Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,673, for Diah Manning, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn
Manning, Diah or Dyer Anna
NUMBER
W. 25.673
CONTENTS

Repm'd Letter to P. W. Houghton Sept 24, 1830, Set to M. B. (W. A.) Oct 25 Sep 51 Same July 4 1852
3087. Increase.  Connecticut. 
Hannah Manning widow of Dinah or Olyn Manning
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Drummer & Drum Major 7 mo. & 27 days Drummer 16 " & 3 " Drum Major
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 102 Dollars 07
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of July 1850, and sent to
M m . S. S. Waldo House of Reps
Increased Sum $88.00.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 313 Vol. 1
386

① Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Connecticut } ss, Probate Court, District of Norwich, County of New London }
On this 27 th day of August A.D. 1838, personally appeared before the court of Probate, for the District of Norwich in the state of Connecticut, Anna Manning, a resident of Norwich in the county & state aforesaid aged seventy five years, who being first 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 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Diah Manning late of said Norwich deceased, who was a Drum-Major in the war of the Revolution, and served from the commencement of hostilities with the British, in June 1775. until the end of the war in 1783. as she has always understood, that he enlisted in the town of Norwich aforesaid in May or June in the year 1775. in the company of state troops under the command of Col o John Durkee, as she has understood and marched to Boston, or in the neighborhood of Boston in Massachusetts and there joined the Army & was there at the time of the battle at Bunker-Hill, and continued in the Army until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged, that he enlisted for the term of, during the war, she has understood, but at what period of the war, he so enlisted, she is not able to state, that he belonged to General Washington's guards most of the war she believes, & if she is not mistaken the same were under the command of Col o Gibbs, and she has heard her husband mention the name of Col o Safford as a commissioned Officer of said guards, she does not know of a person now living who served in the war with her husband, that she can call upon to testify to his services,

That her husband had a discharge & a warrant both signed by General Washington as she believes, that he had such papers and kept them carefully as long as he lived, she well knows, but since his death they have been lost, she has moved several times & lived in different houses, & at the time of some of her removals they may have been lost as she has not now got them & knows not what has become of them. She believes that her husband's name will be found on the rolls & records now in the war department, & the time of service that he was engaged in the war, and trusts that she shall be dealt with justly & allowed for all the time of her husband's services, for she knows of no other place to look for more proof on the subject than what she herewith sends.
She further declares that she was married to the said Diah Manning on the twenty seventh day of April in the year seventeen hundred & eighty-four, and that her husband, the aforesaid Diah Manning died on the twenty fifth day of August in the year eighteen hundred & fifteen; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz, at the time above stated.
witnesses
Asa Manning
Percy Manning
Anna her X Manning mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written Before me John Hyde
Judge of said Court

And the court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion, after a careful examination of the matter, that the foregoing applicant Anna Manning is the widow of Diah Manning deceased, & that the said Diah Manning was a revolutionary soldier and served as she has stated in her declaration, & that they were married at the time therein stated, & that he the said Diah Manning died at the time therein stated, & that she the said Anna Manning has remained a widow to this time.
Attest John Hyde
Judge of said Court.
I William E. Tracy Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the state of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Anna Manning for a pension.
And I do further certify that Asa Child Esq. before whom the deposition of Cushing Eells was sworn to is a Justice of the Peace for the county of New London, & that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine, and also that John Hyde Esq. before whom the depositions of Dudley Tracy, Guncor Gifford, Asa Manning, Mary Strong, Sam l Bailey, Zach h Huntington, Bela Peck & William Clegg were sworn to is a Justice of the Peace & that all the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine, & that John T. Wait Esq. before whom the deposition of Simeon Thomas is sworn to is a Justice of the Peace for said county & that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine, and that Sam l W. Wood before whom the deposition of Franklin Fanning is sworn to is a Notary Public and by law is authorized to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this court this 30. day of August Anno Domini 1838.
William E. Tracy Clerk

Dudley Tracy of Franklin in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged seventy eight years testifies and says that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, & belonged to Col o Jedediah Huntington's & Col o Samuel B. Webb's Regiments in time of the war, that he knew Dyer Manning as a drummer in the army, & he believes that he belonged to Col o John Durkee's Regiment, & he has understood that he was drummer of in his Excellency's Guard, and further the deponent saith not.
Dudley Tracy
New London County ss. Norwich August 20 th 1838.
Personally appeared Dudley Tracy above named, well known by me as a respectable person & a witness of credibility & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me John Hyde
Justice of the Peace

Gordon Gifford of Boxrah in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged seventy years doth testify & say that he was well acquainted with Diah Manning late of Norwich deceased, and that he was present when the aforesaid Diah Manning was married by the Rev. Joseph Strong D.D. late of Norwich in said county & state deceased, which was on the twenty seventh day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, to Anna Gifford and the deponent knows that the said Diah and Anna lived together as man & wife until the death of the said Diah and had a large family of children, and that his widow the aforesaid Anna has remained a widow ever since his death as he verily believes, and further the deponent saith not
Gordon Gifford
New London County ss. Norwich August 27 th 1838. Personally appeared Gordon Gifford & signed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me and I certify that he is a witness of credibility & that his testimony is entitled to full credit
John Hyde Justice of the Peace
1838 Gifford

