Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3922, Daniel Baker, Conn.
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Conn.     Baker, Daniel      W. 3922
                         Jerusha
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let 9 Oct : 38 to
W. Thrall
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Ohio   7.l917

Daniel Baker
of Licking Co. in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regiment commanded by Col. Wells in the Connecticut line for Twelve months, from 1778.

$40.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 40. Dollars 00.  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued to 19. day of April 1833. and sent to Walter Thrall. Granville. Licking Co. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833      80.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33   20.
                                                            ______
                                                           $100.
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Daniel Baker's
Declaration
7887

Walter Thrall
Granville
Licking Co. 
Ohio
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Ohio
Licking County ⎬ On this 3d day of November
1832 personally appeared in open Court before the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
now sitting Daniel Baker a resident of Granville
in said County of Licking and State of Ohio aged Sixty
nine years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th
1832. That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as
herein stated

He was in the service at three different periods in
all twelve months. The first one month under Capt
Ichabod Wadsworth and Lieut. Meacham field officers
not recollected in the year 1778 in the fall. then resided
in East Windsor in the State of Connecticut was a volunteer
Marched from Windsor to New London was stationed
at Groton fort then then commanded by Col. Ledyard
then he second time served in Col Levi Wills Regiment in Capt
Daniel Allen's Company in the summer of the year 1779
was discharged in the spring of 1780 resided in East
Windsor Connecticut was a volunteer marched through
Hartford to New London and in the winter to Newhaven
he was not connected with continental troop was employed
in guarding the Towns he engaged for eight months and served eight months
The third time he served in Col Jon Wells Regt.
in Capt. Joseph Booth's Company he entered the service
in the summer of 1780 and was discharged in the
fall of the same year served three months, resided
in Enfield in the State of Connecticut, was a volunteer
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Marched to New London was employed in repairing and
building forts and cutting [illegible]. He has no documentary evidence
Question propounded by the Court
1st. Where and in what year was you born:
Ans. In East Windsor Connecticut (now called Ellington) in 1763
2d where were you living when called into service where have you
lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Ans. When called into service he lived in East Windsor Conn
since the war he has lived in Hudson State of N.Y.
afterwards in Colebrook Conn in the 1812 he removed
to Granville in Ohio, where he has lived ever since
4th How were you called into service were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute. And if
substitute for whom
Ans. And he was a volunteer
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were
with the troops when you served such Continental and
militia Regiments as you recollect and the general circumstances
of your service.
Ans Col Ledyard is the only one he recollects there was no Regt there but Col Wells
he was employed in guarding the Town building forts and camp duty
6th Did you ever receive a discharge
And he never received a written one-
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in
in our present neighborhood and who can testify as
to your character for veracity and their belief of your
serve as a soldier of the Revolution
And Jacob Little and Eliphas Thrall
He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity except the present and declares that his
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name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A H Coffee Clk  Daniel Baker [signatures]

We Jacob Little a clergyman residing in the
County of Licking and State of Ohio and Eliphas Thrall
residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Daniel Baker who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to
be 69 years of age that he is reputed and believed in
the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of
the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A Coffee Clk
Jacob Little
Eliphas Thrall [Signatures]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories 
prescribed by the War department that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears
of them that Jacob Little who has signed the preceding
certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County
of Licking State of Ohio and that Eliphas Thrall
who has also signed the same is a resident in the same
County and is a credible person and that their statement
is entitled to credit

I Amos N. Coffee Clerk of the Court of Common pleas
of said County of Licking and State of Ohio do
hereby that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said Court in the matter of
the application of David Baker for a
Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this 8th day
of November AD 1832
A H Coffee Clerk
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17.887
Dan'l Baker


Walter Thrall
Granville
Licking Co,
Ohio
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17.887
BRIEF in the case of Dl Baker
of Licking County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
fall '78
79 to Spring 80
Summer 80 to Fall 80-

Duration of Service.
Months,
1
8
3

Rank,
As a Private
volunteer
private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt Wadsworth dont recollect field officers Col. Ledyard
Capt Allen Col Wells
Capt Booth Col Wells

