Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2282, Gershom Wakeman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Wakeman, Gershon
W. 2282
Lucy Ann
B.L.W. 27590-160-55
CONTENTS

5418 Connecticut
Gershaw Wakeman of Fairfield Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hele of the Regt. commanded by  in the Connecticut State Militia for 8 months from 1787
Enquiry Ans. Hon. G. Tomlinson Apr 29 - 1834
See let to Hon. G. Tomlinson March 18. 1836 - Do. to same April 27. 1836 - Copies of papers sent to same Jan. 2. 1837.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Feb y 1833 and Act   P. Thompson  
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1837 40.00 Pension allowance ending 4 March 1833 13.33
$ 53.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry B. S. Smith Clerk, Book Q Vol. 3 Page 74 C 2, 3

1405 Conneaut
Lucy Ann Wakeman widow of Gearslow Wakeman
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Ct. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Aug/53 and sent to
B. Minton Easton Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1848 , Page 67 Vol. 10
3/53
1832

March 7/53 59.6% Apr 11/53 Lucy Ann Wakeman N.Y. Gershon Wakeman Gershon S.D. Fruit
Rev. War
3/31/53 Philip May
Pascagoula Conn July 53- no 1405
AB:160009 May 19/57 B.R. Winton
W
B. Winton Easton Conn
Cir B. Winton Sept 21/53
Vol 101, page 16.

State of Connecticut. 8. District of Fairfield November 24 th 1832 County of Fairfield
on this 24 day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Probate for the district of Fairfield. now sitting. Gershon Wakeman a resident of the District and State aforesaid aged Seventy years last April. Who being first duly sworn according to Law. doth on his oath. make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he intend the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated - In September 1779 I was drafted at Fairfield by Capt Ebenezer Miley of said Fairfield who commanded the militia Company to which I belonged. and was put under the command of Capt Daniel Godfrey of Northfield then a part of the said County Fairfield and was marched to Stratford where we staid a short period to guard the Coast. from thence we were marched to Greenfield in the County of Fairfield. Where we kept guard for some time. from thence I with a part of the Guard or company to which I belonged. was ordered to Northfield in the County Fairfield to cut timber and make Fascines. The term of time for which I was drafted was two months. I served my time out and was verbally discharged. but had no written discharge - In the spring of 1780 according to the best of my recollection I served two months at Horseneck on the lines so called as a substitute for Timothy Bunn of said Fairfield, for which service I received of the said Timothy thirty Spanish milled Dollars. This was a dangerous service. as the Guard kept. was constantly exposed. and frequently fell a sacrifice to the nocturnal incursions and attacks of Troops and Marauding parties of the Enemy - After

my return from Haverneck. in 1780 I was drafted for two months to serve in Guard at Mill River. a small sea port in the town of Fairfield. near the mouth of South Port. It was a Sergeant's Guard. and was commanded while I was there by Sergeant John Parsons of Fairfield. a Guard was kept there after the British got possession of New York and Long Island to until the close of the Revolutionary War. to defend the coast and to repel the frequent hostile inroads of the British and Refugees - in Jersey. I served my time well and was — verbally discharged. In the latter part of the summer according to the best of my recollection. of 1781 I was again drafted for two months. to serve on the Beach on the margin of the sound in front of the old Village of Bridgeport of Fairfield. This was also a Sergeant's Guard. and was commanded while I was there by Sergeant John Hubbell of Fairfield. the business was to patrol the beach and guard the inhabitants of Fairfield from the marauding Parties of the Enemy — I served my time out and was dismissed without any written discharge In the former cases according to the best of my belief the service was preferred by the civilians and at the expense of the State of Connecticut. — I also volunteered and held myself ready at a moment's warning to turn out on any special emergency. when not engaged in any other service at the command of our Captain Ebenezer Dill. And in this character of a Volunteer and Minute Man as they were then called. I was in July 1779 in the battle with the British when they burnt Fairfield. I was also with the militia and fought the the British when they burnt Norwalk the same year. I was also

