Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11681, Jabez Wakeman, Conn.

Comm. Wakeman, Jabez R. 11 689
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Jabez Wakeman Petition

To the Hon ble Congress of the United States of America. The Petition of Sabry Wakeman of the Town of Thompson in the County of Sullivan in the State of New York, Humbly represents that he is now 58 years old and that he is Indigent and in poor and now actually stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support that your Petitioner served in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War in Different Campaigns for the Space of three Years, and more in the Service of the State of Connecticut and that he received little or no compensation for the same that in the Month of 1779 he listed under Capt t Ephraim Tharp at the Town of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut into a Company or Corps raised for the Defense of the Sea Coast of the State at the Fort at Black Rock and that he faithfully in said Company as a Soldier for one Year at which time he was honorably Discharged, that at that time the Service mentioned was supposed to be upon the Continental Establishment, and upon the same footing as the rest of the Troops in the Continental Service - and your Petitioner begs leave to observe that he has applied to the War Office of the United States for the benefit an Act of Congress to provide for certain persons in the Land and Naval Service of the United in the Revolutionary War and has had his application rejected on the Ground that the Service performed by

your Petitioner was in the Special Service of said State and not in the Service of the United States notwithstanding his proofs were abundantly sufficient in every particular according to the rules of the Pension office, and his Services acknowledged to be meritorious with the Soldiers of the Continental establishment, your Petitioner therefore prays that he may allowed a Pension, and put on the Pension list of the United States upon the same footing as the Soldiers that served in the Revolutionary War and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever pray. Dated Feby 20. 1820 James M'Nab

Iabez Wakeman of NY application for Capt. Thos. Pennington
Iabez Wakeman Private
Connecticut line 1779-1782
The within claim was rejected on the Ground that it was never done for the State of Connecticut and not on the continental Establishment. Sep r 20 1819
Wm. Thompson
Adj. General
The Reg d line must be stated in the claim and not the continental
Feby. 28-1820
Ref d to the Com te on Revolutionary Pensions
April 6-1820
Report against — to the Gen l Report Return Scott.
Case 7. 28. Rev y . Pen.

State of New York Sullivan County, } Jesse Bradley of the Town of — Thompson in Sullivan County aged 47 years being duly sworn according to law, upon his oath doth Declare and say that he was born in Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut and liberd there until about 16 years past when he removed to the Town of Thompson and he further saith that he has been personally well acquainted with Sabra Wakeeman formerly of said Fairfield and now of the Town of Thompson, and that he personally knows & well Remembers that the said Sabra Wakeeman listed at the said Fairfield into Capt Eliphalet Sharp's company of the said Fairfield for one year and he frequently saw the said Wakeeman while on service during the said year which ended the said Jesse Bradley saith, that it was in the forepart of the year 1779 that the said Wakeeman listed and he believes that he served the full term of one year as he saw the said Wakeeman in the latter part of the said year on service in the Fort at Black Rock which was commanded by the said Capt Eliphalet Sharp and the deponent further says that the Reason he Remembers that the said Wakeeman listed, was that the Master to whom the said Wakeeman was an apprentice, was very very angry with the said Wakeeman for leaving him and the deponent further saith that the said Wakeeman is in reduced circumstances of life and has no real or personal property to support himself or family that he knows of at the said Wakeeman is his Neighbours & further saith not
Sworn this 29 th day of Nov r 1818 Jesse Bradley Close the Wm & Thompson just Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Sullivan County.

State of New York } Stephen Stratton of the Town Sullivan County } of Thompson in S d Sullivan County Aged 65 years being duly sworn according to Law upon his Oath doth Declare and say that he was born in the Town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut and lived in S d County untill about 15 years last past when he removed to the Town of Thompson and the Deponent say, that he has been personally well acquainted with Jabez Wakeman of the S d Town of Thompson wherein he was a Boy and an apprentice in said Fairfield, and the Deponent further saith that he personally knows that the S d Wakeman served as a soldier in Capt t Eliphalet Tharp's Company in the Year 1779 at Black Rock Fort. That he frequently saw the said Wakeman while on service at the Black Rock Fort which was Commanded by S d Captain Tharp and believes that the S d Wakeman served as a soldier for one year as a soldier in S d Tharp's Company, the Deponent further knows that S d soldiers listed for one year in S d Tharp's Company - and the Deponent further says that he knows & believes that the signature annexed to S d Wakeman's Declaration is the proper hand writing of the S d . Tharp - as the Deponent is well acquainted with the hand writing of S d Capt t Tharp & he further says that the S d Jabez Wakeman is indigent & has no property Real or personal & further saith not.
Stephen Stratton
Sworn this 29 th day of Nov r 1818
before me W th Thompson Justice of the Peace of the Court of Common Pleas for Sullivan County

State of New York Sullivan County
On the Second day of April 1818
Before me the Subscriber first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County Sullivan personally appears Iaboz Wakeman Aged 57 Years Resident in the Town of Thompson in the County of Sullivan in the State of New York who being by me first duly sworn according to Law Doth on his Oath Make the following Declaration in order to Obtain the the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War that the said Iaboz Wakeman enlisted in the Town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut on or about the first day of March or April 1779 in a Company Commanded by Captain Eliphalet Sharp of the State of Connecticut who commanded the Fort at Black Rock in Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, and that he continued to serve as Soldier in said Corps or Company in the Service of the United States in the Connecticut line until the Month of March or April 1780 and that he was in the Battle at Compo near Fairfield, and that he has been in the Service of the United States for five Years at different times, during the Revolutionary War as a Soldier, and that he is in Reduced Circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other Evidence, now in his power, except the two affidavits, and the Certificate annexed to this Declaration
I sworn to and Declared before me the day and year aforesaid Wm D Thompson
of which is a true and correct

State of New York } Sullivan County } fs;
I John P Jones Clerk of the County of Sullivan and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Do hereby Certify That William A Thompson within named and before whome the annexed & within affidavits were taken, was at the time of the taking & Certifying the same (and still is) duly Commissioned and sworn as first Judge of said County, — And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said William A Thompson and verily believe the Certificates to the annexed affidavits to be his own proper hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court. This Eleventh day of December A D 1818
John P Jones Clerk

I a by Wokeman of the Town of Thompson spesaid in addition to his former deposition being duly sworn according to law saith that the company commanded by Captain Elephalot Tharp was a company raised in the State of Connecticut for the purposes of garrisoning & defending the Forts of Black Rock and the Fort at New London as well as the coast between Fairfield & New London as the Deponent then understood and that the company did not belong to any particular Regiment, and further saith not Sworn this 30 th day of Nov r 1818 Yahes Wakeman In presence of Wm A Thompson

I William A Thompson post Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Sullivan as aforesaid. Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jabez Wakeman did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy. and I do further certify that the said Jabez Wakeman is in Reduced circum- stances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken by me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress - Dated at Thompson in Sullivan County the 36 th day of November 1818 -
Wm. A. Thompson

We hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Isaac Wakeman for a great number of years - that he has held in the county of Ulster before the separation of the counties of Ulster & Sullivan, the offices of Assistant justice & justice of the peace, & has also served in the same offices in Sullivan County since the separation - That he has always, sustained a good moral char- acter but from age & infirmities has now become poor & requires the assistance of others for his maintenance & support -
We also certify that we are acquainted with Stephen Stratton & Supt Bradley & that they are credible witnesses - Dated February 24 th 1880 -
Randall L. Hunt
Isaac
A. C. Kunn
P. F. Kunn
David Hammond
Mois Moys
Isaac Doolittle
G. O. Beldur

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
March 6, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Jabez Wakeman
Service, Rev. War
Remarks: Widow No claim as above

Actuary's Department.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York:
Richard L. H. Curdy, President.
32 Nassau St.
To the
New York, Sept. 8 1897
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
W
I write to inquire, at your convenience,
1. Date of death of Sergeant Jabez Wakeman , pensioned 1832 for revolutionary service in the N.Y. Militia, then residing in Sullivan Co.
2. Nature, location, & dates of his service, & under what officers, with such further details from his affidavit as your custom permits of your furnishing.
I am informed that your staff is not permitted to supply a full copy of the affidavit, on account of the impossibility of doing it for all. If however there is any one, inside or outside of the Department, accustomed to make such copies for pay, it would oblige me still further if such person were given my address as a probable customer.
Yours very respectfully,
Emory M c Clintock

THE NORTH AMERICAN
Pennsylvania Packet, 1771: Daily Advertiser, 1784 United States Gazette, 1789: The oldest Daily Newspaper in America Philadelphia
Jan 31, 1908
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
I beg to request that the Pension Office furnish me a copy of the military record of Jabez Wakeman , a Revolutionary pensioner, Certificate #14,915, issued July 20, 1833, Rev. War File #11,681. Survol. Vol A. page 394 - this being the reference given in a genealo- gical volume.
Thanking you in anticipation
I am, very truly yours
Thos. Wakeman Lane
address 1416 No. Bouvier St P.O. Sta C. Philadelphia Pa
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14.915 b. Stakem 11.681

THOS. WAKEMAN LANE, 1416 NORTH BOUVIER ST., P. O. STA. C PHILADELPHIA, PA.
February 20, 1908.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:
I beg to request that you inform me if possible of the date of the death of or the last payment of pension to
JABEZ WAKEMAN,
of PALESTINE, Sullivan county, New York, who was granted a pension on July 28, 1888, and is supposed to have died within a very few years thereafter.
Clarissa Banks Wakeman, Was such pension continued to his widow, and if so when did it cease?
Jabez Wakeman's certificate, I believe, was
Number 14,915, File number 11,681, Invalid Volume A, page 824.
Very respectfully yours,
Thos Wakeman Lane

Record Division.
March 6, 1908.
Mr. Thomas Wakeman Lane, 1416 Bouvier Street, P. O. Station C. Philadelphia, Pa.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 20" and received the 21" ultimo, relative to Jabez Wakeman Sur. File No. 11,681, you are advised that for date of last payment of his pension, person to whom it was paid, and date of his death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department citing the following data; Jabez Wakeman, Ctf. No. 14,915, issued July 25, 1833 under the Act of June 7, 1832, paid at the New York Agency.
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a widow's claim for pension was ever filed on account of the services of the above noted Jabez Wakeman.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

for a statement of the military history of Jabez Wakeman 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. Jan. 11, 681
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 3 mos. Pri. Ebenezer Hill Jonathan Dimon Conn.   1778 6 " Sgt. Elishalet Thorp Webb "   1779 1 yr. " Elishalet Thorp Jonathan Dimon "   1780 3 mos. Pri. Jabez Botsford - "   " various times " - Sheldon "  
Comed on whaleboats commanded by Capt. Brewster, and wounded in wrist in capturing Capt. Hoyt, a Tory who commanded a British Privateer.
Cronk's Hill Battles engaged in, Danbury, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Norwalk & in a number of skirmishes. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield, Fairfield Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Oct. 10, 1832. His ch was al. Residence at date of application, Fallsburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y. Age at date of application, B. May 10, 1762, Fairfield, Conn.
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