5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned

6.Where did he reside when he entered the service?
East Windsor Connt

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
one living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
W.C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
21. Feb. 1833
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1622

Jerusha Baker's
of Daniel
Ohio

W. Thrall
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled An act giving half pay and pensions to certain widows.
The State of Ohio
County of Licking }  SS

On the third day of September A D 1838. Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Comon Pleas within and for the said County of Licking Jerusha Baker a resident of said County aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows.  That she is the Widow of Daniel Baker who was a musician in the army of the Revolutionary War And who was a pensioner under the law of the {?} June 1832.  he resided in this town for about twenty six years prior to his death She understood he served in Col Nells Regt. in Capt Allen's and Capt Wadsworth's Co. of Continental troop.  She further declares that she was legally married to said Daniel Baker on the second day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Baker died on the 19th day of December 1836 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four  {?} at the time above stated.  That knows of no record proof of her marriage And that she was never afterwards married
Jerusha Baker

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
one of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
written before me.  Samuel Bancroft Judge of the C. C. P. of said County
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And I further certify that said Jerusha Baker the
within applicant is unable to appear in Court by reason 
of bodily infirmity Samuel Bancroft, one of the
Judges of the C of C. Pleas

The State of Ohio
Licking County ss
Be it known that on the 11th day of September
A.D. 1838 personally came before the Subscriber
John Phelps aged about fifty nine years, who
was first duly sworn saith that he has been
well acquainted with Daniel Baker deceased
late of said County who was a pensioner and
with his wife Jerusha Baker (now his widow)
for more than fifty years said Daniel Baker
was uncle to Deponent and was intimate
in deponents father's house before and
after his marriage with said Jerusha, this
deponent was not at the wedding but knew
of it at the time, that said Daniel Baker and
Jerusha the above applicant were married
on or near the Second day of April Seventeen
hundred and eighty eight. Deponent has ever
since been acquainted with said Jerusha and
with said Daniel untill his death, that they
lived together from their marriage untill his
death and raised a family and that she
has never since been married And I presume
their marriage was legal
John Phelps [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year above written

And I further certify that said John Phelps
the above deponent is a credible person and
is entitled to belief-
Samuel Bancroft one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas
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An additional Declaration of Jerusha Baker
Widow of Daniel Baker deceased I order to obtain
the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 July 1838
entitled an act granting granting half pay
and pensions to certain Widows. In addition to
her former declaration. she says she was
Married in the Town of Enfield in Connecticut
at the house of Elijah Parsons By Revd Nehemiah Pruden
Jerusha Baker [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed on the eleventh
day of February A.D. 1839
Before me Samuel Bancroft one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

The State of Ohio
Licking County 
I, Franklin Fullerton Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Bancroft Esqr 
before whom the foregoing affidavit appears
have been taken is one of the Judges of said Court
duly commission and qualified according to Law
and that full faith and credit should be given
to all his acts as such, and I further certify that the
above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at Newark
this 11th day February A.D. 1839
Franklin Fullerton Clerk
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Jerusha Baker

Thompsonville Ct 50
25 Jany

Mr. Walter Thrall
Granville
Licking County Ohio

[sideways]
Baker died Dec 19 1836
Code 3922
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Enfield January 24th 1839
Wm Thrall Sir
A letter fell into my hands from you
from Enfield  requesting me to make enquiry of the
Marriage of my sister to Daniel Baker which I have
done & cannot find any record on the town book the
Town Clerk nor myself but an old aunt was at the
wedding as you will see by her affidavit which is inclosed
which is all the information I can procure this from yours
Winthrop Parsons [signature]

to Mrs. Jerusha Baker
Dear Aunt you may be somewhat surprised to see this
letter from a niece the youngest daughter of your brother
which never saw you but Father is
very fond of writing so I thought would with you
thinking you would like to hear from your friends in
this region, we was very much surprised of the intelligence
of his death, and not heard any thing of it untill we received
the letter from Mr Thrall stating you wished father to give you
the needed information in regard to your marriage he
has done the best he could for you your friends are all dead or
gone to that he could get no testimony but that of Aunt Collina
as you will see by the enclosed affidavit

