Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15864, James Goodrich, Conn. Conn. Sea Service Privateer
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SERVICE                                            NUMBER
Conn.    Goodrich, James        S15.864
Conn. Sea Service
Privateer                                Carded
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[Very torn piece of paper.  Much of the text on top is missing.]

Navy 17764
Connecticut

James Goodrich
Of Branford in the State of Connecticut
Who was a pr & marine in the company  comm (torn)
By Captain Prat of the regt. com (torn)
By (Conn) in the (handwritten line - torn)
Line for 14 months marine - (amount written)
7 months private of  2nd - (amount written)
Conn & Conn Seas Service & Private ( maybe says 170.00)
One Hundred from $89:33

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
At the rate of 70 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to. Commence on the 4th day of March,1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4day of Sept.
1835 and sent to James
Goodrich. Brandford

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1835 $315 —
semi-annl Allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 183 (torn) }

Recorded by Dahl Boyd Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 36
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(Top middle contains a D like shape and a slash.  Faded circle - perhaps a seal on right top corner)

No. 5359

paid papers of
James Goodrich
act of 1818
Certif

10.856
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(Center middle - printed) Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
___________________________
___________________________

State of Connecticut,
County of New-Haven, } ss.

On this 6th day of Aug 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the County Court of New Haven County, now sitting, - James Goodrich - a resident of. - Branford-
In the County of New-Haven, and State of Connecticut, aged - 74 - years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832: - Than he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: -
In 1777 I enlisted on board the Sloop Wooster ten guns, Enoch Staples commander sailed form here on a [?] took an English ship known/called the Atlantic from Grenada with between four and five hundred [?] of Rum on board carried her into New Bedford. Shipt in May and arrived home 29th October on duty five months.

In April 1778 I enlisted as Steward on board a sloop mounting ten guns commanded by Capt Prat of Middletown. I do not recollect Capt Prat given name nor the sloop name. On our service we took a ship from Liverpool loaded with salt and crockery. Got her into Barnegat on the New Jersey Shore. And we took a sloop laden with lumber got her into New London. On duty four months.

Sept 1st 1778 enlisted on board the sloop Revenge for three months service as gunner Robert Olds commander to guard Long Island Sound the Revenge mounted eight guns. Served my time out.

In March 1779 I enlisted on board the sloop Justified of ten guns as gunner to guard Long Island Sound. Wm Nat commander for 4 months, was discharged at the expiration of the time.
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In August 1779 I enlisted on board the Brig Defence of Fourteen guns under command of Capt Charles Pond of Milford. Sailed from New Haven on a cruise and on the 20th of October had an engagement with the British [illegible] called the Vengeance which continued for three places in which engagement fifteen of our men were killed and bounded on board of us. We were then taken and carried to New York first on board the prison ship Good Hope and detained in prison until the last of April 1780. I was then exchanged and sent to Newport Rhode Island after being absent about nine months.

In my last course on board the rig Defence I shipt as gunman and done duty as such.

I was born in Branford county New Haven state of Connecticut i the year 1758. I have a record of my birth annexed.

I was living in said Branford when called into service. Branford was my place of residence has been ever since the war and is now.

I have not any written discharge neither do I recollect of ever having any.

I was on the Pension Roll under the act March 18th 1818. I was susp therefrom on account of property but have lost the certificate. I was numbered 10854. I do not know of any person living that can testify as to their personal knowledge of my services on board.
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of the vessel Capt Prat commanded for four months [illegible] on board Guilford under Capt Nat for four months in the first on board of Capt Prat I shipt and done duty a steward and on board of Capt Nat I shipt and done duty as gunner.

I would now introduce John Whitney, Allen Smith, Elisha Foot and Elijah Bradley to depose and say as their knowledge of my actual service and as they are my neighbor to my reputation as to veracity &c.

I John Whitney of Branford in New Haven County that of Connecticut depose and say and I Allen Smith of said Branford also depose and say each of us that we enlisted on board of the sloop Wooster of ten guns commanded by Enoch Staple and done duty on board of her five months in 1777 and that James Goodrich enlisted at the time we did and done duty on board of the said sloop at the time we did and was discharged at the same time and that he is a neighbor of our and that he is considered to be a man of truth and veracity and are believe him to be such and that his declaration is entitled to full credit & believe him to be [illegible] years old.

John Whitney
Allen Smith

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Jn. Beach, Clerk
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I Elihu Foot of North Branford County of New Haven State of Connecticut.

