Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17787, Payson Williston, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Williston, Payson
NUMBER
S 17787
B.L.Wt. 26118-160-55
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71 Hampshire
Reg. 8 m 55-53245
21,633 Massachusetts Payson Williston Residing in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Timberlake of the Regt. commanded by Col. Williston in the Heatt line for 10 months. Reborn.
21,633 for Mrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct. 1833 and unto S. Wells Jr. Northampton
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 20 $ 83 33 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr 24 16 66 $ 99.99
Revolutionary Claim, As of June 7, 1832. John Stiles Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 2, Page 93

53,245 Ad man 3/55
9/56 ap 9/55
Payson Williston priv
Cap May col. J.
Revolutionary pension
36 Waps 1832 no 21633
Beynton W:160 ac May 16/56 B D Fuller
Rev. A. W. Prayerv Sept 18/55 Same " 25/55
Voc W 2, page 19.

State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ss
On this fourth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Payson Williston, aged ninety two years, a resident of East Hampton, in the State of Massachusetts, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Payson Williston who was a Private in the War of the American Revolution, and who is now a Pensioner of the United States; that he was placed on the Roll of Pensioners in the Pension Office, October 2 d 1833, under the act of June 7, 1832; and that the evidences of his service and his claim to a Pension as aforesaid, are now in the archives of the Government, to which said deponent refers in support of his claim for Bounty Land under the act of Congress of March 3, 1835.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act last above mentioned. He also declares that he has not received a Warrant

for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Payson Williston
We, Charles R. Newcomb and Sarah E. Newcomb residents of East Hampton, in the State of Massachusetts, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Payson Williston in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Charles R. Newcomb
Sarah Eliza Newcomb
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year hereinbefore written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
A. W. Thayer, Justice of the Peace.
* The words "claim for" on the preceding page were inserted before signing
A. W. Thayer, J. P.

The Commissioner of Pensions will please forward my Warrant to A. W. Thayer, Nor- thampton, Mass., who as my agent will re- ceive the same and transmit it to me. Payson Williston
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Abijah
Thayer Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Abijah Thayer and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine; also that the instrument hereto annexed, purports to be duly executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the purposes therein expressed.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this fourth day April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Samuel Wells Clerk.

Payson Williston
20698.
Print 10 Months
Capt Kimbury's Company
Col Williston's Regt
Cont. Mulden

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this fourth day of December  1832 personally appeared in open court, before Saml Hinckley Judge of the court of Probate now sitting, Payson Milliston , Clerk a resident of Easthampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Sixty Nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was born in the Parish of Westhaven then a part of Newhaven and now a part of the town of Orange in the County of Newhaven and State of Connecticut on the twelfth day of June A.D. 1763 - That he knows no record or registry of his birth in existence and that he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War & served in the Connecticut Militia Troops as follows to wit
I That in the month of March as near as he can now recollect 1778 he entered the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt Silas Kimbly as a substitute for some person whose name he cannot now call to mind - that said Company was a part of the Connecticut State Troops - That while serving in that company the same was ordered and marched into Newhaven to pay respect to General Arnold as he returned from the North on his way from Hartford - that several other companies were ordered in at the same time and on the same account - That he served as a private in said Company for the term of two months - That said Company was employed in keeping guard on the shore of Long Island Sound and was stationed at the Parish of Westhaven aforesaid - That he has now no recollection that any Field Officers of the State or United States or other Troops served with said Company during this period of service - That at the expiration of the aforesaid two months he was honorably dismissed but received no written discharge - That David Potter and Moses Thorp (who was a Corporal) were members of the same Company
II. That in the month of March A.D. 1779 as near as he can recollect he again entered the service as a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Phinehas Beecher of Newhaven But whether he enlisted or was drafted he cannot now say That said Company was divided into four sections or detachments two of which were stationed at Easthaven in the State of Connecticut one at Newhaven and the other at Westhaven - This was a company of Artillery in the Connecticut State Troops - That he served in the section of said Company stationed at Westhaven under Lieut. Nathl Kimbly - That said Company was stationed as a guard to the shore of Long Island Sound and Newhaven Harbour - That he was put upon guard every third day - that on each of the nights of the first second and third of July 1779 he was on guard all night - that on the morning of the fourth of July about sunrise the British landed on the shore of Long Island Sound in Westhaven - That while returning from guard that

