Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19645, Thomas Williams, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Comm.
Williams, Thomas Content
N 19645
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts
Content Williams
widow of Thomas Williams.
Con who died on the 20th February 181 of Cambridge in the State of MS. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded by Col Swift in the [blank] line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of a Nap. D at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Aug. 1838 and sent Henry Morris Springfield MS.
Arrears to the 4th March 1838 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838, Section 11th }
Recorded by N. H. Addison Clerk Book A. Vol. 1 st Page 143

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Hampden } ss
On this fourth day of February 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Probate holden at Springfield within & for the County & State aforesaid, Content Williams a resident of Springfield in said County aged Seventy six years , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836; That she is the widow of Thomas Williams late of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who was a Fifer in the army of the Revolution - That the said Thomas served in the the Revolutionary war, as she understood from him, for five years - That he enlisted into the service at Groton in the State of Connecticut for & during the war under Capt. Abel Spicer of Groton aforesaid - That the said she has frequently heard her said husband speak of having been in Col. Briggs  Swift's Regiment - that her said husband was a native of Groton aforesaid & resided there at the time of his enlistment - that she does not recollect any particular battles battalion which her said husband was engaged except the battle of Monmouth, though she well recollects having heard him speak of having taken a part in other battles & skirmishes - that she has frequently heard him give her an account of his marches & countermarches & of his privations & sufferings, but she cannot now recollect the places or parts of the country through which he passed, to state them with any degree of accuracy - That she is in possession of no documentary evidence to prove his services, his enlistment or his discharge.
The said Content further declares on her oath aforesaid that in the fall of the year 1782, the said Thomas returned to the house of his parents in Groton aforesaid, on a furlough for about three weeks if she recollects right; and that she was married at said Groton, to the said Thomas Williams on the seventeenth day of October 1782 by Elder Park Alllyn a settled minister over one of the churches in Groton - That the said Elder Alllyn at that time gave her a certificate of their marriage which she has kept to this day & is hereto annexed, & is in the handwriting of the said Park Alllyn - that her said husband left home soon after their marriage, to join the army again & did not return

till after the close of the war. That we continued to live at Groton for a number of years after the war, when we removed to Hartford in Connecticut, where the said Thomas Williams died on the twenty first day of February Eighteen hundred & seventeen.
The said Content further declares, that she has never been married to any other person, since the death of the said Thomas Williams
her content X Williams mark
Hampden ss at a Probate Court held at Springfield within and for said County of Hampden Feby 7 1937
The above named Content Williams personally appeared and made oath to the foregoing declaration, and being unable to write her name she made her mark before me NORR MORRIS Judge of said Court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County ss
Justin Wetmore Clerk of the Probate Court, the same being a Court of Record within & for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court
and the said Judge upon the whole matter do declare my opinion that the said Thomas Williams was a soldier of the Revolution as stated in the foregoing declaration, that before the close of his service he intermarried with the said Content, that he is now dead, and that the said Content has never since the death of the said Thomas been married and she now remains his widow. In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of Feby A D 1937 NORR MORRIS Judge of said Court

I Justin Willard Clerk of said Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Constant Williams for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Springfield this fourth day of February A.D. 1837
Justin Willard Clerk

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut 6 February 1837
On application for evidence of the service of Thomas Williams I have examined the Books and papers remaining in this Office relating to the Revolutionary War, and find and Certify as follows, Viz:—
In a Book containing the record of settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, under head of "Settlement with the 1 st Connecticut Reg t Josiah Starr Esq r . Colonel, before January 1. 1780," this entry:—
"Thomas Williams—d o [private]—Commencement of service—March 20. '77—Time of this settlement—d o [Jan y . 1. 1780]—2 Yrs. 9 M s . 11 days."
And again, in a settlement with the same Regiment, and same Colonel, "for the year 1780," this entry:—
"Thomas Williams—d o [private]—d o [Jan y . 1. 1780]—Time of this settlement—Mar. 20. '80—2 M s . 20 days."
Wm. Field Comptroller.

Deposition of Lorenda Grant

Lorenda Grant of Springfield in the County of Hampden Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that I am the daughter of Thomas Williams formerly of Hartford in the State of Connecticut that my Father died the 28 th day of February one Thousand Eight Hundred & seventeen and that my Mother Louisa Williams is still living and has not been married since the death of my Father
Dated at Springfield this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred & thirty seven
Lorenda Grant
Hampden 7 th February 7 th 1837 Then the above named Lorenda Grant personally appearing made a solemn oath to the above declaration by her subscribed before me
Walter A. Bowdoin Justice of the Peace
I certify that Lorenda Grant sustains a good character for truth
Morrill Morrill Judge of Probate

I Timothy Allyn of West Springfield in the County of Hampden Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say my Brother Park Allyn formerly of Groton New London County in the state of Connecticut, now deceased was the chosen Elder or minister of a Church in the said Town of Groton in the time of Revolutionary war and that he lived until and after the close of the said war in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
Dated at West Springfield this 8 th day of Feb 7 1837. Hampden ss.
Timothy Allyn
Sworn to Agreeably to law before me the date above Amos Worthington Justice Peace
Hampden ss Feb 7 1837 I certify that I am well acquainted with Timothy Allyn aforesaid and that he is of good reputation of forsooth Oliver Mearns Judge of Probate
I Cynthia Allyn of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that my uncle, Park Allyn formerly of Groton New London County, now deceased, was the Elder or minister of a Church in the said Town of Groton in the time of the Revolutionary war, and that he lived until and after the close of the said war, in the year of our Lord 1783. Dated at West Springfield this 8 th day of February 1837.
Cynthia Allyn
Hampden County ss. Sworn to Agreeably to law before me the date above Amos Worthington Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss.
I, Justice William Allen of the Probate Court, the same being a Court of Record within & for said County do hereby certify that Walter H. Bowdoin before shown the preceding Disposition of Louisa Grant was executed, and that Amos Worthington before shown the preceding Depositions of Timothy Allen & Cynthia Allen were respectively executed, are copies of the Pleadings within & for said County duly commensured & qualified to act and that their signatures to the respective certificates of said execution are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven
William Allen Judge

The Miss Williams And Content Ladies Was named by Dear Park Mlyn Agroton the 11th of October 1782

X/273 Content William
Application for Pension Massachusetts.
March 1777 Mass.
1780
Henry Morris Spencerfield Mass.

160. Central Williams
wid of Thomas Mass.
Mai o 1782 died 1814
Ad 7 July 1838
5 years.
Allan for 247.
$80 per ann.
Rev d Cost line
Coop d Colin
Henry Morris Esq Spryfield Mass

and now I the said Judge after an investigation of the whole matter do declare my opinion that the said Thomas Williams was a soldier of the revolution and proved as stated in the foregoing declaration, that in the month of October AD 1702 he married the said Barent, that he died in the month of February AD 1814 having the said Barent his widow, that has ever since remained the widow of said Thomas, and now is his widow.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto sign my name and cause the seal of said court to be affixed this ninth day of August AD 1830
Oliver Morris Judge of the court of Probate for the county of Hampden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden
ss.
I Justin Willard Clerk
of the Probate court within & for said county do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver D. Morris before whom the foregoing declaration of Barent Williams was made & sworn to, & before whom the annexed depositions of Harriet Williams was verified, is the Judge of said court and that his signature subscribed to the foregoing & annexed certificates, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Probate court at Springfield, this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Justin Willard Clerk

Harriet Williams of Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath depose and say that I am the daughter of Thomas Williams deceased and Contessa Williams and that since the death of my said father Thomas Williams my said mother has not been married to any other person. Harriet Williams
Hampden ss August 6 th 1930 subscribed and sworn to before me, and I certify that the said Harriet Williams is well known to me and is a credible witness
Oliver Morris Judge of the Probate of Probate for said County

Conant Williams
Conant Williams
J. D. Cavanagh Commiss'y of Revenue Henry Morris Esq. Springfield Massachusetts,
Conant Williams May 13. 1837

War Department Pension Office May 13 1837.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs. Content Williams, widow of Thomas Williams, have been examined.
Her husband enlisted in Colonel Swift's regiment, in March 1777, for three years, and was discharged in March 1780, as appears by our rolls of service, and she was married to him in October 1782. The 3 d Section of the act of July 1836, provides for none who were married after the termination of their husbands revolutionary services. The claim has therefore been rejected and the papers filed.
I am, respectfully, Henry Morris, Esq. Your obedt servt Springfield J. L. Edwards Massachusetts.

Aug 27
NY
J. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
free
RECEIVED

Springfield Mr. July 23. 1838
Sir -
Mrs. Content Williams widow of Thomas Williams, a Revolutionary soldier sometime in the winter of 1837. forwarded her Declaration &c. to the Pension Office & received for answer that she was not entitled to a Pension as the time of her marriage was subsequent to the last term of service of her late husband -
She now requests me to enquire whether she is not entitled to a Pension under the laws of Congress passed at the late session. As her papers are all in your office & filed among the unsuccessful applicants, will you do me the favor, in behalf of a very poor & worthy woman, to examine her Declaration & testimonies - and if any thing further can be done for procuring a pension for her, I will thank you to answer this as soon as may be convenient.

Mrs. Williams has resided in this town for a number of years - Her husband formerly resided in the State of Connecticut - and his service in the War of the Revolution was in the Connecticut line as the Regular Army, as I suppose.
I am very Respectfully Yours Abt. Smith
Abner M. Cook
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Conduit William
Mr
for Raper
James L. Schuchert Esq. Council Chambers, Washington D.C.

James L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Seniors Washington D.C.
General Williams New P.O. Box

Springfield Mass. Aug 6. 1838
Sir
Herewith I send you the declaration of Mrs Content Williams.
Very respectfully
Your obt Serv t
Danny Morris
J. L. Edwards Esq

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Springfield Mass. Feb 13. 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
Herewith I send you the application of Content Williams for a pension — Please address
Yours very resp ly
Henry Morris —

Content Williams Massachusetts
Rejected
See letter 13 May 1837 to Henry Morris letter M c Brook July 27 '38 let: 28 July 38 Henry Morris married after her husband had left the seminary.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19645- Content Williams Widow of Thomas Williams Briv. Rev. War.
Act: July 7 th 1855
Index:—Vol. M , Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]