Depose and say that I shipt on board the sloop Revenge mounting eight guns commanded by Robert Oles for three months and done duty my time out and that James Goodrich shipt at the same time as gunner and done duty as gunner for three months and I believe what he has set forth in the foregoing declaration are facts and that it is entitled to credit. That I have always been acquainted with the said Goodrich and believe him to be a man of veracity and that he is 74 years of age.
Further the deponent saith not.
Elihu Foot

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Jno Beach Clerk

I Elijah Bradley of East Haven County of New Haven state of Connecticut depose and say.
That I enlisted on board the brig Defense mounting fourteen guns Charles Pond commander and that I done duty on board of her until we were taken was then set a prisoner of war in the prison ship Good Hope until April 1780. I was absent about nine months. And James Goodrich Shipt as gunner on board of the aforesaid Brig Defense and done duty as gunman the whole service.
I further depose and say James Goodrich is an acquaintance of mine and has always sustained a fair
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character for truth and veracity and I believe the statement set forth in his Declaration to be true and I believe his age to be seventy four years. Further the deponent saith not.
Elijah Bradley

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Jno Beach Clerk

James Goodrich, son of Joseph Goodrich, by Mary his wife, was born in Branford April 21st 1758.
A true copy from the records of births, marriages &c in the town of Branford.
Attest Lemuel Frisbie, Town Clerk
(August 2nd 1832)
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Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
James Goodrich
Attest Jn Beach Clerk

We Timothy P. Gillett, a Clergyman, residing in said Branford and Benjamin R. Fowler residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Goodrich who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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.
Timothy P. Gillett
Benjamin R. Fowler

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jno Beach, Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Ear 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 Timothy P. Gillet who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in said Branford and that Benjamin M. Fowler who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Branford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of Court Clerk Jn Beach, Clerk

I Jn Beach Clerk of the County Court of New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Goodrich for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 6th day of August 1832.
Attest Jn Beach Clerk
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James Goodrich
copy

10.054

Sept. 1819 [?]
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As a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 6th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.

Personally appeared, in open Court, James Goodrich a resident in the town of Branford in the county of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:

35 Acres of land valued at $12 per acre 420.00
Half of a Dwelling House.............................$130.00
Half of a Barn..................................................$30.00
1 Bible $1  6 old chairs at 50/100................$4.00
1 Rake 12 ¢ 1 box 75...................................... $0.87
1 Hoe 25 1 old chest.......................................$0.75
1 old desk $2 1 dish kettle 50....................$2.50
1 Iron pot 50   2 Meat Barrels 75.............$1.25
2 cider barrels................................................$0.75
1 old table....................................................$0.50
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$590.52
That he is in debt to sundry persons to the amount of $100.00

James Goodrich
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 6th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in Open Court, James Goodrich aged 63 years, resident in the Town of Branford in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:

From Feby 1776 to the 25th Dec 1776 in Capt Russells company in Col. Douglasses Regiment in the Connecticut line - and in various other ways as stated in his Declaration on file.

that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 22d day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No., 10854. And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is a farmer when able to labor and that by great infirmity and disability sustained by a would while in the service & a loss of part of each of my feet by frost while imprisoned on board the Good Hope Prison ship, I am rendered unable to labor for my support. And that I have a family residing with me in connection with my son who is for himself and unmarried and my Granddaughter who keeps house and takes care of me at joint expense.

all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
James Goodrich

Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is 590 Dollars and 52 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Henry C. Flagg, Clerk
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District of Connecticut, ss.
I Henry C. Flagg, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is five hundred & ninety Dollars and fifty two Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 6th day of July 1824.
Attest Henry C. Flagg, Clk

I, Isaac Mills, presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C. Flagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven [cut off]
Isaac Mills Chief Judge
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Washington, D. C.

S 15.864

In reply to your request of _______, received _______ for a statement of the military history of James Goodrich a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
STATE.

2 Apr 1777 1 week Pvt Captain Edw Russell

1 Feb 1776 to Dec 25 1776 Pvt Captain Edw Russell, Colonel A. Ward & Douglass, Conn.

Apr 1777 5 mos marine   on sloop Wooster

Apr 1778 4 mos Steward on sloop Defense

Sept 1778 3 mos Gunner on sloop Revenge

Mar 1779 4 mos Gunner   on sloop Guilford

July 1779 [no time given] Gunner on Brig Defense
which was captured Jul 20 by Vengeance. He was imprisoned until Apr 1780 when exchanged.

Battles engaged in Long Island, Turtle Bay, Harlem & White Plains & at sea Oct 20 1779

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Branford Conn.

Date of application for pension Apr 22 1818, his cl was al.

Residence at date of application, Branford Conn.

Age at date of application, b. Branford Conn in 1758, Apr 20

Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his son and a granddaughter, their name & that of his wife are not stated.