in a battle with a British plundering party at Cempo so called a place on the Coast in the Town of Fairfield when my Father Gershon Wakeman was killed by the Enemy - In addition to these, there were frequent alarums, on all which occasions, I turned out when not drafted to serve on Guard or in other parts of the Country as before stated - And we met the Enemy and repelled their attacks at the imminent hazard of life. and for which I have received no compensation except the general good. in which every Patriot shares. resulting from a triumph over the Enemy - In all of these various periods of volunteer service. which were in detached and isolated parcels. and which were performed when I was not in the state service as before mentioned. I willy believe that I served during the revolutionary War as many as
Eighteen Months. I was born in the Parish of Greenfield in the Town of Fairfield the 8 th day of April 1762. my birth is recorded in the Church Records of the Ecclesiastical Society of Greenfield of which I resided in the Town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut when called into service. and have always resided there except when occasionally absent for short periods. I have stated in my declaration how I was called into service. and the Officers under whom I served. I am known to Nathan Doolittle. Thomas Perry. and the Hon ble Gilead Townshend who can testify respecting me - Gershon Wakeman sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid. before Daniel Dill Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid -

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not in the pension roll of the agency of any State sworn to and subscribed in the day and year aforesaid before me David Niles Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid. Gershon Wakeman
State of Connecticut. ss Probate District of Farmington November 26, 1831. We Nathaniel Freeman, a Clergyman, a resident of the Town of Farmington and State aforesaid, and William Williams a resident of the Town of Farmington in said State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gershon Wakeman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and we also know him to be a man of truth sworn to and subscribed in the day and year aforesaid before David Niles Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid. Nath'l Freeman William Williams

State of Connecticut } July the 31 st AD 1832. I Nathan Lyon (District of Fairfield) residing in the Town of Weston, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, being seventy two years of age do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Gershon Wakeman residing in Fairfield in said State. I believe him to be about seventy years of age. He was drafted in for two months sometime in the year 1779 and served under Capt. Godfrey a part of the time at Greensfarms in guard, and a part of the time at Northfield in Weston aforesaid, cutting fascines are were dismissed after having served out the time. Mr. Wakeman served out his time and was dismissed, but no written discharge was given -
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and year aforesaid. before me David Hill Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid - - -
Nathan Lyon
State of Connecticut } District of Fairfield November 27 th 1832. I William Williams, a resident of the district and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law, do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Gershon Wakeman a resident of the said district and State and believe him to be seventy years of age and know that he was drafted in September 1779 for two months to serve in guard. He was put under the command of Capt. Daniel Godfrey of Northfield in the town of Fairfield. And he served out a part of the time at Stratford and a part of the time at Greensfarms in the town of Fairfield. he served out the two months and was discharged, but had no written discharge and a part of the time at Northfield. he served out the two months and was discharged but had no written discharge - I also know that he went to Horse Neck or down in the lines, as a substitute for Timothy Burr of Fairfield in the spring of 1780, when he served two months, and was regularly discharged. After his return from Horse Neck in 1780, he was drafted to serve in guard at Mill River for two months - he was a Sergeant, Guard, and John Parsons of Fairfield was Sergeant of the Guard. He served out his time and was discharged in In 1781 according to the best of my recollection, he was

again drafted for two months to serve in Guard on the Beach on the margin of the sound in front of the Village in the first Society of Fairfield. It was a Sergeant's Guard and was commanded by Sergeant Gaby Hubbell of Fairfield. He served out his time and was discharged. I was also knowing to his being a volunteer or minute man as they were then called. In which character he was to hold himself in readiness at all times when not engaged in other service. To turn out on any sudden emergency by night or by day. To repel any enemy encroachment inroads or attacks of the enemy. And living so near the sound we were frequently called upon for this purpose - and I fully believe that he served in this way as many as eighteen months during the course of the Revolutionary War - been to and returned in the day and was afraid to leave me Daniel Will Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid -
William Williams

