Co.
Conn

Free
Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 35

Thomas Anderson
Tolland County
Conn,
Act 7th June 1832,
Allowed as a Private
at the rate of $65.33
per annum, to commence 4th
March 1831, and to terminate
30th March 1835
deducting former payments
at the rate of $45.33 per
 ann. same time - 
payable to his widow
Alice Anderson
Certificate to
Hon L. P. Waldo
Tolland
Conn
Page 36

Nov. 18, 1853.
Requesting an
in explanation
in the recent
allowance of
pension in case
of
Alice Anderson
widow
Thomas
Jeremiah W. Bishop
Moose Meadow
Tolland Co.
Conn.


Moose Meadow Ct
Nov 16


Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington. D. C.
Page 37

Thomas Anderson
Connecticut
Suspended

Let. 15 May 1835
John Fitch

9 m'o 10 dys
private
31.10
J. Fitch Esq
Marnsfield
Ct.
Page 38

12.849

[illegible]
Page 39

Alace Anderson
Widow
of Thomas
act July 7. 1838
$31:10 per an
-
Send cert: to Hon'ble
O. Holt,
Willington
Con.
Page 40

Connecticut. 720
Alace Anderson, of Willington,
of Thomas Anderson, dec
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832,
who died on the 20th March 1835,
of Tolland in the State of Connecticut
was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Conner of the regt commanded
by Col Ely in the Connecticut
line for 9 m 10dy
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut,
at the rate of 31 Dollars 10 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of October
1838, & sent to Hon. O. Holt
Willington
Connecticut

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '38 $77.75
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 15.55
---
$93.30
{Act July 7,1838.}

Recorded by DM Curdy, Clerk,
Book A,  Vol 1.  Page 164
Page 41

720
Connecticut

Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas
who died on the 130 March 835
of -- in the State of Conn't.
who was a private in the -- commanded
by Captain --- of the ----commanded
by ---in the Revolution
for 13 mos 18 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Harford
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Inc from $31.10

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of
November1833 and sent to
Jeremiah W. Bishop  Moose Meadow
Tolland Co., Connecticut

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by H R Weightman Clerk
Book D Vol 1. Page 77
A.1.164
Page 42

Connecticut. 29.956.
Thomas Anderson, Decd late
of Tolland Co. in the State of Connecticut
who was a private in the –commanded
by Captain –of the –commanded
By – in the –
line for –Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
at the rate of 65 Dollars 33 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4 day of
March, 1831 and end on the
30. March 1835. Inc from $45.33.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of
May 1862 and sent to Hon. L.P. Waldo,
Tolland, Conn’t.

Payable to
Alice Anderson
Widow.

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by W. E. Gapen Clerk,
Book H Vol. 1  Page 44
Page 43

2107
Connecticut
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas
who served in the Revolutionary
 war, as a private
Inc’d from $31.10
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
45 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issue
4th day of Nov/[53]
and sent to 
Jeremiah W. Bishop
Moore Meadow
Tolland Co.
Conn’t.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 256 Vol.[?]
Page 44

Jeremiah W. Bishop
Mar 25 1853
Let to P. Anderson 6 Jan 52
J. W. Bishop Jan. 13/54
same Sept 9/54
same Sept. 20/54
J. W. Bishop 30 Sept 1854
J. W. Bishop 26 Oct. 1854
[L. P. ]Hyde Sep 22 1856
Page 45

Connecticut 29.956
Thomas Anderson
of Tolland Co. in the State of Connect
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Conner of the Reg commanded
by Col Ey in the Connect
troops for 9 mo 10 dys

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 31 Dollars 10 cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of June
1835 and sent J. Fitch, Esq
Mansfield, Ct.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1845 124. 40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.55
[total not shown, s/b $139.95]

[right corner printing covered]

Recorded by R. E…
Book I, 2  Vol 3
Page 46

4854
Connecticut
Alice Anderson
widow of Tho's Anderson
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
55th day of Feb. 1844
and sent to  J R. Flynt
Tolland
Conn

{Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 61
Reported
Page 47

2107
 Connecticut
Alice Anderson
 widow of Thomas Anderson 
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
16 day of Sept 1848
sent to
J. R. Flynt
Tolland
Ct.

Roll of Pensioners under Act
February 2, 1848, Page 256 Vol. 11

Jeremiah W. Bishop 
Oct 13, 1853
Rept
Page 48

720
Connecticut
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas
who died on the 30 March 1835
of --in the State of --
who was a private in the --
commanded by Captain --
of the -- commanded by --
in the Revolution
line for 19 months & 18 days
Increased from $45.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
at the rate of 65. Dollars 33 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of
Sept 1857 and
Hon L. P. Waldo, Tolland, Ct.

Arrears to the 4th of

Semi-annual allowance ending
---
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7. 1838.}

Recorded  G. G. Getty Clerk.
Book A Vol. 1 Page 120
Page 49

4854
Connecticut
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inc. from $31.10

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 45 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
4 day of Nov 33 and
sent to
Jeremiah W. Bishop 
Moose Meadow
Tolland Co., Conn.

Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.

Recorded in Book A Vol. 2
Page 50
Page 50

4854
Connecticut
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas
who was a private
in the Revolution
deceased from $43.33

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 65 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
7th day of Sept 1857 and sent to
Hon L. P. Waldo Tolland, Ct.


{Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.}

Recorded in Book  H. Vol. 1 
Page 147.
Page 51

Thomas Anderson decd Con't
Increase
Admd. June 7 1832, 13 Mo & 18 Dy pri
$45.33 per annum from
4 th Mch 1831 to 30 Mch 1835.
when he died,. Deducting former
 payments at $31.10 per annum,
 under said act. Pay to
his widow Alice Anderson

Alice Anderson widow of Thomas Ct
Increase
admd July 7 1838 13 Mo & 18 Dy private
$45.33 per annum from
4 March 1866, 2 yrs Excepted

Deducting former payments
at $31.10 per annum
under said act

act in both cases to
Jeremiah W Bishop  Esq
Moore Meadow
Tolland Co., Ct.
Page 52

Increase
Alice Anderson,
widow of Thomas
Tolland Co, Connecticut
-
Admitted Act Jun 7, 1838
&c at rate of $65.33
per annum from 4th
March 1836. (2 years
excepted) deducting
former payments at
$48.33 per annum
under said acts-
Huchard was private of
Infantry 19 mos and
18 days
-
Certificate to
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Tolland,
Connecticut.
Page 53

Increase 3 months & 28%
Triplett
Page 54

Moose Meadow Tolland County Conn.
April 24th 1855
Hon Loren P Waldo Commissioner of
Pensions I inclose a Declaration of Alice
Anderson the Widow of Thomas Anderson
for a land warrant under Act March 3
1855 which Warrent you will send to me
yours with due Respect
Jeremiah W Bishop
Page 55

5273
Page 56

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 of March 1843
granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the
act of July 7. 1838
State of Connecticut
Tolland County ss
On this fifth day of January 1844 personally
appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public of said State, Alice Anderson
a resident of Willington in the County of Tolland aged Seventy five years
who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Thomas Anderson who died 30th March 1835, and served in the
Revolution, (for the particulars of his service, reference is made to the proof on file in
the pension office).  That she received a pension under the act of July 7. 1838
at the rate of Thirty one dollars & ten cents per annum. That her certificate was 
dated 20th Oct 1838 & numbered 720.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Alice Anderson

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written, & I hereby certify that the declarant is personally known to me.
Before me John R Flynt Notary Public

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland  SS County Clerk’s office Tolland.
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County & Superior Court within
said Tolland County certify that Jonathan R. Flynt Esq of said
town & County of Tolland is a Public Notary within said County,
duly appointed, commissioned and acting in said capacity; That his
commission duly signed by the Governor of this State bears date
in September 1842 and will expire in September 1844.
I also certify that the signature to the above certificate
 purporting to be his official signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of sd County at
Tolland aforesaid this 9th day of January AD 1844
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Page 57

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d Feby 1848
entitled An act making further provisions for surviving widows
and soldiers of the Revolution
State of Connecticut
County of Tolland
On this 4th day of Sept’r 1848 before me
a majistrate in and for the County of Tolland personally
appeared Alice Anderson a resident of Willington in the
County of Tolland State of Connecticut, Aged 80 years who
being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed 2d Feby. 1848
granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Thomas Anderson who was a soldier
in the War of the Revolution. That she received a pension under
 the act of June 17, 1844 at the rate of Thirty one dollars & ten
Cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Alice Anderson

Sworn to and subscribed live the on the day and year above
written. Before me John J. Moulton Justice of the Peace
John J Moulton 
Mary G Stratton

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above declarant & know she is the same individual
 who drew a pension stated in the foregoing declaration.
John J Moulton Justice Peace
Page 58

Deposition of
Jonathan Poole
as to the Marriage
of Thos Anderson
and Alice Whitmore
Page 59

State of Connecticut
Tolland County set Willington August 8th
1838
I Jonathan Pool of Stafford in said
County aged Seventy years depose
and say that I was personally acquainted with
Thomas Anderson of Willington and
Alace Whitmore of Killingly Windham
County Connecticut and was present at
their marriage which took place at Willington
in said Tolland County in the year Seventeen
hundred and ninety two. I state further
that I stood up with said Thomas Anderson
and Alace Whitemore during the marriage
ceremonies, and that they were married
by Elder David Lillibridge, then a Baptist
Clergyman of said Willington.
I can further state that I
know that Thomas Andreson has deceased, 
as I was at his funeral. And I State
further that his wife still remains a
Widow.  Further the deponent saith not.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above with before me
Jonathan Poole

