Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,222, Noah Upson, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn. Continental
Upson, Noah Rachel
W. 18. 222
CONTENTS

Albany 3040
Rachel Upson
widow of Noah Upson
who died on the 20. March 1807 of Niagara Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. Dragoon, in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg't. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Con. time for 2 years, Con.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 1.00 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Sept. 1839, and sent to Sherman M c Lean, Poygan, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '38 $ 50.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. '39 50.00
$100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 - }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2.
Clerk, Page 208

Oct. 20 1906 R.R. aw

Upson, Noah
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 143.
Rank: Private
Regt: 2d Connecticut dragoons.
Disability: While in the service of the United States and in the line of his duty, he was taken sick, which sickness fell into one eye, and produced a cataract.
When and where disabled: 1779
Residence: Waterbury
To what pension entitled: One fourth
Remarks: Enlisted February 15, 1778, for three years; discharged December 31, 1780.
Evidence incomplete. Disability from cataract wound not proven. The place of his residence proven by two freeholders only. Not being wounded, his case is not comprehended by the laws.

3040
4242
Rachel Upson
Act. July 4. 1836
Marr. On Feb 1780
His brn died 20 March 1807
Col. Nathan. 2 d Reg Dragoons
Ent 15 Feb. 1778 dis charged
31 Dec 1780
Admitted
Private Dragoons
2 years
Sherman W. Lane Esq.
Royaltown
N.Y.

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 Benezah Andrews Esq is now
and for more than one year last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, sworn and qualified, having full power and authority, by said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and 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 Andrews
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 first day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 39
And I certify that the signature of said Andrews hereunto annexed are genuine.
Royal R. Hinman
Secretary.

I Philip Gaylord of the town of Bristol in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, of lawful age, depose and say that, I was born in said town of Bristol aforesaid & have from the time of my birth until the present time resided in said Bristol, and that I was well and personally acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Upson, formerly of Plymouth in said State of Connecticut deceased, and that I have been also formerly child well & personally acquainted with Rachel Upson the widow of said Sarah Upson - that I was acquainted with said Sarah Upson & said Rachel her said widow, before their intermarriage the maiden name of said Rachel was Rachel Frisbie she lived in the same neighborhood with me I remember the time of her mar- riage to said Sarah Upson, although I was not at the wedding - I under- stood that they were joined in marriage by the Rev. Samuel Hildreth formerly of said Bristol deceased & I fully believe that they were thus joined in marriage - I was ac- quainted with them after they were married & continued housekeeping they lived between two & three miles from where I lived, they lived together, and were reputed & believed to be lawful husband & wife - they had several children with whom I was more or less acquainted, & with some of whom I am now personally acquainted I well remember the sickness &

death of Noah Wesson, he died in Ply- mouth in Litchfield County in Con- necticut, which event took place about thirty two years ago - I attended his funeral & saw his corpse, - his Widow to wit - Rachel Wesson afterwards moved into the western part of the State of New York - and I understand that she is now living in the County of Wayne in the State of New York - she being now as I understand about seventy five years of age - and further the Deponent saith - Philip Gaylord
State of Connecticut, Hartford County - } ss, Be it remembered that on the twenty seventh day of April eighteen hundred & thirty nine Personally appeared Philip Gaylord Esq. & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated and contained in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, & that all the facts therein stated are true - and I certify that the Deponent in Philip Gaylord Esq. is a respectable man & a credible Witness - -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day & year above written Tracy Peck Notary Public

Benjamin W. Morse of Meriden, in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut aged fifty one years, depose- s say, that I am a Son of Noah Morse and and Rachael Morse; that I never knew that there was, and family Record of their marriage in the family Bible, or elsewhere; that I have made diligent enquiry of my relatives and can not ascertain that there ever was any Record of their marriage in the Bible; that the family Bible kept by my Father is worn out and destroyed.
Benjamin Morse
State of Connecticut } to Meriden — County of New Haven }
On this 31 st day of May A.D. 1839, Personally appeared before the Subscriber Benjamin Morse and made oath under oath of law to the truth of the facts in the above Deposition by him subscribed; and further, that the said Benjamin Morse is a credible Witness.
Benjamin Andrews Justice of the Peace