Last may uncle Jabez came here and stayed with us more
that 2 weeks we have not heard from him very directly since but
merely that he was well and family, you probably know of
his being blind, he has been so for a number of years, only
able to discern light from darkness but yet in the midst
of all his affliction the appears to enjoy himself much he has
lost his oldest son Elijah about a year since his second son
and only daughter is married and live in the town with him
we heard not long since from Aunt Woodruff in New York
she was well and family. In regard to our own family we
will father and mother are as well as can be expected
for people so far advanced in life as they are. I am their
only child at home my sister is living in Springfield she is a
Widow with 5 small children depending on her for support
without this worlds goods to help her, but with a firm reliance
on the promises of that God who has declared himself to be a
Father to the fatherless and husband to the widow she has for 3 year
take care of them with the assistance of dear friends, so that
they are all with her, my brother we have not heard from for
long years and it is not probable up ever shall again
[left margin]
If [illegible] some of your children would taken the trouble to write 
and let us know the particulars of [illegible] death and your own health
father and mother send love to you and family Yours &c Sarah
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So dear heart we see the joys and the sorrows of life are not [illegible]
by permanent attachment of friends in this life. some are taken from 
us by death & some by going far away, but the time and distance separate
us on this earth yet, a life of [illegible]and friendship with God
an immediate connection with our Savior will soon fit us for far 
nobler and happier employment and union in heaven, this
should cheer us in this vale of disappointment and affliction
and enable us to look forward to be glorious immortality I cannot
write much but still like to write you a long letter may before
long. should be very [illegible] to hear from you and your dear family
and that they may come and see us and their  other friends
in the town
Yours in much love.
Sarah T. Parsons [signature]

Thompkinsville CT 50
Mr. Walter Thrall
Granville
Licking County Ohio

Baker died Oct 19 1836
Code 3922

Dear sister I am not in the practice of writing much
and must refer you to Sarah's Epistle for information as
to our family wish you to write and let us know your
situation and health and the circumstances of our brothers
death. you may Judge of our service of not hearing
of it only from the few lines that Mr. Thrall wrote
Concerning your request for information in respect of
your Marriage search well will this from your brother
Winthrop Parsons [signature]
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Hon J. L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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Granville Licking Co. Ohio
Feb 18th 1839
Dear Sir,
Herewith again present the
application of Mrs. Jerusha Baker for a pension
sent to her brother in Connecticut requesting
an affidavit from the keeper of marriage
records &c  but the old gentlemen (Mr Winthrop
Parsons) probably misunderstood the request
he has stated that there is no record
But he has sent an affidavit of one
who says she was at the wedding
We hope the proof will be satisfactory
Very Respecfully &c
Walter Thrall

Hon J.L. Edwards

I sent in Sept last the application of Mrs
Scovell  Widow of Moses Scovell
and Mrs Perkins Widow of Thomas Perkins
from which I have received no answer
W. Thrall
On those others that were returned I am
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endeavoring to procure the necessary evidence
W. Thrall

The letter of Sarah Parsons the niece of
the applicant (Mrs. Baker) she would like
to have returned to her if consistent
-
W. Thrall
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Jan. 25, 1840
Hon J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
City
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The State of Ohio
Licking County S.
Jerusha Baker daughter of Daniel Baker and
Jerusha Baker of Granville Ohio aged fifty years
years being first duly sworn according to law deposeth 
and saith that she has lived with her said
parents all her life, that said Daniel Baker was a
pensioner and that he died on the 19th day of
December 1836 that her mother is now an applicant
for a Pension. That she has always been told by
her parents that they were married in April 1788
that her father and mother (always untill the death
of her father) lived together and raised a family
of three children of which I am the oldest
and further saith not
Jerusha Baker [signature]
---
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of
January 1840.
Walter Thrall
Notary Public

