Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14811, Joseph Griswold, Conn.
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SERVICE Conn.                                                                       

Griswold, Joseph
Mehitable

NUMBER W14811
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3598

Massachusetts

Mehitable Griswold.
[widow?] of Joseph Griswold, [eligible]

was a pensioner under the Act of 

who died on the 28th: February, 1829
Hampden Co in the State of Massachusetts

was a private in the company: _commanded
Captain Parsons ["Conn" written on top] of _ commanded
_________ in the Connecticut [cut off]
For 15 months [squiggle]

[cut off] on the Roll of Massachusetts
the rate of 50 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
[commence?] on the 4th day of March 1836.

[Certificate?] of Pension issued the 24th day of July
1839 and sent to [illegible]
[Charlton?], East Windsor Hill, [cut off]

[cut off] to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $150.00
[Semi?]-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 25.00
                                                                        175.00


{Act July 7, 1838.}

[cut off] by [illegible] - Clerk
A Vol. / Page 91 -
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Commonwealth of Massachussetts
County of Hampden
On this [illegible] day of april AD 1839
Personally appeared before [illegible] Morris prop of the County of [illegible] for the County of Hampden
Mrs Mehitable Griswold a resident of Hampden in the County of Commonwealth aforesaid aged sixty two years who being first duly sworn according to [illegible] doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.

That she is the widow of Joseph Griswold, formerly of the town of Somers, in the County of Tolland, State of Connecticut; who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution.

That in the month of May 1775, he inlisted [sic] into a Company of State troops raised in Connecticut to go to the vicinity of Boston, that he was in Capt Hezekiah Parsons Company, & that he went to [illegible] or Cambridge, and then served untill [sic] toward the close of December 1775.

And again in the Summer of 1776, He inlisted [sic] in a place now called Blanford then called Glasco, in Massachussetts that the company was commanded by Capt Ferguson and marched to Ticonderoga. The Col of that Regiment she has heard was Samuel Brewer, that he served in this campaign until taken sick in November: that his father went after him & brought him home, about the first of December 1776.
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And again, when he had sufficiently recovered his health, He inlisted [sic] into Capt Felt[s?] company, at Somers in Connecticut, some time in January AD 1777; And marched down to the White Plains near the lines of the enemy, at Newyork, and served with the army in guarding that part of the Country from the incursion of the British and the [illegible maybe Iorics - Iroquois?] here he served until the term of his inlistment [sic] had expired, after a service of three months.

And from near this time he drove a team connected with the Northern Army, this the Summer and Fall, he was at Stillwater at that capacity when Burgoyne surrendered; & he carried a load of the Baggage to Boston.

And again, in the Summer of the year 1779, He went with a company of Militia from Somers to New London, in Conn. where he served in the Capacity of a private Soldier, for the term of two or three months; the company was commanded ((She is [illegible]) by either Capt Wood, or Captain Felt, from Somers; as they were both there she cannot be fully certain in which of the company he performed his duty; but believes she shall fully prove the Service, by Mr Frederic Kibbee, who was with him, & draws a pension for this and other services.

And She furhter declares, that She was married to the within named Joseph Griswold, at the House of Her Father Mr Daniel Sexton of said Somers, by the Rev.d Charles Backus Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Somers, on the twenty second day of June Seventeen Hundred & Eighty.

