Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17343, Isaac Brown, Conn. Continental

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Conn.
Continental

Brown, Isaac
Hannah

W. 17343

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1645
Connecticut
Hannah Brown
widow of Isaac Brown, dec.

who was a pensioner under the Act of (this entire printed phrase is crossed out)
and who died on the 25th February 1816 (?)
of Hartford in the State of Ct.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain _______ of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Durkee in the Ct.
line for 2 (?) years Conn.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ct.
at the rate of 80 Dollars ___  Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of January (?)
1836 and sent Hon.  W.
B. Calhoun Hse of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1835             $200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39.  40.00
                                                                     $240.00


                               Act July 7  1838
recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book A     Vol. 1st.   Page 166

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Hannah Brown
Petition of Hannah
Brown for pension 
Dec. 12  1837
Ref'd to the Committee
on Rev. Pensions

Mar. 21 1838   ___ ____ ____ (illegible)

WB Calhoun
Mass.

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To the Hon. Senate & House of Representatives of the United 
State of America in Congress Assembled: the prayer of your
petitioner humbly showeth:

That your petitioner is the widow of the late
Isaac Brown dec'd, who was for about the term of five years a
private in the Army of the Revolution by which the independence of our
Country was achieved: that your petitioner was married to the said
Isaac Brown in March 1781 about one year after his discharge from 
the Army: that most of the compensation which my hon'd husband
received for services rendered his country during her struggle for 
Independence was in depreciated soldiers Notes, which amounted to a mere
trifle in real value: your petitioner distinctly remembers at this late 
period of her life, (being now 78 years of age) one fact relating to the last
mentioned subject, viz., that my husband, sometime after we were 
married, rec'd of the Officer under whom he last served in the army, his last
payment, which amounted to a large sum in nominal value how much 
I cannot now recollect) the whole of which was given for the purchase of a cow.
Your petitioner would further state, that the said Isaac was ever after his 
discharge from the Army, in feeble health, that he was afflicted with a 
hard cough, a deafness in consequence of hardship & sufferings 
endured by cold, hunger & fatigue while in the service of his Country;
& that about ten years before his decease which took place at East 
Windsor Conn. on the 25th of Feb. 1816 in the 68th year of his age, 
his deafness increased to such a degree that all communications with
him were made in writing or by signs.   Your petitioner fully 
believes that all the above named infirmities were in consequence of 
hardships endured as above stated, and not in consequence of
irregular conduct or dissipated habits, as has sometimes been the case with
persons of his description; for he ever sustained the character of an
upright, temperate & diligent man in his calling, altho an indigent and
worn out soldier in the defense of his country.  He had the testimony of
the officer who made the last payment mentioned above "that he: the said Isaac
"had been a good soldier & deserved better pay, but such were the times, he
could afford to relief".

