Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,349, Constant Webb, Conn

SERVICE
bonn
Webb, Constant
NUMBER
S.6349
CONTENTS
carded.

Stearns Papers
belonging to
Constant Webb
Day Brook
Orleans
New Hampshire
Wife of my Grandfather
the War Department
Oct 5 th 1823
Webb, Constant Conn 56349

Constant Webb Saybrook

Sergeant Constant Welch of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex having made application to me the subscriber for a certificate to obtain from the Public Funds some allowance for his disability from wounds received in the service of this State in a Regiment raised for the defence of the United States, commanded by Colonel Mathew Mead in a skirmish in the State of New York, and having examined the evidence produced and the wound, am of opinion that he is entitled as an Invalid the sum of Ten Shillings per Month in compensation for s d disability. —
Certified G te W m Pitkin a Judge of The Superior Court East Hartford Dec. 3 d 1788.
State of Connecticut ss. Comptrollers Office 2 nd March 1790.
A true Copy of the Original Certificate on File compared and Examined.
By Ralph Pomeroy. Compt r .

Connecticut
Constant Webb, Sergeant in U. S. Army.
Inscribed on roll of Connecticut at $3, and increased to $4 80 / 100 per mo. by act 24 April 1816.
Formal certificate of pension issued 30 Sept. 1823, and sent to Sam- uel H. Parsons, Esq. Middletown, Conn.
Informal cert. written 20 Nov. 1823 from S. H. Parsons, on letter with pa- per of Stephen Mainer
see letter to C. Webb Sept. 13. 1830.
Pension increased to $6 per mo. comm. 13 Sept. 1830 and new certificate issued 16 Oct. 1830, and sent to Samuel Hughes of Say Brook, Chester P.O. Ct.
See let to C. H. Parsons Aug 21, 36

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford So. District of Hartford August 12 th 1836.
I Thomas H. Seymour Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that on the 10 12 th day of August A D 1836. Constant Webb late Constant Webb 2 o of Gaybrook appeared before said Probate Court, and under oath declared that he is one of the children of the same Constant Webb who was an invalid pensioner of the United States in the roll of the Connecticut Agency and to whom a pension Certificate was issued at the War Office of the United States on the 16 th day of October 1830, which is surrendered at the Connecticut Pension Agency.
He also declares that according to his best information, knowledge & belief the said Constant Webb named in said Pension Certificate served more than two years as a Sergeant in the war of the revolution, in the regiment, com- manded by Colonel Matthew Mead & Colonel Wells and was justly entitled to a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832.
That he died at said Gaybrook on the first

aged Eighty two years (as the deponent is informed) day of May A D 1834, and leaving now on dow, but the following named Children who are all of lawful age, and his only surviving Children viz. Arza Webb, Jabez Webb, Constant Webb 2 d (the deponent), Luther Webb, Lydia Watrous, Rebecca Parker, Joanna Smith, Mary Squires, and Rhoda Tucker.
The deponent would therefore respectfully request that a pension Certificate be issued in favor of the above named Children under the Act of June 7. 1832. believing they are entitled to the benefit of the pro- visions of said act of Congress.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year } Constant Webb aforesaid and the 12 th day of August 1836 }
And I hereby declare that the statements in the preceding declaration have been proved to my satisfaction, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court with the matter of the application of the above named children for a pension witness my hand & the seal of said Court the 12 th day of August 1836.
Thomas H. Symon, Judge of Probate

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Increase to $6 per mo. from Sept. 13. 1830.
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United States
Dist. of Connecticut
To D ct Elisha Mather & D ct Rufus Mather both of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex & Dist. of Connecticut
Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States passed the 4 th of Feb y 18 th 1822 entitled "an act to provide for persons who were disabled by wounds received in the Revolutionary war and for other purposes" you are hereby appointed and authorized to examine Constant Webb of said Saybrook, who is inscribed on the pension list of the United States and who is Claimant for an increase of pension, pur- suant to the 5 th section of the act of the 10 th April 1806, revised as aforesaid; and you are to report in writing and on oath or affirmation your opinion as the nature of his disability, and in what degree it pre- vents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated & governed by said act.
GIVEN under my hand & seal at New Haven in the State & Dist. of Connecticut this 15 th day of August A D 1830
The Dist. Dis ng of the United States for the State of Conn.

INCREASE OF PENSION.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, that Constant Webb formerly a private of captain John Allen , company, in the Regiment of Col Matthew Mead who, it appears by the accompanying certificate, (a) was placed on the pension roll at the rate of four dollars 80 cents per month, on account, as he states, of having received a (c) Wound upon the arm near the Elbow with a cutlass in the Revolu- tionary War and which has resulted in a stiff Elbow and consequently a almost useless state of the limb while in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the 18 th day of January in the year 1780. at a place called Marinick in the state or territory of New York , is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in our opinion, is entitled to three Dollars twenty cents more than he already receives as a pensioner, being disabled to a degree amounting to (b) three fourths of a total disability.
Elisha Mather } Surgeon.
Ulysses Mather } Surgeon.
(a) The pension certificate, which must be sent to the War Department. (b) Here state the degree of disability, say, one-third, one-half, three-fourths, or otherwise, as the case may be. (c) Here particularly describe the disability, and state its origin and progress. The above affidavit must be made before a magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths, and his official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The magistrate must certify that the Surgeons are reputable in their profession. If the claimant is within thirty miles of an Army Surgeon, he must obtain his testimony.