See notation inside blue jacket herewith attached.

Respectfully,
Commissioner
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Goodrich, James
Conn S15864

[illegible writing except] Isaac Forbes
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East Haven March the 23 1776
Major William Douglass Sir pleas to pay the bearer Isaac Forbes the half of my wages and his next shall be your discharge and you will oblige your humbell service.
Thomas Smith
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April 16 1776

Recd of Maj Wm. Douglas, Twelve Pounds, Seventeen Shillings and 4 Lawful Money in full of Wm. Harrusin Wages, 6 months and 13 days, as also 40/Due to me on Acct of Money paid Walter Butler, Sam Bar [illegible]

New Haven, the 17th of April 1776
Recd of Wm Douglas in full of three orders in my favour. One on Zelus Blakely for [illegible], one on Corpril Hinshaw for 69, one on Joel Howd for [illegible]
Recd by me
Abijah Bradley

14
6
4
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New Haven the 17th of April 1776
red of Wm. Douglas twelve shillings in full of an order I recd from Robt Stward.
Saml Whedon

Recd Branford the 22nd of April 1776 of Wm. Douglas six pounds & nine pence on act of Mess Firch & Lisk, which is in full of their act against said Douglas and his company. errors excepted.
Rec fm me Judah Alden
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Lieut Robinson En from the other [illegible] 19.32.1/2

by 1 order on Sm. Briton for 10/6   ~10.6

By ballance of your sons wages   3.6.6

77 Dollars   /8 1/2 Returnd         £23.13 1/2

Recd in full the above 23£ 1/3 for this 18th of April 1776 - fr me
Jared Robinson



Goodrich, James
Conn S15864
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A mileage roll of 2d co, Col. William Douglas' regt. Dec. 1. 1776.
A weekly return of Col. William Douglas' regt. of foot. Dec. 20, 1776 - Return of Col. William Douglas' regt of foot. Nov. 1, 1776.
An account - a page of regimental orders.
Goodrich, James, Conn S.15.864

Sent to War Dept Jany 16, 1913 c
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Rev

New Haven Conn Apr 16

To the Pension Commissioner Washington D. C.

[stamped]
U. S.
PENSION
OFFICE
APR 19 1921

Dear Sir,
I shall very much appreciate any assistance you can give which will enable me to prove the Revolutionary War record of James Goodrich who was a native (only one) of Branford Conn and presumably enlisted from that place.

A newspaper clipping which records his death in 1841 mentions him as a Revolutionary Pensioner and I find his name in a published list of pensioners of the Revolution but no further information.

Tradition (with no supporting evidence) says that he was with Washington at Trenton.
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and a memorandum in on the fly leaf of an account book which he kept mentions that the winter of 1836 was the coldest "since I was on prison ship in 1779."

A complete transcript of his record as it appears in the files of your Department will be greatly appreciated and of course paid for if that is the usual custom.

Yours truly
F H Palmer

119 Maple St
New Haven Conn
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1921 May 12 Hist to F H Palmer aul

Invalid

revy

File No 15864 Navy

James Goodrich
Private and Mariner

N. S. Navy
Rev. War

Act June 7, 1832

Index: Vol G, Page 36

(Arrangement of 1870)
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10.851

Connecticut

James Goodrich
of Branford in the state of Connecticut
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Douglass of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year.
& com sea service & Privateer

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22nd of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of May 1819 and sent to Simeon Baldwin New Haven Connecticut

Arrears to 4th Mar 1819 84.43
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.00
10 Mo 9/30 4/31
_______________
$131.43

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

entitled
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Notification sent the 23d Sept 1820 to H. C. Flagg, Esq

N. Haven Connt.
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17.764
Connecticut

James Goodrich
of Branford in the State of Con
who was a _________ in the Com commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg commanded by Col. Russell in the Con Troops for 10 mo private of Infantry, Marine 14 mo.
See explanatory letter

conn & com sea service & Privateer

Inscribed on the Roll of Con
at the rate of 89 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day ofo March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Sept 1830 and sent Jno Beach New Haven

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $233.32
Semi-anl allowance ending --- 44.66
_________
$277.98

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

recorded by E. D. Bullock
Book E Vol. 3 Page [cut off]

See letter to pensioner
25 Oct 1833

See letter to Pensioner Apl 16 '18

Let Hon. N. Smith 2 March
payment ordered [illegible]
& notice to claimant [illegible]
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County Ss
On this tenth day of Feby AD 1819 before me Simeon Baldwin a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, personally appears Samuel Smith of East Haven in said county, then made known to me as a credible witness who being first duly sworn, on oath deposeth that in March 1776 he enlisted as a soldier in Capt [illegible] company in Col Douglass regiment to serve in the continental army. 
That he continued to serve in that regt til the 25th Dec of the same year when the whole regt was dismissed or discharged at Northcastle, state of New York.
That the deponent then well knew James Goodrich who served in the same regt in Cap Russells company & knows that they served together in that regiment more than nine months.