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I, Timothy H. Brown of Monson Commonwealth of Massachusetts, mechanic, being of lawful age, do depose and say: That in my childhood I often heard my Honored Father, Isaac Brown, mentioned in the petition on this paper, relate many events that transpired during the war of the revolution, that often when quite a child, have I sat upon his knee and listened to his tale of sufferings, in consequence of cold, hunger, fatigue, and distress endured while a private soldier in said army, untill tears flowed plentifully at the affecting recital; that from my earliest recollection, my Father, the said Isaac was quite deaf, insomuch that when addressed by the voice, it was always done in a loud tone, and that this infirmity increas'd untill the last 9(?) or 10 years of his life, when his organs of hearing became so impaired, that all communication with the human voice was cut off with him; a resort was had to signs or writing; I furthermore say, that my father was afflicted with a hard cough, during that part of his life within my remembrance, and that the cause of his cough and deafness was by him attributed to his sufferings while in the service of his country, and that for these his services, he never received but small compensation. I furthermore depose and say, that being on a visit to my father in E. Windsor Conn. about one year before his decease, and being desirous to possess something of his history, thro' the medium of writing, among other things, I obtained from him the following facts, of which I made a memorandum at the time, viz. That in the year 1775 my father enlisted as a private soldier under Col. Huntington of Conn. and was in the service seven months. In 1776 he enlisted under Capt Wells of Glastonbury Conn. in Col. Wyllis' Reg't, and was in the service twelve months. In 1777 he enlisted under Capt. A. Fitch in the Reg't of Col. J. Durkee; was at Peekskill during the summer and wintered at Valley Forge Penn. In '78 was in the battle of Monmoth; and at the High lands, (West Point) N.Y. -- wintered at Reading. In '79 was up and down the Hudson river, crossing and recrossing from N. York to N. Jersey, wintered at Morristown, and was discharg'd from the army in that year, having been three years in this last term of service. I furthermore declare, that my hon'd father was ever since my remembrance, in low and indigent circumstances; often, on account of sickness of himself or family straitened and destitute of the necessaries of life: that his death occurd at E. Windsor Conn. Feb. 25th in the year 1816, since which time the subscriber to the petition above referr'd to, has for the most part been dependent on her children for support.
Timo. H. Brown
Hampden Ss: Feby 4th 1837
Personally appeared Timo. H Brown above named and made Oath that the above Statement, by him subscribed contain the truth before me Jacob Thompson Just Peace

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We the undersigned, having been since about the year 1820, acquainted with widow Hannah Brown, signer of the petition contained on this paper; and knowing her character and circumstances, have no hesitation in expressing our belief, that the statements made in said petition are substantially true.
Monson Feb. 4th 1837
Joel Norcross P
Jacob Thompson
Ede Whitaker
Timothy Packard
[above names bracketed as:] Justices of the Peace
Edwin Norcross P.M.

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For the account of marriages kept in Lebanon, Goshen Parish, New London County State of Connecticut the following stands recorded
"March 7... 1782 Isaac Brown of Colchester to Hannah Hills of Lebanon"
The above is a true copy from the church records of this place, as kept by the Rev. Timothy Stone then Pastor of this church [illegible].
Israel T. Otis
Pastor of the Congregational church in Lebanon Goshen Society.
July 17.. 1837

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This may Certify that Israel T Otis is the Pastor of the Congregational Church in the Society of Goshen in Lebanon in New London County and State of Connecticut at the present time July 17th 1837
Charles E West Justice of the Peace

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[illegible]
of Isaac Brown W.17343, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the detailed information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment. | Length of service. | Rank. | Officers under whom service was rendered. | State

75 | 7 mos | Pri. | Colonel Huntington | Conn.
76 | 12 mos | | Captain Wells | Colonel Wyllis
Apl 24 77 | 2 yrs 3 mos | | Captain A. Fitch | Colonel John Durkee

Battles engaged in, Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, Feby 4, 1837
Residence at date of application, Monson, Hampden Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 78
Remarks: Sol. mar. [married] Mch 7 1781 ["or 2 added in superscript], Hannah dau. Leonard Hill or Hills
d. East Windsor Conn. Feby. 25, 1816, ae [age] 67
Resident of Berlin, Hartford Co., Conn. in 1838

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3846
Hannah Brown
 Wid of Isaac
let 7 July 1838
 Man  1782
  decd 1876
Allow $80 p an
 for Col Durkee's
  Regt Conn line

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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford
Probate Office Berlin

On this day 20 day of November AD 1838 personally appeared before the Judge of Probate in and for the district of Berlin Hannah Brown, now a resident of Berlin in the County and State aforesaid but for the last twenty years or nearly a resident of Monson, County of Hampden, State of Massachusetts aged eighty years who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting life pay and pensions for certain widows:" That she is the widow of Isaac Brown, who was a private in the Revolutionary war.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Brown on the seventh day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty and that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Brown died on the 25 day of February AD 1816; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time afore stated
Sworn to and subscribed Hannah Brown
on the day and year above written.
Before me Joseph Wright Judge
Whereunto I have caused the Clerk of this court to affix the seal of this said court
Emery H Barkes  Clk

