Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18177, Daniel Tyler, Conn.

SERVICE
Tyler, Daniel Sarah
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 18177
CONTENTS

2599. Increase.
Connecticut.
Sarah Tyler, dec?
Widow of Daniel Tyler who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30 April 1832 of Windham in the State of Connecticut who was a Cap. Adjt in the Conn. of the commanded by Captain the Revolution time for 12 mo Cap 7" Adjt
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 440 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & end 4 March 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Sept 1837 and sent to Mrs. A. Fowler, H R
Increase from $243.33 Payable to surviving children due back of [Act July 7, 1838.] Recorded by Chase Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 97
A - 1 - 214 widow died in 1841
Residue
Only surviving children, viz Benjamin Chaplin Sarah P. Williams, Frederick Tyler & Daniel Tyler

Reported,
2599.
Connecticut.
Sarah Tyler, widow of Daniel Tyler, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30 th April 1832, of Windham in the State of Connecticut who was a Capt & Adj t in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution line for 13 months.
Increased from $120:00/yr.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 24 3/4 Dollars 33 1/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of March 1841 and sent to Hon. W. Huntington, Senate U. S.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept: 1840. $1094:98
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 41. 121:67
deducting amount already paid. $1216:65
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Amos Lantinger, Clerk, Book C9. Vol. 1. Page 214

Republi Only surviving children, viz Benj a Chaplin Sarah P. Williams Frederick Tyler Daniel Tyler
32780 Connecticut. Daniel Tyler, dec d of Windham Co in the State of Conn. who was a Col l in the by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution time for 12 mo Capt 7 " Adjt
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 440 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Vend 30 April 1842, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sep r 1850 and sent to Hon. Q. Fowler, N.R.
Payable to his only Semi-annual allowance ending surviving children under the 2nd act 4 July 1836-
See back of this file Revolutionary Claim, } dated June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Chase Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 3 Page 42

To whom it may concern.
This may certify that Mrs Sarah Tyler (widow of Daniel Tyler late of the town of Brooklyn in the State of Connecticut) died on the 25 th day of April A 1841 - and that there are now living of her Children Benjamin Chaplin - Sarah P. Williams. Frederick Tyler and Daniel Tyler Chaplin Conn. September 17 th 1850
Benj m Chaplin
State of Connecticut ss Probate Office in the 3 District of Chaplin September 17 th A. 1850
Then Personally appeared Benjamin Chaplin to me well known as the signer of the foregoing and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed thereto the seal of this Court on the day and year above written Frederick Storrs -
Judge of Probate for the District of Chaplin

Fred. Tylers affidavit

I Frederick Tyler of Hartford. Connecticut Agree forty two years before one say. That I am a son of Capt. Daniel Tyler late of Brooklyn deceased. That my grandfather's name was Daniel Tyler. and my father was called Daniel Tyler for That my grandfather died more than 25 years ago. My father died in April 1832. as I have always under- stood. though I was absent at the time. I reached home the 2 nd of May 1832. when he was buried. My mother Sarah Tyler is now living. in St. Brooklyn. and had not been married since my father's death. but is still his widow. and is the same person who signed a declaration. relative to my father's services. before the Court of Probate in St. Brooklyn on the 15. Inst. at which Court I was present. - In my mother's dec- laration I perceive she speaks of my father's services being about two years. by which she must mean the time he was actually in the army. exclusive of any time at home when disconnected with actual service. as I have always understood. that he was an officer in some way connected with the service. during the whole war. My mother until her marriage. lived eight or ten miles from Brooklyn. & probably speaks of her general knowledge disposition. has not ever conversed with her on the subject. & knows nothing of the evidence on the records of the State. but supposes they will show much more service.
Heartfield Conn Dec 19 - 1838. - J. M th Tyler
State of Connecticut to Heartfield Conn Dec 19. 1838
Be it known that on this day before me