Novatus Chapman Judge of Probate
for the District of Tolland
Page 60

I Novatus Chapman Judge of Probate for the
District of Tolland before whom the within
deposition was taken, depose and say that the
within named Jonathan Pool is to me
individually known and that he is a person
 of known respectability and his 
the statements are entitled to full credit.
Subscribed & sworn 3 Aug 1838.
Novatus Chapman Judge 
[of Probate & Justice of Peace]

Willington August 18th
I hereby certify that Novatus Chapman Esq
now holds the office of Judge of Probate for
the District of Tolland: the same office that
I formerly occupied and that he is also a
Justice of the Peace for said County now so
commissioned and that his official acts 
are entitled to full credit in either capacity.
Jonathan Pool is also a man with
whom I have long been acquainted and know
him to be a man of truth. Prince Holt
Page 61

Deposition of
Jed'h Amidon. as to
1st tour of duty-
Page 62

I Jedediah Amidon of Ashford in the County of
Whitham and State of Connecticut being seventy
nine years of age do testify and say that about
the 7th of May 1775, I enlisted for a tour of duty
of seven months belonged to a company commanded
by Capt Thomas Knowlton-Lieut Mayes and
Lieut Allen. Ensign Hill. I was a corporal
in said Company in Col Putnam’s Regiment.
Thomas Anderson of Willington enlisted into the same
Company for the same time. 7 months.
We marched to Cambridge and were stationed
there all summer-- Capt Knowlton with
about one half of the Company were in
Bunker Hill battle-- said Anderson and
myself were both in said battle I have
 a roll of said Company now in my
possession and every man who was
in said Battle is designated on s’d roll.
Said Anderson’s name is on s’d roll and
is designated as one who was in the battle.
I knew said Anderson then and have
known him ever since - He performed
the whole tour of seven months as a good
and faithful soldier - and further saith not.
Willington August 17. 1832
Jedediah Amidon
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I Jedediah Amidon of Ashford in the County of
Whitham and State of Connecticut being seventy
nine years of age do testify and say that about
the 7th of May 1775, I enlisted for a tour of duty
of seven months belonged to a company commanded
by Capt Thomas Knowlton-Lieut Mayes and
Lieut Allen. Ensign Hill. I was a corporal
in said Company in Col Putnam’s Regiment.
Thomas Anderson of Willington enlisted into the same
Company for the same time. 7 months.
We marched to Cambridge and were stationed
there all summer-- Capt Knowlton with
about one half of the Company were in
Bunker Hill battle-- said Anderson and
myself were both in said battle I have
 a roll of said Company now in my
possession and every man who was
in said Battle is designated on s’d roll.
Said Anderson’s name is on s’d roll and
is designated as one who was in the battle.
I knew said Anderson then and have
known him ever since - He performed
the whole tour of seven months as a good
and faithful soldier - and further saith not.
Willington August 17. 1832
Jedediah Amidon
Page 64

Thomas Anderson, declaration
Page 65

Depositions of
Fred Pearl & John Fuller
as to 2nd tour of duty
Page 66

I Frederick Pearl of Willington in the County of Tolland
and State of Connecticut being seventy years of age
do testify and say that about the first of December 1776
I enlisted into a company of State troops commanded
by Capt Payne Converse for three and one half months.
That Thomas Anderson of said Willington enlisted
into the same Company at the same time and for
the same term of three and one half months. We
marched to Providence Rhode island and there
performed one whole tour. The said Anderson was
with me the whole term. I was then well
acquainted with said Anderson and have known
him ever since - We were in Col Ely’s Regiment.
We were quartered in the College, and were employed
in keeping guard, digging entrenchments &c.
And further the Deponent says not-
Willington August 17th 1832-
Frederick Pearl

I John Fuller of Willington in the County of Tolland
and State of Connecticut being Seventy nine years
of age do testify and say that I enlisted into the
same Company and served the same tour of duty as
specified in the above deposition of Frederick Pearl,
 which I have heard read. That said Thomas Anderson
enlisted and performed the same tour of duty of three
and one half months. I was acquainted with said
Anderson then and have known him ever since,
Having lived in the same town with him ever since
before the revolutionary war. And further saith not.
Willington August 17th 1832-
John Fuller
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State of Connecticut Tolland County set
Willington August 17th 1832
Personally appeared Frederick Pearl and John Fuller
and made solemn oath that within depositions by them
severally subscribed contains the truth and nothing but
the truth. Before me John Fitch Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the
 characters of Frederick Pearl and John Buller who have
subscribed and made oath to the within depositions.
That they are persons of truth and their testimony
is entitled to full credit-
John Fitch Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland 
S.S. County Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court certify
that John Fitch Esq before whom the within depositions
on the 17th day of August 1832 were taken & executed
was then & still is one of the Justices of the Peace within
and for sd Tolland County & legally authorized to administer
oaths & take depositions out of Court - and that the signatures
 to the above certificates purporting to be a Justice Fitch
I believe to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name & affixed my seal of office
this 29th day of June 1833
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Page 68

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland S.S. County Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County & Superior
Court within said County of Tolland Do Certify that
John J Moulton Esq of Willington, before whom the
accompanying Declaration of Mrs Lois Pearl of Willington and
Mrs Alice Anderson a resident of sd Town of Willington and
Mrs Susan Robinson a resident of the town of Stafford
all in said Tolland County were on the 4th day of September
1848 duly authenticated and by the several declarants duly
sworn to, was at the time a Justice of Peace within said County,
duly appointed by the legislature of this State & commissioned
by the Governor & is acting in sd Capacity. That his commission
bears date the 20, day of June 1848 and will continue untill the 20
day of June 1849 & that the several  signatures to the accompanying
 certificates purporting to be sd Justice Moulton’s official signatures are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of
 s’d County this 7th day of September 1848 Jeremiah Parish Clerk
Page 69

I Thomas Knowlton of Willington in the
County of Tolland and State of Connecticut
aged eighty eight years testify and say that
my Father Thomas Knowlton was an officer
in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain.
He held the office of Captain, of Major
and of Colonel. I have in my hands &
possession my Father’s Rolls while he was
Captain and the name of Thomas Anderson
is inscribed on said Rolls. I was acquainted with
Thomas Anderson for many years up
the time of his death. He lived & died in
this Town and I have not the least doubt that
said Anderson is the same identical Thomas
Anderson whose widow now draws a small
Pension for his Revolutionary services. Never
having known & being well assured that the
never was any other Thomas Anderson in
this Town at that time he went from this town
into the service according to my Father’s rolls
to Cambridge Mass. And I have no doubt
that the said Soldier in the same identical
Thomas Anderson who made his declaration
for a Pension before John Fitch Esq of
Mansfield Co. for other revolutionary services
for which a Pension has not as yet been
obtained by his widow Alice Anderson, who
is still living in this Town.
Thomas Knowlton
Page 70

State of Connecticut
Tolland County ss Willington Sept 21 1853
Personally appeared before me Zina
Winter a Notary Public within and for
the County and State aforesaid
Thomas Knowlton to me well known
and made oath to the truth of
the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence
& I hereby
due to certify
that he is a credible witness
&
that I have no interest whatever
on
the claim which is designed to be supported
by this affidavit.
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed my Notarial Seal the
day & year last above written
Zena Winter
-
Notary Public
Page 71

Know ye that I John Whitmore of Hampton
in the County of Windham and State of Conneclent
aged seventy eight years do testify and say
that I was well acquainted with Thomas Anderson,
 late of the town of Willington in the County
of Tolland and State aforesaid. That I have often
heard said Anderson say that he was a soldier
in the Revolutionary Army, that he served in
Cambridge in Massachusetts, and also that he served
about eight months in the vicinity of West Point
in the State of New York. that he also served at
Providence in Rhode Island, that he went to the
State of Vermont and bought a tract of
land in the town of Thetford and served there I think
he said two tours of duty that about the year 1781 or
1782. He moved back to the town of Willington and
soon after the close of the war he married my sister
Alice Whitmore and lived together many years
and raised a large family of children. That said
Anderson died at said Willington on the 30th day
March 1835.  That I attended his funeral as I
lived at that time in the West part of the town of
Ashford, a near neighbor to said Anderson.
That I verily believe that the above named Thomas
Anderson is the identical Thomas Anderson who served
in the Revolutionary Army as above stated. That he
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often has said that he served more or less every
year during the Revolutionary War and further the
deponent saith not
John Whitmore

State of Connecticut
County of Windham ss
Be I hereby known that on
this fifteenth day of September in the year 1853
before me Horace Gaylord a Notary Public in and
of the County and State aforesaid personally appeared
 John Whitmore above named and made
oath to the truth of the statement by him subscribed
 and I certify that I am well acquainted with
deponent and that his testimony is entitled to credit
and I further certify that I have no interest whatever
in the result of the claim designed to be supported by said
Affidavit
Horace Gaylor Notary Public
Page 73