The deposition of Cushing Eells of the City of Norwich State of Connecticut being this day sixty Eight years of Age is as follows, viz:
That he was neighbor to & intimately acquainted with Mr. Dyer Manning of said Norwich now deceased. That said Manning was deceased in the Militia service in the War of the Revolution. His term closed repeatedly being occasionally at home or furlough did not return permanently to his family till after the war closed. Said Manning in former years deponent that he enlisted early & for during the war & remained in service till the war closed. At the period of enlistment the deponent was not in years. The deponent well recollects that some years before the death of said Manning he was in the hands of said Manning a letter subscribed by his Excellency George Washington appointing said Manning Major of the 2nd Connecticut Light Artillery and he understood from said Manning that he declined that office & performed its duties till the Army was disbanded.
Cushing Eells
Windham County ss. Aug 27, 1838
Then personally appeared Cushing Eells Esq. who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, and who is known to me to be a person of good credit and character, and having by me been duly confirmed according to law, made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Ana Phelps Justice of the Peace in Windham County State of Connecticut

Asa Manning of Norwich in the county of New London State of Connecticut aged forty three years, under oath, testifies & says that he is the sixth child of Diah Manning late of said Norwich deceased & Anna Manning his wife, of a family of eight children, five of whom were older than himself and two are younger, whose names were Samuel, Eunice, Joanna, one that died in infancy, William, Asa, Minerva & Joseph Jr.
of whom three are dead & five are living, the deponent has heard his father relate his services in the Revolutionary war, and according to the best of his recollections, his father entered into the service as a drummer & went to Roxbury or Cambridge near Boston in the year 1775, and whether he was in the company commanded by Col. John Durkee or the company commanded by Col. Joshua Huntington, he does not remember, but thinks that in some part of the war he served in each of those companies, in the year 1776, he always understood that his father was in New York & in the vicinity thereof, & in subsequent years on the North River at West Point & other places in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland & Virginia, & Delaware. he has frequently heard him speak of the actions in those states & particularly of the surrender of Cornwallis, he further states that his father had a warrant as Drum Major signed by General Washington and if he mistakes not, it was dated in the month of June 1780, he remembers that his father was very proud of it, & often shewed it to his friends to shew the hand writing of General Washington, & his father kept it & his discharge very carefully so long as he lived, & the deponent has seen them since the death of his father, but what has become of them now he does not know, & after making diligent search for the same, they cannot be found. In some part of the war his father went into Virginia as a recruiting officer, as he has understood, but in what year he is unable to say, that he belonged to General Washington's life guards the most of the war he has always understood that his father the aforesaid Diah Manning died on the twenty-fifth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen & that his mother Anna Manning has remain- ed a widow ever since as he verily believes and further the deponent saith not
Asa Manning
New London County ss.
Norwich August 27 th 1838. personally appeared Asa Manning

and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition & signed the same in my presence & I certify that the said Asa Manning is a respectable person & a witness of credibility & that his testimony is entitled to full belief
Before me John Hyde Justice of the Peace

Mary Strong of Norwich in the county of New London and state of Connecticut aged seventy eight years, being under oath, testifies and says that she well remembers Diah Manning late of said Norwich deceased, who lived in the family of her father General Jabez Huntington late of said Norwich deceased, in the year 1775. where he had lived for several years before, & who was about the age of the deponent, and that soon after the commencement of hostilities, in the year aforesaid, said Manning left her father's, and joined the army, near Boston, as a drummer, & continued in the army, as such, to the close of the revolutionary war, as she has always understood, most of which time, he was a drummer in General Washington's life guard, as she has been informed and believes, and the deponent further testifies & says that whenever the said Manning came home on furlough, in time of the war, he always came to her father's house, and further the deponent saith not. Mary Strong
New London County ss. Norwich August 25 th 1838.
Personally appeared Mrs. Mary Strong and signed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me, and I certify the aforesaid witness is a credible person & that her testimony is entitled to full credit
John Hoyde Justice of the Peace

Samuel Bailey of Norwich in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged seventy-four years, having been sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, testify and say that he was well acquainted with Major Diah Manning late of said Norwich deceased, and has heard him relate his services in the Revolutionary War, and according to the best of the deponent's recollection the said Manning enlisted under Col: John Durkee for the term of six months & went from said Norwich to Roxbury in Massachusetts, as a drummer and served out his term & returned home, the said Manning was at that time very young, and after staying at home a while, then enlisted again and continued through the war, and was as he has always understood a drum Major, the deponent further testifies that he has frequently seen the warrant of the said Manning signed by General Washington, in which the name of Major Humphrey is mentioned, if the deponent mistakes not, and a Goffas, christian name forgotten, and it may be that the deponent, may have associated the conversation of the said Manning as he so frequently spoke of those officers, & that their names were not on the warrant or discharge, both of which the deponent thinks he has seen, he remembers that said Manning was very careful of said papers & kept them in a neat little box, he further says that he is well acquainted with Anna Manning the widow of Diah Manning and knows that they lived together as man & wife long before the year 1794, and had a large family of children, and he the deponent lived a near neighbor to them, and the deponent further says that in the year 1784, he lived with Capt. Thomas L. Thomas and was a journeyman & that Samuel Gifford lived there also & was an apprentice, and he remembers well that the said Samuel was invited to, & went to the wedding of the said Diah Manning & Anna Gifford, the sister of the said Samuel Gifford, and further the deponent saith not.
Sam l Bailey