On the same day also personally appears Jairus Harrison of Branford in said county to me personally known & who is also a credible witness & being first duly sworn on oath deposeth, that in the spring of the year 1776 after Col. Douglass' regiment had marched & joined the army near New York he the Deponent enlisted under a recruiting officer with the same regiment & joined the regiment in the city of New York in June
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& continued to serve in Cap. Russells Company
Col Douglass Regiment untill on or about the
25 Decr 1776 when the Regt was discharged -that during that period he well knew James Goodrich the applicant for a pension who was a private in the same company, whom he found in service when the Deponent joined the company & he fully believes continued in service till the Regt were discharged & he has no doubt he served in said regiment more than nine months

On the same day also personally appears
John A. Beach of said Branford a respectable
& credible witness also known to me & being
first duly sworn deposeth, that he lives a
near neighbour of James Goodrich the applicant, that he well recollects that James
Goodrich the applicant served in the year
1776 in Douglass regiment & that he saw him
in service but does not know the precise time
of his service, but has no reason to doubt that
he served the period of nine months as stated by
others. He further deposeth that he is well
acquainted with his circumstances & situation
in life - That he the sd [2nd] James Goodrich is possessed of a small farm & has no other means of subsistance [subsistence] than what he can by labour obtain from that - that he is an infirm man, & his infirmities are increasing - that having
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lost a part of both his feet by frost & other hardship endured on board a prison ship he is unable to perform much labor & cannot carry on his farming business without assistance & by reason of his increasing infirmities & of his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support.
Simeon Baldwin

I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Goodrich the applicant by reason of his reduced circumstances in life now needs the assistance of his country for support.
Simeon Baldwin
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State of Connecticut

On this twenty second day of April 1818 ~ before me Simeon Baldwin one of the Judges of the Superior Court of said State personally appears James Goodrich, aged sixty years, resident in Branford in 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War". 

That he the said James Goodrich in the month of February 1776 enlisted in Branford in said State into the company commanded by Capt Edward Russell in Col. Douglass regiment of Continental Troops in the continental army to serve til the 25th Dec 1776 and served during that period in the army & in said corps in the vicinity of New York & at the expiration of the term was dismissed or discharged, but that he presumes no written discharges were given at that period of the war. If he had one it is lost.

That he was in the battles on Long Island, Turtle Bay - Harlem Heights, & White Plains.

That afterwards he thinks in the spring of the year 1778 he enlisted as a mariner under Capt Smedley to serve on board the ship Defense for four months & joined on board until said ship was lost on Goshen. Was in the 

from -
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summer following - 

That he then enlisted in the spring of the year 1779 on board the sloop Guilford under Capt Nott for 3 months & served on board until the 5th of July following when said sloop was destroyed by the enemy in the harbor of New Haven.

That in Sept of the same year he enlisted again for four months in another ship of war called the Defense under Cap Charles pond and was captured on the 9th of October 1779, and was detained a prisoner on board the Good Hope prison ship until the 12th of May 1780.

That said vessels were all armed & commissioned by authority of the state of Connecticut. That the said ship Defense was taken by the Vengeance after a severe battle of two hours.

That on board the prison ship he suffered extreme hardship & lost part of both his feet by the severity of the frost & ill refuge, and became thereby incapable of serving his country further in the war.

That he has never asked for a pension, but being made a cripple in manner aforesaid & wounded in his leg while opposing the enemy on land at New Haven, he finds his infirmities increase with age, & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he now 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.
James Goodrich

Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid.
Simeon Baldwin
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Supplement

Annexed to the Declaration of James Goodrich in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven}Ss.

On this 11th day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court before the county court of New Haven county now sitting, James Goodrich of Branford in the county of New Haven and state of Connecticut, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in answer to the objections to the admission of pension claim in the brief herewith annexed. viz.

I enlisted on board the small sloop Revenge Robert Olds Master September 1st 1778 as gunman. We received our orders from Col. Edward Russell given authority to act as coast guards along shore and at many different points in Long Island Sound and on shore I was discharged Nov 30th 1778 after doing three months duty.