Francis Parsons a Justice of Peace and Noty Public duly and ministerial Heron came Richard Tyler who made oath and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made oaths to the truth of the same. and I further certify that s d Tyler is a merchant in this City to me well known and is a man of high respectability & veracity. —
F. Parsons Noty of Peace & Justice of Peace

Certificate of Marriage of Sarah Tyler - June 10, 1790

"Seventeen hundred and ninety, June tenth. Married Capt. Daniel Tyler of Brooklyn to Mrs. Sally Chaplin of Mansfield."
I, Samuel S. Moseley of Hampton, in the County of Windham, State of Connecticut, aged fifty years; depose and say - that I have now in my possession, a book which contains Records of marriages of those persons who were joined in marriage by my late father, Ebenezer Moseley, Esq. State of said Hampton, deceased; that the above is a true extract from said Records, with the exception of the date, which appears upon the record in fair legible figures, as follows: "1790, June 10 th "
Samuel S. Moseley
State of Connecticut } Windham County } S. Hampton, Nov. 17. 1838.
Then personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for said State, Col: Samuel S. Moseley above named, who (I certify) is a credible witness, and made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, on the day and year above written.
James A. Hovey, Notary Public. (4)

Ms. 4585 Mrs. Sarah Tyler's Declaration. —

State of Connecticut ss County of Windham
On this 15 th day of December AD 1838 - Personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Brooklyn in said Windham County Sarah Tyler a resident of said Brooklyn, aged Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Decla- -ration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th AD 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows"
That she is the Widow of Captain Daniel Tyler who was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution - That he Commanded a Company of Artillery - That he was present with said Company and in Command thereof at New Port on Rhode Island at Sullivan's Expedition, and at New London in Connecticut - That he was present at the Battle of Bunker's Hill and acted as Adjutant on that occasion, that he was in the Service of the United States, in the Army of the Revolution in all about two years, during all which time he discharged the duties either of an Adjutant or a Captain of Artillery -
She further declares that she was married to the said Captain Daniel Tyler on the 10 th day of June AD 1790, that her husband the aforesaid Captain Daniel Tyler, died on the 30 th day of April AD 1832 - That she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previously to the first of January 1794, so that, at the time above stated, 10 th of June

1790, and that she is still the widow of the said Captain Daniel Tyler, and has never been married since his death.
Sarah Tyler
State of Connecticut } Windham County Court of Probate for Brooklyn District, in said County, December 15 th 1838 -
Then personally came Sarah Tyler Subscriber of the foregoing Declaration by her made, and in open Court made oath to the truth of the same -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year last aforesaid
Bela P. Spalding } Judge Probate for the District of Brooklyn

Hon R. P. Freeman
May 29/30 88L
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18177, it appears that Daniel Tyler was the son of Daniel Tyler. The date of his birth is not given.
In 1775, he was appointed Adjutant to the Regiment commanded Colonel Israel Putnam, whom it is stated was his father-in-law, in the Connecticut Troops and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
Early in 1777, while residing in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, he was appointed Captain of a company of artillery and served as such officer at different times until the close of the war and was in General Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition, entire length of service at least two years.
He died April 30, 1832.
The soldier married June 10, 1790, Mrs. Sarah or Sarah E. or Sally Chaplin, of Mansfield.
Pension was allowed on her application executed December 15, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-seven years and resided in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
She died April 25, 1841.
The following children survived her: Benjamin Chaplin; Sarah P. Williams; Frederick Tyler, who in 1838 was forty-two years of age and was a merchant of Hartford, Connecticut; and Daniel Tyler, referred to as Lieutenant Daniel Tyler.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

In one of the papers on not being the Sx 23-50 file in the following are given as the only six child

Widow re ven
a pension of $ 238 120
243. per annu
Com Mar 4-36
Act of Pension
was issued
Mar 8 1841
which was
after m c to
243.33 per
annu.

has been to sister aft of mid for pln. on firsts, First service was that of Adjt of Gen. Israel Putnam's Mass Reg (called the 3 rd Regt.) for the period of 7 months may to Dec 1775 He was In July 1778 he

The following are reported as the only surviving children Sept 23 1850
Benj Chaplin Sarah P Williams Frederick Tyler Daniel Tyler Plan was paid to those under age July 4 - 1836
Grantor of Deed of $400 per annum commencing Mar 4 - 31 end Apr 30 - 42 when not paid

was apt a Capt of an Artillery Co raised in Brooklyn "Brooklyn Co Conn. and He served in the war 1861-65.

