Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2074, Nehemiah Daniels, Conn.

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Service
Conn.
Daniels, Nehemiah
              Elizabeth
Number
W 2074

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W2074
New York
Nehemiah Daniels
of Otsego in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Seal of the Ret. commanded
by Col. Wells in the Conneticut
line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct
1833__________and sent to C. Jaror's
                                           Cooperstown

Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33  $66.60
Semi-amt allowances ending (illegible) '34 
                                                 $13.33
                                                 $79.99
                           
                       Revoluntionary Claim
                        Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by (signature illegible)
Book E, Vol 4, Page 95

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State of New York
County of Otsego/LS

On this 6th day of February in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Otsego now sitting. Nehemiah Daniels a resident of the town of Butternuts in the County of Otsego and State of New York 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 provisions made by the act of congress passed June 7 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated first on or about the first of September 1779 at New London State of Connecticut he enlisted in Captain Lee Leas company Colonel Levi Wells regiment for eight months and were stationed and imployed in building Fort Trumbull in New London Connecticut. Was in no engagement but was imployed in building said fort and guarding the town of New London and at the expiration of said eight months was discharged but without a written discharge that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the affidavit of Joseph Chubbs hereto annexted He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present

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and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any other state.
Nehemiah Conne
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Horace Lathrope Cleob
We William Stranahan and James Blackman both resident in the town of Butternuts County of Otsego and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well aquainted with Nehemiah Daniels who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age which he represents and 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Interrogatories
1st where and in what year were you born
answer was born in new london connecticut august 18 1763
2nd have you any record of your age and if so where is it
ans. has a record in the family Bible
3rd where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live

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answer I lived in New London town county of New London and state of Connecticut when called into service. i lived there about twenty three years after the close of the war then removed to the town of butternuts county of otsego and state of new york where he has ever since resided and where he now resides
4th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
ans I voluntarily enlisted
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
ans. I knew Colonel Levi Wells Captain Lee Lea adjutant Boot Lieut Mr Dole Ensign Joshua Ramant
6th Did you ever recieve a discharge from the service and if if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
ans was verbally discharged by Colonel Wills
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution.
ans Colonel William Stranahan Clanson Moore esq
James Blackman Benajah Davis esq Colonel Van Rensalier Paschal Transhat Esq

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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of thee 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 said court further certifies that it appears to them that William Stranahan and james blackman who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Butternuts and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
J O MOSS
JC WAMWORTH
ELISHA JOSTE/ JUDGES
I  Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Coutrt of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Otsego do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the sad court in the matter of the application of Nehemiah Daniels for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 18th day of February A.D 1833
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

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No. 23911
Nehemiah Daniels Otsego County
New York

Admitted
Private 8 months

Chester Jarvis
[struck out] (Coopers Tower) Otsego
County New York

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No 23911
Nehemiah Daniels Otsego County
New York
Admitted
Private 8 months
Chester Jarvis
Coopers Town, Ohio
County New York

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WAR DEPARTMENT
-
-
Sir.
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Enlisted 1. Sept. 1779
A Statement, showing the service of Nehemiah Daniels Otsego County New York
Duration of the
t's service.
┃ 8
claimant.
Bank of Names and rank of the
officers under whom he served.
private
-
Cap Leas, Col. Wells
Age at present,
┃ and place of abode
┃ when he entered
the service.
┃ 69 years
New London
┃ Connecticutrted.
Traditionary evidence, also clergimans
certificate + no reason given, Witnesses
certified credible. One living witness
not certified credible and no Clerks
certificate to his deposition, papers
properly attached-
F
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
---
-
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Pensioner: Elizabeth Daniels

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Conn.
Daniels, Nehemiah Elizabeth
W2074

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
10 an Oficer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 amount in the following words
as 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 anddays
, I served as a-
; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 shown 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 sum
thority; 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
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 papers 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.
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 claimant's 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.
not to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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G. Heath March 1883
3 And Reputed
2
1
New York
Elizabeth Daniels widow of Nehemiah Daniels
who served in the
Revolutionary war
, as a Private
Connecticut mil
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 dollars 66
Cents per annum,
to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1849
21 Aug
certificate of Pension issued the
12th
and sent to
day of Febry 1850
Hon
D. Malden
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
May 29 1848, Page 337 Fol.