In March 1779 I enlisted on board the sloop Guilford, William Nott Master (a state vessel as by copied from state records annexed). I enlisted and done duty as gunner for Four months
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In August 1779 I shiptd on board the (New) Defense so called, Charles Pond commander. The hull built by individuals in the inhabitant of Branford and the government furnished rigging sails, gun ammunition, [illegible] maned and sent her to sea as by records from state papers (here annexed) of the Hull was built, it was delivered up to the government to fit out and send to sea. I shipped as gunner and done duty as such as long as I belonged to her, that was two months as gunner and when we were taken I was seven months a prisoner of war. I was taken from the prison ship Good Hope in New York and in April 1780 [illegible] the Rhode Island port into a Hospital and then ending in June following while I was a prisoner on board prison ship Good Hope  I suffered severely & then froze my feet to that degree that I would not walk for more than one year after I returned home to Branford and have been a cripple ever since in consequence of my suffering while a prisoner of war.

In July 1779 I served as one of the Guard under Sergeant Samuel Baldwin to the war defense while she was rigging we had cannon mounted to guard and defend her against any attack that might be made upon her as she was much threatened to be destroyed by the Enemy. I served not less than one month in that service.
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in April 1777 I was called out and marched to Danbury when the Enemy burnt that place. James Barker was our Capt, Joseph Milford our Lieutenant, Edward Russell our Col, Andrew Ward our General. We were discharged after doing not less than one week duty.

The guard duty above specified of one month was performed under & by authority of the state of Connecticut. Declarant refers for documentary evidence to the Comptrollers certificate &c. And according to the best of my recollection I served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades, viz. - 

Nine months as gunner
Seven months as prisoner of war while gunner
One month as a private on guard duty, and
Seven days as a private in the militia

And for such services I claim a pension in all - one year five months and seven days, and eleven months as a private in the Continental line as described when I obtained my former pension under the Act of March 18th 1818 and was struck off on account of property.

I cannot find by and documents in the Comptroller office nor any other state paper - to show anything relative to my cruises on board the Wooster, Staple commander, nor the term I served under Capt Natt, vessels name not recollected, neither can I find the commission of the common orders or anything relative to them.....neither can I find anything more relative to the Rowe Galley New Defense
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Charles Pond commander. Only the certificate herewith annexed. It was the same vessel that was built at Branford at a place called Stoney Creek after she was launched, she was taken into Branford River and then she was kept under a strict guard all the time she was rigging and fitting out for cruising under the immediate direction of Capt Samuel Barker. I was one of the hands that rigged her and we received all our materials from the state. She was rigged and fitted for sea near the dwelling house of Mason Hobart, where all the people that worked upon her were furnished with their board and other provision while fitting her for sea.

James Goodrich

Subscribed and sworn to in open court 11 June 1833.
Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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State of Connecticut, New Haven County Ss
Be it remembered that at a county court hed at New Haven within & for New Haven County on this 11th day of June 1833. The said court in addition to their certificate to the pension papers of James Goodrich of the 6th August 1832 hereunto annexed, hereby further certify, that in their opinion the said James Goodrich was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states in his supplemental declaration, & that the several deponents or witnesses whose affidavits or depositions were & are taken ^ sworn to before same  which are hereunto annexed, to wit - Mason Hobart, Allen Smith, John Whitney, Elihu Foot & Elijah Bradley are reputedly persons of credibility & declare that in our opinion their statements are entitled to full faith & credit.
By order of Court
Attest Jno Beach, Clerk

I, Jno Beach, Clerk of the County Court for New Haven County hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of James Goodrich for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & date above written.
Jno Beach Clerk
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Branford Conn
Oct 17

Free

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, War Office

17.764

CT
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Branford October 16th 1833

Dear Sir
Yours of the 17th of September 1833 to John Beach Esq is received together with my pension certificate for eighty nine dollars53/100 per year. It appears my claim has been admitted for ten months service as a private in 1776 and for the month as mariner on board the Defense and Guilford including my imprisonment. It appears that my services on ship board was computed as a common mariner which allows me only eight dollars per month.

My marine services are set forth in my declaration was as a gunner for which I was entitled to and drew sixteen dollars per month & the rations I mention this to apply for my benefit guarding to the 5th section of the Pension Act of June 7th 1832. I do not know why I am not entitled to sixteen dollars per month as a pension for my 11 months marine service if by said act I am entitled to an addition to my pension. I should be very glad to receive it.

Please take the above statement into consideration and if in your opinion I am entitled to the same amount of pension that I received as gunner. My pension for 11 month as mariner would be sixteen dollars per month. Please forward me your opinion to the above statement.
I am respectfully your
obedient servant
James Goodrich

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Connecticut Retd

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
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Branford January 24th 1834

Sir
Yours of the 25th of October 1838 is herewith enclosed and in answer to my Declaration under the act of 1818, Judge Baldwin of New Haven Drafted my Declaration at that time, and he did not consider it necessary for me to set forth the grade I served in, therefore I omitted Stating the several times I served as gunner.