Miss
Miss Annie Snider M.C.
Washington
D.C.
Nov 1894

Connecticut 2599
Sarah Tyler widow of Daniel Tyler
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30 th April 1832 of Windham Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Captain in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 120 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of May 1839 and sent to Col. Talcott Present
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 360.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 6 Sept. " " 60.00 $420.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recd Bo
Clerk
Page 214

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1877
Sarah Tyler
widow of
Daniel Tyler
Capt Rev War
Act: July 7 th 88
Index:—Vol. M , Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1891 Mar 26 Met to Maj J M Schopfield TS
May 29. History on R. P. Freeman Mrs Mary B. Bishop E. O. L.

House of Rep s .
Washington Sept 10 th 1850
J. L. Edmonds - Commissioner of Pensions
Sir Herewith I present the application of the Executrix of Sarah Tyler widow of Daniel Tyler of Conn t - a resolution as Pensioner - for an increase of pension --
An increase is claimed to the full amount of two years service as Capt of Artillery on Matineux: or as Capt of Artillery and Adjutant --
It is respectfully requested that an early decision may be furnished --
I have the honor to be
Sincerely your Obed t Servant

I hereby declare, that I am Executor of the last will and testament of Sarah Tyler, deceased, of Brooklyn, in the State of Connecticut, who was a pensioner of the United States, as the widow of Daniel Tyler an officer of the Army of the American Revolution; that I am informed, that the pension received by her was less than she was justly entitled to; and that, as Executor aforesaid, I claim whatever may be found due;
Benj n Chaplin
Windsham County ss Chaplin August 31 st 1850 Then Personally appeared before me the above named Benjamin Chaplin to me personally known and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed - Frederick Storrs Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
I, JOHN P. C. MATHER, 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 Frederick Storrs
is, and since the fourth day of July last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,....having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Frederick Storrs , to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this First day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
John P. C. Mather Secretary of State.

Comptrollers Office
Hartford. Feby 15. 1844.
On application for evidence of the services of Captain Daniel Tyler as Adjutant of General Israel Putnam's 3 d Regiment of Connecticut Militia near Boston in 1775. I find on the Pay table Book the following entry. — "Genl. Israel Putnam's Regiment raised May. 1775 for seven months. called the third Regiment"
I also find from the Pay Rolls & Records remaining in this office that the said 3 d Regiment was in service seven full months: commencing in May and ending in December. 1775. And also from the Orderly Book of said third Regiment deposited in my office this day that Daniel Tyler was the regularly appointed Adjutant of the same and discharged the duties of that office during the term of service above referred to. I also certify to the best of my belief & knowledge that the said Adjutant Tyler & Capt. Tyler appointed Captain of an Artillery company by the Governor and Council of the State of Connecticut in July. 1778. & afterwards called into service at different times during the war. is one and the same person
Henry Kirbome Compt

Pension Office. December 18. 1840.
Sir,
The additional evidence left by you in the case of Mrs. Sarah Tyler for an increase of her pension, has been examined and filed.
The orderly books are sufficient to shew that Darius Tyler, her late husband, was adjutant of Putnam's Regiment in 1775, but they do not afford the necessary data to ascertain, with the requisite precision, the length of his service. The books of the Comptroller's office at Hartford, should shew the length and grade of his service in that Regiment. That proof from the records would be deemed sufficient of itself to establish the service in 1775.
With respect to the service as captain of a volunteer Company of Artillery, which appears by the receipts to have been organized at first, from some

