Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17250, Enoch Baker, Conn.

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SERVICE   Conn.
Baker, Enoch
NUMBER   S. 17250

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Hon C. F. Cleveland 4 June 1850
22,881. 
Enoch Baker 
of Griswold in the State of Conn who was a private in the Com Commanded by Captain Lathrop of the Reg command by Coln Latimer in the Conn troops for 3 months 
and 7 months 10 days as Corporal 
9 months Sergeant.   
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 81 Dollars 76 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Decem ‘33 and sent S.C.. Morgan Jewett City 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33    $204.40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Mar ‘34   40.88
$245.28 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by C. Laurie Clerk 
Book E Vol. 3 Page 49

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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
State of Connecticut 
New London County }  ss On this 30th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate holden at Norwich within and for the district of Norwich in New London County in a State, being a Court of record having by law a seal and Clerk, Enoch Baker a resident of the town of Griswold in the County of New London and State of Connecticut, aged seventy eight 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 provision made by 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. That in the month of April 1775 he enlisted in the company of the States troops of the State of Connecticut commanded by John Durkee Esq. who was afterwards a Colonel to go to Cambridge in Massachusetts, for which company Joshua Huntington of Norwich was 1st and Nathaniel Bingham was 2d Lieutenant.  That on the 12th day of May 1775, as he now recollects, he marched for Cambridge. That after his arrival they he with others were detached under the command of Lieutenant Bingham to go on to Bunker Hill the day previous to the battle, that he worked all night in the intrenchments and was in the engagement the next day which was the 17th day of

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June 1775.  After the battle he returned to Cambridge and was there stationed and at Prospect Hill until the 25th day of December 1775 and was then discharged and marched for home where he arrived about the first of January 1776.  That in this campaign he performed the duty of a sergeant, and Joshua Yeomans whose affidavit is hereto annexed was with him.  
That on the 24 day of June 1776 he enlisted as a sergeant to go to New York in the company commanded by Capt. Joshua Huntington of Norwich, in which company Jacob DeWitt was 1st & John Wheatley was a 2 Lieutenant and Charles Fanning was ensign, and was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Selden of Lyme & Jonathan Latimer was Lieutenant Col and Waterman Clift was Major. That he arrived in New York as he now recollects the day after the declaration of Independence that he was in the Orchard fight, so called, near New York in which Lieutenant Wheatly was killed, that he was with the army in its retreat to Harlem Height where they remained a short time and then marched over Kings Bridge to White Plains, and was in the engagement there after the engagement they retreated no further up the North River until they came to a place called Crums Pond where he stayed until the last of December or the first of January 1777. For proof of this service he refers to the affidavit of Charles Fanning Esq who was his ensign, also to the affidavit of the said Yeoman which are hereto annexed also to his original enlistment attached to the affidavits of Henry Strong Esq hereto annexed in whose

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possession said original paper was found, and his signature thereto is his own proper hand writing signed at the time it bears date. 
That in the month of September 1777 he again entered the service as a substitute for Rufus Lathrop Esq. and Christopher Leffingwell Esq of Norwich to go to the Northward in the company commanded by Capt Ebenezer Lathrop in which Phineas Peck was Lieutenant and John Smith of Norwich was Ensign and were attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Latimer, and marched for Saratoga in New York where he arrived the day previous to the battle at Stillwater, but was not in the engagement. The company to which he belonged being so fatigued were not ordered into the field, but kept as a corps de reserve. He assisted the day after the battle in burying the dead. The army under Genl Burgoyne retreated towards Fort Edward. He was present when the army under his command surrendered to Gen. Gates on the 17th of Octr 1777, and after the surrender, he was with the detachment which went down the North river with the Camp equipage as for a place called Rinebeck and was there discharged the last of December of the first of Jany 1778.  Mr John Burton of Canterbury was with him in this campaign whose affidavit is hereto annexed. That after his service as above stated he was enrolled in a company of exempt from the routine of militia duty, but not subject to be called out for the defence of the state against the enemy. In this company he was a sergeant and in 1779, he was ordered to New London on a tour of duty. The company was then commanded by Capt Burnham, his lieutenant was Moses Stevens & his ensign Nathaniel Bishop and Col. Samuel Abbott commanded the regiment

