Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,316, Hubbard Burrows, Conn.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Burrows, Hubard
Mary

NUMBER
W. 25316

CONTENTS
(blank)
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17.520
Pennsylvania
Hubbard Burrows of Erie County, in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel S.B. Webb of the Connecticut line, for the term of three years   War

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of February 1820.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of June 1820 and sent to Giles Sanford Esq. Agent Erie Pa.

Arrears to 4th of mar. 1820 - $6.04
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820     $48.
20/29 & 4/31                                    $54.04

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

20/59 Erie
continued
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Notification sent November 3d, 1820 to Giles Sandford. Erie, Pennsylvania
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5067
New York Albany
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Mary Burrows
widow of Hubbard Burrows
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
increased from $80 per an
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the First day of July 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
15 day of Jany 1851
and sent to
J.M. Thayer
Boston 
Massachusetts
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 2 Feb. 1848 Page 14 vol. 4
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Admitted
14 June 1820
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County ss}

Before the subscriber one of the associate Judges of said County personally came Hubbard Burrows who being duly sworn according to law made the following statement.  That he is now Fifty seven years of age, that he enlisted in the month of April or May 1781 into the third Regiment commanded by Col Samuel B. Webb fourth company under Capt J. Walker Connecticut line for three years, that he joined the main Army at Philipsburgh near Dobbs Ferry, that he served in said Regiment until April 1783 was then transfer'd to Capt Elisha Hopkins' Company Light Infantry at West Point, thence he went to Mount Independence, and on the evacuation of New York was march'd there, where he continued to the 4th January 1784 and was then discharged by Gen Knox, that he has no evidence in his possession of the above statement at present having lost his discharge and other papers by fire in the County of Wayne Penn. a about eleven years since, but believes a reference to the Books will coraborate his statement, and further that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.  

Hubbard Burrows

Sworn & Subscribed this 11th day of February 1820 before me.
J Grubb
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I John Grubb Judge as aforesaid do certify that appears to my satisfaction that Hubbard Burrows did serve in the revolutionary War as within stated and I herewith transmit to the Secretary for the War department the whole of the evidence taken & had before me.  I further certify that the application aforesaid is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of is Country for support.

J. Grubb
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Erie County
State of Pennsylvania} ss

(seal/stamp on the left)     I Thomas Wilson Prothonotary of the courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do by these presents certify that John Grubb Esquire before whom the annexed deposition was taken and who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name was at the time of taking said deposits on or now is a Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere.

IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Erie [the twelfth marked out] in the said county the twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States the forty fourth.

Attest        Thos Wilson Proth.
                  Fees 37 1/2 cents
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Admitted
14 June 1820
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State of Pennsylvania}
Erie County} Ss
On this Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty personally appeared on open court, being a Court of Common Pleas for the said County and being a Court of Record having been made such by the laws of the state aforesaid Hubbard Burrows aged 57 years resident in Mill Creek Township in the said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary Was as follows (viz) that he enlisted in the latter part of the month of March or first of April in the year 1781, into the army at New London Con't and was there mustered by Lieut Peter Robinard, thence he was sent and placed in Capt Joseph Wilhins Company being the 4th Company of the 3d Regiment (Connecticut line) commanded by Col Samuel B Webb that he enlisted for the term of three years and was discharged in the City of New York by General H. Knox, on the 4th day of January 1784. 
That the date of his original declaration was on the 10th day of February 1820 and that the number of his Pension certificate is 17.520
And I do 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 gifts, sales, or in any other manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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 by any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts of debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
the following is a list of my property, mat I personal valued by John Grey Noses B. Swift
sworn in open court to the valuation
Hubbard Burrows

sworn and subscribed August 8th 1820 in open court
Thomas Wilson Bothy

3 plains                            1
6 augers                           3.50
illegible entry                    2.50
Broadaxe and Hand Axe   4.00
2 adges                              2.50
square and rule                  1.50
5 chissels                            3.50
some old turning tools       1.50
2 old saws                            1.50
one table much worn           1.00
Kitchen furniture                4.00
2 old chests                          1.00
1 Looking glass                    2.50
1 Lanther and candles mold     .75
one broad chisel                   1.00
one bogg sharer                      .50
                                           33.00