time in 1778 to 1 March 1779, it would ap- =pear that a liberal allowance has already been made for the three tours of service in which he was engaged, agreeably to the re- =cord evidence - and one of which was in words limited to 2 months. - The calcula- =tions of his service made in your letter of 16. inst. shew a misconception of the Comp- =trollers Certificate. The dates of payment do not afford the dates of service. Pay- ments are made at different dates for the same service under different heads as bounties - pay, subsistence &c. - All the payments certified, relate to the three tours above - Except the Coast guards raised by Special acts, the local force of Connecticut Composed of militia and volunteers, rarely served as much as two months in one tour. No further allowance can be made as captain, upon the present exhibits, but the claim for service as Adjutant will be allowed, as soon as the length of the service

in that grade, can be satisfactorily as- =certained.-
I am, Respectfully, Your Obedt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Danice Tyler, Esq. Present.

Increase Sarah Tyler as mo of Daniel son Oct 10 , 7 May 1838
Adm
12 mo. Capt. Arts. 300 00 7 " Adm. 140 00  $ 440.00
From 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841, Payable to Benjamin Chaplin, Sarah Williams Frederick Tyler and Daniel Tyler, only surviving children of Sarah Tyler dec d deducting what has been paid at the rate of 243 33 per share for the same time. (Mowens and April 1841)
Hen A Fowle Dum of Reps

No 38047. Daniel Tyler as heir act 7 June 1832
Amount $440. per m from 4 March 1831 to 30 April 1832 the day of his death payable to Benjamin Chaplin, Sarah P Williams Frederick Tyler and Daniel Tyler only surviving children under the second section of the act 4 July 1836
Hon. O. Fowler Home of Reps

Comptroller's Office, Hartford July 17 th 1780.
I hereby certify that I find on file in this office the following Bond, dated June 24 th 1778. "Know all men by these Presents, that we Daniel Tyler and Israel Putnam, acknowledge ourselves jointly & severally bound to the Govt and Company of the State of Connecticut in the penal sum of Two Thousand Pounds Sterling money, to be paid to said Govt & Company, their successors or certain attorney, which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, executors & administrators, firmly by these Presents. Witness our hands and seals, this 24 th day of June A.D. 1778."
The condition of the above obligation is that whereas the said Dan t Tyler is appointed Captain of a Matross Company now raising in the Eastern Brigade for defence of this & the United States, and Paymaster of the same.
Now if the said Capt t Tyler shall truly & faithfully pay over all the monies he shall receive from the Treasurer by orders from the Pay Table, agreeable to the trust reposed in him by his appointment aforesaid, and his account thereof render to the Committee of the Pay Table

when required, then the above obligation to be void.
Signed sealed and delivered the day and year above said. In Presence of
Test. J. Penn Wattsworth (Signed) Daniel Tyler (Signed) Israel Putnam
I also certify that the following are true and correct extracts from the records of the Governor and Council of Safety of the State of Connecticut. July 25 th 1778
Resolved that Captain Danl Tyler with his Company of Matrosses be ordered by the Captain General forthwith to march to Providence R Island and join the force there under the Command of Major Genl Sullivan
August 3 rd 1779
Voted that his Excellency the Governor be desired to give orders to Captain Danl Tyler to march with the Company of Matrosses under his command to New London to continue in service two months from the time of their arrival at New London.
July 27 th 1780
Resolved that Captain Danl Tyler of Pomfret

be ordered with the Company of marines under his command to New Port to put themselves under the command of the Commanding Officer at that Station."
 Dr Captain Daniel Tyler (Paymaster)    1778  June 24 th .  To order on Treasurer  £ 300.0.0     Sept 17  " " do do  1100.0.0    1779  Apl 7  " " do do  596.10.6     Oct 29  " " do do  3500.0.0     Dec 24  " " do do  670.0.0    1780  Mar 30  " " do do  709.12.4     " "  " " do do  1300.0.0       £ 8176.2.10   
    Cr Contra     1779 apr 7. By Pay roll dr rend for his Artillery Co £ 1996. 10. 6   1780 Mar 30. " do do 4879. 12. 4   1781 Jan 4 " do do 1300. 0. 0   £. 8176. 2. 10   
I certify that the above is a true transcript from the Pay Table books in this Office.
Comptroller's office July 17 th 1840
Henry Nelson Colver Compt

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PAID
Large decorative flourish or signature.
Daniel Tyler Esqr
Norwich
Mail Pd.
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Small scribble or mark.

