Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6342, for Jonathan Lillie, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Lillie, Jonathan
R 6342
CONTENTS

31875
Jonathan Lillie
Rejected

State of Mass - State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
On the 1st day of August 1834 personally appeared in open Court before Rodolphus Woodworth Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Stafford in said County now sitting. Jonathan Silly a resident of Shurbridge Massachusetts in said County aged seventy four years who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say and make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (viz)
1st In 1780 and as he thinks about the first of October he was drafted and put into a company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Wales. Other officers not necessarily known, and marched to Horseneck, North Castle, White Plains and various places guarding the lines & and served two months and was dismissed and returned home. Thinks that Colonel Duerke commanded
2nd In 1781 about the first of September he entered the service under Capt. Wales Lieutenant Root. as a substitute for Nathaniel Knowell of Union in said County for two months and marched to New London about the time that New London was burned by the Traitor Arnold was there at the time and served in that vicinity guarding the coast & the full term of the engagement.

3 d In October 1782 he entered the service in behalf of the town of Union under Captain Solomon Wales and went to New London and served thereabouts guarding the Coast &c for two months
4 th In the Spring of 1783 he entered into the continental service for three years or during the War under Captain Hynessworth he thinks about the first of May was mustered at Windham by Major Ripley and marched to New Haven and remained there as near as he can recollect not less than two months and was released on a furlough on condition of being called into service at a minutes warning but was not again called into service but was
He has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his service except that of Deane Newell Silvermaster Walker, Ebenezer Lawrence & Robert Lawrence
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
He resided in Union in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut during the time of his services and ever since till in settling a disputed line between Connecticut and Massachusetts it seen his house about 14 rods within the territory of Massachusetts but as his service was rendered in Connecticut & his acquaintance testimony &c principally in that state he has thought proper to make his application there and as a further reason it would require much more travel as he is unaware of any competent court within thirty miles of his residence in Massachusetts.

Interrogatories,
 1 He resides in Sturbridge in Worcester County in Massachusetts and has resided there and in the town of Union in Connecticut from before the Revolution war  2 He was born at Dudley, Massachussetts the state of Connecticut on the 15th day of January 1760 aged 74  3 He has no record of his age  4 Called into service 1 st by draft, 2 nd as substitute for Nathaniel Merrill 3 rd on behalf of the town, 4 th by voluntary enlistment  5 Gen. Patnam, Gen Washington.  6 Never had a discharge as he recollects  7 None of friends to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution Harry Walker, John Burge, Henry Brington Thomas Morris  Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above mentioned before me Rodolphus Woodworth Judge of Probate
We Nathaniel Merrill and William Foster residing in the town of Union in the county of Tolland affirm and do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Sillly named in the above declaration that we believe him to be forty years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  Nathaniel Merrill  Subscribed and sworn to the 1 st day of August 1834 before me I certify that Nathaniel Merrill & William Foster are credible persons  Stephen Fairbank, Justice Peace

I Stephen Fairbank the afore named Justice before whom the affidavits of N. Merrill & William Foster were taken do certify that I am a minister of the Gospel residing in Union aforesaid, and that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Lilly and that there is no other clergyman residing as near him as I do either in Connecticut or Massachusetts etc and I fully concur in the foregoing affidavit of said Nathaniel Merrill and William Foster
Stephen Fairbank
Since the said Court doth hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and further that the distance at which the applicant resides from the place of holding the Court is a sufficient reason for the testimony otherwise being sworn by a justice of the peace and it appears satisfactory to the court that Stephen Fairbank the said Justice is a minister of the Gospel in good standing and that Nathaniel Merrill & William Foster are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. Rodolphus Woodworth Judge of Probate
I Francis R Woodworth assistant clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Lilly for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of August, 1834
Francis R Woodworth Assistant Clerk
State of Connecticut, Tolland County ss: I. Rodolphus Woodworth Judge of the Court of Probate in said County for Suffolk district and before whom the above declaration of Jonathan Lilly was attested do certify that I am acquainted with said Jonathan Lilly and know that the facts stated in said declaration as reasons for making the declaration in this court are true and that this court is held about twenty miles away from the residence of said Lilly there is any Court of competent jurisdiction in the state of Connecticut in the county where he resides.
Rodolphus Woodworth
State of Connecticut
Lilly declaration

