Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18396, Joseph Farrand, Conn. Vt.

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Conn.
Vt.

Farrand, Joseph

S 18396

Carded

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Vermont. 18,552
Joseph Farrand
of Hinesburg in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bostwick of the Reg't commanded by Genl Wadsworth in the Conn. ma. + Vt. line for 20 mos. 12 days 
Inscribed om the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 67 Dollars 98 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept'r 1833 and sent to N. B. Haswell Burlington Vt. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept'r '33  $169.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '34 33.97
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$203.96
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Eli Brown Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 65

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[annotation in pencil: Additional]
State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss} Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for Chittenden County Joseph Farrand to me known as the same Joseph Farrand who made his declaration before the Honorable Eli Brownson an assistant Judge of Chittenden County on the 17th day of August AD 1832 for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832, who being duly sworn doth make the following additional declaration. That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory for answers particularly as the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades
For six months as a private in the year 1776
For six months as a private in the year 1777
For four days as a private in the year 1777 when Danbury was burnt
For one month as a private in the year 1778 at Horse Neck
For two months as a private in the year 1778 at Horse Neck
For three weeks as a substitute for Daniel Sherwood in the year 1778 if I rightly recollect 
For three weeks as a private in the Vermont troops the year not recollected. making in all Sixteen months and sixteen days for which I claim a pension. I never received a written discharge. I was born in New Milford in the State of Connecticut AD 1759 but have no record of my age. When I entered the Service I lived in New Milford. Since the Revolution I have lived a good share of the time in Vermont, having lived in Hinesburgh the place of my present residence for the last forty five years.
/s/X his mark Joseph Farrand
Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of June AD 1833 and I hereby certify that the above named Joseph Farrand is a credible witness}
Before me /s/Mitchell Hinsdill Justice of the Peace

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County} I Nathan B. Marwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify  that Mitchell Hinsdill Esqr, before whom the within declaration was taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature.
[court seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed thereto. This 7th day of July AD 1833
/s/Nathan B. Marwell

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[illegible] Deposition
of Abagail Buck

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I Abigail Buck of Essex County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and formerly of Newmilford Litchfield County and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say I am sixty eight years old and that I remember that my brother Joseph Farrand enlisted in the regular service in the revolutionary was in having time for the space of six months and staid his time out. I also recollect that he went another time after wards and [illegible] a spell. I cannot tell how long. I also remember of his being out in the Militia at horse neck a spell I do not know the length of time 
/s/Abigail Bucks 
State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss} Essex County July 24 1832 Then personally appeared before me Abigail Buck who I know made her mark to the above affidavit or deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I further say that for several years I have been acquainted with Abigail Buck and believe she is a woman to be believed. 
Attest /s/Cyrus Farrand} Justice of the Peace

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Revolutionary Claims.
STATE OF VERMONT, 
Chittenden County, ss.}
ON this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared ['in open' crossed out] Court, before ['the' crossed out] Eli ['Honorable' crossed out] Brownson Judge of the Court for the County of Chittenden, ['now sitting' crossed out] Joseph Farrand - a resident of Hinesburgh in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged seventy three years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as stated herein stated. that I enlisted as a Volunteer in the month of May 1776 for six months on the company commanded by Reuben Bostwick. Payment was made by General S. Sullivan and General Wadsworth was there and I joined the company at New Milford Connecticut and in June we marched to New York and staid their until the British landed on Long Island from there to Flatbush and had an engagement with the Brittish and we retreated to New York and from there to Harlem Heights and there was a battle whence retreated to White Plains and there we had a severe battle and the British gained the victory and there were three in our company killed and we were obliged to retreat again and kept near the North River and served the six months out and was dismissed the last of November or first of December of the same year. And in the month of June 1777 I enlisted as a Volunteer for six months in the company commanded by the same Reuben Bostwick and the Regiment was commanded by [illegible] was of the State troops of Connecticut and marched from New Milford to Milford thence to Peakskill in the State of New York then to Horse neck and remained there until the last day of December of the same year and was dismissed.
And in the month of April 1777 which was before the other in June there was an alarm and I turned out and went to Danbury when it was burnt and we [illegible] the British to Compo(?) and staid three more days
And I volunteered in the Militia from New Milford