I Irney Peck of Bristol, in the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, Depose & say that I am the Town Clerk of the town of Bristol aforesaid, and have the care, custody & keeping of the Public Records of said Town, and that I have carefully examined said Records to find a record of the marriage of Noah Wilson & Rachel Frisbie, but find no such record, there being no such marriage recorded upon said Records. Dated at said Bristol the 27 th day of May A. D. 1839 -
Irney Peck, Town Clerk of said Town
State of Connecticut Hartford County - S. P. Bristol May 27 th A. D. 1839 personally appeared Irney Peck Esq. & being duly sworn according to law - made solemn oath, to the truth of the facts, sets forth in the herein deposition by him sub- scribed, & I certify that the Deposition is a true & correct Witness - - - Sworn before me -
Charles G. Jones Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut, Hartford County - ss. Bristol Probate District, - - I Irney Peck, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the aforesaid District of Bristol, do hereby certify that Charles G. Searles Esq. before whom the within deposition was executed is a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Hartford residing in Bristol in said County - and I believe that the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty eighth day of May A.D. 1839 - Irney Peck Judge of Probate -

I David L. Parmelee of Bristol in the county of Hartford, in the State of Conn- ecticut, do hereby say, that I am now the Pastor of the Congregational Church in the aforesaid town of Bristol, and & that by virtue of said Office I have the care, custody & keeping of the Records, of said Church; and that there is no record upon the said records of the marriage of Walter Upson & Rachel Upson his Wife formerly  and Rachel Fiske and I further do hereby say that the aforesaid Church, was formerly under the Pastoral care & charge of the late Rev. Samuel Novee -
David L. Parmelee Pastor of the Congrega- tional Church in Bristol Ct
State of Connecticut
Hartford County - } Be it known that on the 27 th day of May A.D. 1839. person- ally appeared Rev. David L. Parmelee being duly sworn under solemn oaths to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed & I certify that he is a respectable Gentleman & a credible Witness - I further certify that word "said" in the ninth line & the word "and" in eleventh line & the word "the" in twelfth line were interlined & the words "Rachel Upson his Wife formerly" were interlined before signing - In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal. Tracy Peck Notary Public

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, that Isaac Peck is a Notary Public of this State, duly commissioned, and recorded in this Office as such===and that he has the power by the Laws of this State to administer an oath, take depositions, to take acknowledgment of deeds, &c. and with his seal of office and signature may certify any official act to which due credit is to be given in Court and country.
In testimony of which I have hereto affixed the public Seal of this State, and signed the same at the Office of the Secretary of said State, in Hartford, 1 st day of June
A. D. 1839 - And I certify that his signatures hereto annexed are his genuine signatures
Royal R. Hinman Secretary
Executive Office, Hartford June 1 st 1839
I do hereby certify that Royal R. Hinman who has subscribed the above certificate, is Secretary of this State for such, his acts & doings are entitled to full faith & credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.
Wm W. Ellsworth Governor ex officio

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Niagara County Clerk's Office, }
I Hiram A Cook — do hereby certify that Abraham Hoagboom — before whom the annexed instrument of writing purports to have been proved or acknowledged, was, at the time the certificate of such proof or acknowledgement bears date, a Judge of Niagara County Courts — in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and authorized by the Laws of said State, to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his writing, and verily believe his signature subscribed to said CERTIFICATE, of proof or acknowledgement, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County, at Lockport, this First , — day of January — A. D. 183 3 9
H. A. Cook Clerk.
... the town of the ...

State of New Jersey Essex County
On this first day of
January One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight, personally appeared before the Judges of Niagara County Court now in session -
Rachael Upson, a resident of the town of Royalton in the county aforesaid, aged Seventy one years, who first being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836
That she is the widow of Noah Upson who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution That he enlisted, and served under Captain Hildreth in the Second Regiment of Light Artillery commanded by Colonel Sheldon - That he resided in the town of Plymouth in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut when he enlisted - This declarant from loss of memory is unable to state the particulars in relation to his services But she believes that her husband enlisted during the war, that he entered the service soon after the war commenced, but owing to hardships and privations which he endured, he was taken sick and did not serve through the whole war - According to the best recollection and belief of this declarant, he served four or five years -
This declarant supposes, from the fact of her husband being in the regular Revolutionary service so long that there is sufficient documentary evidence in the War Department to entitle her to a full pension
She further declares that she was married to the