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Simonds Walker of Union in said County who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is eighty five years of age that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army that he was on a tour of duty of two months at Hartington New London in the summer of 1782 under Captain Wales and that Jonathan Silly now of Sturbridge in Massachusetts was in the same company and served faithfully during said tour of two months
Subscribed and sworn to this 1 st day of August 1834 before me and I certify that said Simonds Walker is a credible person
Simonds Walker
Stephen Fairbank Justice Peace
Simonds Walker of our said is very inform and his deposition was made by his holding the pen and another giving it in my presence
Stephen Fairbank Justice Peace

State of Connecticut Holland County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Silence Newell of Union in said County who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say that she is seventy six years of age and that she was wife Nathaniel Newell deceased and that she & her said husband resided together at the place of her present residence before and ever since the Revolutionary war and that her said husband Nathaniel Newell was drafted for the service of the United States in the summer of 1781 to go to New London on a tour of duty which she thinks was two months and that he hired one Jonathan Silly who then resided at the same place to take his place as a substitute that said Silly went as as she distinctly recollects served in such manner as to clear her said husband from said tour of duty as she then understood and still believes to the entire satisfaction of all concerned and that she is still acquainted with said Silly who resides in Sherbridge in Massachusetts adjoining said town of Union and about three miles distant from her residence
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1 st day of August October 1834
I certify that said Silence Newell is a credible and intelligent person
Silence Newell
Stephen Fairbank Justice Peace

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Silence Newell of Union in said County who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say that she is seventy six years of age and that she was wife Nathaniel Newell deceased and that she & her said husband resided together at the place of her present residence before and ever since the Revolutionary war and that her said husband Nathaniel Newell was drafted for the service of the United States in the summer of 1781 to go to New London on a tour of duty which she thinks was two months and that he hired one Jonathan Lilly who then resided at the same place to take his place as a substitute that said Lilly went as she distinctly recollects & served in such manner as to clear her said husband from said tour of duty as she then understood and still believes to the entire satisfaction of all concerned and that she is still acquainted with said Lilly who resides in Heubridge in Massachusetts adjoining said town of Union and about three miles distant from her residence
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1 st day of August 1834
Silence Newell
I certify that said Silence Newell is a credible and intelligent person
I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth, or may concern,
That Stephen Fairbank Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit was
was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signa- ture 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 of said State, at the city of Hartford, in said State, the Sixth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty- four .
Thomas Day

State of Connecticut ss Tolland County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County Ebenezer Lawson of Union in said County who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is seventy three years of age and that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army that in the year 1780 himself Joseph Lally Saml Coye Abijah Williams & Samuel Lehany were drafted to go on a tour of duty of two months but this deponent procured his brother Joseph Lawson to take his place as a substitute and that said Lally went into said service & served two months as this deponent understood and believes that said Joseph Lawson is dead
Ebenezer Lawson
Subscribed and sworn to this 1 st day of August 1874 before me and I certify that Ebenezer Lawson is a credible person
Stephen Fairbank Justice Peace

State of Connecticut Tolland County B s
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Robert Lawson of Union in said County who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is twentyfive years of age that he is son of Thomas Lawson who was a Captain of Militia during the time of the Revolutionary war and that various requisitions were made on him as Commandant of a Company of Militia by the Governor and Council of Safety & by acts of the Legislature of said State for men to augment and sustain various branches of the army And such papers as he retained in relation thereto are now in my possession and among which I find the names of Jonathan Silly, S ergt Coy. Samuel Cheever, Alpheus Williams, Ebenezer Lawson &c as being drafted for the Service under Captain Nathaniel Wales for two months recorded in a book kept by him for that purpose all of whom are either dead or removed to parts unknown except said Jonathan Silly and Ebenezer Lawson. this draft by said record was for 1780
Subscribed & sworn to this 31 st July 1834 before me & I certify that said Robert Lawson is a credible person
Robert Lawson
Stephen Fairbank Justice Peace

REJECTED
6042.
P. O. _____
Jonathan Silley
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

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Connietient
Jonathan W Lillie
Rejected
Let to S.H. Parsons, 14 Oct 1835
Lillie.
6342