New London County ss. Norwich August 27 th - 1838.
Personally appeared Samuel Bailey within named well known by me to be a respectable person of truth & made oath to & signed the within foregoing deposition Before me John Hyde
Justice of the Peace

Zachariah Huntington of Norwich in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged seventy-three years, being under oath, doth testify and say that he well remembers Diah Manning late of said Norwich deceased, who lived in the deponents father's family in 1775., he the said Manning was a few years older than the deponent. Soon after the commencement of hostilities, in the year aforesaid, the said Manning left his father's, and joined the army near Boston, as a drummer & continued as such to the close of the Revolutionary war, as he has always understood, most of which time, as the deponent was informed, he was a drummer in Genl. Washington's life guard, and though the deponent will not swear positively, he thinks he has seen the discharge of said Manning, given by Genl. Washington, at the close of the war. and further that the said Manning whenever he came home on furlough in time of the war always came to my father's house and further the deponent saith not
Zach t Huntington
New London County ss. Norwich Aug t . 27 th 1838. Personally appeared Genl. Zachariah Huntington & made oath to & signed the foregoing deposition in my presence and I certify that he is well known by me & is a person of respectability & whose testimony is entitled to credit
Before me John Hyde
Justice of the Peace

Bela Peck of Norwich in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged eighty years, being under oath, according to law, doth testify & say, that he was well acquainted with Diah Manning late of said Norwich deceased, and well remembers that he enlisted and went to join the army near Boston in the year 1775: soon after hostilities commenced, and was a drummer, and the deponent always understood that he continued in the army until the close of the war, and most of the war belonged to General Washington's life guard or Col. Gibb's guard as he believes they were sometimes called, that he was a Drum Major he has understood, he was acquainted with said Manning from childhood, who was about two years younger than the deponent, they were born & always lived in the same neighborhood & near to each other, the said Manning when he was about ten or eleven years old went to live with General Jabez Huntington & was living with him at the time that he left for the Army, the deponent remembers well when the said Manning came home after the war, & that soon after the said Manning was married to Anna Gifford & settled down a near neighbor to the deponent & had a large family of children and the said Manning died in the year 1815. His widow Anna Manning has remained a widow until this time as he verily believes.
Bela Peck
New London County ss August 29 th 1838.
Personally appeared Bela Peck Esq. well known by me as a respectable character & a witness of credibility and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed Before me John Hyde
Justice of the Peace

William Clegg of Norwich in the county of New London & state of Connecticut, aged fifty years, having been duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, testify & say that he was well acquainted with Diah Manning, late of said Norwich deceased & his wife Anna Manning, that the deponent came to live in Norwich aforesaid in the year 1810 and lived most of the time a near neigh- -bor to the said Manning, & part of the time in the family of the said Manning, and the deponent further says that the aforesaid Diah Manning died in said Norwich on the 25 th day of August 1815, he the deponent being present, & assisted in laying him out in his grave clothes and attended his funeral, and the aforesaid Diah Manning left a widow the aforesaid Anna Manning who has remained a widow to this time as he verily believes, and the deponent further says that he is satisfied that he is right as to the time of the decease of the said Diah Manning from the examination of the grave stone placed at his grave, soon after he was interred, & which he has frequently seen ever since, and further the deponent saith not.
William Clegg
New London County ss. Norwich August 25 th A.D. 1838.
Personally appeared William Clegg Esq. and made oath to & signed the foregoing deposition before me, and I certify that the said William Clegg is a witness of credibility
John Hyde
Justice of the Peace

I Franklin Fanning of Griswold in the County of New London and State of Connecticut, of lawful age, being duly cautioned and sworn, do depose and testify that I have in my possession the Payrolls kept by my Hon d Father, Charles Fanning, Paymaster of Col. Durkee's Regiment, late of Griswold aforesaid, deceased, — That on one said Payrolls under the heading of, "Balance due the Field and Staff 1 st Connecticut Regt. for 1782." I find the name of Deah Manning entered as "Drum r " also as "Dr. Majr." In his Excellency's G d , that it appears by said Payroll that said Manning served six months as Drummer; Service commencing January 1 st '82, — and that he served six months as Drum Major; Service commencing July 1 st '82. And that on the Payroll for 1783, under the heading of "Balance due the Field and Staff 1 st Connecticut Regiment for the year 1783," said Manning's name is again entered as "Dr Majr." of "His Excellency's G d ," and that it appears by said Payroll that he served ten months and three days in said year, viz. in the year 1783. —
Franklin Fanning
Griswold August 17 th 1838,
State of Connecticut - ss. New London County.
Personally appeared before me, on the 17 th day of August A. D. 1838, Franklin Fanning above named, and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed — and I certify that said Fanning is a reputable person and that his testimony is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal. Samuel W. Wood Notary Public.