By occupation I was a Farmer but not able to work much, being rendered infirm by a fit of the Palsey

I have a wife 31 years old
I have only two children & the living with me (viz)
Oliver H Perry Burrows who is 6 years old and
Percilla Susannah who is 2 years old both being too 
young to contribute to my support

The Court is of Opinion that the value of the property contained in the foregoing schedule is thirty three dollars
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Hubbard Burrows
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Erie ss.}
I Thomas Wilson Protonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that the foregoing contains on the first page of this half sheet is a true transcript of the original remaining among the Records of the said Court that the above schedule of property in the opinion of the said Court is about thirty three dollars money of the United States and that John Gray and Moses B Swift were duly sworn in open Court at the valuation of the foregoing property and approved by the President Jesse Moore and his capacity Judges if the same Court duly commissioned and sworn one at the time composing a Court of composing a Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record in and for the County of Erie in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Erie aforesaid the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty and of the sovernity of the United States of America the forty fifth.
Tho Wilson Protonry
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No. 13.851
Mary Burrows
widow of Hubbard, E
N.Y.
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1790
Husband died 1832
dmd 2 yers pri
&80 per annum
Acts '38
43 & 44
48

S.A. Pugh
Present.
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Declaration
State of New York
Delaware County ss.
Be it known that on this twenty first day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty none, before the County Court of Delaware County aforesaid personally appeared in open Court Mary Burrows (formerly Mary Wilkins) a resident of the town of Tompkins in the said County of Delaware & State of New York aged seventy nine years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress 7th July 1838, 4th of March 1843, 17th June 1844 and 2d of February 1848 granting pensions to certain widows; That she is the widow of Hubbard Burrows who was a private & she thinks a serjeant and officer in the Revolutionary War of the Connecticut Line. That he drew a pension from the United States at the rate of $96.00 per annum to the time of his death; That he lived in Erie County Pennsylvania where he drew his pension, that he died in Erie in said County of Erie on the thirteenth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two; That she was married to the said Hubbard Burrows on the seventeenth day of January in the year seventeen hundred & eighty nine in the Town of Guildford County of
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Windham and State of Vermont by Judge William Bigelow Esq, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place before the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four: to wit on the day and year above mentioned, that she has continued the widow of the above mentioned Hubbard Burrows ever since the day of his death & has never intermarried with any other person; that she is now living with her son John B Burrows in the said Town of Tompkins in said State of New York where she has lived for several years since her husband's death. That she has frequently thought about making application for a pension but did not know what course to take, that she would refer to the papers on which her said husband drew his pensions and that she asks for the benefits of all the acts & resolutions of Congress in such cases made and provided.
Mary Burrow her mark X

Sworn and subscribed in open Court on the day & year above mentioned. She being unable to write her name & more.
County Judge
witnesses
M. R. Hulce
John F Smith
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State of New York
Delaware County ss. I certify that Edwin More is County Judge of said County duly elected & qualified & that I know his signature & that his signature to the annexed oath is his proper signature.
Given under my hand & the official seal of County Court this 23d day of Feby 1849.
Wm McClaughry Clerk
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss.}
I do solemnly swear that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Guilford in said County and State; and that I have the Records of said town in my keeping, that I find on said records the following in distinct legible writing;
County of Windham ss.}
Guilford February the 25th 1790. Then the ordinance of Marriage was administered to Hubbard Burrows & Mary Wilkins both of Guilford.
By Me Wm Bigelow Justice Peace
February the 25th 1790, then the above came into record, the above is a true Record.
Attest Wm Bigelow Town Clerk
The above is a true copy from the Record, the date is expressed in fair legible figures, as follows: 25th February 1790- twenty fifth day of February seventeen hundred and ninety.
John Lynde Town Clerk
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Sworn to, and subscribed before me, this 19th day of March Eighteen Hundred and forty nine.
Barnard Lynde Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New plane March 22, 1849
I Marshall Miller Clerk of said County Courts hereby certify that Barnard Lynde, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, the day & year above written.
Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF

November 8, 1929

Mrs. David Strauss
317 N. Webster Avenue
Seranton, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25316, it appears that Hubbard Burrows enlisted at New London, Connecticut in March or April 1781 and served until January 4, 1784 as a private in Captains J. Walker's and Elisha Hopkin's Companies, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 10, 1820, at which time he was living in Mill Creek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, aged fifty-seven years.

