Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17521, for Lemuel Judson, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Judson, Samuel
S. 17521
CONTENTS
Carded

28371 Connecticut No. 28,3
28371 Samuel Indson
of Woodbury in the State of Connecticut who was a pri. & Sergt. in the Com. Ky. commanded by Captain Tomlinson of the Rgt. commanded by Col. Lewis in the Connecticut line for Pm. 16 months Sept. 4. " -
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1834. and O. B. Phelps, Woodbury, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834. 219.99 Semi-ant. allowances ending 4 th Sep. " 36.66 $ 256.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk. Book E 2 Vol. — Page 19 —

✓ Lemuel Hudson
31 Dec Annual precepts 16 months $53.33 4 " " 20 ( ) $73.33
Saturday the 21 st
C B Phelps Woodbury C

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
2 d Q tr 33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
Lemuel Hudson
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     2 20   2 3   2 7 Col Inf   2   1 12   3   3   2 20   2 "  
16.02
The explanation in regard to the service alleged to have been performed in Col Ennis' regt. has not been given. unless this is done a favorable decision cannot be expected. I am, respectfully,
March 25. 1832
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
The services stated are inconsistent with the several courses of the service - especially those in ever served in Ennis's Regt. Further explanation of

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written on a separate sheet, to be attached to the War Department, with the declaration.
778 2 1779. It is very doubtful whether claimant was required.

Connecticut, } ss. District of Woodbury Probate Court
this 12 th day of June 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury, held at Woodbury in Litchfield County. now sitting, Lemuel Hudson a resident of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, aged seventy three 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.
5776
2 Mo. 20 Days Private
On the first day of August 1776 I belonged to a private in the militia company in Huntington Connecticut. The said company was drafted or called out to perform a tour of duty at New York. On the first day of August or during the first week of August 1776 said company was mustered under the command of Capt Brach Tomlinson. Ephraim Curtis was Lieutenant. and we marched to Norwalk. We then embarked on board of a Hoop and sailed to New York City. We have been in New York a few days when the British barrage in the night in the harbor thunder storm I am sure. I was in said company during duty when the American army retreated out of New York and into New Jersey. The British barrage at Frog's neck under Sir Heath I continued during duty in said company until the 21 st day of October. It was a week before the battle of White Plains. I served as a private in this company two two months and twenty days I heard no written discharge. The officers of this company were Brach

Tomlinson Capt. Ephraim Curtis Lieut The Ensign I am unable to remember This company belonged to Col Dennis Regiment Asa Brown was Major Furness Col Chesnelles Regiment at New York and Col Mays Reg't of Leather Caps
I know of no person by whom I can prove my Service in this company & except my Brother Nathaniel Brown whose deposition is hereto annexed
I have made much enquiry but all whom I knew in that company are since sent my Brother,
2
At Ripton Parish then a part of that force on the first of January 1777 I enlisted into Capt John Yates company for two months and continued doing duty in said company as a private until 5 th or 10 th of March same year. This Yates's company belonged to the Regi- ment of Col Eno. or Col Enos, James Morton was Lieutenant and one Rucknell was Ensign. I joined said company at Hartford and was mustered the next day or two days after my enlistment, and was marched from thence to Housatonic our company was quartered a little way from Williamstown near Kingsbridge, I continued in this company two months . I did not receive a written discharge from this Service. I have no other proof
1777
2 months
Private

receive any written discharge I am unable to produce other proof of my service in said company at this time than the attached disposition of Nathaniel Hudson
I have made thorough enquiry.
3
In 5777. on the first a second day of September I enlisted again into a company of foot commanded by John Yates Capt Col Eno was commander of the Regiment I think the the company were never mustered with the Regiment. I served as a private in this company until the fifteen Eigth of November. Service was dismissed without a written discharge, I served two months .
This company formed at Red Bank  Red Bank Ridge on the North River at Pecks Kill & other places on the North or Hudson River It was at West Point at the time or about the time the Artillery taken from Burgoyne was brought there. Captain Blackman is the only witness I have to the authenticity of his deposition is annexed 4 th In 1778 in October a class was made
In 1778 In October a clap was made of 100 men whose sum to furnish a follow
5778
They hire me for a tour of two months.
At present the company commanded by
2, Mo
Capt Hiles Anderson on the last day of October.
Private or first or second of hour 2 and performed duty
as a private  two months in said company
It was at dismissed at a place called