I Sophia Starr of Granville Ohio daughter of Daniel
and Jerusha Baker aged forty six years, being duly
Sworn deposeth and saith that I always lived
with my said parents untill my marriage and
from my own knowledge and information of
others I am confident that the statement of my
Sister Jerusha Baker as above written is strictly true
Sophia Starr [signature]

Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 18th day
of January 1840
Walter Thrall
Notary Public

I Samuel Bancroft of Granville Ohio one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Licking
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and State of Ohio Aged sixty one years being
first duly sworn saith that I have been acquainted with
Daniel Baker deceased late of this County (a pensioner) 
and Jerusha Baker widow of said Daniel 
(now an applicant for a pension) and with Jerusha
Baker the above deponent for about thirty years
And from what knowledge I have of the facts
and of the character of said deponent (Jerusha) I
am confident that her statements are true
And further saith not.
Samuel Bancroft Judge of the
Court of C.P. of Licking County

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 20th day of January 1840. And I further
certify that the deponents are all and each one credible
persons and worthy of being believed
Walter Thrall
Notary Public
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Licking Co Ohio
Granville 20th Jany 1840
Dear Sir
closed are sundry affidavits
to aid Mrs. Baker. We are in hopes satisfactory
Very Respectfully
Walter Thrall

Hon J.L. Edwards
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Recorded
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3370.
Ohio Cincin
Jerusha Baker
widow of Daniel Baker
who was a Private Conn
in the Revolution

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

Certificate of Pension issued the
7th day of Dec. 1843
and sent to
Timothy A. Smith
Granville
Ohio

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book C Vol. 1 Page 156
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILT.
June 4, 1930.

Rev. W. S. Holland
40 Park Street
Adams, Massachusetts.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 3922, it appears that Daniel Baker was
born in 1763 at East Windsor, (later Ellington), Connecticut.

While a resident of East Windsor, Connecticut, he
enlisted and served in the Connecticut troops as follows:

In the fall, 1778, one month as a private in Captain
Ichabod Wadsworth's Company, Colonel Ledyard's Regiment; and from
June 1779, eight months as a fifer in Captain Daniel Allen's
Company, Colonel Levi Well's Regiment.

While a resident of Enfield, Connecticut, he enlisted
in 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Joseph
Booth's Company, Colonel Well's Regiment.

After the war soldier lived at Hudson, New York, afterwards 
in Colebrook, Connecticut and in 1812 settled in Granville,
Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 3, 1832, while a resident of Granville, Licking County, Ohio

He died December 19, 1836 in Granville, Ohio,

Soldier married April 2, 1788, at Enfield, Connecticut,
Jerusha, daughter of Elijah Parsons, at whose house the wedding
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She was allowed pension on her application executed
September 3, 1838, at which time she was a resident of Granville,
Licking County, Ohio, aged seventy years.

It is stated that Daniel Baker and his wife, Jerusha,
had three children, the names of only two are shown; Jerusha
Baker, the oldest child, and Sophia Starr, aged fifty and forty
six years respectively in 1840, at which time they were both
residents of Granville, Ohio.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.

Winthrop Parsons, brother of widow, as referred to as
a resident of Enfield, Conn. in 1839: two daughters
are mentioned one a widow with children
John Phelps was soldiers nephew. 59 yes in 1838
& res of Granville, O.
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1909 Oct 6, hist to
Mrs. L.A. Austin
(Letter in Sur File 44.688
1911, Oct. 4. Hist to
Miss Lena May Paige
1930 - June 4. History to
Rev. W. S. Holland ILL
1931 - Apr 9. Hist. to
Hon Richard P. Freeman 
for Mrs Mary B. Bishop
Letter in Benj
Stevens - S. 15665
copied from [illegible]

[right side]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3922
Jerusha Baker
Wid
Daniel Baker
Pvt Rev. War
Act: Mch 3rd/1743
Index: -- Vol. A. Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Let to T.A. Smith Mar 30 1843
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Ohio 5311
Jerusha Baker
widow of Daniel Baker decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 19 December 1836,
of Licking Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Allen of the regt commanded
by Col. Wells in the Connecticut
line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati
at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 19 day of Dec 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of April
1840, & sent to Walter Thrall Esq
Granville, in
---
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $118.44
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 40 20.00
$138.44
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D McCurdy Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 215
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Jerusha Baker
Ohio
Suspended
let 1 July 1839
W. Thrall
do, 15 Nov 39
Act of 7 July 1838