Conn
Wellington Tolland County
Oct 19, 1854
This may certify that I have heard my Husband
Thomas Anderson say that he lived in the Town of
Windom Conn and worked for 2 of his uncles Stephen
Brown & John Brown and he went from Windom
when he went into the servis in the R. War.  He was
Born in Mansfield onn. and lived there untill he was about
14 years of age then went to Window Conn. He also went
to Vermont and bot som land after he left
Windom, I should think in 1780 and 1781. Our Mariage took
place from 8 to 10 years after the close of the War.
Then my husband Thomas Anderson Resided in Wellington
untill the day of his death.  The above statements is as near
as I can recollect and am willing to testify under Oath.
I mean to be understood in all the papers in my Claims
that my Husband resided in Willington after his marriage
to me. 
Alice Anderson mark
George Anderson
Fear Anderson
Page 74

State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford May 2d 1856
I certify, that on application for evidence
of the service of Thomas Anderson, in the war
of the Revolution, I have examined the
documents in this Office, and find the name of
Thomas Anderson, on a list of Officers
and soldiers belonging to Col. Samuel McClellans
Regiment, on file in this office
the term of service does not appear on said
list, but from documents it appears that said
Regiment was ordered to be raised at the adjourned
Session of the General Assembly of
Connecticut February 1778, to continue in
service for one year, unless sooner discharged.
Alex Merrell Comptroller
by Geo. Robinson Clerk
Page 75

Alice Anderson's
affidavit
August 17. 1857
Page 76

I Alice Anderson of the town of Willington in the County of Tolland and
State of Connecticut, aged Eighty nine years, a revolutionary pensioner
of the United States do depose testify and say that I am the widow of
Thomas Anderson deceased, that I was married to said Thomas Anderson
on the 23rd day of February 1792 and lived with him until the 30th day of
March 1835 when the said Thomas Anderson deceased. During the time I
lived with said Anderson, I often heard him speak of his services in the
any of the Revolution. I do not remember the periods of service, but remember
 of his speaking of places where he did serve. Among other places I
have often heard him speak about coming home from New London, during
 a very cold time.  He said he was so cold he thought he should have perished
 before he got to Windham on his way home. I do not remember
what year this was, he probably did not tell me the year.  He often
said he served during every year of the war. My husband’s health was
not firm during the last years of his life and his memory had
failed somewhat before he made a declaration in June 1833, 
and further the deponent saith not.
Alice Anderson her mark

State of Connecticut Tolland County S.S.
Wellington August 19. 1857
Personally appeared Alice Anderson the deponent above named, a person
known to me to be a highly respectable witness, and made solemn oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed Before me
Loren P.  Waldo Judge of Superior Court
Page 77

Comptroller
Certificate
&c
Th's Anderson
Page 78

State of Connecticut
Comptroller's Office
Hartford August 20th 1834
On examination of the books of this office, it appears
that Thomas Anderson served as a private in the
Regiment commanded by General Israel Putnam
in the company commanded by Captain Thomas
Knowlton from the 6th day of May to the 1st day of November
1775. 5 months & 25 days for which service the state of
 Connecticut paid and the same was charged & allowed by
the United States
Certified by Roger Huntington
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Page 79

Deposition of
Thomas Morton
William Fuller in
Geo. Anderson
Page 80

State of Connecticut
TOLLAND COUNTY,
County Clerk's Office
I Joseph Bishop Clerk of the Superior Court, within and for the County
 of Tolland, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of
 the Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify that
Joseph Sparks Esquire, was on the 13th day of August, 1857, ever since
 has been and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County,
duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, with power by the laws of this state to 
the said commissioned and sworn, with power by the lands of this State, to
administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgement of DEED and other Instruments; 
that I am acquainted with his hand-writinf and that the signature, to the instrument,
 hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is genuine, official signature.
In Testimony thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at 
Tolland this 25 day of August 187. 
Joseph Bishop Clerk
Page 81

Willard Fuller of the town Willington County Tolland and
State of Connecticut and 56 years, do depose and say that I am
Post Master at Moose Meadow Connecticut. [crossed out ‘& have heard’]
I knew Thomas Anderson late of  Willington, deceased, well. I have
heard my father and other old persons, speak of the services of
said Anderson in the Revolutionary War, and well recollect of
hearing my father say he served one tour in New London.
I know the Anderson family well, and do not know any
Thomas Anderson, who was ever believed to have served in the
war of the Revolution, except the Thomas Anderson first
above mentioned, and further the deponent saith not.
Willard Fuller
Tolland County Ss. Willington August 13, 1857.
Then personally appeared Willard Fuller the deponent above
 named a person well known to me to be a credible
witness who made solemn oath to the above affidavit
 by him signed in my presents before me.
I am in know way concerned in the above claim
Joseph Spark Justice of Peace
Page 82

I, Thomas Knowlton of Willington in the County of
Tolland, and State of Connecticut aged 92 years, a revolutionary
pensioner of the United States, do depose and say that I was well
acquainted with Thomas Anderson, late of said Willington
deceased, and I know, that he performed various tours of
duty in the war of the war of the Revolution. I have heard
 him speak of having served at West Point, New London,
Boston, and other places. I have been well acquainted with
the inhabitants, in and around this County, 
and Windham County, and I never knew any other
Thomas Anderson, who served in the army of the
Revolution, except the Thomas Anderson, above named
Further says not.
Thomas Knowlton
Tolland County Ss. Willington August 13. 1857
Then personally appeared Thomas Knowlton the deponent
above named a person well known to me to
be a credible witness who made solemn
oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed
in my presents before me.
(I am in know way concerned in the above claim)
Joseph Sparks Justice of Peace
Page 83

I George Anderson of the Town of Willington in
the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut
 Aged 53 years do depose testify and say
that I am the son of Thomas Anderson late
of said Town of Willington deceased. In the
year 1833 I went with my father to the office
of John Fitch Esq. in Mansfield Connecticut
 to hear his declaration for a pension
under the act of 1832, made in writing
to said Fitch. My Father was at that
time infirm and his mental faculties some what
impaired, but he related his story to Judge Fitch as
well as he was able but repetedly said he could
not tell the names of his officers nor the exact length of his
services. Judge Fitch told him it was not necessary
 to be to particular,  it was enough if he could
state generally when and where he served, which
my father thought he could do. After
telling the various periods of services, Judge Fitch
made his declaration, embracing such periods as
he thought best, and that declaration was sent
to the pension office. My father died in about
twenty months after this happened and never
had an opportunity of revising his declaration.
I have often heard my father speak of his revolution
 services and am confident I have herd him say
that he served at one time at New London, but do not
recollect in what Regt nor in what company. I know
of no other Thomas Anderson except my father who
served in the Revolutionary war.
Further the deponent sayeth [“not” does not appear at the end of this line]
George Anderson [partially cut off page]

[last several lines of this page are scanned as the first several lines on the next scanned pdf]
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twenty months after this happened and never
had an opportunity of revising his declaration.
I have often heard my father speak of his revolution
 services and am confident I have herd him say
that he served at one time at New London, but do not
recollect in what Regt nor in what company. I know
of no other Thomas Anderson except my father who
served in the Revolutionary war.
Further the deponent sayeth [“not” does not appear at the end of this line]
George Anderson

Tolland County Ss. Willington August 13 1857
Then personally appeared George Anderson the deponent
above named, a person well known to me to be
a credible witness who made solemn oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by him signed in my
presents before me. I am in know way concerned
in the above claim
Joseph Sparks Justice of Peace
Page 85

State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford July 15th 1856
It is hereby certified that the following is a
true copy of a document on file in this Office
“To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of
“ Connecticut now sitting at Hartford Oct’r Sessions 1778.
“The Petition of the Commission Officers, Noncommission
“Officers and Soldiers in the Battallion under the command
“of Col. Samuel McClellan being one of the Battallions
“included in the two brigades raised by order of
“the Genl Assembly at their adjourned Sessions in
“Febry 1778, Sheweth”
"That we were Raised while an act of this State was existing
“regulating the prices of labor, produce &c, and upon the faith
"and footing of said act, and had such wages and allowances
“as while sd act continued were just and reasonable,
“But that since sd act has been repealed, the prices of the
“various necessaries of life are so enhanced, as that our
“wages and allowances, are by no means an adequate
“reward for our services.
“We therefore pray your Honors to take our case into
"Your wise consideration, and grant such an addition
“to our wages and allowances, as shall be adequate
“to the reward we expected when we entered said
"Service. Justice is all we ask, we doubt not your
“Honors will grant our reasonable request, and we 
“as in duty bound shall ever pray.
“Dated at New London Octo’r 1778”

“Elisha Chapman Capt
“Daniel Filden Capt
"Lee Lay
“Abner Robinson
Squier Hills Capt.
Wm. Whitney Capt.
Aaron Hall Lieut.
Gam’l  Riley Lieut.
Phineas Peck Lieut 
Nehemiah Smith Lieut.
Lem’l Grosvenor Lieut.
Willm Morris Lieut.
Page 86