North Street near Rye, and did not receive any written discharges. The orderly Sergeant was Lewis. This company was stationed near Rye and active as a guerrilla. I do not remember of seeing a higher officer in command than Capt Yates. Capt Brinsley's company was near us. I was a sergeant Col. Myles Regiment of Light Artillery. Capt's were near there. Some light Horse were also near us.
Heathcote Hudson's deposition confirmed in all the stated particulars.
5 th In July 1779, not far from the 20 th day, I was drafted to perform a tour of duty of ten  two one month & two weeks and did duty that period at Black 5779 Bush fort. as a private in Capt. Jarvis was Captain. Abie Turney was Lieut. 1 Mo 15. Ds I was discharged at the expiration of the Private for weeks . I received no discharge.
I have no witness by whom to prove this duty. I have made enquiry and find no man alive who knows it and I have also made diligent search for proof in the third & fourth hour of June above mentioned but can find none. Capt. Zachariah Blackman to the third hour & Nathaniel Hudson to the fourth

6 th In 1779 I was liable to be drafted and on the 4 th November I enlisted into Capt John Yates company for one year to do duty. two tours of three months each some time in the year as called for. I joined
1779 3 mo Private the company the day after my enlistment at Fairfax. The officers were Capt John Yates James Burton Lieutenant. Rockwell was Quiggin from Fairfax we marched to Horse neck. after a while we were ordered to Horse neck where there the first three months expired and in February 1780 I returned home to Ripton. and on the 10 or 12 of May I joined said Yates company again at West point and remained
1780 1779 2 mo Private in said company doing duty at West Point. I did much fatigue duty and the beginning of August was unfit for duty. my furlough came for me & I left the fort much of August. I served in both the last tours as a private on foot. I did not receive a discharge in writing
I have made enquiry for proof and can obtain none except the Deposition of my Brother Nathaniel Brown into annexed
Our Company belonged to the Regiment of Col Eno. I remember Capt Ponder

of In the month of October 1781. I was drafted  into to do a tour of duty of two months. I being then liable to do duty the militia and joined Capt. Phoebe Whelen Company. This company was militia and belonged to the 28 Regiment 1781 commanded by Col. John Benjamin 2 mo. on joining the company I was appointed Sergeant and did duty as such until Sergeant 20 day of December. from the 19 October I was discharged by parole and have no written discharge. I lived at Black Rock Harbor Conn.
The Sergeants warrant in see I annex signed by Col Benjamin Lt Col Comman- dant. I have no other proof of service in this company
8 th In April 1782 I was again in force I volunteered under Lieut. James Burton 1782 and on the last of April or first day of 2 mo. May I joined said Burtons detachment which was stationed as a rear court guard Sergeant at Stratford Conn and continued to do duty as a sergeant in said company until 1 July and then said detachment was disbanded. I received no written discharge.

My place of residence during the Revolutionary War (except when in France) was Ripton then a part of Thatford join incorporation into by the name of Huntington. I remained there at the commencement of all my family. Since the war I lived at Ripton until 1803 or 1804 when I removed to Woodbury where I have ever since and also now reside. I was born at Ripton December 9 1757. My age is recorded in my father's great Bible printed in London in 1549.
I have made

or diligent enquiry for further proof of James and can obtain none beside that which is annexed.

I am acquainted with Elijah Dayly and Stephen Dayly my neighbours and with other persons in Woosburn.
The said Samuel Hudson 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.
H. B. Phelps Judge Samuel Hudson of Probate Dist. Woosburn
We, Elijah Dayly  residing , residing in the town of Woosburn and Stephen Dayly residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hudson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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.
H. B. Phelps  Elijah Dayly Judge Probate Stephen Dayly District of Woosburn
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 Elijah Dayly who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident resident in the town of Woosburn and that Stephen Dayly who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Woosburn and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
H. B. Phelps Judge of Probate for District of Woosburn
Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate, in the District of Woosburn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hudson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Office, this 12 th day of June 1833
Nathan Preston Clerk

Samuel Hudson
Militer Connecticut
Reply to AB Phillips Esq Woodbury Conn

In the matter of the applica- tion of Lemuel Judson, for a pension.
Nath. Judson's Affidavit.
Said County this twenty eighth day of July 1832.
E. A. Jencks Clerk.

