Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22342, for Silas Sterry, Connecticut

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Sterry Silas Olive
N. 22342
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143 Connecticut
Olive Stetson widow of Silas Stetson of New Britain in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg't commanded by Col H. Sherburn in the R.R. line line for three years from 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Oct 1831 and sent to Samuel W. Wood Ledyard Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 for 400. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 20 $ 480.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1830. }
Recorded by J. H. H. Clerk Book Vol. 1 Page 89

No. 288
on rolls
R. Isked.
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836.
State of Connecticut } Probate District of County of New London } Stonington.
On this 28th day of September 1836 personally appeared before Stephen Haley Judge of Probate for the District of Stonington Olive Story a resident of Sedgwick in the County of New London (and State of Connecticut), (and within said District of Stonington,) aged 93 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the Widow of Elias Story, deceased, late of that part of the late town of Groton, that has recently been incorporated into a town by the name of Sedgwick, and within the county aforesaid, who was, according to the best of her knowledge and belief, a private in the Revolutionary Army, that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Peters & in the Regiment commanded by Col Tawens in the Spring of 1775, for seven months, that he went to Roxbury in Massachusetts & served there as a private in said company until the seven months expired.
that he again enlisted in the Spring of 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Amos Stanton of which Henry Williams was Lieutenant, for the term of three years, during which time he was in Rhode Island and at Fishkill, Peks Kill, Westpoint & White Plains in the State of New York, & was marched through Connecticut to Rhode Island that he was at Providence, Newport & Bristol in said Rhode Island, that he was again marched through Connecticut and to Morristown in New Jersey where he was discharged in March 1780 having served the full term of three years as a private in said company last named.
She further declares that she was married to the said Elias Story on the 5th day of December 1763, that she has no certificate of her marriage but that they had a record in their family bible of the births of her husband and herself and of their marriage together with the births of several of their oldest children, but that it was burnt, when their house was burnt, which was burnt while her husband was in the Army at Roxbury aforesaid, that it was—

burnt on a Sabbath in July, that no one was in the house at the time it took fire, save her, then, youngest child, Samuel then an infant, her oldest child Parthenai having gone to meeting, and she, herself having gone after her other two children William and Elias, who, as she had been informed by a friend, were at a large brook some distance from the house, and fearing some accident might happen to them she had left her Son Samuel above named in the house and gone after them, before she returned, she discovered a smoke rising from the house, and perceived that it had taken fire, that she returned to the house as quick as possible, that she rescued her Son Samuel above named, but that she was enabled to save but a very few light articles, almost every thing in the house being burnt including the bible before named, that her husband the aforesaid Elias Sterry, died in that part of the late town of Groton that has been incorporated into a town by the name of Sedgwick, within the county aforesaid on the 21 st day of January 1782; and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Signed in presence of Stephen Naley & J. W. Woodin, Olive her Sterry Sworn to and subscribed on the 28 th day of September 1836. before Stephen Naley Judge
I certify that the word "she" was interlined between the tenth & eleventh lines from the top, above, and that the figures "1782" were written on an erasure in the seventeenth line above before signing. Stephen Naley Judge
* I certify that Olive Sterry named in the foregoing declaration is a credible person and is entitled to full faith, for truth and veracity as a witness. And I further certify that said Olive Sterry cannot, by reason of bodily infirmity, attend the aforesaid court of Probate at the usual place of holding the same, and I also certify that the word "certify" was interlined between the second & third lines of this certificate before signing. Stephen Naley Judge

Samuel W Wood Notary Public,
I Nathan Daboll Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Pomington do hereby certify that Stephen Haley Esqr is Judge of said Court and that his signature written on the preceding page is his genuine signature,
I further certify that Samuel W Wood is a Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above is his genuine signature and also that his signatures attached to the affidavits of Peter Williams, John Parker, Thomas Hall, Mary Hall, Robert Hodderd and Silas Lamb on the following pages is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 28 th day of September 1836.
Nathan Daboll Clerk

I Peter Williams of Ledyard in the county of New Lon- don & State of Connecticut (of eighty one years of age) being duly cautioned and affirmed do depose and say that I enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Abel Spier and in the Regiment commanded by Col Parsons. in the spring of 1775 for seven months. that we were marched to Roxbury and there served until the seven months expired. That I was personally acquainted with Silas Terry, deceased. formerly of that part of the late town of Groton. that has recently been incorporated into a town by the name of Ledyard. that said Terry served as a private in one of the companies belonging to said Regiment during the said term of seven months. (I think the company that he served in was commanded by Captain Peters but I am not now positive.) That I was personally acquainted with Olive Terry the then wife of said Silas Terry that they and their children resided in a house near my (Father's) residence. that the house of said Silas Terry was burnt while he was absent in the Army. & I was told they lost all they had in their house & were left in very destitute circumstan- ces. that they afterwards lived in a house that belonged to my father in which said Silas Terry died near the close of the Revolu- tionary War. that I have been well acquaint- ed with said Olive Terry since the death of her husband the said Silas Terry and that said Olive Terry still remains the Widow of said Silas Terry - further deponent saith not
Peter Williams
State of Connecticut, New London county - ss. Be it known that on the 20th day of September 1836. before the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid personally appeared Peter Williams above named and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 nd day of Sept 1836. And I certify that said Peter Williams is a credible person.
Samuel W Wood Notary Public,