State of Connecticut p District of Fairfield November 27 th 1832 I David Hill Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that Hyatt Banks, Nathan Ezra and William Williams the persons who have sworn to and subscribed the three immediately preceding Depositions are men of truth and credibility and that their statements in their said depositions are entitled to credit and belief - David Hill Judge of Probate for the District aforesaid -
I David Hill Judge of Probate for the District of Fairfield aforesaid do hereby certify that David Hill who has signed his name to the above each certificate and the certificate declaring the opinion of the Court in this relation of papers is Judge of Probate for the District of Fairfield in Connecticut as he assumes to be - and that the signature of his name to the said Certificates is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office at Fairfield aforesaid this 27 th day of November 1832
David Hill Judge

State of Connecticut ss. District of Fairfield August the 1 st 1832 I Nathaniel Forstman a clergyman residing in the Town of Weston in said State hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Gershon Wakeman of Fairfield in said State. I believe he is about Seventy years of age, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I am of the same opinion and I also believe him to be a man of truth and that his statement or declaration is the entitled -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid against the before me -
David Hill Judge of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid -
Nath l Forstman

State of Connecticut p District of Fairfield August 13 th 1882 I Wyatt Banks, residing in the Town of Fairfield, and District and State aforesaid, aged Sixty Nine years, and being duly sworn according to Law, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Jeremiah Wakeman, a resident of said Town, district and State, as having always lived in the immediate neighborhood of each other - I know that he went as a substitute for Timothy Perry said Fairfield down to Horn Brook in the lines, some time in the course of the Revolutionary War, during the progress of the particular year as not now recalled - Jonathan Dimes of Fairfield was Col of the Regiment to which he belonged. And I also certify that he was drafted and served in Guard two months at Mill River in said Fairfield. John Parsons of Fairfield was Sergeant of the Guard, it being a Sergeants Guard only - This last service must have been performed according to the acts of any recollection, in the year 1780, or 1781 - Given to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid by me Daniel Hill Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid -
Wyatt Banks

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 the said Court that Nathaniel Freeman who has signed the preceding certificate is a bluegrass resident in the County of Mason and that William Williams who has also signed the same is a resident of the County of Fairfield. and that they are credible Persons and their statement is entitled to credit -
David Hill Judge of Probate
I David Hill your Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Fairfield aforesaid. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Garrison Wakeman for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office at Fairfield aforesaid this 27 th day of November AD 1832 -
David Hill Clerk

6 Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 2 nd section of the act of 3 rd February 1853
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County Ss. Town of Fairfield
On this 11 th day of April 1853 before the Court of Probate held in at Fairfield in for the Probate District of Fairfield County & State aforesaid in open Court Rufus Blakeman Esq r Judge holding said Court, personally appeared Lucy Ann Wakeman a resident of the Town, County & State aforesaid age thirty eight years and over who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the widow of Gershon Wakeman late of said Fairfield de d who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war & served as a private of Infantry in said War & had made proof of said service to the satisfaction of the War Department & had obtained a pension for said service under the act of Congress approved June th 1832 of twenty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum as by the records of said Department will appear and a certificate of that amount was sent to said Gershon Wakeman in his life time which he drew yearly to the 4 th of March 1848 & his Widow the said Lucy Ann Wakeman the balance to the day of his death & surrendered said certificate to the Agent for paying Pensions in Hartford State of Connecticut in the fall following as will appear from the records of said War Department reference thereto being had
She further declares that she has no documentary evidence & rests her claim entirely on the evidence establishing the pension of her de d husband the said Gershon Wakeman She further declares that she was married to the said de d Gershon Wakeman on Saturday November first 1834 by the Rev d Nathaniel Freeman a Minister of the

Gospel that her name before her said marriage was Suzy Ann. Bulkley and that there is no record of the marriage that she has any knowledge of. That her said Husband died in the Parish of Greenfield Town aforesaid on the fifth day of April 1848 at the age of eighty six years, that she was not married to him prior to January 1800 but at the time above stated. And that she is now a widow as by the proof hereto annexed will appear Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written Suzy Ann Wakeman Before Rufus Blakeman Judge
I further certify that the said Suzy Ann Wakeman is personally known to me that she is now the widow of said dec d Gershon Wakeman - Rufus Blakeman Judge
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Fairfield I. C. A. Blakeman Clerk of the Court of Probate held at Fairfield in for the Probate District of Fairfield in the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the above foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Suzy Ann. Wakeman for a pension. I further certify that Rufus Blakeman Esqr is Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the Probate District of Fairfield & that the signatures of his name to the Declaration of Suzy Ann Wakeman for a Pension is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Probate Court at Fairfield in the Probate District aforesaid this 11 th day of April 1853
C. A. Blakeman Clerk