Aaron Clevland - Lieut
John Frink [Lieut]
Ezra Root [Lieut]
Daniel Larned [Lieut]
Saml Cahon [Lieut]
Ambros Baldwin [Lieut]
Ashbel Harrison - Ens
Joshua Gates [Ens]
Joshua Gates [Ens]
Geo Galley [Ens]
Obad Child [Ens]
Zechariah Parker [Ens]
Benj Billings - Sgt Maj
Justus Johnson - Sgt
John Arnold [Sgt]
Eliakim Starmard [Sgt]
Joseph Baldwin [Sgt]
Moses Hyde [Sgt]
Aseph Goodale [Sgt]
Noah Day [Sgt]
Jabez Foster [Sgt]
Dan Lee [Sgt]
Silas Ackler [Sgt]
William Sheldon [Sgt]
John Colt [Sgt]
Jonathan Downing [Sgt]
James Clark [Sgt]
Jeremiah Durker [Sgt]
Vaniah Palmer [Sgt]
Moses Amadown [Sgt]
Ebenr Kendal [Sgt]
Benj Carpenter [Sgt]
John Gilbert [Sgt]
Nehemiah Gallup [Sgt]
Rufus Brown [Sgt]
Pain Kinman [Sgt]
John Fox [Sgt]
Elisha Converse [Sgt]
Joseph Colbert Corporal
Amos Barnard [Corporal]
John Welch [Corporal]
Roderick Plath [Corporal]
Saml Braumont [Corporal]
Elisha Sabin [Corporal]
Issachar Graves - Corp
Thomas Rake [Corp]
Elijah Bennet [Corp]
Joseph Turner [Corp]
Samuel Clark [Corp]
Amos Randall [Corp]
Gamaliel Huntington  [Corp]
Elisha Boman [Corp]
Saml Linchon [Corp]
Amos Smith [Corp]
Solomon Robins [Corp]
Jaber Cheesebrooks [Corp]
James Fletcher [Corp]
Woodbury Starkweather [Corp]
Elias Babcock [Corp]
Elkann Hunt [Corp]
Jacob Meach [Corp]
Frances Clark - D. Major
Saml Wise - Drummer
Dooras Learned [Drummer]
Davis Fuller [Drummer]
[Banenton Searl] [Drummer]
Ruben Parker - Fifer
Jaber Brainard [Fifer]
David Liskomb [Fifer]
Jacob Holt [Fifer]
John Green [Fifer]
Rufus Felton [Fifer]
PRIVATES
Saml Arnold
Felix Auger
Jonathan Baldwin
David Bishop
Herman Baldwin
Jona'n Bushnell
[Jeph'a] Bushnell
Reuben Bushell
Richard Benby
Eph'm Bushnall
John Benjamin
Enos Baldwin
Robert Clark
Demeter Cook
Caleb Chapman
John Carter
Saml Church
Joseph Clark
Olive Clark
John Field
John Fuller
Elisha Goff
[G'mial] Harrison
[crossed out-"Eben'r Harrison]
Nathan Harrison
Ebenr Humastone
Jacob Hind
Phileman Harrison
Rufus Harrison
Joel Hand
Asahel Hull
Danl Ingraham
Stephen Johnstone
Reuben Kelsey
Joel Kelsey
Chris'r Measurell
[J'thael] Munson
James Nichols
Eben'r Waid
James Utter
James Sherman
Daniel Ray
David Starr
Michael Smith
Jonathan Smith
Math'w Scofel
Jacob Savage
Jehial Tod
Nathan Wilcocks
William White
William Alton
Nath'l Allen
Joseph Boid
Saml [Russell]
Ephraim Barnett
Lyman Child
Cyrus Chafee
Page 87

Jonathan Converse
Elias Carpenter
Seth Cutler
Noah Davenport
David Hosmer
John Moffat
Joseph Russell
Moses Wylder
Ambermarle Stone
John Adams
Roswell Bennett
Abeal Bill
John Burt
James Burnham
Joseph Carey
Phineas Downing
Solomon Durkee
Oliver Flint
Elijah Pharnum
Geo. Gorham
Robert [Yager or Gager]
Roswell Green
Elijah Huntington
Gershom Hall
Danl Herrick
Asahel Herrick
Paul Harris
Ebenr Kingsley
Eben'r Luce
Elijah Lilley
Roswell Manning
Asher Morgan
Benj. Manning
Eliphalet Ormsbey
Wm. Parrish
Oliver Parrish
Roswell Parrish
Chester Pool
Jon'n Robinson
Eben Robinson
Richard Robinson
Ebenr Robins
Danl Ringe
Sam'l Stephens
Oliva Smith
James Smith
David Smith
Abner Webb
Wm. Wailes
Amos Woodward
Tim'o Winter
Philamon Andrews
Peter Ayers
Cherub Abel
Richard Bogue
Nath'l Baker
Cornell Bennet
Wm. Butler
Abel Bennet
Cyrus Cone
Abel Edgerton
Danl Ellis
Alphus Foster
Amos Fox
Wm. Foresider
Dan Gillet
Rich. Greenfield
Asahel Harvey
Moses Huntly
Tadock Huntly
Amos Ingraham
Stephen Lee
John Manwaring
John Mitchel
Namon Mosier
Benj Peck
John Perigo
Joseph Ransom
Stephen Richerson
Richard Rogers
Gideon Rogers
Theo. Rathborn
David Shattock
Clement Stebbins
Elijah Lemar
Eben'r Staples
Emmon Spencer
Francis Smith
Joseph Steward
John Starling
Math'w Starr
Zebediah Scott
[Elias or Elihu] Tubby
Asa Walson
[Tim'o] Wright
Daniel Wright
Ezekiel Waterman
Abraham Warner
Ruel Woodworth
#Thomas Anderson
Wm. Anderson
Thos. Bray
Peter Button
James Brown
Saml Brown
Robert Baker
Eli Brown
Rufus Barnard
Nathl Babcock
Elijah Carpenter
David Carpenter
Nath'l Conant
Page 88

Jeremiah [Cunarilet]
Parley Dean
Humphey Davenport
Asahel Eastman
Ebenr Eaton
Maverick Eaton
Eben'r Eastman
Fredrick Foy
Elijah Fenton
Edward Holmes
Eliphalet Huntington
Barlileen Hopkins
Christ. Huntington
Elijah Hunt
Eberiah Hall
Ezekiel Kellogg
Amisa Ladd
Danl Olds
Eben'r Oln
Shubal Presson
Thomas Russell
x Wm, Rice
Jon'a Rice
Abijah Smith
Phillip Squire
Elijah Squire
Levi Snow
Silas Snow
Rufus Tyler
Ebenr Whiton
Geo. Austin
Barth'l Arthur
Jesse Brown
Walter Branch
John Billings
Asa Burdick
David Bellus
Robert Craney
Joseph Clary
Jess Culver
Robert Dixon
Asahel Fish
David Fith
Wm Fagus
Robert Geer
Jacob Gallager
Levi Gallup
Wm Hethe
Crandall Holley
Henry Hewitt
Azariah Hillard
Junior Jones
Stephen Kinney
David Lewis
Tubal Moody
Elijah Meach
Hubbard Mason
Henry Main
Jeremiah Main
Samuel Newton
Joseph Pritt
Daniel Ruff
Gilbert Kerry
Salmon Treat
John [Fift or Taft]
Ebeneza Witter
Ichabod Worden
Benjamin Williams
Ichabod Palmer
Ada Swan

Edward Prentis Comp'r
by Geo W. Robinson Clerk
Page 89

Alice Anderson
Payment to be made at Hartford
Horace Goodwin 2'd Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in
Agency of Connecticut
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 256 Vol. 11
Geo. Jenkins Clerk
Page 90

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas Anderson 
who was a private
in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty one dollars and ten
cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States
this 16th day of September
one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight.
J. Z. [March or Maron]
Acting Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned 
J. L.  Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 91

Alice Anderson
Payment to be made at
Hartford,
Seth Belden Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Connecticut
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the
Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners
under act February
2d, 1848, Page 256 Vol. 1.

Clerk.
H. R. Weightman
 
[vertical handwriting superimposed]
Cancelled
Page 92

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas Anderson
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty five
dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage: deducting former payments at the
rate of thirty one 10/100 dollars per annum.
Given at the Department of the Interior, 
this fourth day of November
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

[Robert G] McLelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned
L P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.

[vertical handwriting superimposed]
Cancelled April 8th 1857
Page 93

Brief in the case of Thomas Anderson
Private in the revolutionary war.
Tolland County and State of Connecticut
act 7th June 1832
Claim, (original " or " for increase)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
War
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Thomas Anderson was a pensioner at the rate $31.10. per ann.
and died 30th March 1835. His widow Alice Anderson
was originally pensioned under act of 7th July 1838, at the same
rate but in the year 1853 her pension was increased to $45.33
 per ann., and the her husband’s pension was also increased
at the same rate. In September 1857. her own pension

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

was still further increased to $65.33 per annum but as
the opinion of the late Attorney General (Black) had then
been adopted as the [male] of governing the practice of the Pension
office, the same increase was not allowed upon her husband’s
and pension. That  [male] practice was changed, by the decision
of the present Secretary of the Interior, and the former
practice restored. The law of the 2d April last applies to
children only and does not at all affect the rights of a
widow to a pension or to an increase of pension due to her
husband. The practice of the office formerly was to pay
to the widow the amount of pension, or increase of pension
to which her husband was entitled, and if there


Name and residence of Agent
Examining Clerk.
Page 94

was no widow, to pay it to the children. The law of
the 2d April last, cuts off the claims of the children
but does not interfere with the rights of the widow
which continue the same as they were before the
opinion of the late attorney General became the
[male] of the office.
The allowance is therefore granted in this case, at
rate of $65.33 per annum, to commence on the
4th March 1831, and to terminate on the 30th March
1835, when Thomas Anderson died, after deducting
former payments at the rate of $45.33 per annum for
the same time. Payable to his widow Alice Anderson.
L.M. Drury
Examiner

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Tolland, Conn
Page 95

Alice Anderson Power of Atty
to
A.P. Hyde

PAID
James Terry or heirs
Stratford Springs
Connecticut
Page 96

POWER OF ATTORNEY.

