Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37059, Christopher Hanson, Conn.
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Service
Conn.
Hanson, Christopher
Number
S.37059
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10.724 R          
Connecticut             
Christian Hanson 
of in the state of who was a    Private        in the regiment commanded by Colonel     Huntington              of the   Connect.   line, for the term of  for the term of 1 Year         
Inscribed on the Roll of     Connecticut      at the rate of     8    Dollars per month, to commence on the  4    of      November 1818        
Certificate of Pension issued the  17      of     Mar 1819  and sent to  J. Brainard   New Haven Cont.       
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819    32.23           
Semi-anl. All’ce ending 4 Sept 19    48       
80.23
3 27   4 /
30  35
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, }
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37059         
Revy      INVALID.           
File No. 37,059               
Christopher Hanson          
Pri  Rev  War      
Act:  18 March, 18       
Index:--Vol.  2,   Page    176     
 Arrangement of 1870.
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County Ss
On this fourteenth day of October AD 1818 before me Simeon Baldwin Justice of the Peace in & for said County, personally appeared Nehemiah Storer of Killingworth in s’d State to me personally known & who is a credible witness & being first duly Sworn deposeth & saith that in May 1777 he enlisted to serve on board the ship or Frigate Trumball then lying in Connecticut river for the term of one year, &
continued to serve on board s’d ship or Frigate for the said Term of one year - that when he entered on board s’d ship he there found Christian Hanson of New Haven who had before that time also enlisted for one year to serve on board s’d ship & that he acted & served as captains cook & continued to serve on board during all the time the Deponent served on board which was one year. That said Frigate never got to sea during that year being impeded by the bar & blockaded by the enemy- that part of the crew left the ship as volunteers by permission in Jany 1778 to go on board the
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Warren at Providence but the deponent & said Hanson remained on board the Trumbull until the period of their respective enlistments had expired & were then discharged.
Simeon Baldwin
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State of Connecticut New Haven County ss       
On this 4th day of November 1818 before me Simeon Baldwin Justice of Peace in & for said county personally appeared Cap David Phipps of New Haven in said county now in commission as a sailing master in the service of the United States to me personally known, a gentleman whose character as to credibility is exceptionably fair & being first duly sworn deposeth, that on the 10th Octr 1776 he was commissioned from Lieut of the continental Frigate Trumbull of 30 guns Dudley Saltonstall commander a new ship then lying in Connecticut River. That he continued to serve on board a ship until the 15 Jany 1778 unable to get her to service that in May 1777 Christian Hanson enlisted to serve on board & ship for the term of one year & served as cabin on Captain Cook & continued to serve on board until the deponent left said ship to go on board the Warren then lying at Providence. That he then left Hanson on board the Trumbull & has no doubt he continued to serve on board till the term of his enlistment one year expired. That the Trumbull was then blockaded & obstructed & with much exertion did not & could not get to sea during that year & for a long time after. Simeon Baldwin
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Christian Hanson
Private Col. Huntingtons
Rqt Connecticut Line
1776 - 1 year dec 4 Nov 1818

Adm
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss. ON this fourth day of November 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State, personally appears Christian Hanson aged 78 years, resident in New Haven [unreadable] in the said State, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following DECLARATION, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said Christian Hanson in Jany 1776 enlisted in New Haven in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain     
That in Jany 1776 he enlisted to serve a year in Capt. Trowbridges company in Col Jedh Huntingtons Regt in the Connecticut line & served during that term. That in May 1777 he enlisted for one year as a mariner to serve on board the Continental ship on Frigate Trumbull of 30 guns   Dudley Sattington commander then lying in Connecticut river & served on board said term of one year.   That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the services of the United States, until the month of May 1778 when he was discharged from service, in said ship in Connecticut River. That he was in the battles of _. And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.                  
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.                
Jeremiah G Brainard, Judge of Superior Court as aforesaid                   
I Jeremiah G Brainard Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Christian Hanson did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding DECLARATION, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.        & it also appears to my satisfaction that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he now needs the assistance of his country for support. New Haven Nov 4th 1818           
Jeremiah Brainard, Judge as aforesaid             
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, ss.} New Haven, November 4th 1818 I DYER WHITE, Clerk of the Superior Court of said State, for said County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do CERTIFY that the name Jeremiah G. Brainard subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is known to me to be the proper hand writing and signature of Jeremiah Brainard, who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court. & that Simeon Baldwin whose signature, well known to me is affixed to the depositions of David Phipps & Neh Storer which accompany this declaration is a Justice of the Peace in & for said county.             
In testimony whereof I affix the seal of a county.             
Dyer White