VII. That in the month of March A.D. 1779 as near as he can recollect he again entered the service as a private in the company, commanded by Capt. Phinehas Bradley of Newhaven. But whether he enlisted or was drafted he cannot now say. That said company was divided into four sections or detachments two of which were stationed at Easthaven in the state of Connecticut one at Newhaven and the other at Westhaven. This was a company of Artillery in the Connecticut State troops. That he served in the section of said company stationed at Westhaven under Lieut. Asahel Kimbrough. That said company was stationed as a guard to the shore of Long Island Sound and Newhaven Harbor - that he was put upon guard every third day - that on each of the nights of the second first and third of July 1779 he was on guard all night - that on the morning of the fourth of July about sunrise the British landed on the shore of Long Island Sound in Westhaven - that while returning from guard that morning he met the section of his company with the field-piece and joined them - that they fired once upon the enemy and then retreated before their superior force to Newhaven - that the enemy took a circuitous route and entered Newhaven from the west - that the company found the enemy entering Newhaven on Broadway so called and retreated before them to Easthaven where they remained until the enemy left Newhaven on Tuesday night - that the enemy fired upon them as they left the harbor - that the company were then ordered to hold themselves in readiness to march in half an hours warning to Fairfield when the enemy next landed but were not sent for - That he served in this company as a private until the first of November 1779 as near as he can recollect at which time he entered Yale College as a member of the Freshman Class - that he well remembers on the day that he entered college returning to Westhaven and finishing his tour of duty and keeping guard the remainder of that day and night - that he entered college about a fortnight after the regular term had commenced and that said term commenced six weeks after the second Wednesday of September of that year - that from other data he is of opinion that he served in this company at this time the full period of eight months and probably more - He does not recollect whether he enlisted or entered as a substitute - That he was honorably dismissed from the service at the time of his entering college as aforesaid but received no written discharge nor is he in the (over)

possession of any documentary evidence of his services — That he has now no recollection that any Police Officers either of the State or United States or any other troops served with said company — Nathaniel Kimberly Thomas Denham David Knowbridge and Jeremiah Smith were members of the same company — Making the whole period of his services ten months That he resided with his father Noah Williston at Westham aforesaid until 1788-9 when he was settled in the Ministry at Easthampton Mass. where he has resided ever since — That he is the only clergyman in said town of Easthampton — That he refers to the Deposi- tions of Hon. David Duggett — Jeremiah Smith — Ezra Smith William Storer and David Potter as further evidence in substantiating his declaration —
His neighbors and townsmen who can testify to his reputation and character are of his being reputed one of the soldiers of the Revolution at Thunders Cluff By John Ludden By Abiah Lyman Solomon Lyman & Samuel Wright

of the same company
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Payson Williston
We, Solomon Lyman residing in the town of Catherampta and Samuel Wright residing in Easthampton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Rev. Payson Williston who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. He is the clergyman of the town of Easthampton aforesaid.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Payne me Samuel Hinkley Judge of Probate
Solomon Lyman Samuel Wright
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Solomon Lyman who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in Easthampton and that Samuel Wright who has also signed the same, is a resident in Easthampton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rev. Payson Williston for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Samuel F. Lyman Register
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Commissioner of Pensions
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Northampton Mass. Sept. 21, 1835
Hon. J. Miroit Sir
I am quite surprised by the receipt of yours of the 19 th saying that Payson Williston's Revolutionary Service does not appear of record in your office. In reply I respectfully submit the following facts: -
In an official document (being a list of Pensioners) now before me, I find the following - "Payson Williston - Private - Annual allowance, $33.33 - Connecticut Militia - Placed on the Pension List, Oct. 2, 1833 - Commencement of Pension, March 4, 1831 - Age, 71." And within the present month, I saw him receive his Pension, at the place where he has received it for the last twenty years.
It is only a few days ago since I received a similar notice in the case of Anna Babcock, the widow of Elisha - both well known Pensioners. This, however, I have already referred to. The errors I have thus

noticed, must belong to your clerk, and not to me.
Very Respectfully &c
A. W. Thayer

20698
Payson Williston
Private 10 Months
Capt Kimberly's Regt
Col. Williston's Regt.
Lt. Melcher
Some Bills paid
Northampton
Mrs

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Payson Willetts which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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17787
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File No. 17787
Payson Williston
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Connecticut ss. —
I David Potter late of Hamden in the County of New Haven, but now resident in Stratford in the County of Fairfield, do testify that I am well acquainted with the Reverend Payson Williston, formerly of New Haven in said State, but now of East Hampton in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts, and know that he served as a private & substitute in the militia of the State of Connecticut in the revolutionary war, the term of two months in the company commanded by Capt. Silas Kimberly, then of S d New Haven but now deceased & that it was a company of infantry actually in service and stationed at West Haven, then a parish of said town of New Haven, but I cannot remember the name of the Regiment to which it belonged, nor the name of the Colonel of said Regiment . According to the best of my recollection & belief said Williston entered into said service & joined said company in March 1778 & I know that he served faithfully therein two months immediately following, as I belonged then to the same company & served with him during that period — Said Williston was then a boy about 15 years old & served as a substitute for another man, being then too young to be drafted — Said Williston is now present & I should judge from his appearance, as well as from my former acquaintance with him, that he is about sixty nine years of age — and further the deponent saith not — Witness my hand at Stratford afores d this 13 th day of Septem r . A. 1832 — DAVID POTTER
State of Connecticut ss. Stratford in the County of Fairfield, on the 13 th day of September 1832, personally appeared David Potter of said Stratford, a credible witness, and made solemn oath in due form, to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence before me
Robert Fairchild
Justice of the Peace
To the Hon: Secretary of War — Washington City —

State of Connecticut
Secretary's Office, Sept. 4. 1832.
I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify, That Robert Fairchild Esq. by and before whom the foregoing Affidavit of David Potter was taken; is, and at the caption of said Affidavit was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Fairfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified. That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Fairchild, and do hereby believe that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal this day and year above written.
Thomas Day
Robert Fairchild Esq. by and before whom the foregoing Affidavit of David Potter was taken, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Fairfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified. Sept. 4. 1832.

State of Connecticut County of New-Haven } To September 17 th A.D. 1832.
I Stephen W. Stebbins a clergyman, residing in the town of Orange, formerly a part of the town of New-Haven called the parish of West-Haven, in the county of New-Haven and State of Connecticut, hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Payson Williston also here described & known to the above and hereinafter ; that J d Williston is a son of the Rev d Noah Williston who was my immediate predecessor as a clergyman in the parish of West-Haven, that I have been acquainted with J d  Payson Williston ever since he was sixteen years of age; that J d  Payson Williston is now & has been for forty three years past a settled clergyman of the congregational order in the town of East-Hampton in Massachusetts, that he has been in West-Haven as often as once a year, since my acquaintance with him; that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the parish of West-Haven where he formerly resided, & where he entered the service of the United States, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur fully in that opinion - that I well remember seeing the enemy camp at West-Haven at the time referred to in the above declaration , but being a member of Yale College at that time, was not personally acquainted with the services of the J d Williston - that J d Williston has always sustained a good character worthy of the sacred office which he bears, that I have repeatedly visited the county of Hampshire, where J d Payson

Williston has for a long period resided & am acquainted with the character which he there sustains.
I sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Attest - Anthony D. Sanford Justice of Peace
Stephen W. Stabbins
I David Daggett a Judge of the Supreme court of the State of Connecticut residing in New-Haven in the county of New-Haven & State of Connecticut hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Rev. Payson Williston who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that I was a member of the same class in Yale college with the Rev Mr Williston, that I have been acquainted with his character, & know him to be a man of integrity - that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides before he entered Yale college, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion. I sworn to & subscribed the day - David Daggett and year aforesaid -
Attest Anthony D. Sanford Justice of Peace

I Jeremiah Smith of the town of Orange  New-Haven a state of Connecticut, aged eighty five years, being duly sworn do depose & say, that I am well acquainted with the Rev d . Payson Williston, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and have been acquainted with him ever since he was born, that in the year 1779 I was a private corporal in the company of Connecticut Artillery, commanded by Captain Phineas Bradley - that I well remember that the sd Williston was a member of this company during the greater part of the year 1779 - that I remember seeing him often doing duty upon guard, & have often heard his name called at roll call - and know that he served at this time as he has stated in his declaration - that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age - that I have often seen the sd Mr Williston at West-Haven since he has resided at East-Hampton - & have frequently heard him preach I sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid at New-Haven aforesaid.
Attest - Anthony D. Jenne Justice of Peace
Jeremiah his Smith mark

I Ezra Smith of the parish of West-Haven formerly a part of the town of New-Haven, now a part of the town of Orange in the county of New-Haven & State of Connecticut, aged sixty eight years being duly sworn do depose and say, that I am well acquainted with the Rev d Payson Williston who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & have always been well acquainted with him from our childhood, that I resided in sd West-Haven in the year 1779, that I well remember that at the sd Mr Williston was a member of the artillery company, which I understood was commanded by Capt Bradley, that there was a detachment of sd company commanded by Lieutenant Abel Kimberly stationed at sd West-Haven - that I well remember that the sd Williston was a member of this detachment - that I have frequently seen sd Williston with the other members of sd detachment exercising the field piece belonging to the company on the green at sd West-Haven - that I remember the landing of the enemy at West-Haven on the fourth of July 1779 - that I was informed at that time that the above mentioned artillery company went down to the shore to meet the enemy & fired upon them - that one day or two after the enemy left New-Haven, I well remember meeting the sd Williston at West-Haven, and asking him, why he permitted the enemy to land; & that sd Williston replied, that they did fire upon them, but it was not prudent for us to make a force to stay & be taken; & that he heard that the commander of the enemy had said, that if he had taken those men who fired, they would have cut them into ounce bits,

