Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,486, for Daniel Linsley, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Linsley Daniel or Linsly or Lindsly
V. 20,486
CONTENTS
Hannah

0161
New York
Daniel Linsley
of Livonia in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smith of the Connecticut line, for the term of one Year 1782-
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of March 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 85.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
$133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued under law 1 st May 1820
Continued, a Notification sent to Daniel Piper Esq. Bath New York, 25 July 1820

3214
New York Albany
Hannah Linsley
widow of Daniel Linsley Conn. who was a Private in the Revolution
Rep d .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Dec r 1843 and sent to Lemuel Gibbs Livonia, N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1. Vol. 1. Page 108.

State of New York Livingston County ss.
On this Seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of County Courts in and for the County of Livingston aforesaid Hannah Linsly a resident of the Town of Livonia in the said County of Livingston who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say that she is aged seventy five years and upwards and also on her oath aforesaid makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of Daniel Linsly who was a private in the Army of the Revolution That she was not acquainted with the said Daniel until after he left the army but has ever understood since her acquaintance with him that he enlisted into the army when he was about sixteen years of age and that he served until the close or about the close of the war but of the time when he entered the service or the particular service he rendered she has no personal knowledge - When she first became acquainted with her husband the said Daniel he resided with his father in the Town of Litchfield County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut - That the said Daniel was a prisoner of the United States at the time of decease the Certificate of which is hereto attached - She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Linsly on the thirtieth day of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty five that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Linsly died on the twenty fourth day of September eighteen hundred & twenty seven that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety

four sig: at the time above stated and as set forth in Certificate of the record of such marriage as found among the records of Marriages of the late Judah Chapman which is hereto attached
Given to and subscribed as Hannah Linsly the day and year above written mark Before Lemuel Gibbs and of the Judges of Livingston County
State of New York Livingston County
I hereby certify that I have for thirty five years last past been acquainted with Widow Hannah Linsly and with her husband the said Daniel Linsly until the time of his death and know that she still remains his widow - And I further certify that by reason of old age and infirmity she is unable to attend in open Court to make her declaration above written or to write her name thereto - She is reputed to be a woman of truth and I believe her statement is entitled to credit - And I further certify that I know that the said Daniel was in his life time of the United States.
Given under my hand this 13 th day of July 1841.
Lemuel Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court

State of Ameyah Livingston County
Almon Linsly being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is the son of the said Hannah Linsly who has made the foregoing declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension and that she the said Hannah Linsly is the widow of Daniel Linsly who was the father of this deponent and that he the said Daniel Linsly his father refused to was in his life time a pensioner of the United States - This deponent further says that the said Daniel Linsly is the identical person named in the Certificate of pension hereto attached and that the said Hannah Linsly is the widow of the said Daniel Linsly not having married since the decease of the said Daniel Linsly which was on the 24 th day of September 1827. and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 7 th day of July 1841
Almon Linsly
Before me - Simon Gibbs one of the Judges of Livingston County Court
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Almond Linsly and that he is reported to be a man of truth & veracity and his state above made is entitled to credit - given under my hand the 13 th day of July 1841.
Simon Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court

State of New York Livingston County Clerk's Office
I Samuel P. Allen Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Lemuel Dibble Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing Affidavits and Certificates, and whose name is subscribed thereto, was on the day of the date of each, and still is a Judge of Livingston County Courts duly appointed and qualified to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures above written are genuine
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Geneseo this Twentieth day of July A.D. 1841.
Samuel P. Allen Clerk By Wm. H. Whiting Dep.

Debt Security
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in the City of New York at the Branch Bank of the U. States.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818.
Daniel Linsley late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twentythird day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Marriages"
"Daniel Linly and Hannah Doolittle July Thirtieth one thousand seven hundred eighty five"
I John R Landon of the town & County of Litchfield, Conn do depone say that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "July 30, 1785"
And I John R Landon above named depone & say that I married the daughter of the Rev d Judah Champion late of s d Litchfield Dec d & late the settled minister of the Gospel in said Litchfield, & that after his de- cease his Records of marriage ceremonies performed by him as such minister came into & still are in my hands and possession, and that the above is a true extract from the s d Records of said Champion with the exception above named as certified by me Dated at Litchfield May 27 th 1841
John R. Landon
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss Litchfield May 27 th 1841
Personally appeared John R Landon who sub- scribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, & who is to me well known & who is entitled to credit & made solemn oath to the truth of s d deposition
Before me
Geo. E. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield Litchfield County } I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court of the County of State aforesaid do hereby certify that George C. Wood- ruff is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified & by Law au- thorised to administer oaths And that the sig- nature to the preceding certificate which pur- ports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court this 27 th day of May A D
1841
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