Boston 16 Nov 40
Daniel Tyler Esq. D. Sir
It affords me great satisfaction to comply with your request to send you your late father's orders Books, & I sincerely hope they may contribute to the comfort of his family. Col Putnam informed me that he had obtained your father's consent that I might retain them to deposit them after I had made use of them as I thought advisable, for the purpose of writing a substantial history of B. W. Battle among the records of the B. W. Monument Association.

I should be glad after you have made what use of them you please for your personal & family advantage, if you would be so obliging as to allow me to have them again for the purposes for which I have hitherto preserved them with great care. And if you consider how very difficult it is to pre- serve family papers, I believe you must be perfectly convinced that the appropria- tion of them made by Father was the most advantageous for their preservation whether for Public or private use, or as monuments of your father's patri-

otic classis or his own seneca & hostels.
Yrs respectfully
9 C.M. June
Saml. Swift
There are two order Books of 2 fathoms which I transmit according to your request.

Washington 16 th Decr 1840.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions.
Sir,
On the 1 st May 1839, as suggested in your letter of that date (paper A), a pension warrant issued to Mrs Sarah Tyler, Widow of late Samuel Tyler of the Revolutionary Army, with the understanding that when more particular proof of service could be made, the pension would be increased. Herewith I submit such additional proof as we have been able to collect.
By referring to Isaac Cushman's testimony taken some three years since, and now on file at the Pension Office, it will be seen that he testified that Captain Tyler was in command of a Company of half pay Artillery or Artillery, in the service of the State of Connecticut, for over two years, but Mr Cushman's deposition, does not particularize the term of service rendered, by Captain Tyler with his Company. On the 11 th of August 1820, application was made to Mr Cushman for more minute information, but his Son Isaac Cushman of Troy NY under whose eye the first deposition was taken, thought that the memory of his Father had so far failed him, as to render it unsafe to take his deposition. (See paper B). As Mr Cushman is, so far as is known, the only surviving Soldier of Captain Tyler's Company (and that he was a Soldier

in said Comp y , see his receipt for Bounties Vol 3 d page 1. It becomes necessary to apply such documentary testimony as can be collected. In the paper marked C o , the Commission of pension will see, under Certificate of the Comptroller of State of Connecticut,
1... Captain Dyer's Bond, signed by Genl Putnam for the faithful performance of his duty as paymaster to his Company
2... He will see that Captain Dyer with his Company was ordered into service by the Governor & Council of the State of Connecticut, on the 25 th July 1778 to join General Sullivan's expedition at Monmouth. On the 7 th of April 1779, he appears to have settled his accounts for this tour of service, by pay roll of his Company, £ 1996. 10. 6. Reckoning the tour of service from 25 th July 1778, to 7 th April 1779 would give 8 mos and 13 days. On the 3 rd of August, 1779 Captain Dyer with his Company, was ordered to New London, and the accounts for this tour appear to have been settled by pay roll on the 30 th March 1780. which would give 7 mos 27 days. On the 25 th July 1780, Captain Dyer with his Comp y was again ordered to repair to Stamford for garrison duty, and this tour appears to have been again settled by pay roll on the 4 th Jan y 1781, making 5 mos 7 days, thus making in all some 21 months & 17 days active service. It has always been known to Captain Dyer's family that Captain Dyer, who was Son in Law to Genl Putnam,