I, Lucy Bulkley of Fairfield in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut in the  the sixty third year of her age testify & say that Lucy Ann Wakeman Widow of Gushem Wakeman late of said Fairfield die d , a Revolutionary Pension of the United States is a daughter of mine, that she & the said Gushem Wakeman were united in marriage at my house and in my presence by the Rev d Nathaniel Freeman a Minister of the Gospel & the Clugymen of the Parish of Greenfield, Town aforesaid according to the best of my recollection on Saturday November first 1834, and that the said Gushem Wakeman died at his residence in the Parish of Greenfield, Town aforesaid on the fifth of April 1848 at the age of 86 years leaving the said Lucy Ann his widow who is now a widow and is in the thirty ninth year of her age
Lucy Bulkley
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield S.S. Fairfield
Be it known that on this 9 th day of April 1853 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the State of Connecticut duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Lucy Bulkley above named to me well known to be a person of truth and a credible witness who subscribed her name to the foregoing Deposition & made oath to the truth of the same
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Notarial seal of Office at Fairfield in the County & State of said on the day & date last above mentioned
Bradford Winton Notary Public

Nathaniel Freeman of Easton in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of Seventy four years of age testify & say that I am an ordained clergyman of the Congregational order and have been for about fifty years that in the year 1832 I commenced my ministerial services in the Society of Greenfield in the Town & County of Fairfield & State aforesaid & continued said services in said Society about ten years, that during my ministerial services in said Society, to wit, on or about the first of November 1834 I united in marriage Gushorn Wakerman & Lucy Ann Wakerman  Bulkley both of the Parish of Greenfield & Town aforesaid
I further certify that the said Gushorn Wakerman at the time of said Marriage was an old Man & a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and the said Lucy Ann Bulkley was a young girl, should think under twenty years of age, I was also well acquainted with the parties to the day of said Wakermans death which took place in April 1848 leaving the said Lucy Ann, his Widow who is now a widow & has been ever since the decease of said Gushorn Wakerman
I further certify that it was my usual practice while in said Society to enter all marriages by me solemnized on the Church Records of said Society, but in this case it seems that no record was made and it must have been an oversight of mine unintentionally for the marriage was solemnized by me & at the time above mentioned.
Nathl Freeman
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Easton On this Ninth day of April AD 1853 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the State of Connecticut residing in Easton in said Fairfield County duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Rev d . Nathaniel Freeman to me personally known to be a man of truth and a credible witness who subscribed his name to the

12 forgoing Deposition made oath to the truth of the same In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Notarial seal of Office at Easton in the County aforesaid on the day & date last before mentioned Bradford Winton Notary Public

I T. B. Sturges of the Town & County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut years of age testify and say that I am the ordained & officiating Clergyman in the Parish of Greenfield in said Town of Fairfield have been for a number of years & I now have in my possession the Church Records of said Church & Society as kept by my predecessors in the Ministry containing marriages, births, deaths &c of said Society and having been called upon for a certificate of the marriage of Guthorn Wakeman & Lucy Ann Bulkley, both of said Society as having been married by the Rev d Nathaniel Furness former Officiating Clergyman  Pastor of said Society I find no such marriage there recorded
I further certify that I was acquainted with the said Guthorn Wakeman from the time of my first commencing minist- erial services in said society which was in 1842 to the day of his death which took place on the fifth of April 1848 that I attended said Wakemans funeral as the Parish Clergyman & that he has left a Widow by the name of Lucy Ann Wakeman who I have also been acquainted with ever since I have been in said Society & that they lived together as man & wife to the day of his death & I have no doubt but that they were lawfully married, although I was not present at their marriage, The said Lucy Ann Wakeman is now living in said Greenfield Parish is a neighbour of mine, is now the Widow of said de d Guthorn Wakeman & has been ever since his death
T. B. Sturges Pastor
2 State of Connecticut Fairfield County, ss, Town of Fairfield Be it known that on this 9 th day of April 1853 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the State of Connecticut duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Rev d T. B. Sturges to me known to be a Clergyman in good standing & a person of truth & credible witness who subscribed his name to the above deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same In testimony whereof I have hereunto

set my hand & Notarial seal of Office in the County & State aforesaid on the day & date last above men- tioned
Bradford Winton Notary Public

