Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18181, Stephen Tyler, Conn.

SERVICE
Com.
of Tyler, Stephen Polly
NUMBER
N 18181.
CONTENTS

17.644 17.644 Connecticut
Stephen Fryer of Litchfield in the State of Conn who was a Pri — in the Conn commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Gay in the Conn H Tr for 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Sept 1833 and Sent Mr. H
Mills Norfolk Conn
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $ 66 65 — Semi-ant. allowance ending March 4, 1833
$79.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Dutton Clerk, Book C Vol. 3 Page 13

Reported
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April, 1838, from 4 Sept. 1843 to 4 March 1844. Agent notified 31 March 1846.
Connecticut 1091
Polly Fyler
widow of Stephen Fyler who was a Private in the Revolution Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1843 and sent to G. C. Woodruff Litchfield, Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 67.

I Ebenezer Sexton of the town of Torrington county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age, being duly sworn do depose & say that I lived near the residence of Stephen Tyler late of sd town decd, that I was present at the time of the death of said Stephen & that he died at sd Torrington on the 15 day of July A D 1836. and that at the time of his death he left a widow whose name is Polly Tyler who has ever since remained his widow & is unmarried.
Dated at Winchester July 25-1839 Ebenezer Sexton
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } Winchester July 25 th 1839 Personally appeared Ebenezer Sexton to me well known & who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Isaac S. Wetmore justice peace

I Harlow Tyler of the town of Torrington County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age being duly sworn do depone & say that I am the son of Stephen Tyler late of said town dec d , that I was present at the time of the death of said Stephen & that he died at s d Torrington on the 15 th day of July A.D. 1836, and that at the time of his death he left a widow whose name is Polly Tyler who has ever since remained his widow his unmarried
(Dated at Litchfield June 7 th 1839
Harlow Tyler
State of Connecticut }
Litchfield County } ss Litchfield June 7 th 1839
Personally appeared Harlow Tyler to me well known & who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Geo. C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thomas S. Wetmore & Geo. C. Woodruff Esqrs are
Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that their commission was dated on the 27 th day of May A.D. 1839 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A.D. 1840 and that the signatures annexed to the certificates attached hereto which purport to be their respectively are genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
26 th day of July A.D. 1839
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

P. 100.
Stephen Fyler
Deborah Fyler his

State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Probate District on 21 st day of August 1882 Personally appeared in open court now sitting John Tyler of Colebrook in said State aged seventy three years and being first duly sworn according to Law Testifies and says that he is Brother of Stephen Tyler of Torrington in said State that in he resided in the same family neither him in 1776 & 1777 that he was known by the said Stephen Tyler into the company of Capt. Jonah Gilt for six months Tower and worked for New York and was from home and as he then a poor believer was in the army as he has stated in his Life description as he saw the same situation when he returned as a poor has had a more full one that he also knows that he was drafted in the spring of 1777 for a three months service and started for Puckokee but before he returned from Puckokee he the said John Tyler had enlisted and started for New York State to join the Continental army.
John Tyler
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty two
Michael F. Mills Judge and I certify that the said John Tyler is well known to me that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate

13130 Stephen Fyler 6-t
8 th Jan 8 th Jan 26.66
A. F. Mills Norfolk Conn.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunct notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Stephen Tyler 65
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 17/46. 6 Private G. Giltat. Col. Gay in Long Is. during number of Battles March to N. York & Long Is. 76. Windsor Ct. Mass entered the service and lives in Pittsfield same 67. born in Windsor Ct. Mass   Spring 17/46 2 Corporal Forgotten Forgotten at Danbury Danbury 46. 48 never by two living witnesses Certificate of a Congressman and citizen  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
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 that 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 embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [e] note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Polly Tyler 5855
Con
at 7. July 38
m 78. d 36
adm 8 mpr 26. 00
F. C. Woodruff Silkfield Con.

(Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows")
State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield } ss District of Litchfield
On this 26 th day of July A D 1839 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within & for said District said Court being a Court of Record Polly Tyler a resident of Torrington in said District aged eighty one 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 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Stephen Tyler late of said Torrington dec d , who was a private soldier in the military service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution, & served as such she believes a period of about eight months, That when he entered said service he resided in Milford now Bloomfield Conn. That said Stephen Tyler was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Twenty six \frac{66}{100} Dollars per annum, That she cannot state with particularity the circumstances  particulars in relation to his service, but for proof of it refers to his original application for a Pension & to the Record & documentary evidence in the War Department. She further declares that her maiden name was Polly Folier, that she was married to the said Stephen Tyler

on the 28 th day of July 1778 by the Rev Zekechiek Bissell a settled minister of the Gospel in Windsor now Bloomfield Conn; that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Tyler died at Torrington aforesaid on the 15 th day of July 1836; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving said service but the marriage took place previous to the 1 st of Jan y 1794. viz at the time above stated; and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of said Stephen Tyler. Polly her X Tyler / mark
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written Before the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield Conn
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk
And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter that the facts stated & set forth in foregoing declaration are true
By the Court. Geo. C. Woodruff, Clerk
I Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield Conn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Polly Tyler for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 26 th day of July A.D. 1839
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of Connecticut } S. Joseph Proctor District Litchfield County } on the 21. day of August 1832 personally appeared
and now sitting before me Mr. Nathaniel S. Miles Esquire judge of Probate holding said Court Stephen Tyler of a Resident of the Town of Torrington in said County aged Seventy six years last May who being first 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 in the year 1775 he entered the service of the United States by enlistment in June of that year in the Company then commanded by Capt. Jonah Gillot of Windsor in said State Lieutenant Second Phelps of Simsbury and Lieutenant Phinehas Brooke of Windsor and a Mr. Weyg of a platoon there called Pease's Company being in the Town of Windsor Ensign and was in the Regt. of Col. Gay of Farmington in said State who had the Summer of 1775 in the Army but cannot say for certainty when he took the Oath of Allegiance after he did that he was mustered at New York where he was with the Company several weeks and then was

taken to Long Island where he was at the time the British landed on Long Island was there during the number of battles and fighting between our army and the British was with the army at the time they retreated to New York and from New York to Harlem and then to White Plains and spent the remainder of the time at and near White Plains that he enlisted for six months and served out the full term and was released but had no written discharge and that in the spring of 1777 for lack of proof and that he was drafted from the Town of Windsor into service for the term of three months was mustered at Pikes hill near them at the time being near where that the French part of the army then at Pikes hill was intended for Bennington and he with them but before they reached Bennington they had the news that the British had returned that they made considerable effort to get before the British army and before it could get back but failed that the French part of the army which marched from Pikes hill returned but that the Company to which he belonged was moved to White Plains and near there stationed during the remainder of his term of three months there before but his term but cannot name his officers as it is so long since

and he then has relinquished every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and future that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
and further that he never has been in the Town of Windsor in said State that Windsor was the Place of her Residence at the time he relinquished the same mentioned in her application that since the Revolution about for forty years has Resided in the Town of Torrington near Winchester the Town line that he is well acquainted with the Rev. Frederick Marsh of Winchester Clergy man Rev. Rufus Babcock Clergy man of Colebrook with the Hon. Augustus Pittman Esq. of Cranford who can testify as to his character Stephen Fyles Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Michael S. Mills Judge of Probate
Rev. Frederick Marsh Clergy man of the Town of Winchester Rev. Rufus Babcock Clergy man of the Town of Colebrook Augustus Pittman Esq.
of Windsor in Litchfield County hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Stephen Fyles of Windsor who has been and is now his above description and he has been to the present six years of age and that he is Infirmed and understood in the neighborhood where he Resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and meager in that war and that he is a Creditable Person and that her State must be entitled to a Pension
Frederick Marsh Rufus Babcock
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Michael S. Mills Judge of Probate

And the said Court do here declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter found after putting the Interrogatories presented by the war Sitost ment that the above named Stephen Fyler applicant was a Revolutianary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Frederick Marsh is a clergy man residing in the Town of Winchester and that Rufus Babcock is a clergy man residing in the Town of Calver and that Joseph Buttle Esquire is a Resident of the Town of Norfolk all Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. Michael G. Mills Judge of Probate
I Michael G. Mills Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Fyler for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 day of August A.D. 1832
Michael G. Mills Clerk.