STATE OF Connecticut 
COUNTY OF Tolland SS:

Town Willington
Be it known, that before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county
 aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared
Alice Anderson a resident of Willington in the county of Tolland, in the State
 aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that she is the
 widow of Thomas Anderson in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut
who was a revolutionary Soldier and that she believes the United States are still
 indebted, under existing laws, for the pension that was due under the
application heretofore made, and that she is directly interested as a claimant in the
 pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints Alvin P. Hyde [crossed out-’Willis G. Wade’] of Tolland, Connecticut [crossed out- ‘Washington, D. C.’] my true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine
 into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto.
Alice Anderson
In Witness Whereof, [blank], has on this 24 day of May, 1856, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
Witness;
Harvey Bidwell
Benjamin H. Wilson
(L. S.)
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this 24 day of May 18[56 obscured]

Harvey Bidwell J.P.
Justice of the Peace

Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name; if both dead, insert one of the living children's names; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, insert the name of the administrator of that former applicant.

Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again; if the widow is living, insert the words "widow of," and the name of her husband; if both dead insert the words, “son or daughter of, and the name of the former unsuccessful applicant.

Here insert the word "soldier," or "office," whichever he was
NOTE -- When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word he in every place where it occurs.
Page 97

1/ 7 May 1775, Cap Thos Knowlton, Col Putnam 7 mos. [0] dy
2/ 1 Dec 1776. Cap Payne Converse Col. Ely   3 [mos] 15 [dy]
3/  May 1778,  [blank] Col. Sherman 8 [mos] [0 dy]
4 /1 [May] 1781 Cap. Seely Col. Wait  (Vert) 7 [mos]

2 Frederick Pearl
1 Jacob Amidon- Cert of [Cont-Connecticut] Comptroller 5 mos & 28 dy
4 Vert Sec State for 4 months & 17 dy
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STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State
Montpelier June 6th 1853.
I hereby certify that there is on file in this office
a "True List of (the names and sums of ) Capt Abner Seely's
"Pay Roll of himself and Company in the service of the
“State of Vermont, from the beginning of the campaign 1781
“to the 30th of June in said year, inclusive, taken from the
“original;” on which Roll is the name of Thomas Anderson
with an allowance of #2.9.4 (two pounds, nine shillings and
four pence) for service as a private. It appears from sundry
Rolls in that office that #2 per month was allowed to a private.
I also certify that there is on file "A Pay Roll of Capt
"Abner Seelye's Company in Col. Benj. Wait's Battalion in the
“service of the State of Vermont, from the first day of June
1781 to the 30th day of November 1781, inclusive;" on which
Roll is the name of "Thomas Anderson”, with an allowance
for 137 days service as a private, commencing July 1st and
ending November 13th 1781.
Given under my hand and the seal of this
office this 6th day of June A.D. 1853.
Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State
Page 99

Brief in the case of Thomas Anderson Decd & his widow Alice
County and State of Connecticut
act June 7 1832, & July 7 1838
Claim ("for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Her husband was pensioner under the Act 1832 at
$31.10 and she under the act of 1838 at the same
rate. She now furnishes Record evidence of service
in exact accordance with his own statements
made many years ago, and which
could not then be obtained.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
Jeremiah W Bishop Esq
Moose Meadow
Tolland Co, Ct.
Page 100

Brief in the case of Alice Anderson, widow of Thomas -
Tolland County and State of Connecticut
act July 7. 1838. &c.
Claim, (“for increase”.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Thomas Anderson, husband of Claimant, originally
declared for service at four distinct periods, viz in 1775
1776, 1778, and 1781. These tours, except the one
in 1778, have been allowed for by this office. Record
evidence is now submitted showing that he belonged to a
regiment raised in 1778, to serve 12 months, in tours
of 3 months each his name appearing (together with
some of the officers and men designated by him in
his original declaration as serving with him) appended
to a petition to the General Assembly of Connecticut for
increase of pay. The body of the petition shows that the
signers served at least six months. An additional
allowance for said six months granted accordingly.
R Geddes
Examining Clerk.

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Name and residence of Agent
Tolland,
Connecticut
Page 101

Power of Attorney
to examine claim of
Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas a
Pensioner on Conn. roll
under Act of July 7. 1838.
-
Charles Tucker
Atty
Present
Page 102

Power of Attorney,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Alice Anderson widow of Thomas
Anderson a Pensioner of the United States under Act of July 7. 1838
do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C. my true and
lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Alice Anderson for any
amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of –
or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said
Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington
City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be
issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and
to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming
all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 20th day of January 1853.

Alice Anderson
In presence of
Zina Winter
Parley Holmes

File
STATE OF Conn Tolland COUNTY
On this 20th day of January 1853, before me a Notary Public
in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Alice Anderson
widow of Thomas Anderson and acknowledged the foregoing power of
Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Zina Winter Notary Public

[middle section of form is all crossed out, so not transcribed here]
[last section of form is not filled in, but is transcribed, since was not crossed out] 

STATE OF
COUNTY OF
I – Clerk of –do hereby certify that —
Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice
of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this –
day of — 185 - .
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Power of Attorney,
Know all men by these presents, that I Alice Anderson of Willington in
the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut
do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint [crossed out-”CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C”] Jeremiah W. Bishop of sd town of Willington my true and
lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of  Thomas Anderson
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of AD. 1832
or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said
Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington
City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be
issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and
to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming
all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 14th day of June 1853.
Alice  Anderson
in presence of
Zina Winter
Elise R Winter

STATE OF Connecticut Tolland COUNTY
On this 14 day of June 1853, before me a Notary Public
in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Alice Anderson
to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing power of
Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Zina Winter Notary Public

STATE of Connecticut
Tolland County. SS.
On this 14th day of June 1853 before me the undersigned a Notary Public
in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Alice
Anderson a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that she is the identical
Alice Anderson who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that she
is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Alice  Anderson
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Zina Winter Notary Public


