Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,530, Benjamin Trowbridge, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn
Trowbridge Benjamin
NUMBER
842530
CONTENTS
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New York Rolls.
1023
Benjamin Trowbridge
Capt Holmes Private
Connecticut line — 1777. 3 yrs.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. R. Riker, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 Months 7/30 $ 33. 86.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Prentis
Continued New York New York
Notification sent Oct 31 st 1820 to Benjamin Trowbridge City of New York

Benj t Snowbridge
Boldin
1 st Connecticut Apts.
Connect.

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Second day of May 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

United States of America, } ss. On this Twenty eighth day of April State of New York } in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me  J Richard Pitter , Recorder of the City of New York. Benjamin Trowbridge aged 64 years, or thereabouts, resident of the City of New York who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the 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:" That he the said Benjamin Trowbridge enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in the state of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Holmes of the 1 st Reg t Connecticut , that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the  three years & six months when he was discharged from service in the year 1780 , in the state of Connecticut that he was a private in said  Company, and has lost his Discharge
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country  other the annexed affidavit for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to, and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid
J Pitter
Benj m Trowbridge
I do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Trowbridge did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the said Act.
Dated, the 28 - day of April 1818
J Pitter
Recorder of the City of New York
(Seal of the Court.)

City of New York. Is: Jonathan Little of the place aforesaid being (Merchant being) duly sworn, says, that he is Acquainted with Benjamin Frow, bridge and knows that the said Benjamin was in the Army of the United States in the Revolu- tionary War, in the First Reg t of the Connecticut line. Com- manded by Col. Prentiss, in Capt. Holmes' Company, they both the said Benjamin and this de- ponent being in said Company together. And that the said Ben- jamin is entitled to full credit under Oath - And further says
And -
Sworn the 27 th day of April 1818. Before me
Jonathan Little
Warren Brasfield, Alderman & Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in the City of New York Justice of the Peace

In the matter of Benjamin Fowle a pensioner —
1023
Sept 1818
6

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
IN the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of June term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter Augustus Jay Esquire Recorder of the City of New York City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the twenty seven th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Benjamin Crowbridge aged sixty five years, resident in the city of New York in the State of New York, United States of America who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that is to say, he the deponent enlisted in the first Regiment, first brigade of Connecticut troops in the continental service under Colonel Patnips, in the company commanded by Captain Eliphaleth Holmes at East Haddam in the State of Connecticut about the month of March in the year 1777 he enlisted for three years. From thence deponent was ordered to New Haven, from thence to Horse neck and from Horse Neck to Deakes Mills near the north river, from thence to Valley Forge near the Schuylkill where the Army wintered. In the following year deponent was at the Battle of Germantown under the same officers. Deponent was also at the battle of Monmouth and at that time was put under the command of the Marquis De La Fayette. deponent was a private in the Army, was at no particular place than above mentioned, received no wounds, was discharged in March 1780 by Colonel Starr (if deponent recollects right) deponents term of service having expired. He has received a Pension since the twenty eighth day of April 1818
and that his original declaration is dated, the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 1023.
Benj. Crowbridge

AND I do 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
Real Estate ————— None —
Personal Estate ————— None — (except necessary clothing and bedding)
The declarant is by occupation a Sound Pilot, but is unable to pursue this occupation if he could get employment in consequence of Rheumatic pains in his limbs — he has no family but has four children three of whom support themselves and the fourth is about twelve years of age a boy named Henry Frowbridge and incapable of supporting himself and he lives with a relative of declarant — the respective ages of his other children, twenty eight, twenty one, & nineteen they are all girls — Declarant has no income, nor has any person in trust for him/nor has he / any property security contracts or debts due him — he saith that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country, except by private or public charity — Benj r Frowbridge
Sworn in open court this 27. June 1822
Benj r FERRIS Clerk

I, Benjamin Ferris Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition and the 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
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Twelfth day of August 1820.
Benj. Ferris JB

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File No. 42. 530 Benjamin Snowbridge Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 m March 18 m
Index:—Vol. 5 , Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]