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He does not recollect the time he was out on this tour but thinks about two weeks. In 1780 he was ordered to New London again and at this time the company was commanded by Capt Moses Stevens, and Nathan’l Bishop was lieutenant, and Sam Abbott was Col.  He was ordered out a number of times this year but will not presume to any the length of time he was out at any one time.  He well recollects that he performed a short tour of duty at Norwich to guard the Brittish prisoners there. In 1781 he was ordered to New London in the same company and he well recollects of arriving there the day after the town was burnt by Genl Arnold and the massacre at Fort Griswold.  That at this time he was there three weeks and performed the duty of a sergeant.   He cannot with any certainty say how many months he was in the service at the various times at New London but should think at least three months as he was called out on every alarm and was always at his post. He knows of no person living whose testimony he can obtain as to this service as the company being composed of exempts from the ordinary military duty, the most of them were men then in middle life and he was one of the youngest in the company. He has no documentary proof of his service except his original enlistment annexed to the deposition of H. Strong before me referred to. He hopes to be allowed for his service at New London which with his other service will make about 22 months, still he will be grateful to his country for any thing at this time, as he has but one competency for his support. He is well know to Charles Fanning Esq.

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John Johnson Esq. Post Master in S Griswold within a mile of whom he has lived for nearly forty years who can state as to his credibility and integrity of character whose certificate is hereto annexed, the clergyman the Revd Seth Blin late the Pastor of the society where the declarerent lives has lately been dismissed and the Revd George Perkins who was settled about two weeks since is a stranger to him, but he is well known to Elder Amos Read of the Baptist denomination whose meeting he has been most in the habit of attending.  Elder Read resides in the town of Lisbon next adjoining the town of Griswold and about one mile from your declarant and is well acquainted with and can state as this character and as to the reputation of being a revolutionary soldier. In answer to the interrogatories propounded he would say that he was born in the town of Windham in Windham County in the year 1854 where his age is recorded. When he enlisted into the service he resided in Norwich, since the Revolution has lived in the town of Griswold where he now lives.   
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State .  
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Enoch Baker
Attest Burrel Lathrop Clerk 
We Amos Read a clergyman of the Baptist denomination residing in the town of Lisbon and John Johnson resident of the town of Griswold hereby certify that

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are well acquainted with Enoch Baker a resident of the town of Griswold who has sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to to be seventy Eight 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.   
Amos Read 
John Johnson 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court 
Attest Burrel Lathrop clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting 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 to them that Amos Read who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Lisbon and that John Johnson Esq who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Griswold and is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit, also that Charles Fanning,  Henry Strong Esq & Joshua Burton & Joshua Yeomans whose affidavits hereto annexed are credible persons.  
I Burrel Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the district of Norwich in New London County State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Enoch Baker for a pension and I do further certify that Samuel C. Morgan Esq of the

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the town of Griswold is a Justice of the Peace in and for New London County and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is in his own proper hand writing. And I do further certify that John Hyde Esq of the town of Norwich is also a Justice of the peace for New London County and that his signature to the deposition of Joshua Yeoman is in his own proper hand and I do further certify Andrew S. Judson of Canterbury in Windham County is a Justice of the peace for said County and that his signature to the affidavit of John Burton is in his own proper hand writing.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand & affixed the seal of this Court this 30th day of August AD. 1832. 
Burrel Lathrop Clerk

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9465 
Enoch Baker 
Connecticut 
Return of 
suspend 
3 mo private 
7 mo 10 days corporal 
9 mo Sergt
$81.76 
S. C. Morgan 
Jewett City Ct.
Connt