was at the battle of Bunker's Hill, as Adjutant of General Putnam's Regiment, but no officer of either of those Regts so far as is known is now living, and the orderly Books paper out of Captain Pyles hands some twenty five years since, and only a few days since, by accident, were ascertained to be in the hands of Col. Sweet of Boston, (see letter S). No 1, of these orderly Books commences June 1 st 1775, although it is an historical fact, that Putnam's Regt, was organized about 1 st May 1775. Probably at first the orders were not regularly registered, but from the 1 st June to the 14 th , only three days previous to the action, all orders, details, courtmartial, & parades appear regularly registered in Book No 1. On the 24 th June 1775, Seven days after the action at Bunker's Hill, Book No 2 was commenced, and regularly kept until the 26 th Sept 1775, when it was filled. In this Book, it will be seen that Adjutant Samuel Pyles, afterwards Captain Pyles, signed all the or- ders as Adjutant and copied most of them in his own hand. It appears that for a short time Thomas Grosvenor was "Adjutant pro tempore " as he is styled, when Adjutant Pyles was acting as Capt. Asst. Genl, or as he is styled, "the General's Adjutant" & as the reports of Genl Putnam's Brigade - On the 27 Sept 1775 Book No 3, was opened, and all orders are regularly entered until the 27 Nov and as a reorganization of the Army took place on the 1 st Dec r , it is probable that new orderly Books were then opened which passed into other hands when Capt Pyles remained on the Staff of his Father in Law, Genl

Putnam's order, & which Leontay and continued with him until his parolised renews him until for further service, when at Genl Putnam's request, he raised his half pay Compy of Artillery & commanded it until the peace of 1783. It is now respectfully submitted, whether the service proven by the Comptroller's Certificate as to Mr. Anderson's deposition as Captain of the half pay Artillery Compy, and the 8 mos service which the order of 1783 seems conclusively to establish, are not sufficient to entitle Mr. Dyer to the full pension of a Captain's order, under the Law.
Very resdly Genl Putnam
Danl Dyer
AB. On the 1st page of Book No 3, it will be seen that the Compy Book belonged to Daniel Dyer, Adjutant of Genl Putnam's Regt. It will also be seen that Aft Dyer, was AOT for the day Sept 9. Oct 10. 19. 21. Nov 6. 22
"State"

Sidney J. Cowen Esq. Chancellor at Law Saratoga Springs N.Y.
• El. •

Sidney J. Coues Esq. Dr. Sir
Froy August 11 th 1840
Your favour of August 4 th came to hand in due season. I was engaged in a Reference during Friday and Saturday. Today I found myself at liberty and went immediately to see Mr. Cushman in Relation to the claims of the Widow of Capt. Tylers. I find Mr. Cushman a perfect wreck. Age has come upon him with a slow but iron step. He keeps the dignity of manhood so far as his demeanour is concerned. But when you propose matters of business to him he is like an infant. He tells a story that varies at every repetition. Sometimes his is very intelligent & intelligible at others he is last in a maze and utterly unable to relate a continuous story. I conversed with his son the Jdge and he says it would be unsafe to take his fathers statements of occurrences. In fact after an Early Shave in the morning he is utterly without the power of carrying on a continued conversation. So that I shall be utterly unable to render you any assistance in the matter proposed. I would do so with pleasure were it practicable. I regret extremely both for Mr. Tylers sake and yours as well as Mr. Cushman's that age has come upon him so soon but His usefulness is past. He has been one of the best specimens of the Puritan, which is glory enough. Yours Truly Martin I Townsend

Since new certificate - date
7 mo adf. int.
6 - capt. arbit.
$243. 33/100
Deduct what has been paid
Hon: J. W. Huntington

Payment to be made at Hartford by S. L. Pithier, Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Conn.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. First payment to be made 31st December, 1838.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1.
Page 214 by
D. Brown,
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
James M. McKim I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Sarah Tyler, of the State of Connecticut — widow of Daniel Tyler — who was a Captain in the War of the Revolution and died on the 30 th day of April 1832 — is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of One hundred dollars and and twenty cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this first day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
E. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. G. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington 15 May 1829
J. L. Edwards Esq Pension Office
Sir,
Your favor of the 14th inst. recd. I desire to hear on the point of my Mother Mrs. J. L. Dyke, in compliance of your suggestion, that she shall accept the pension upon the six months service, & if the additional proof you require is furnished, the pension to be increased to the amount provided for in the case of two years service.
Yours respd
June 1st 1829
Sam Dyke

