Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,906, Stephen Bennet, Conn.
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service
Conn.
Bennet, Stephen or Bennett, Mary 
number W.2.906
contents
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8,258

Pennsylvania
Stephen Bennet 4 of Pike County in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel ______ of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years---
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 ....Dollars per month, to commence on the 12th of May 1818 )
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of March 1819 and sent to Alisha Woodward (illegible) Judge Bethany Mayne County Pa
Arrears to 4th March 1819  $78.19
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th (illegible) 48__
$126.19
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}
Lot 21 (illegible)
D. Wagener
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Application for a pension
Stephen Bennet
of
Pike County Pennsylvania
12 May 1818

Stephen Bennet Pvt
1st Conn. Regt
1780-1783
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Pennsylvania
Wayne County
On this twelfth day of May 1818 before me the
Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the
County of Wayne in the State of Pennsylvania personally appears Stephen
Bennett aged fifty eight years resident in the County of Pike in the State of
Pennsylvania who being first by me 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 Stephen Bennett enlisted in the
latter part of the year 1780 at Windham County in the State of
Connecticut for a term of three years in a company commanded
by Captain Elias Stillwell of the first Connecticut regiment; that
he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States
untill the first of November 1783 when he was discharged
from said service at West Point in the State of New York.

That he was in no general Battle.  That he is in reduced
circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country
for support; and that excepting his said discharge he has no
other evidence now in his power of his said service.

Sworn to & declared before me
the day & year aforesaid
Abisha Woodward

I Abisha Woodward Esq. Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Wayne as aforesaid do certify that
it appears to my satisfaction that Stephen Bennett did serve
in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceeding
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.

Bethany Wayne County
Abisha Woodward
12 May 1818
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Wayne County
I Sheldon Norton Esquire Rothonsbury of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne do certify that Abisha Woodward Esquire is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Wayne as appears from the records in my keeping and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts of such.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said County the 1 day of June A.D. 1818
Sheldon Norton Esq.

Pennsylvania
Wayne County
I Abisha Woodward of one of the judgres of Wayne as aforesaid do hereby certify that Stephen Bennett in the annexed declaration named is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. 
Abisha Woodward
Bethany 
8 July 1819

By Major General Knox commanding the Garrison of West Point & its dependencies
Stephen Bennett soldier in the Connecticut Regiment, being mustered for three years is hereby Honorably discharged the services of the United States.
Given at West Point the 1 day of November 1783
J. Knox
M. General

By the Generals Command
[Jonathan?] Lillie Aide de Camp
Registered in the Regimental Books
Lebb Loomis Adj.
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5279
Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Mary Bennett widow of Stephen Bennett who was(illegible) in the Conn Sine Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars __
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of April 1844 and sent to Hon. R  Brodhead
(illegible)

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
vol. / Page 130
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Record of the marriage of Stephen Bennet and Mary Gates 
Stephen Bennet and Mary Gates was married the 27th day of April A.D. in 1795
Francis Bennet the oldest Son was born February 4th (1786
Frederick Bennet the 2nd So was born November 29th 1787 Rufus Bennet the 3rd So was born December 15th 1789 Jarod Bennet the 4th So was born October 5th 1792. Elizabeth Bennet was bord August 7th 1795 Semantha Bennet was born November 30th 1798 Stephen Bennet was born May 19th 1801 Lebbens Bennet was born April 3rd 1803 
Stephen Bennet (illegible) Died October 21 1831

Pike County (illegible) I do Certify the above to be a true copy of the family record of Stephen and Mary Bennet as it stands in the family Bible at this time which is said to be copyed from an old Bible that is worn out in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at (illegible) the 22nd day of May A.D. 1840 Moses Bingham J. Peace
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V2941 2 [illegible]
Mary Bennett
Pennsylvania
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State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss
On this fifteenth day of November AD. Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before me the subscriber one of Justices of the peace in and for said County a Mary Bennett a resident of Palmyra Township in the County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 that she is the widow of Stephen Bennett who was a private in the revolutionary Army and served three years from the first day of December 1780 in the Connecticut Line, whose name will appear on the Connecticut Roll filed in the Office of the War Department at Washington. She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Bennett the twenty seventh day of April AD 1785. agreeably to the Family record kept in the
Bible now in her possession. That her husband the aforesaid Stephen Bennett died on the twenty first day of October AD 1831. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written 
Moses Bingham J. Peace
Mary Bennet X {her mark}

Pike County ss
I Moses Bingham one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mary Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that she is of good repute for truth and integrity in the neighborhood where she resides and that from her old age and bodily infirmities she is unable to attend Court.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth Day of November AD 1837

Moses Bingham J P
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State of Pennsylvania
[illegible]

I Daniel W Dingman Jan Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas Recorder of Deeds & c in and for the County of Pike do hereby certify that Moses Bingham who has signed the within affidavit and Certificate was at the time of taking and signing the same and still is an acting
Justice of in and for the said County of Pike duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts and I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Moses Bingham and verily believe the name of the said Moses Bingham and verily believe the name of the said Moses Bingham affixed to the within affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office at Milford this 18th day of November
AD 1837-
D.W. Dingman JP
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January 28, 1936.