STATE OF –  COUNTY OF –
I – Clerk of – do hereby certify that ___
Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and
acknowledgment were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed my official seal this ___day of ___ 185__.
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Tolland Conn. August 25, 1857
Sir
I herewith transmit to you additional evidence in the case of Thomas Anderson
late of the town of Willington in this county deceased. It consists of the affidavits of
Mrs Alice Anderson, the widow of Thomas and Moses Thomas Knowler, William
Fuller and George Anderson.
Thomas Anderson, in his declaration written on the 12th day of June
1833, declared for four term of service, in four different years; to wit, in the
year 1775, 1776, 1778 and 1781. The service in the years 1775, 1776 and 1781, has
been recognized by the pension office, and a pension allowed for the actual
duration of said service in those years. The service claimed to have been rendered
in the year 1778, has hitherto been rejected by the office. I would respectfully
ask whence the claim for this service received, and would call the attention of
the Examiner to the following considerations.
Anderson declares for this service substantial as follows, to wit,
“Some time in the forepart of May 1781 [reviewer wrote 1778 above], the day I do not recollect, it was when
“I was at work planting, Stephen Brown of Windham and Benjamin Hutchins
“of Mansfield, both in Windham County and State aforesaid, came to me at Willington,
“ and hired me as a substitute for one of them, or for a class, which I do not
“recollect. I engaged to serve for eight months. I belonged to a corps called the
“new levies in recruits', to recruit the continental army. I went to said Windhaven with
“Brown & Hutchins, & was there mustered & accepted. I then had liberty to go home
“and get ready for the tour. As soon as I got my clothing & other things ready I went on
“alone and joined the army at a place called Blank Point, a few miles below West
“Point, on the North River in the State of New York. I was attached to a company
“of continental troops. They being all strangers to me, and it being so long ago I
“cannot now recollect the names of the company officers, nor scarcely any of
“the soldiers. I recollect one soldier by the name of John Bishop, who belonged
“to the same company. The Regiment I believe, was commanded by Col. Sherman
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“but of this am not perfectly certain.  #  #   #  # I was paid for
“eight months service, and received a written discharge, but have lost it. # # #
“I have not, at this late period any distinct recollection of the names of any
“of the officer or soldiers, except Capt. Hill Lieut. Dimock Lieut Root
“and William Rice. The troops then being all strangers to me. I have not
“been able by all the enquiry that I have been able to make to find any person
“who can testify to my serving this tour. Whether my name is on the roll
“of the Army I cannot say.”
The question in this case is this, Did Thomas Anderson perform a service
such as he has substantially described? It must be confessed that this part of
Anderson's declaration in any defective; and in my judgment it bears
evident marks of having been written by a person totally unacquainted
with the service Anderson intended to describe. Anderson was at this time
infirm, and his mental faculties much impaired (see the affidavit of George
Anderson). This statement was made and written fifty five years after the
revolution, a lapse of time sufficient for the memory to lose some of its
powers. Anderson detailed his services to Judge Fitch, who re-tuned his
narrative to writing in his own language, and no doubt, in some respects,
failed to give the identical ideas Anderson intended to convey. But the
narrative, as it is, must satisfy the reader that Anderson performed some service
in the year 1778 in the State of New York. He does not state positively the
name of his Colonel, but he thinks it was Sherman. In this he is evidently
mistaken for as a matter of history we know Sherman was not in service
in New York at this time, and I have no recollection of his being in town
at my place in the year 1778. But Col. McLellan was in service
in 1778 and at the place where Anderson says he served. (See the
declaration of William Rice of Connecticut).  Rice says this regiment was
called out in June 1778, and served at West Point until September or
October. Anderson thinks the Regiment was ordered into service in May
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the precise time he does not state, but says it served at West Point.
There can therefore be no doubt but that this Regiment was at West
Point in service in the summer of 1778. But due Thomas Anderson
belong to it? I think he did. In the first place I know of no other
Connecticut Regiment that was in service at West Point in 1778 except
McLellan’s and Col Roger Enos’. McLellan's Regiment was raised by a
Resolution of the General assembly at an adjourned session held in
February 1778, and was appropriately called the new levy, Anderson
says he belonged to a corps called "the new levies of recruits’. This Regiment
served at the time and place that Anderson described in his declaration.
The name of Andrew is found upon the petition which the officers
and soldiers of this Regiment presented to the Legislature for an increase
of pay. Anderson does not described his company officers, but he says he
recollects a Capt. Hill, a Lieutenant Root and a William Rice who were in
the same service- It is certain that Squire Hill was a captain, and
Ezra Root was a Lieutent in Col. Williams Regiment. It is also
true that William Rice was a soldier in the same Regiment (see the
petition of the officers and soldiers of this Regiment for increased pay now on
file in this case [&] also the declaration of William Rice of Connecticut in the
Pension Office). That Capt. Hill and William Rice were in service in
Col. McLellan’s Regiment at West Point at this time is proved by the
declaration of Rice. Now how could Anderson have known these
facts unless he had been at West Point as he declares he was? And why
was he there unless he was in service as he states? We have then the
declaration of Anderson that he served at a particular time and place,
but he does not remember the names of his officers, but he does remember
the names of the other persons who were confessedly in the same Regiment,
and we have also the name of Anderson among the admitted names of the
officers and soldiers of this Regiment together with evidence that this
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Regiment served at the time and place named by Anderson. From these 
facts I think the inference is conclusive that Anderson was a member of
McLellan's Regiment and served as he states. Nor does the fact
that Anderson stated some fifty five years after the transaction, that he
believed the Regiment was commanded by Col. Sherman, of which he says
he was not perfectly certain, weaken the force of this conclusion.
It may however be claimed that Anderson has mistaken the length
of this service, and consequently is not entitled to credit. Rice says this
Regiment served three months & he should think four at West Point, while
 Anderson calls it an eight months service. As a matter of history, it is known
that Col. McLellan's  Regiment served in the year 1778 two tours of duty of
three months each, one at West Point and the other at New London, and
the interval between these two periods of service was but a few days. I have
never been able to find the precise day when it was called into service, but
I have found evidence among the old papers of Capt. Abner Robinson, one of the
Captains in this Regiment, that the Regiment was finally discharged
at New London January 19, 1779. It is also a matter of record that
this Regiment was raised at the adjourned session of the legislature of
Connecticut held in February 1778, “to be kept up until the 1st day of
March 1777, unless sooner described. And these troops were not to be kept
in service but three months at any one time. It is known that this
Regiment was not organized until the summer of 1778, and it must
have been as late as June July before it entered the service. Rice
says he enlisted in the spring of 1778, but was not called into service
until sometime in June. Anderson was mustered and accepted in
May as he thinks but spent some time at home before he joined the
army at Blank Point on the way to West Point. If the Regiment was called
out the last of June for there months it could not have been discharged
until the last of September. Now it was again in service at New London
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on or before the 19th day of October, for it served there three months and
was discharged on the 19th day of January 1777. That the Regiment was
at New London in October 1778 is manifest from the petition above
 referred to which bears that date at New London, & is signed by the
officers and soldiers of the Regiment. The proceedings of the legislation
upon this petition also show conclusively that this Regiment had been
in service one campaign before the date of the petition This is conclusive
 to my mind that this Regiment performed two tours of duty in 1778,
and that there was but a very short interval between the two periods of
service. Now Anderson says he went to Windham and was accepted
as a soldier in the “new levies of recruits” in May 1778. From that time until the
Regiment was finally discharged was about eight months. It is from this
fact [doubtedly] that he supposed in 1833 that he had served a continuous
period of eight months. And indeed the time occupied in preparing for
the service and the short interval between the services might well be
taken as part of the same transaction and make a period of eight
months spent in no other employ [but thence]the service of the County.
That Anderson served one tour at least at New London is proved by the
depositions of Alice Anderson, George Anderson, Thomas Knowlton and
William Fuller. It is true their testimony is hearsay, but it is nevertheless
entitled to the same weight of other traditionary evidence. Thomas Knowlton
is a revolutionary pensioner, a son of Col. Knowlton of revolution’s [memory],
 a wealthy man and of great respectability. He is now more than ninety
years of age, but is able to ride, and does ride eight and ten miles from
home alone, and attends to his financial business himself. I have
 recently met him at one [Dusk?] ten miles nearly from his dwelling,
 [using his service annual dicidents??]. The other witnesses are known to
me personally, and are of [impeccable] records, and strictly conscientious
and truthful. I can have no doubt but that Anderson stated this service
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at New London to Judge Fitch when his declaration was written, but
that Judge Fitch chose to put the narrative in his own language rather
tham the language of Anderson, and in this way made this service a
continuous one of eight months, instead of two services as he should have
Done.  The record shows that Anderson was at New London in October
when the petition was signed, if indeed he was the man who rendered
the service. The affidavits above referred to show that there was no
other man by the name of Thomas Anderson known to the affiants
who was ever reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution. They were
all in a position to know the Anderson family, and their testimony
is of some force, where it is considered that McLellan’s Regiment was
raised in the Eastern part of Connecticut, where the affiants now
live, and where this Thomas Andreson resided in his life time-
This whole [arc?] gathers strength from the fact that all the other
statements of Anderson in his declaration have been found to be true,
and from the fact that his character for truth was certified. It is
true he fell into the same error that most of the soldiers of the revolution
fell into, that is, in making the length of each service longer than
the record [reflects]. In this instance he makes the time eight
months when I have no doubt it should be six months, and
six months only. But a mistake in the length of service has
never been deemed an objection for such time as the record
really [reflects]. In this case I think the record shows two [tours] of
three months, each - 
In conclusion I would respectfully ask that this claim be allowed for
six months additional service rendered in the year 1778 and that the proper certificate
 be issued therefor. Alice Anderson to whom the money upon this claim
is due and whose annual pension will be increased, if this claim be allowed
is still living, and will be benefited by this increase. She is now
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Eighty nine years of age, and to her mental faculties remarkably.
At her earnest solicitation I went to her dwelling and [was received by]
her on the 19th intent. She will relate many incidents of the revolution
events, and is sanguine her husband must have served more than
two years. I have passed over this case [review] but hastily, and must
confess I think it is made out, but I had rather take the opinion of
the Pension Office of [me] this point than to trust my own. If the office
agrees with me I shall be gratified, but if it does not I shall submit
with cheerfulness to their better judgement.
I am very Respectfully Yours truly
Loren P Waldo
Tollard
Conn.

Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Com’r. Pensions
Washington
D. C.
P. S. I enclose the certificate of Mrs. Anderson, that a new one
may be issued if her pension is increased; If not increased please
return the certificate-
Yours &c
L. P. Waldo
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Mansfield Connecticut May 7th 1835
Hon. J. L. Edwards-
Dr Sir
Herewith I return to your office
the application of Thomas Anderson for a pension
respecting the first tour stated. I would refer you
to the deposition of Jedediah Amidon, a
credible witness who had the means of knowing
what he has stated, also to the Comptroller
certificate which establishes the service, except
as to the length of the service. 
As to the 2d tour - the depositions of Frederick
Pearl and John Fuller, fully establish
as to the service in 1778- Mr Anderson is
unable to obtain any proof.  From the well
established character of Mr Anderson for
truth & respectability, I have no doubt
but he served as he has stated. Although
he may be mistaken as to the details
and he supposes that he has complied with
the rule of the Department, by stating
& making oath to all his knowledge.
There being no proof to be obtained as
to the service in Vermont, he is perfectly
sure that he served seven months as he states,
but he cannot find any witnesses who served
with him. And he is unable by reason of
loss of memory and the infirmities incident
to old age to give any more details
than he has-
It is the wish of Mr Anderson (at whose
request I address you,) that you would
please to reconsider his case, and allow him
such a pension as his application
may justify. If not to the whole
service alleged to such part as you may
think proper to allow. The first and
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second tour amounting to 5 months & 25 days
and 3 months are well established.
If the others are to be rejected.
Please to direct your reply to the
Subscriber- Mansfield Tolland County Co
I am respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
John Fitch for Mrs. Anderson -

