Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35365, Seth Turner, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Turner, Seth
S 35365
CONTENTS

(2090) Connecticut
Seth Turner Capt Hubbard
Colt Connecticut Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of Apr 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of Aug 1818 and Seth Turner Pensioner New Haven Conn
Arrearages to 4 Sept 1818 4 Mos 24/30 — $ 38 40
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Two years
New Haven Conn Connecticut
Interscholar sent Feb 6 1822 to B. B.... of Springfield Mass

Seth Turner
AM 11-1918
not on the Roll

State of Connecticut
Be it remembered: That on this eleventh day of April A D 1818, before me Simson Baldwin one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the State, personally appeared Seth Turner aged Sixty one years, resident in Nuttawm in the County of Nuttawm in the State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war", That he the said Seth Turner enlisted in Middletown in the State in Nov. 1775 for one years service in the company commanded by Capt. Hubbard in Col. Jedidiah Huntington's regiment of Connecticut Troops on the Continental establishment & continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the middle of Feb. 1777 when being a prisoner in New York he came out on parole & never to his knowledge was called for or exchanged. That he was with the Army near Boston. That he was with the first company that took Proposition Dorchester heights in Mar. 1776. That he was in the battle of Flatbush on Long Island on the 27 Aug. 1776 & was there wounded but, asked a furlough, & on the same day taken prisoner & was confined in prison-ships & in New York till Feb. 1777 when he was released on parole as aforesaid.
And that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he now needs the assistance of his country for support and that, has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Sup t Court of Connecticut.

I Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Sup t Court of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Doct r Seth Turner, did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common enemy: and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act. Done at New Haven April 11 th 1818.
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Sup t Court of Connecticut
State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss. New Haven Ap l . 11. 1818
I Dyer White Clerk of the Sup t Court of said State for County & keeper of the seal thereof do certify that the signature of the name Simson Baldwin to the foregoing certificate is the proper handwriting & signature of Simson Baldwin one of the Judges of the Sup t Court.
In testimony whereof I affix the seal of said Court.
Dyer White

State of Connecticut New Haven County
July 27 th 1818
I the said Simson Baldwin late Judge of the Superior Court of the State & before whom the preceding Declaration was made do certify from my own personal knowledge that the said Seth Turner by reason of his reduced circumstances in life now needs & on the 11 th of April last when he made his Declaration did need the assistance of his country for support.
Simson Baldwin

Seth Turner
2090
Sept. 10/12.
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At a City Court, held in and for the City of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 10 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Seth Turner a resident in the town City of New Haven in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Solemn Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income
and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
  1 Cherry Dining Table $3.00   1 do Breakfast do 1.50   1 do Kitchen do 1.00   1 do Stand do .75   1 do Chest with Drawers 4.00   8 Common Chairs 5.00   4 Kitchen do 2.50   1 pr Andirons 3.00   1 pr Iron Dogs 2.50   2 pr Peal of Tongs 1.00   1 Trammel 2.50   1 Gridiron 2.50   1 Frying Pan 2.50   2 Small Iron Pots 1.00   2 Small Iron dish Kettles 5.00   2 Small Brass Kettles 4.00   2 pr Sad Irons 5.00   2 Brass Candle Sticks 5.00   2 Iron do do 12.50   3 Tin Pans 3.00   2 One Gallon Jugs 2.50   2 Stone Pots 5.00   2 Tin Cannisters 2.50   8 Pewter Plates 1.50   4 Earthen Platters 3.00   1 do do Plates 5.00   1 do do do Small 2.50   1 set Tea Dishes 2.50   2 Sugar Bowls 12.50   1 Tea Pot 0.60   6 Silver Tea Spoons 4.00   3 do Table do 7.50   1 Iron Basin 2.50   1 Wooden Bowl 0.60   3 Earthen Bowls 1.80   1 Earthen Pitcher 1.20   1 Pewter pint Cup 2.50   3 - 1 qt Pewter Basins 7.50   2 Tumblers 1.20   2 Small Looking Glasses 3.00   1 Spider 2.50   1 Iron Tea Kettle 2.50 
  Amount Carried forward $48.14   3 Small Stoves 2.00   10 Baking Plates 5.00   4 Window Glasses 2.00   1 doz Knives & Forks 1.00   1 Spade 2.50   1 Hoe 2.00   1 Rake 2.50   1 Axe 5.00   1 Wheelbarrow 4.00   The one half of three undivided a half Acres of Land in the Town of Guilford at $5 per Acre 8.75 
$65.79
Seth Turner
Amount Carried forward $48.14