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10
22
3.06
1.10
45
87.76

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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
7th June 1833
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 compling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of    Enoch Baker County of New London Connecticut
Period when the service was rendered. Enlisted 1775   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  time not stated  Rank of the claimant. Sargt   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Captain Durkee   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.    Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Bunker Hill    Country through which he marched. Cambridge Mas, Bunker Hill, went to Cambridge   Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  78 years Connecticut    Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Documentary Evidence & living witnesses, one witness only certified credible  
Period when the service was rendered.  1776  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  time Nov 18  Rank of the claimant.   Sergt  Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Huntington Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Col. Selden   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  near New York, White Plains,  Country through which he marched.  New York Harlem & White Plains,  
Period when the service was rendered.  sub 1777  Duration of Claimant’s Service. not stated  Rank of the claimant.    Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Lathrop   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Lattimore   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Saratoga  Country through which he marched.    
Period when the service was rendered.  Vol 1779  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  about 15 months   Rank of the claimant.  Sergt   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Burnham    Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Abbott   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.    
Period when the service was rendered.  1780  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  not stated  Rank of the claimant.    Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Stevens   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Abbott   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.     
Period when the service was rendered.  1781  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  about 3 months  Rank of the claimant.  Sergt   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Stevens   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Abbott   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.    
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.            
The following regulations have been adopted:                  
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.              
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:  
1. The Regular Troops.  
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.    
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.             
4. Indian Spies.                 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:    
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]            
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]            
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.            
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.          
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]     
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 to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.            
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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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 expected. 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.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer 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 he 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. 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed his genuine signature.          
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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person 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.        
[a] 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.    
[b]   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.     
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.    
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  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 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 - months and --- days, I served as 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 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 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 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.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.  
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  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 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.               
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.         
[j]  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. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.     
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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The affidavit of Enoch Baker of the town of Griswold in New London County, State of Connecticut in explanation and amendment of his Declaration of the 28th of August 1832 for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 1832.   
State of Connecticut New London County ss Griswold June 24th 1833 
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for New London County Enoch Baker of said Griswold 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 this best recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades viz -  
For for eight months and ten days I served as a sergeant at Cambridge & Bunker Hill.  For six months and one day I served as a sergeant near New York, and for three months as a Sergent at Fort Griswold and at Norwich as said in my declaration and for three months and 15 days as a soldier at Saratoga. This deponant says that in all the periods of his service in the War of the Revolution he served one year five months and eleven days as a sergeant and three months and fifteen days as a private soldier for which he claims a pension.  And further this deponent says not 
Griswold June 24 1833 
Enoch Baker
State of Connecticut  
New London County ss. Griswold June 24 1833 
Then personally appeared Enoch Baker who signed the above affidavit in my presence and made oath to the truth of the same.  The said Baker is well known to me and is a credible witness.   Samuel C. Morgan Justice of Peace New London County

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State of Connecticut  
New London County}  ss   I John DeWitt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby certify that Samuel C. Morgan Esq before whom the foregoing and annexed depositions of Charles Fanning & also Henry Strong, and also the affidavit of Enoch Baker and Certificate of Charles Fanning and John Johnson, were taken, was at the time of taking those depositions & attesting the affidavit & certificate, and ever since has been and still is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of New London. And that his Signature affixed to said several documents are in his own proper hand writing.  
In testimony whereof of have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 19 day of October AD 1833 
John DeWitt Clerk

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April 29, 1924.
Esther A. Brown, 
15 Franklin St., 
Brunswick, Me. 
Madam; 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17250, it appears that Enoch Baker was born in 1754 at Windham, Windham County, Connecticut. 
While residing at Norwich, Connecticut, he enlisted May 5, 1775 and served as a Corporal in Captain John Durkee 's Connecticut Company, was in the battle of Bunker Hill and served until December 15, 1775. 
He enlisted June 24, 1776 and served as a Sergeant six months and one day in Captain Joshua Huntington's Company , Colonel Samuel Selden's Connecticut Regiment and was in the battles of Harlem Heights and White Plains. 
He enlisted in September 1777 and served three months as a sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Lathrop's Company, Colonel

