Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36600, for Jabez Huntley, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Huntley, James
S. 36600
CONTENTS

3544.
Connecticut Roll
Saber Huntley, Capt Jewett Co private.
Connecticut Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Oct r 1818 and sent to Jeremiah G. Brainard Esq. New London Connecticut
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 40.80   Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00   Arrears 5 Mo 3/30 $88.80 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 13th March, 1818. }
One year
Continued under Act March 1822 Lynde New London
Copy of Roll sent to Jeremiah G. Brainard Esq. New London Conn. 28 th June 1818

State of Connecticut New London County, ss Lyme April 27 th A.D. 1818
Be it remembered that at said Lyme on this 27 th day of April A.D. 1818 before me Jeremiah G. Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut personally came and appeared Salub Huntley of the Town of Lyme in the County of New London in said State of Connecticut and being duly and solemnly sworn according to the usage of said State did on his said solemn Oath by me to him administered declare depose and say that some time in the Month of January A.D. 1776 he enlisted as a Soldier for the term of One Year in Capt. Joseph Jewett's Company in Col. Jedediah Huntington's Regiment in the Connecticut line in the Continental Establishment that he faithfully served the term of time for which he enlisted and that on or about the first day of January 1777 at Crown Point in the State of New York he was discharged he thinks he received no written discharge that if he did it has since been lost or destroyed that from his reduced circumstances he is in need of assistance from his Country for support that he is now in the 78 th year of his age and now is and ever has been a National Citizen of the United States that from his reduced circumstances he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
his Jewett X Huntley Mark
Sworn before me the Day and Date above said
In witness whereof I have caused the Seal of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut to be hereunto affixed at New London in the State of Connecticut the Day Month and Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Jeremiah G. Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of said State.

Brave Judge - I hope that the poor are in need of assistance from the Governor of Prussia
eternal
W. B. ...
Yours sincerely

I, General G. Brainerd Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joby Huntley did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the often mentioned act of Congress. The foregoing declaration was made to me as the applicant declared in order to obtain the provision of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
Witnes my hand and the seal aforesaid April 2 nd 1818 G. Brainerd Judge Superior Court State of Connecticut July 8 - 1818 -
I, General G. Brainerd Judge as aforesaid do certify that Joby Huntley the foregoing applicant is poor and is indigent inasmuch as he has no means of subsistence from his country for support - G. Brainerd Judge as aforesaid
affidavit
Joby Huntley

Isaac Huntley -
3544
Lyme
Oct 18
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State and District of Connecticut, ss. City & County of New London
ON this thirteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the City Court holden at New London within and for the City of New London in said State, on the first day of July 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment. Jobz Huntley aged eighty years, resident in the town of Syme in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he the said Jobz Huntley enlisted for the term of One year on the first day of January in the year 1776 in Syme in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Hewitt in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sebastian Hunkington in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until the first of January 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in Tappan in the state of New York That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the second day of April 1818 ; and had transmitted to him a certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 3544
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- scribed.
That I am by occupation a labourer and have no family of mine with my sister Peggy who is about sixty four years old & quite poor I am very infirm & afflicted with a bad rupture in the groin before I obtained my pension I was partially supported by the town of Syme where I am settled Jobz Huntley
Schedule at present annexed to the above by me sworn to and subscribed

nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
That I am by occupation a labourer on land have no family & live with my sister Peggy who is about sixty four years old & quite poor I am very infirm & afflicted with a bad rupture in the groin before I obtained my pension I was partially supported by the town of Byme where I am settled Gabez Huntley
Schedule of Property annexed to the above by me own to me and subscribed    Two chains $0.34 One axe $0.50   One spade 50 One hoe 25   3 plates 12   2 knives & forks 12   3 cups & saucers 10 amounting to $2.22   1 old table 12   1 old chest 17   Gabez Huntley
Sworn to and declared on the Third day of July 1820 before the New London City Court  William Mainard Clerk.
I, William T. Mainard Clerk of the County Court for New-London County , do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said New London City Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is two dollars and Twenty (20) cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Third day of July 1820
Wm T Mainard Clerk of the County Court for the County of New London  City Court of the City of New London

36 600
Rev INVALID.
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File No. 36,600
Jabez Hunter Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 199
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The Hon'ble
FREE
John E. Calhoun
War Department
Washington -

New London July 13 th 1820.
Sir The papers to contain the Tension Saber Huntley is enclosed. He wishes result communicated to me
With much respect
Your Oble serv ant
Wm Lloyd
The Honble The Secretary of War of the United States

John P. King

State of Connecticut fs
I do hereby certify that on the twenty- eth day of May A D 1818 - Calvin Selden of Lynn in New London County Connecticut, was, and ever since hath been, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of New London in said State of Connecticut duly qualified and acting under the authority of said State - and that the signatures to the attesta- tion of the within Affidavits & certificate are his signs
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court in said New London County, at New London this 26th day of September A D 1818
Charles Lathrop Clerk

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