He died August 13, 1832 in Erie, Pennsylvania.

The soldier married February 25, 1790 in Guilford, Windham County, Vermont, Mary Wilkins. They were both then of said Guilford.

She was allowed pension on her application executed February 21, 1849, while a resident of Tompkins, New York, aged seventy-nine years. At this time she was residing with her son, John B. Burrows, who was born in 1800.

It is stated that the soldier with his wife, Mary, moved from Guilford, Vermont to Coventry, New York, then to Tompkins, New York, and about 1809 they moved to Athens, New York, from where the soldier went to Erie County, Pennsylvania and never returned to "his home and family."

In 1820, when soldier was living in Erie County, Penn-
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sylvania, he referred to a wife as aged thirty-one years, but did not state her name, and at the same time referred to two children living with him- Oliver H. Perry , aged six years and Percilla Susannah, aged two years. Burrows
The above noted Hubbard Burrows is the only soldier a=of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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State of New York
Delaware County } ss.
John B. Burrows being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is the son of Hubbard Burrows & Mary Burrows that he was born in the year 1800, in the Town of Tompkins in above County, & that he has always understood, & has heard his father say, often that he was a soldier in the Continental Army in the Connecticut Line & that he (the father) was married to Mary Wilkins, deponents mother in Guilford, Vermont, that they afterwards removed to Coventry Chenango County & after that to Tompkins aforesaid, that deponent recollects well his father & mother's removing with the family to Athens near Hudson on the North River, that he possessed a large amount of property which he sold before going to Athens, and by the failure of the purchases soon after he lost the entire amount & all he was worth which so operated on his mind that he left his home & family & went to Erie County Pennsylvania where he resided as deponent has been informed by several persons who were acquainted with him & who visited him there, that the said Hubbard did not return again & live with his wife & family, that deponents mother & family removed back to Tompkins aforesaid soon after the father left & have resided in Tompkins to this time & that deponents mother resides with deponent & has done so for many years, that deponent has understood & learned that his father drew a pension from the United States for several years previous to his
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death. That deponent has understood that the said Hubbard lived with a woman in Erie County Pa as his wife. That deponents mother in making her declaration for a pension made a mistake as to the date of her marriage of about one year as deponent has since learned. That at the time of the loss of the property the family Bible in which the record of the marriage was kept was sold & that she gave the date from recollection- that since making her declaration upon referring to facts & circumstances she informs deponent that she remembers her marriage took place Feb 25, 1790.
John B Burrows

Sworn & subscribed before me this 14th day of July 1849
J E Thompson Justice of the Peace

I certify that John B Burrows the person making the foregoing affidavit is to me well known and that he is one of our substantial farmer- is a consistent member of the Baptist Church and believe him to be a man of truth and integrity.
James E Thompson
Justice of the Peace
July 17 18?9 at Deposit
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5.067
New York Albany
Mary Burrows,
widow of Hubbard Burrows,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private.
Inscribed in the Roll at the rate of
80 -- Dollars---
Cents [crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of Sept. 1849
and sent to
S.A. Peugh,
Washington.
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Phila, Pennsylvania Roll. Act 18 March 1818.
Hubbard Burrows. pri. $8 per month. 
To what time last paid? Died 13th 
August 1832. Pd to his death
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V.L.M.
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15,316
Mary Burrows
Wid of
Hubbard Burrows
Pri Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol A. Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1909 Apr. 8 Hist to Lavinia A Cunningham
1929. Nov. 8. Hist to Mrs. David Strauss AWF
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5790
Hubbard Burrows case
Connect. Line
Giles Sanford
Col L.B. Webb
Agt: March 15 81
April 7 or 3
Erie Pa
Recd. 28 Feb, 1820

Connect by roll
Admitted

Free Free    free free
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Sec War 
Washington
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Sir
Herewith enclosed you will find the application of Hubbard Burrows for a Pension  I am Sir Your obedient Servant.
Giles Sanford 
Erie | Penna |14th Feb 1820

Hon J C Calhoun
Sec War
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Mary Burrows
wid. of Hubbard
of N.Y. for
an increase
-----------------
Incd to $96 per ann
[unk] of former payts
at $80 comg 1 July 1848