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Latimer's Connecticut Regiment and was at the surrender of Burgoyne. 
In 1778, 1780 and 1781, he served at various times as a private under Captains Burnham and Moses Stevens in Colonel Samuel Abbott's Connecticut Regiment, amounting in all to three months. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while a resident of Griswold, New London County, Connecticut. 
There is no data on file as to his family. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

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[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
I Enoch Baker of Windham I do acknowledge to have voluntarily inlisted myself a Soldier, to serve in the Battalion of Foot raised by the Colony of Connecticut, to join the Continental Army in New York, to be commanded by Sam Seldon Esq; until the Twenty-fifth Day of December next. Witness my hand, this 24 day of June A.D. 1776. 
Enoch Baker

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Enoch Bakers 
Papers 
Pension Office 
July 28 1832  
New London County ss  Griswold July 16th 1833 
I Samuel C Morgan a Justice of the peace in and for said County before whom the within affidavit was originally made oath to do further certify that the deponent Henry Strong is to me well known and is a credible witness and his statement is entitled to credit.   
Samuel C Morgan Justice of Peace for New London County

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The annexed inlistment of Enoch Baker was found by me among the papers of Capt Joshua Huntington of Norwich decd which came to my hands in care of his estate about ten or twenty years ago.  
The name of said Baker also appears on a master roll of said Huntington’s company in Selden’s  Regiment as having been viewed & approved by G. Saltonstall Quarter Master July 10, 1776, which muster roll was found among the papers aforesaid.
Norwich July 23, 1832
Henry Strong
[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
State of Connecticut 
New London County } ss  Norwich July 23, 1832 
Then personally appeared Henry Strong Esq. [unreadable] and made oath of the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me Samuel C. Morgan Justice of Peace for New London

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17250 
INVALID.  
File No. 17,250 
Enoch Baker 
Pri Rev War 
Act June 7” 32
Index:-- Vol. 1  Page 433 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1914 Mch. 24. Hist. to Daniel L. Phillips, Letter W.F. 18,088 Amos Hutchinson V. L.M. 
1919 Dec.  27 Hist. to and Mrs. J. W. Wiseman AW  
1924 Apr. 29 Hist to Esther A. Brown AWF

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I John Barstow of Canterbury County of Windham and State of Vermont, depose and say That in September 1777, I took post as a soldier in Capt Ebenezer Lathrop’s Company in Col Latimer's Regiment, and marched for the northern campaign. We arrived at "Stillwater” on the evening after the first encounter with Genl Burgoyne. Sergeant Enoch Baker served in the same Company with me, and arrived when I did.  At the surrender of Burgoyne to Genl Gates on the 17th of Oct 1777. I well remember that Sargeant Baker was with us and from that period we continued in the same Company together untill the latter part of that year or the commencement of the year 1778, when I left the service, it being about New years day. The army was disbanded and I returned home.   Canterbury January 8. 1830 
John Barstow 
Windham County Ss Canterbury Jany 8 1830 
Personally appeared Deacon John Barstow, a credible witness. to me well known, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presents. 
Andrew S. Judson Justice of the Peace.

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I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Andrew S. Judson Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made, was on the 8th day of January 1830 duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within signature of his name is in his hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his as such - In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand and affixed the seal of said  Court at Brooklyn in said County this 21st day of August A.D. 1833 
Armin Bolles Clerk