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Moose Meadow Tolland County Conn
Oct 19. 1854

Hon. Lorin P. Waldo Commissioner of Pension
Dear Sir the Thomas Anderson that you found in your
Rolles is not the man he was an Officer. My Thomas Anderson
was a private you will see by the letter I inclose from the
Comptrollers Office at Hartford. The 2 Timothy Andersons
you found on your Rolles, neither of them was the man
that I want to find,  as one was under Col Buttler and
the other under Col. Russel. Now Mr Waldo I inclose you
the Letter from the Comptrollers in this state with the
Name of Timothy Anderson.  This name should be
Thomas Anderson.  It says under Col Sherman and is
under Col Isaac Sherman. I have another Letter with
this Timothy Anderson Name from the Comptroller office
which says that our Timothy Anderson is under Col Isaac
Sherman and they have no Rolle of John Sherman being Col.
This Timothy Anderson is plaine I think our Thomas
Anderson. Now Mr Waldo I have got every Anderson
name on your Rolles and at Hartford and York State
and there is no other Andersons on them and this Timothy
is our Thomas and cant be otherway. I shall sho you by
2 Letters one from the Widow and another from the Son
of Thomas that he went from Windon Con. and this Timothy
is our Thomas. I have talked with Alvin P Hide and
he and I think it cant be otherways. This hits the year 1778 or
1779 which agrees and amongst the 8 months men I dont se how
it can be other wayes as all the Rolls has been serched and this
hits the man and must be the man. So thinkes Mr Hide and I think
you will,  for it sayes he went from Windom and the letters will sho you
the same.
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you have no sutch Timothy Anderson on your Rolles
under Col Isaac Sherman. This agrees with the Declaration
and it must be the Thomas Anderson that I want to find
as there is no other Andersons on no Rolles of the Conneticut
Lines. I should inclose the Letter from the Comptroller's that
says that this Timothy Anderson from Windom is in Col.
Isaac Shermans Regiment and there is no John Sherman
Reg. Onley it has som other buisness on it other wayes.
But this Timothy is in Col Isaac Shermans Regment.
Therefore I hope you will take up the papers and look and
allow me the claim of Alice Anderson for the
Servis of her husband, Thomas Anderson where it sayes
Timoth Adenson for he must be the man Thomas.
Gest look at the Letters inclosed.  It is plain I think and
so Mr Hide also. Whoom openes this letter give it
to the Hon Loren P Wald[o] Commissioner of Pensions for
he understands this buisness and the Run of it.
Yours with Due Respect
Jeremiah W Bishop
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Moose Meadow Tolland County Conn
Sept 4, 1854
Hon, Loren P. Waldo. Commishioner
 of Pensions Dear Sir I wish you to
have the goodness to look for the servis
of Thomas Anderson in 1778, and 1779 in Col
John Sherman Regt and Col Isaac Sherman Regt
as we have talked and answer &c.
who opens this give it to the Commishioner, 
he understands it
Yours with due Respect
Jeremiah W Bishop
Page 116

Moose Meadow Tolland County Conn
January 7, 1854
Mr L P Waldo
Dear sir I address you separate from Commishioner
sir in the case of Alice Anderson for the servis
of her Husband Thomas Anderson. you dont see it in
your way to allow the 8 months Servis don in 1778 at
or near West Point. it is the most surprising thing
to me I have herd of late, as the Man Thomas Anderson
was Identified in Every Respect to have don this servis.
My dear sir wount you have the goodness to jest take
up the papers and look at George Anderson Testimony.
He says that he was with his Father when he maid
his Declaration and herd him say that he served this
servis in particular and it was the longest servis that
he served at any one time. And again jest look at Mr.
Whitmores Testimony of Hampton. There is not a more
worthey man in Town. He says that he has heard him say
expressly that he rendered this servis. Again at Mrs
Robbins Testimony and others that noes this servis was
Rendred. Now Sir if you are a going to let this Poor
Widdow, go without this pay it is unmerciful. I think
she loose More than a thousand Dollars by Government if
she gets this. My Dear sir if I have not shown you
the certificate of the sam I think it should make no ods
as it has been shown to you every other way. Every Sect
and Comptroller I have wrote to sayes it should make
no ods if I show any other proff as he stated it in his
Declaration to be so. And then was taken away from
Doing buisness. Here now my friend Wald[o] if you will
answer me if you will alow it or what you will do. I
will be grately Obliged. yours with due Respect
Jeremiah W Bishop
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Moose Meadow Tolland County Coun
Sept 25, 1854
Hon. Lorin P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir I hate to try your Pasients two mutch
but sir if you will have the goodness to look and se
if there was a Col. John Sherman in York State
Lines and see if the name of Thomas Anderson, is
upon it. I think he sayes in his Declaration
that he joined the Army at Blankes Point
near West Point York State. It mite be he
went from here and joined at West Point under
Col Sherman there and answer me what
the result is as soon as may be. I will be
mutch Obliged. The Col. Sherman Anderson was under
mite not be this State Officer
Yours Truly
Jeremiah W Bishop

P S it is well nown here that my Thomas
Anderson and that servis and I no it as well as
I want to. You will notes that Anderson maid
no servis in this State on his Declaration. Under Capt
Knowlton was at Bunker Hill Mass next at Providence
Rhode island.  He sayes he volunteered and joined the
Army at or near West Point. it cant be posable
that you wont alow this Claim as the Declaration is
so favorable.
Yours Truly
Jeremiah W Bishop
Page 118

Moose Meadow Tolland County Conn
Sept 11th 1854
Hon. Lorin P Waldo Commishoner of Pensions
Dear Sir wount you have the goodness to look
for the Name of Thomas Anderson in Col John
Shermans Regiment in 1778 and 1779. The Thomas Anderson
you found is the one that was a sec’y and Quarter Master.
He did serve in Col Shermans Regt one year. Further more
wount you have the goodness to look and see if the name of
Tim’o Anderson from Windom is on Col Isaac
Sherman Reg or in Col John Sherman Reg. This Tim’o
Anderson Name has been found at Hartford and
amongst the 8 months men which Mr Hide shold
you,  which I think must be the man. And answer me
the Rolles sayes from Windom. This was all Windon town
at that time. I can get a nombre to testify that
they have herd my Thomas Anderson say that he
maid this servis at West Point. And if you find
nothing further and aint sattisfied please say to me how you
will doe
Yours with Due Respect
Jeremiah W Bishop
Page 119

Mose Meadow Tolland County Conn
Oct 18, 1853-
Hon L. P. Waldo Commishioner of Pensions
Dear Sir in reply to yours of the 13th I Forward
the certificate of Alice Anderson. I will
say that Mrs Anderson was Married in Febuary
23rd 1792. Her husband never drew a Pension.
He began to get a Pension and died before he
obtained it. And I Claime that she drawes back untill the
1st of March 1831. She Drew back pay $103, besides what
John Fitch kept for his fee. She sayes and has since
Drew $31.10 ct a year. But I leave it all together with
you and hope and think you will doe what is rite.
You will see that she was married previos
to 1794 which I think she must go back to 1831.
Yours Truly
March
Jeremiah W Bishop
P S I have conversed with the Widdow to day
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Moose Meadow Tolland County Comm
Hon Loren P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir As respects the Claime of Alice Anderson
Widow of Thomas: I had some talk with Mr Alvin P HIde
and he though[t] it it would be well to State to you the particulars
of Mrs Alice Andersons claim. In the first place hir [sic] Husban[d]
Thomas Anderson began to get a Pension and proved 9 months an 10
Dayes. Then he was taken sick and Died. He never drue any thing
him self. Then I think the Widow must have been pensioned in 1833,
therefore I think she will draw back to March 1831. Now, she sayes
she drew, 103 back pay besides pay John Fitch took for his pay.
Mr Anderson Death was in March 30th 1835. Mrs Anderson
Mariage was in 1792 so you will see how it is. Therefore If think
she will go back untill March, 1831. But your Honer will pleas
doe the Bisness up in good shape which I think will be so.
I think the widow says she was stoped a spell and did
not draw and then pensioned. I supos under the act of the certificate
I sent you of Feb 2, 1848.
Yours with due Respect
Jeremiah W Bishop
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Pension Office
Oct 27 1853
Sir
Thomas Anderson, Connecticut Rolls, Act
June 7 1832 at $31.16 per annum. Please
state to what time paid, and also please
say to what time his widow Alice, who was
pensioned under the Act of July, 1838, was paid
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
for Com of Pensions

F. Bart Esq
3rd Auditor

Thomas Anderson, Act 1832 $31.10 pr.an. Died 30
March 1835, Paid to his death
Alice Anderson, widow of Thomas, $31.10. Paid to 4th
March 1853 under Acts 38.1, 3, 46, & 48 - no
date of death on our Books

F. Bart 
3rd Auditor
Page 122

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 123

Moose Meadow Tolland County Conn -
September 20, 1853
Hon. Lorin P Waldo
Commissioner of
Pensions
 Dear Sir I inclose the papers
showing the servises of Thomas Anderson also
the Identity &c for the increase of Pension
for Alice Anderson for which I Expect
A Certificate. also the Power of Attorney
Runing to me