Norwich 26 th April 1785 This may certify that Diah Manning & Anna Gifford were married the twenty seventh day of April Seventeen hundred eighty four for me Joseph Strong Clerk
State of Connecticut
New London County ss Norwich Town Clerks Office
August 24 th 1838
This may certify that the above is a true copy of record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 27 th of April 1784
attest
Simeon Thomas Town Clerk
I Simeon Thomas above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Norwich in the County of New London & State of Connecticut and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Simeon Thomas
Clerk of the Town of Norwich
Sworn before me
Sworn before me
J. W. W. Atty Justice of the Peace
John Turner Wait Justice of the Peace
New London County ss. Norwich August 27. A. D. 1838
Hereby Certify said Simeon Thomas is a credible Witness. attest J. W. W. Atty John T. Wait Justice of the Peace

Recy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25673
Anna Newman
wid. of
Dinah or Dyer Newman
Drum. Rev.
Act Feb 2 nd 1848.
Index: Vol M , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Anna Manning, widow of Deah, or Dyer, Manning Drummer,
$88 per annum,
at 7 July '38
Send cash: To Jn o Hyde Esq r Norwich Town Con

See Col. Durkee's mss from 1780 to 1782
Chas. Fanning Paymaster & Secy from Jan 1782 to Dec Jos. Cogg. Mun. Major " "

Newick Town Ct. Dec. 5 th 1838.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir, I herewith return the Pension Certificate of Mrs. Anna Manning, widow of Diah Manning deceased, for correction.
If you will please examine the proof, you will find that Diah Manning served as Drum Major, from the 1 st of July 1782, until the 3 rd Nov. 1783, that is to say, six months in 1782, & ten months & three days in 1783, for which please allow her the wages of Drum Major, and the remaining time, to complete the two years, as Drummer only.
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your obliged servant
John Hoyde

12 mid May 54 12. Down 44  98

Drab Manning Vol 1. Para 48 to 53 1/76 " " 17 to 4 Nov 83 524.80 " " 91. to 41 " 80.00
See Copy of the P. Commission Regiment taken from the Papers of Col. Markham - May. Drab Manning from May to his Excellency's Life Orders then 1 st July 1783 to 3 Nov 1783 - 10 mo 32 d

Anna Manning widow of Diah Man- ning — Co. ant. died July 7. 1838 See letter to Mr. Hyde 24 th Oct. 1838 — do. to same Nov. 6. 1838
MS. A. 9. 2. 208

1681.
Connecticut
Anna Manning widow of Diah, or Dyer Manning who was a Drummer in the Conn. line for 2 years,
Phila 1843
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of August, 1843. and sent to John Hyde Norwich Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 72.

See letter to J. Hyde, Dec. 10. 1838.
To Hon. J. W. Williams, February 12, 1840.
To John Hyde. Septem- ber 15, 1840.
Connecticut 1105
Anna Hanning widow of Deah, or Dyer, Hanning, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 23 rd of August, 1815 of New London, in the State of Connecticut, who was a Drummer in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt _____ commanded by Col. Durkee in the Connecticut line for 2 years Drummer
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 88 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of No- vember, 1838. and sent to J. W. Hyde, Esq. Norwich Town, Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 $ 220:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39 = 44:00
$ 264:00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. A. Ellsworth Clerk Book 4, Vol. 2, Page 195

Sit Hon S.P. Waldo 13 June 1850 July 25 1850
Rept
2087 Connecticut
Anna Manning widow of Deak or Dyer Manning who served in the Revolutionary war, as a drummer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Sept. 1848, and sent to
John W. Houghton Norwich CT
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 303 Vol. 1,

1681. Increase Connecticut.
Anna Manning, widow of Diah or Dyer Manning who was a Drummer & Drum Major in the Conn. line 70 mo. 27 days Drummer 16 " 3 " Drum Major
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 102 Dollars 07. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of July '57 and sent to
Wm. L. P. Waldo Home of Refuge
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 55 Increased from $88.00. A. - 1 - 72

1105. Increase.
Connecticut.
Anna Manning
Widow of Deah or Dyer Manning who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 25 August 1815. of New London in the State of Connecticut who was a Drummer Drum Major in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by A. Durkee in the Connecticut line for 7 mo. & 27 days Drummer 16 " & 3 days Drum Major
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 102 Dollars 07 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1850 and sent by Hon. S. P. Waldo. N. H.
Total amount increased sum $ 88.00.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book
Vol. 1
Page 87
Chase clerk,
A - 1 - 195

Comptrollers Office
Hartford Conn. Nov. 1 st 1848
I hereby certify, that on application for proof of service in the war of the Revolution, by Diah Manning, I find on examination of the Books and Records in this Office, of the Connecticut Line in the Continental Service, the following, to wit, "Settlement with the 4 th Conn t Reg t John Durkee Esq. Col t before Jan y 1 st 1780.
"Diah Manning, Drum r Commencement of service Jan y 1 st 1777
"Time of settlement, Jan y 1 st 1780. Amo t of service 3 years.
"Amount of wages £ 79. 4. 0"
The following Receipt is also found among the Documents of this Office
"Hartford Nov. 25 th 1782)
"Received of Pay Table Committee, their Order on the Treasurers of this State to secure the Payment of Nineteen Pounds, 18 s it being the balance due to me on the 1 st day of January 1782 as stated by the Committees of the State and of the Army,
"£ 19. 18. 0
"Diah Manning."
Enclosed in the above Receipt is found a letter of which the following is a true Copy.
"Head Quarters, Newburgh
"Sir,
"22 nd Nov r 1782)
"Col. Huntington through a mistake, called on the Pay Table for the notes of my Drum Major, by the name of Sed k Manning. His name is Diah Manning, as you will see him entered in my return for the last two years. I beg you would be pleased to issue his notes to him accordingly. I am with respect, Sir y s m t obed t Serv t . "Wadsworth Esq" "Com d in Chiefs Guard"
"W. Colfax Lt. Colonel"

In testimony to the within Certificate, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 1 st day of Nov. A.D. 1848
Abijah Callin Comptroller, By Geo. Robinson Clerk.