"Married, Stephen Filer and Polly Collier July twenty eighth one thousand seven hundred seventy eight, by Ezekiah Bissell"
I Cornelius B. Everest of the town of Bloomfield County of Hartford & State of Connecticut do certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz "July 28 th 1778" And I Cornelius B. Everest above named do depose & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Church in said Bloomfield & as such have the custody of the Church Records of s d Bloomfield formerly the parish of Min- tonbury in the town of Windsor in s d County, & that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church with the exception above named as certified by me And that the Rev Ezekiah Bissell was at the time aforesaid a minister of the Gospel & the Pastor of said Church Bloomfield June 14 th . 1839 Cornelius B. Everest, Pastor
State of Connecticut }
Hartford County } ss Bloomfield June 14 th 1839
Personally appeared Cornelius B Everest the Pastor of the Church in s d Bloomfield, to me well known who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the above deposition in my presence, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Hirum Roberts Justice of Peace

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.A.C.
Washington, D. C., April 11, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Stephen Fyler --- 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. June 1776 6 mos. Pvt. Jonah Gillett   Guy Conn. Apr. 1777 2 mos. Corpl. Lt. Charles Seymour Belden Conn.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor, Conn. Date of application for pension, August 21, 1832. Residence at date of application, Torrington, Conn. Age at date of application, Seventy-six years.
Remarks: He married Polly Collier, July 28, 1778, and died July 15, 1836.
Very respectfully,
O. R. Fyler, Esq.,
Torrington,
Commissioner.
1804bim
Litchfield Co., Conn.

P. Fyler
arrears upto 16: July 1836
Geo. C. Woodruff Litchfield Ia

(Declaration in order to obtain arrears of Pensions due from 4 th March 1836 under the act of July 7 th 1838)
On this 25 th day of May 1843 personally appeared before me a Justice Harlow Tyler a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Litchfield, Conn, Polly Tyler a resident of Torrington in said County aged 84- years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which she claims from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 15 th day of July 1836 from which period she has been already paid under the act of 7 th July 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Stephen Tyler who was a Private Soldier during the Revolutionary War; that her Pension was allowed at the rate of Twenty six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum, & which was paid to her at the Agency in Hartford in the State of Connecticut. And further she saith not. Polly her X Tyler mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before me
William Denison Harlow Tyler Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Harlow Fyler Esq. is a c
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 10 th day of June A. D. 1842 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1843 and that the preceding signature which purports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 29 th day of May A. D. 1843
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Hiram Roberts Esq. 10
and for more than ten months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford — in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certifi- cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Roberts
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 15 th day of June — in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 39
And I certify that the signature of said Roberts
hereunto annexed is genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

Reported
Connecticut 4107
Polly Fyler widow of Stephen Fyler
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 15 th July 1836 of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Gay in the Cont. line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 2/3 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March 1836. Vending the 16 th July 1836, from which time she has been paid.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of August 1843 and sent to Geo. C. Woodruff; Litchfield, Connecticut
Whole amount due . . . . . $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book A. Vol. 1. Page 180

5855 Count.
July 30.
Oct 7 July, 1838.
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm te of Pensions Washington D.C.

Litchfield Conn. July 26 th 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
At the request of Mrs Polly Tyler I enclose to you her application for a Pension If granted please send her certificate to me
Respectfully Yours
G. R. Woodruff

Stephen Fyer p ri : 26. 66 (en: out of Jane when last pd? GMC
Sep 2. 39
Diid 15 July 1837 p st : that's p ri nd SH

A.
Torrington Litchfield Co. Conn. March 16 th 1895-
Hon. Pension Commissioner Washington D.C.
Sir:-
Having in view the perfecting of the genealogy of my family there are certain important historic facts that I can only obtain through your office. The information I desire is as follows: My Grandfather was in the Revolutionary war and was a pensioner as was his widow who survived him.
Grandfather's name, Stephen Fyler probably en- listed from Windsor Conn. possibly from Torrington Conn.
I would like to know the term of service, also whether there was separate terms, and the length of each. The date of commencement of pension, and the rate, whether for disability or for service. The name of Company, and Regt in which he served, and where the service

was informed. Stephen Fyler died July 15 th 1836 in Torrington Conn.
Polly Fyler his widow died June 12 th 1847 and from my own knowledge was drawing a pension at her death. I would like to know the length of time she was a pensioner, and the rate.
This information is very important to me and I do not know of any other source that I can obtain it.
With a record of my own in the late war, I am anxious to have a more complete record of my ancestors.
Very Respectfully D. R. Fyler

W.H.H.P.
CATW

1597 June 1 1843 1612 1613
At. Mar 3. 1843 Lydia Curtis Junean 1838.
Polly Hayden
J. Edwards Esq Comm ee of Pensions Washington City P.C.
[Faint handwritten mark or signature]

Litchfield Conn May 29 th 1843 J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I enclose the application of Polly Tyler for arrears of Pension and also the application of Lydia Curtin for one years pension. When granted please send me their certificates.
Resp y Yours
Geo. C. Woodruff

1347
May 24 43
Ch
Mar 3 rd 1843
Polly Fyler
Polly Fyler
$26:66 per an
(Pension) (Pension) G.C. Woodruff Litchfield Conn. Washington City D.C.