I John Packer of Sedyard in the county of New London and State of Connecticut (of Eighty years of age) being duly cautioned and affirmed do depose and say that I enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Amos Stanton, of which Henry Williams was Lieutenant, and in the Regt commanded by Col. Henry Sherburne in the month of March 1778. I joined the army at Westpoint in New York State, thence we were marched to White Plains, afterwards into Connecticut & through it, into to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, afterwards to Bristol & to Newport R. Island, in the beginning of the winter of 1779 (and 80) we were marched through Connecticut again and into New Jersey, where we continued until March 1780, when the Regiment was disbanded, and I was then annexed to Capt. Samuel Williams company in Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regiment. And I do further testify that I was personally acquainted with Silas Herry, deceased, who was formerly of that part of the late town of Groton that has recently been incorporated into a town by the name of Sedyard, that said Herry served as a private, in the company first above named, from the time that I enlisted in March 1778 to March 1780, being two years that said Herry served in the company commanded by the aforesaid Stanton. I also understood, at the time, that said Herry served in said Regt first named the year next preceding the time that I enlisted into it. John Packer
State of Connecticut, New London County - ss
Be it known that on the 23 d day of September 1836 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared John Packer above named and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed on the day and year last above mentioned; and I certify that said Packer is a credible person, I also certify that the word "and" & the figures -'80 were interlined between the tenth & eleventh lines in the above deposition before it was signed by said J Packer. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal - This 23 d day of Sept 1836, Samuel W. Wood Notary Public,

I Thomas Hallet of Sedyard in the County of New London and State of Connecticut (of seventy five years of age) being duly cautioned and affirmed, do depose and say that I enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Amos Stanton, (Henry Williams Lieut) and in the Regiment commanded by Col Henry Sherburne on the first day of March 1778. I joined the Army at Fishkill in New York thence we were marched to Peekskill. I was there inoculated for the smallpox. Thence we were marched to West- point. Thence to White Plains in said New York. Then we were marched north and joined Sullivan's expedition and went to Providence in Rhode Island. Thence to Newport in said R. Island while there we had a severe skirmish with the enemy and were com- pelled to retreat to Bristol. There we wintered. we continued in Rhode Island until the British evacuated the same and went to New York. Then we marched to Newport and to Josephson. while there, orders came from General Washington, for us to march to Morristown in New Jersey, and in pur- suance of said orders, we were marched to said Mor- ristown. and in March following viz. in March 1780 the Regts were disbanded. and I was transferred to Col Samuel B Webb's Regiment. I further testify that I was personally acquainted with Silas Herry, deceased, formerly of that part of Groton the late town of Groton that has recently been incorpo- rated into a new town by the name of Sedyard. (and in the aforesaid County of New London) that said Herry served as a private with me in the same Compa- ny in which I enlisted (being the Company com- manded by the aforesaid Amos Stanton) from the first of March 1778 to March 1780. I also testify that I am well acquainted with Olive Herry of Sedyard aforesaid that she and her children resided in the neighbourhood in which I belonged during the Revolutionary War. that the house in which they resided in the early part of the War aforesaid, was burnt and I was informed that all that they had in the house was burnt, excepting including their clothing, excepting what they had on their backs, and that they were left in very destitute circumstances; that said Silas Herry
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I further testify that said Silas Terry died near the close of the Revolutionary War, and that said Olive Terry still remains the widow of said Silas Terry, and now resides in Ledyard aforesaid, and has resided within six miles of my residence ever since the death of her husband, the said Silas Terry, further deponent saith not.
Thos. Hallet
State of Connecticut, New London County ss
Be it known that on the 20th day of September 1836, before the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for said State personally appeared Thomas Hallet named in the foregoing deposition and made solemn affirmation to the truth of said deposition by him subscribed on the day and year last above mentioned; and I certify that said Thomas Hallet is a credible person.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 d day of Sept. 1836.
Samuel W. Wood Notary Public
I certify that the words " the first day of " were interlined between the fifth & sixth lines of the foregoing deposition; that the word " Groton " in the twenty sixth line was erased, that the word " excepting " in the third line from the bottom, (within,) was erased, & that the words " that said Silas Terry died ", being the last words, within at the bottom were erased, before the foregoing deposition was signed by the aforesaid Thomas Hallet.
Samuel W. Wood Notary Public