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State of New York
Otsego County ss: On this 21st day of September
1849, personally appeared before me, James Hyde, Judge of
Otsego County Court (It being a Court of record having a Seal
and duly authorized by law to take depositions &c.) Elizabeth
Daniels (Widow of Nehemiah Daniels, a resident of the town of
Morris in said County aged Seventy three years (73) who being
duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29th 1848
That she is the widow of Nehemiah Daniel, who was a
Soldier in the war of the revolution, and a pensioner of the
United States, at the time of his death, at the rate of
Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, that this
deponent cannot state the terms of service of the officers he served
under, but refers the department to proof now on file in
the pension office, She further declares that she was married
to the said Nehemiah Daniel, on the Second day of
August (1794) In the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred
and Ninety four, in the Town & County of New London &
State of Connecticut by the Revd Zadock Darrow, that
She has no family record of the marriage, the same
having been destroyed, that she knows of no persons
living who was present at the wedding, and she knows
of no, Town or church record, but suppose the marriage is
recorded in the town records of New London
That she was not married to him prior to his having
the service, but the marriage took place previous to
the Second day of January Eighteen Hundred, viz
at the time above stated. She further swears that she
is now a widow, and never before made application for
a Pension. That her Husband the aforesaid Nehemiah Daniel
died on the 21st day of August 1849.
her
Sworn to and subscribed on
the day & year above written
1
Elizabeth
before son James Hyde
Daniels

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State of New York
2
Otsego County
I certify that the
&
within named Elizabeth Daniel
from age and bodily infirmity
is unable to with her name and
to attend Court personally for the
purpose of making the
within
declaration
---
Sept 4th 1849
James Hyde
Co
Judge of Otsego
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-Hon Edward B. Vreeland
Military History 
June 16, 1902
Sept. 20-1902
Hist to same at Ellicottville NY
2074
Elizabeth Daniels
WIDOW, &c
Nehemiah Daniels
July 29. 1848.
Pens Rev War 
A. Page 166
Arrangement of 1870.}

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Elizabeth Danields widow of Nehemia 
New York
Suspended
let 6th Dec 1849
Hon. N. Walden

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2074 wid
Nehemiah Daniels
---
that
Feby 6, 1833
Butternett, NY 69
Sept. 1779 - New London
Conn
Capt Lee Lea
Col Levi Wells,
Pvt-- 8 mos
Sta Ft Trumbull
No Bat
Born N. London Conn
Aug 18, 1763
mar Elizabeth Maloney
Aug. 2. 1794- N London
D. Aug 24. 1849
wid app Sept 21. 1849-
Morris N.Y
over
.

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3 - 395.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier
Service
Additional service.
Remarks
154446108 - 1900
Chief of Division.

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This is to catefy that
James Moore Personally
appeared before me and on his oath says that
he was present and saw Nehemiah Daniels
married to Elizabeth Moloney on or about the year
1894
Dated at
Waterford Sept 26th 1849
Joseph Avery Justice of the Peace

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(Conn.)
W. 2074
DANIELS, Neheniah

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Mr William Shanahan
the town of Butternut
& Daniel Bishop of
Otsego County State of NY
do hereby certify that we have been aquainted with
Nehemiah Daniels for the last twelve years & do
believe him to be a man of truth & veracity in
that they pay the and land
all respects & do further believe that he was a 
Soldier in the Revolution war & further
these Deponent says not
Butternut Febr the 6th 1833
Sworn & subscribed this 6th
William Shanahan
day of February 1833 in open court
Daniel
Bishop
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

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Col.
Ho of Representatives Dec 4th 1849
J.L. Edwards
Dr Sir
Commissioner  of Pensions
Enclosed I send you pension papers
in the case of Elizabeth Daniels applicant
for widows pension
the
Sir your earley
attention to the application is respectfully requested
From yours Respectfully
Hiram Waller

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Hon J. L. Edwards
Coopertown 24 Feby 1851
per for
I have written once
or twice in relation to the late pension due Elizabeth Daniels in the right of her husband
Nehemiah Daniels deceased - Nehemiah Daniels drew a pension in his life time. He
belonged to the Connecticut troops & enlisted
at New London probably. All his papers
an on file in your office. The amount
of pension due is from the 4th of March to
the 21st August (1849, the time of his death
The widow of Nehemiah Daniels now draws
a pension under the act of 29th July 1848
The amount due is small but the widow
is in want - Will you have the goodness to inform me, why it is that this balance has not been sent her.  Is any further proof wanted
Enclose  the amount or draft to
my care. As this case has been
somewhat delayed you will excuse
me for asking your immediate attention to it
Respectfully Yours
Geo. A. Starkweather [illegible]
of 30th Congress

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State of New York
Chenang County Jct
Joseph Chubb of the town of
Preston in the County aforesaid, deposeth
and saith, that he was twenty eight years
of age the ninth day of last March, that he is well acquainted with Daniels of & the town of Buttemette Otsego County State aforesaid and that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served in the company commanded by Capt Lelay (of the town of Lyme in the County
of New London, State of Conn
and regiment commanded by Col
Levi Wells 
the town of [illegible] and County last aforesaid, and served eight months in said Company at New Landon City, that he enlisted 
 the first part of August for
the eight, and this deponent further saith that he served in said Company during the
the term with the said A Daniels 
Sergeant,
Joseph Chubb

