Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17514, for James Jelliff, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Jelliff, James
NUMBER
S. 17514
CONTENTS
Carded
This soldier's widow Eunice was pensioned on acct. of the services of her former husband John Lockwood (H. 26166)

agent d. Williams
Died Oct 24, 1840
Connecticut 1756
James Cluff 1756
Enrolled in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Conn. commanded by Captain McLean of the Regt commanded by Col. ... on the Conn. line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug. 1833 and due to Mrs. P. Cluff widow
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 160 Sem-ant. allowance ending 1 Sep. 33 40
$200
Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. C. Hall Clerk Book E. Vol. 2, Page 21.

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The said James Jelliff hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid: James Jelliff
We, Edwin Hall a clergyman, residing in the town of Newark and Samuel Burs residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Jelliff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Edwin Hall Samuel Burs
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Edwin Hall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Newark and that Samuel Burs who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Newark and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Benj. Isaac Judge
I, Charles Isaac Clerk of the said Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Jelliff for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office, this 2 of Augt - 1832.
Chas. Isaac Clerk

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield S t Probate Court District of Stamford
Feb y 9 1833 Personally appeared before said Court James Jelliff of said Stamford the within named Lieutenant and being duly sworn in open Court, deposes and says in affidavit of the within declaration that on the first day of March 1777 I enlisted in the Capt. Ozen's Mountain Company of Artillery or coast guards under the Col. John Mott and Col. Stephen St. John and continued in said service and was in guard every third night and a drum fire and rotations until the last day of August 1781 making said service two years and six months
On the said last day of August or the first of September 1781 I went on a scout party as a horse soldier the Capt. none can recollect the Sergeant of the Company name was Wiley and under Major Haskell Col. Fairfield and Genl. M c Dougall and was in retreat service as is here stated until the first of December 1781 making three months and less in retreat service as is here stated as a private soldier during said time
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year above said Benj. D. S. Judge

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
On this 2 d day of Aug t 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before The Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in said County
now sitting, James Tiffey — a resident of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged 72 — years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. — That on the first day of March 1778 in said Norwalk I enlisted into Capt. Ozias Mawson's Company of State troops for one year and served my time out. That on the first day of March 1779 I again enlisted in said Norwalk into Capt. Ozias Mawson's Company of State troops and served one year and was then discharged in said Norwalk in August 1781. I went as a substitute for my Father Thomas Tiffey and went to Danbury and joined the Company and was marched from Danbury to West Point cannot now recollect the Capt's name. Served under Genl. M c Douglass for three months and was discharged at West Point. The last part of my Service I was engaged in guarding and protecting the Prisoners under Col. John M c Leod. I never had any Military discharge and have no documentary evidence of my Service. Born in said Norwalk April 8 1760 my age was recorded in my family bible which was burnt. Year 1830 when my home was burnt have always lived in said Norwalk and now live there.

It is a very beautiful day. The sun is shining brightly. I have been thinking about the past. It seems like a lifetime ago. The old house is still standing, but everything looks so different now. I wish I could go back for just one day, to feel that sense of peace we once had. But time moves on, and we must move with it.
That night in the garden, when the moon was full, we were so happy. I can still feel the cool breeze and smell the flowers. But now, the garden is overgrown and the windows of the house are broken. It's a sad thing to think about. I hope you are well, and that you have found some peace of your own. I have been very busy lately, but I have managed to find some time to write to you. I hope you will be able to read this when you have a chance. I am truly yours, as ever.
Yours sincerely, John Doe

September 11, 1933
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BA-3/REL James Jelliff-S.17514 John Lockwood-W.26166
Miss Ellen A. Wood Ridgeville Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Jelliff, a pensioner.
A careful examination of all papers in two claims for pension, that of James Jelliff, S. 17514, and that of his widow, Eunice, based upon service of her former husband, John Lockwood, W. 26166, has been made, and the data given below as found in those claims. Special attention has been given to service, residences, ages, family, etc., all of which are incorporated in this report.
James Jelliff S.17514
James Jelliff (as he signed pensioned Jelliff ), the son of Thomas, was born April 8, 1760, in Norwalk, Connecticut. The name of his mother is not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in said Norwalk, he enlisted March 1, 1778, and served until the latter part of August, 1781, as a private in Captain Ozias Marvin's Company, Colonel John Mead's Connecticut Regiment, and was engaged in guarding the sea shore; he again enlisted about September 1, 1781, served three months as a substitute for his father as a private in Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1833, while residing in Norwalk, Connecticut, where, he stated, he had always resided.
He died October 24, 1840.
There are no data as to wife and children, in this claim - on orig.
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John Lockwood W.26166
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Lockwood are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Newton, Connecticut, he enlisted early in the spring of 1781, and served nine months as a shore guard in Captain Thomas Nash's Connecticut Company.
The soldier married October 24, 1784, Eunice Smith. Their marriage was recorded on the records of the church in the parish of Greens Farms, town of Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died June 30, 1821; his age was not given; his widow, Eunice, married July 16, 1824, James Jelleff, who died October 24, 1840.
Eunice Jelleff (as she signed pensioned Jelleff ) was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, John Lockwood, on her application executed December 31, 1844, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resided in Norwalk, Connecticut.
No reference is made to children by either marriage.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Eunice Joliff (W.26166), you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
(as her name was borne on the pension roll) Eunice Joliff, Certificate No. 1301, issued August 19, 1848, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Connecticut Agency.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss Probate Court District of Norwalk Personally appeared before said Court Augt. 2 1832 Isaac Fellow of said Norwalk aged 71 years and being duly sworn according to Law in open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with James Jelliff of said Norwalk and knows that said Jelliff served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Byers Maurice Company of State troops from the first day of March 1778 to the first day of March 1780 and that he served in said Company during said time of time sworn & subscribed in open Court
Benj. Isaac Judge
Isaac Fellow
At the same Court Personally appeared Edmund Fuller of said Norwalk aged 68. and being duly sworn according to Law in open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with James Jelliff of said Norwalk and knows that said Jelliff served in Capt. Byers Company of State troops during the Revolutionary War from the first day of March 1778 to the first day of March 1780 - and that in the year 1781 the said Jelliff served three months at West point under Genl. Mc Dougall sworn and subscribed in open Court. Benj. Isaac Judge
Edmund Fuller
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield } ss Probate Court District of Norwalk
Feby. 9. 1833. I do hereby certify that Isaac Fellow and Edmund Fuller who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing depositions are well known to me and that they are credible persons
Benj. Isaac Judge