Payment to made at Albany by Thomas W. Olcott
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Albany
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March during widowhood
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 12 Vol. 4
R W Cushman
Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOE
WIDOW"S PENSIONS
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848. Mary Burrows
widow of Hubbard Burrows,
who was a Private in the revolutionary war, 
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this 11th day of Sept. 1849
one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine.
T Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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13 Aug  32
Mary Burrows
widow of Hubbard
N.Y.
Act 7 July 1838
Let to S.A. Peugh May 12/49
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss}
Personally appeared this 10th day of August 1849 Lucinda Wilkins aged seventy seven years - 77- of Guilford, County and State aforesaid, made oath in due form of law that she was formerly acquainted with Hubbard Burrows who married Mary Wilkins, that she the deponent was married in 1789 and that he the said Hubbard & Mary were married about a year afterwards, that she was present at their marriage, the ceremony being administered by William Bigelow Esq Justice of the Peace and that she was intimately acquainted with the said Hubbard & Mary until they removed from this State, that she thinks they moved to Coventry in the State of New York in and that they visited Guilford several times after they removed to New York, that she always understood that the said Hubbard was a Revolutionary Solider, that during some years after the said Hubbard & wife removed from this State, the deponent with her Husband visited the said Mary Burrows in the State of New York
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that she found that the said Burrows had left his wife and Family some tome before and never returned to them as she afterwards learned, but that he married or lived with another woman, whom he called his wife, and that she never heard of any other Hubbard Burrows of Mary Wilkins & furthermore that the deponent's husband was cousin to the said Mary Burrows.
Lucinda Wilkins

The above & foregoing deposition is subscribed and sworn to, this 10th day of August 1849.
Before me John Lynde Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Deponent Lucinda Wilkins is a very intelligent lady and entitled to the full confidence and credence. 
Attest John Lynde Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss}
Personally appeared this 10th day of August 1849 before Lynde aged sixty two years, and made oath in due form of Law, that she was formerly acquainted with Hubbard Burrows who married Mary Wilkins of Guilford, County & State aforesaid, that she thinks the said Burrows was from the State of Connecticut and that he was a revolutionary soldier from the fact that she has often heard him relate Revolutionary incidents &c and that the said Burrows and Wife removed from Guilford to the State of New York, when the Deponent was quite young, that they afterwards came to Guilford on a visit several times, and that the said Hubbard many years ago left his wife & family and went to parts unknown to the Deponent's and afterwards as she has understood he married or lived with another woman as his wife and that the said [unk] wife of said Hubbard was the Guest of the Deponents, that he has heard the above facts spoken of by several persons, more particularly by Cooley Wilkins of the State of New York, who went to see the said Burrows during the time he lived with the other woman.
Leefa Lynde

The above deposition subscribed & sworn to this 10th day of August 1849.
Before me John Lynde Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the within named deponent is entitled to full faith & credence.
John Lynde Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that the facts & statements as set forth by the within named. Deponents Lucinda Wilkins & Leefa Lynde are matties of general notoriety among the older inhabitants of their town.
John Lynde Town Clerk
""                  of Guilford
& Justice of the Peace of Windham
County Vermont
Guilford August 10th 1849


State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
Newfane August 10th AD 1849
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, certify, that John Lynde is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signatures to this and the paper hereunto attached are genuine
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day & year above written
Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk
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Washington DC
25h April 1849