DanielBaker Ohio Act 7 June 1832
to what time Pd
Pen Off
Oct 9. 1838
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17,887
Do Baker
Daniel

Adm for 12 months
from 1778

Walter Thrall
Granville
Licking Co Ohio
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Danl Baker which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? Yes
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 Yes?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
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? yes
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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? yes
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

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 each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite,
and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. 
It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.

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
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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I Charles Pease of Somers, in Tolland County in the
State of Connecticut, testify & say, that Daniel Baker
late of East Windsor in Hartford County, in the State
of Connecticut & that of the Town of Granville in
the State of Ohio, & the deponent performed a tour
of Duty of Eight Months, as musicians-- the said
Baker doing the Duty of fifer & the Deponent that
of a Drummer, in a Company of Connecticut State 
Troops commanded by Capt. Daniel Allen of Ashford
Ct. Lieut. Knowlton of said Ashford & Ensign 
Simon Fales of said Somers- the company was stationed 
at New London Ct. to perform field duty
and was annexed to a Regiment commanded by
Levi Wells of Ellington, Ct. & mixed to Genl 
Spencer's Brigade, the Company continued on
Duty from June 1779 until
the 17th day of November 1779 at said New London
when the weather becoming severe; the Company
marched from sd New London to East haven 
Ct & there took up Winter quarters, & continued,
at said East Haven, untill the first day
of March 1780; on which day, said Company
was discharged having performed a tour of Duty of
eight months and the Deponent & the
said Baker performed duty a Musicians, side 
by side in said company for the full term of 8 months & were
discharged, at the same time & place as aforesaid - & further saith not
Charles Pease
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State of Connecticut County of Tolland
On this 19th day of September 1832 personally appeared Charles
Pease the aforesaid Deponent & Subscribed the foregoing Declaration
& being duly cautioned examined & sworn, made oath
to the truth of the same before me
Attest Walter R Kibbe Justice of Peace

I hereby Certify that Charles Pease whose genuine signature
is annexed to the foregoing Deposition is an Inhabitant of the
town of Somers is said Tolland County, is personally known
to the subscriber & sustains a character for Truth
Attest Walter Kibbe Just of Peace

Tolland County Connt. S.S. Tolland
I Jeremiah Parrish Clerk of Tolland County Court
do certify that Walter R Kibbe Esq before whom the
foregoing deposition of Charles Pease was sworn was
at the time a Justice of Peace in and for sd Tolland County
legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths and
take deposition and that the signature to the above 
certificate purporting to be so Justice Kibbe's
I believe to be genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this 22nd
day of September 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clk
Page 38

I Abigail Collins of Enfield in Hartford County
and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose
and say that I was present at the marriage
of Daniel Baker and Jerusha Parsons, who
were married at the house of Elijah Parsons (father
of the sd Jerusha) in Enfield, and I think
were married somewhere about the year 1786
Abigail Collins [signature]

Hartford Ss Enfield January 16th 1839
Personally appeared Abigail Collins Signer of
the above deposition and made oath to the
truth of the same before me the said
Abigail Collins is a person of undoubted truth each
Jabez Collins Justice of the Peace

I ROYAL R. HINMAN Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof,
do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Jabez Collins Esq is
and for more than six months last past, has
been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of
Hartford in said State, duly appointed,
commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by
the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and
to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to
take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates
thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be
given to the official acts and attestations of the said Collins
in Court and Country,
In testimony whereof, I have in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 18th day
of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
And I certify that the signature of said Collins
hereunto annexed is genuine.
Royal Hinman Secretary.
Page 39