In my Declaration under the Act of 1832 I stated my service as Gunner on Board the Defense and on Board a sloop called the Guilford, both belonging to and fitted out by the State of Connecticut.

I served Fourteen months as Gunner on board those two vessels for which my service are allowed as a marine but not as a gunner. And for my service on board the Defense I forwarded the Deposition of Elijah Bradley annexed to my Declaration stating that he was one of the hands on board of the Defense and that I served as gunner.

In your Letter enclosed you state that I
have not adduced any evidence in support of my being gunner.

If the Deposition of E. Bradley was mislaid or not forwarded with my other papers containing my declaration I admit that I have not adduced any evidence of my service as Gunner. Therefore I herewith forward his Deposition stating the facts as they were and would pray your Honorable Body to take my cast into consideration
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and if in your opinion my case is of such a noten and the testimony is such that it can be reconsidered, please reexamine my papers which are before your Honorable board and grant my further relief by allowing me gunner pay for fourteen months instead of a marines pay for the same time.

If after examining my papers you should be of opinion that I am entitled to an addition pay for a gunner for fourteen months under the act of 1832 and you should allow it or any part thereof, you would confer a great favor upon a poor old revolutionary cripple and have ever been a cripple since I was taken from the prison ship Good Hope. This your petitioner will ever pray.
I am Respectfully you
Obedient Servant
James Goodrich


J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Branford
May 2nd

Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Office
Washington City, D. C.

addl evidence
James Goodrich
Connct
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Branford May 20th 1834

Dear Sir
Yours of April 18th 1834 was duly received and in answer to that where you state my rank as gunner cannot be allowed I cannot find any documentary evidence nor no person living who done duty with me, but Elijah Bradley.

but the fact is that I shipt as gunner and had charge of all the guns upon deck and no other person shipt nor done duty as gunner on board the Defense but myself.

And the reason of my being at the bow gun was that one of the coming which was carried away and I was there until we refitted the carriage and commenced firing with the same guns and were the most important bungs we had on board as they were the longest and the heaviest.
Thus I remain your obed servant
James Goodrich

PS Please examine the explanation that Mr Bradley has given to his former deposition
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I Elijah Bradley aged 74 years of the town of East Haven in New Haven County and State of Connecticut, depose and say in explanation of the deposition that I have heretofore made in support of the claim of James Goodrich, viz Chief Gunner on board of the brig Defense, commanded by Charles Pond,

Do further say that I entered on board of said brig and I am well knowing that James Goodrich entered at the time that I did as Chief Gunner. That he had charge of all the guns upon deck and the care and charge of making the cartridges and the magazines.

I was placed at the bow gun which was a long gun - at the time of the engagement with the Vengeance, & that came into the port hole and carried away one of the carriage wheels of the bow gun that I was stationed at. And the said James Goodrich, the Chief Gunner came forward gave orders and assisted in checking up the carriage so that we managed the gun with his assistance until we were taken.

The Chief Gunner, was occasionally at different stations on deck in time of action and assisting where most needed. The Bow guns were longer than the other guns as being a advantage in chase, and when necessary the men change side to the opposite guns. And as the bow guns at the time of the engagement were important guns, the said Goodrich as Chief Gunner paid particular attention to them.

Elijah Bradley

State of Connecticut
New Haven County }Ss.
East Have Many 13th 1824
Personally appeared before me Elijah Bradley who has subscribed to the foregoing deposition and who is well known to me for credibility and made oath to the truth of the same.
Bela Farnham Just Peace
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Branford August 25th 1835

Dear Sir
In answer to yours of April 1st 1835 I have to say that I have been mistaken in the Declaration that I have made relative to obtaining my Pension as I made them all from my best recollection as I could not find any documents until within a few days past.

I have found in the old house that was formerly Col. Wm Douglass of Branford Capt reported mileage roll together with other papers herewith enclosed. I likewise find that Douglass did not receive a Col. Commission until sometime in July 1776 therefore the service with I done in the winter and spring of 1776 was done under Col A. Ward and Douglass was our Major. This is according to the best information I can now get.

Myself and Johnathan Rose of Branford belonged to the troops that was payed off by Genl Washington in conformity to a resolve passed by Congress in April 1776 for Genl Washington to pay off and discharge the Connecticut Troops that were then under his command. This service I cannot find any document for except the resolve passed by Congress and a part of an old orderly book of Col Ward and Col Douglass from which book I have taken some leave and enclosed herewith. As you will see, the book in now large and the much of it gone. It is so bound it cannot be admitted into the mail & the reason of my sending small portions of it.

