Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18154, Samuel Trowbridge, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Trowbridge, Samuel Lydia
N. 18154
CONTENTS

Connecticut
3057.
Lydia Crowbridge widow of Samuel Crowbridge who was a soldier in the Conn line
For Service
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec. 1842 and sent to
E. G. Hovey, New Haven, Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book . 4 Vol. 1. Page 78.
Ph Dec 1

Lydia Trowbridge, of Orange, County of New Haven. 61 5049
Con: act July 38 m 87. a 25.
adm. 2 years Maliof 100 $
no deduction
Henry White New Haven Con.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
I, G. W. Beach Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that Matthew H. Read & G. W. Beach
Esq. read is a JUSTICE OF PEACE,
within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A. D. 1838 and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1839; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 11 th day of March A. D. 1839
G. W. Beach Clerk. I also certify that Samuel J. Kirtland Esq. is Judge of New Haven County Court in New Haven County, duly commissioned sworn with power to administer oaths. That his Commission is dated the 31 st day of May 1838 and will expire 20 th June 1839. That his signature hereto annexed is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at my office the Seal of said Court as above this 11 th March 1839 G. W. Beach

State of Connecticut.
County of New Haven. ss. New Haven, On this 18 th Day of February, A.D. 1839. Personally appeared, before the Hon ble Samuel J. Hitchcock, Judge of the County Court, in and for, the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut. Mrs. Lydia Trowbridge, a resident of Orange, in the County of New Haven, and State aforesaid, aged 73. years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July, 7 th 1838. Entitled "An Act granting halfpay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow, of Samuel Trowbridge, who, was a private of Artillery, in the war of the American Revolution, two years, six months, and twenty six days; In the following order, viz: From the ninth day of February, 1779. Untill, the eighth day, of February 1780. her Husband, the said Samuel Trowbridge, served in a Company of Artillery, under Command of Captain Phineas Bradley, Stationed at New Haven, in the State of Connecticut. Thus, he served, twelve Months. He again served, under said, Capt t Bradley, Stationed at, said New Haven, from the 5 th day of June, 1780. untill, the first day of January, 1781. - Six months, and 26, Days. He next served, in a Company of Artillery, Commanded by Capt t William Van Duzen, Stationed at New Haven, aforesaid, from the first day of January, 1781, untill, the first day of August, 1781. Seven Months - On the first of August, 1781. said Capt t Van Duzen, resigned the command of said, Company, and Lieutenant John Warner, was appointed Captain, of said Company; under whom, he, the above named Samuel Trowbridge, continued to serve, from the first day of August 1781. untill, the first day of January, 1782. - five Months under Capt t Warner.
In confirmation of the truth of her declaration, and in support, of her claim, she would respectfully, refer to the payrolls, of said Capt t Bradley, for the years 1779. and 1780. and to the payroll, of Capt t Van Duzen, for the year 1781. which she is credibly informed, and verily believes are in possession of the War Department, in the pension office; and, to a Certificate, from the Comptroller of Public Accounts, at Hartford, State of Connecticut, shewing the appointment, of Captain John Warner, to take command, of the Company, after the resignation of Capt t Van Duzen, and the time, they were to be held in service. Which Certificate, is herewith enclosed, appended, to the declaration, of Mrs. Lydia Bradley. — she further,

Declaras, that she not know of any record of her marriage, now extant. — — — And, She further Declaras, that she was married, to the said Samuel Trowbridge, on Thursday, of the second week in November, which was the ninth day of the month, in the year, Seventeen-hundred, and Eighty-six. That her Husband, the aforesaid Samuel Trowbridge, died on the twentyfirst day of July — A. 1827 and that she has remained his widow ever since that period; that she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen-hundred, and ninetyfour, viz: at the time above stated. — — — Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year, above written,
Lydia Trowbridge.
State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss. New Haven February Eigh- teenth One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine then and there personally appeared in open Court Lydia Trowbridge above named and signed the foregoing declaration in my presence in open Court by holding the pen while I guided the same, she being unable to write legibly, and then & there in open Court made solemn oath to the truth of the said declaration affidavit Samuel J. Harkness Judge of New Haven County Court.
Lydia Trowbridge

I John Scarritt, Town Clerk of the Town of New Haven, have carefully examined the Records of Marriages in said Town; and I hereby certify that no records of the Marriage of Samuel Mansbridge and Lydia Johnson, can be found on Records — Certified by, John Scarritt, Town Clerk of the Town of New Haven
Town Clerk's Office New Haven March 6 th 1839 } Subscribed & sworn to this 7 th day of March 1839. before me J. H. Beach Justice of peace I certify that the above named John Scarritt Esq. is personally well known to me, & that he is a credible witness J. H. Beach Justice of peace

I Eli Trowbridge of New Haven, County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, now in the fifty first year of my age, depose and say, that I am son of Samuel Trowbridge, late of Orange in New Haven County deceased, and of Lydia His wife, now his widow. I was born on the fourteenth day of July A. D. 1788. as I was always informed by my Parents, My Father kept no family records, either of His marriage, or the birth of his Children, which, ever came to my knowledge. My Father, the aforesaid Samuel Trowbridge, died in the parish of West Haven, in the town of Orange, which was formerly a part of the town of New Haven aforesaid, on the twenty first day of July, A. D. 1827. My Mother, the aforesaid Lydia Trowbridge, has not again married since his death, but now remains his widow, and resides with my Sister, who is married, and lives in said town of Orange.
Eli Trowbridge
State of Connecticut
County of New Haven ss. New Haven March first One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Then & there personally appeared Eli Trowbridge of said New Haven to me well known, and a credible witness, of good reputation for truth and veracity and subscribed the aforesaid deposition in my presence, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me
Samuel J. Hildreth Judge of New Haven County Court.

I Abigail Dickerman of New Haven, of the County of New Haven, and state of Connecticut, aged sixty eight years, testify and say, that I am sister of Lydia Frowbridge of the town of Orange county of New Haven, and state aforesaid, widow of Samuel Frowbridge late of said town of Orange deceased. Our family name before our marriage was Johnson. I well remember that my sister Lydia aforesaid, was married to the aforesaid Samuel Frowbridge, in the forepart of the month of November, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six. I was not present at her marriage, being absent from home at the time it took place, but on my return to my father's, on Saturday after the marriage, I found the said Samuel Frowbridge there, and was informed by my Parents, that he and my sister had been married that week. I cannot state the day of the month on which they were married, but I feel confident that they were married previous to the middle of that month, and I fully believe their marriage took place on the ninth day of November, seventeen hundred and eighty six, as my sister Lydia in her declaration has alledged. I was married on the twenty eighth day of August seventeen hundred eighty eight, about one year and eight months after the marriage of my sister Frowbridge. My sister aforesaid had a son about six weeks old when I was married, the said son is now living and was fifty years old in July 1838.
The above is a true statement according to my best recollection and belief, in testimony of which, I have hereunto subscribed my name and made oath to the same on this 18 th day of February 1839.
In presence of Matthew H. Read Daniel Northrop
Abigail her Dickerman mark
New Haven County SS. New Haven February 18 th 1839. Personally appeared the above named Abigail Dickerman a person well known to me, for truth and veracity, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing statement — Before me Matthew H. Read Justice of Peace

This is to certify and make known to all whom it doth or may concern That I Thomas Painter of the Town of Orange in New Haven County that I was well acquainted with Samuel Trowbridge we being both born in the Parish of Methuen in the town aforesaid in which we and our families have both Resided in near neighborhood until the time of his decease which was sometime in July 1827 and that he Widow has been a near neighbour to this Deponent Ever since — as to the precise time when the said Samuel Trowbridge was married I am not able to state but have a Perfect recollection that it was soon after the close of the Revolutionary War — I further certify that I was knowing to the said Sam l Trowbridge serving in the Artillery Company under Capt d Bradley but for How long time I cannot say as I was absent from home some part of the time — I have no doubt but what the said Trowbridge and his Wife were lawfully married as they were my near neighbours and raised up a family in a reputable manner — I am Seventy Nine years of age the 24 th of January 1839 — And further the Deponent saith not
Thomas Painter
State of Connecticut.
County of New Haven ss. New Haven January Twenty first Eighteen hundred and thirty nine, Then & there personally appeared Thomas Painter of the town of Orange in said County & State, to me well known, and known to be a person of truth and veracity, and of high standing in the community, and who subscribed the above certificate in my presence, and made oath to the truth of the same, (after the word "County" had been written in the margin, and the words "our" and "How" and "were" had been interlined, as appears above) before me
Samuel J. Hitchcock Judge of New Haven County Court State of Connecticut

Thomas Painter, Deposition in support of Lydia Trowbridge Elaina, for a pension.