War Department, Pension Office, May 1 st 1839
Sir,
I have been requested by Capt. Tyler to make the following report to you:
The papers in support of the claim of Mrs. Sarah Tyler, widow of the late Captain Daniel Tyler, have been examined and placed on our files. The only objection in this case arises from the want of evidence sufficiently specific as to the length of Capt. Tyler's service. Mr. Cushman, the only witness whose testimony can, as I understand, be obtained, states in general terms, that Capt. Tyler served upwards of two years; but he has failed to state the duration of each tour of service in the particular years in which he was called out to do militia duty. The Comptroller of accounts in Connecticut has given a certificate, from which it would seem that Capt. Tyler received considerable sums of money; but the mere receipt of the money is not sufficient evidence because it is not shown to what particular purpose the amount was applied, nor does the certificate show whether the account against Capt. Tyler was kept

in specie currency, or continental paper currency at its lowest scale of depreciation. It is desirable that Mr. Cushman should make a more particular state- ment. If he cannot do so, from a defective mem- ory, it will perhaps be advisable for Mr. Tyler to accept a pension for what the Department is willing to allow, viz. $120. per annum for six months service; and if further proof can be produced, shewing a greater length of service, an increase of the pension will be made accordingly.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
J. L. Edwards
Colonel Falcott, Ordnance Department, Present.

Mar 18
fit with paper
Miss Tyler.
fits with 1885.
Edward G. Sumner of Tisbury Washington D.C.

Hartford Conn March 14. 1839
J. L. Dawons Esq Sir
Several weeks ago I enclosed to you the requisite papers for a Pension under the act of 3 d for the widow of Capt Daniel Tyler of Brooklyn. As his son Lieut Tyler formerly in the U.S. service expected to visit Washington about that time I believe I mentioned to you that he would call for the Warrent or certificate I understand since that he did not go to W. and I will therefore think you to forward the certificate to me. As the money is now payable Mrs. Tyler is desirous of rec d the certificate
Respectfully your Obedt Servt
Francis Davis

Jan. 24. 1839
Conn 4585
7 July 1838
Sarah, widow of Capt. Tyler $120 per ann.
Con. Role
Hand cut: to Col. Talcott, Present
Edward Ely
Mr. Ely will offer Mr. Tyler the sum of one hundred dollars for the interest in the estate of his wife
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington D.C.

Hartford July 21 st 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
Enclosed I forward the paper for a pension for Mrs. Sarah Tyler widow of Capt. Daniel Tyler late of New- Lyn Conn. from which it will appear that Capt. Tyler served as Captain during most of the Revolutionary War.
When the Dep. of War Cushman was obtained it was not known, that any evidence of ser- vice could be found then on the re- cords. - Mr. G. is said to be the only survivor of Capt. J. L. Company Very Respectfully
Yours Francis Parkes
P.S. Lieut. Dan Tyler, with whom I doubt not you are acquainted, & who is a son of the applicant. I am told will be in Washington in a few days. To whom you can give the certificate if ready therein. Please direct to me - The sum I suppose will be $480. per annum