Lucy Ann Wakeman
8 Yr. 6/90

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF Fairfield
{ ss. Town of Fairfield
On this 30 th day of March A. D., 1855
Bradford Winton a Notary Public in & for the County & State aforesaid Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace , duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and
for the County aforesaid, Susy Ann Wakeman
aged forty years, a resident of Fairfield Town & County in the State of
Connecticut who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of
Gushorn Wakeman late of said Fairfield deceased, who was a private
soldier in the Revolutionary War, had made proof of said service to the satisfaction of the
War Department and obtained a pension for his military service under the act of
June 7 th 1832 of twenty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum which he drew
during his life and died in said Fairfield in April 1848 That under the act of Congress of February 3 rd 1853 she made a declaration for a pension for the military service of her deceased husband for the same amount of pension which he received and proved his death & their marriage which was accepted of and a pension certificate sent her of $26.66 cents per annum dated August 19 th 1853 and numbered 1405 which she is now in the receipt of
For proof of his service reference is had to his declaration now in the Pension Office at Washington & to her declaration for proof of their marriage etc
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of more than fourteen days
and was honorably discharged at but at what time on the or place she cannot say of State neither A. D., has she any proof of service
She further states that she was married to the said Gushorn Wakeman in Greenfield Parish in S. Fairfield on the first day of November A. D. 1834
by one Nathaniel Freeman a clergyman and that her name before her said
marriage was Susy Ann Bulkley that her said husband died at said Fairfield
on the fifth day of April A. D. 1848
and that she is now a widow. that there is no record whatever of their marriage and the clergyman that married them is now dead
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
Susy Ann Wakeman
WE William Nichols
and Susy Bulkley both
residents of said Town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Susy Ann Wakeman in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements
of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
William Nichols Susy Bulkley
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Notarial Seal of Office in the County Justice of the Peace. and State aforesaid on the day and date first before mentioned
Bradford Winton
Notary Public

Lucy Anne Wakeman
The Commr of Pensions will forward my land Warrant and all communications relative thereto to Bradford Winton of Easton in Connecticut who as my Agent and Attorney in the prosecution of this claim will receive said warrant and transmit the same to me.
Lucy Anne Wakeman

I Rufus Blakeman of Fairfield Town & County & State of Connecticut of Forty  Eighty years of age testify & say that I am a practicing Physician in the Parish of Greenfield in said Fairfield have been for many years & also a Judge of the Court of Probate for Fairfield District; that Gushorn Wakeman late of said Town of Fairfield de d was a neighbor of mine, that I was his attending Physician in his last sickness and that he died at his residence in said Town of Fairfield in April A D 1848, that he was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832 for his military service in the Revolutionary War
I further certify that the said Gushorn Wakeman at his death left a widow by the name of Mary Ann Wakeman, who when a girl was Mary Ann Bulkley, who under the act of February 3 rd 1853 made application to the Pension Office at Washington for a pension for the military service of her de d husband, which was accepted and a pension allowed her of the same amount which her husband received during life, which she is now in the receipt of. Her declaration for a pension was executed & completed before me as Judge of Probate and I am sure that I am not mistaken in regard to the facts above stated; and the said Mary Ann Wakeman is now a widow and the widow of the above mentioned Gushorn Wakeman
State of Connecticut } Rufus Blakeman Fairfield County ss. Town of Fairfield On this 30 th day of March A D 1855 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the County & State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Rufus Blakeman Esq e to me well known to be a cred- ible witness who subscribed his name to the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office in the County & State aforesaid on the day & date last above mentioned Bradford Winton Notary Public