said Noah Upson on the eleventh day of February Seventeen Hundred and Eighty - That we were married in the town of Bristol in the county of Hartford and state of Connecticut by a Presbyterian minister by the name of Samuel Newell - She further declared that her husband the said Noah Upson was out in the service according to her best recollection about Eighteen months after our marriage, and she recollects it from the fact that she taught school three summers after her marriage, and that her husband returned from the service about the time her third summers school commenced  which which was early in the spring of Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two - She further declares that she is confident her husband was out in the service after their marriage from various other circumstances, as making and mending clothes for him, and that we did not commence keeping house until her husband's return which was at the close commencement of her third summers school as before stated -
She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Noah Upson died on the Twentieth day of March Eighteen Hundred and Seven, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed -
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before J. M. Gageboom Judge of Niagara County Court
Rachel Upson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the said Rachel Upson is the widow of the said Noah Upson - That her reputations for truth and veracity is good, and that implicit confidence can be placed in her declarations J. M. Gageboom Judge of Niagara County Court
Mr. C. T. Mitchell Atty
Married Oct 20 1826 Husband's Name Noah Upson Bristol 1827
12404

September 27, 1939.
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Mrs. J.W. Upson 56 Oakland Road, Southington, Connecticut.
BA-J/CC Noah Upson W.18222
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Noah Upson, whose widow Rachel received a pension.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.18222, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Noah Upson.
Date and place of birth of Noah Upson and names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Plymouth, or of Waterbury, Connecticut, Noah Upson enlisted February 15, 1778, served as private in Captain Belden's company, Colonel Sheldon's 2 nd Regiment of light dragoons, and was discharged December 31, 1780. Reference was made to another period of service but not details given.
Noah Upson died March 20, 1807, in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Frisbie He married February 11, 1780, in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, Rachel Frisbie, who lived in that neighborhood and was a school teacher. Date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. He lived at one time in Waterbury.
The soldier's widow, Rachel Upson, was allowed pension on her application executed January 1, 1838 then aged seventy-one years and a resident of Royalton, Niagara County, New York.

Reference was made to their children, the only name shown being Benjamin Upson, who in 1839, was aged fifty-one years and a resident of Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Rachel Upson, widow of Noah Upson, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Rachel Upson, widow of Noah Upson Certificate #3040 Issued September 6, 1839 Rate $100.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of July 4, 1836 Albany, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

56 Oakland Road, Southington, Conn. August 29, 1939.
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
As I am notified by the Adjutant General's office that Rachel Upson , widow of Noah , applied for a pension, it has been suggested by that department that I ask you in regard to this. Does this pension make any mention of the residence of the widow at the time it was applied for and also at the time the last payment was made. We believe that she died somewhere in New York State, and we hope you will do what you can to assist us in locating her grave.
Yours truly,
(Mrs. J. W. Upson)
Raynals Basin N.Y. on Erie Canal!

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18,222
Rachel Wopson Widow of Noah Wopson Priv. Rev War
Act: July 2 nd 1836
Index:—Vol. m , Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1939- Sep-27 New to Mrs. J. Wopson

V N York Rachel Upson Lit. letter to F. Mitchell 2 March 1839
Ad. 4 July 1836

Jan 31 Mat Ny 4212 July 1836
Mr. D. Marshall N. of H. Hon. C. F. Mitchell W. 2 Hon. J. G. Stewart P. P. Brown Washington D. C.

House of Reps. Jan 31 1839.
Enclosed I forward you the application of Rachel Upson for a widows pension. It is presumed by the person forwarding these papers to me that the name of Mrs. Upson's husband will be found on the muster rolls, as he is alleged to have served in the Revolutionary Army five years; if so the evidence now submitted will be sufficient to establish the claim,
Respectfully E. A. Mitchell
Hon: S. C. Edwards

Wm. B. B. ...
2 March 1839
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Anscombe
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[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the paper]

War Department Pension Office
March 22, 1839
Sir,
The papers of Mrs Rachel Upson widow of Noah Upson have been examined and filed - The proof in relation to the claimants marriage is not satisfactory. It must be made to appear that there is no record of the marriage before parole evidence can be received - The claimants husband it appears by the rolls of Col Shelburne reg t was discharged in December 1780 therefore if her statement as respects the date of her marriage is correct  is correct she is not entitled to the benefit of the act of July 4 th 1836
Hon C. F. Mitchell
Home Reps NY