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I Joshua Yeomans, of the town of Norwich New London County & State of Connecticut do depose and say that in the spring of 1775, I knew Enoch Baker now living in the town of Griswold  in this County [unreadable] that time we both belonged to Col John Durkee’s Company  of which Joshua Huntington was Lieutent & Company was stationed at Cambridge & in June 1775 said Baker was with myself & other volunteers with Genl Putnam the night before the battle of Bunker Hill and worked on the intrenchments on said Hill & we were together fighting in said Battle.  In the year 1777 Enoch Baker was a member of the Company to which I belonged commanded by Joshua Huntington aforesaid in Seldens Regiment of which company Jacob DeWitt was first Lieut & John Wheatly 2nd Lieut & said Baker I believe was sergeant &  we were both in the [unreadable] near New York where said Commy stationed  when said Wheatley & three of said Company were killed.  I have known Baker since that time to the precise.  Said company were discharged in the winter of 1776, or January 1777.  Further the deponent saith not.  Norwich January 6th 1830 Joshua Yeomans
State of Connecticut   New London County ss. Norwich Jan 6th 1830 
Personally appeared Mr Joshua Yeomans and made solemn to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed 
Before me, John Hyde Justice of the Peace 
I John Hyde Justice of the Peace for New London County certify that the foregoing deposition of Joshua Yeomans was sworn to before me & I now further certify that said Yeomans is a credible witness
Norwich July 17th 1833  John Hyde Justice of the Peace

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I Charles Fanning of the town of Griswold in New London County aged Eighty three years depose and any that I am well acquainted with Enoch Baker of said Griswold and knew him at the time of the Revolutionary war and well recollect that he was sergeant in the same company to which I belonged commanded by Capt Joshua Huntington in which Jacob DeWitt was 1st & John Wheatly was 2d Leiut & I was ensign. If I am not mistaken, we arrived in New York about the time of the Declaration of Independence. We were in the Orchard fight so called near New York.  After the battle we retreated to Harlem Heights thence to Kingsbridge & White Plains and after the battle at the latter place retreated up the river to a place called Cortland manor and there we were discharged. Said Baker was with us during this campaign which commenced about the first of July and ended about the of 1st of January. I have ever lived near the said Baker since the Revolution so and have no doubt of his being the same Enoch Baker who served with me as I have above stated & further this deponent says not. July 20th 1832. Charles Fanning

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State of Connecticut 
New London County ss}  Griswold July 20th 1832 then personally appeared Charles Fanning Esq and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed before me . 
Saml C. Morgan Justice of Peace  for New London County  
Charles Fanning’s Deposition for E. Baker
State of Connecticut. New London County Griswold July 16 1853. I do further certify that Charles Fanning Esq of the town of Griswold who signed the foregoing affidavit to me well known as a credible witness and his statements entitled to credit. 
Samuel C Morgan Justice of Peace

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Enoch Baker

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We Charles Fanning and John Johnson Postmaster both of the town of Griswold in New London County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr Enoch Baker of said Griswold who has made his declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age and that he is reputed and believed to have been in the neighborhood where he resides, a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we do further certify that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.  
Griswold August 30th 1832.   Charles Fanning 
John Johnson 
New London County ss. Griswold August 20th 1832 then personally appeared Charles Fanning and John Johnson Esq. Postmaster of said Griswold persons to me well known and credible witnesses and made oath to the out of the certificate by them above subscribed in my presence.
Samuel C. Morgan Justice of Peace

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I Simeon Thomas of Norwich County of New London & State of  Connecticut aged Seventy nine years, Testifies deposes & says that has known and been acquainted with Mr. Enoch Baker of Griswold in said County  from his youth up to this time, that he recollects that he enlisted in General Israel Putnam’s Regiment in Col John Durkee in the Campaign of 1775, Stationed at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, and that he enlisted for six months in the latter part of April or the Beginning of May of that year and according to my best recollection he served at the full time of six months, that is to some time in November of the same year, and he says he Staid a full month longer untill some time in December, of this I am not for certain know but I recollect that a number of the company did stay another month untill the new vacancies could be got in, and I have no doubt that said Baker was one of the number,  the reasons of my knowledge is that I served in the capacity of orderly Sergeant in said Durkee’s company the whole said six months, and further the deponent saith not.   
Norwich July 21 1833 Simeon Thomas