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the City Court, held in and for the City of New Haven, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 10 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Seth Turner aged Sixty Four years, resident in the Town & City of New Haven in the County of New Haven in said State, and being Sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: as a Corporal in Bliss's, Hubbard's (Captain) Company, in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Sedgwick Huntington in the Connecticut line
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 11 th day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 2090
And I do further 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation has been that of a Physician but that I am not nor have not for some years last past been employed in any occupation
and that I have a family residing with me consisting of Sarah Turner my Wife and no other person & that she is entirely disabled from labour.
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Seth Turner
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is Sixty Five Dollars and Seventy nine Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Roger S. Skinner clk

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Roger J. Skinner Clerk of the City Court in and for the City of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
Sixty five Dollars and Seventy nine Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
20 th day of July 1820.
Attest Roger J. Skinner CLK
I, Elizur Goodrich presiding Judge of the City Court in and for the City of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Roger J. Skinner is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven City this 20 th day of July 1820
Elizur Goodrich

March 9, 1936.
H. Ripley Schumm 1325 Ford Building Detroit, Michigan.
BA-J/ILL SETH TURNER S. 35365 am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Seth Turner, who served from Connecticut, and received a pension under the Act of March 18, 1818.
The data given herein regarding the Seth Turner, cited above, are found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 35365, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Seth Turner enlisted in Middletown, Connecticut, in November or December 1775, served as corporal in Captain Elihu Hubbard's company, Colonel Jedidiah Huntington's Connecticut regiment, was with the troops near Boston and assisted in taking possession of Dorchester Heights in March 1776, was in the battle of Flatbush on Long Island, August 27, 1776, at which time he was wounded (nature of said wound not stated) and taken prisoner, was confined to a prison ship in New York until February 1777, when he was released on parole. * shown in Com book this way.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he resided in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. He was aged then sixty-one years; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown . shown Seth Turner was then a physician.
In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife, Sarah, but he did not give her age, her maiden name, nor the date and place of their marriage. He made no reference to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,

name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, Seth Turner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the followings:
Seth Turner Certificate #2090 Issued August 6, 1818 Rate $8 per month Commenced April 11, 1818. Act of March 18, 1818. Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours,
G. H. SWEET, Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Glastonbury 25 th July A.D. 1818 - The testimony of Elizer Hubbard of Glastonbury in the County aforesaid of lawful age deposeth and saith That he is well acquainted with Seth Turner; That he knew him as a Noncommissioned Officer in the Revolutionary War engaged in the service of the United States - That the said Seth Turner Enlisted at Middletown in said State some time in the month of December Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Five in the company under his command & the Regiment of the Connecticut Line commanded by Col n Israel Huntington That he left Middletown aforesaid some time in the month of December aforesaid & joined the said Reg t at Roxbury near Boston some time the last of January of December - - That he remained in the said company & Reg t until the 27 th day of August Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Six, on which day he was in the Battle at Flatbush on Long Island in the State of New York & was on that day taken a Prisoner by the British Troops - That he remained a Prisoner of the Enemy until sometime in the month of January Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven & the deponent further saith that some in the month of February 1777 that the said Turner toll'd on him for the residue of his pay while in service & that he gave him an Order on the Pay Master of the Reg t for the same - And that he was knowing to the said Turner, serving in the United States Service for more than the term of One year including the time of his imprisonment
Elizer Hubbard
Hartford County ss Glastonbury July 25 th 1818 - Personally appeared Elizer Hubbard the above signer & made oath to the above deposition as herein stated - before me - David E. Hubbard Justice Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford July the 25 th 1818
I hereby certify that for more than 30 years I have been well acquainted with Elizer Hubbard Esq. the within deponent, that he hath always sustained a very respectable standing in society of true integrity, in whom statement the full confidence may be placed.
Jonathan Brace ~
Hartford July 25. 1818.
I certify that Daniel E. Hubbard Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Hartford as appears by a commission duly made under the laws of said State remaining in my
office as clerk of the county court or court of common Pleas in & for the county of Hartford Witness my hand & the seal of said court,
Thomas Chester clerk ~