Guatemala June 9 th 1873
My Mother Rachel Upson
Hon. James A. Colvins Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Kingston Niagara Co. N.Y. June 9 th 1839
Sir —
In conformity to your Letter under date of March 2 nd 1839 to the Hon Charles M. Mitchell in relation to the case of Rachael Wilson, widow of Noah Wilson for a pension under the Act of July 4 th 1836. I herewith transmit the enclosed documents, trusting that they will be sufficient to meet the regulations of the Department. — In your Letter alluded to above, you say that "the claimants husband, it appears by the rolls of Col. Sheldon's regiment, was discharged in December 1780, therefore if her statement as respects the date of her marriage is correct, she is not entitled to the benefit of the act of July 4 th 1836" —
There must be some mistake about it, and perhaps it occurred with me — I have a copy of Simine Cooke's affidavit, who states that Mrs. Wilson was married the 11 th day of February 1780 and I also have Mrs. Wilson's declaration in my possession which was designed for the original, and she states that she was married on the day stated by Mr. Cooke and she now informs me that she was certainly married at the time above stated — When Mrs. Wilson went before the court to execute her declaration, I concluded to take a copy of it while waiting for the action of the court, by mistake the one designed for a copy was executed instead of the one I now have — In the hurry and confusion at the time, I might have made a mistake myself as to the date of her marriage, but the design was to have it stated that she was married Feb y 11 th 1780 and that is the statement in the paper I have, and such Mrs. Wilson now states was the fact — If her declaration state does not correspond with the above statement as to the time of her marriage, the error occurred with me in the manner above stated, and I should be glad if you would return it to me, that another

declaration may be made according to the fact in the case, and the design of the claimant — But if her declaration states that she was married in July 1780, and corroborated by Mr. Cook, whose testimony I suppose will need be received, as there is no record of her marriage agreeably to the enclosed affidavits, I suppose that she is entitled to the benefit of the Act of July 6 1836, as the marriage took place previous to her husband's leaving the Service — It appears that the claimant labors under a mistake, that her husband enlisted during the War. Since her application I have recd. a Letter from the bounty Land office stating that Mr. Nelson enlisted February 15 th 1778 for three years and was discharged Dec r 31 st 1780 — It appears from the statement of Mr. Cook and the claimant that Mr. Nelson was in the Service after his discharge from Capt. Belding's Company — But the Rolls show that he was in the Service almost three years, and agreeably to the Act of 1836 I suppose she will be entitled to a full pension — You will confer a favor on the suffering old Lady by as early a decision in her case as convenient, and if any thing is satisfactory she wishes you to forward the Certificate to me
Yours Respectfully
Samuel Sherman
Sherman McLean
Hon James L. Edwards
Comm ee of Pensions

State of New York } } Orleans County }
Samuel Cook of the Town of Clarendon, County and State aforesaid, aged seventy four years. Being duly sworn, deposes and says that he was a Revolutionary soldier of the United States, and that he served two years and six months in the Revolutionary War. That this deponent was acquainted with Noah Upson from his infancy. That the said Upson and this deponent served in the same Regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the second Regiment of Light Dragoons. That the said Upson served in Captain Beldings Company. The precise time that he entered the service this deponent does not recollect, but deposeth and says that said Upson was in the service in seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and that he left the service in May seventeen hundred eighty two. That the said Upson resided in the town of Plymouth, County of Litchfield, in the State of Connecticut, when he entered the service, and that this deponent is positive from his own actual knowledge and from the representations of others that the said Noah Upson was in the Revolutionary service three years or more, two years and six months of which time we were in the service together. This deponent further says that he is well acquainted with Rachael Upson, widow of the said Noah Upson. That they were married in the town of Bristol in the County of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, on the eleventh day of February, seventeen hundred and eighty. That they were married by a Presbyterian minister by the name of Sewell, who then resided in the said town of Bristol, and that this deponent was present and saw them married.

This deponent further says that according to his best recollection and knowledge, the said Noah Upson was in the service eighteen months or more after his marriage to the said Rachael Upson. That her husband, the said Noah Upson died over thirty years ago, and that the said Rachael has remained a widow ever since that period.
Samuel Cook
State of New York Orleans County
On this 17th day of January A.D. 1839 came before me James M. Hollister, a Justice of the Peace for said County. Samuel Cook who did subscribe and make oath in due form of Law, to the foregoing Affidavit. I further certify that I know him to be the same person therein described, and that he is a man of undoubted truth and veracity.
James M. Hollister Justice of the Peace
State of New York, Orleans County Clerk's Office) p. I certify that James M. Hollister Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and legally authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature thereunto subscribed is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and impressed the seal of said County at Albion this 18th day of January A.D. 1839.
J. C. Strong, Clerk of said Co.