Newich Town Ct. Oct. 31 st 1838.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, I was much surprised to be informed that the proof exhibited in the case of Mrs. Anna Manning widow of Dick Manning was insufficient.
Roger Manning was an older brother of Dick Manning, they were sons of Samuel Manning of this town, and both were Drummers, & both entered the army at the commencement of hostilities in 1775. Roger as Drum Major. You will not find Roger's name on the rolls after 1779. as he died the last of that year or the beginning of the next. but Dick continued in the army until the close of the war.
If you will re-examine the papers, you will find by the affidavit of Franklin Fanning, son of Charles Fanning Esq. dec d , who was pay-master of Col o John Durkee's Reg t , that Dick Manning served a sufficient length of time to entitle his widow to a full pension, but part of the time he was Drummer only, and part of the time Drum Major, and if your records show that he served two years as Drum Major, it is presumed that you will grant the pension accordingly.
As to producing the testimony of two credible witnesses to swear as to the time when he left the service, I think it impossible, as it is not known that there is any one now living who served in Gen l Washington's guards.
On the 15 th of last August, I addressed a line to Gen l W m Colfas, sent the same by mail Pompton, Passaic county, New Jersey, and undoubtedly should have had a full statement from him of Dick Manning's grade & services, as he was the last commander of said guards, but learning, by the newspapers, that he died about that time, I made out & sent her papers with such proof as was attainable.

"If record proof cannot be obtained, as to the time when the marriage took place, the fact should be stated under oath, and it must be shewn that exertions have been made to procure it."
If you will examine the papers sent, you will find a sworn copy of the Record of marriages, by the Town Clerk of this town, and also the deposition of Gordon Gifford, who was present and saw them married, & knows the time by his own age.
The probability is that Dick succeeded his brother Roger as Drum-Major, and they might both have been Drum-Majors at the same time, we have no means of ascertaining the facts other than by your records.
If you examine the rolls of the last year of the war you will probably find the name of Dick Manning as Drum Major, and so you will find him either as Drum-Major or Drummer to the commencement of the war.
Yours very respectfully,
John Flyde

Norwich Town Ct. Aug. 30 th 1838.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir, I herewith send you the Declaration of Mrs. Anna Manning widow of Diah Manning deceased, for a Pension. If found correct please send me the Pension Certificate as soon as convenient
Yours very respectfully
John Hyde
It will be seen, by the Deposition of Franklin Fanning son of Charles Fanning Esq. who was Pay Master of Col. John Dufkee's Regiment. That we prove but twenty two months & three days, service of Diah Manning, but presuming that as he lived in Genl. Washington's family most of the War, one examination it will so be found on the Records of the War Department, that she will be allowed a full Pension, we have made enquiry for some one who served with him, & written to ascertain if any one is living but as yet can find no one, Dudley Tracy is the only one that was in the army & knew him there, & he being in a different corps, knew very little of his services.
All those in this vicinity who served with him are dead, but we prove the fact of his going & returning by as respectable witnesses as can be found in the union & we can give an abundance more of such proof, & also of those who have seen his

Warrant & discharge, and indeed it has always been understood that he served the whole war but we are so unfortunate as not be able to prove the same only by reputation, which we know of no way of doing but by your records & therefore cannot doubt but that we shall have the benefit of them.
Respectfully yours &c, John Hyde

Norwich Ct Sept. 9 th 1840.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, Some months since, I sent Mrs. Anna Manning's Pension Certificate to the Hon. Thomas W. Williams, member of Congress from this District, which I learnt from him that he had delivered to you, for the purpose of having the same increased by the addition of the services of her husband Maj. Dick Manning as Dium Major in the Revolutionary war. Which was to be done on the inspection of the Pay Rolls, kept by Paymaster Charles Fanning, if the same proved satisfactory, Mr. Fanning the son of the said Charles Fanning assures me that he sent the same & had had an acknowledgement that they had been received, & would be returned to him as soon as they were copied. Mrs. Manning is poor & depends on the semi-annual payment of her pension for support, but not having her original certificate nor the amended or increased one, she is unable to draw what is due her on the 1 st of Sept. instant.
If there is any thing further required of Mrs. Manning in order for you to act on the subject, on information of what it is, you will oblige by informing me, & if nothing more is to be done for her, please send the certificate that I sent to you that she may get the payment now due.
Yours very respectfully
John Hyde
43.80 124  167.80

Washington July 25. 1850
My dear Sir
Herewith I transmit to you the pension certificate of Mrs. Anna Manning; and will thank you to send to me in lieu thereof the new certificate allowing her an increase of pension for sixteen months & three days, as of her husband as a Drum Major and eight months and twenty four days, as Drummer, in accordance with your letter to me of this date.
I have the honor to remain
Yours Respectfully
Soren P. Waldo
P.S. The increase of Pension should commence from the 4 th day of March 1836. — as she was married to her husband on the 27 th day of August 1784. —
You of course will make it right. Yours &c
Soren P. Waldo