BA-J/ILL
Stephen Bennet
W. 2906

Charles R. Hale
30 Oak Street
Hartford, Connecticut.

Dear Sir:

The record of Stephen Bennet is furnished herein as
requested in your letter of January 23, 1936, from pension claim
W. 2906, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Stephen Bennett enlisted December 1, 1780, in Windham
County, Connecticut, served as private in Captain Elias Stillwell's
company, 1st Connecticut regiment and continued until November 1, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12,
1818, at which time he was a resident of Palmyra Township, Pike
County, Pennsylvania. He gave his age then as fifty-eight years,
but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of
his parents.

Stephen Bennet died October 21, 1831 in Palmyra Township,
Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was stated that he had been one of the first settlers of that part of the country.

The soldier married April 27, 1785 in Canterbury, Windham
County, Connecticut, Mary Gates; she was born August 17, 1763, the names of her parents not shown.

Mary Bennet, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed November 15, 1837, at which time she was a resident of Palmyra Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.  She had resided in that county since about 1788.

The names and dates of birth of the children of Stephen
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Bennet and his wife, Mary, are shown as follows:

Francis Bennet born February 4, 1786.
Frederick Bennet born November 29, 1787.
Rufus Bennet born December 15, 1789.
Jared Bennet born October 5, 1792.
Elizabeth Bennet born August 7, 1795.
Semantha Bennet born November 30, 1798.
Stephen Bennet born April 3, 1803.

In 1838, Jared Bennett (as his signature is shown) was a
resident of Palmyra Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. No
relationship to the family was stated.

In 1839, Betsey Adams of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania,
stated that she was present at the marriage of Stephen Bennet and
Mary Gates in Canterbury, Connecticut.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of
person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Mary, the widow
of Stephen Bennet, you should address The Comptroller General, 
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite
the following:

Mary Bennett, widow of Stephen Bennett (names borne
Bennett of the pension rolls)
Certificate #5279
Issued April 11, 1844
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1843
Act of March 3, 1843.
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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6399

Pennsylvania
Mary Bennett widow of Stephen Bennett

who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 
21 October 1831 of Pike Co in the State of Penn who was a Private in the
company commanded by Captain Stillwell of the regt commanded by
Col Parsons in the Conn line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of October 1841 and sent to 
M. M. Dimmick, Milford, Pike Co. Penn

Arrears to the 4th of March, 1841   $400

Act July 7, 1838

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A, Vol. 2 Page 14

Pen Agt notified
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Mary Bennett
Pennsylvania
Suspended
See letter 21 Dec '37
Hon. D. D. Wagener
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Mary Bennet
of Stephen
Pennsylvania
Suspended

Act 7 July 1838
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1828 paper
to be filed
with [illegible]
[illegible]
#2,906
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Stephen Bennet Pvt
Conn line
Penn
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1852
Pennsylvania
Mary Bennet widow of Stephen Bennet who died on the 21 October 1831 of Pike Co in the
State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Stilwell of the regt commanded by Col Parsons in the Connecticut line for three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of March 1838 and sent to Hon D. D. Wagener, H.R.

Arrears to the 21 Oct 1831              $50.43
Semi-annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836 Section the 2

Recorded by Wm Allion Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 137
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1904 Service of
sold to Hon. J.H.
Shull
L.V.S
1908 Feb 27 Hist to
F.B. Brandegee M.C.
letter [illegible] File 37760
1936 Jan 28 Hist. to Charles
1940 May 31 Hist to Elm
M. Bennett See letter in
claim Stephen Bennet

Rgv
Widow, &c.
File No. 2906
Mary Bennet
Widow
Stephen Bennet
Pri. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: Vol. A, Page 48
Arrangement of 1870.

Apr. 5
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[File Stamped] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
March 31 1904

CONGRESSIONAL
Revolutionary War
Wid. No. ______

Mary Bennet, (Deceased)
P. O.   Paupack   Pa

NAME OF SOLDIER:   Stephen Bennett

Co. ______ Reg't_______

The above-named claimant is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a
bona fide resident of the District which I represent; and this inquiry is 
not made at the request of any pension attorney or claim agent.

I desire to be advised as to whether you can give me the military
record of Stephen Bennett, who served in the (over)

These slips are exclusively for the use of Representatives in Congress and when used by any other
person will not receive consideration.

Representatives will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions in giving them an early answer, if they
will fill and use these slips in making calls in pension cases.

E J Ware Commissioner.
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Revolutionary War and whose widow, Mary G. Bennett, drew a pension
and lived and died at Paupack, Pike Co Pa.

J H Shull, M. C.