Certificate of Comptroller. Compt. Dec 22. 1838

Comptroller Office Hartford Dec. 22 1838
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Capt. Daniel Tyler who claims pension in the War of the Revolution - that I have examined the records in this office and found in Pay Table Book the following Account
   Capt. Daniel Tyler Dr     1778 June 24 To Order on Treasr for his Mts. & Sp. Company as per Receipt £200.0.0   1778 Sep. 17 To Order on Treasr for his Mts. & Sp. Company as per Receipt £100.0.0   Under the Head of War Dr   1779 Apr. 7 To Order on Treasr for Capt. Daniel Tyler for his Pay Roll his Artillery Company at New London in 1778 £1960.0.0   1779 Apr. 7 To Order on Treasr for Capt. Daniel Tyler for his Pay Roll his Artillery Company at New London in 1778 £450.1.8   Under the Head United States Dr   1779 Apr. 7 To Order on Treasr for Capt. Daniel Tyler transporting Baggage to Providence for his Company Mr. Chittenden etc £36.10.0   Supra Cr   1779 Apr. 7 By Balance Account United States Artillery Company £1996.10.6   1779 Oct 29 To Order on Treasr for your Company £3500.0.0   Dec. 24 To Order on Treasr for your Company 170.0.0   1780 March 30 To Order on Treasr for your Company 109.12.4 £4879.12.4   Supra Cr   1780 March 30 By Balance his Account United States £4879.12.4 £4879.12.4  
Henry Westmore Comptroller
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At a meeting of the Council of Safety held July 25 1778 Col. Daniel Tyler ordered to March to Providence with his Company of Matross
At a meeting of the Council of Safety in 1779 Aug 3 rd Col. Daniel Tyler Matross ordered to St. London -
At a meeting of the Council of Safety in 1780 July 27 Col. Daniel Tyler of Pompton with his Co of Matross ordered to Newport Rh. de Island
Henry Kirbourn Comf

Isaac Cushman's Official—

State of New York Rensselaer County ss) Isaac Bushman, of the City of Troy, in the County of Rensselaer, and State of New York, aged Twenty Nine Years, & upwards, being sworn, testifies, and says, that he was born, in the Town of Hinton, in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that accor- ding to the best of his deponent's memory, he removed to the Town of Brooklyne, in the County of Brooklyn in the State of Connecticut, in Year, One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy four, that after, the War broke out between Great Britain, and her Colonies in America, in One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five: The Young men of that age, were roused, in defence of their Country and in the fore part of the Year, One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Seven, a Volunteer Company of Muskets or Artillery, was raised in the Town of Brooklyn aforesaid consisting of fifty men, of which said Company Daniel Tyler Junr was Captain, & Thomas Niles, and Increase Hewit, were Lieutenants, & that deponent, was a private, in said Company, & served in said Company, under the aforesaid Capt. Daniel Tyler Junr in Connecticut & Rhode Island, in the defence of his Country, in the Years One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Seven, & One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Eight, at diffe- rent times for the space of eight, or Nine Months = That the aforesaid, Company was well organized, armed, & equipped, & that the said Daniel Tyler Junr commanded said Company, during the war, till the army, was disbanded, and that the said Captain Daniel Tyler Junr served in the Army of the Revolution as Captain for more

than Two Years, and was considered a brave, honorable, high minded Patriot, and warmly attached, to the American Cause
This deponent, further declares, that at the time he does not recollect, of a single Individual now living, who served in Capt Tyler's Company, this deponent further says that he was well acquainted with Mrs Sarah E Tyler, the Widow of said Captain Tyler, & that they were married previous to the first of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and thirty four, & that they lived together a husband & wife, till his death, which was a few Years since & further this deponent saith not Sworn & Subscribed, this 20 th day of November 1838 Before me } Isaac Cushman
H. V. W. Master Justice Peace
State of New York,
Rensselaer County } I Henry V. W. Master, a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Rensselaer, do hereby Certify, that I am well acquainted, with Isaac Cushman, the above deponent, and that his declarations, are entitled, to full faith & credit. Troy November 20. 1838.
H. V. W. Master
State of New York
Rensselaer County
Clerk's Office
I Henry R. Bristol, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Henry V. W. Master Esq, is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Rensselaer, & that his signature to the above affidavit, & Certificate, are genuine, this hand writing. In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said County to my name officially. Troy Nov. 20. 1838. Henry R. Bristol Clerk.

Rec d the orderly books of Adf l Danl. Tyler dec d which were offered as proof in the case of Mrs Sarah Tyler Dec. 19. 1840- Dan Tyler