I cannot believe but what I have done all the services I have was claimed in my former Declaration. But owing to the loss of time and my age together with my infirmities I must have been mistaken in doing all my service under Douglass as my Col. It appears to me very apparent that Douglass was my Major in the winter & spring of 1776. Also I cannot find any documents to show my services done in the winter and spring of 1776
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excepting what I have herewith enclosed relative to that service, which I done in and about New York. And knowing that I done that service under Douglass as he was my [illegible] and particular acquaintance then I must submit my case to your candid judgement and decision under those circumstances. I have herewith enclosed my pension certificate together with other papers which I wish you to carefully peruse.

I am now fully satisfied that I did not do ten months service under Wm. Douglass as my Col but that he was my Major for the first part of my service. Say four months and six months the last of my service ending December 1778 Wm. Douglass was my Col.
I enlisted into and belonged to Capt Russells company for that time.
Then I remain yours Respectfully,

James Goodrich

To. J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Caveat
signed by Allen Smith
& many others
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The subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Branford, beg leave to represent that James Goodrich of said Branford, who is now on the Pension List & has appeared before the County Court holden at New Haven on the 4th Tuesday of June 1829 for New Haven County in the State of Connecticut to take benefit of the late law of Congress - 
is not entitled to any pension, for that he never was in the Continental Service but on the contrary, was in a privateer for his own benefit.

And further he is now a man of property to the amount of about $2000 & abundantly able to support himself & family.

They therefore remonstrate against his being placed on the pension list, as it is an imposition upon the Government.

Elias Goodrich
Josiah Tyler
Benj N. Fowler
Charles St3epson
Orin D. Squire
John Whitney
Samuel Holcot
Brad M. Harrison 
John Monrole
Saml Wheedon
Louis T. Raymond
Joseph W. Johnson
Roswell Sheldon
Nicholas Anderson
Jared Foote
Chauncey Linsley
John Cook
Gileo Bocky
Jonathan Barker
John Potter
Enos T. Talmadge
Solomon Galmod
Augustus Tyler
Allen Smith
Benjamin T. Smith
Ebenezer Linsley Jr
Odell Sinclair
John Linsley
Elihu Cook
Jacob Morris
Samuel Gould
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Elnathan Linsley

Two of the within signatures are Justices of the Peace, viz
Ebenr Lindley Jr & John Potter
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James Goodrich of Branford
April 22 1818

Private
76 - 1 year

Douglass Connecticut Regt

Admitted
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I Simeon Baldwin one of the Judges of the Sup Court of Connecticut before whom the preceding Declaration was taken do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Goodrich did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the Common Enemy as stated in said Declaration; & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the direction of said act.
New Haven April 22 1818.

Simeon Baldwin

Connecticut
New Haven County Ss New Haven Apl 22 1818
I Dyer White Clerk of the Sup Court of said State for said County , do certify that the name Simeon Baldwin, subscribed to the foregoing certificate is known to me to be the signature of Simeon Baldwin Esq who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court.
In testimony whereof I affix the seal of said court.
Dyer White
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I Elijah Bradley aged 74 years of the Town of East Haven in New Haven County and state of Connecticut depose and say that about the middle of September 1779 I entered as a marine in the state service in the war of the revolution on board of the Brig Defence of fourteen guns owned and equiped by the state and commanded by Capt Charles Pond of Milford and sailed as a cruise for four months.

And on the twentieth day of October following feel in with the British Brig Vengeance of sixteen guns - had an engagement of three [illegible] until many on board of said Brig Defense were killed and wounded, when we surrendered as prisoners of war, conveyed to New York put on board of the prisoner ship Good Hope and detained as prisoner of war until the latter part of April 1780 when I was exchanged.

And I am well knowing that James Goodrich of Branford in said County entered as a gunner on board of said Brig Defence. That he served as a unner during the whole time that we were on board of said Brig and that during the engagement with the British Brig I was placed on the bow gun with said James Goodrich who acted as gunner. And that we were together when taken to New York and on board of the prison ship. And that we were both exchanged at the same time.