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Nehemiah Davis
Sworn and subscribed this 22 day of Oct 1832
before m Charles Medbery
I the said Justice before whom the above affidavit of
Joseph Chubb was originally taken do further certify
that I am well acquainted with the said Joseph
Chubb and know him to be a person of truth
and verasity and of good moral character and his
Statement is entitled to credit.
Charles Medbery
Justice
the Peace
Fees of
State of New York of M Pensioner
Chenango County, I  Jarvis K Pike Clerk of said
County certify that Charles Medbury before whom
the within affidavit purports to have been sworn
and whose name is signed to the preceding
certificate of credibility were at the date of ┃
the same a Justice of the peace in and for
Witness my hand and seal of office this 30 day
of July 1833-
P. B. Prindle
said County and that his signature to
each of the same is genuine
Job
Clerk

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W Russel Wheeler a clergyman residing in the
town of Butternuts County of Otsego & State of New York
and further Mr Skidmore & Ansel C Moore - residing in
the town County & State aforesaid Severally certify that we are well acquainted with Nehemiah Daniels of Butternuts in the town and County aforesaid, that we believe him to be Sixty nine years of age, That he is a man of Good character for truth & veracity that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion
Russell Wheeler
Subscribed & Sworn before me Justice Luther M Skidmore 
27 July 1833
Ansel c Moore
the said Justice do certify that the
said Russel Wheeler is a clergyman of the town & County aforesaid
and the said Luther M Skidmon & Ansel C Moore - resides
in the said town County & State aforesaid, and are persons of
good character for Truth & veracity, and their statement is
Entitled to Credit
Benajah Davis Justice

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[Stamp/Seal upper right corner with the first 5 lines indented beside it]
State of New York
Otsego County--Ss: I Horace Lathrop
Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
Benajah Davis Esquire, before whom the within
Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at
the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in &
for the said County: And that I am acquainted with his
hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the
 [illegible] Affidavit & certificate to be his genuine signatures,
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 29th day of July 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

[written sideways]
Nehemiah Daniels
Pension Papers
_________ [??] ____________
Chester Davis
Atty
[??????]
Otsego Couty
NY

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State of New York
Otsego County ____ p: J Horace Lathrop, Clerk of [page cut off]
County

[Perpendicular below, cut off]

Ch
Ta

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In the Matter of
Elizabeth Daniels
a Pensioner

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I James Moore of the Town of Waterford 
in the County of New London and State 
of Connecticut being duly cautioned and
sworn do solemnly declaim and affirm That
I was persinaly [sic] acquainted with Nehemiah
Daniels and Elizabeth Daniels his wife
That I was presant and was a witness of their
marriage celebration That they were united
in marriage at [crossed out: New London] Waterford - then 
a part of the Town of New London by Zadock Darrow a Baptist Clergyman then settled
and a requlary Chrs [illegible] minister in said Town
And that they were married about the year
1790  That they lived together as man and
wife ^in said Town several years prior to 1800
[crossed out: till they were seperated by the death of said Nehemiah Daniels] That there is
no other person to my knowledge living who was
present at the marriage celebration
Dated at Waterford this 11th day of January 1850
James Moore

Persenaly appeared James Moore signer of
the foregoing [illegible]ristiment or affidavit and
made solemn oaths to the truth of the matters
above stated befor me
Waterford Conn day-11 Aaron E Stone
Justice of the peace

I herby certify that I am well acquainted
with James Moore the person who has signed the above affidavit and he is a person
of good standing and credibility
Waterford Jany 11th 1850
Aaron E Stone
Justice of the Peace

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We Elisha A Dauglass and Margaret
Dauglass of Waterford in the County of
New London and State of Connecticut
being duly cautioned and sworn do solemnly
declare and affirm that we were
personally acquainted with Neamiah
Daniels and Elizabeth Daniels That
they lived together as Husband and wife
for several years prior to the year 1800
and have no doubt but that they were lawful
Married
Dated at Waterford 11th day of January
A D 1850            Ellisha A Dauglass 
                                         her
[??????]                Margaret X Dauglass
 A E Stone                         mark
Traverse. P. Dauglass                                  

New London County [?] ??tufa i
this 11th day of January A.D 1859
Personally appeared before me the
subscribing authority Elisha A D Douglass
and Margaret Douglass signed [??]
the above affidavit and made solemn
oath to the truth of the matters con-
tained them
Aaron E Stone
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted
with Elisha D Douglass and
Margaret Dauglass the persons who have
signed the above affidavit and that
they are persons of good standing and
Credibility
Aaron E Stone
Justice of the Peace