that I have always understood from my boy hood that the sd Mr Williston was born, in June of the year before I was born, that I was born in the year 1764 in Hebron & was for many years a school mate of the sd Williston & have seen him very frequently at sd West-Haven since his residence at East-Hampton - that he has often visited my house at West-Haven, that he is now a settled clergyman in East-Hampton in the state of Massachusetts. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid at New-Haven aforesaid.
Attest - Anthony D. Sanford Justice of Peace
Ezra Smith
I William Storer of the town of New-Haven in the County of New-Haven and State of Connecticut of lawful age, being duly sworn, depose and say, that during & after the revolutionary war I lived six years in the family of the late Captain Phinehas Bradley, commencing with the spring of 1780 - that sd Bradley in the years 1778, 1779 & 1780 commanded a company of Artillery guards, in the service of the State of Connecticut, in the revolutionary war, stationed at New-Haven in Connecticut - that I was well acquainted with the manner in which sd Bradley kept his accounts of the money due & paid to the

soldiers of sd company & of the mode in which the business of paying sd company was transacted - that I have in my possession many of the papers of the sd Captain Bradley relating to his sd company, which I lately obtained from a daughter of the sd Bradley, who had preserved them for thirty years since the death of her father - that it was Captain Bradley's practice to pay the soldiers of the sd company, by drawing orders on Mr John Lathrop who was collector of State taxes for the town of New-Haven or by receiving orders on himself in favor of sd Lathrop drawn by the soldiers of sd company respectively - that sd Lathrop on receiving sd orders from the soldiers would pay them the amount specified in each respective order on account of their wages - that sd Lathrop in consideration of thus paying these orders respectively small in amount, received from the sd Bradley orders large in amount, which the committee of the Pay table of the State of Connecticut drew on the State Treasury in favor of sd Bradley, for the pay of the company; that the captains of the respective companies were by Act of the Legislature empowered to receive & pay over the money due to the members of their companies - that I have in my possession, found among the papers above mentioned, an account between the sd Lathrop & the sd Bradley, commencing December 27. 1780 & ending April 30. 1781 in which sd Lathrop charges sd Bradley with a large number of orders, either drawn by the soldiers of sd company in favor of sd Lathrop on sd Bradley, or drawn by sd Bradley on sd Lathrop in favor of individual members of sd company amounting in all to about £ 2000 - and credits sd Bradley with

two orders drawn by John Lawrence amounting to about £2000. - that I have also in my possession found among the aforesaid papers of the sd Bradley, several hundreds of the above orders of both kinds, which the sd Bradley had taken up from sd Lathrop after settling his account - that one of these orders is drawn by sd Bradley on the sd Lathrop in favor of Payson Williston & another drawn by sd Bradley on sd Lathrop in favor of the Rev Noah Williston father of the sd Payson - that sd orders are in the words & figures following tenor
New Haven 22 nd May 1780
Sir, Pay Mr Noah Williston Forty two pounds sixteen shillings
C Money y s &c
P. Bradley junr
To Mr John Lathrop
New Haven 26 th May 1780
Sir, Pay Payson Williston One Hundred & Eleven pounds two shillings C.M. & charge y s
P. Bradley j r
To Mr John Lathrop
that the signature of both the above orders I know to be in the handwriting of the sd Captain Bradley, & think that the body of the orders is also in his handwriting. William Storer sworn to & subscribed the 18 th day of September
A.D. 1832.

State of Connecticut ss County of New Haven Sept 18 th 1832 - Personally appeared before me Anthony P. Sanford Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven, on the 17 th day of Sept 1832 , the above named Stephen W. Stebbins, David Daggett, Jeremiah Smith, & Ezra Smith, who have respectively signed the foregoing certificates & depositions and made solemn oaths each of them to the truth of the matters contained in the respective certificates & depositions by him signed, and on the 18 th day of September 1832 Personally appeared before me William Storrs, who has signed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the matters therein contained.
Anthony P. Sanford Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss New Haven Sept. 18 th 1832 I J. Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County certify that Anthony P. Sanford Esq. whose name is written & subscribed to the above foregoing affidavits is & was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said New Haven County, & duly qualified to administer oaths, & that his name as above foregoing written to the said affidavits respectively is a genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court the day & date above written J. Beach Clerk

State of Connecticut ss County of New-Haven July 11 th . 1833.
I Anthony P Sanford Justice of the peace for the County of New-Haven hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Honorable David Daggett, the Reverend Stephen W Stebbins, Jeremiah Smith, and Ezra Smith, who have signed the foregoing certificates & depositions, & who made oath before me to the same on the 17 th day of September 1832, and also with William Storer who has signed the foregoing deposition, and made oath to the same before me on the 18 th day of September 1832 - that the said David Daggett, Stephen W Stebbins, Jeremiah Smith, Ezra Smith & William Storer, are each of them persons of credibility, and that their statements are entitled to full belief and credit.
Anthony P Sanford Justice of Peace