Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25818, for Stephen Hyatt, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Hoyatt, Stephen Eunice
W. 25818
CONTENTS

17,364  Connecticut  Stephen Hyatt  of Fairfield in the State of Conn't who was a private in the Conn't command by Captain Rogers of the Reg't commanded by Col  on the Conn't line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn't at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug. 1832 and due to the Hon. B. B. Russell Receiver
  Arrears to the 4th of Dec' 33  $ 160    Semi-annual allowance ending 4th of Dec' 33  40     $200  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { for June 7, 1832. }  G. C. Huley
Recorded by G. C. Huley Clerk Book E. Vol. 2. Page 17.

3610
Connecticut
Canice Hyatt widow of Stephen Hyatt who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 7th day of February 1852. and sent to
Claimant Norwalk Fairfield Co Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 110 Vol. A
Set to Geo. A. Davenport junr. 16/54, " " " " " " 23 "

Emm Hyatt Widow of Stephen
Act Feb 3/52
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my notes at the time

deponent that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full credit and belief - By testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at said Annapolis the day and year first above written.
George A. Davenport Judge as aforesaid.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County Probate District of Norwalk
on the twenty fourth day of January A.D. 1854 before me George H. Davenport the said acting judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut personally appeared in open Court William K James a resident of Norwalk in said District of lawful age who being duly sworn did on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Stephen Hyatt and Eunice Hyatt his wife now his widow that he knew them for many years before the death of said Stephen. that said Stephen and Eunice lived together and were reputed & believed by their neighbors and acquaintances to be husband & wife, until the death of said Stephen which took place several years ago at said Norwalk that deponent was present at the funeral of said Stephen. he cannot recollect the exact date - that he has known said Eunice since the death of said Stephen and verily believes that she has not intermarried since the death of said Stephen & is now a widow
Wm K James
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year first above written before me the undersigned probate judge of said Court in Norwalk and I certify that I am well acquainted with William K James the above

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at this Small the day and year last above written George Adamport Judge as aforesaid

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } ss Probate District of Norwalk }
On this twenty fourth day of January A.D. 1854, before me George A. Davenport Esq. and acting Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut personally appeared Eli B. Bennett a resident of the town of Norwalk in said District plus being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is about 60 years of age that he has resided in said Norwalk for the space of more than forty years past, that he knew Stephen Haggett and his wife Eunice for many years previous to the death of said Stephen that said Stephen and said Eunice now his widow lived together in said Norwalk as husband and wife and were so generally respected and beloved by their neighbors and acquaintances that said Stephen died at said Norwalk several years ago deponent does not remember the precise time but thinks it was ten or twelve years since that he believes that said Eunice is now the widow of said Stephen and that he believes said Stephen is the identical person who was referred to in the declaration as he has often heard said Stephen speak of receiving his pension money - Subscribed and sworn to this 24 th day of January 1854 before me the undersigned the said acting Judge of said Court in open Court at Norwalk in said District and I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Eli B. Bennett the above deponent, that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full belief and credit.
Eli B. Bennett

and is confident that said Emma has not intermarried since the death of said Stephen and that she is now a widow -
Shubael Elwood
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 rd day of January A.D. 1854 before me the undersigned the sole and acting judge of said Court of Probate in open Court at Small's said District and I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Shubael Elwood the above deponent that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full belief and credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said Small the day and year last above written
George A. Davenport - Judge as aforesaid -

State of Connecticut Fairfield County Probate District of Norwalk
On this 23 rd day of January 1854 before me George A. Davenport Esq. and acting Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut personally appeared in open Court Sherbuck Elovood a resident of the Town of Norwalk in said District who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is sixty four years of age that he has resided in Norwalk most of the time since he was fourteen years of age he may have been away from Norwalk five or six years of that time - that he was well acquainted with Stephen Hyatt and Emma Hyatt his wife now his widow, that he became acquainted with said Stephen as early as the year 1806 and was well acquainted with him to the time of his death that for a considerable part of the time he lived a near neighbor to said Stephen - that said Stephen and Emma lived together as husband and wife and were so generally reported & believed to be that they said Stephen & Emma were the parents or deponent believes of several children some of whom are now living, that deponent has often visited the house of said Stephen during the time said Stephen and Emma so lived together, that they lived together as husband and wife up to the time of the death of the death of said Stephen which took place at said Norwalk several years ago as deponent informed about the year 1842. He has no distinct recollection of the exact date - that he now resides in the neighborhood of said Emma and occasionally visits at her house

