Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18237, Robert Warner, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Warner, Robert Mary
W. 18237
CONTENTS

Connecticut 353
Mary Warner widow of Robert Warner decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 11 April 1813 of Hartford in the State of Ct. who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Wells of the Reg t commanded by Colon. Corin. in the Ct. line for 6 months 3 days
Increased from $20.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Connct. at the rate of 22 Dollars 37 Cents per annu. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Octo. 1838 and sent to H. W. Meriman Hartford Ct.
Arrears to the 4th Sept 1838 $55.92 1/2 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March, 11. 18 1/2
$67.11
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Al. H. G. Adison Clerk Book 7. Vol. 1. Page 277

536
Mary Warner widow of Robert Leon.
act 7. July 38
5 years.
Marr'd Jan'y 78
adm?
6 mo. 3 days /ri
$20. 33 / 100
No deduction
F.H. Meriman Hartford Conn

State of Connecticut Probate District of Hartford } ss.
On this 10 th day of August AD 1838, personally appeared before the Probate Court holden within & for the District of Hartford, Mary Warner, a resident of Wethersfield in the district and County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, aged 82 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 and pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of Robert Warner who was a corporal in the Army of the Revolution and was in Captain Chester Wells Company in 1776 - And she further declares that her maiden name was Mary Clark and that she was married to the s d Robert Warner by the Rev d Joshua Belden in the s d town of Wethersfield on the Eighth day of January Seventeen Hundred Seventy Eight; that her husband the aforesaid Warner died on the 11 th day of April 1833; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and

ninety four, viz, at the time above stated.
She further declares that her late husband the aforesaid Robert Warner resided in D Wethersfield prior to his enlistment, and ever after continued to reside there until the time of his death; and that she has never married since the decease of her D husband; - all of which will more fully appear from the evidence hereunto annexed = subscribed in presence of
Seth Terry
F. H. Meriman
hr Mary X Warner mark
State of Connecticut, Probate District August 10 th AD 1838 = Sworn to and subscribed before the Probate Court for the District of Hartford, on the day and year above written. The word Clerk in the deponent's name written & erased & "Warner" substituted by me before attesting -
Seth Terry Judge

State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss.
I, Seth Terry, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, hereby certify that the above and foregoing contains the original proceedings of P. Court in the matter of the application of the widow Mary Warner for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of P Court this 10 th day of August AD 1838
Seth Terry Judge

I, William Wolcott of the town of Wethersfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of Eighty Four years having first been duly sworn according to law depose & say; that I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and was well acquainted with Robert Warner of Wethersfield, and that in the year Seventeen Hundred Seventy five, Robert Warner was a corporal in Captain Chester Wells company, in which company I served as a private. We marched to New York sometime in the Month of June 1776 and were discharged in the Month of December of the same year. Said Warner continued a corporal in said company from the time we marched from Wethersfield until we returned in the Month of December and we were in service together six Months and a few days. Said Warner always resided in Wethersfield after the war until the time of his death. I do not recollect the year when he died but should think it was five or six years ago, and further the deponent saith not.
WILLIAM WOLCOTT
Hartford County ss. Wethersfield, August 6 th 1838 Then Personally appeared William Wolcott signer of the above deposition, and after being duly sworn according to law, and

cautioned to speak the truth, and carefully examined, did on his oath declare the facts contained in his deposition to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and subscribed the same before me: And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent, and that he is a man of truth and veracity, and his declarations entitled to full credit -
Attest - Alfred Francis Justin of Pease

I hereby certify, that in the "Record of Marriages", kept by a succession of the Pastors of the Second Church in Wethersfield, Hartford County and State of Connecticut, it stands recorded in the hand writing of the late Rev d Joshua Belden deceased which hand writing is well known to me, as follows. "January Eighth, Seventeen Hundred Seventy Eight Married, Robert Warner and Mary Clark W. d" =
I further certify that I am now, Pastor of 2 d Church, and that the above certificate is a true copy of the Records of 2 d Church with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in four legible figures as follows - "Jan. 8. 1778 - Married Robert Warner & Mary Clark, W. d"
I, Joab Brace, depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor, of the Second Church in the town of Wethersfield, in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of 2 d Church, with the exception above named, as certified by me,
Joab Brace
Pastor of the 2 d Church Weth field
State of Connecticut }
Hartford County } Wethersfield August 17. 1838
Then personally appeared Rev d Joab Brace signer of the foregoing certificate and made

Solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained and subscribed the same in my presence - And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Rev. Joab Brace, and that his acts and doings are entitled to full credit and confidence -
Attest -
J. Parsons
Justice of Peace