Yours with due Respect
Jeremiah W Bishop
Page 124

Comptroller
Hartford
Aug 31, 1853
Anderson
Page 125

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Conn. Aug 31st 1853

giving day for my

Sir
Your letter of the 20th ult. with one dollar
enclosed has been received at this office.
I have examined our Militia Rolls for the years
1778 & 9, and do not find the name of Thomas
Anderson on any of these rolls. I find on a
roll of 8 months men under Col. Sherman in
the year 1779, the name of Timo Anderson of
Windham, but no Thomas. These militia
Rolls are far from being complete, and
show but a small part of the service which
was performed by the militia, and the fact that
his service is not found on our rolls, should
be no bar to the claim if it is supported by
other proof.
I find on the Rolls of the regular line of the
Army a Thomas Anderson, who served about
four years as a Sergeant, Lieutenant & Quarter
Master, first in Col. Starr’s & one year in Col
Sherman’s Regiment. If you think that this
service may have been performed by the
Thomas Anderson, for whom you make enquiry
you will please send another dollar, and the
certificate will be sent to you,
I am respectfully, yours &c
 Geo. Robinson
Comptroller

[vertical note in left margin]
P. S. Frm one dollar sent, pays for the search.
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Tolland Count Sept 8th 1840

James L Edwards Esq
D. Sir
I enclose declarations of 
Mrs Kezia Morgan
Mrs Lois Pearl
Mrs Susan Robinson &
4854 Mrs Alice Anderson
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed 2d Feby 1848 granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, and will thank
you to forward certificates.
Yours Respectfully, 
J. R. Flynt
Page 127

5273
Jany 25 1844
A Andreson
Con

3 March 1843

$31.10 per an
J. R. Flynt
Tolland, Con.

James L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
Page 128

Tolland Corn Jany 20. 1844

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir 
Inclose the declaration of Mrs Alice
Anderson [prepared under] the act of 3 March 1843
I am
Respectfully yours, 
J. R. Flynt
Page 129

Letter of O. Hall
[hansmithing?] Mrs.
Anderson's application for
a Pension
Page 130

Willington August 29th 1838
Sir
I have the honor to transmit
herewith the application of Wid Alace
Anderson for a Pension.
Mrs Anderson is a resident
of this town. I have long been acquainted with
her and her late husband and can
cheerfully state that her statements are
entitled to full credit.
Respectfully your obt
Servant
Orrin Holt


Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 131

Mansfield Ct
May, 19
free 
Mr. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Ct. May 23
Page 132

Mansfield Ct. May 19th 1835
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
Yours of the 15th inst is received. In which
you say that Thomas Anderson will be allowed
a pension for 9 months 10 days being the two first
tours in his declaration & the others will
not be allowed without further proof-
Considering the difficulty in finding any further
evidence. It is concluded to accept a
certificate for the time allowed. You
will therefore please to forward
me such a certificate as you feel authorized
to make.
I am well satisfied myself of the truth
of the old man’s statement, as respects
the principal facts, and supposed they
might be considered as coming within the
rule adopted by the Department as to
those cases where no proof can be obtained.
The applicant is credible &c.  But of this
you are the judge - presuming that you
will allow all that you can consistent
with you duty - for a poor old [fossil] soldier
& his family-
I am most respectfully
you Obedient Servant
John Fitch
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Tolland August 26, 1857
My Dear Sir
The enclosed affidavit was designed to accompany the paper
I enclosed to you this morning as additional evidence in the case of Thomas
Andrew. It was left out of the bundle by mistake. You know I am
liable to mistakes, but I trust this one will be pardoned.
I took this affidavit as you will see. The old lady has so strong
a conviction of the justice of her claim, I could not forbear letting
her tell her own story in just[ice]. I trust all the papers will
reach you in safety and I know you will dispose of these
correctly.
My vacation is now nearing [an end?]. Next week, I commence
my [state] circuit and expect to be constantly engaged until
the [?] of next May. Still my labor will be no harder than
yours, and many troubles that [illegible] accord you, I am
entirely rid of. On the whole I think I would not charge places-
I remain very Respectfully yours
Loren P.  Waldo

Geo. Whiting
Com’r Pe.
Washington D. C.
Page 134

To the Hon Secretary of the Pension
Office. Dear Sir
Will you please to
inform me whether the Pension due
to the heirs of Widdow Thomas Anderson
of Lyme Connecticut has been granted
or not--
Respectfully Yours
Thomas Anderson

son of Widow Thomas Anderson

Pleas to direct to Sam’l P. Anderson
Hamburg New London Co
Connecticut
Page 135

Moose Meadow Tolland Co. Conn
Nov 14th 1853

Hon Loren P. Waldo
Dear Sir
I have received the certificates for the increase
 of Pension in the case of Alice Anderson
 widow of Thomas Anderson-- The original
 pension was for
31.10 - and is increased to 45.33. The Extra
service proved was for two terms certified
by the Secertary of the State of Vermont
one from the beginning of the campaign in
1781 to June 30th for which he was paid $2.9.4. at
the rate of 2 pr month which would make
1 month & 14 days service, the second time
for 137 days service from July 1st to Nov 13 -
The amount of the increase is only for the last
period in the certificate.  Will you please inform me
 why the first period is not also included.
Yours resp’y Jeremiah W Bishop
Page 136

Tolland, Conn. July 22, 1857
Sir
Jeremiah W. Bishop of Moose Meadow in
this County has for some time past had in
charge the prosecution before the Pension Office
of the claim of Alice Anderson widow of Thomas
Anderson late of Connecticut deceased for an
 increase of pension. Mrs Anderson and her friend,
 as well as Bishop himself have desired me to look
into this case. M. Bishop has now some additional
 evidence to file & has requested me to forward
it for him. Now if I had a copy of Thomas Anderson's
 declaration I could form some opinion
whether the further prosecution of this claim
would be for the interest of the parties concerned.
I must confess I have some doubts, from
their representations, on this subject. I know
it is not in conformity with the rules of the
Pension Office to give copies of papers on file
except to member of Congress, but if in this
on the rule could be waived, and I could
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have this copy of Anderson’s declaration, I
think I might be able either to satisfy the office
that the claim was a good one or Mrs Anderson
& her friend that it is not. Will you therefore
have this paper copied and enclosed to me
at this place?
I know I am asking quite a favor;
but I do not intend to have it on the whole
make you any trouble. Indeed I believe
I can [save] you labor, if not I can save
myself the constant and perpetual [importunements]
of Mrs. A. and her friend.
I suppose it is hardly necessary for me
to say to you that I am not engaged in
this matter as an agent, but only to satisfy
old acquaintances and friends.

I remain very truly yours &c
L. P. Waldo

Geo C. Whiting Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Page 138

Tolland Conn. April 28, 1862
Sir
In the month of August 1857, I had the pleasure of
reviewing a certificate from the Pension office allowing
an increase of Pension to Mrs Alice Anderson widow of
Thomas Anderson decd. I supposed at the time I
ought to have received a certificate allowing Mra
 Anderson the pension to which her husband was entitled
at the time of his decease, but I was advised by Mr.
Whiting the then Commissioner, that such pensions
had been suspended by the Secretary of the Interior.
I am now advised that the present Secretary of the
Interior has rescinded the order suspending the
payment of those pensions. If this be so, Mrs Anderson
 is entitled to a small amount in right of her
husband as will appear by an examination of the
papers in her case. My recollection is the arrearages
 due on this account are about Eighty Dollars.
Mrs. Anderson is still living about eight miles from
me and has sent word to me to day to write to the
Pension office and obtain this balance if it is her due.
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as the last correspondence in this case was with me,
and the last certificate sent me, I suppose there is
no new[fsit] for any further power of attorney
to authorize me to call your attention to this case.
May I therefore ask you to look into this case
and if it be consistent with the present regulations
of the office, to send me a certificate for Mrs. Anderson, 
allowing her the arrearages due her deceased husband.
I can only add, that if you require any [illegible],
I can probably give you satisfactory references to
persons still remain in your Bureau, who I
trust have not yet forgotten the [interestion] we
formerly had together.
I shall be happy to hear from you at your
 earliest convenience and remain very
Truly yours &c
Loren P Waldo
Tolland Conn


Jas H. Barrett Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Page 140

 Tolland Conn Sept 13/58
Hon Com’r of Pensions
Sir
I send the enclosed papers to be used
as additional evidence in support of the claim
of Thomas Anderson for a pension. In his
declaration he states that he served 8 months
in 1778. By the accompanying documents
it appears that the regiment on whose rolls
his name appears was raised for one
year, unless soon discharged-
In his declaration I believe he says he
became acquainted while in service with
Capt Hills Lieut Root & Wm Royce
and others-- I have not a copy of the
declaration at hand & quote from memory.
By the copy of petition enclosed it
appears that Capt Hills & Lieut Root
and Wm Royce were in the same
regiment. Very many of the names
on these rolls are the names of
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persons who resided in Windham
(where Thomas Anderson lived in 1778) &
in adjoining towns. But they are
all long since dead, so we cannot
procure their testimony.
I think the discovery of this petition
clearly indicates the truth of Andersons
declaration as to his service in 1778.
I trust a reexamination of it can [&]
will be given and the increase of
pension allowed. The application
is by the widow who is now
drawing a pension for the service
heretofore proved. I believe my power
of Atty to act in the case is on file
at Washington
Respectfully yours
A.P. Hyde