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Anna Manning, widow of Diah or Dyer Manning who was a drummer in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty eight dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 13 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
J. G. Mason, Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. By H. S. Evans

Norwich Town Nov. 16 th 1838.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir, I herewith return the papers of Mrs. Anne Manning widow of Diah Manning for a pension, with an additional certificate from the Comptroller of this state of Four years, five months & six days service of the said Diah in the war of the Revolution, which added to one year ten months & three days, as certified to by Franklin Fanning Esq., makes six years, three months & nine days service of which eighteen months & three days appears to have been as Drum Major.
If you will examine the certificate of the Clerk of the court you will find that he has certified that John F. Wait, before whom Simeon Thomas, Town Clerk, swore to the deposition, is a Justice of the Peace for the county of New London & that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine, so that I presume the evidence of the marriage will be satisfactory.
We cannot procure the original Rolls of Charles Fanning Esq., who was pay master of Col o Durkee's Reg t , his son means to keep them & will give sworn copies when required.
Major Manning always wrote his name Diah, but I find that many others wrote it Dyer, & you will see it is so spelt on the Records at the Comptroller's Office. He was in the army the year 1776, but where to look for his name, I do not know, as it appears he was transferred from one Reg t . to another, but that he served all the war is as well understood as that Gen l . Washington served the whole of the war.
If this is not satisfactory, please inform wherein & we will endeavor to remedy the defects. Yours very respectfully
John Hoyde

Washington June 25, 1880
Sir
In examining the testimony filed in the case of Anne Manning for an increase of Pension I would respectfully call your attention to the following evidence, to wit,
Franklin Lanning's affidavit that in which is the following statement, -
"July 1, 1782 Dick Manning Drums & Major
Six months 9." - - - - Also
"In his Excellency's Guard Dick Manning Drums Major, Term of service ten months, three days, pay per month '9." - This last was for the year 1783. - Also the certificate of W. Colfax Lt. Comd., under date of Nov. 22 d , 1782 in which he the said Dick Manning is called his Drums Major. -
I am also advised that the name of Dick Manning is borne upon the rolls in the Pension Office purporting to be "a Return of Non Commissioned Officers and Privates in the "Corps of Artillery in Chief's Guard," as Drums Major, but in what year I do not know. -
In Col. Durkee's Regiment his term as Drums Major is Sixteen months 3 days as found by Lanning's affidavit. His service in Col. Colfax's Regiment in which Regiment

he said
for two years before Nov. 22, 1882, also is not definite unless the certificate shows a term of two years. — Also a similar evidenced by the action of the Commission Office and plants in the Commission & ships & cards. — on file in Pension office. — I would respectfully ask for a review of the case and trust that the term of Mary as Dinner Major will be found to be fifteen months and then days at least and perhaps more —
Respectfully Yours &c James P. Waldo.

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss
I James Stedman, Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that John W. Hough- ton is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly appointed & qualified, and empowered by law to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, administer oaths &c.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 19 th day of June A.D. 1848, it being the seal of said Court & County.
James Stedman Clerk

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Feb. 11 th 1852
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Diah Manning in the war of the Revolution I have examined the documents remaining in this Office, and find the name of Diah Manning, in a Pay Roll under the following heading viz. "Settlement with the 4 th Connecticut Regt. John Durkee Esq. Colonel before January 1780" and opposite his name are the following entries, viz. Rank, Drummer "commencement of service Jan'y. 1 st 1777. Term of this settlement, Jan'y 1 st 1780 / Term 3 years / Amt. of Wages £79. 4. / Money due for blankets £2. 14. "Value of W o for clothing £2. 2. / Amt. of debt £84. / Value of W o "recd on acct of Wages £11. 0. 6. / Value of W o recd from W o £0. 11. / Value "of clothing supplied £10. 3. 1. / Amt. of blankets supplied £0. 19. 6. / Amt. "of quilt £24. 14. 1. Balance £56. 5. 11. / "
A. G. Pinney Comptroller by Wm. Robinson Clerk

Washington City D.C. Septre 30 1852
Honorable. H. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
In virtue of Powers of attorney & believing that proofs of her rights are on file in your office = I enclose the Comptroller of Connecticut Certificate of the services of James Edgerton who drew a Pension of $30. - under the act 1832 - and by the enclosed entitled to me at the rate of $ for 14 Months service. also the application of Diah Manning who was a pensioner. for an increase Yours truly
F. E. Hassler

Brown Sept 20 th 1850
Dear J. L. Edwards
Sir
I have been requested by the agent of paying Pensions at Hartford to Reverend the Certificate of Anna Munning. will you do the favor to send me another Certificate for her -
The chain the agent makes is that the Certificate is only for an income of Pension. up to 1 st of Sept 1850 -
I trust therefore you will send me a new Certificate for Anna Munning
I am Sir your obedient Servant John W. Houghton

Increase to $102.7 per ann. for 16mo. + 3 days as a Dreem Major 7 mo. + 27 days Drummer
Send cut. Hon I.P. Waldo, H.R.