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New London County ss. Probate Court District of Norwich June 28th 1832 
Personally appeared Simeon Thomas Esq well known to me as a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing & within deposition by him subscribed 
Before me 
John Hyde Judge of the Court of Probate

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David Gardner of Bozrah in the County of New London & state of Connecticut seventy seven years of age testifies and says that he was well acquainted with Enoch Baker of Griswold in said County in the time of the Revolutionary war and has ever been acquainted with him since and that the said Baker served a tour of duty in General Putnam Regiment in Colo John Durkee’s Company of Connecticut State Troops in the campaign [unreadable] of seven months and was stationed at [unreadable]  in Massachusetts.  The reason of the knowledge of the deponent is that he belonged to the same company during the whole of the time and the said Baker did the duty of a non commissioned officer in said company and further the deponent saith not.   
David Gardner x his mark

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New London County ss. Court of Probate District of Norwich June 28th 1832. 
Personally appeared David Gardner well known to me as a person of credibility and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him signed.
Before me  John Hyde Judge of the Court of Probate
Enoch Bakers Papers

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I Hezekiah Kingsley of Canterbury Windham County State of Connecticut of the age of 74 years depose and say that on or about the first of Sept 1777 I took post as a soldier in Capt Ebenezer Lathrops Company in Col Latimers Regiment and marched on the northern Campaign.  We arrived at Stillwater on the evening after of the day of the first battle with Burgoynes Army. Enoch Baker was a soldier in the same Company and Regiment with me and arrived when I did at the surrender of Burgoyne to General Gates on the 17th of October 1777.   I well remember that Enoch Baker was with us and from that period we continued in the same Company untill we arrived at Albany.   
Then on or about the 23 day of October we parted.  It was stated that the said Enoch Baker went down the river in a boat and I returned home by land.  
This deponent was well acquainted with the said Baker during the war of the Revolution and has ever since been and knows that Enoch Baker now of Griswould & in New London County is the same Enoch Baker who is referred to in this deposition and further this deponent says not. 
Canterbury June 21st 1833 
Hezekiah Kingsley
State of Connecticut  
Windham County } ss Canterbury June 21 Personally appeared Hezekiah Kingsley a person to me well known and a credible witness and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence 
Walter Williams Justice of the Peace

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I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Walter Williams Esq before whom the within affidavit was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within Signature of his name is in his hand writing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in sd County this 8th day of July A.D. 1833- 
Armin Bolles Clerk

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Samuel C. Morgan Esqr 
Jewett City
Griswold Connecticut
Certificate of E. Phelps Esq Comptroller [unreadable] the service of E. Baker

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Comptrollers Office November 13th 1833 
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears by an authenticated copy of pay roll of the 3rd Co. in the 3d Regt raised by order of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut May 1775, Enoch Baker inlisted into said company on the 5th day of May 1775 & served therein as a Corporal until the 15th day of December 1775, being seven months ten days. The Company was commanded by Major & Lt Col. John Durkee,  Joshua Huntington 1st Lieut., Lemuel Bingham 2nd Lt. & Beriah Bill Ens- 
E. Phelps

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Sir
I send the annexed certificate of the service of Enoch Baker in 1775 as requested.   
I am very respectfully your svt 
E. Phelps
Fee $1

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October 20th 1833 
Ct 
Recd
Hon J L. Edwards  
Commissioner of Pensions  
Washington D.C.

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Sir 
I again forward the papers of Mr Enoch Baker for examination. He has procured the depositions of Simeon Thomas, Kingsley & Gardiner as to his service at Cambridge & Saratoga  since his papers were returned. His own affidavit as to the time of his service of in what capacity he served is now attached to his papers. At his advanced age with out any documents to open his recollection, he finds it difficult to state precisely the time of his enlistment and discharge in the several campaigns at a period so remote  as that of the war of the Revolution. He hopes that a pension will be granted for the time which is satisfactorily proved, and that which is not, he must abandon as he know of no other testimony which he can obtain.   
Very respectfully Your Obed Servt 
Saml C. Morgan
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Jewett City Octr 2nd 1833

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Addl proof
Enoch Baker Ct.
Papers on file 
Jewett City Ct. Nov 18 
Revolutionary Claims  
Honl J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C.