State of New York } City of Albany }
In this twenty seventh day of July 1832, before Christian H. Shear, one of the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Albany, Nathaniel Judson of the said City, aged seventy eight years and upwards, who by reason of great bodily infirmity and weakness, is wholly unable to walk or be ridden to the said Justices Court, occasioned by a long continuance of Rheumatism, who being first duly sworn according to Law, on his Oath says that he formerly was a resident of Stratford in Connecticut, and is well and intimately acquainted with Daniel Judson formerly of Stratford aforesaid, and that he perfectly recollects that he was in the service in the course of the Revolutionary War — He well remembers his having served under Capt. Beach Tomlinson in New York with the Militia, and was out for about three months — That in the next winter he marched to Kingsbridge under General Wooster, to take the fort there, and that he was out in service for about two months — He next enlisted into Capt. John Yates's company, of Ripton for one year, and after serving six months of that time, he was taken sick at West Point, and was taken home by his father, and continued unfit for service during the remainder of the year — He afterwards, and upon recovering his health, was placed on the alarm list, and marched to Rye and New Rochelle, under Capt. Judson of Stratford; and served for two months and upwards —
Sworn to & subscribed, at the City of Albany, by Nathaniel Judson, who by reason of Rheumatism is unable to hold a pen to write, and therefore is constrained to make his Mark before me
his Nathaniel Judson Mark
C. H. Shear Justice of the Peace One of the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Albany,

City & County of Albany Clerks Office S.P. I hereby certify that Christian H Shear was at the date of the within certi- ficate Affidavit
City & County of Albany Clerks Office S.P. I hereby certify that Christian H Shear whose signature is affixed to the within Affidavit, was on the day of the date of the same purports to have been taken a justice of the peace in and for the City of Albany duly qualified according to law and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the sig- nature C H Shear thereto subscribed to be his own prop- er hand writing
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this twenty eighth day of July 1832.
C. A. Van Eych clerk
rather of the applica- tion for a
trans Affidavit.

I Zachariah Blakeman of Stratford in Fairfield County of Lawful age - Do hereby Depose & say, that in the year 1777 at the time the British Trops were up the North river & about the time that Burgains Army was taken, I was a Soldier & served in a Company of Volunteers under the Command of Capt. John Yates for the term of two months & a few days - that Lemuel Judson then of said Stratford, but now of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield was a Soldier & Served in the same Company with me Two Months & some few days more - Zachariah Blakeman
Fairfield County ss. Stratford August 8 th 1832 - Then and there personally appeared Zachariah Blakeman, & signed the above affidavit and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same -
- - before me - - Huntington Tomlinson Justice of Peace
On the above and state above I certify that the said Zachariah Blakeman is to me personally known and is a credible & reputable witness Huntington Tomlinson Jus. of Peace

State of Connecticut } ss. I Thomas Bloome Clerk of the County Fairfield County } Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Huntington Toulminson Esquire is now and for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned and duly authorised to administer oaths & take Depositions. I further certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Huntington Toulminson Esquire and verily believe that the official signatures to the Certificates on the other side hereof, purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 12 th day of July A D 1833
Thomas Bloome Clerk said County Court

State of Connecticut Probate Court } for District of Woodbury
On this 21 st day of December 1833. personally ap- peared before the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury held at Woodbury in Litchfield County, now sitting Samuel Judson a resident of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration supple- mentary to his original declaration made in this Court on the 12 th of June 1833 - in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he has made diligent search and faithful in person, for further testimony and has sent an agent into the town of Ripton and the country adjacent, who after a thorough and lengthy an examination inquiry has been enabled to procure only the Deposition of Col. Asahel Judson herewith trans- mitted, by an examination of which and by conversation with Col. Judson whom he has since seen, he is convinced that he has omitted a term of two months and 18 days, in December and January 1777 and 1778, as is shown by the Deposition - Sam l Judson
Sworn and subscribed before said Court on the day and year aforesaid
Ebenezer Phelps, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury

State of Connecticut. } Probate Court } for Woodbury District. December 27, 1833 -
Ebenezer Phelps Clerk of the Court of Probate for the the District of Woodbury, hereby certify that the foregoing contains all the original and supplementary proceedings had in this Office, in the matter of the application of Samuel Judson for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, at Woodbury, on the day and year aforesaid -
Ebenezer Phelps, Clerk

30,864
Samuel Hudson

State of Connecticut } Probate Court } for Woodbury (District) December 2 nd , 1833
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally appeared before me Charles B. Phelps Judge of Probate for the District of Woodbury, duly comm- issioned and sworn. Col. Asa Judson of Ripton parish and county of Fairfield, to me personally known and whom I certify to be a credible witness, who being first duly cautioned and sworn, on his oath declares and says that in the fall of 1777 after Burgoyne was taken, in Ripton parish now Huntington a company was raised of volunteers and chose John Yates captain. In this Company I enlisted as a private and continued to do duly until the expiration of the term of two months and 18 days commencing in December I believe. Before that time I knew Samuel Judson of Woodbury, from childhood and know said that Samuel Judson entered as a volunteer in said Company and continued to serve as a private with me, until the expiration of said two months and 18 days and was dismissed at Manhattan, New York, with me about March 1778. I knew said Samuel Judson from this whole time with me - under said Capt. Yates
Sworn and subscribed before me Chas B. Phelps Judge Asa Judson of Probate District of Woodbury

Probate Court
District of Woodbury
Be it remembered that on this 28 day of April 1834 personally appeared before said Court. Samuel Hudson of Woodbury and by way of supplementary declaration to obtain in addition to his declaration made in said Court on the 12 June 1833. to obtain a pension under the act of 1831. declares. That he has made since his last declaration further enjoining as to the service by him claimed in Ennis Regiment. During the 1 st Year as enumerated in the original declaration. since now thinks he gave in the original declaration the wrong date to his service from commencing with Abraham Smith & Ephraim Hudson whose dispositions are considered. he now believes his service in Ennis Regiment under Capt Yates began in May or June 1778 and continued. That is the 2 nd Year in the fall of that year or beginning of 1779.
Sam d Hudson
Worth before me
W. B. Phelps Judge of Probate
he has
of Woodbury District of Woodbury

State of Connecticut } Probate Court } for Woodbury District April 29. 1834
I Edm d M c Phelps, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings had in this Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hudson for a Pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, at Woodbury on this 29 day of April 1834
Edm d M c Phelps Clerk

Probate Court
District of Woodbury
April 29 1834
Be it remembered that on the said 29 April 1834 Personally appeared before said Court Ephraim Mowson of Bethlem in the County of Litchfield of lawful age whom the Court certify to be a credible witness and on oath declares that in the month of June 1778 he was a private in Col Mowry Moorly's Regiment at West point and knows that Col Enos Regiment of minute men lay at West point at the same time said Moorly's Regiment was there and that in the fall of the same year Enos Regiment was at the same place and encamped his there the beginning of 1779. or the close of 1778
Sworn before me
Ephraim Mowson
A. D. Phelps Judge of Probate Dist Woodbury
Be it remembered that Abraham Smith of Bethlem personally appeared before said Court whom whom the Court certify to be a credible witness and on oath declares and says that in the year 1778 he
of Prob. Dist. of Woodbury

was a private in Capt Gillette company in Col Ennis Regiment. since that said Regiment was in June in June 1778 at that point Col Ennis Regiment was at the same place and that said Ennis Regiment was kept in foot in June until the close of the year 1778
Abraham Smith
Sworn before me
H B Phelps Judge of Probate Dist Woodbury

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MRR/eel
April 6, 1929
Honorable Clarence E. Hancock House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Hancock:
In response to your letter of April 2, 1929, with which you enclosed one, addressed to this bureau, from Mr. Mansfield J. French, 707 Summer Avenue, Syracuse, New York, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 17521, it appears that Lemuel Judson was born, December 9, 1759, at Ripton.
While residing at Ripton, then a part of Stratford, later called Huntington, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From August 1, 1776, in Captain Beach Tomlinson's Company, Colonel Lewis' Regiment, was in the retreat from New York City and was discharged October 21, 1776; from January 1, 1777, until about March 6, 1777, in Captain John Yates' Company; from about September 1, 1777, until about November 5, 1777, under the same captain; from in December, 1777, two months and eighteen days in Captain John Yates'