I Franklin Fanning of Jewett City in the county of New London and state of Connecticut, of lawful age, having been duly sworn, according to law, do, on my oath, depose & say that I am son of Charles Fanning Esq r , late of said Jewett City deceased, who was Lieutenant, and paymaster of the Regiment commanded by Col John Durkee of the Connecticut troops, in the Continental line of the Revolutionary Army, and have in my possession the Pay rolls, kept by my said Father, which have been in my care ever since his decease, and on examination of a "List of the names of the men claimed by the several Towns of this State, now serving in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army,"
"Those marked thus (a) are returned from the Army."
I find of the town of Norwich, the man of Diah Manning (a) returned from the Army,
Balance due the Field and Staff 1 st Connecticut Reg t for 1782. In his Excellency's Guard, Diah Manning Drummer, 6 Months pay per month 7 00 30 - amount 98 00 - pay received 22 00 - balance due 76 00 -
July 1 st 1782, Diah Manning Drum-Major six months, 9 00 - being included as above 98 00 -

Balance due the Field and Staff 1 st Connecticut Regiment for the year 1783,
In his Excellencies Guard, Diah Manning Dum Major, Term of service ten months, three days, pay per month 9 00 —, amount 90 00 80.
Signed in presence John W Houghton
Franklin Hanning
State of Connecticut } New London County } ss Jewett City }
Be it known that on the 24 th day of June Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty. That before me John W Houghton, a Notary Public, within and for said State, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State of Connecticut to administer oaths, and take depositions whereby personally appeared the above named Franklin Hanning who subscribed the above and forgo deposed in my presence, and made solemn oaths, to the truth of the same. That he is son of Charles Hanning Esq late of said Jewett City (deceased) and that the Pay rolls in his possession are the Pay Rolls that were kept by his father the late Charles Hanning (deceased), who was a Lieutenant and Pay Master in Col John Brookfield Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the continental Army, and that the above and forgoing is a true and correct copy of said Pay Roll as regards the service of

which Manning as a lieutenant was a brevet Major in said Regiment -
And I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with him the said Franklin Harrow and do say that he is a credible person and his statements are entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office the day and year first above written
John W Houghton Notary Public

Comptroller Office Hartford Nov 15 1838
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Dyer Manning - I have examined the Books & papers remaining in this Office relating to the War of the Revolution - and find his name on a Pay Roll of the 1st Col 8th Regiment of Connecticut Troops commanded by Sedediah Huntington and raised by order of General Assembly of Connecticut July 1775 where he is entered as a Drummer and commenced service July 10 Time of discharge Dec 16 Making 5 Mo 6 Days And Settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army and find his name in a settlement made with the 4th Connecticut Regiment John Ducker Esq. Col. before Jan'y 1780 - where he is entered as a Drummer and commenced service Jan'y 1 1777 Time of settlement Jan'y 1 1780 Making 3 Years and in the 5th Connecticut Regiment Isaac Sherman Esq. Col. for the year 1781 where he is entered as a Drummer and commenced service Jan'y 1 1781 Time of Discharge Dec 31 1781 Making 12 Months
Henry Kirbrough Comptroller 3

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 Connecticut, New London County ss.
On this 23 day of May 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, Anna Manning a resident of Norwich in said county & State, aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions 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 Dick Manning who was a drummer & served as such & as Drum Major, in the Reg t of Col. John Durkee & in the life guard of Gen t . Washington as is set forth in the declaration of the declarant in her declaration of his services now on file in the Pension Office in Washington when she obtained a pension therefor under the act of July 7 th 1838, for the annual amount of Eighty-eight dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
In presence of Anna her Manning mark
Anna Manning Joseph T. Manning
Sworn to & subscribed on the 23 day of May 1843, before me, & I certify that the declarant is personally known to me
John B. Perry Justice of the Peace

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State of Connecticut } New London County } ss I John D'Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby Certify that John B Perry Esq before whom the within declaration of Anna Manning was sworn to on said 23 d day of May 1843 a Justice of the peace in and for said New London County. That his signature within written is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 7 th day of June A D 1843
John D'Witt Clerk

State of Connecticut } p New London County }
On this 17 th day of June Anno Domine 1848, Personally appeared before John W. Houghton a justice of the Peace within and for the County of New London Anna Manning, a resident of the town of Norwich in said New London County age eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, cloth in her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd day of February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Dick, or Dyce Manning late of the said town of Norwich in said County (deceased) and died on the twenty fifth day of August 1813 who was a draftsman in the Revolution and she further declares that she claims a Pension under the acts of July 7 th 1838, March 5 th 1843 and June 17 th 1844 amounting eighty eight dollars per annum and she further declares that she is still a Widow Signed in presence of John W. Houghton Dye Manning
her Anna X Manning. Mark

