Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32388, for David Lynn, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lynn, David
S 32388
CONTENTS

W. Cir. Feb 20. 1836
resp d to Illinois from March 1834 - Mar. 8 th '36
Illinois Connecticut 22.535
David Lynn
Middlesex Co in the State of Conn t who was a Private in the Co d commanded by Captain Lynn of the Reg t commanded by Col d Frost in the Cont. time for Six Mo!
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connec t . at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Oct r . 1833 and sent to John Pike, Middletown Co d
Arrears to the 1 st of Sep. 1833 50. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar '34. 10.
$ 60
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } Book C. Vol. three Page 25, { Act June 7, 1832 } M c R. Palmer Clerk

Sur. File No. 32,388, David Lynn resided at Killingworth, Connecticut, when he enlisted in 1780, and served until December, under Captain Martin Lord, Lieut. William Lynn (his brother) in Colonel Swift's Connecticut regiment; 6 months. In 1832 he was sixty-eight years of age and resided at Durham, Connecticut; in 1836, he resided in Warren County, Illinois.

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } S. Middletown - 13 th Aug. AD 1832
On this 13 th day of August AD 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for within and for the district of Middletown now sitting at said Middletown David Lynn, a resident of Durham in said County of Middlesex, aged 68 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 a soldier enlisted for six months in the Army of the United States in the year 1780 with Capt. Martin Lord of Killingworth County, that is to say, the said Lord enlisted him into the service and paid him the bounty, and he the said Lynn served in the Regiment of the Connecticut line under the following named officers. Mr Parsons of Middletown County, was Brigadier General. He had the command of one Brigade and General Huntington had the command of another. As the said Lynn belonged to General Parsons Brigade, the name of and the Colonel (he thinks he was Colonel, he might have been Lieutenant Colonel) was Hoyt, the name of the Major was Wallbridge or Woodbridge he is not certain which . The Company to which the said Lynn was attached was commanded by his brother Lieutenant William Lynn of Killingworth County. It is supposed he has been dead full forty years. The name of the Ensign of the Company was Dimock; he belonged at the

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Eastward somewhere, but the said Lynn can't tell where, The name of the Quartenaths Sergeant was Lord. The said Lynn thinks he belonged in Saybrook or Lyme. He He joined the Army in New Jersey. They marched seven different marches in the course of his six months tour. While at Totoway the Regiment to which he belonged was detached from the main Army and marched across the River to a place called Chestnut Plains and to Passaic where they remained two or three weeks and then returned to the Army. The Army were marched among other places to Hackensack where they remained till cold weather came on and he thinks though he is not positive that the Army marched from Hackensack - at any rate they marched - and crossed the River at Kings ferry - arrived at the highlands three miles below Fishkill and there built huts for the winter. The Army marched to other places before their arrival at the highlands for the winter, but the said Lynn cannot state more particularly than he has done how and when and where they marched. The said Lynn at that time was a young man. Many occurrences that would naturally attract the attention of a man of years in his then situation in the Army, passed away without his particular notice, and not having fixed them firmly in his memory they are wholly forgotten or but faintly remembered. The said Lynn would further state that a capt. Parsons commanded one company of the Regiment to which said Lynn belonged, Capt. Hinkley commanded another Company,

There were Lieutenant Parsons and Lieutenant Killen, whom he remembers. He never served in the Army except this period of enlistment. He turned out occasionally on an alarm, but will not take the trouble to mention them. He resided in Killingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut when he entered the above-named service. The Army were never engaged in a battle while he was a soldier in it. He remembers of being present when Major Andre was hung. Both Brigades were paraded one day the day before he was hung. He served his six months, being the term of his enlistment, and was then discharged some time in the month of December 1780. He has not written discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
David Lynn
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states -
Stillman K. Wightman, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.
I John Pirk Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Lynn for a Pension -

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 13 th day of Aug t . A.D. 1832
W. D. K. C.

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1911 Nov. 10. Tombstone data to Mrs. Helen Nye Rupp. f
Key INVALID.
File No. 32,388
David Lynn Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 182 u
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 237
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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J. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
11th April May JHR

Nov 3. 1911 -
MILDRED WARNER WASHINGTON HEARTS OF OAK CHAPTER MONMOUTH, ILL.
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
As a member of a D.A.R. state committee to mark graves of Revolutionary soldiers buried in this Warren county. I desire records of all pensioners dying in this and Henderson counties - originally one.
I am told that the following are such soldiers. Please give me their full records - Benjamin

Blankenship, aged 80.
William Willard, aged 89. lived with son John Willard.
David Lyon 1840 aged 76, lived with Sam- uel Lyon.
David Finley. was in Penna. line of troops. transferred from Indiana. I have not yet been able to find any descendants of theirs, in this county but may do so later.
I beg such assistance as you may be able to give me toward honor- ing the last resting place of such sol- diers.
Very respectfully (Mrs) Helen Myers Rupp. Reg. r 304. S. Main St.