time of the death of said Stephen they said Stephen and Emma lived together & were reputed & believed by their neighbours and acquaintances to be husband and wife Isaac Keller
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me the undersigned the clerk and acting judge of said Court at Stormville in said District and further certify that I am well acquainted with said Isaac Keller that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full credit and belief
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at said Stormville the day and year first above written George A. Duncalf judge as aforesaid

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } } Probate District of Norwalk } p
On this 15 th day of July in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut Eunice Hyatt a resident of the Town of Norwalk in the District County and State aforesaid aged seventy seven 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 on the 3 d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Stephen Hyatt who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and received a pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the Act of June 7 th 1832, which was paid at the pension agency in the State of Connecticut
She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Hyatt on the _____ day of May in the year Eighteen Hundred and Nine that her said husband died on the twenty first day of May in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty two that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen Hundred but at the time above stated
She further declares that she

acm 24 mo. per 80
Boyle's Shaver, Vernal

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Probate Court District of South July 14. 1833 Personally appeared the within named Stephen Flyett and being duly sworn in open Court deposed and says in explanation of his declarations herein set forth. That in the Spring of the year 1777 I enlisted in said South into Capt. Jehu Gregory Company under Col. John Meard Gen. Silliman and was on guard and in actual and constant service for the United States as a private soldier for six months.
That on the first of March 1778. I enlisted in the above said Company and officers and was in actual & constant service on guard and on the lines as a private soldier for the United States six months.
That on the first of March 1779 I enlisted in the above said Company and same officers and was in actual and constant service for the United States on guard and on the lines as a private soldier six months.
That on the first of March 1780 I enlisted in said South in Capt. Ozias Mearns Company Col. Stephen M c John & Col. Meard Gen. Silliman and was in constant and actual service for the United States on guard and on the lines and drew pay and rations for one full year.
That on the first of March 1781 I enlisted in said South in said Capt. Ozias Mearns Company Col. Stephen M c John Gen. Meard & Silliman and was in constant and actual service for the United States on guard and drew pay and rations as a private soldier for more than one year.
Stephen Flyett Sworn & subscribed in open Court this day & year herein
Benj. Dyer, Judge
244 m. per comd 60 3/4

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
On this 2 day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before The Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in said County
now sitting, Stephen Hyett a resident of Norwalk. in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged 71 - 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 in the Spring of the year 1777 I enlisted into Capt. Joby Gregory of said Norwalk and served in said Company until the first of March 1780: was in the battle when Danby was burnt and Genl. Wooster killed and in the battle when Fairfield and Norwalk was burnt was engaged in guarding and protecting the sea coast and on the lines under Col John M'Leod. And on the first of March in said Norwalk 1780 I enlisted into Capt. Oyer's Company of State Troops for one year and served my time out in guarding and protecting the sea coast and on the first of March 1781 I again enlisted in said Norwalk into said Capt. Oyer's Company and served them until the end or close of the Revolutionary War. Born in said Norwalk 28 day of May 1761 Recorded in the Family Bible and have always lived in said Norwalk and now live there

The said Stephen Hyett 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.
Stephen Hyett
We, Edwin Hall - a clergyman, residing in the town of Norwich and Edmund Fullto residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Hyett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 - 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 Edmund Fullto
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 Norwich and that Edmund Fullto who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Norwich - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Bonji 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 Stephen Hyett for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office, this 10 day of August 1832.
Chas Isaac Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,818
Connie Wyatt wid of Stephen Wyatt Pr. New Mar
Act Feb 3 d 58
Index: Vol A , Page 362
[Arrangement of 1870.]

For letter of Geo: A. Davenport, to which the letter of the 16 th June 54. of this office was replied. See case of Mrs. Emma Wyatt, wid. of Stephen, of Ct: 114/53.
"R. B."