State of Connecticut New Britain County
June 19 th
1888
Personally appeared Anna Manning who signed the within declaration in my presence and made solemn oath that the same is just and true according to her best knowledge and belief
And I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Anna Manning and do say that her statements are entitled credit
Before me John H. Beecher Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of New London
Be it known that before me Public
John W Houghton a Notary
for the aforesaid County and State, duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Anna
Manning aged 89 and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original Pension Certificate hereunto annexed, No. 1105-1681 2087 and bearing date the 26 th day of July 18 50 , and signed by
B. C. Goodwin Secretary of the Pension Department and that she now resides in Storrs and has resided there for the space of 40 years past—and that she makes
this declaration for the purpose of obtaining any arrears of pension that may be due her, under the laws of the United States; and that by these presents she does constitute and appoint F. E. HASSLER, of the City of Washington, her true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution for her and in her name, place and stead, to ask and receive of and from the United States, any bounty land, extra pay, pensions, money or moneys that now is or are due her on account of services rendered by her deceased husband; advances made, property destroyed or taken by the Government, or any claim arising from intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation, and the Indians, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in her name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such bounty land, pensions, patents, claims, and money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatsoever nature she may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, or any legally established commission of the United States, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts that she might or could do, were she personally present at the doing thereof, she hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever her said attorney shall do in and about the premises, by virtue hereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Two witnesses.
Anna Manning Andrew B Brigham John W Houghton
set my hand and seal this
30 th day of May 18 51
Anna Manning Mark 
State of Connecticut County of New London } ss.
On this 30 th day of May 18 51 , personally appeared Anna Manning before me, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein contained.
John W Houghton J.P. Notary Public 

AND I HEREBY CERTIFY, that at the same time, personally appeared before me Asa Manning — and Andrew R Bingham known to me, to be two credible witnesses, and who being duly sworn, deposes and says, each for himself, that the above named Anna Manning now present, is to their knowledge, the identical person named in the above deposition, and that the said affidavit is correct, as they verily believe; that they are acquainted with the said Anna Manning and that they are, each, wholly disinterested.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, } upon the day and year first above written. }
Asa Manning Andrew R Bingham John W Houghton Notary Public
State of _____ County of _____
} ss :
I hereby certify, that
Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a _____ in and for the said County and State, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of _____ County Court, (a Court of Record,) this _____ day of _____ A. D. 185_____
Clerk.
*The Pension Certificate must be attached to this paper by a piece of tape passing through both, and the ends placed under the seal of the County Clerk, and if the evidence is taken before a Notary Public having a seal of office, the same, but then the County Clerk's certificate is not required.

Copy of the Original.
Department of the Interior Claim for Military Service
Increase
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838, 3 rd March 1843, 19 th June 1844, & 2 nd February 1848 the pension of Anna Manning of Conn. Widow of Dea  Dea Hugh or Dyer Manning, who was a Drummer and Drum-Major, in the Revolution, has been increased from eighty eight, to one hundred and 20 7/100 of per annum, commencing 4 th March 1836, and ending 4 th March 1841, and from 4 th March 1843, to 4 th March 1848, and from that time for life, or Widowhood, after deducting what has been paid at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum,
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 26 th day of July, 1850.
L. S.
D. C. Goldsborough Secretary of the Interior act Interim.
Examined & Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D. Volume (No 1105 1687. 2087.
1 Page 87 55 303.
J. P. Chase Clerk.
Copy;

State of Connecticut County of New Haven {p} Norwich May 30 th 1851
I John W Houghton &c Notary Public within doors for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing copy of the Certificate of Anna Manning is a true copy of the original Certificate now in her possession taken this day by me
Attest John W Houghton Notary Public
Filed 5th June 1851 J. E. Nester Atty
Mr. C. C.
Ann Manning M. G.

James No.
2087-48-Gen
W. A. Smith
J. P. Waldo.

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
On this 20 th day of May Anno Domine 1848, Personally appeared before John W. Houghton Esq. a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield. Anna Manning a resident of the town of Norwich in said Litchfield County and said State of Connecticut aged Eighty Eight years of age , who being first duly confirmed and sworn, according to Laws, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision of the acts of Congress, and in affidavits thereof since in alterations thereto and before July 7 th 1858 March 1848 April 1848 and July 2 1848
That she is the Widow of Deah, Dyer or Judah Manning, who was a brewer and a brewer. May in the event of the Revolution and that she was married to him the said Deah, Dyer or Judah Manning on the twenty seventh day of April, one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four. That her husband the said Deah, Dyer or Judah Manning

Died on the 25 th day of August 1815. and for the service of him the said Dick. Dyer a Judecca Marmy as a drummer in the Revolutionary Service she the said Anna Marmy is now drawing a Pension for the sum of Eighty Eight dollars per annum
She now further declares and says that she now wishes to obtain some addition to her pension as aforesaid for the service performed by him the said Dick. Dyer a Judecca Marmy as a drum Major in the Revolutionary Service that he served two years in Washington Life Guards. under Major Marmy Chief of the Guards. and Colonel St. Leger and for the proof of the service in the said Washington Life Guards for the term of two years refer to the certificate of the comptroller of the State concerning his disolution and also to the records at Washington for further proof.
And she asks for all the certificates that may be due to her for the service of her husband the said Dick Dyer as Judecca Marmy as a drum Major

as stated before
And she further declares and says that she is now and has been the Widow of her the said John, said or formerly known since his death.
Sealed in presence John W Houghton
Anna her X Mearny mark
State of Connecticut
New London County May 20 th 1849
Personally appeared Anna Mearny and made solemn oath to the truth of the matter contained in the foregoing declaration
Before me
John W Houghton Justice of Peace