The State of Ohio Licking County SS
On this 10th day of July 1839 Personally appeared before
the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for said County
Jerusha Baker widow of Daniel Baker Decd
a resident of Granville in said County aged
71 years who being duly sworn doth on her oath
(in addition to her former declaration), make the
following declaration in order to obtain a pension
under the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838
That there is no family record of her marriage
or of the births of her children that she has
made diligent inquiry for a copy of a record
at the place of her marriage in Enfield
Connecticut the answer was that none could be
found which answer was sent to the Pension
Department, that she cannot learn that there is
any written public or private record of her marriage 
The Deposition of Mrs. Collins States
(if this applicant recollects correctly,) that she
was at the wedding, and by calculating from her
own age she could fix the time
Jerusha Baker [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above written
S. Bancroft Judge of
the Court of Common pleas

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Mrs Jerusha Baker 
Wid of Danl Baker
Page 40

for the certificate of the Clerk as to the official
character of the Judge. See the 2d declaration 
of Mrs Abigail Williams sent at this time

The State of Ohio
Licking County
I Franklin Fullerton Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the
within named Samuel Bancroft Esq before whom the
within declaration appear to have been made is one of the
Judge of said Court within and for the County aforesaid duly
Commissioned and qualified according to Law whose Commission
is dated the ninth day of March 1838 and will not expire 
untill the sum of Seven years from the said Ninth day of March
1838 and that due faith and credit should be had to all
his act Official acts as such and that the within Signature
purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand and seal of office this
18th day of September A.D. 1839
Franklin Fullerton Clerk
Page 41

Abigal Collins of Enfield in the County of
Hartford and State of Conneticut aged Eighty
nine years depose and say that I was at the
wedding of-Daniel Baker and Jerusha Parsons -
and the Priest of the Parish Nehemiah
Pruden married the sd Daniel Baker to
the said Jerusha as near as I can recollect
in the month of April AD 1788, in a former 
deposition I stated as far as would collect in
the year AD 1786, but not recollecting the year
may have made a mistake in the year, but
that I was present at the wedding and saw-
Daniel Baker Married to Jerusha Parsons
I am positive and of which there can be
no doubt and further the deponent
saith not
Dated at Enfield this 21st day of December
AD 1839- Abigail Collins [signature]

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss Enfield December 21st 1839
Then personally appeared Abigail Collin Signer
of the above deposition who is a person of sound
mind and of undoubted truth and veracity and
made solemn oath to the truth of the same
before me
Henry Kingsbury Justice of the Peace

Ten to Kingsbury $3.00
Page 42

Enfield Hartford County Conn December 23th, 1839
I Francis L. Robbins of this town depose and say that I 
am the Pastor of the Congregationalist Church and Society on this
place and have been ever since the year AD 1816, and that
am the immediate successor of the Rev Nehemiah
Pruden who was the Pastor of the same Church and society
from the year AD 1782 to the year AD 1815 the year of his 
death.  I also depose and say that there are in the records of this Church
no Records of Marriages solemnized by him, neither have I
been able & obtain from any source, after making enquiry
of other any Record of Marriages solemnized by him
during his ministry. If they were recorded the papers containing
the Record of them were probably lost after his decease
I depose and say moreover that having had curious in time past
to examine the Town Records of this place, particularly that
part of them containing a list of Marriages, there is but
a partial entry of marriages solemnized by Nehemiah
Pruden and by others duly qualified to solemnized them 
that is, it appears that some of them were entered upon the
town Records and others, not the same is true in relation &
a considerable period previous to the commencement of his
Ministry that is previous to the year AD 1782, as well as
after that period
Francis L. Robbins [signature]

State of Connecticut
Hartford County Enfield January 4th 1840
Then personally appeared Frances L Robbins Signer of the above
Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
before me Henry Kingsbury Justice of the Peace
Page 43

3907
Jerusha Baker
$40 per an
Timothy A. Smith
Granville
Ohio
Page 44

State of Ohio
Licking County ⎬ On this 24th day of August
1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice
of the peace Jerusha Baker a resident of Granville
in the County of Licking aged Seventy five years who
being first duly sworn according to law doth on her
Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress
passed on the 3d March 1843 granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Daniel Baker who was a
Private and Musician in the Revolution she received
under the act of July 7th 1838 Forty dollars for annum
she further declares that she is still a widow
(Signed) Jerusha Baker

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year
above written before me Sereno Wright, Jan, J. P.