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I think in June 1778 and joined the company commanded by Captain Elisha Bostwick and marched to Horse neck and remained one month and was dismissed. and in he summer of 1778 I cannot tell what month I volunteered in the Militia from New Milford and went to Horse neck the British came out and Balmour was the Officer who commanded the British and took our guard and Reuben Bostwick was the Captain and Samuel Canfield was Colonel of the Regiment and I served two months and I was dismissed. And after I moved to Manchester Vermont I went into the service of the Militia and served three weeks I think but cannot tell the month or year Stephen Smith was Captain and Stephen Pearl was Commander of the Regiment. I served as a substitute for Daniel Sherwood three weeks, and this was when I was in New Milford Connecticut but cannot tell when I enlisted or was dismissed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
/s/X his mark Joseph Farrand
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid}
Before Eli Brownson assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court. The above named cannot write his name because he is entirely blind.
And the said ['Court' crossed out] Eli Brownson do hereby declare ['their' overwritten] his 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' crossed out] that I further certify, that it appears to ['them that' crossed out] me that Daniel Bennett is a Clergyman of Hinesburgh and that Daniel Nortan and Edm Baldwin Esqr of Hinesburgh who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Hinesburgh are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest /s/Eli Brownson asst Judge 
I hereby certify that the above applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
STATE OF VERMONT,
Chittenden County, ss.}
[court seal affixed]  I Nathan B Marwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Hon Eli Brownson Assistant Judge the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Farrand - for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17th day of August A. D. 1832
/s/Nathan B Marwell

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I Friend Farrand of Colchester County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and family of New Milford Litchfield County State of Connecticut of Lawful age depose and say that I am now Sixty nine years old and that I remember that my brother Joseph Farrand enlisted in the regular service in the revolutionary war by particular circumstances. that one piece in my recollection I remember that a Mr. Baldwin came into the cornfield where we were having and that Joseph enlisted for six months the years that New York was given up and that he went and staid his time out and I think that he Served under Capt Reuben Bostwick and that he came home after snows began to fall and I heard him tell frequently of their sufferings when leaving New York and I also remember that he enlisted for six months queue the State of Connecticut some time after the first enlistment I think the next Summer and that he staid a short time in Connecticut and then was urged and flatered out of the State his time out because I heard my parents say frequently that such a day Joseph's time would be out and that he came home the time they expected him

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and I also remember that he went with the the militia to Horse neck I should say two or three months but I cannot be certain how long I also remember that he went when danbury was burnt and heard him speack of Chasing thebritish and I also remember that he took Daniel Sherwood place in New milford Connecticut in the regular service who had enlisted during the war and staid nearly three weeks and I think that he went a number of other times in alarmes and Short tours by my Mother's often fixing his Napsack and other things that was necessary I should think that he was in the revolutionary Service 16 months in all according to the best of my recolection while he remained in Connecticut /s/Friend Farrand
State of Vermont 
Chittenden County} Colchester July 26 1852
Here personally appears before me Friend Farrand I under signed the above affidavit or deposition and has made solemn oath that the same as being the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I further say that on several years I have been acquainted with Friend Farrant and believe he is a man to be believed
Attest /s/Cyrus Farrand} Justice of the Peace

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18396
INVALID. 
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File No.  18396
Joseph Farrand
[illegible] Rev War

Act:  June 7" 32
Index:-Vol. 1,  Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870]

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N8430
Joseph Farrand

AOunit
20 mos   12 days

N B Marnell
Burlington 
Vt

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply  to the claim of Joseph Farrand of Hines burgh Vermont which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declarant in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [blank]
XIV. +If the applicant name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? ['yes' crossed out] no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ↕ Are the papers authenticated as the regular direct? ['yes' crossed out] no fee given 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? ['And' crossed out] no. if not which of then is not so answered?
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*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______year______months, and______days______, I served as a______; and for such service I claim a pension.

