Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35377, Joseph Waklee, Continental Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Comm.
Waklee, Joseph
S. 353 77
CONTENTS

Beate. See letter to Hon. G. Tomlinson 27 March 1832 do. to same & P. Agt. 22 May 1832
Joseph Waklee of Trumbull in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Continental line, for the term of six years. Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of March, 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of April 1819 and sent to Pierpont Edwards Esq. Bridgeport, Conn. Arrears to 4th of Nov 1817. 11 mos 27 3/4 90.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Apr 1819 118.00 $138.83 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Continue
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Connecticut
Joseph Waklee
of Trumbull in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Continental line, for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of April 1819 and sent to Pierpont Edwards Esq. Bridgeport, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Nov 1817. 11 mos 27 3/4 90.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Apr 1819 118.00 $138.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Weston April 23 d 1832
Dear Sir,
Your letter to H. Hubbell Esq. on the subject of Joseph Wakelee's pension, & the communication from the pension office on the same subject have been put into my hands. Mrs. Gilbert, the Sister, with whom the said Wakelee lived & died, being a neighbor of mine, & miserably poor, I feel anxious that she should receive the pension money which she expected for taking care of her brother in his sickness, if she can lawfully get it. It seems, in order to this, that it is necessary to prove that the said Wakelee has left no heirs nearer a kin to him than his Sister. It is that, that the following circumstances amount to proof that she is the rightful & lawful heir. He left no wife & there is neither brother nor Sister, beside Mrs. Gilbert. His only child, a Son, left this State many years ago for Ohio, & has never been heard from since. It is now more than 26 years since he went away, & it is beyond all question that in this long period he would have written to his friends, or that some traces of

him would have been discovered had he been still living. It is supposed that he died soon after he left home among strangers. The old man, the Pensioner, told me & others, that his son must be dead. And since the death of the old Pensioner, the Father, much pains have been taken to discover some trace of the son if possible, but the effort has been in vain. Respec- table men travelling in various parts of Ohio, have taken an interest in the business & made enquiries wherever they have been, but nothing could they discover or hear about him. The death of the Father, which took place August 24 th 1879, was published in the papers of the day. All necessary informa- tion has, therefore, been published & all possible search has been made. It seems, therefore, to be a clear point, in the minds of all acquainted with the family, that the son has long been dead. So ob- vious is this point that any of the neighbors would be willing to give bonds to indemnify government, (were such a course admissible), should the son ever appear Her: Gideon Tomlinson
Yours with respect (signed) Nathl Freeman

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Westport April 27. 1832. Personally appeared Nathaniel Freeman & Clark Gregory & made solemn oath that they believe the above & within to be substantially true. Before me. (signed) Harvey Habbell Just Peace
Westport April 27. 1832. We the undersigned do according to the best informa- tion we have relative to the said Mr Joseph Watklee and his brother & Sisters and descendants as is herein related by the Rev. Nathl Freeman is substantially true. (signed) Isaac Bennett
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Westport April 27. 1832. Personally appeared Isaac Bennett signer of the above & made solemn oath to the same. Before me. (signed) Harvey Habbell Just Peace
Eng. Habbell would testify that the within statement

but being the Administrator of Wakelee's estate he thot it might be considered improper.
The time of Wakelee's death you will perceive as stated in this letter was August 24. 1829.
(signed) N. Freeman

For Waldo Joseph Waklee
on Mays Col. (Dimon's Connecticut Regt.
1777- War - cov.
25 March 1810-
The certificate of the info- as to circumstances  Adm? of Applicant, is wanting.

District of Connecticut
On this 25 th day of March A.D. 1910 Joseph Waklee of Trumbull in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which District the declarant now resides and for more than thirty years left past hath resided that according to his best recollection in the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six the declarant enlisted in to the service of the United States (then colonies) as a private for the term of seven months in the company of Captain Elijah Beach in Colonel Whiting's Regiment which term the declarant faithfully served out in the Northern Army and that in December in the same year he again enlisted in to said service for a term of one year on the Continental establishment in the company of Captain Shipman Colonel Waterbury's Regiment which last mentioned term the declarant also faithfully served out until he enlisted into the company of Captain Eli Scavonworth Colonel Ginnons Regiment for & during the term of the then war and that as a soldier enlisted for & during said war he faithfully served the United States as a soldier private in their Armies until the termination thereof when in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty three he was honorably discharged therefrom by a discharge under the hand of his Excellency General George Washington which discharge the declarant hath by time & accident lost All which time from his