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions

sir
I herewith transmit the application & proof of marriage of Mary Burrows of New York widow of Hubbard Burrows who was a Pensioner of the U.S. at the rate of $96 00/00 per annum in Erie Co. Penna It is thought by the party that he was sergeant in the war of the Revolution
Respectfully
S.A. Peugh
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8,638
New York
Mary Burrows
widow of Hubbard Burrows,
who was a Private 
in the Conn. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 Dollars
per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 11th day of Sept. 1849
and sent to
S.A. Peugh
Washington
[Act of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol 2. Page 72
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10.727
New York
=======================
Mary Burrows
Widow of Hubbard Burrows
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 13th Aug 1832
of   in the State of
who was a Private in the  
commanded by Captain         of the
    commanded by       in
the Conn. line for term of 3 yrs
==========================
Inscribed on the roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March 1836
===============
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of 
Sept 1849 and sent to S.A. Peugh Present
===========================
total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by R.W. Cushman Clerk,
Book D  Vol 1  Page 531
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State of New York}
Delaware County} Ss
Nathan L Dean being duly sworn saith that he is sixty seven years old that he has resided in the Town of Sandford adjoining the Town of Tompkins since he was nine years old, that he was acquainted with Hubbard Burrows about the time he moved to Tompkins & till he left with his family as was understood for Athens, & that soon after on account of loss of property as was said, he left his family & went to the West & never returned, but that his wife Mary & the children returned to the said town of Tompkins where they have remained to this time. that deponent was & is well acquainted with said Mary Burrows 7 that she is a highly respectable woman - that deponent has frequently been informed that the said Hubbard Burrows lived with another woman as his wife at Erie Co in Pa & that what deponent has stated above was a matter of General Notoriety here, & that the said Mary's maiden name was Wilkins & that she is an applicant for a pension as the lawful widow of Hubbard Burrows
Sworn & Subscribed before}   Nathan L Dean
me the 14th day of July 1849}
J.E. Thompson Justice of the Peace

Delaware County
State of New York
I am well acquainted with Nathan B Dean the individual who made the foregoing affidavit and would certify
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that he is a man of high standing and has the character undoubted for the most strict veracity and integrity. He is and has for a long time been a member of the Presbyterian Church in this village, was a long time Justice of the Peace of Broom County and has held various other offices of his town and I consider that good weight should be given to his statements whether given with, or without oath
James E Thompson
Justice of the Peace of Del Co
July 17th 1849
at Deposit
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State of New York}
Delaware County} Ss
Martial R. Hulce being duly
sworn saith he resides in the Town of
Tompkins in Said County & has resided
there for forty five years, that
about forty years ago he knew
Hubbard Burrows, the [illegible] Husband of
Mary Burrows who resides in said
Town & is an old lady who has
always sustained an irreproachable
character being a Member of the
Baptist Church where she has been
a Communicant for about 26 years, that
She is now an applicant for a pension
as the widow of Hubbard Burrows who
was married to her in Vermont & remained
to Coventry in Chinango Co N.Y. &
from thence to the Town of Tompkins
where they resided till about the
year 1809, that then they removed
to Athens in Greene County N.Y. where
the Said Hubbard was pecuniarily
ruined by the failure of a firm
in New York to whom he had sold
a large amount of property &
in Consequence of his losses he left
his family & went to the War as was 
then understood & it was afterwards ascertained
that he lived in Erie Pa. where
he wrought at the Ship Carpenter business
& drew a pension on account of services in
the revolutionary war in the Connecticut
line, that several respected persons who
were residents of this town & were acquainted 
with him [illegible] removed from this
place to Erie & there frequently saw
him as deponent has learned
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from thence, and from the General
notoriety of the facts deponent
has not the least doubt of the
identity of the Said Hubbard as
the Husband of Mary the Applicant
above spoken of whose maiden
name was Wilkins & whose
relatives reside many of them in
Chenango Co. & are known to
Deponent that the said Mary
Burrows has for many years resided
with his son John B. who is a 
farmer of respectable standing
in society.
Sworn & Subscribed}
before me this}
14th day of July 1849} M. R. Hulce
J E Thompson Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted/and have 
been from childhood with MR Hulce Esqu
the person making the foregoing affidavit, and 
would further certify that the said Hulce ranks
among the first men of Delaware County as a 
man of business as well as for probity & honor
He is a Merchant of long standing in our
village, is an influential member of the Baptist
church, has been a long time Justice of
the Peace of the town, has also been Post Master
of our village. has held various offices & places
of trust, and consider any statement made
by him Entitled to the highest credit
James E Thompson
Justice of the Peace of Del co