[File Stamped] CONGRESSIONAL 
U.S. Bureau of Pensions
March 28, 1904
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CONGRESSIONAL
Record Divison
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions

Briefed by Gill
Claim No.
Certificate Nl.
Claimant
Soldier Stephen Bennett
Service Pa. or Conn. Service
Addditional Service Rev. War

No   claim, State recores  , 190
No claim, combination records , 190

REMARKS:
No claim as above except @ 25, 236 W2906 Mary sent  & I 37760 sent
Feb. 24. 1908
Stephen born 1760 res. of Brookfield Conn. in 1832. died Nov. 25, 1838. cross service wid. Hannah

Chief Division
Not asked for.
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7092 7092
Mary Bennet
of Stephen
Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
Pike County

I Henry S Moll Prothonotary and
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of said County do hereby certify that
Moses Bingham Esquire before whom the
foregoing affidavits were made & taken
and hereto annexed was at the time
thereof & still is a Justice of the Peace for
said County duly commissioned & qualified as such & further
I certify that the signatures to said affidavits purporting to be
his are genuine and in his own proper hand writing, and
further I certify that I am personally acquainted with
Ernie Bingham Rodolphus Bingham Moses Killam Esq and
Nancy Pettit the deponants in said affidavits mentioned
and the hand writing of said Rodolphis Bingham & Moses
Killam which is genuine & by them in their proper
hand writing subscribed that the said Ernie, Rodolphus
Moses & Nancy are credible persons and their statements
are entitled to belief.

In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand & seal of said Court at Milford
this 26th day of May A D 1840
H. P. Motts Proth
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State of Pennsylvania
Pike County SS
On this Eighth day of May Eighteen hundred and [mark out] forty. personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Pike County Mary Bennet, a resident of the township of Palmyra in the County of Pike aforesaid aged seventy seven years on the seventeenth day of August next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled an Act granted half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of Stephen Bennet who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War that the said Stephen Bennet was a pensioner of the said United States as a soldier received a  pension therefrom for services rendered the said United States as a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  That the said Stephen Bennet to the best of this deponants recollection in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen or nineteen or thereabout received pension money from the United States, and that this deponant believes that the payment of said pension to her husband Stephen Bennet was [illegible] stoped or suspended in consequence of the passage of the Act of Congress of the 1st May 1820. requiring that persons then placed on the pension roll of the United States should exhibit a schedule containing his whole Estate & income before court of record & This deponant cannot state the time when the said Stephen became a Pensioner of the United States. she however remembered of the said Stephen [illegible] Pension money which she thinks was in the year Eighteen hundred & Eighteen or nineteen or thereabouts as above specified, that the said Stephen Bennet resided at the place where he died for the period of forty three years, the residence of said Stephen at the time of his death was Palmyra township Pike County and this deponent further states that she believes the record and evidence of the service of the said Stephen Bennet as a soldier of the Revolutionary war will be found in the war office at Washington.

She further declared that she was married
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to Stephen Bennet on the twenty seventh day of April seventeen
hundred + eighty five, that her maiden name was Gates, that she
was married to said Stephen Bennet by Elijah Simons a Justice
of the Peace in Canterbury in Windham County in the state of
Connecticut that Betsy Adams now of Susquehanna County
is the only person now living who was present at the marriage
of the deponent to Stephen Bennet + as she verily believes all
the other persons who were witnesses to the marriage of this deponent
to said Stephen have long since died that she never
had any knowledge of any records of her marriage to said
Stephen being made by said Justice who married her. That the
said Justice was a very old man at the time he married
said deponent.  That her husband the said Stephen Bennet
died on the twenty first day of October eighteen hundred +
thirty one. That she had not married to him prior to his
leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to
the first day of January seventeen hundred ninety four
That from old age and bodily infirmity this deponent feels
herself unable to attend in person at the next slated sessions
of the Court of Common Pleas of Pike County the to make this
her before stated declaration. That this Deponant has lived
where she now reside for the period of fifty two years
last past. That the said deponent still continues the
widow of said Stephen Bennet, not having again
married since the death of said Stephen Bennet.
Sworn + subscribed before
me this 8th day of May 1840
W. Brodhead Judge
her
Mary Bennet
mark

Pennsylvania
Pike County
I William Brodhead associate Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas of Pike County do hereby
certify that the above named Mary Bennet is in my opinion
from bodily infirmity and old age unable to attend the Court of
which I am a Judge and I do not think from present
appearance that she will be able to attend the Court alone
named at its maybe sessions that the said Mary
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resides from the Court House in said County a distance of twenty
six miles. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand on this
8th day of May 1840 and that deponent Mary Bennet is a credible person +
her statements are entitled to credit.
W. Brodhead Judge

Pennsylvania
Pike County
I Henry S Moll Prothonotary + Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of Pike County
do hereby certify that William Broadhead
Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings
were had is one of the Associate Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly
Commission + qualified as such and further
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and
the signatures to said proceedings annexed purporting to be his is genuine
the testimony whereof I have hereto set my seal of said Court at Milford
this 26th day of May 1830 and subscribed my name
H. Moll Proty
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Susquehanna County
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justice of the Peace in and for said County Betsey Adams and being duly sworn deposes and says she saw Mary Gates married to Stephen Bennet in Canterbury Windham County State of Connecticut in the month of April A.D. one thousand seven hundred & Eighty five and further saith not. 
Betsey X Adams her mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me 
Frederick Lines
Justice of Peace

I do certify that the above named Betsey Adams is a person of credibility and is to be believed.
Frederick Lines

State of Pennsyulvania
Susquehanna County

I Geo. Fuller, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County do certify that the Fredrick Lines is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine -- and also, that the said Fredrick Lines is a man of good morals, and noted for truth & veracity. In testimony where of I have herunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name tois day of June 1839. 
Geo. Fuller Prot.
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Affidavit of
Nancy Pellet
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State of Pennsylvania
Pike County