State of New Jersey County of Morris Js : On this fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and eighteen before me Lewis Condict one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris, personally came Ebenzer Roe Esquire a resident citizen of the said County and State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Seth Turner ; That he knew him as a noncommis d officer in the Revolutionary war engaged in the service of the United States : That he the said Seth Turner enlisted at Middletown in the State of Connecticut on the fourth day of December Seventeen hundred and seventy five under Ensign Olinus Lyman in Capt Eleazer Hubbards Company of the Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Colonel Jedediah Huntington ; That he left Middletown afo d on the eighteenth day of December afo d and joined the said Regiment at Roxbury near Boston on the twenty third day of the same month of December ; That he remained in the said Company and Regiment until the 27 th day of August seventeen hundred and seventy six on which day he was in the Battle at Flatbush on Long Island in the State of New York and was on that day taken a prisoner by the british troops ; That he remained a prisoner of the enemy until some time in the month of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven. This Deponent further saith that he was a sergeant of the afo d Company and Regiment at the time of the said Turners enlistment into the same ; that he joined the army with the said Turner at Roxbury near Boston aforesaid, arrived at New York the twentieth of April seventeen hundred and seventy six, and was with him taken Prisoner at Flatbush on the twenty seventh day of August seventeen hundred and seventy six and remained pris d till some time in January seventeen hundred and seventy seven,

This Deponent further saith that it was the Continental service in which the said Tunstall and himself were engaged, that their time of service and imprisonment was at least the period of one year.
Ebenezer Coe
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morris Town, this 4 th July, Anno Domini 1818.
Lewis Condict.
I do hereby certify that the above Deponent, Ebenezer Coe Esq r is personally well known to me, that he is a very respectable man, - has been a Justice of the Peace & one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for several years, & that he is universally respected & esteemed throughout his neighbourhood, as a man of known piety & veracity.
Lewis Condict
Morris Town, N. Jersey, 4 th July 1818.
State of New Jersey County of Morris ss. I Robert H. M c Carte Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Morris, do hereby certify that Lewis Condict Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit is made, is and was, at the doing thereof duly Enrolled One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the s d County of Morris this fourth day of July In the Year of our Lords Eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Rob t H. M c Carte

1925, Feb. 16 - Hist. to Mrs. Louie S. Jones 1936 - Mar. 9 - Hist. to H. Ripley Schumann J.L.R.
353 65
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-365-
Seth Turner
Carl Rev 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 423-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jan 20, 1925
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. Rev. Ins. Section.
Will you please to give me any data you may have regarding Rev. pensions granted Betha Turner P only 1 in Comy Taps 636 Conn. Rev. Ins. Records William Turner P only 1 in Comy Taps 644 " " " "
Very truly yours Bertha Turner Dunton Jones.
Mrs. Lonie S. Jones 315 Bead Ave Buffalo, N.Y.

H. RIPLEY SCHEMM
1325 Ford Building, Detroit, Mich.
Date now when written
January 4, 1936.
U.S. Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
✓ I am anxious to obtain information concerning SETH TURNER , who served in the War of the Revolution, and was pensioned under Act of Congress dated March 8, 1818. He was listed as having enlisted in Connecticut, as follows:
✓ "Private SETH TURNER , Capt. Hubbard's Co., Col. Huntington's Regiment. - Reported missing at Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776." OK
✓ "Corp. SETH TURNER listed as pensioner under Act of Congress dated March 18, 1818."
I would like very much to obtain all the information which appears in your records regarding this man, both as to his military record, pensions, and particularly all personal data pertaining to him and to his family.
Your assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. I trust that I may have the favor of a reply at your early convenience.
Yours very truly,
H.R. Schemm H.R. Schemm

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
February 16, 1925.
Mrs. Louie S. Jones, 315 Beard Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.35365, it appears that Seth Turner enlisted at Middletown, Connecticut, in November or December 1775, served as Corporal in Captain Elizur Hubbard's Company, Colonel Jedidiah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment, was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, confined in prison ships and in New York until January or February 1777 when released on parole.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, while a resident of New Haven, Connecticut, aged sixty-one years. Date of death not on A.G.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, Sarah, age not stated, and there is no further data as to family.
Soldier stated that he was a physician.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.