That her said Husband Jospeh Griswold died at [illegible] in Massachussets on the 28th day of February AD 1829.
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and she still remains his widow and she has never again intermarried.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place [illegible] to the 1st day of January Seventeen Hundred & ninety four; viz, at the time above stated.
[signed] Mehitable Griswold

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above stated before Oliver B Morris Judge of Probate 
I notify that [illegible] Mehitable Griswold by reason of age and infirmity is unable to attend the court
[signed] Oliver B Morris Judge of Probate

And I the same [?] Judge do declare my opinion that the same Joseph Griswold served in the army of the Revolution as stated in the foregoing declaration, that on the 22d day of June 1780 he was married to the same Mehitable that he died on the 28th day of February 1829 and that he has not again been married.
he [illegible - testimony perhaps?] whereof I have  have unto [illegible] my [illegible] and caused [?] the seal of the court of Probate to be affixed the second day of April AD 1839
[signed] Oliver B Morris Judge of Probate [?]
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Commonwealth of Massachussetts
Hampden [?]
I Justin Willard clerk of the Probate Court within [illegible] said County do hereby certify that [illegible] Oliver B. Morris upon whom the foregoing declaration of Mehitable Griswold was made [illegible - before?] this Judge of Probate written [illegible] for said County and that his signature sub[?] to the [illegible]

In testimony [illegible] hereunto at my hand and [illegible] the fourth day of April 1839
Justin Willard Clerk [?]
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Francis Griswold son of Joseph Griswold and Mehitabel Griswold was born May twenty fourth Anno Domini seventeen hundred eighty one

Fanne Griswold daughter of Joseph Griswold and Mehitabel Griswold was born Dec [sic] first Anno Domini seventeen hundred eighty two

I hereby certify that the above are true copies of the Record of Births with the exception of the dates which are expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows: May 24th Anno Domini 1781 - Dec 1st Anno Domini 1782

Rich.d Bliss Town Clerk of Springfield

I Richardn Bliss above named depose and say that I have the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Springfield County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachussetts and that the above are true extracts from the Record of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me; and I further certify that I can find no record of the birth of any other children of the said Joseph and Mehitabel Griswold

Rich.d Bliss Town Clerk of Sprongfield
Hampden [illegible] April 4th 1834 Then [?] Richard Bliss above named personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the [illegible]ing certificate 
Before me
William Durgh[?] Justice of the Peace
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I Mahitable Mack of Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age depose and say that I am the daughter of Joseph Griswold late of said Springfield deceased, and Mehitabel Griswold - that my father, the said Joseph Griswold, died at said Springfield on the twenty eighth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred & twenty nine, and that, since his decease, my said mother has remained his widow and unmarried.
Mahitable Mack

Comm.th [abbreviated] of Mass.ts [abbreviated]
Hampden County 
As Then Mahitable Mack above named whome I certify is a credible witness, personally appeared and made oath & the foregoing affidavit by her [illegible] before me
Henry Morris
Justice of the Peace

[the entirety of the following paragraph is hardly legible]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County SS [?]
Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within [?] & for said County do hereby certify
that William Dwight [...] whom the [...] foregoing deposition of [...] was verified, [...] of said County, and also that Henry Morris [...] whom the above deposition of Mehitable Mack was [...] of the [...] written [...] said County of [...] was so [...] at the date of [...] certificate of said verification - also that then served signatures subscribed to said [...] certificate and [...]

The [...] and affixed the [...] of said Court at [...] this fourth day of August of 1839
Justin Willard Clerk [?]
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I Frederick Griswold of Brookfield in Orange County and State of Vermont, aged seventy two years testify & say that I am a brother of Joseph Griswold late of Somers in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut and that I well remember the fact, that soon after the battle of Lexington in the spring of the year 1775 my said brother with many others went into the Army and marched to Roxbury & Cabridge near Boston and was absent for some time but the exact length I am not now able to say.
I further testify in the summer of the year 1776 my said brother Joseph was again in the Army and marched to Ticonderoga, and while there was one of the party under Arnold or Waterbury on Lake Champlain and was attack.d [the "d" is superscript} by the British, and the vessel in which my said Brother was ran ashore below the mouth of [illegible] & all the men took to the woods, he was under command of [inserted later] one Capt Furgerson and the party were out nine days before getting back to the Fort of Ticonderoga, and in the fall of the [or this?] year, he was taken sick and information of the fact reaching my Father at Somers he went for him & got him home the first part of December & he had not then got well, these facts I state from often hearing my brother state them.
I further testify that on the first of January 1777 my said Brother Joseph & my Brother John Griswold both [illegible] under one Capt. Samuel Felt [smudged] and were both absent three months & were stationed at White Plains. [illegible] West Chester East Chester in the state of NY and after returning home he enlisted again as a Teamster and as I always understood was attached to the Army and was in the vicinity of Stillwater at the surrender of Burgoyne Army and carried a load of the Hessian Baggage to Boston or near there, and was absent about all summer.
I further testify that in the year 1777 he the s.d [superscript] Joseph went again into the Army & was stationed at New London and while there was ordered on board of a [illegible] of War on a lookout & fell in with a British Ship and was captured & carried into [illegible] on board of the Army Prison Ship & left there some four weeks and was absent as I believe about three months
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I further testify that my said brother Joseph married Mehitabel Saxton in Somers Con. [crossed out - after he bought?] and that since his death she has remained unmarried as I have been informed My s.d [d is superscript] has been dead several years I further testify that I have stated the foregoing facts from my own recollections of my said Brother going away from home to go into the Army and from his narrations after his return.
Frederick Griswold
State of Vermont
Orange County At Randolph in said County this 12th day of February AD 1839 Frederick Griswold to me well known as a credible witness appeared subscribed & made oath to the foregoing affidavit before me
J. K. Parish Ass.t [t is superscript] Or. Co.Ct

I John Griswold of Randolph in Orange County & State of Vermont aged seventy seven years testify that I have heard the foregoing affidavit of my Brother Frederick Griswold read and according to my best recollection & belief the same is true & I further testify that I was in the Army at White Plains & vicinity with my brother Joseph Griswold for three months in the year 1777
John Griswold

State of Vermont
Orange County This 12th day of February 1839 John Griswold to me well known as a credible witness appeared subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me
J. K. Parish Ass.t [t is superscript] Judge Or. Co. Ct.
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State of Vermont
Orange County
I John W Smith Clerk of Orange County hereby certify that [illegible - possibly a title] Jacob K Parish whose signatures are affixed to the foregoing affidavits is an assistant Judge of Orange County Conn.t clearly Commissioned and qualified to administer oaths. And that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his and genuine
In testimony whereof I hence hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Chelsea in s.d [d is superscript] this eighteenth day of February AD 1839
John W Smith Clerk
[seal affixed]
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.

Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O.W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

Ans [handwritten at top of page]

M.E.C.
Wid.14,811. [underlined]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,June 29, 1897.

Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning Joseph Griswold, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that Mehitabel Griswold, widow of Joseph Griswold, [name underlined] made an application for pension on April 2, 1839, at which time she was eighty-two years of age and residing at Springfield, Mass., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband, as a private in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of fifteen months; a part of the time he served under Capt. Parsons. Place of his enlistment not stated.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Miss Jennie M. Stone,
16 Lincoln St.,
Hyde Park, Mass.
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14811
Mahitable Griswold
Widow of
Joseph Griswold
Priv. Rev. War

Act:
Index: - Vol. A, Page 289

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[handwritten]
June 29 "97 Histy to Miss Jennie M Stone Hyde Park Mass
LB
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16 Lincoln St
Hayde Park, Mass, June 10
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir
I am told that my great grandmother, Mehitabel Griswold, widow of Joseph Griswold of Springfield (afterward called Willimansett) Mass received, about 1840, a pension for services rendered by her husband during the Revolution.
Is there a record to the effect and can you tell me what was the service and where rendered.
Very Respectfully
(Miss) Jennie M. Stone

[superimposed there is a stamp: Pension Office Jun 14 1897]
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I Jesse Charlton, a Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut; do hereby certify, under my hand & Seal of office, that I have in my possession, a copy of the Roll of Capt Solomon Wills company at Roxbury, during the month of Feb-March 1776, taken from the original Roll in possession of Mr Fanning of Griswold in the County of NewLondon [sic] Conn, Son of the pay Master of the Reg. to which this Company was attached.

