Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18362, Jedediah Woodworth, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born.
Woodworth, Jedediah Adah
N. 18362
CONTENTS

Connecticut 695
Adah Woodworth widow of Jedediah Woodworth
who died on the 5. January 1823 of Tolland Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the commanded by Captain Bourn of the Regt. commanded by Col. Huntington in the Cont. line for 20 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of April 1837 and sent to Abner Nende, Hebron, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 430.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. " 40.00
8520 5/8
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Book
Vol. 1
Page 93
Clerk

9661
Abner Hemenway No 9 H died 5 Jan. 1823 at p o to that time -
Connecticut
Reddiah Woodworth
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Dyer the Conn d line, for the term of 3 years .
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of July 1818 and sent to Judge Clark Winfield Conn.
for years to 4th of March 81-83 semi-ann. all'ce ending 15 Sept 19 48 10 30 3/4  $129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notice shown sent to David Bills 10 July 1820 Windham.

On this 28th day of November 1836 personally Appeared Amherst Scovell of Columbia in Tolland County, who being first duly sworn deposes and says that he is sixtytwo years of age & for fifty years past he has known Jidech Woodworth and his wife Adah Woodworth, that when he first knew them they lived together as man & wife & had a number of children some of whom were some years older than this deponent that for many years he attended school with them several years & now recollects the names of seven of their children viz William, Charlotte Betsey, Jidech, Constant, David & Cyrus the youngest he thinks is nearly fortyeight years of age That the children as soon as soon as they were old enough were put out in service and as soon as of age mostly left the place & have settled in the Western Country That the parents were very poor & supported the family by their their labour for hire but always conducted as morally as any people in their situation of life excepting said Jidech would at times get intonuated with liquor - but he never knew any thing against the moral character of said Adah & he never heard it doubted but they were lovingly married That he knows said Adah's age & the intimate incidents thereto to be such that it would be utterly impossible for her to give any account of her husband's revolutionary services - The words several years, were of their were erased before signing of the word mostly interlined before signing Amherst Scovell
State of Connecticut } ss Tolland County } ss
Be it known that on the 28th day of Nov

November 2 d 1836 Personally appeared before me Abner Hende a Notary Publick for the State aforesaid, Amherst Scovell who has signed the within and foregoing deposition & made oath to the same & I do certify that the deponent is a person well known to me and is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my said office the day & year first above written.
Abner Hende Notary Publick.

State of Connecticut } Tolland County }
On this 28th day of November 1836 personally appeared Daniel Holbrook aged forty three years who being first duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith that he has known Jedediah Woodworth & Adah Woodworth for thirty years past untill the time of his death & has known said Adah to this time & when he first knew them they lived together as man & wife & that he knew several of their children who were older than this deponent that for the last six years of his life they lived in the house of this deponent and conducted towards each other as men & their wives usually do & as far as he knows conducted as morally as any people in their situation in life (being very poor people excepting said Jedediah would occasionally be intoxicated with Liquor but said Adah's moral character was never called in question to his knowledge she took in spinning knitting & sewing when he first knew her and the Neighbors were always willing to trust their property with her to work up by which labour she did much towards supporting the family - He knows said Adah now & does not believe her to be capable of giving any statement of her husband's deaths. Sworn, subscribed the day above written
Daniel Holbrook
Be it known that on the 28th day November 1836 Daniel Holbrook who has subscribed the above deponent personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the same & certify that the deponent is well known to me, is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit In testimony whereof I have here set my hand & seal of office the day above written Abner Hemen Notary Public

I Abel Franklin of Columbia in Tolland County aged 48 years being first duly sworn declare & say That I have have been acquainted with Adah Wood- worth & Adah Woodworth for nearly or quite forty years past that when I first knew them they lived together as man & wife & so contin- to the time of his death which happened about thirteen or fourteen years since that they had one son their youngest child who was about my own age named Cyrenus Woodworth & have understood they had more that were much older who settled in the West before my remembrance - that at the time I first knew them and until the time of his death said Woodworth was a laborer who laboured for hire to support himself and family & would occasionally get liquor & get drunk but otherwise conducted as moral- ly as other poor men in his station in life of Adah Woodworth I always understood was of good moral character I have known her personally & never saw or heard any thing against her moral character. Abel Franklin
State of Connecticut - Tolland County /s on this 28th day of November 1836 personally appeared Abel Franklin who has subscribed the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same & I certify that the affiant is a person well known to me & is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit -
In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day above written Homer Hemenway Notary Public