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County Nancy Pellet widow, of Palmyra Township in Pike County and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she has known and been acquainted with Mary Bennet widow of Stephen Bennet deceased for a period of fifty years last past that said Mary and Stepehn Bennet have resided in said Township of Palmyra in said County during the aforesaid Period. That they have always been deemed taken and reputed in the Neighborhood to be man and wife and always regarded as such, that said Stephen Bennet was reputed to have been a Soldier of the revolutionary war and to have been pentioned by the United States and this deponent further states that she really believes the said Mary and Stephen Bennet were married in the month of April 1785 in the State of Connecticut and has not doubt that the said Stephen Bennet was a soldier of the revolutionary war, and was Pentioned as such that the said Mary Bennet and Stephen Bennet were among the number of the first settlers of that part of the County where they now reside. That the said Mary Bennet is a very credible person and her Statement and affidavit is Entitled to belief and Credit.

Nancy Pellet

Sworn before me at Palmyra the 19th day of May A.D. 1840
Moses Bingham
J. Peace
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Affidavit of 
Moses Killam
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State of Pennsylvania
Pike County 

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice 
of the Peace for said County Moses Killam
of Palmyra Township in Pike County and 
being duly sworn according to law deposeth and
faith that he has known and been acquainted 
with Mary Bennet widow of Stephen Bennet
deceased for a period of forty years or upwards
that said Mary and Stephen have resided in said 
Township of Palmyra in said County during the
aforesaid period that [illegible] have always been deemed
taken and [illegible] in the neighborhood to the 
man and wife and always regarded as such, that
said Stephen Bennet was reputed to have been a soldier
of the Revolutionary war and to have been pentioned
by the United States and this deponant further states
that he really believes the said Mary and Stephen Bennet
were married in the month of April 1785 in the 
State of Connecticut and has no doubt that the said 
Stephen Bennet was a soldier of the Revolutionary war
and was pentioned as such. That the said Mary Bennet
and stephen Bennet were amongst the number 
of the first settlers of that part of the county where
they now reside, and that said Mary Bennet is a 
very credible person and her statement and affid-
avit is entitled to belief and credit.
Sworn and Subscribed
before me at Palmyra
the 19th day of may A.A. 1840
Moses Killam
Moses Bingham J.
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Affidavit of Rodolphus Bingham
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State of Pennsylvania
Pike County

Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county of state Rodolphus Bingham yeoman of Palmyra Township in the County and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has known and been acquainted with Mary Bennet widow of Stephen Bennet deceased for a period of forty years or over last past that said Mary and Stepehn have resided in said Township of Palmyra in said County during the aforesaid period that they have always been deemed taken and reputed in the Neighborhood to be man and wife and always regarded as such. That said Stephen Bennet was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and to have been pentioned by the United States, and this deponant further states that he verily believes the said Mary and Stephen were married in the month of April 1785 in the State of Connecticut, and has no doubt that the said Stephen Bennet was a soldier of the revolutionary war and was Pentioned as such. That the said Mary Bennet and Stephen Bennet were amongst the number of the first settlers of this part off the county where they now reside. That said Mary Bennet is a very credible person and her statement and affidavit is Entitled to credit and belief.
Rudolphus  Bingham
Sworn and Subscribed before me at Palmyra the 20th day of May A.D. 1840
Moses Bingham
Justice of Peace
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Affidavit of Eunice Bingham
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State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss.}
Personally appreared before me this subscriber a justice of the peace for said county 
Bingham Widow of Palmyra Township in said County
of Pike and being duly sworn according to law
Deposeth and saith that she has known and been acquainted with Mary Bennet widow of Stephen Bennet
Decased for a period of fifty two years last past that
said Mary and Stephen Bennet have resided in said
Township of Palmyra in said County of Pike during the
afforsaid period that they have always been lived
taken and reputed
in the neighbourhood to be man
and wife and always regarded as such that said
Stephen Bennet was reputed to have been a
Soldier of the Revolutionary war and to have been
mentioned by the United States and this deponant
further states that she really believe the said Mary
and Stephen Bennet were married in the month
of April, 1785 in the State of Connecticut and
has no doubt that the said Stephen Bennet was a
soldier of the Revolutionary war and was pensioned
as such
that the said Mary Bennet and Stephen
Bennet were amongst the number of the first
Settlers of that part of the County where they
now reside and that said Mary Bennet is a very
credible person and her statement and affidavit
is entitled to belief and credit
Sworn and Subscribed
before me at Palmyra
Unice Bingham
the 22nd day of May
A.D. 1840 Moses Bingham J. Pee
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State of Connecticut
Windham County ⎬ Ss Windham Town Clerks Office

Stephen Bennet was married to Francis their Son born February fourth one
thousand seven hundred & eighty six

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Viz
Francis their Son born Feby 4. 1786. and I also certify the the record of the marriage of Stephen Bennet to Mary Gates appears on the town record books to have been left imperfect at the time the record above was made & a space left between that & the birth of Francis their son to fill out the same but which was not done
Attest Thomas Gray Town Clerk

I Thomas Gray above named depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town & County of Windham & State aforesd. that the above is a true extract from the record of Town with the exception above named as Certified by me
Thomas Gray Town Clerk
Windham Probate District of Windham Sept 2 1841