I certify that the declarant is personally known
to me and that she is the person she represents
herself to be Serene Wright Jun. J.P.

The State of Ohio 
Licking County---⎬
I Franklin Fullerton Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid
do hereby certify that Sereno Wright Jun. Esqr. is a Justice
of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified, that his commission was dated on the
24th day of December 1840, and will expire on the 24
day of December, 1843 and that his signature above written
is genuine, And I further certify that said Justice
of the peace is duly authorized to administer Oath
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County
this 25 day of August AD 1843
Franklin Fullerton Clerk
Page 45

State of Ohio
Licking County⎬ 
On this 24th day of August 1843
personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of
the peace Jerusha Baker a resident of Granville in
the County of Licking aged Seventy five years who
being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain
the amount of pension which she claims from the
4th of March 1836 to the 4th day of March 1843
from which period she has been already paid
under the act of the 7th July 1838. And the
declarant further alleges that she is still the
widow of Daniel Baker who was a Private and
musician during the revolutionary war that
her pension was allowed at the rate of Forty
dollars per annum. and was paid to her at the Agency
in Cincinnati in the State of Ohio. And further
She saith not, Jerusha Baker [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written before me


I certify that the declarant is personally known to
me and that she is the person she represents
herself to be 
Sereno Wright, Jun. J.P.

The State of Ohio
Licking County
I FRanklin Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that
Sereno Wright, Jun, Esq. is a Justice of the peace in and for
said County duly commissioned and qualified that his
Commission was dated on the 24th day of December 1840
and will expire on the 24th day of December 1843 and that his
Signature above written is genuine, And I further certify that
said Justice of the peace is duly authorized to administer Oaths.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this
25th day of August, A.D. 1843
Franklin Fullerton Clerk
Page 46

Granville O   FREE
Nov 9
Ethel

Hon. Secretary of War
Washington

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0.
1788
90
Page 47

Granville Licking Co Ohio Nov 8th 1832
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the declarations for
pensions of Jesse Thrall, Daniel Farry Daniel
Baker, and Joseph Lonnett
Yours 
Walter Thrall Atty

Hon. Sec. of War.
Page 48

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby
certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Henry Kingsbury Esqr is
and for more than seven months last past, has
been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of
Hartford in said State, duly appointed,
commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by
the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds
and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses
and to take Affidavits
and depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof;
and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the
official acts and attestations of the said Kingsbury
in Court and Country,

In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the sixth day
of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 40
And I certify that the signature of said Kingsbury
hereunto annexed is genuine.
Royal R Hinman
Page 49

1622
Jerusha Baker
of Daniel
Ohio
---
admitted
Pr 1 yr $40.
Cap Allen Col Wells
Con.
---
died 19 Dec 1836
Act 7 July 1838
Walter Thrall
Granville
Ohio


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MAR24
GRANVILLE, O

May 29 1843
Jerusha Baker
[illegible] Scoville
Ohio 38

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Page 51

Granville March 24. 1843
Dear Sir
Mrs Jerusha Baker Widow of Daniel
Baker died a pensioner is still living in
this place, and is wishing to obtain
her pension. her certificate is said
to have been sent with her papers
when she last drew her pension
Please send me her certificate with
such instructions as will be necessary
for her to get her pension
Please also send Rachel Scovilles
pension certificate widow of Moses
Scoville pensioner decd
Yours Respectfully
Timothy A. Smith
Notary Public
5311, Jerusha Baker Ohio , 38
3861 Rachel Scovill
Page 52

Granville Licking Co. Ohio Aug. 25/43
Dear Sir
Enclosed I forward three
declarations which I think are
correct according to your
form, if they are please forward
the certificate to me as soon
as convenient and Oblige your
Obt. Servant
Timothy A Smith
Page 53