No 5000
Pension Office
January 31/54
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of Author named pensioner Your &c. &c.
H Burt Esqr
3 and
Present.
J Cole
for Council
Stephen Hey att Act 1832 $80 per Annum, Seized 21 May 1842 Paid.
H Burt Auditor
1 st Febry 54

Brief in the case of Emmie Heyatt widow of Stephen Fairfield County and State of Connecticut act of February 3-1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at $80 per annum & paid to his death May 21st 1842
Allowed $80 per annum to com. Feb 3. 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by credible witnesses Death of pensioner by auditor's report
Identity & Widowhood proved by credible Witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Mrs Emmie Heyatt Norwalk Fairfield Co Conn.
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

James L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions

Fairfield Aug. 9. 1838.
Sir, The pension application of Zachariah Lacey is herewith returned, accompanied by his supplementary declaration & a certificate of the Comptroller of this State, which it is hoped will secure to the claim your favorable consideration.
I am yours very respectfully, G. Tomlinson
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Norwalk, Conn., June 19 th 1854 Hon Loren P. Balde Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir -
I have received your letter of the 16 th inst.
I have examined my memoranda as to the pension of Stephen Hyatt and regret that I gave you the trouble to cause an examination as to that matter. The amount in your letter corresponds with my Mem. and doubtless with the amt named in Mrs H s declaration. I wrote to you as to that matter from recollection, without referring to any document. I pray you excuse my carelessness in this matter and I assure you that hereafter I will endeavour to make no similar blunders.
As I was mistaken in relation to the amount above mentioned, I have taken pains to examine the memoranda in my possession as to the amount of Seth Seymour's pension. I believe you will find on examination that in this case I was entirely correct that said Seth did draw a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum . His certificate, I think you will find, was dated August 26 th 1833.
As I stated in my letter of the 13 th inst Mrs Seymour's certificate is for the sum of Forty Dollars only per annum .
Will you please inform me of the result of your examination & whether a new certificate will be issued for the amount which her husband

received, and also whether it is necessary to have the certificate which she has received surrendered before a new certificate can be issued -
I am very respectfully Your obedt servt George A. Davenport

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Probate Court District of Norwalk Personally appeared Edmund Tuttle of said Norwalk aged 68 being duly sworn according to Law in open Court upon and say that I am well acquainted with Stephen Wyatt of said Norwalk and know that said Wyatt served in Capt. Oyer's Company of State Troops from the first of March 1780 to the first of March 1781 in the Revolutionary War Sworn and Subscribed Augt. Edmund Tuttle 10 th 1832 and that said Edmund Tuttle is a credible Person Benj. Isaac Judge
At the same Court. Personally appeared Azor Phelps of Fallsburg County of Luzerne State of Pennsylvania formerly of said Norwalk aged 67 years being duly sworn in open Court according to Law upon and say that he is well acquainted with Stephen Wyatt of said Norwalk and knows that said Stephen Wyatt belonged to Capt. Oyer's Company of State Troops in said Norwalk on the 2 d of September 1780 and at that time I enlisted into said Company and that said Wyatt served in said Company with the regiment from the open said September to the close or end of the Revolutionary War in guarding and protecting the sea coast and on the lines and further saith not. AZOR Phelps Sworn and Subscribed Augt 10-1832 and that said Azor Phelps is a credible Person Benj. Isaac Judge

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } Probate Court. Deponent of New Canaan July 14. 1833 Personally appeared Stephen Abbott of said New Canaan aged Seventy two years and being duly sworn in open Court depose and says that he is well acquainted with Stephen Hlyett of said New Canaan and knows that said Hlyett enlisted and belonged to Col. John Gregory Company in said New Canaan from the Spring of the year 1777 and was in the service of the United States in said Company as a private Soldier and was on Guard and on the lines Six Months during said year and in the year 1778 said Hlyett was in actual service for the United States in the same Company on Guard and on the lines as a private Soldier Six Months
and in the year 1779 said Hlyett was in actual service for the United States in the same Company and the whole of said term of service under Col. John died on Guard and on the lines Six Months The deponent was in the same service at the same time
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day & year above stated and that said Stephen Abbott is a true & correct Person
Stephen Abbott
Probate Judge