Then personally appeared before me Calvin Hubbard
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Judge of the County Probate in a District in open Court Thomas Gray & made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed. I hereby
certify that he is now Town Clerk of town of Windham & the signature purporting to be his is genuine, and I also certify that Stowel Lincoln Esq before whom
the deposition of Mary Reed is taken hereto annexed is a Justice of the Peace for County of Windham & the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of Probate Court this 2d day of Sept A. D. 1841.
Calvin Hebbard Judge
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State of Connecticut
Windham County
Windham Sept 1st 1841
Betty Reed was examined Cautioned & sworn agreeable
to law to the following deposition taken at the request of
Mary Bennett of Palmyra Pike County in the State of
Pennsylvania to be used as evidence in procuring a pension

That she resided a near neighbor to Mary Bennett 
and was invited to her wedding, but did not go on account
of sickness, but saw the friends of the parties go past
saying they were going to the wedding, and verily believes
the said Mary Bennett was married to Stephen Bennet
further the deponent sayeth not
Taken & Sworn before me
Stowel Lincoln Justice of Peace
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
706
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Augt 15. 1828.
Stephen Bennet, Pike of Palmyra
in the County of
in the State of Pennsylvania, has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Stilwell's
 company, in the regiment of the Connecticut line.
and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary.
of Dickens
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to
It further appears that Stephen bennet cannot be found among those of the Connecticut line to whom certificate for gratuity of eighty dollars was signed.
it appears from the muster rolls of the Connecticut line that Stephen Bennet enlisted into Capt. Stillwell's company roll Batton regiment on the 1st of December 1780
for three years
Peter Hagner
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Stephen Bennet
Declaration-
Power to Aaron Ogden
Sub to M.R. Noure
Presenter 29 July
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Revolutionary Claims. [B.]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and
Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain
surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th
of May 1828, I, Stephen Bennet of Palmyra
in the county of Pike
in the State of Pennsylvania
do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution
, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination at which
period I was a private in Captain Elias Stilwell
Company, in the first Regiment of the Connecticut
Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of
eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th
of May 1778.
And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May 1828, on the Pension
List of the United States.
Stephen Bennett
Witness my hand, this nineteenth day of July, in the year
Stephen Bennet
Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace
in the county of
in the State of personally
appeared, this day, Francis A Smith and John Pallet Jr
of the said county, who did severally make oath that by
whom the foregoing declaration was
subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the
Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this nineteenth day of July
in the year 1828
Saml De Pay
Clerk of the Court of the County of
Pike
in the State of Pennsylvania do
hereby certify, that J. Dimmick before
whom the
foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace
and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
[L. S.] said Court, this 19th day of July Anno Domini 1828
Saml DePuy
Sergeant Corporal, Musician, or private, as the case may be.
The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May 1828, may have been on the list on or since
the 3d of March 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States
, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March 1826, the sum of
dollars, paid to me by the
Agent for paying pensions in the State of
Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be
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WITNESS:
District of Columbia
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SCT.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Aaron Ogden
the Attorney mentioned in the annexed power
from Stephen Bennet
appoint John Rural
do hereby constitute and my
true and lawful Attorney
and substitute, to effect all the purposes for which the power from the
said Stephen Denney
was granted.
Witness my hand and seal this twenty sixth day
of July
J. G. Brighter
18
Alton L S
BE IT KNOWN, That on this 18th
day of July
1828, personally appeared before me, MICHAEL NOURSE, Notary Public
the above named Caron Code
the foregoing power of substitution to be his act and deed
and acknowledged
Wine
Well Feb
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Revolutionary Claims
( C. )
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Stephen
of all
in the county of
in the State of
the
do hereby constitute and appoint
at Baron & Eden
my true and lawful
attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States
the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of
certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828,
as a private
in the regiment of the Connecticut
line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this nineteenth day of
in the year
Sealed and delivered
Black
Christopher Bennet S.
Ossianic
Before me, Oliver of the Peace in the county of
in the State of insane personally
appeared, this day, the then Bennet whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed,
and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment
, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized
to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this nineteenth day of July
18
in the year
Anne J
Saml DePuy
Pike
Clerk of the Court of the county of
in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that
Of Demmick
before whom the foregoing power of attorney
was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
[L. S.] said Court, this nineteenth day of July
Eighteen hundred & Twenty Eight
in the year
Saml Day
(D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, this 10th ul a Justice of the Peace in the county of
Washington
in the sire of the
personally appeared this day, under the attorney
named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not
given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any le
gal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay
is intended to ensure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power
was executed.
Witness my hand, the trial on the day of July in the year
be
Clerk of the Court of the County of
in the State of
do hereby certify, that
before whom the foregoing affidavits were
sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
(L. S.) said Court, this
day of
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1767
4 July 1836
Hambeck
Nov. 20-
free
J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington
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J L Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Milford Pike County Penna
November 20th, 1837
enclosed I send you the declaration
of Mary Bennett which I think has been drawn up
Conformably to the regulations of the War Department and
which I trust will enable her to receive a pension-
you will please address me at Harrisburg
on the subject as soon as convenience will permit
Respectfully
Yours
.. Dimmick
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J. L. Edwards
D.C.
commissioner of Pensions
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J L Edward
My Dear Sir
I enclosed a Letter from O S Dimmick for your
Examinate and to its contents.
I call your prompt attention
Please inform me
 the State of the case
your friend L.
David D Hague
Dec 21. 1837
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admitted $80 per
died 21 Oct.
1831
for 4 March 1831 to
21 6 1831
not due $50.
J. S. Wagner
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⎬ Personally appeared
Pike County
before me a Justice
of the Peace for said
County Jared Bennett & John Daniels, of the
Township of Palmyra, in said County who being
duly sworn according to law depose & say
that they were well acquainted attention
Bennett decd a reputed soldier of the Revolution
any War late of said Township for many years before
his death, that they are also well acquainted with
Mary Bennett, widow of said Stephen and that the
said Mary was always deemed reputed & taken as
the wife of said Stephen & that they cohabited as
as man & wife until the death of the said Stephen
which happened on the Twenty first day of Oct
 AD 1831 and that the said Mary since the
death of the said Stephen has not again intermarried
 that she still is & at this time remains the wide
of the said Stephen decd & further they say not.
Sworn & subscribed before
me, this Twenty eighth
of February A D. 1838
Jared
John
Bennett
Moses Killam J Peace
Banals
Pike County I, Moses Killam, a Justice of
the Peace for said County
do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
and Bennett & John Daniels the above named
deponents, that they are credible persons & their
statements are entitled to belief. Witness my
hand & seal this Twenty eighth day of February
A.D.
1838
Moses Killam
Justice of
of the Peace
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Pennsylvania
Pike County Ss
I Daniel W Dingman Junr Prothonotary of the Court of Com Pleas of Pike County & Recorder of
Deeds in and for said County do hereby certify that Moses Killam Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and taken, was at the time thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned by the Governor and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and know the signatures to said affidavits annexed purporting to be his are genuine and that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his act & doings as such justice. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Milford in said
County this 5th March 1838,
D. W. Dingman Jr
Prothy
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pike County

Personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County Mary Bennett and being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that she is the widow of Stephen Bennett decd, a soldier of the Revolutionary war and once a pensioner of the United States, late of Palmyra Township in Pike County that she has not since the death of the said Stephen which was on the Twenty first day of October A.D. 1831 again intermarried and that she now remains the widow of said Stephen decd. and further saith not
Mary X Bennett her mark [signature]
Sworn & subscribed before me this Twenty eighth day of February A.D. 1838
Moses Killam J. Peace

Pike County  
I Moses Killam, a Justice of the Peace for said County, do certify that I am well acquainted with
Mary Bennett, the deponent, above named; that she is a credible person & her Statements are deserving [illegible] & belief-
Witness my hand & seal the Twenty eighth day of February A.D. 1838
Moses Killam J.P
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J L Edward Esq
Mr. Edwards
I enclose you a letter from Mr. [illegible], the contents of which
you will notice-
I hope to hear from you soon on the subject
Yours Respectfully
David D Wagener

House of Rep
---
July 10 1880
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March 9
Mary Barnett
R
of
Free
J L Edwards
Commission
Connecticut
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J L Edward
enclose your additive
evidence in the case of May Bennet, the
widow of a soldier of the Revolution
your attention will oblige
Yours Respectfully
David D Hagen
House of Rep
March 9. 1838.
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May 30 1840
July 7. 18
FREE
J L Edwards-
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Melford May 26
Dear Sir
I sent you enclosed 
the papers
of Mrs. Mary Bennet
to substantiate her claim to a
pension
please let me hear the
result as soon as a decision
can be had on her application
Your Obt Serv
M M Dimmick
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Hon. D.D. Wagener,
July 14. 1840
O.C
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pen office
July 4, 1841
Sir
The papers in support of
the claim
widow of
of Mrs Mary Bennet
Stephen
Bennet,
under act 7th July 1838 have been
examined and filed with
pended cases. Before a
final decision can be had
the affidavit of the persons
having charge of the records of
the town where the claimant
was married should be
exhibited shewing what proof
of the marriage said records
aff or required in the intered
A
printed regulating,
Dimmick's
letter is herewith set
No D Wagener
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Hon. John Westbrook
June 17. 1841
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238

Pen: Office
June 17, 1841
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of Mr. Lewis Rockwell in the case of Mrs. Mary Bennett widow of Stephen Bennett, decd, and have to state that the regulations require that in all cases where there be record evidence of the marriage such evidence should be exhibited. There may be a town record showing the period of the marriage of Mr. Bennett and the Town Clerk's affidavit should be exhibited showing the facts in the case. 

Hon. John Westbrook H. R.