Rufus Blakeman Deposition

I Lucy Bulkley of of Fairfield Town & County & State of Connecticut of Sixty four years of age testify & say that Lucy Ann Wakeman widow of Gershom Wakeman late of said Fairfield deceased, is a daughter of mine that she and the said Gershom Wakeman were united in marriage at my house in my presence by the Rev d Nathanial Furman a clergyman according to the best of my recollection on the first day of November 1834.
I further certify that the said dec d Gershom Wakeman was a pensioner of the United States for his Military service in the Revolutionary War of twenty six dollars & sixty six cents per annum and that he died on the fifth day of April 1848. That the said Lucy Ann his widow is now a pensioner of the same amount that he was under the act of February 3 rd 1853 for the same service for which her husband was pensioned. And she is now a widow. I would further certify that the Rev d Nathanial Furman is now dead. Lucy Bulkley
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss. Town of Fairfield
On this 30 th day of March A D 1855 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the State of Connecticut duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Lucy Bulkley above named to me personally known to be a credible witness who subscribed her name to the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office in the County & State aforesaid on the day & date last above mentioned.
Bradford Winton
Notary Public

Mabel Banks
Lucy Ann Wakeman
Notary Public

Lucy Ann Wakeman 59. 6/90

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency HENRY DUTTON , Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Bradford Hinton was on the 12th day of March A.D. 1855 for the term of two years from and after said date appointed a Notary Public in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signature of said Henry Dutton thereto to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 4th day of April A. D. 1855, and in the seventy ninth eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
O. H. Perry Secretary of State.

L. W. B. W. 18232, W. 2282.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
December 10, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning certain soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:
A very careful search has been made and from the data given the names of Stephen and George Wakeman have not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
Seth Wakeman, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on August 7th, 1832, at which time he was 66 years of age and residing at Sherman, Conn., and his pension was allowed for fourteen months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Moore and Col. Dimon. Place of his enlistment not stated. His widow, Mary, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Gearshom Wakeman, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on November 24, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing in Fairfield, Conn., and his pension was allowed for eight months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Hall. He enlisted at Fairfield, Conn. His widow, Lucy Ann, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Robert F. Wakeman, Southport, Conn.

Leek
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2282
Eugenia Wakeman, Widow
Jerusha Wakeman, Prv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol. M Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec. 10/97 - History to Mr. Robert P. Hakeman, Southport, Conn.

21.590
160 acres

No 1046 Lucy Ann Wakeman widow of Gushman Connt.
Set to B. Norton 11 June 03
Set (By) 8/03

App. of Lucy Ann Wakeeman widow of Gusham.
Fairfield
Connl.
54118
Act 3 d Secy: 1853 F. 26. 10 P. 1000000 Commencing 3 d Feb. 1853. Rev.
Bradford Clinton
Easton
Fairfield Co.
Connl.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

W. J. Noble Esq. Towns of Justinus City of Washington D. C.
PAID

Gershon Wakeman Wm. Williams
{ Conn.
claim for slaves not allowed & which has been allowed in the case of Thos. Bennett of N. York. See papers & report to Hon. G. Tomlinson Senate U.S.
March 12 '36

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency THOMAS H. SEYMOUR, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Bradford Winton was on the 5th day of February, A. D. 1853 appointed for the term of two years a Notary Public _____
in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court: that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signature of said
Thos. H. Seymour
thereto, to be genuine
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 27th day of June A. D. 1853. and in the seventy seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By his Excellency the Governor
Geo. P. C. Clarke,
Secretary of State.