State of Connecticut } Middlesex County ss } Saybrook August 23 d 1830.
I Samuel Ingham, a Justice of peace in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, do hereby certify that on the day and year aforesaid, personally came and appeared before me Doct r Fisher Mather and Doct r Ulysses Mather, both of said Saybrook and subscribers of the within certificate, and made solemn oath that the same and the several statements therein contained are true -
And I further certify that said Fisher Mather and Ulysses Mather are both personally known to me - that they are by practice and profession physicians and surgeons - and are both reputable in their profession - and that the claimant
Samuel Ingham Justice of Peace -
State of Connecticut Middlesex County
I John Fisk Clerk of the County Court for said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel Ingham Esquire was on the 23 d instant and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex as per commission on file in my office and that his name subscribed to the above certificate is his proper hand writing and Signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereat my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Thirtieth day of August anno domini 1830.
J. Fisk Clerk

Sir
Herewith I send you the papers of Mrs. C. M. Welch.
Please communicate with me on the subject.
Yours Respectfully Leigh Brackett Sept. 8. 1880
William Higman

Durford May 14 1835
I hereby certify that it appears from a Book in the Office of the Comptroller, called "Hartkells Receipts" page 116 that Constant Webb was paid on the 12. October 1780 £198. 8. 4, nominal value, specie value £14. 1. 10 for Hospital expenses &c and in the same Book page 127 under an account head "W. States Br to State of Connecticut for disbursements for half pay for troops wounded in the Service of the State of Connecticut agreeably to an act of Assembly passed May 1777. it appears that Constant Webb a Sergeant in Col. Matthew Mears Regiment was paid May 1. 1783 the sum of £33. 16. for services from October 1. 1780 to May 1. 1783 —
also May 27. 1783. for services in Col. Wells's Regiment from October 1, 1780. to May 1. 1783 £22.
also March 23. 1785 for services in Col. Wells's Regiment from May 1. 1783 to May 1. 1784 £14. 8

also June 13, 1785 for Services in Col. Wells's Regiment from May 1, 1784 to May 1, 1785. £14. 8—
State of Connecticut ss. Office of the Secretary of State at Hartford May 14 th 1835
I hereby certify that the facts aforesaid appear upon the books, papers in the files of the Comptroller in this State examined by
Royal A. Kimball - Secretary of said State

Rev King
6349 INVALID.
File No. 6349
Constance Webb
Sergt W. S. Gray
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. M , Page 398
[Arrangement of 1870.]

County of Middlesex ss: ss: all to wit
On this 26 th day of September 1823; before me the Subscriber, a Notary Public duly appointed and sworn, residing in said Middlesex, personally appeared Constant Webb of Brook, in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, who on his oath, declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Allen, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut, but he never received a formal Certificate from said roll, to obtain one.
Sworn & subscribed to } Constant Webb before me, the day and year } aforesaid; in witness my signature and seal of office, ~
Jon a Barnes Jr. Notary Public.

Copy a Certificate on parchment conferred by Tom Pitkin a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut in Connecticut Webb, in United States, of the United States, by means of which Webb has heretofore obtained his pension at the War Office in Connecticut.
Sergeant Constant Webb of Housatonic in the County of Middlesex, having made application to me the undersigned for a certificate to obtain from the State of Connecticut an allowance for his disability from wounds received in the service of the State, in a Regiment raised for the defense of the United States; commanded by Colonel Walker there in Housatonic in the State of Connecticut, having exam- ined the evidence produced, and the depositions, am of opinion that he is entitled as an invalid, to the sum of $100 per month, in compensation for said disability.
Given by Tom Pitkin, a Judge of East Hartford Dec 3 1788 the Superior Court. State of Connecticut ss. Comptroller. Office of the 1790 - 1st copy of the original certification by Ralph Pomeroy Comptroller True copy and warrant

Rec d Sept. 30. 1823.
J. E. Chas G. Gurne Museum Office New Bedford wanting to be
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Middletown September 26 th 1823
Sir
On behalf of Constant Webb, an Invalid Pensioner of the United States, I have the honour of presenting to the War Department, the enclosed application for a Pension Certificate.
Will you have the goodness Sir, to direct a reply to me, at this place in With the highest respect
I am Sir y r obed t Serv t .
Samuel L. Parsons
Col. Edwards Esquire

Pension Office Oct. 15 th 1830
Chester Pa Oct 12 th
Free
Pension-office Washington City D.C.

Saybrook Oct d 8 th 1830
Sir your letter to Mr. Constant Webb requir- ing him to forward to you his original certificate is received and herewith you have the certificate enclosed.
Respectfully Yours &c
Darius Haskins

Constant Webb Son of Constant Webb.
Suspect
act. 7. June 1882

Hartford August 12. 1836.
Sir:
I enclose herewith an application on behalf of the children of Constant Webb dec d to be enrolled under the Act of 7 th June 1832. Mr Webb was an invalid pensioner on the roll of the Connecticut Agency, and died May 1 1834. He served more than two years as a Sergeant in the revolutionary war as may appear by the enclosed certificate from the Comptroller's Office..
Your early attention to this case will oblige
Your very obed t serv t Samuel H. Parsons
J. L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington