Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35720, William Whitney, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Com.
Whitney, William or Whitney
8,35720
CONTENTS

✓ 1840 Connecticut Roll
William Whitney Capt Humphrey Spratt Connecticut line. 777. 3 yrs.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Oliver Goodrich Esq. New Haven Conn
Arrears to 4th of Septm 1818 Semi-ann. all co-ending
5 Mos & 3/30ths $ 40.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Died Nov. 26. 1838 see agency Book
Application sent September 23. 1820 to Henry G. Ladd, New Haven, Connecticut

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I William Whitney of Derby do de- pose and say that I was a Soldier in the revolutionary war - that in March 1777 I enlisted as a private in the Company commanded by Capt Elijah Hamptrapp, in the Regiment commanded by Col William Douglas then by Col Deming & afterwards by Col Meigs, in the Connecticut Line in the Brigade commanded by Genl Parsons - that I enlisted for three years only & served during that time and was honorably discharged The Deponent further says that by reason of his reduced circumstances he stands in need of assistance from his Country - that he has lost his Discharge he therefore prays that he may be placed on the pension List of the United States -
Newhaven County ss Connecticut Wm Whitney April 2 nd 1818
Sworn before me Ebenezer Goodrich Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Newhaven County

I Levi Hotchkiss of Derby in the State of Connecticut do depose and say that I the Deponent was an Ensign in the revolutionary war, in the Company commanded by Captain Elijah Humphreys in the Regiment commanded by William Douglas, then by Col Dumey & afterwards by Col Mues, that William Whitney who has returned the within was a prisoner in said Company that in March 1777 he enlisted for three years and served during that time and was honorably discharged that he is now poor, & destitute of property about fifty seven years old - that since the war he has constantly resided near the Deponent - that by reason of age & bodily infirmity he is unable to earn his sup- port & by reason of his reduced circum- stances stands in need of support -
Levi Hotchkiss State of Connecticut ss Newhaven County April 2 nd 1818 Personally came Levi Hotchkiss known to me as a respect- able Citizen & made oath to the truth

of the foregoing Affidavit before me Ebenezer Goodrich Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for New Haven County
I Ebenezer Goodrich, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of New Haven do hereby certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that William Whitney the foregoing Dependent did serve in the re- volutionary War as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy for three years on the continental estab- lishment. And I now transmit the proceed- ings & testimony taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress. Ebenezer Goodrich Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid
Roger S. Skinner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County do certify that Ebenezer Goodrich Esq. who hath signed the preceding En- treatise is Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in New Haven County in my hand the Seal of said Court Attest Roger S. Skinner Clk

William Wetmore
Feb. 10/10 M

At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the fourth Tuesday of June 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, William Whitney a resident in the town of Durby in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his in- come and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz :
I have no property and am mostly dependent on the good will of my friends for support,
Wm Whitney

District and State of Connecticut, ss. New Haven
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this fifth day of July 182 0 , the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, William Whitney aged 54 years, resident in the Town of Durby in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I enlisted as a private soldier into Capt. Elijah Humphrys Company, belonging to Col. William Douglas Regiment on the 27th day of March 1777 for three years. Said Regiment was afterwards commanded successfully by Col. Deming & Col. R. J. Huggins. I recd. a regular discharge at Danbury on the 25th March 1780 & was in the Regiment at Danbury in April 1777. that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the second day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 1670 And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a mariner that I am not able to support myself by labor without other assistance and that I have no family residing with me
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Wm Whitney
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is applicant has no property Dollars and Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Abiah Huggins Clerk

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry B. Hagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
_____ Dollars and _____ Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
5th day of July 182 —
Henry B. Hagg. Clerk
I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry B. Hagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in
this 5th day of July 182 —
Isaac Mills  Chng. Judge of said Court

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
835-7/20
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Whitney a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar 27 1777 3 yrs. Pvt Elijah Humphreys Wm Douglas Gibson R F Mays Conn          
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr 2 1818
Residence at date of application, Derby, New Haven Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, 57
Remarks:
There is no data as to his family on file and it is not stated that he rendered any service other than the above. The Rev War records of the Bureau fail to afford inf. in regard to any other William Whitney who served in the Conn Troops or any Wm Whitney who served in the N.Y. Troops. Respectfully,
Harlan Lewis  Commissioner.
6-2856
Note This data need only be sent in replying to letter of Harlan Lewis. also see a neg slip for Capt Wm Whitney of Conn. to H Lewis H Lewis in his letter has worked up the N.Y. pensioner with Conn service

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April 24, 1925
Katharine M. Waldron 35 DeWitt St., Amsterdam, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 35720 it appears that William Whitny or Whitney enlisted March 27, 1777, served as a private in Captain Elijah Humphreys' Company, Colonels William Douglas, Dimon and R. J. Meigs' Connecticut Regiment and was discharged March 25, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818 while a resident of Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut aged fifty-seven years. He died November 26, 1838.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF. Commissioner.

FEB RECEIVED
317 No. Curtis Ave. Alhambra Cal.
Dec 11 th , 1912
Department of the Interior Revolutionary War Records Section Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please furnish me with the complete military record as shown in the application for a pension (which was granted) of William Whitney in Col Meigs regiment under - (Connect- icut) I think served under Genl Schuyler also I think served under Col McClellan (Regt) I think he lived with son in New York State at time pension was granted - Did he have a land bounty according to any of your records - I think he may have served later in the New York State militia - He first enlisted at Preston Ct in a Provisional Regiment for relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm 1675 - later in the 7th Co. 1st Reg - Conn - Capt Mott - later Capt Humphreys 8th Regt Foot Conn Militia 1780 of 1781 also as Capt of Provisional Reg at Preston to be put in readiness to march at short notice in case his excellency Gen. Washington shall call for them -

I think you may have a complete record of him - perhaps - his father - wife or children may be mentioned in some of your records - would like all you have.
Awaiting your kind reply I am.
Yours truly Harlan Lewis

he has mixed up the N.Y. pensioner with the man who served from Conn. That pensioner was of Mass Troops

35 DEWITT STREET AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
March 1, 1925
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Records Section, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sirs:—
In the interest of the Daughters of the American Revolution I am anxious to obtain certain in- formation from the Pension papers of one, William Whitney, who was a Connecticut soldier in the Revolutionary War and is listed in the Pension list on page 637 of "Connecticut Men in the

35 DEWITT STREET
AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
Revolution 11
Would you kindly give me all of the data given in his papers as to his birth, family, service in the Revolution and his death.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Catharine M. Waldron.

35720 Revg  INVALID.
File No. 35720
William Whitney Pris Rev 1870
Act: 18 th March 1870
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 475
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apl - 12 - 1903 - His to Mrs. Frank P. Ferry Ansonia Conn.
1917 Jan. 6. His to Harlan Lewis. and.
1925 Apr. 24 - His to Miss Kath- arine M. Halson. MMJF.