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly 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 embodies corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the tie during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of  his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
↕QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
⇨In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County}
[court seal affixed]
I hereby certify that the papers hereto attached marked from A. to G. are the same documents heretofore forwarded the Pension Officer to substantiate the declaration of Joseph Farrand, and that since their return from the Pension Office the document marked additional No 1. + 2. have been added.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and attached the seal of Chittenden County Court this 7th day of July AD 1833.
/s/Nathan B. Marwell Clerk

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John Beach
Affidavits
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I John Beach now of Williston in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and formerly of New Milford Litchfield County Connecticut of Lawful age depose and say that I am now seventy ['seven' crossed out] six years of age & that in the year 1776 and I am quite certain in the month of May I enlisted in the town of New Milford Connecticut afford into the United States revolutionary army & into Capt. Reuben Bostwick, Company Colonel Silliman's Regiment General Wadsworth's Brigade Connecticut line and I think volunteers and that I enlisted for six months service - that I faithfully served out my time and received my final discharge from said colonel - and - that Joseph Farrand now of Hinesburgh in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and that I well know that the said Joseph Farrand enlisted at said New Milford in the said year 1776 into the same Company Regiment and Brigade and for the same term of service viz., for six months and I know

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that the said Joseph Farrand faithfully served out his time and was discharged with me in the State of New York not far from Horse Neck according to my best recollection - and during the af'd [aforesaid] time of six months in which we were bout together the said Joseph Farrand and myself was in the battle of Great Bush on the Long Island and ['was' crossed out] in the retreat from there into New York and out again to Harlem Heights and in the battle at that place - and in the retreat from there to White plains and we were both in the battle at that place - 
Dated at Hinesburgh Chittenden County Vermont this 18th day of July A.D. 1832
/s/John Beach
Chittendon County ss.} State of Vermont. Hinesburgh July 18. 1832 - Then and there personally appeared before me John Beach whom I know to the the signer of the above and foregoing affidavit or deposition and made solemn oath the the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and I further certify that I have for several years been acquainted with the said John Beach and believe he is a man to be believed when under oath - 
Attest /s/Nahum Peck Justice of the Peace

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STATE OF VERMONT,
CHITTENDEN COUNTY, ss.

I  Nathan B. Haswell  Clek of
Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify
that , Cyrus Farrand & Nahum Peck Esqr.s
before whom the annexed affidavits are
taken, was at the time thereof, Justices of
the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the
authority of this State, and that I believe
their names thereto subscribed, to be their own
 proper signatures.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court, at Burlington, this 17   day of August A. D. 1832.
Nathan B

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I Robert Beach of Hinesburgh in the County of Chittenden & State of Vermont do depose testify & say that I acquainted with Joseph Farrand who has applied for a Pension, that I knew him in the time of the Revolutionary war, was knowing of his serving three months as I understood at Horse Neck in the Militia, which volunteered from Bew Milford Connecticut. was knowing of his being at Danbury when it was burnt and of his following the British to Compo
/s/Robert Beach
Chittenden County ss Hinesburgh August 13th 1832
Personally appeared before me Robert Beah the above Deponent and made solemn oath that the above Deposition contains the whole truth and I further certify that the above Deponent is a man of truth.
Before me /s/Eli Brownson Asst Judge Chittenden County Court

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County}ss. We Daniel Bennett the nearest Clergyman Daniel Norton Esqr and Edmund Baldwin Esqr all of Hinesburgh hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Farrand who has subscribed and sworn to the above dictation that we believe him to be 73 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.
/s/Daniel Bennet
/s/Daniel Norton
/s/Edmund Baldwin
Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of August 1832 before Eli Brownson Asst Judge Chilton County Court
[penciled note: Addendum]
State of Vermont
Chittenden County} 
[court seal affixed] I Nathan B Marwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby Certify that the Eli Brownson, before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits was taken was on the 13th day of August AD 1832 an Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court, duly qualified &c., and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7th day of July A.D. 1833
/s/Nathan B. Marwell