I have not the command of the original Roll & therefore, cannot send it as Mr Fanning will not part with the original Roll.
On this Roll, the name of Jabez Collins, appears as a Sergeant and Joseph Griswold as a private.

You have the original Roll of Capt Jonathatn Wells company, in the same service sent with the papers of Catherine Bowr, widow of John Bowr in Aug 1836.
June the time is 72 days.
I do not know the number of days Capt S Wills company was in the services but as they supplied the places of those who left in Dec 1775, & served with the enemy evacuate Boston, it was more than two months I fully believe.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix the Seal of my said office at Port Windsor in Northford County Connecticut, this 2nd Day of May AD 1839
Attest Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
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I Jbez Collins, a resident of Somers, in the County of Holland, & State of Connecticut, aged ninetyfour years do hereby depose and say; that in the time of the Revolution I was much engaged, both in the civil & military service.
That in the month of January 1776, I enlisted for 2 months, in a Company put under the Command of Abiel Pease of said town: Jonathan Parker was First Lt of said Company; & I was a Serjeant [sic] therein. [semicolon crossed out] After the services of the Reg.ts [t is superscript] which were inlisted [sic] for seven months had expired, there was a call for men to supply their places at Roxbury, & Cambridge, near Boston: our Company made a part of Col Douglass Regiment, & we served there the months of Feb & March, until the enemy abandoned Boston :( for a period of two months this season was:) and there served with me thru [sic] this [illegible - tour, maybe?] Joseph Griswold, then an inhabitant of Somers aforesaid, & who removed to Blanford in Massachusetts soon after and he is the same man who married Mehitabel Sexton of this town, I was well acquainted with them both.
Jabez Collins [signed in his own hand]

State of Connecticut
Holland County In Somers, on this 27 Day of April 1839 personally appeared, before me Oliver Chapin 2nd, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Holland aforesaid, Deacon Jabez Collins a [who erased] resident of said town, a credible person, well known to me, who then & there subscribed the above deposition and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me
Oliver Chapin
Justice of the Peace for Holland County
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County
In Hartford, I Royal R Hinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, that Oliver Chapin 2nd, is at this time, & has been for more than nine months last past, a lawful Justice of the peace for the County of Holland, in said state, & that his commission will not expire before the 20th Day of June 1839; & I further certify that the signature of sd [sic] Oliver Chapin 2nd to said certificate is his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said State at Hartford aforesaid in the 2nd day of May Ad 1839
Royal R Hinman Secretary of State
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County
Ss Enfield
On this 27th day of November AD 1838, person ally [?] appeared before me, Jesse Charlton Esq one of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County & State aforesaid, Rufus Bush, a resident of said Enfield a credible person, & a pensioner for his services in the Revolutionary War, Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath, make the following Statement That he was out in the service as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, for which he has received a Pension.
That in the year AD 1775, he was a member of Capt Hezekiah Parsons company, of State Troops, that before part of May he'd marched to Roxbury, near Boston, & performed a tour of duty in guarding that part of the country; from the encroachment of the enemy who then had possession of Boston as is more fully set forth in my own declaration.
That there served with me at this time Joseph Griswold, a native of Enfield That said Griswold was in the same company with me, & I fully believe served at this time, which was between seven & eight months be got [sic] home about Christmas
Rufus Bush
State of Connecticut
Hartford County
Ss Enfield
on this 27th day of November 1838
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personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton on of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County Rufus Bush of said Enfield a credible person well known to me whose statements are entitled to credit who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me Attest Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace.
[on margin] Rufus Bush Jos Griswold
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I John Hamilton of Blandford, County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of the age of eighty three years do testify and say that John Ferguson of this town commanded a company in the year 1775 at Roxbury in this State. I do not recollect the Colonels [sic] name. He was gone eight or nine months. I saw him in Roxbury that year and had the care of his business at home.
I also testify and say that I knew Ferguson three months or more at Ticonderoga in the year 1776. I was there myself and he was in the same mess with me. He started from Blandford the latter part of July 1776. We were dismiss.d [d is superscript] in the fall of that year. I think in November. The Colonel name of our Regiment was Samuel Brewer. The Lieutenant of our I believe was Smith. I have seen said Griswold since the war. Blandford Jan 2d [d is superscript] 1839
John Hamilton
Hampden - Jan.y [y is superscript] 2d 1839. Personally appeared John Hamilton signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath that the same was true.
Before me Orrin Sage Just [abbreviated] of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above [illegible] John Hamilton is a respectable man and credible witness - Jan.y [y is superscript] 2d 1839
Orrin Sage Just [sic] of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Js [jurisdiction?] I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampden do certify that Orrin Sage Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was at the date there a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and thof [sic - abbreviation for thereof, possibly] full faith & creditor [?] & ought to be given to his Arts and Attestations [illegible] in thof [sic] capacity and thof [sic] I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Orrin Sage and believe his signature & said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth of Springfield on this fifth day of January AD 1839
John Ingersoll Clerk
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I Frederick Kibbe of Somers in the County of Holland and State of Connecticut of the afe of nearly seventy seven years testify and say that I performed two tours of two months each as a private soldier, at New London, according to my [illegible] recollection in the year 1779, the first for myself & the second in the room of my brother Samuel Kibbe.
I went first the [sic - maybe 'there' was intended] for part of the summer and when the two months had expired I returned home and found my brother had gone to New London by a different road, and I immediately returned to that  plan & he returned home. It is impossible for me to say positively under what Captain I served, but believe it was John Wood or Capt. Samuel Felt, or perhaps one at one time, and the other at the other time. I will recollect, that at one of these tours Joseph Griswold then an inhabitant of said Somers served with me for the term of two months and in the same company. I cannot be mistaken as to the fact that said Griswold was there as above stated, in one of said tours and served in the army two months but from the circumstance that I was there on two tours [illegible] nearly at the same time, I cannot recollect with certainty at which of these times said Griswold was there, as I have no dates relative to those things in my possession. I was well acquainted with said Griswold both before & after said service, and further the deponent said not. dated at Somers the 8th day of December A. D. 1838
Frederick Kibbe [signed by his hand]
State of Connecticut Holland County Ss [?]
Somers 8th December A. D. 1838. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice
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of the Peace for said Holland County. Frederick Kibbe of said Somers, well known to me and a credible person, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Oliver Chapin 2d
Justice of the Peace for Holland County
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Jos Griswold
Mrs Robert Peaser
Certificate
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No. 3
I Oliver Chapin second, a resident of Somers in the County of Holland, and State of Connecticut do hereby depose and say; That I have carefully examined the Town records of the Town of Somers aforesaid, but have not been able to find any entry of the Marriage of Joseph Griswold, and Mehitable Sexton, under any date: and I further certify, that previous to the year AD 1820 the record of Marriage kept in Public Books of said Town are imperfect and incomplete.

And I further certify that I am Town Clerk and Register of said Town of Somers, and have been for the term of fifteen years and that the above certificate is true

Oliver Chapin
Town Clerk of Somers

State of Connecticut
Holland County Ss Somers

On this 13th day of February A D 1839 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut in said Somers Oliver Chapin second, [illegible] as a credible respectable man, & as town Clerk and Register of said Town of Somers and then and there made solemn oath to the truth of the [interlined here] above certificate & subscribed the [end of interline] same before me In testimony whereof I do hereby subscribe  my name & affix my Seal of Office on the day & year aforesaid & interlined "above certificate & subscribed the".

Attest. Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
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No2
I Rodney Gove Dennis do hereby depose and say that I have examined the records of Marriages kept by the Rev.d [d is superscript] Charles Backers a former Pastor of the Congregational Church in the Town of Somers in the County of Holland & State of Connecticut who was pastor of said Church from the tear AD 1774 until the year AD 1803, and that I cannot find any entry of the Marriage of Joseph Griswold and Mehitable Sexton in said records under any date

And I Rodney Gove Dennis above named do depose and say that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Church and sorely [?] in said Somers which was formerly under the pastoral care and charge of the above named Charles Backers, D.D. and that the above certificate is true.
R. G. Dennis Pastor.

State of Connecticut
Holland County Ss Somers
on this 13th day of February A D 1839 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut the above named Rodney G Dennis & subscribed the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me and he is a credible and respectable man well known to me & is at this time Pastor of the congregational Church in said Town of Somers In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my seal of Office on the day & year aforesaid
Attest Jesse Charlston Notary Public
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No 4
I Anna Pease of Somers in the County of Holland & State of Connecticut aged Ninety one years, do hereby depose and say that I am well knowing to the fact that Joseph Griswold formerly of the town of Somers, in the County of Holland & State aforesaid was married to Mehitable Sexton of said town of Somers the next month after the dark day in the year AD 1780 or fifty eight years ago last May; I myself was married to my late husband Robert Pease in the year 1779 in March & my sister was married to Joseph Griswold the next year after
I am acquainted with some of the children of the late Joseph Griswold and his present widow Mehitable Griswold, and the eldest is of the age of Fifty Eight years I was present at the marriage of the said Joseph Griswold & the said Mehitable Sexton they were married by Reverend Doctor Charles Beckers of said Somers
[signed manu sua] Anna Pease

State of Connecticut
Holland County Ss Somers, on this 13th day of February AD 1839; Personally appeared before me, in said town, Widow Anna Pease, who signed the above certificate before me, & then made solemn oath to the truth of the same & she is a credible & respectible [sic] woman, & much less impaired in memory than most persons of her age. In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of Office on the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public
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5257
Mehitable Griswold
Wid of Joseph
Conn
[illegible] 1780
and 1829
Allow 15mc pr
$50 per ann. [illegible]
[illegible contraptions]

Jesse Charlton
Earl Mid[illegible] Hill
Com.
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I Henry Kilborn Comptroller of Public accounts for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, That in the pay Roll of the company of the 4th Regiment, commanded by Col Hinman, of which George Pitkin was Lt Col, and had command of the company. In the said company commanded by Capt Hezekiah Parsons, and serving at
I find the name of Joseph Griswold and of Rufus Bush, The said Jospeh Griswold is credited for services performed in said company from the 15 day of May 1775 to the 19 day of December 1775: And the said Rufus Bush is credited for services performed therein from the 11 day of May 1775, to the 19 day of December 1775.

And I find the following evidence of the services of Capt Samuel Felt under date of Sept 7th AD 1779 he is credited for services Specie Value £ 155"8"3

Dated at Hartford in Connecticut at the Comptrollers Office this 19th day of April AD 1839
Henry Kilborn Comp
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I Royal R Hinman, Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, That Jesse Charlton, before whom the annexd deposision [sic]nod Rufus Bush was taken, is & has been, for more than nine months last past a Lawful Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford in said State & that his commission will not expire before the 20th day of June 1839; And that the signature of said Charlton to the said certificate is his genuine signature.
And I further certify; that Oliver Chapin 2d, before whom the annexed certificate of Frederic Kibbe was taken, is now, & has been for nine months last past, & will be until June 20th 1839, a Lawful Justice of the peace for the County of Holland, in Conn; & that his Signature to said certificate is his genuine Signature.

In testimony whreof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said State at Hartford at the Office of Secretary of State in the State of Connecticut this 22nd day of April 1839.
Royal R Hinman Secretary