Company; from October 31, 1778, two months in Captain Stiles Judson's or Captain Yates' Company; from July 20, 1779, six weeks in Captain James' Company; from November 4, 1779, three months in Captain John Yates' Company; from about May 12, 1780, until the first week in August, 1780, in the same company; a part of the above service was in Colonel Eno's Regiment.
He enlisted, October 19, 1781, served as sergeant in Captain Ichabod Wheeler's Company, Colonel John Benjamin's Regiment and was discharged December 20, 1781; from about April 30, 1782, he served as sergeant under Lieutenant James Burton, and was discharged July 1, 1782.
He remained in Ripton until 1803 or 1804 and then moved to Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he lived when he was allowed pension on his application executed June 12, 1833.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
His brother, Nathaniel Judson, who was residing in Albany, New York, in 1832, then aged seventy-eight years, served a part of the time with him during the Revolution.
The above noted Lemuel Judson is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of

this bureau and said records fail to afford any information in regard to a John Judson, who was born, March 30, 1739, and died, February 5, 1823, or to any Joel Bassett.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Col. Benjamin's Warrant to Sergeant Lemuel Judson.
Col. Benjamin's Warrant to Sergeant Lemuel Judson.
Lemuel Judson. S t . 1752. Conn

To Mr Samuel Judson Greeting. Reposing special Trust & confidence in your Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, I do hereby constitute and appoint you the said Samuel Judson Sergeant of the 4 th Company of the 28 th Regiment of Militia of this State; whereof I am Lt Col Com d and you are hereby required diligently and faithfully to attend to, and execute & discharge the Office and Duty of Sergeant in said Company, in all the parti- culars wherein your Office hath relation, in the service of this State, according to the Rules & articles of War, established by Law of this State. As Witness my Hand and Seal this 19 th Day of October Annoque Domini 1701.
John Benjamin Lt Col Com d

17 521 INVALID.
1929-Apr. 6, Hict to Hon Clarence Co. Hancock, MEE
File No. 17.521
Lemuel Judson Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 29
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

CLARENCE E. HANCOCK 35TH DIST. NEW YORK
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
April 2, 1929.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
My dear Commissioner:
I am enclosing request from Mr. Mansfield J. French, 707 Sumner Avenue, Syracuse, New York, which is self-explanatory.
If it is possible for you to comply with his request, I shall appreciate it if you will do so.
Sincerely yours,
C. E. Hancock

Syracuse, Mch. 20, 1929.
United States Pension Department, Washington, D. C..
Dear Sirs:
I shall appreciate your kindness in giving me full information regarding Revolutionary service, applications for pension and data relating to the families of the following persons:
who was ✓ John Judson of Huntington (Ripton, or Stratford) Fairfield Co., Conn., b. Mch. 30, 1739 (?) d. Feb. 5, 1823; called Ensign and Captain.
Lemuel Judson of Huntington (Ripton or Stratford) Fairfield Co., Conn., dates of birth and death unknown; called Lemuel Judson, Senior. Called Ensign Judson. Father of (?) Lemuel Judson Jr. of same place.
only ✓ Lemuel Judson Jr. of Huntington (Ripton or Stratford) Fairfield Co. Conn., a pensioner residing at ----- , Litchfield Co., Conn. in 1832.
Lemuel Judson, son of John Judson, of Huntington, Conn., b. about 1764, d. Mch. 26, 1842; had wife Sarah and son John; buried Huntington, Ct..
Polly( or Mary) Judson, widow of Esquire Judson (possibly Lemuel) of Huntington (Ripton or Stratford) Conn.; d. Nov. 4, 1817(?)
only Mansfield Nichols (Corp, 1?) Connecticut pensioner residing in Vermont, pensioned under act of 1818. He was b. abt. 1744 in Stratford, Conn.. Especially desire to know where he lived about 1818 and after, names mentioned in records and dates.
Joel Bassett (wife Ann or Bathsheba?) probably enlisted from Newtown, Fairfield Co., Conn., b. Oct. 15 (or Jan. 11?) 1734; date of death unknown.
I shall be very grateful for such information as you may be pleased to give me regarding any of the above persons.
Respectfully yours,
Mansfield J. French
707 Sunner Ave., Syracuse, N. Y..