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I hereby certify that the applicant, Hannah Brown named in the foregoing declaration is by reason of bodily(?) infirmity unable to appear in court, at the office of said Court of Probate and that she appeared before me at her usual place of abode.
Joseph Wright Judge
dated at Berlin 20 day of November AD 1838

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I, Royal R. Hinman, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, that Joseph Wright Esq is and for more than three months last past has been a Judge of Probate, within and for the Probate District of Berlin in this State, duly appointed and commissioned, as appears on record in this Office, with power to settle estates of deceased persons, testate or intestate, and to certify any official acts in said Probate Office by his seal of office and signature, to which full credit is to be given in court and country.
In testimony whereof, I have in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my hand and affixed the deal of said State at the Office of the Secretary of said State, in Hartford, the 20 day of November A.D. 1838
And I certify that the signature of the said Wright hereto [illegible] is his genuine signature.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary

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I Timo H. Brown of Monson, County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of lawful age, depose and say, that Hannah Brown, widow of Isaac Brown, a private in the American Army, during a considerable portion of the war of the Revolution; has resided in my family during the most of the time since the decease of the said Isaac Brown, which took place in Feb. 1816, and that the said Hannah Brown, has not to the best of my knowledge and belief, been married since that time.
Timo. H. Brown

Hampden Ss November 21st 1838
Personally appeared Timo H Brown above named and made Oath that the above statement by him subscribed contained the truth
before me Jacob Thompson Just Peais [sic: Peace]

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Comptroller Office
Hartford Connecticut
July 8th 1837
I certify that Isaac Brown is credited on the Books of the Connecticut Line in this office for 2 years 8 months and 7 days service from April 24th 1777 to Jany 1st 1780, in Col John Durkee's(?) Regt.
Wm Field Comptroller

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House of Repres
Jan. 9. 18[?]9

Sir,
  Accompanying is an application of the widow for a pension, with the evidence. The subject was before Congress at the last session, but was not [disered?] of - the act then passed rending it unnecssry [sic]
  Very Respectfully
 Your obedt servt
  Wm B. Calhoun

J L Edwards Esq.

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Ilion, New York
Octr. 3rd, 1905
Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
  Please send me the record of Hannah Hills Brown, who drew a pension as widow of Revolutionary soldier (Isaac Brown) and died in New Britain, Conn. - [underline] about [/underline] 1830. Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
  Yours Very Truly -
  (Mrs.) Ella M. Loy
#25 West St.
Ilion, N.Y.

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Oct. 13. 1905 History to Mrs. Ella M. Loy, Ilion, N.Y.
 [right side]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17343
Hannah Brown
Widow of Isaac Brown
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 80
 [Arrangement of 1870]

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Mr. Isaac Brown (the father of Mr. Timothy H. Brown, now of Monson Masstts) [sic] died at East Windsor, Hartford Cy Connt of a  typhus fever, on the 25th day of February Ad 1816. Aged 67 years. He left a widow, now living, by the name of Hannah. I know her to be the daughter of Leonard Hill of Lebanon She enjoyed the  public ordinance of religion under the ministry of Revd Timothy Stone. I have abundant reason to believe that this daughter of Mr Hill was married by the Revd T. Stone to the above mentioned Mr Brown AD 1781, from the testimony of my parents, She lived many years under the pastoral care of the said Mr Stone. For near 60 years I have been personally acquainted with the said Mrs Hannah Brown. For more than 35 years, I have been intimately acquainted with Mr Timothy H. Brown her son. He was a number of years my near neighbor. He is esteemed by [?] acquaintance, as a man of strict   integrity, Whose testimony, and statements may be relied on, with confidence. The fact and date of Mr Isaac Brown's death, as above mentioned, was taken from a regular record of deaths, kept by me - - -   Shubael Bartlett - Pastor of the Second church and Society East Windsor Hartford Cy [sic] Connt.  July 7th AD 1837