State of New York Livingston County ss
Philo Gibbs being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is seventy six years of age and upwards that he was while in youth acquainted with Daniel Linsley and that in the year 1782 that he at the said Daniel enlisted into the army of the revolution and in the Regiment under the Command of Colo. Dandan Swift - In the said Philo enlisted at the same time and served in Colo. Zebulon Butts Regt - And that he has been acquainted with the said Daniel ever since - liv- ing a greater part of the time in the same vicinity - That he was acquainted with Hannah Doolittle before her marriage to the said Daniel Linsley and that she remains his widow - And the said Philo upon his oath aforesaid further says that the said Daniel was in his life time a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818 -
And further this deponent saith not - Sworn & subscribed this 13. July 1841 Before me Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court.
Philo Gibbs
I hereby Certify that I have been acquainted since my earliest recollection, acquainted with the above named Philo Gibbs and know that he has ever been reported to be a man of truth & veracity. Given under my hand this 13. July 1841. - Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court

In the matter of Daniel Purdie Esq. Attorney at NY.
84 51
23 Mar. 1819

State of New York Allegany County } on the 28 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for said County Daniel Leusby age fifty five years resident in the town of Osceola in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows in Capt James Morris Company in Col. William Swifts Regiment in the Continental line for one year when he was discharged, that the ori- ginal declaration of this claimant was made on the 14 th day of April 1818 and that his pre- =sion certificate is numbered 8161 and that he solemn- =ly swears that he was a resident of the United States and a citizen thereof on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to circum- =vent 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 Revo- =lutionary war" passed on on the 18 th of March 1818, and 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

other than what is contained in the Schedule here annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule of the Real & personal Estate of Daniel Linsley
Real Estate I have none except a contract from Col. Knapp for 160 acres of land lying in Osborn in the Fair County of Allegany on which I have I have paid 10 dollars, and the contract has run out. I continue to reside on the lot but am unable to pay for it. I have cleared about 10 acres or 12 acres on the lot & have erected a log house on the same the principle & interest due amounts to more than the lot is worth
personal property as follows - one horse 12 years old - one old waggon - one sow & six pigs - one old cross cut saw - 2 old axes - 2 old hoes - 2 old chests - one old table - 1 large kettle 1 pot - 1 tea kettle broken - 1 frying pan - half dozen knives & forks - 3 tea cups & saucers 4 earthen plates 1 old table 1 large wheel 2 pails & old chains one harrows & one bush nearly worn out one old chain. I owe about one hundred Dollars
I have not the necessary bedding and wear- -ing apparel -
My occupation is a farmer I have

a wife aged 53 years she is and has been for some years in bad health & unable to perform much labour I have four sons and one daughter my daughter (Polly) is 26 years old is at times deranged from having fits - is in very bad health her disease is perineum and is totally unable to do any thing. Herman & Sherman are twins aged 17 years very weakly - Seward aged 14 years Herman 12 years I am a cripple from Rheumatic Complaints am unable to do much labor and cannot support my family without aid I was sworn and declared in open court on the 28th day of June A.D. 1820 Daniel Linsley Amos Peabody Clerk of the court of common Pleas
Amos Peabody Clerk of the county of Hingham do hereby certify that the foregoing oath 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 forty two Dollars and from cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court on the 29th day of June 1820 Amos Peabody Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

Claims of Daniel Linsley April 14 th 1818
Concord
The Honorable Secy of War
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Leominster

State of New York Ontario County
Daniel Linsley of the Town of Livonia in the County of Ontario and State of New York formerly of the Town of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut being duly sworn and known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit, deposes and declares that he the Deponent was a Natural Born and now is a natural citizen of the United States and has he served this Country in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy. That he enlisted in April in the year 1782 into the Continental Service for the term of one year and was mustered as a private Soldier in Captain James Morris's Company in the Second Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift and that in April 1783 he the Deponent received an honorable Discharge which Discharge he has lost and cannot learn what has become of it and the Deponent further declares that he is in indigent circumstances and in need of support from Government and therefore prays that he may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress of the 25 th day of March 1818 entitled an Act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and further this Deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed this fourteenth day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps
Daniel Linsley
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario & State of New York

Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Pinsley 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 read before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress
Canandaigua April 14 th 1818
Stephen Phelps
Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify from satisfactory evidence exhibited before me that Daniel Pinsley the aforementioned Applicant is in reduced circumstances and in need of the assistance of his County for support — Canandaigua July 8 th 1818 —
Stephen Phelps

The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq r of Canandaigua who is my agent Canandaigua April 14 th 1818                      Daniel Linsley

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20486 Hannah Linsley Widow of Daniel Linsley Pris Rev War
Act March 3 d 43
Index: Vol. 8 , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept 21, 1900 A. L. Blair Cambridge
Hist 5 to Mass

6315
Albany, New York Hannah Linsly widow of Daniel Linsly
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 24 th September 1827 Livingston Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Morris of the Reg t commanded by Col d Swift in the Conn t line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of August 1841 and sent to Hon. J. Young, House of Representatives Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 $166.65 Respectfully
$166.65
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M c Adison Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 2 nd Page 88
See let to Hon. J. Young August 23 d 1841

Dear Sir
Washington 3 rd August 1844
The accompanying papers relate to a pension. Should any defects be discerned please advise me very Respectfully J Young

Washington City 22 d August 1841
My dear Sir
I am compelled to ask you to furnish an answer to the accompanying paper. I do so reluctantly as I believe I am already informed
Very Respectfully
J. Young
Hon. J. E. Edwards Can't be

Hannah Sinsley M rs of Daniel W m S m ith Ad July 1838 - Married 1785 died 24 Sept 1827
Allas 10 mo. private Leaptmons. Col. S m ith Coa line f 33.33 per am
Hor J Young H Rep

David Linsley d. 24 sep 1827-
Hannah m. 1785 s,
age 82 1/2 To M rs Hannah Linsley
Pen Oct 1818
On roll 6d Linsley-
June 1782
David 10m s —

3935
Hannah Kinsey
$33 33
Leman Gibbs Livonia Livingston Co. N.Y.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838.
State of New York - County Livingston } ss
On this 8 th day of August 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of Livingston County Court in and for said County Hannah Linsley a resident of the Town of Livonia in the County of Livingston aforesaid aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law with an 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 Daniel Linsley or (Lindsley) who was a private in the army of the Revolution any army - don't recollect the Regiment but he believes that he served a part of the time in Colo. Swifts and a part of the time in Colo. Butlers. Recollection is entirely indistinct - and according to her best recollection the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the act of July 7. 1838 was about thirty four dollars that she has no means of knowing the exact amount in her possession - She further declares that she is still a widow.
Hannah X Linsley Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Samuel Gible, a Judge of Livingston County Courts
I hereby Certify that the declarant in the foregoing declaration is personally known to me and as the widow of Daniel Linsley or Linsly - written both ways in the same family - I have been acquainted with Mrs Linsley & her husband until his death more than forty years since August 8. 1843
Samuel Gible, a Judge of Livingston County Courts

State of New York.
Livingston County Clerk's Office }
I Samuel P. Allen Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Lemuel Gibbs Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and before the same purports to have been taken and subscribed was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of County Courts in and for said County duly appointed and qualified to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such judge and do hereby believe his signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate and affidavit to be genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Geneseo this 14 th day of August 1843.
Samuel P. Allen Clerk
By J. H. Nutting Dep. clerk

3936
Leovician S. H. Aug 15 th 1843 Aug 19 43
N.Y. Vibran 3 rd 1843
H. Linderberg R. Pierpont
Free
J. G. Edwards Esq Commissaire of Pensions Washington D. C.

Livonia Liv. Co. New York. August 5 15. 1843 }
Yrs Enclosed is the declaration of Widow Hannah Lindsey and Widow Rhoda Pierpont - Both personally known to me as I have certified -
Also they were known to me as Pardoners under the act 1838 - I advised them about drawing their money from the agent -
Respectfully
Your Obed. Servt
Leman Gibbs
A. S. Edwards Esq Clerk of Probate -