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Sir
On the reception of your letter of the 5th inst. I wrote to the Comptroller of Public accounts for a certificate of the service and rank of Enoch Baker in the year 1775 and by the last mail recd his certificate which you will receive herewith. It seems that Mr Baker was mistaken as to his rank and duration of service. In his declaration he states that he served eight months ten days in this campaign, but it appears to have been but 7 months & ten days. He probably was led into this error by taking into the account all the time of his absence from home. He says of that he performed the duty of sergeant but his rank it seems was a corporal. He is an aged man and I presume has not intentionally erred in his statements.  It will be gratifying him to have a decision on his claim as soon as shall be convenient. 
I am very Respectfully your obt svt
Saml C Morgan
Hon J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions  
Jewett City Novr 18th 1833 
E. Baker papers on file.

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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D DEC 13 1913
Richmond Va 
Rev P EB  
Dec 12 /19 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington D.C 
I am writing to ask if you will give me some information concerning  “Enoch Baker" who had A pension placed on roll Nov. 14 1833
I would like to know

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His age when he enlisted and when he died, his company his Officers names and in fact anything that will enable me to complete my record for the D. A R  
I want to him where he lived during the revolution if possible.  Any information you give will be very much appreciated 
Mrs J. W. Wiseman 
2010 Jefferson Park 
Richmond Va

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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 28 1924

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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 28 1924
Esther A. Brown 
15 Franklin Street 
Brunswick, Me 
March 26th ‘24  
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir 
I am trying to prove my eligibility to the Daughters of the American Revolution and will you kindly give me the information contained in your records concerning Enoch Baker my great grandfather, who enlisted at Norwich, Conn. and applied for a pension (which claim was allowed) in Griswold, New London county on August 20th 1833 in his 78th year. He was on the pay-roll of Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop's Company Col. Jonathan Latimer's Regiment

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#2
Esther A. Brown 
15 Franklin Street 
Brunswick, Me 
March 26th ‘24  
of Conn. Militia, 1778, also on train roll of Capt. Joshua Huntington's Company, Col. Seldon's Regiment of Conn. Troops, and a Sergeant of said Company, 1776. It is handed down in the family that he was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and at Harlem Heights. He was also one of the messengers who carried to Congress the news of the Battle of Saratoga. 
Any specific information and dates regarding this mans service in the Revolutionary war will be greatly appreciated.   
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Esther A. Brown

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington D. C. , 19 –
S. F. 17250
In reply to your request of – received – for a statement of the military history of  Enoch Baker
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.  
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT May 5, 1775 LENGTH OF SERVICE.  Dec 15, 1775  RANK.  Corpl OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain John Durkee  STATE.   Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   June 24, 1776 LENGTH OF SERVICE  6 mos., 1 day RANK.  Sergt    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Joshua Huntington  Colonel Samuel Selden  STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   Sept 1777  LENGTH OF SERVICE  3 mos.   RANK.  Sergt  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Ebenezer Lathrop, Colonel Jonathan Latimer  STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  1779   LENGTH OF SERVICE  3 mos   RANK.  Pvt   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Burnham, Colonel Lemuel Abbott  STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  1780   LENGTH OF SERVICE  RANK. pvt. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Moses Stevens, Colonel Lemuel Abbott  STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  1781   LENGTH OF SERVICE  RANK.  pvt  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Moses Stevens STATE. 
Battles engaged in,   Bunker Hill, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Surrender of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   Norwich, Conn.
Date of application for pension,   Aug 30, 1832.  His cl. was al. [his claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application,   Griswold New London Co. Conn.
Age at date of application,   b. [born] at Windham Windham Co. Conn in 1754.
Remarks:   No family data
Very respectfully
Commissioner