Jonathan Lilly. in Mass. widg, 14 rods from line of land.
Oct. 80. Mr. Wales, Duckie 2 mo. Sawyer
Sep. 81. " " 2 - Mrs. Newell
Oct. 82. * John Wales 2. Walker
83 Agnes worth Contained 2. no such officer
X John Wales but once in service & then at same time with Nathl. see Phelps certificate

State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford 10 Nov r 1834
On examination of the books in this office, it appears that in 1780 Nathaniel Wales 3 rd commanded a company in a State regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Levi Wells. Served part the time at New London & part at Greenwich - and in the State of New York - in August a detachment of militia ordered to join them - and also in Nov r - in Jan y 1782 Capt Wales rendered the account for monies paid his company -
In 1781 September 12 th A detachment of militia ordered 1782 Jan y 2. Captain Nathaniel Wales was paid the amount of the pay roll of his company for their service in 1781 at New London under Col M c Clellan. New London was burnt by Arnold on the 6 th September 1781 -
1782 Jan y 2. Captain Solomon Wales was paid the amount of the pay roll of his company for their

Service in 1781. at New London, under Col M c Callan, This is all the service that can be found, that Captain Nathaniel & Solomon Wales ever rendered, and appear to have been both at the same time and place —
The enlistment for the Army in 1783. there is no evidence that any such enlistment was ever made. no such Captain can be found —

War Department Pension Office September 4-1834
Sir:
The papers of Jonathan Lilly are returned. It should be shown from the Comptrollers Office, that the copies in which he claims to have served were in actual service at the periods stated and paid by the state. His allegation of enlistment in 1783 for 3 years or during the war is extremely doubtful! The court before whom these papers were prepared should certify whether the residence of the claimant rendered it more convenient for him to make his declaration in Connecticut than in Massachusetts, or his statement should be verified in some other satisfactory manner -
The claim of Mr Stone has been admitted - his pension certificate will be transmitted in a few days -
I am Respectfully Your obedt J L Edwards
J. N. Parsons Esqr Hartford Ct.

Hartford September 24 1835
Sir:
The enclosed papers of Jonathan Dilley were left in my office sometime ago to be forwarded to Washington, but were inadvertently mislaid. If you find them sufficient to grant a pension, be pleased to forward the certifi- cate to me at this place -
Very respectfully
J. G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington
I am Sir Yr. ob. Servt
Garnuel H. Parsons

State of New York
Rensselaer County } ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned a Commissioner of deeds in and for said County Benjamin Lillie of Stephentown in said County Who first being duly sworn accor- ding to law doth on his oath say that he is twenty one years of age and that he is brother of Jonathan an Lillie of Newbridge in Massachusetts that they resided in Union in Rensselaer County in Con- nected with their father John Lillie except when abroad working by the month which was sometimes in Woodstock an adjoining town during the whole time of the Revolutionary War that they belonged to a Company of Militia Comma nded by Captain Lawson in said town of Union dur- ing the whole time of the Revolution when at home at his fathers and that said Jonathan Lillie went into the Service of the United States on account of requirements made on said Company for three tours of two months each to go to New London that one or more of said tours he was drafted and once he thinks he went as a substitute for Nathaniel Sowell but what year he went into said service cannot certainly tell but thinks in '80 '81 & '82 and at one other time he enlisted into the Continental service and went under Captain Williams Fynsworth but how long he served cannot be positive this deponent was in the same Company when he went into it and when he left it and thinks that he served two months or more in this last war he was at New Haven Ct and Jonathan was released to go home to stand in readiness to re- turn at a minutes warning but thinks he was not called again into the service In the three first tours he went under two Captains by the name of Wales one Nathaniel the other Solomon
Subscribed and sworn to this 9th day of August 1834 and I Benjamin Lillie certify that Benjamin Lillie is a credible person & that the foregoing is a true copy of his deposition of marks

State of New York Rensselaer County Clerk's Office I Henry H. Bristol Clerk of said County Do hereby certify that Ebenezer Wadsworth whose signature is affixed to the within Affi- davit was at the date of the taking of of the same a commissioner of Deeds of the county of Rensselaer dwelling in the said county and duly authorized to take said affidavit and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said commi- ssioner and verily believe the signature "E. Wadsworth" thereto subscribed to be genuine Witness my hand & the Seal of said county this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty four.
Henry H. Bristol Clk.