28.16 50 20.83 20 33
Ref d to H. A. S. G. Tomlinson

Did Tompkins 6 th N.Y. if so mentioned Thomas Bennett of N. York receives a full pension - & Gershon Wakeman & Wm. Williams allege that they are equally entitled to full pensions, but they have not received half pensions. Examine their case. & report to Ga. Tomlinson - of the Senate U.S. - Wakeman & Williams reside in Conn.
J L E ap. 26. 1834
So M c Elia

To the Comm ee of Pensioners City of Washington D.C.
Herewith I send you the Declaration for a Pension for Mary Ann Wakeman Widow of Gurnham Wakeman dec d which I presume you will find made out in confor- mity to law. If so please send me a certificate for Mrs Wakeman in June and oblige yours Dated at Fairfield April 11 th 1853
Respectfully Bradford Winton
N.B. Please direct your letter to me at Easton Fairfield Co. Conn. B.W.

Wakeman

Brief in the case of Sarah Ann Wickham Wickham , widow of Gusman , Fairfield County and State of Connecticut , act 3 d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act of 7 th June. 1832.
Parole proof of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Bradford Minton Esq., Easton, Fairfield Co., Ct. Name and residence of Agent
E. C. Baynton Examining Clerk.

Gershon Wakeman
5 13 15
8 mo.
$26.66 per m
Hen C. Tomlinson
Huata

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Gordon Wakeman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 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 amount of pension he is entitled? It should appear whether his service in Sergeants guards was continuous under the public authority. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
It does not appear whether there are survivors of his several terms of service
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
No
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* 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 _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

5416 Dec 23
Gresham Wakeman
St. Paul
James H. Baker
Esq.
Comm.
of Conditions
James H. (Corr.) Barnard's Esq.
Hugh Malufin Senate 213

Washington Dec. 22 d . 1836
Sir,
I have the honor to request you to send me a copy of the papers, in your custody, relating to the claim of Gershon Wakeman referred to, in the inclosed petition.
I am yours respectfully. G. Pomeroy
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Lucy Ann Wakeman Rich George Wakeman
Sedus
Oct 1833
FREE
E. P. Waldo Esq Comm. of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

Adjutant General's Office Official Business.
Hartford Adpt. Genl. C.
Mr Bradford Winton Easton Fairfield County. Conn.

I hereby certify that on application of Lucy Ann Wake- man widow of Gushern Wakeman late of Fairfield in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut dec d a Rev d . Pensioner of the United States and on the roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of $26.66 per annum that at her request I made out her declaration for a Pension under the act of February 3 rd 1853 prepared the evidence to establish her claim forwarded the papers to the Pension Office at Washington about the middle of April last as the Agent of Lucy Ann Wakeman, that I have no interest in the final result of her claim beyond what an Agent would have for his Principal in the faithful performance of his duty, that there is no contract whatever made for any compensation for my services & I claim & expect to receive no more than a reasonable compensation for the same, that my time I consider the same as money & when employed I expect to receive an equiva- lent whether her claim be allowed or disallowed I shall expect to receive my pay. This is the interest and all the interest I have as her Agent in preparing her claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office at Easton in the County & State aforesaid This 28 th day of June A D 1853 Bradford Winton Notary Public

L. P. Waldo Esqr Comm r of Pensions City of Washington D. C.
Sir - Your letter of June 10 th 1853 taking exceptions to the declaration of Lucy Ann Wakeman W o of Gushorn Wakeman for a pension under the act of Feby 3 rd 1853 has been received
When the papers were made out they were made and completed in strict conformity to all former Rules & usages of the Pension Office & although there has been a recent change in the Heads of the Department, yet as no notice whatever had been given of any change in the proceedings the presumption was that the same Rules & Regulations were adopted as had been for the last twenty years. This I took for granted & supposed that I was correct in my position & think so still & never in my life have I had or heard of exceptions having been taken to the Certificate & Seal of a Notary in Com- ment
Your circular of Jan y 18 th 1853 inclosed in your letter of April 25 th last was received on the 7 th of May last giving me for the first time any notice whatever of any change in the Rules or Regulations of the Department of course you will readily see that there was no remedy that I could apply in the application of Mrs Wakeman the papers having been completed & forwarded to the Pension Office a length of time previous & certainly not in violation of any known law or Regulations of the Department for where no law is there can be no violation of law & altho your circular was dated the 18 th day of Jan y 1853 two months previous to your appointment & remained in the Pension Office up to the date aforesaid, a dead letter & no notice thereof given, how I ask is it to be claimed or to be expected that I or any other person having business with that office could observe that which was never made known