State of Connecticut } Tolland County } ss. p.
On this day of November 1836 Personally appeared before Cyrus Hovey Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Hebron, Adah Woodworth a resident of the County of Tolland & district aforesaid aged 93 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 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Jeremiah Woodworth of Columbia in said Tolland County & State of Connecticut deceased who was a private in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution, and who was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the year 1818 that he was inscribed on the pension Roll according to her best recollection, in the month of April 1819 & she refers to papers on file in the Department of War to prove her said husband's services.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Woodworth at Lebanon as near as she can recollect on the twelfth day of May 1767 by the Rev. Elizer Wheelock of Lebanon aforesaid that she believes that every person who was present at the said marriage except herself is dead that her husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Woodworth died on the 5 th day of January 1823 at Columbia in said County and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } ss.
I Abner Hende Notary Public for the State of Connecticut do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the declaration of Adah Woodworth of Columbia in the County of Tolland and State aforesaid as taken from my records.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 6 th day of April A.D. 1837- Abner Hende Notary Public

Isaac Diah Woodworth Pvt. 1 st Co. Private + Columbia Col. Huntington's Regt Connecticut Line 1777- 3 years & dec 28 th - Apr 21 1878
A. Smith

To Jabez Clarke Esq m Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut. The Petition of Jedediah Woodworth of the Town of Columbia in said County of Windham sheweth, that he enlisted, into the Army a service of the United States, at the commencement of the revolutionary war, and continued in said Army and service in diverse regiments of the Connecticut Line, about eight years, and was regularly discharged at the restoration of the peace, in the fall of the year AD 1783. but has lost his discharge, and hath none in existence, that he is in his seventy seventh year of his age, and by reason of his reduced circum- -stances in life, needs the assistance of his country for support — and prays the benefit, of Act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March AD 1818 Entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war
(Dated at Windham the 28 th day of April AD 1818 Jedediah Woodworth
State of Connecticut
County of Windham ss. Windham April 28. 1818 Then came before me Jabez Clarke Esq m Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut — Jedediah Woodworth above named, the signer of the above Petition (and subscribed the following affidavit and made Oath to the truth of the same viz) I Jedediah Woodworth of the Town of Columbia in the County of Windham State of Connecticut Do Swear, that I enlisted in the Army and Service of the United States, in the revolutionary War, on or about the 15 th day of May AD 1775

in capt. James Clarke, company, in Genl. Putnam's regiment of the Connecticut Line, and served therein, until sometime in December 1775 - when I was Discharged that I again Enlisted in the month of March 1776 in capt. Benjamin Throop's company, in Col. Burill's Regiment of the Connecticut Line served therein in the Northern Army, until about the 1 st day of December 1776, and was regularly Discharged, that I enlisted on or about the 1 st day of April AD 1777, as a private soldier in capt. Benjamin Throop's company in Col. Jedidiah Huntington's regiment of the Connecticut Line, on Continental establishment in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, for the term of three years , and faithfully served out the time, and was honourably Discharged, that about the 15 th day of August AD 1780 - I again Enlisted in capt. Samuel William Williams's company, in Col. Samuel B. Webb's regiment, of the Connecticut Line for three years , and faithfully served out the time for which I enlisted, and was honourably Discharged at the end of the war, that I have lost my discharges and have none in existence, that I am poor, wholly destitute of property and unable to labour - and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life stand in need of assistance from my Country for support
Subscribed to Sworn the 28, day of April AD 1818
Before me Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County
I, Nazaleel Fuller of Lebanon in the County of Windham Do depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Jedidiah Westworth and his circumstances, and know that he is a very poor man, wholly destitute of property, about eighty ninety years of age - and supported by the Town Sworn & declared this 13 th day of June 1818 Nazaleel Fuller Before me the Subscriber - and I do further certify that Nazaleel Fuller above named is a man of good moral character of full faith & credit ought to be given to his testimony - Attest Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

I Job Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Windham in Connecticut. Do certify that it appear to my satisfaction that the said Sedediah Woodworth Did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the Proceeding Declaration - and I do further certify that I know him to be and about sixty six years of age very poor, and destitute of property - and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the Spenser and Act of Congress Attest Job Clarke
I Samuel Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut. do certify that Job Clarke Esq is Judge of Court, that the foregoing Signatures are his hand writing the Seal Annexed is the Seal of Court. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Subscribed My Name in Windham in Said County this 17 th Day of June A.D. 1818 Sam Gray

Jedediah Woodworth Ex o
Continued
9661
22 April
1819
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District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Special Court of Common Pleas, holden at Windham within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 28 th day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,] Sedediah Woodworth of Lebanon in the said County of Windham & resident in said District of Connecticut
aged eighty one years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of one year — as a private on the day of in the year 1776 — in the State of Connecticut .
in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Root in the regiment commanded by Colonel Burnell in the line of the State of Connecticut — on the Continental establishment :
that he continued to serve in the said corps until the Whole of the year 1776 — at the expiration of which service he was regularly discharged at Trenton in the State of New Jersey — when he was discharged from the said service in
Also that he enlisted in the Regiment commanded by Col Sedediah Huntington in the State of Connecticut in the company as a private for three years in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment, & continued to serve in the said corps the Whole of the said three years when he was regularly discharged that he also enlisted for three years more as a private in the Reg t commanded by Col Samuel B. Webb & Capt Samuel Williams in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment & continued to serve in the said corps the Whole of the said three years when he was regularly discharged — That he is a Pensioner his original declaration is dated the 28 th day of April 1818 . & that the number of his Pension certificate is 9,661 — I have a wife named Sarah aged Seventy seven years unable to do but little work — I am unable to do any work on account of age & infirmity — Am a pauper and supported as such by the said Town of Lebanon —
And I do solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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.
Sedediah Woodworth
Schedule of the Whole estate & income of the Sedediah Woodworth mentioned in the declaration to which this
  Schedule annexed — 172 7- old chairs 1.17   1 Skilet 1/6 — 1 Bot 3/ — old broom & forks & knives & etc 1.75   1 Small Kettle, 1 Tea Kettle — 1.00   $3.92 
Sedediah Woodworth

Sworn to and declared on the 28 th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest David G. Bolles Clerk.
I, David G. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & 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 three Dollars, and 92 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 30 th day of June
A David G. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

Adah Woodworth Application for a Pension
It grants please find the Certificate to Abner Henden Hebron Ct
$80 per ann -
Abner Henden

Adah Woodworth

State of Connecticut } ss Columbia Tolland County }
On this 16 th day of November A D 1836 personally appeared before Cyrus Mann Esq a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Vernon Adah Woodworth of Columbia in said County of Tolland Aged 95 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 4 th 1836. That she is the Widow of Peleiah Woodworth of Columbia in said Tolland County and State of Connecticut deceased who was a private in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution and who was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the year 1818 that she was inscribed on the Pension Roll according to her best recollection in the Month of April 1819 and she refers to papers on file in the Department of War to prove her said husband's services. She further declares that she was married to the said Peleiah Woodworth at Columbia then a parish of the town of Lebanon as near as she can recollect on the Twelfth day of May 1767 by the Rev. Eleazer Wheelock a Clergyman settled in said Columbia in said Town of Lebanon that she has no record of her marriage nor can she find any in the Church records of said Columbia or in the Town records of said Town of Lebanon and she believes that every person who was present at said marriage (except herself) is dead that her husband the aforesaid Peleiah Woodworth died on the 5 th day of January 1823 at Columbia in said County and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed.
Adah Woodworth Mark
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year first above written and this Court certifies that the said Adah Woodworth is a person of truth and her statement entitled to credit. And this Court is of opinion that her declaration is true & this Court further certifies that the applicant by reason of old Age and bodily infirmities is unable to write her name or attend Court and a special Court was held at her residence for this purpose and that she signed the same by

by making her crops. In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and the Seal of said Court
Simon House Clerk

Adah Woodworth 190 Determination if granted please send the certificate to Abner Hovey Hebron Tolland County Conn te
Let to Abner Hovey 11 Oct 1836

State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss
On this 17 th day of September A D 1836 personally appeared before me Abner Hende a Notary Publick for the State aforesaid Adah Woodworth a resident of the County of Tolland and State aforesaid aged 95 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 4 th 1836. That she is the Widow of Pedediah Woodworth of Columbia in said Tolland County, and State of Connecticut deceased who was a private in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution and who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the Year 1818 that he was inscribed on the Pension Roll according to her best recollection in the month of April 1819 and she refers to papers in file in the Department of War to prove her said husbands services. She further declares that she was married to the said Pedediah Woodworth at Lebanon as near as she can recollect on the Tuesday of May 1767 by the Rev d Eleazer Whurlock of Lebanon aforesaid that she believes that every person who was present at the said Marriage except herself is dead that her husband the aforesaid Pedediah Woodworth died on the 5 th day of January 1823 at Columbia in said County and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed
Adah her X Woodworth Mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first before written before me and I hereby certify that the applicant is a person of truth & her statement entitled to credit and I further certify that the applicant by reason of Old age and bodily infirmity is unable to write her name or to attend Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of my Office the day aforesaid
Abner Hende Notary Publick

State Connecticut Tolland County ss
On this 17th day of September A D 1836 before me Abner Hemen a Notary Publick within & for said State personally appeared Stephen D. Tilden late a Captain in the 37th Regt of United States Infantry aged 67 Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say that he was well acquainted with Jedediah Woodworth late a prisoner of the United States & knew him from the earliest recollection of said deponent & with Adah Woodworth the widow of said Jedediah and the present declarant & knew them to live together as man & wife untill the decease of said Jedediah which took place in 1823 that said Jedediah & Adah lived within half a mile of his father & had a large family of children some of whom were about the same age of this deponent he further says that said Adah who makes the foregoing declaration is the identical person who was the wife of said Jedediah & is now his widow having never been married since the decease of her husband said Jedediah & is still single and that said Adah is a person of truth & her statement is entitled to credit. The figures 37 were written on erasure before signing
Stephen D. Tilden
I certify that the above named Stephen D. Tilden who has subscribed the above deposition is a person well known to me, is a person of truth & his statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day and year above written Abner Hemen Notary Publick

State of Connecticut
Tolland County ss
On this 17 th day of September 1836 personally appeared Arachel Allen of Columbia in said County aged 73 years who being first duly sworn, according to Law doth depose, say that he has been acquainted with Adah Wood- worth who has made the foregoing declaration for more than fifty years past & that she has during that time lived with Jedediah Woodworth untill the time of his death (which took place in 1823) as his wife that when he first knew them they had a large fam- ily of children some of which were more than fifteen years old that said Jedediah was a prisoner of the United States at the time of his death & that said Adah has remained a widow ever since he further says said Adah is a person of truth & her state- ment is entitled to credit. Sworn and subscribed the day of year first above written before me —
Arachel Allen
Abner Hemen Notary Public
I do hereby certify that the above named Arachel Allen who has subscribed the foregoing Deposition is a person well known to me & is a person of truth & his statement is entitled to credit in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written, with my seal of Office
Abner Hemen Notary Public

John Wattles Departure

I John Wawe of Lebanon in the County of New London of State of Connecticut being first duly sworn - do testify and say
That I am the Town Clerk & Register of the Town of Lebanon aforesaid - legally chosen & sworn - & have possession of all the Records of said town That I have examined the Records of Marriages and am satisfied there is no Record of the Marriage of Judah Woodworth to Adah his widow in the Records of my Office Sworn & subscribed this 17 th day of October 1836 -
John Wattles Town Clerk
State of Connecticut } New London County } ss
Be it known that on this 17 th day of October 1836 before the Subscriber a Notary Public in & for the State aforesaid personally appeared Jonathan Waterhouse John Wattles Town Clerk of Lebanon in said New London County who has subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath that the same is strictly true and I certify that the Depo- nant is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my said Office the day & year last above written - The words Jonathan Waterhouse were ignored before signing
Abner Hemenlee Notary Public

David Dickenson

I David Dikenson of Columbia in the County of Holland & State of Connecticut aged 66 Years being first duly sworn do testify and say that I am the Pastor & Minister of the Church & Congregation in said Columbia which was the second Ecclesiastical Soci- ety in Lebanon previous to its being incorporated into a town about thirtyfour Years since - That I have the possession of all the Church Records - and testify that the earliest Records of said Church commence in the Year 1772 when the Rev Thomas Brockway was ordained Pastor of said Church & Congregation That previous to w 1772 the Rev Oliver Whulock was the Pastor of this Church & Congregation known as the second Society of Lebanon But I have never known of any Records kept by said Whulock while he was the Pastor as aforesaid nor do I believe there are any in existence & there are but twelve Marriages recorded since 1772 & none since 1776 I do further testify that I have examined the family Bible of Adah Woodworth who has applied for a Pension and find an old family Record commencing with the names of Jedediah Woodworth & Adah Whitely Woodworth without stating they were Married also the names of their children births and deaths mentioning the month & day of the month when they took place without naming the Year in which it took place I further state that said Jedediah Woodworth & said Adah were poor & in humble condition of life and very illiterate not having education sufficient education to transmit the common business of life That since the death of said Jedediah Woodworth said Adah has been supported in the poor house of said Columbia & is in a most indigent & helpless situation Dated at Columbia this 21 st day of October 1836 The words Whitely & education were erased & the word Woodworth was interlined before signing -
David Dikenson

State of Connecticut } Tolland County } ss.
Be it known that on this 21 st day of October, 1836 before the Subscriber a Notary Public in & for the State aforesaid personally appeared Dana Dickinson of Columbia in said County who had subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath that the same is strictly true and I certify that the Deponent is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my said Office the day & year last above written.
Abner Hemen Notary Public

Sylvester Gilbert

I Sylvester Gilbert of Hebron in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut Aged 81 Years having been first duly sworn do depose and say I was chosen Town Clerk of said Town of Hebron in the year 1787 & & continued in that Office untill 1810 There was a Statute of the State requiring all Marriages Births and deaths to be recorded & making it the duty of Town Clerks to record the same with a penalty on those who neglected to procure it to be done But this Statute fell into great disuse and a considerable proportion of the Marriages, Births, or Deaths were never pre- -sented to the Town Clerk or ever entered in the Town Records during the time I was town clerk; the same neglect has continued until about twenty years since when the Statute was altered & the persons who celebrate a Marriage or perform the ceremony are now made responsible to have the Marriage recorded I was practicing the -law from the year 1778 to the 1809 when I was appointed Chief Judge of the Common Pleas, continued in that Office untill I was 70 years of age when I was ineligible by reason of age & I have found the same neglect to occur hitherto in other towns , whenever the question occurred & believe the same neglect to have been general throughout the State Dated at Hebron October 22 d 1836 The word Wherein was read & the words towns & have & sitting were inserted before signing Sylvester Gilbert
State of Connecticut } Tolland County } ss.
Be it known that on this 22 nd Day of October 1836 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the State aforesaid Personally appeared Sylvester Gilbert of Hebron in said Tolland County who has subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath that the same is true & I certify that

that the deponent is a person of truth and his state- ment, is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my said Office the day & year last above written.
Abner Hovey Notary Publick

Adah Woodworth Application for a Pension
If granted please send the Certificate to Abner Henden Hibron Ct.
$80 per ann -
Abner Henden

I Alpheus Kingsley Junr of Columbia in Tolland County do testify - That I am 44 Years of age & have lived in said Columbia from the day of my birth & have been a Magistrate for many Years and I have known but few Marriages recorded in the town Records since my recollection until within a few Years and I do not believe that have one half the Marriages which have taken place since my Remembrance have been recorded in any publick Records - Dated at Columbia Oct 28 th 1836 The above was erased before signing  Alpheus Kingsley Junr
State of Connecticut } ss. Tolland County } ss.
Be it known that on this 28 th day of October 1836 before the Subscriber a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid Personally appeared Alpheus Kingsley Jr. of Columbia in said Tolland County who had subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath that the same is strictly true and I certify that the deponent is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my said office this day & year last above written.
Abner Grendon Notary Public

Arbun, November 29 th 1836
Sir
Your favor of 28 th Inst is received stating that the papers of Mrs Adah Woodworth are received & on file and requiring proof of the birth of Children before the termination of her Husband's service & also her disposition containing a detail of her knowledge of her Husband's services together with proof of her & her Husband's respectability and moral standing.
In reply I have to say as I have before written that she is 95 years old, is confined to her room & also to her bed most of her time, that her mind is so enfeebled it is utterly impossible for her to give any such detail of her Husband's services respecting her moral character the proof now on file clearly establishes her to be a person of truth and veracity, it is so sworn to by the Rev Mr Dickerson Capt Fildern, Mr Allen & Mr Kingsley. Capt Fildern says he has known this couple as long as he has known any one, that her eldest son was near his own age (viz 67 years if I recollect right & I give it from recollection merely) that they lived near his father & his knowledge must have been as complete as any one could be, of Capt Fildern I can only say his character & standing in this community is such as to render it a mere suspicion he is the son of Capt Daniel Fildern of the Revolutionary Army deceased & was a Capt in the 37 th Regiment of Infantry during the last war with Great Britain & is now a member of the Senate in our State Legislature and would be the last man to impose on the Government or Pension Office. Mr Allen says he had known them I think for fifty years past, that when he first knew them their eldest children were 15 years of age & that they had a number of them. the Rev Mr Dickerson also testifies to her fertile intellect & want of education. If it is your intention that she should prove the exact day of the birth of her children, it would I think be as impossible as to prove her marriage as it must be fifty years or more since she could have had any. As to her Husband's respectability the Law of 1818 required among other things that the Applicant for a Pension should establish his poverty to be such as to stand in need of relief from his Country for support. the proof on file will show their extreme poverty and I have always understood that Mr Woodworth was a man at times intemperate and I have no doubt, that any deposition that would be taken would prove the fact to be so -

I have no personal knowledge having never known them but have understood so from common report.
I believe that if you would cause the proof in her case to be obtained you would find all you require in your Letter of the 23 d Inst except a detailed Statement of her Husband's services - this I know is impossible for her to give -
If, however, there is any thing further that is necessary which can be furnished, please inform me and I will endeavour to procure it
Since writing the above I have taken three more depositions showing that these people raised a large family of Children & that most of them were born before and during the Revolutionary War - & also that she is utterly incapable of giving a detail of her Husband's Revolutionary Service.
Your Obedt Servt.
Abner Hemen
Hon James L. Edwards Commissioner Pensions

Respecting Mrs Mary Lockwoods application also on file, permit me to say that the Clerk who returned the papers wrote me as your signature of the 11 th Inst "That the Family Record showing the period of the claimants Marriage &c should be exhibited to the Judge at the time of making the declaration and his opinion should be given as to the authenticity of the same" This was done as directed & by referring to the certificate of the Court it will be found that the Clerk of the Court certified the opinion of the Judge as directed. This I presume was overlooked by the clerk who wrote on the 23 rd Inst requiring the original Record to be furnished else it would be absurd to require the opinion of a court duly certified under hand and seal and I am the more strengthened in this opinion as I perceive the last letter to be in a different hand from the former one.
Will you have the goodness to have the certificate of the Court examined & inform me if more is required.
Respectfully your Obedt Servt. Henry Hender
Hon James L. Edwards Comm d Pensions - Washington & Columbia

Woburn April 6 th 1837
Sir I received yesterday a Letter from the Hon. Samuel Ingham, containing an extract from one he had received from you stating that the papers of Mrs Adah Woodworth were mislaid in the Office and suggesting that the papers had better be renewed. The renewal of the papers is utterly impossible as she was taken in November last with a Paralytic Fit & if not already dead has been so since that time. I have no more than any lifeless person since that time. I have therefore made out a copy of her declaration & Certificate & and return your Letter of the 2 nd Dec r last. In your Letter to Mr Ingham you say my papers were received on the 12 th Dec r last & were referred to one of the examining clerks on that day. The papers received from me were a Copy of the records of Mary Lockwood's marriage & my Statement of the belief of Adah Woodworth's marriage in the neighbourhood where she had always resided. I received Mary Lockwood's Pension Certificate shortly after this & would respectfully suggest that I think it at least possible that the clerk had both set under examination at the same time & after allowing Mary Lockwood's he might have done up Adah Woodworth's with Mrs Lockwood's & returned them into the War Office & that it is possible they may yet be found there.
If the papers cannot be found & a pension certificate cannot be issued on the Copy of her

declaration as forwarded or some other papers taken without her agency her case must be given up
In the latter case I would be obliged to have your Letter I now enclose returned that I may show her friends that if I have not been successful in the application I have at least been faithful to their interests
I am very Respectfully Your Ott Servant
Abner Hende
Hon. James L. Edwards Washington

APR 10 file with papers Pack Woodward P Adm. 236
Hebron Ct April 6.
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Mr
Wm James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

When was Judiah Woodworth pri. 8 th mo last paid Conn t agency at 1818?
Cyrus (camp) Nov. 22 36
Deed 5 Dec r 1820 said to that period JH

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18362
Idah Woodworth Widow of Jeremiah Woodworth Pri Rev War
Act: July 4th 36
Index:—Vol. M , Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elizabeth Eng Comptroller (est. of Service) (Beyer)

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford June 11 th 1818
On examination of the Books of this Office, it appears that Jedediah Woodworth served as a private in Colonel Josiah Starr's Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War from the first day of March 1777 to the first day of March 1780
Certified by Elisha Colt Comptroller of Public Accounts