Littlerock Jan. May 20 th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
I enclose Polly Fyler's application for one years pension When granted please send me certificate
Respectfully yours
Geo. C. Woodruff

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 7 th , 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Polly Fyler, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 3 rd March 1843, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1843, to the 4 th March 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
James M. Davis
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

STEPHEN FYLER.
On August 21, 1832, the date when he applied for pension, he was a resident of Torrington, Conn., and Seventy six years of age. He makes the following statement in his declaration relative to his services:
In June, 1776, entered the service of the United States by enlistment in the company then commanded by Jonah Gillet, of Windsor of said state, and Lieut. David Phelps of --- (7) and Lieut. Phinehas Drake of Windsor and a Mr. Wing of Windsor, Ensign, and was in the Regiment of Col. Gay, of Farmington, of said state who died during the Summer of 1776 in the army but cannot say for certainty who took the command after he died. That he was marched to New York where he was with the company several weeks and then was taken to Long Island where he was at the time the British landed on Long Island; was there during the number of battles and fighting between our army and the British; was with the army at the time they returned to New York and from New York to Harlem and then to White Plains and spent the remainder of the term at and near White Plains. That he enlisted for six months and served out the whole term and was released but had no written discharge and that in April 1777, he was drafted from the town of Windsor of said state for the term of two months and served as a Corporal in the company and was marched to Peekskill; was there at the time Danbury was burned. That the principal part of the army then at Peekskill was marched for Danbury and he with them but before they reached Danbury they had the news that the British had returned. That they made considerable effort to get before the British army before they could get back but failed. That the principal part of the army which marched from Peekskill returned but that the company to which he belonged was marched to White Plains and was there stationed during the remainder of his term of two months, but cannot name his officers as it is so long since.
This soldier was born at Windsor, Conn., where he resided at the time he entered the service. He stated in his application for pension (see late above) that he still resided in the town of Torrington for about forty years.
Danbury (They were Lt Chas Seymour & Col. Belden)

O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. W. 18181.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your letter of April 11th, received in this Bureau by the reference of Hon. E. J. Hill, in which you request information concerning the military record of Stephen Fyler, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 21, 1832, at which time he was residing in Torrington, Conn., and seventy-six years of age, and his pension was allowed for eight months actual service as a private in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Jonah Gillett and Col. Gay. Enlisted at Windsor, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. O. R. Fyler, Torrington, Conn.

Torrington Conn
April 11 th 1896
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me the military record of Stephen Fyler of Torrington in the Revolutionary war. Number of enlistments, with date of entry, and discharge. Company, Reg. and Brigade, in which service was performed.
I desire this information to establish my descent from the above Stephen Fyler.
Very Respectfully
W. R. Fyler

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
18181
Polly Eyles
Widow of
Stephen Eyles
Pris Nov 1818
Act: _____
March 39. 48
Index:—Vol. _____
M, Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1893 Feb 20 to Capt Filer of Dev. J.B.
Dist Chief
Apr. 1/95 Mil. Hist. Soc. Co. Farmington, Conn.
R. Fyler, M.A., S.L.
Apr. 21/96 Soldier O. R. Fyler, Farmington, Conn.
Resigned M.A., S.L.

Connecticut - H 109.
Polly Tyler, widow of Stephen Tyler,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 15 th July 1836, of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a P er in the Campy commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by G ay   in the B t line for 8 m os
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 16 th July 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sep r . '39, and sent to G. C. Woodruff, Litchfield, Conn.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. — $ Semi-annual allowance ending
$ { Act July 7, } 1838. }
By R Burdick Clerk Vol. 15 Page 180.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting Pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } ss Torrington
On this 16 th day of May 1843 personally appeared Polly before me Rysal C. Alunethy a justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Litchfield Polly Fyler a resident of Torrington in the said County of Litchfield aged 84 years who being first 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 d March 1843, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Stephen Fyler dec d who was a Private soldier in the war of the Revolution in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, and that she was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Twenty six 66 / 100 Dollars per annum under the act of July 7 th 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow
Polly her X of Fyler mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me; and I certify that the above named declarant Polly Fyler is personally known to me
Rysal C. Alunethy Justice of Peace (11)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Russell C. Abernethy Esq. is a , Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 10 th day of June A. D. 1842 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1843 and that the signature to the preceding certificate which purports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 20 th day of May A. D. 1843
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk