Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36377, Elisha Wells, Conn.

SERVICE
Comm.
NUMBER _____
Wells, Elisha
S. 36377
CONTENTS

(462)
Connecticut Roll.
Elisha Wells, Capt. Kimball
4
Private
Connecticut Line, 14th Inf. Regt. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Jonathan Bruce, Hartford, Conn.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 4 months 21/30 $37.60
{ Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Notices on sent to Thomas Chester Esq. 20 October 1820. Hartford
Connecticut
D. July 18. 1829

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, and County of Hartford. } ss. Hartford
I JONATHAN BRACE, Judge of the County Court, within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Ebenezer Wells who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a private in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, and on the Continental establishment, for at least the term of nine months, and is a resident citizen of the United States, in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. His discharge he also swears is lost
And in addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of Nathaniel Hooker who is a credible witness, that the said Wells served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid ;
and from the like testimony of the s d Hooker that the said Wells is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 14 th day of April
A. D. 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid -
April 14 th 1818 sealed with the seal of the Court by direction of the Honourable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court. Thomas Chester Clerk

Elisha Wells
Private
14 April 1888
New England Press
Wartford Conniet
Correct

State of Connecticut } & County of Hartford } ss .
Elisha Wells lately of Farmington now of Hartford in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he served as a private in the revolutionary war, in the continental establishment & in the Connecticut line for three years -
That he entered the service in the month of May A.D. 1777 for three years & faithfully served as a private aforesaid during said time & was honorably discharged at New Jersey in the spring of 1780. That he belonged to Capt Kimball's company & Col. John Chandler's Regt when he entered the service & when he left it he belonged to Capt Rice company & Col Sherman's Regt of the Conn't line -
He further deposes that he is a resident citizen of the U. States - has never had a pension - is in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support - Elisha X Wells mark
Sworn to & subscribed } this 28 th day of March 1818 }
Before me Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut

Elisha Wells
462
Sept 10/18
[Large cursive signature]

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 4 th day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Elisha Wells aged sixty years, resident in town of Hartford in the County of Hartford ,
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
He enlisted in Col Charnelles Reg t in the company commanded by Capt Kimball on the 1 st day of March 1777 for three years, on the 1 st day March 1780 my original declaration was in May 1818 my pension certificate is No 462 —
“And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.”
Inventory of Elisha Wells property.    Sold case of drawers — $ 3 00   6 do chairs — “ 75   2 do beds — 10 00   Pots dish kettle & other furniture — 8 00   Frame of a old house — 21 00 75   15 00   36 00 75 
Dist Hartford August 4 th 1820
his Elisha X Wells mark
I am a farmer by occupation & unable to support myself & family. I have a wife aged 52 & two children the eldest is 14 years of age the youngest is 8 years of age My wife is infirm & can barely take care of her family My children cannot earn their support

Sworn to and declared by said Elisha Wells on the 1 st day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
thirty six dollars and seventy five cents.
I, Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this (20) day of Aug t 182 0
Th Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

Ilb. Sur. file 36.377 Rev. Mar.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Elisha Wells , 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.     Mar. 1, 77 3yrs. Pri. Kimball Rice John Chandler Sherman Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in,  Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Date of application for pension, March 28, 1818;  Residence at date of application, Hartford, Conn.  Age at date of application, 58
Remarks: 1820 mentioned wife - 52 yrs. ch. Eleazer 14 Ira 8

36 377 Rev INVALID.
File No. 86,377
Elisha Wells
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 557
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1892 Apr 28 In letter to W G Donnick N.Y. (Quoted) P.
July 11. 1906. History to Mrs. F. F. Knorr. c

O.M. x M.
C
Dept. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly give me the record of my ancestor, Elias Wells, of Connecticut, as indicated in his application for a pension 1840; and as being a pensioner in 1818.
I have my data for reference from the Volume of "Conn. Men in the Revolutionary War" pp. 637 + 665.
Very truly Yours
(Mrs. F. F.) Mary A. Knapp 265 Basset St. New Haven
June 26. 1906.
Conn.

U. S. P. N. DIV.
P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
April 29, 1888.
Sir:-
In reply to your communication of the 27th. instant, in which you request to be informed if the names of any of his family are mentioned in the declaration for pension of Elisha Wells, a soldier of the Revolutionary war whose pension was granted under the act of March 18, 1818, your attention is invited to the following statement made by the soldier in his application:
"I have a wife aged 88 and two children, the oldest, Breafer, is 14 years of age, the youngest, Ite, (or Iva) is 2 years of age."
In a communication addressed to you by this Bureau on the 18th. instant I returned $8.00 currency which you had forwarded to the Bureau for the purpose of retaining the clerk who would assist you the papers in several Revolutionary pension cases. As you have failed to acknowledge the receipt of the same in your recent communication I have to request that you will do so at your earliest convenience.
Very respectfully,
W. Rayer Fosinick, Esq., 74 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
Deputy Commissioner.