Mar 4 -
W. Martin
Me.
J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
Dear Sir
17 Mar. '36
James Road

Pension Agency Harford R March 3 1836
Sir
In answer to your enquiry under date of 26 th ult as to what time David Lynn a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the Act of 7 June 1832 at 20 £ per annum was last paid I have to inform you that he has been paid up the 4 th of March 1834.
I am very respectfully Your obedient Servant
James Stodd
J G Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

Washington
Feb 24 th 1836
Sir
I have been requested to lay before you the accompanying application of David Lignu (a Soldier of the Revolution) for the allowance of a pension
I remain very respectfully your Most obed Servt Ralph L May
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions

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David Lynn
Adm 6 Months
$20.
Geo Fish Middletown Conn

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Lynn 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? Col. not mentioned 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? 6 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? — no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? — none 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
D 3 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 authenticated 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 end 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.

State of Connecticut Middlesex County
North Killingworth Aug 10 1832
I John Blatchley being sixty seven years of age Depose and say that I was well acquainted with David Lynn John Lynn and Lieutenant William Lynn and that I was well knowing to David Overets being drafted and on account of release therefrom I very well remember that David Lynn As a man of truth and veracity and was drafted to serve in his stead some time in the month of May 1780 and that he then Enlisted with Capt Martin and to serve six months in the Continental and that after service six months he was discharged and that after the present further oath not Hillingtonworth August the 10 th 1832 John Blatchley
Personally appeared John Blatchley well known to the subscribing authority to be a person of truth and veracity and a credible person and made Oath to the truth above Deposition by him Subscribed Before Me Leonard Diner Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Mid. H. County
I John Pirk Clerk of the County Court of S d County of Middlesex do certify that Leonard Davis Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Middlesex as p o . Court on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certificate is his proper Hand Writing & signature -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal S d Court this 13 th day of Aug. A.D. 1832
J. Pirk Clerk

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown 17 th  Aug June 1833. County of Middlesex, }
On this 17 th day of June A D 1833, personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Middletown now sitting at said Middletown, David Lynn, a resident of said County in said County of Middlesex, aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in addition to his former declaration made before said Court the 13 th August A D 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
If I understand the objection to the admission of my pension claim, they are as follows: that the name of the Colonel I have not mentioned; that I have not obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as required; and that the magistrate has not certified to the credibility of the witnesses. The two last objections will be answered satisfactorily. As to the first objection: The name of the Colonel of the Regiment, to which I belonged, was Swift; of the Lieutenant Colonel, was Hoyt; of the Major, was Woodbridge. Joseph Wilson of Killingworth, Cont. was Adjutant of the Regiment. If any thing further is required, I will answer it if it is in my power. Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. David Lynn

We David Smith a clergyman residing in the Town of Durham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, and John White residing in said Durham -
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Lymn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion, and that we concur in that opinion. sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
David Smith
John White
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 above and foregoing named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that David Smith, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Durham in Middlesex County aforesaid, and that John White Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Durham in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, and

is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Stillman K. Wightman, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.
I, John Fisk, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the addition to the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Lynn for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of July. A.D. 1833. —
J. Fisk Clerk

State of Illinois,
Warren County
On this 29 th day of January, 1836, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Warren, personally appeared David Lynn, who, in his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company of which William Lynn was First Lieutenant, (the name of the Captain not recollected,) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Swift, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut, (proven before Whiteman, Judge of Probate, for Middlesex County, in said State,) from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in Warren County, in the State of Illinois, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Connecticut to Illinois:— His children having all removed to Illinois, he accompanied them, to reside with, and spend the remnant of his time, among them.
David Lynn
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid — J. B. Patterson, J. P. (Seal)
State of Illinois,
Warren County
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County & State, Asa Brainerd, (late of Connecticut,) now of Warren County, & State of Illinois, known to me to be a gentleman of veracity, who, on his oath declares that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the above affidavit, — and, previous to leaving Connecticut received his pension, annually.
Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written. J. B. Patterson, J. P. (Seal)

State of Illinois
Warren County ss. Daniel McNeil, Jr. Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court of said County, do hereby certify that J. B. Patterson, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the fore- going, as a Justice of the Peace, and before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, is, and was at the time of taking said affidavits, an acting Justice of the Peace in, and for, said County, duly elected, commissioned and sworn as the law directs, as appears of record in my office, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given, to all his official acts - and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and pronounce the signature purporting to be his to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at Monmouth, this 29 th day of January, 1886.
Attest
Daniel McNeil, Jr., Clerk

I Joseph Lani of Haddam in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut seventy five years of Lansdown age depose and say that I am well acquainted with David Lynn of Durham in said County and have lived in the neighborhood near him for more than forty years last past and that I believe him to be a man of good repute and truth and according to my best knowledge he the said Lynn served six months in the same Regiment with me in the Continental service or line in the year 1780 in the State of New Jersey for the most of the time I was in Middlesex County in Haddam August 11 th 1832
Personally appeared Joseph Lani well known to me the subscribing authority to be a person of good and truth and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Charles Root - Just of Peace

State of Connecticut } John Pirk Clerk of the County Middlesex County } Court of the County of Middlesex do certify that Charles Amos Key is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Middle- sex as per Commission on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding de- statement Certificate is his proper Hand writing & signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of August A.D. 1832 Jno Pirk Clk
State of Conn. } John Pirk Clerk of the County Court Middlesex Middlesex County } do certify that the additions to the preceding Certificates of Justices Davis & Amos - of the truth veracity & credibility of the Deponents were made by said Justices In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal of Court this 4 th day of July A.D. 1833 Jno Pirk Clk