O.C.
70921
Act 38
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Oct 6 1841
Stroudsburg Penn
Pa
Aooepff
Mary Bennett
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Milford
Pike Co Penn
Oct 2 1841

Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you additional proof of the marriage of Stephen Bennett to Mary Gates and the birth of their son Francis- This with the accompaning proof together with the positive affidavit of the sisters of Mrs Bennett heretofore transmitted I hope will be sufficient to establish the claim of Mrs Bennett to a pension
I herewith enclose also your letter of the 17th June 1841 showing a compliance with the regulations of your department in reference to the required records proof.
Please transmit an answer at your earliest convenience
Truly yours 
M M Dimmick
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Pension Office 
June 17th 1841
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of Mr. Lewis Rockwell in the case of Mrs. Mary Bennett widow of Stephen Bennett deceased and have to state that the regulations require that in all cases where there be record evidence of the marriage such evidence should be exhibited. There may be a town record showing the period of the marriage of Mrs Bennett, and the town clerk's affidavit should be exhibited showing the facts in the case.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your abdt. servant 
J L Edwards
Hon John Westbrook
House of Representatives
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Plul[?] ad a Nov. 10 . 1841
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
We have in our possession sundry papers (pension) of Mary Bennett widow of Stephen Bennett who is entitled to 5 years pension at the rate of $80 per anuum commensing on the 4th of March 1836. The certificate of which is signed by A M Sea Acts Secretary of War on 7th October last 1844.
On the back is endorsed, 'Payment to be made by I Sol[?]m[??], as Plul[?] ad a though the agent here says he lately received this including [illegible] to pay such pensions & he has since written for advice from you.
The power of attorney for the above is somewhat informed & has been returned to Pike Co. Penn. where the widow Bennett resides for connection & may be expected in about a week. Will you please inform us if we are to receive the amount from you in Washington [?] of the agent here
Your [?]
Jordan & Brother 
James Jordan Jr
No 121 N 3 Street
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7092 Mary Bennett of Stephen Pennsylvania - Admitted - Pr: yrs $80 - C of Stilwell Col Parsons Con. died 21 Oct 1831 [crossed out] Act of July 1838, M. M. Dimmick Milford Pike Co. Pa
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11 Nov. 1841 [illegible] Jordan F Brother G. C
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132 Pension Office 11th Nov. 1841. Gentlemen I have received your letter of the 10th inst. informing me that [crossed out] Mr Falons, the Pension Agent at Philadelphia, has refused to pay the Pension of Mrs Mary Bennett. I have this day informed him, that he has erroneously [crossed out] interpreted the instructions sent from this office, and requested him to pay those pensioners under the Act of the 7th July 1838 who are entitled to their stipends. Mrs. Bennett's person will of course be paid. I am Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt. [illegible] Jordan F Brother No 121. North 3d Street Philadelphia
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5h83 Hall of the H. Reps Apr 5. 1844 Be pleased to Examine the within & report to me R. Brodhead
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State of Pennsylvania County of Pike } On this twenty first day of March 1844 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Pike and State of Pennsylvania Mary Bennet a resident of the Said Papers in the county and State foresaid aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law dothon and make the following declaration in order to obtain the bed of the provision made by the act of Congress pased on the 3d March 1843 granting pension under of persons who served during the Revolutionary lear, That she is a widow of Stephen Bennett who lead a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served as a private That she received the annual amount of eight dollar a year, and that her certificate under the act of 1838 was for the sum of four hundred dollars And She futher declared that she still remains I will Stephen Bennet her Mary Bennet Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before Moses Bingham J. ⎬ Moses Bingham do certify, that the above named Mary Benner is personally known to me and that her statement are with full credit to May Bingham J. P. Henry Mott Prothonotary of Second Common Pleas of Pike County do certify that Moses Bingham is a Justice of the Peace of the County of Pike only commissioned and qualified to act as such and that the above signatures purporting to be his amine. Witness my hand and seal of the
Court of Common Pleas of Pike County this 26th of March 1844 H S Mott Proty
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May 31, 1940. Mr. Elmer M. Bennett BA-J/ILL 441 Stuart Street Stephen Bennet c/o N. E. Power Company S. 37760 -Letter in this claim [handwritten] Boston, Massachusetts. Stephen Bennet [underlined, with arrow] W. 2906 [underlined] Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Stephen Bennett, who served three years in the Connecticut troops, and cite a Stephen Bennett also of Connecticut, who resided in Pennsylvania in 1818, at which time he was in receipt of pension. You state further that you desire to establish the record of your ancestor, Stephen Bennett, in that war. The records of Stephen Bennet, pension claim, S. 37760, and Stephen Bennet, pension claim, W. 2906, follow, as found in the papers on file in said claims. It is hoped that you may be able to determine which one was your ancestor. STEPHEN BENNET-S. 37760, Revolutionary War. Stephen Bennett enlisted in 1775, served as private in Captain Ely's company, Colonel Parsons' Connecticut regiment and remained in the vicinity of Boston until after the evacuation by the British in March 1776, went then to New York, was in the battle of Harlem and carried the wounded body of "Knowlton" from the battle field, and was in the battle of White Plains: soon afterwards, he reenlisted, crossed the Delaware River and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, names of officers not given nor length of this service. He enlisted May 6, 1777 and served three years as private in Captain Webb's company, Colonel Durkee's Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, the siege of Fort Mifflin, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Monmouth, was one of General Putnam's guard when that officer was driven down the rocks, and was at Stony Point under command of Colonel Meigs. He enlisted in February 1781, served in Captains Clift's and Hearst's companies, Colonel Durkee's Connecticut regiment, and in Captain Comstock's Connecticut company, was in the battle of Montgomery Farms, in the siege of Yorktown, and