State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss. New Haven February Nineteenth one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Stephen W. Stetson of the Town of Orange Clergyman settled in and over the Parish of West Haven in the town of Orange in said County, deposes and says that he has been the pastor of said parish or society of West Haven since the month of June one thousand eight hundred and fifteen and that his predecessor in said parish or society was Nath Williston, and that the said deponent has made search, and diligent enquiry after Records of Marriages celebrated by him said Williston, and that he said deponent cannot find any such record nor does the deponent believe that any record of Marriages by said Williston is in existence and that said Williston deceased three years before the deponent became pastor of said Parish or Society. He further deposes that Lydia Woodbridge of said Orange is a member of the church of which the said deponent is Pas- tor, and is a woman of truth, veracity, and

correct christian appointment.
Stephen W. Stobbins
Subscribed and sworn to this nineteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine before me
Samuel J. Hitebrook Judge of Newton County Court.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18154
Lydia Trowbridge
Wid. of
Samuel Trowbridge
Heatrop Rev. War
Act: March 3. 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New Haven Connecticut March 27. 1839
Hon: J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions }
Sir,
Enclosed I forward the application for pensions of the following widows under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838. viz - Lydia Bradley, Lydia Ironbridge and Elizabeth Tittle. Accompanying the application of Lydia Bradley and as part of the proof to sustain the application is a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut - which same certificate is referred to and relied on as part of the proof to sustain also the applications of Lydia Ironbridge and Elizabeth Tittle.
Will you have the goodness to communicate with me in any matter relating to these applications, and to forward the pension certificates if granted, to me at New Haven Connecticut.
I have the honor to remain
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant Henry White

Connecticut. 3404
Lydia Trowbridge widow of Samuel Trowbridge,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 21 st July 1827 of N. Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a Major in the County commanded by Captain Bradley of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Con- line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 10-0 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July '39, and sent to Mary White, Hartford, C.
Arrears to the 14th of March - $ 300. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 50. 00 $ 350. 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R Burdine Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 214

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Hon. James L. Edwards Chair of Pensions Washington D.C.
Jan 9 1868
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New Haven, Conn. Aug. 2 d 1848.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Sir
I have the honor to forward herewith the applications for pensions under the act of March 3 d 1843, of Elizabeth Tuttle Hannah Mountthrop, Sarah Linsley, Lydia Bradley, and Lydia Trowbridge,
and will thank you, as soon as convenient, to forward certificates for the same to me.
Very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt
E. G. Storer

2.189 Lydia Howbridge
100 $
E. G. Storer New Haven Conn

Lydia Snowbridge
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of New Haven, COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
SS.
I, Robert H. Osborn Esq., Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of New Haven, and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:—
THAT,
Rehemiah Kimberly Esquire
was on the 24 th day of July
1843 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this First day of August 1843
R. H. Osborn Clerk.

State of Connecticut
On this 24 th day of July, 1843, personally appeared before Nehemiah Kimberly, Esq. a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven, Mrs. Lydia Trowbridge a resident of Orange, in said County, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Trowbridge, who was a private in the War of the American Revolution, and served in a Company of Artillery commanded by Captain Phineas Bradley, and afterwards by Captain William Van Deusen and Captain John Warner, at New Haven, Connecticut, for which she received an annual pension of One Hundred Dollars under the act of July 7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Lydia Trowbridge
New Haven County
Orange
Be it remembered, that on this 24 th day of July 1843, personally appeared before me at my office in said Orange, Mrs. Lydia Trowbridge, with whom I am well acquainted, and in my presence subscribed the above declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Nehemiah Kimberly Justice of Peace