Hutchinson, Kansas
Sept. 25 - 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Sir
Will you kindly send
me offical record of proof of
Revolutionary Record of
Daniel Baker. He enlisted
of New London, Conn. for
one year in Col. Legards
Regiment. He was granted
a pension Nov. 3- 1832
Page 54

Thanking you in
advance
Please address
(Miss) Lena May Paige
28 -7th Ave. West.
Page 55

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS
WINFIELD SCOTT HOLLAND MINISTER
PARSONAGE.
40 PARK STREET

March 31, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am interested to barn whether certain of
my wife ancestors served in the army
during the Revolutionary War. Perhaps you
can tell me whether they received pensions for
such service,
Jacob Stifler, born 1733 in Germany came to
America in baby hood. His grist mill in York
Co., Penna, burned by tories 1778. went to
Washington Co. Maryland, 1779. may have served
in a Maryland Co. regiment. Returned to Penna
McKees Gap. Martha's Furnace, and built
a Grist Mill there 1783. after lived Greenfield
Township, Bedford B. Pa, and died there

John Starr son of Tom and Sarah Starr, born
[between last two lines] not as disc
Page 56

Middletown, Connecticut, April 10, 1761. Married
1775 Bathsheba Cotton. Lived many years in
Catskill, N.Y. where he died in 1815. His widow
died in 1823 in Newark, N. J.

Daniel Baker married Jerusha Parsons, and
was living in 1772 in Sandisfield, Mass., where
he was called "Colonel " Baker

Thurston Carr, born West Greenwich, Rhode
Island, July 2, 1756, married Audery Spencer
E. Greenwich R.I., 1775, may have entered
army from Rhode Island, or Stephentown, N.Y.
where he afterward settled and died in 1812.

If you have any records of the above men
can give me any information, I shall
be most grateful
Sincerely
Winfield S. Holland
Page 57

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. Daniel Baker decd File 3922

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Feb 1778
January 1779
Summer 1782

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 Mo.
8 Mo
3 Mo.

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Ichabod Wadsworh
Daniel Allen
Joseph Booth
COLONEL.
Ledyard
Levi Miller
Jonathan Wells

STATE.
Connt.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Hartford Connt
Date of application for pension, Nov 3rd 1832 th cla was allo
Residence at date of application Granville Licking County Ohio since 1812
residence at date of application,
Age at date of application, born East Windsor Conn afterward called Ellington in May 63
died Dec 19 1836
Remarks:
He was married at Enfield, Conn April 2  1788 Jerusha dau. of Elijah Parsons,
She was allowed pension on an application executed Sept 3 1838 while a
resident of Licking Co. Ohio aged 70 years. there were three children
Jerusha and Sophia married --- Starr are the only whose names are stated
Very respectfully
Page 58

While a resident of East Windsor, Connecticut, he enlisted and
served in the Connecticut Troops as follows:

In the fall of 1778, one month as a private in Captain Ichabod
Wadsworth's Company, Colonel Ledyard's Regiment; and from June, 1779,
eight months as a fifer in Captain Daniel Allen's Company, Colonel
Levi Wells' Regiment.

While a resident of Enfield, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1780,
and served three months as a private in Captain Joseph Booth's Company,
Colonel Wells' Regiment.

After the war soldier lived at Hudson, New York, afterwards in
Colebrook, Connecticut, and in 1812 settled in Granville, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 3,
1832, while a resident of Granville, Licking County, Ohio.

2

He died December 19, 1836, in Granville, Ohio

Soldier married April 2, 1788, at Enfield, Connecticut, Jerusha,
daughter of Elijah Parsons, at whose house the wedding took place.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September
3, 1838, at which time she was a resident of Granville, Licking
County, Ohio, aged seventy years.

It is stated that Daniel Baker and his wife, Jerusha, had three
children, the names of only two are shown: Jerusha Baker, the oldest
child, and Sophia Starr, aged fifty and forty-six years respectively
in 1840, at which time they were both residents of Granville, Ohio.