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Gillipp which require farther proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? grades not stated
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
NO - It is necessary the regimental officers be given VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — No — Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For — year — — — months and — — — days, I served as a — — — — —. For — — — months and — — — days, I served as a — — — — —; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

17514 INVALID.
1908 July 15. Hrt. to Smith Ely Jelliffe G. M. H. White M.D. letter ret'd. M.D. 1908 July 22. Letter to abn. & relation to col. father 1933 - Sept 11 - Visit to Miss Ellwood Wood Elof
File No. 17514
James Jelliffe His Pres. was
Act: June 7 th 39
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 446
[Arrangement of 1870.]

OFFICE HOURS 10-1 TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY MONDAY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY BY APPOINTMENT TELEPHONE 442 PLAZA
SMITH ELY JELLIFFE, M.D. 64 W. 50TH ST., NEW YORK
July 18, 1908.
Mr. J.E.Davenport, Acting Commissioner of Pensions Washington.
My Dear Mr.Davenport:- I am in receipt this morning of a letter from you to Dr.William A.White of Washington,giving me some information concerning a James Jelleff, for which kindly accept my sincere thanks. It contains just the information that I wanted, namely the name of James Jelleff's father, Thomas.
Is it barely possible that a reason should be mentioned in the pension papers why James should have enlisted on September 1st.1781,as a substitute for his father Thomas Jelleff - old age, sickness or what not? I am particularly anxious to get at the birth of this particular Thomas Jelleff,now that I am positive that he was the father of James,which I had surmised before,and,if the records of the pension office offer any clues,may I make bold to ascertain.
Thanking you for your courtesy, believe me Very sincerely yours.

Record Division.
July 28, 1908.
Smith Ely Jelliffe, M. D., 64 West 56" Street, New York, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 18" and received the 20" inst., you are advised that the declaration of Joseph Joll eff is very brief, being a concise statement of his services, in which he simply said "I went as substitute for my Father Thomas Jelleff, and went to Danbury and joined the company and was marched from Danbury to West Point, cannot now recollect the Captain's name, served under Lieutenant Green, Major Haskell, Col. Canfield and Gen'l McDougall for three months, and was discharged at West Point".
There is no further mention of soldier's father, nor is the date of his birth stated.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

July 15, 1908.
Smith Ely Jelliffe, M. D.,
c/o William A. White, M. D.,
Government Hospital for the Insane,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 22" ultimo and received in this Bureau on the 15" inst., you are advised that from the papers in claim, Surv. File 17514, it appears that James Jelleff was born April 8, 1760 at Norwalk, Conn., where he enlisted March 1, 1779 as Private in Capt. Ozias Marvin's company of coast guards under Colonels John Head and Stephen St. John and served until August 31, 1781.
On Sept. 1, 1781 he enlisted as a substitute for his father, Thomas Jelleff, and served as a Private under Lieutenant Green (Captain's name forgotten), Major Haskell and Col. Canfield, until discharged at West Point the first of December 1781.
He was allowed pension on an application executed Aug. 2, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Norwalk, where he had always resided.
The record shows that soldier died October 24, 1840. There is no further data on file in regard to his family.
Very respectfully,
See John Lockwood 71.26166 Acting Commissioner.

Ridgeville, Indiana July 28, 1933.
Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Re. James Jelleff . State of Connecticut .
Jelleff may be spelled various ways, with an o or an i when the l is in the above. No two people seem to spell it alike.
James Jelleff, pensioner in 1832, residing in Fairfield Co., and in 1840, residing in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., age 81 years. Enlisted February 20, 1782 as private in Capt. Ozeas Marvin's company raised in the town of Norwalk for defence of said town, discharged May 15, 1782. The above service was in the state of Conn.
If the above pension papers can be found in your department,

and if members of the family are mentioned or otherwise identification can be made, I shall want photostatic copies. So please state cost of same.
I shall be very glad if the proper search is made for the record, as it surely must be in the Pension Department.
Very truly yours, (Miss) Ellen A. Wood.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jelly, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13255 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 12, 1790 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.