Deposed July 14th, 1849
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State of New York}
Delaware County}Ss
Jacob C. Edick, being
duly sworn deposeth & Saith, that he is 
fifty nine years old that he was born
& has always resided in & near the Town
of Tompkins in Said County, that he was
well acquainted with Hubbard Burrows
the Husband of Mary Burrows, & frequently
visited in his family previous to his 
leaving in 1808 for Athens that a
few years after he left, his wife Mary
Burrows & family returned to said
Town of Tompkins where they have
resided ever since, & that deponent
understood & it was generally reported
that the Said Hubbard left his
family on account of Misfortune
in the loss of property, that he never
returned. That Deponent has heard
& understood that the said Hubbard
went to Erie County Pennsylvania
& lived with a woman as his wife 
till his death, & Deponent further says
that he has always understood that
the Said Hubbard was a Revolutionary soldier
& that Deponents father served with
him in the Army. That the said
Mary Burrows, maiden name was
Wilkins & she is now an applicant
for a pension.
(Sworn & Subscribed
before me this 14th day
of July 1849} Justice of 
JE Thompson} the Peace
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State of New York.
Delaware County Ss. I certify that I am
well acquainted with Jacob C Edick and
have been from my earliest recollection.
the said Jacob C Edick is a member of the
Presbyterian church in Deposit, and I 
feel justified in saying that his character
for truth, and unbending integrity stands
prominently high and that his statements
are entitled to the highest consideration
July 17, 1849: James E Thompson
at Deposit: Justice of the Peace of Del Co
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Delaware County Ss 
I certify that I have from my earliest recollection been acquainted with Silvester Hulce the person whose name is subscribed to the affidavit herewith annexed. Said Hulce has been for many years a member of the Baptist Church in Deposit and has always maintained the highest character for candor truth and manly integrity and there is no man of my acquaintance to whose statements I should attach more weight or consideration
July 17, 1849
Deposit

James E. Thompson
Justice of the Peace of Del Co
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State of New York}
Delaware County} Ss
Silvester Julce being duly sworn saith, that he resides in the town of Tompkins in above county & has resided there since the year 1790, when deponent was sixteen years old, that some five or 6 years or thereabouts after 1790 Hubbard Burrows came into said Town with his wife Mary Burrows & family, that Deponent was well acquainted with them, that they resided in Tompkins several years till about the year 1808 or 9 when they removed to Athens on the N. River, that the said Hubbard never returned, but that his family did return a few years after & have resided here ever since. That which said Hubbard resided per deponent had dealings with him in business to a considerable extent, that he frequently heard the said Hubbard in Conversation with Conrad Edick, save of them having served in the Revolutionary Army in the Connecticut line, & deponent thinks he spoke as having served as ensign. that after leaving his wife & family deponent was credibly informed that the said Hubbard resided in Erie Co. Pa That he was a Carpenter by trade & that he worked at ship building at Erie. PA That he married or lived with another woman (than Mary Burrows) as his wife there. That Mary Burrows has always resided here since he left & that he drew a pension from the U.S. while at Erie til he died that several persons who knew him here visited him at Erie Co & with whom Deponent was well acquainted & from whom deponent learned these facts so far as he has not testified from personal knowledge & that Mary Burrows is, an applicant for a pension & that her maiden name was Wilkins
Sworn & subscribed before me}
this      day of July 1849                                      Silvester Hulce
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State of New York {
Delaware County { Ss
Deacon William Hawley being duly sworn saith he is sixty years old that he has resided in the Town of Tompkins in above county about fifty years, That he first became acquainted with Hubbard Burrows in Coventry where he resided previous to his coming to Tompkins, that deponent was well acquainted with him until he removed with his family to Athens that soon after he went to Athens about 1809 or 1810 on account of loss of property as was generally supposed) he left his family & went to Erie County Pa where he resided till his death that he never returned to this section of the country that Mary Burrows his wife with whom deponent was & is well acquainted returned to Tompkins from Athens with the family & has resided here ever since & is now an applicant for a pension as his lawful widow, that deponent has heard the said Hubbard Burrows & Deponents father talk about being in the Revolutionary War in the Connecticut line and the deponent has understood that said Hubbard lived with another woman as his wife at Erie & that the above facts are matters of general notoriety here. that several persons from this place with whom deponent was acquainted visited said Hubbard at Erie Co Pa - that the said Mary Burrows (formerly Mary Wilkins) is a highly respectable woman
Wm Hawley
Sworn & Subscribed
before me this 14th
day of July 1849
James E Thompson Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Delaware County Ss
I certify that William Hawley the person who before me subscribed the foregoing affidavit is to me well known that I have known him from my childhood and I further certify that the said William Hawley is a Deacon of the Presbyterian Church in Deposit and that he maintains a high character for truth and veracity and I consider his statements entitled to the fullest confidence and belief
Sam E Thompson
Justice of the Peace of Del. Co
July 17th 1849
at Deposit