Mary Hallet of Ledyard in the County of New London & State of Connecticut, being duly cautioned and affirm- ed, (and being of the age of 74 years) do depose and say that I was personally acquainted with Silas Herry, deceased, formerly of that part of the late town of Groton, that has recently been incorporated into a town by the name of Ledyard: that said Herry was the husband of Oliver Herry now of said Ledyard, that they resi- ded in the same town and in the same neighbour- hood in which I resided, in the early part of the Revolutionary War and that they then had several children, that said Silas Herry died near the close of the Revolutionary War, that I was at his funeral. That said Oliver Herry has, ever since the death of her husband the said Silas Herry remained single and unmarried. I further testify that the house of said Silas Herry in which said Oliver Herry and their children resided was burnt in the early part of the Revolutionary War, and I understood that they lost all that they had in the house by the fire, further deponent saith not.
The word "unmarried" in the sixteenth line.
Mary Hallet
was written in part on an erasure, attest Samuel W. Wood Notary Public, State of Connecticut, New London County - Jo
Be it known that on the 20th day of September 1836, before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid personally appeared Mary Hallet above named and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed on the day and year last above named, and I certify that she is a credible person.
Samuel W. Wood Notary Public,
State of Connecticut, New London County - Jo
Be it known that on the 20th day of September 1836, before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Hallet above named and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above deposi- tion by her subscribed on the day & year last above na- med, and I certify that she is a credible person. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 22 nd day of September 1836, Samuel W. Wood Notary Public,

I Robert Stoddard of Sedyard in the county of New London & State of Connecticut (of seventy nine years of age) being duly cautioned and affirmed, do depose and say that I was personally acquainted with Silas Ferry, deceased, formerly of that part of the late town of Groton, within the county aforesaid, that has recently been incorporated into a town, by the name of Sedyard, that said Ferry was the husband of Olive Ferry now of said Sedyard, that I was acquainted with them in the beginning of the Revolutionary War, that they had several children at that time, that said Silas Ferry was in the army of the revolution, that he died near the close of the revolutionary war, and that Olive Ferry aforesaid has ever since the death of said Silas Ferry remained the widow of said Silas,
Robert Stoddard
State of Connecticut, New London County - ss
Be it known that on the 23 d day of September, 1836 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said State personally appeared Robert Stoddard above named and made solemn affirmation to the truths of the above deposition by him subscribed on the day and year last above mentioned, and I certify that he is a credible person.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 23 d day of Sept 1836.
Samuel W. Wood Notary Public
I certify that the word "nine" in the second line of the above deposition was written in part on an erasure before signing, and that the word "line" in this certificate was interlined above the first line before signing.
Attest Samuel W. Wood Notary Public

I Silas Lamb of Groton in the County of New London and State of Connecticut (of seventy four years of age) being duly cautioned and affirmed, do depose and say that I enlisted in the company commanded by Capt Amos Stanton, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Sherburne in March 1778. I joined the Army at Westpoint in New York State, thence we were marched to White Plains, after which we were marched through Connecticut to Providence in Rhode Island thence to Newport in said Rhode Island where we had a severe battle with the enemy & were repulsed, we retreated to Bristol for winter quarters, we continued in the State of Rhode Island until the British left it and went to New York. Then we were marched to Newport, after that we were marched again through Connecticut to Morristown in New Jersey where we remained until March following (viz in March 1780) when the Regt was disbanded & I was transferred to Capt Williams company in Col Samuel B Noble's Regiment. And I do also testify that I was personally acquainted with Silas Sturtevant deceased who was formerly of that part of Groton that has recently been incorporated into a town by the name of Ledyard, that said Silas Sturtevant served as a private in the aforesaid company commanded by said Amos Stanton from the time that I joined the company until March 1780, further deponent saith not.
Signed in presence of Samuel W Wood Nathan Lamb
Silas his Lamb mark
State of Connecticut, County of New London ss
Be it known that on the 27th day of September 1836 personally appeared, before the subscriber a Notary Public in for the State of Connecticut, Silas Lamb above named and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed on the day and year last above mentioned, and I certify that he is a credible witness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of September 1836
Samuel W Wood Notary Public

Sedgwick 28 th September 1836,
Honoured Sir,
Herewith, I send you the declaration of Olive Ferry Widow of Silas Ferry, deceased, with the testimony in reference thereto. be pleased to receive and examine the same, and if correct, I would thank you to forward to me, a certificate for her as soon as may be convenient.
I would also thank you to inform me, whether the act of the Connecticut pensioners can be obtained in Washington, and if so, at what price they can be obtained and also the act of the 7 th of June 1832.
I am, Sir, very very respectfully your friend and humble servant,
Samuel W Wood.
Hon. James L Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions Washington,

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File No. 22.342 Oliver Sturges Widow of Silas Sturges Pr. New Eng. Act June 7th 86 Index: Vol. 16 , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]