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continued in service at various posts, at West Point and King's Bridge until December 17, 1783, when he was discharged. He stated that "he met the enemy at their entrance and witnessed their departure". Stephen Bennett was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed November 26, 1828, at which time he resided in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut; he had resided there more than thirty years. He gave his age then as seventy-two years, but did not state the date and placeof his birth, nor the names of his parents. In 1828, this soldier referred to his wife and his only daughter, aged then forty-three years, but did not state the name of either one; the date and place of his marriage was not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Stephen Bennett Certificate #20213 Issued August 17, 1830 Rate $8 per month Commenced January 1, 1829 Act of May 20, 1830 Connecticut Agency. STEPHEN BENNET-W. 2906 Stephen Bennett enlisted December 1, 1780, in Windham County, Connecticut, served as private in Captain Elias Stillwell's company, 1st Connecticut regiment and continued until November 1, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point, New York. He was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed May 12, 1818, at which time he resided in Palmyra Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. He gave his age then as fifty-eight years, but did not state the date and place of his birth nor the names of his parents. He died October 21, 1831 in Palmyra Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was 2.
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stated that he had been one of the first settlers of that part of the country. Stephen Bennett married April 27, 1785 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, Mary Gates; she was born August 17, 1763, the names of her parents not given. Mary Bennet, this soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed November 15, 1837, at which time she resided
in Palmyra Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, She had resided in that county ever since about 17888 The names and dates of birth of the children of Stephen Bennett and his wife, Mary, are shown as follow: Francis Bennet, born February 4, 1786. Frederick " " November 29, 1787. Rufus " " December 15, 1789 Jarod " " October 5, 1792. Elizabeth " " August 7, 1795 Semantha " " November 30, 1798 Stephen " " April 3, 1803. In 1838, Jared Bennett (as his signature appears ) was a resident of Palmyra Township, Pennsylvania; no relationship to the family  stated. In 1839, Betsey Adams of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, stated that she was present at the marriage of Stephen Bennet and Mary Gates in Canterbury, Connecticut. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of Mary, the widow
of Stephen Bennet, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data: Mary Bennett, widow of Stephen Bennett ( names borne Bennett on pension rolls) Certificate #5279, issued April 11, 1844 Rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 - Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Agency.
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant
to the Administrator. 3.
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January 21, 1936. BA-J/MMHF/ILL Charles R. Hale 30 Oak Street Hartford, Connecticut. Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Stephen Bennett, S. 37780, W. 25236, and W. 2906, in order to identify the right one for the purpose of placing a Connecticut headstone at his grave. Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it will be very much appreciated if you will give the name of the last known county and state in which the Stephen Bennett lived whose marker you desire to erect. Should one of the three records on file prove to be the one which you seek, it will be furnished promptly. Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator. Misc. Correspondence
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From the papers in the claim Widow's File No. 2,906, it appears that Stephen Bennet was allowed pension on an application executed May 12, 1818 while a resident of Palmyra Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, aged 58 years. He enlisted December 1, 1780 in Windham County Connecticut, served as Private in Captain Elias Stillwell's company, First Connecticut regiment, was in no general battle, and was discharged November1, 1783. He married at Canterbury, Windham County Connecticut April 27, 1785, Mary Gates, who was born August 17, 1763; and he died October 21, 1831 at Palmyra Township Pennsylvania, where he had resided for more than forty years. She was allowed pension on an application executed November 15, 1837 while a resident of Palmyra Township Pennsylvania. They had the following children; Francis born February 2, 1786. Frederick born November 29, 1787. Rufus born December 15, 1789. Jared born October 5, 1792. Elizabeth born August 7, 1795. Samantha born November 30, 1798. Stephen born April 3, 1803. Very respectfully, Commissioner. Last part of letter to Hon F. B. Brandegee M. C. Feb 27, 1908.  his letter & other part of this in Inv. File 37760 Stephen Bennet, to which it relates
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L. V. S. Ex'r. File #2906. Mary, widow of Stephen Bennett. Rev. War. April 5, 1904. Sir: -- In response to your inquiry of recent date, you are advised that from data on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Mary Bennett, it appears that the soldier, Stephen Bennett, served in Capt. Stillwell's Co., Col. Butler's Regiment, Connecticut Line, from December 1, 1780, to November 1, 1783. Very respectfully, Commissioner. Hon. J. H. Shull, House of Representatives.
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HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY AN-CHIEF SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES 30 OAK STREET HARTFORD, CONN.  January 23, 1936 Chief Clerk Pension Department Washington, D. C. [stamp] RECEIVED JAN 25 1936 [illegible] Dear Sir: In reply to BA-J/MMHF/ILL. Please send me the Revolutionary War record on Pension Application W 2906. This may be the record of the Stephen Bennett who I would like to get a Connecticut headstone placed at his grave. Yours very truly, Chas. R. Hale CRH:MB
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HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES 30 OAK STREET
HARTFORD, CONN. January 13, 1936
Pension Department Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:
In order to get a Connecticut headstone for the right soldier, please send me Revolutionary War
record of Stephen Bennett, Pension Application
#S 37760, also Hannah Bennet, wife of Stephen
#W 25236, also Mary Bennet, wife of Stephen,
#W 2906. Thanking you, I am Yours very truly,
Chas. R. Hale CRH: MB [stamp] RECEIVED JAN 15 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. [illegible]