first enlistment for the said term of seven months The declarant so served in the armies of the United States as he believes on the continental establishment and in the continental line And the Declarant further maketh oath that he now is & ever since the declaration of Independ- ence hath been a resident citizen of the United States
District of Connecticut ss. Stratford April 21 1819 I Pierpont Edwards District Judge of said District do Certify that the within Warrent Joseph Waklee by reason of his reason of his reduced circumstances in Life does stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support Pierpont Edwards
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss: Trumbull I Daniel Salmon to testify and say That Joseph Waklee of P o Trumbull was a Soldier in the army of the united States in the Revolutionary war and that the P o Joseph enlisted to serve during P o war and that he did serve untill the end thereof and that he was Honorably Discharged from P o army in the year 1783 and that the P o Joseph ever has been a poor man and that at this time he is in needy cir- cumstances and that he has for some time past been assisted by P o Town of Trumbull with such things as were needfull for his support Dated at Stratford this 28 th Day of March 1818 Daniel Salmon March 28 th 1818 sworn before me Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut

District of Connecticut ss
On this 25 th day of March A D 1818 before me Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Samuel Gregory & Robert Mallett both of Torrington in said District respectable citizens, they who being duly sworn do depose & say that they are well acquainted with Joseph Dabbee the forenamed declarant and his circumstances in life and know that they are so reduced as that he is in need of assistance from his country for his support
And the said Gregory further saith that he is in his fifty sixth year and has always lived within about the distance of two miles from the place of residence of the said declarant and knows that the material part by him in his declaration set forth that he served through the war of the revolution as a soldier in the armies of the United States is true but also that his character for truth is fair
And the said Gregory further saith that in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty one he himself served the term of six months in the same company & regiment in the then continental army to which the said Dabbee then belonged with him at being Captain Muzzey's Company in Colonel Meigs Regiment in the continental establishment
March 25 th 1818
Sworn before me Robert Mallett Samuel Gregory
Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

Joseph Waklee
(Ex p )
(10 May)
(Oct 1849)
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss.
On this 13 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court the same being the County Court held at Fairfield in and for said County and by the laws of this state a court of record & hav- ing a seal Joseph Waklee aged 76 the 25 th of March last a resident in Humberull in said Coun- ty, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: 1775 I enlisted for seven months into Col. Whitnys Regiment & Capt. Elijah Beach's company - 1776 I again enlisted for one year into Col. Charles Webb's Regiment and Capt Shipmans Company and before the expiration of the last mentioned term I enlisted during the war into a Regiment raised and commanded for a short time by Col. Dimon which Regiment after the death of said Col. was commanded by Col. Meigs the company in said Regiment to which I belonged was commanded by capt. Eli Scavensworth - and I served until the end of the war and was honorably discharged in June 1783 - That I made my original declaration on the 25 th day of March 1818 - and that the number of my Pension certificate is 10.116 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth 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 to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 eighteenth 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 whatsoever other than my income pension, nor have I any property whatsoever but my wearing apparel. That I was by trade a Carpenter, but am now unable to work having a ruptured body and otherwise infirm - That my Wife Huldah aged about fifty six I have not seen in ten years - and that for about that time I have boarded out and that but for my pension I must depend upon the Town for subsistence.
Joseph Waklee
Sworn to and declared in the court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is on satisfactory proof exhibited in court, of opinion that the said Joseph Waklee has no property whatever (except his pen- sion clothing aforesaid) and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said court.
Test David Burr Clerk

State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing
and that the said Joseph Wakelee has no property whatever except his pension & clothing aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 13 th day of June A. 1820.
David Burr Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield,
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield June 13 th 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Waklee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 Three Pvt. Ebenezer Root Whiting Conn.   1776 " Shipman Charles Webb   Ebenezer Root Dunton   Hanson Meigs   Discharged June 1783.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Feb 25-1818  for cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Marshall Conn.
Age at date of application, b. Feb. 25-1744 d. Aug. 24. 1829
Remarks: His wife Hannah was 56 yrs old. She died prior to soldier. A son is referred to as their only child. No name is stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
This service is arranged according to soldier's last statement which is historically correct & proved by Conn. records

35 377
1915 Feb 16 Hist. to Elmer Jacobs.
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-377
Joseph Waklee Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 350
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Elmer Rand Jacobs
74 WALL STREET NEW YORK
23, Feb. 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me the record of service of Joseph Waklee, who appears on the pension roll of Connecticut of 1818. See Record of Conn. Men in the Revolution, page 638.
Respectfully,
Elmer Rand Jacobs