State of New York}
Delaware County} Ss
I Wm. McClaughry Clerk of the County of Delaware and Clerk of the Courts of Said County, do hereby certify that James E. Thompson before whom the annexed depositions purports to have been taken was at the time of taking such depositions a Justice of the Peace in & for said county aforesaid elected and sworn and duly authorized by law to take the same and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court & county the 2oth day of July A.D. 1849
Wm McClaughry Clerk
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Mrs Lavinia A. Cunningham
Allegany
N.Y.
[stamp] To Chg Revd div. Action Mar 13 1909
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PENSION
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U.S.
OCT
24 
1929
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U.S.
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington
D C

Scranton Oct. 23/29
Winfield Scott sir
pardon me for asking this favor. I would like some information if possible, regarding the life of Hubbard Burrows as a Revolutionary War soldier. he was my Great-Grand father my parents died many years ago and what biography they had of him was lost. I am erecting a tablet to his memory
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and wuld appreciate what information you could give me regarding same 
hoping a reply
I remain
Mrs David Strauss
317. N. Webster Ave
Scranton
P.A.
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PENSION
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SEP
U.  12  S.
 1929
OFFICE

Scranton. Aug 11/29

Winfield Scott sir
Pardon the privilege I am taking in asking information regard my great grand father Hubbard Burrows who served in the Revolutionary war it is quite nessory for me to get as much information in regard his life as a soldier as possible.
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and if he was killed in action or died of injuries any record pertaining his careers will be most gratefully recd
Yours
Mrs David Strauss
317 N. Webster Dr
Scranton
PA
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Mr V Warner
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to establish my eligibility for membership in the D.A.R. as grand daughter of two revolutionary soldiers who both received pensions from the U.S. government. I must get some proof from the pension bureau and think my statement can be verified by examination of records, which I will consider a great favor if you will kindly see that it is done
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My mother, wife of Daniel Stiles, born Sept 6th 1790 was the daughter of Mary, wife of Hubbard Burroughs, a soldier in the revolutionary army enlisting in Connecticut. Later he came to Deposit Delaware Co. N.Y.
Mary Burroughs, his widow, was granted a pension and back pension in 1851, which was paid at Deposit Del Co N.Y. until her death a few years later aged 84 years
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My grandfather Hubbard Burroughs received his pension at some town in Western Ohio, name unknown to me
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I think I am correct in naming Connecticut and New Jersey as states where my grand-fathers enlisted and no doubt were discharged. I have no documentary evidence, but remember hearing both of them came to Delaware Co, New York before 1800. I was born in 1832 near Deposit Del Co. N.Y.
If there is anything more I can write will gladly do it, any questions I mean
Very Respectly Mrs. L.A. Cunningham
Allegany N.Y. March 9 1909
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information contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file [       ] Bureau.  Hubbard Burrows  wid file 25316
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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Mch or Apr. 1781
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LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Jany 4, 1784
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RANK.
Prt.
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OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RERENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
J  Walker
Elisha Hopkins  2

COLONEL.
Samuel B. Webb
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STATE
Conn.
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Battles engaged in, 

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Enl at New London, Conn.

Date of application for pension,  Feby 10, 1820

Residence at date of application,   Mill Creek Twp., Erie Co. Penn.

Age at date of application,  57 years,  died at Erie Pa.   Aug 13, 1832

Remarks:   Soldier married at Guilford, Windham Co., Vt  Feby 25, 1790 Mary Wilkins, both of [      ].   She was allowed pension on an application executed Feby 21 1849, while a resident of Tompkins, Delaware Co., N. Y. aged 79 years.  Children living [  ] are: John B born 1800 and Oliver H. Perry who was 6 years and Percilla Susannah 27 years in 1820.  1820 wife referred to as aged 31 yrs.

Very respectfully
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM - 51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Burrows, James
GRADE  Fifer
LINE   New Jersey

WARRANT NUMBER   8148
ACREAGE    100
ISSUED    August 10, 1789
                 to Richard Platt, assignee

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 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 The National Archives.