Elijah Bradley

State of Connecticut
New Haven County } Town of East Haven
On this 10th day of January 1834 personally appeared before me Bela Farnham Justice of the Peace for said County Elijah Bradley of said town and county and who is well known to me for credibility and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed to.
Bela Farnham Just Peace
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State of Connecticut, County of New Haven Ss New Haven Feby 5 1834. I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven Coujnty, hereby certify that Bela Farnham is sworn on the 15 Jany 1834 a Justice of Peace in & for said New Haven County, duly qualified to administer oaths. And that the signature by him within & foregoing made is his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county court the day & date above written.
Jn Beach Clerk
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I Mason Hobart of Branford County of New Haven state of Connecticut now 80 years old was one that formed a guard for the Brig New Defense while she was rigging and fitting for sea in the summer of 1779 near to my dwelling house in said Branford and that James Goodrich the within named applicant for a pension was one of the guard according to the best of my recollection, for not less time than one month. And I further state that James Goodrich is now and always has been a neighbor of mine and is considered a man of truth and veracity in the neighborhood and I believe him to be a man of truth and that his declaration is entitled to full credit and I believe him to be 75 years old.
Mason Hobart

Subscribed and sworn & in open court.
Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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5359

James Goodrich

33.33
56
________
89.33

10 mo private [illegible]
14 mo mariner
$89.33


Jno Beach
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5359

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Goodrich which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
He was under the Act of 1818 & taken from the rolls on account of property.

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 ______ year ________ months and _______ days, I served as a _________. For ______ months and _______ days, I served as a _______; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension 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.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying office who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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War Department
Pension Office
April 16, 1834

Sir,
From the fact stated by Elijah Bradley who worked on board the Defence, which you claim to have served the rank of gunner, that during the action with the Vengeance, you were stationed at one of the bow guns, it is apparent that you was not gunner of the ship. When part in time of action, is in of the most important and responsible on boards. The rank claimed cannot be allowed upon the present evidence.

Very respectfully,
Yr M Obt
J. L. Edwards

Mr. James Goodrich
Branford Connecticut
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War Department
Pension Office
October 25 1833

Sir
On examination of your papers it is found that the discrepancies between your original declaration under the Act of 1818, and your statements under the Act of June 7th 1832 are such as to render it probably that your memory has failed to a considerable degree. In the declaration in 1818 you expressly stated that you served as mariner, and no where alleged that you held the rank of gunner which you now claim. As no evidence in support of this rank has been adduced it cannot be allowed upon your present statement, contradicted as it is by that made by you 15 years ago.
I am Respectfully
Yo Obed Servant
J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions

Mr. James Goodrich
Branford Connt
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No. 17.764

certific. altered to 
14 mo marine 46.67
7 mo pri infy 23.33
________________
$70.00
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["Cancelled" written across the center]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Goodrich of the state of Connecticut who was a Private Infantry in the army and marines in the navy during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive eighty-nine dollars and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States this 19 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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received my pension up to Sept 4th 1833 $222.32
Recd my pension up to March 4 1834 $44.66
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Payments to be made at Hartford
by Pres: U: S: Br Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Connecticut
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

James Goodrich of Branford in New Haven County, & state of Connecticut, being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he has once been on the pension roll as a soldier under the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818.

That the original declaration made by him for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818, was dated the 22nd day of April 1818. That in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners & received a pension certificate N. 10.854.

That he was dropped from the pension roll on account of his property. That he served in the Revolutionary War, as a soldier, in the Connecticut line, in Capt Russells company, Col. Douglass Regiment, Genl Wadsworths Brigade.

That his present place of residence is in said Branford, New Haven County, & state of
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Connecticut, & that said Branford was also the place of his residence when he first application as above set forth was made.

That he has lost or mislaid his original pension certificate, & that he is certain the No. of it only by reference to the New Haven County Court Records.

That he was 74 years of age the 20 day of April last. That he drew pay under his pension certificate above mentioned for one year & six months when he was dropped on account of property aforesaid.

Subscribed to & sworn to before me this 20 day of July AD 1832.
James Goodrich

Jno Beach, Justice of Peace

I Ralph J. Ingersoll certify that I am acquainted with James Goodrich who has subscribed the above declaration, and have no hesitation in saying that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit, and that he is the identical James Goodrich who has once been on the pension roll.
New Haven July 20th 1832

R. J. Ingersoll
a representative in Congress from Connecticut
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State of Connecticut County of New Haven. New Haven July 20 1832

I Jn Beach Clerk of the County Court & keeper of the Records thereof & Commissions of Justices of the Peace in & for said County, do certify that Jn Beach whose name is above written & subscribed is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, & duly qualified to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the day & date above written.
Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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The Nation Archives Form
VAN-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME [handwritten] Goodrich, Jared [end handwritten] GRADE [handwritten] Private [end handwritten] LINE [handwritten] Connecticut [end handwritten]

WARRANT NUMBER [handwritten] 5849 [end handwritten] ACREAGE 100 ISSUED [handwritten] August 15, 1792 to John and George Wills or Wells? [end handwritten]

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4r of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.