no one can raise any such presumption
You say that the Rules of this Office prohibit the admission of evidence taken before & certified to be credible by a Notary who is acting as the Agent in the case in which such evidence is to be used, unless such Notary certify that he has no interest in the case "
How far or what construction is to be put on the above I know not. I never made a declaration in my life or under took any other business as an Agent for another but that I took an interest in his, her, or their welfare so far as was consistent with right & beyond that I never go. Neither would I ever employ a person to transact business for me of any kind unless he would take an interest in the concern & act for my welfare so far as one Agent should honestly & faithfully act for another & in this view of the case I think that you will fully concur
I certainly did in this case no more than all others have done & I myself in other cases & no exceptions were ever taken, Mrs Wakerman is a widow of a du te Rev d Soldier who I assisted during his life in obtaining his pension money & when the law of Feby 3 rd 1853 was made known Mary Ann Wakerman requested my assistance in her behalf to establish her claim, I did so, I made out her papers as before stated & in good faith and I claim & assert that I conceive there to be no wrong either on my part or on hers for I claim that she had an undoubted right in this Republican land to select her Agent. I made out her papers & they are now in the Pension Office & if you can detect any wrong please do so. I should have had no objections in giving a certificate at the time, stating my interest in the claim, but as your decree was not known at the time it does appear that the claim now set up & before notice is rather arbitrary & Anti Democratic. The only effect it can have in Connecticut will be to increase the expense of the applicant which at all times ought to be avoided

Inclosed is the Surattys Certificate proving my authority to act as Notary
I also send you my certificate stating what my interest is in the applicants case & if that interest is such as in your opinion disqualifies my acts & cannot be waived in this case you will please return Mrs. Wakermans papers to me but before you do so I would like to have you duly consider this case & all the circumstances attending it. On the other hand suppose you reject the claim, Mrs. Wakerman is lawfully entitled to a pension & cannot be prevented. She will have a new set of papers made out embracing the same facts, evidence & all, they are sent to the Pension Office & a pension is allowed, she incurs two bills of expense & they will have to be paid & this will be the effect of your Rules. two set of Officers are to be employed together with the Certificate of the Surattay or County Clerk & these widows are generally poor & one bill is more than they often pay in full.
With these few suggestions I submit the case hoping that you will fairly & considerately investigate the claim with all the circumstances attending it & should you do so I am fully of the opinion that you will fully agree with me in your conclusion, or come to the same conclusion that I have
And, Am Sir Yours Respectfully Bradford Winton
Dated at Easton Fairfield Co Conn. June 29 th 1853

59.670
27.598 162
Lucy A. Kiman Gardner
27.598 160
To the Commr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

To the Commr. of Pensions City of Washington
Dear Sir
I perceive by the papers that Congress has repealed that part of the Bounty Land act of 1855 which requires record evidence for proof of service. If so I would call your attention to the Bounty land claim of Mary Ann Wakeman, widow of Gershon Wakeman a dec d Revolutionary soldier
Her land claim was made out under the act of March 3 rd 1855 and was sent to the Pension Office in April following and numbered 59,670 and was suspended for want of record evidence. She is now in the receipt of a pension for his military service of $26.66 per annum.
I wish you would have the goodness to send me the act of repeal and inform what course is to be pursued when claims have been presented under the act aforesaid & have been suspended for want of record evidence.
Easton Fairfield County Conn. May 20 th 1856
Respectfully Yours Bradford Winton

NOV 23 1897 Southport Ct. Nov 18/97
To the Hon Com't of Pensions, Washington D.C.
I desire record of military service of Stephen Wakeman of Lockport N.Y., who was I believe on the Pension rolls. He died at Lockport Sept 1852, (War of Revolution)
Also service of _____ Wakeman husband of Mary Wakeman of Sherman Ct. She was on Pension rolls in 1840 - age 75,
Also of George Wakeman (on the rolls 1840) of Fairfield Conn. age 76 in 1840
I am yours very truly
Rob't, P. Wakeman