I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Robert Warner I have examined the Books of papers in this office relating to the War of the Revolution and find a paper headed as follows. A Pay Roll of Cap. Chester Willes Company in Col. Chesters Regiment from their arrival in New York to the first day of Oct including six days to march one hundred & twenty Miles. Robert Warner Corporal Service 2 mo 27 d amt of wages $6.77 1/2 also a Pay Abstract of Cap. Chester Willes Company in Col. Chesters Regiment from the first day Oct to the 25 Dec 1776 inclusive allowing one day pay each man for every 20 miles March from Camp Home - Robert Warner Corp l Service 3 mo 6 d amt wages $7.0.10
Comptroller Office Hartford Conn t Augt 9 1838
Henry Kirkbride Compt

I, Levi Hatch of the town of Wethersfield in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, aged 67 years, being duly sworn, depose and say; That I was well acquainted with Robert Warner, deceased; that I knew him twenty years prior to his death; that his widow, Mary Warner, has lived with me three years, and that she & the s d Robert lived together as husband and wife until the time of the s d Robert's death.
I know that the s d Robert Warner died in the town of Wethersfield on the 11 th day of April 1833, and that his widow has never been married since his death, and further the deponent saith not = Levi Hatch.
State of Connecticut
Hartford County } Wethersfield Aug. 10 th 1838 Then personally appeared Levi Hatch, signer of the foregoing deposition, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained and subscribed the same in my presence = And I hereby certify that I know the s d Hatch and that his declarations are entitled to full credit & confidence =
Attest Seth Terry Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Office of the Secretary of said State Aug 18 1838
I hereby certify that Seth Dinsmore is a Judge of Probate for the district of Hartford, and justices of the peace for the county of Hartford and Alfred Green and Francis Parsons are justices of the peace within and for Hartford County, and have been since the 20 th day of June last as appears of record in this office - and that the hand writing of each of them hereto annexed is their genuine signatures -
In testimony of which I have hereto affixed the seal of this state and signed the same at the date above Natal R. Skinner Secretary of State

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Warner a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 18237
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 6 mos. Corporal Chester Wells Chester Conn.                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wethersfield, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 10, 1838. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Wethersfield, Conn.
Age at date of application, 82 years.
Remarks: Soldier married at Wethersfield, Conn. Jan. 8, 1778. Mary Clark * He died Apr. 11, 1833 at Wethersfield, Conn., his age is not shown.
There is no further data as to family.
* Office note:  Mary Clark W-d "probably means of Wethersfield."
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

536 Ct Aug 21 7 July 1838
Hon.
J. J. Charles Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Hartford, August 17 th 1838
Sir,
Enclosed, you will find the papers in the case of Mary Warner, widow of Robert Warner =
The record evidence is that Robert Warner in 1776 served as a soldier Corporal in Capt. Welles Company 6 months and three days, — First term to the 1 st day of October 1776 = 2 months 27 days; & from the 1 st of October to the 25 th of December, making 3 months & 6 days for the last term =
Respectfully Yours
F. H. Merriman
Hon. J. L. Edwards Washington

War Department Pension Office Septm 28. 1838.
Sir,
Upon the return of the Pension certificate of Mrs Mary Warren, the error in it will be corrected by the issue of a new one.
I am, respectfully, Your obt servt J. L. Edwards
J. L. Merriiman, Esq. Hartford, Connecticut

Payment to be made at Hartford by J. L. Pitkin Esq., Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Connecticut First payment to be made on the 31st December, 1838, and on the 4th March and 4th Septem- ber in each year there- after.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1 Page 217 by
R. Burdine Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years Pension.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this nineteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
J. Cooper Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. G. Edwards
 Commissioner of Pensions. 

Oct 5. Mab Nodyl. Hon. J. P. Kennedy Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

State of Conn. Hartford Oct. 2 d 1888
Sir,
In compliance with your letter herein enclosed, I return the Widow Mary Warner's certificate for correction.
Hon. L. L. Edwards Washington
Respectfully Yours F. H. Merriman

Per Geo
Hartford Conn
March 10 1915
Commissioner of Pensions-
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly send me a report of the Revolutionary service of Robert Warner of Middle town Conn. His name appears in the list of prisoners residing in Conn. in 1818. as a Major. Would this include any data concerning his marriage to Mary Clark-
Kindly address
Mrs H. O. Warner
22 Marshall St.
Hartford
Conn

Other account - 35-3
Mary Warner, widow of Robert Warner, dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 11: Apr 1813 of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who was a P.M. in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Conn. line for 6 mos & 3 dys.
Should be on Corp d 22.37
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 19: day of Sept. 38, and signed by H. Sherman, Hartford, Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. $ 50.82 Semi-annual allowance ending 10.16
$ 60.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Brainerd Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1 - Page 217
H. H. Sherman, Sept 28. 1835

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1915 Mch. 22 - Hist. to Mrs. H. O. Warner, &
File No. 18239
Mary Warner Wid. of Robert Warner Coop'l Rev. War
Act: July 7. 1838
Index:—Vol. vi , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]