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We Joseph Daniels Pamela Daniels of the Town
of Waterford in the County of New London
and State of Connecticut being duly
Cautioned and sworn do sollemnly acclaim
and affirm that We was persinaly ac-
quainter with Namiah Daniels and Elizabeth Danials. that they lived together
in the Town of Waterford then part of the town of New London and
for several years prior to the first of
January AD 1800 as Husband and Wife
and have no doubt but that they were
lawfuly married
Dated at Waterford this 11th day of January
AD 1850
[very shaky signatures] Joseph Daniels
Pamela Daniels
New London County [illegible] Waterford this
11th day of January AD 1850 Persenaly
appeared before me Aaron E Stone Jospeh
Daniels & Pamela Daniels who have signed the above affidavit and made solemn oaths to the
truth of thee matters therein contained
Aaron E Stone
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acqu
ainted with Joseph Daniels and
Pamela Daniels who have signed the 
above affidavit and that they are
persons of good standing and creda
-bility Waterford Jany 11th 1850
Aaron E Stone
Justice of the Peace

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I Frances H. Dauglass of New London
in the County of New London and State of
Connecticut being duly cautioned
and Sworn do solemnly declare
and affix that I am assistant Town Clerk
for the town of New London and that the
Town Clerks Office is the place
when the records of Marriages are [word crossed out]
kept, that the Town of Waterford was
part of the town of New London until
about the year 1800 and that the
records, of said Waterford prior to that
time and in the Office in New London
that I have examined the records
of Marriage and find none made of
the marriage of Neamiah Daniels
and Elizabeth [James crossed out] Maloney his
wife, and that I truly believe this is
no such record extant
New London January 11. 1850.
Francis Douglass
Assistant Town Clerk
New London January 11, 1850

New London County Ss New London
this 11th day of January 1850
Personally appeared Francis H
Douglass signer of the foregoing affidavit
 and made solemn oath to the truth
of the matters thus contained before me
Aaron E Stow
Justice of the peace

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State of Connecticut ss
County and Probate District of the New London
I Hiram
Willey Clerk of the Court of Probate for the
Probate District of New London said Court being
a Court of Record having a Clerk and Seal
do certify that Aaron E Stone Esq whose
name is attached to the foregoing affidavits
as a Justice of the Peace, in his own proper
hand writing; is, and was at the time of the
taking of such acknowledgments and of the
administering of the oaths as therein stated
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
of New London duly commissioned and sworn
and authorized to administer oaths, take 
depositions, affidavits etc. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and the seal
of said Court of Probate at
New London this twelfth day of
January Anno Domini One
Thousand Eight Hundred and
fifty
Hiram Willey Clerk
[Seal applied in lower right corner]

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O.N.N. 
E. D. NORTHRUP 
ATTORNEY 
ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. 
“subject, service in the Revolutionary War.”
Ellicottville N.Y. July 28th 1902. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. (Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department. May know.)
Dear Sir. 
At this late day, I have set out to ascertain the facts of the family history on my father's side, which I knew "as handed down from, father to son”, and had expected to find records of among the papers of older relatives, but could not. 
By communication to Hon. Edward B. Vreeland our representative in Congress, under date of June 16th ult., you kindly furnished a record of my great-grand-father, Nehemiah Daniels, and of the pension granted to his widow, Elizabeth, showing that (at the age of 16.,) he enlisted for 8 months, as a private, Sept. 1, 1779 under Capt. Lee Lea Col. Levi Wells at New London, Conn., her pension, "No.2074, widow”, applied for Sept. 21 1849. I knew them both well from him, as I clearly remember, that, at the age of 18, he was on duty in the Massacre of Fort Griswold Sept. 6 1781, luckily one of the survivors. (His father, a deserter from the English Navy, was then in the Continental. Navy.) Nehemiah long drew a pension for his service, and must have re-in-listed. Will you please, kindly search further, and give me the record of Nehemiah Daniel's own,

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pension? Also such other additional facts as you may have concerning him. 
John Northrup, my grand-father, also of New London-possibly Waterford, Conn - married Nancy, daughter of Nehemiah Daniels, and, soon after independence, they all moved to Butternuts, later named Louisville, now Morris, Otsego Co. N.Y. 
John Northrup, (likely from that place,) served in the war of 1812- 1815. I doubt that he ever applied for a pension; but I wish you would also, give me the record, if any, of any such pension 
greatly oblige. 
Respectfully Yours, 
E. D. Northrup