Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5431, for Roswell Hurd, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hurd, Roswell
R. 5431
CONTENTS
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6904
J452
Roswell Howard
Page 71
6716
7 Sep 1832 17 Nov 1832
Bloore & Hurlbatt Waterford, Saratoga co N. York

6904
BRIEF in the case of  Roswell Hurd  Milton,  Co of Saratoga  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  How old is he? 69 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     "Early in Sep r In 1780" 3 As a Substitute Gen. Sedgwick, Col. Haws, St. Simonds, Col. Webb.   "on his return" 21 Private Col. Young, St. Simonds, Col. Webb.   June 1781 6 Marine on Board the "Scourge" Col. Eldikin, St. Greenleaf  
 In what battles was he engaged?  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Windham, Connecticut.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I. Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

In the Matters of Roswell Fland Revolutionary Soldier Declaration for a Pension
Hon. H. C. Martindale H R
John M c Lonely hill Washington County N o York

State of New York
County of Saratoga
On this first day of January A.D. 1835 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Saratoga Common Pleas now sitting Roswell Hurd a resident of the Town of Waltham in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aged Seventy three years on the fourteenth day of December A.D. 1834 who being first duly 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 th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
That while he lived in the town of Windham and County of Windham and State of Connecticut, he on the first day of September A.D. 1877 he entered the Service of the United States in the new Levies of Connecticut line for nine Months as a Substitute for Abel Clark under whom he was placed as an Apprentice and who had been drafted - under the command of Capt Brown - Lieut Young and Ensign Nathan Simmons that he raised his company at Scotland then called in Connecticut and there was marched to Lebanon when he joined Col Hobb's Regiment of State Troops was there marched through the towns of Bolton - Hebron to Connecticut River and crossed the same at Lovejoy's ferry then marched to Pittsfield mountain where he encamped was there marched on to and for Bennington Vermont before he arrived there and in the town of Pownal he was informed that the Battle of Bennington had terminated he was then marched towards Stillwater after Burgoyne and marched through New Lebanon Springs to Greenbush on the river Hudson opposite of Albany where he encamped while there he received information that Burgoyne and Army were taken and made prisoners of War after remaining there several days he was marched down Hudson river to Kingslandhook and there he encamped where he learned that Cornwallis had marched to the South after remaining there four weeks under arms and in the latter part of December he was marched to Windham for Winter Quarters where he was Garrisoned in a Fort called Trumbull on the river Thames where he remained and did Garrison duty until in the month of June A.D. 1878 at which time his term of 9 Months expired and he was discharged by parole and he further saith he served and did his duty faithfully as a Private Soldier nine Months he thinks he saw no other Troops either Regular or Militia during this Campaign.
9, Mo

That while he lived in the town of Windham aforesaid and in the Month of May A. D. 1781 he was drafted for three Months in Connecticut State Troops or New Levies and he entered the United States Service under the command of Capt. Peeps Lieut. Abby and Ensign Minor Hunting and joined Col. Webb Regiment of State Troops and was Marched through Norwich Landing to New London crossed the river Thames and was Marched to Granton Fort where he was Stationed as a Guard and did Garrison duty under Col. Ledyard who command the Fort (who was afterwards killed with his own sword by the hand of a British Officer after he had Surrendered) untill in the month of August when his term of Service expired and he was discharged by parole
3. Mo
That he did his duty faithfully as a private Soldier three Months He has no recollection of then being any Troop except his regiment during this Campaign
and this declarant further saith that while he lived in Windham aforesaid and in the Month of September A. D. 1781 he volunteered and entered the Service under the command of Capt. Bill Young Lieut. David Young and he was Marched to Granton Fort Commanded by Col. Webb and he was employed in repairing Granton Fort after having been taken by General Arnold
2 Mo one week
where he remained bound to the Service for the term of nine weeks when he served as a private Soldier faithfully That he cannot now recollect of any Regular or Militia Officer or regiment other than his own
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service except Lundy Shaw whose affidavit is hereto annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of the State of any State or territory Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
He _____ residing in the town of _____ and _____ residing in town of _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Roswell Hazard who has Subscribed

Plainfield, Windham County  1 st That he was born in the town of Wallingford  Plainfield in the State of Connecticut in the year of 1761  2 That there is no record of his age except a family record to his knowledge  3 That when he when he was called into the service he lived in the town of Windham in the State of Connecticut when he lived until the close of the revolution - and has lived since the revolution in the towns of Galloway and Charlton and in the town of Northumberland now Wilton, Moreau & Northumberland where he now lives and has lived thirty two years, the last mentioned towns are in the County of Saratoga State of N.Y.  4 That he was called into the service first as a Substitute for Abel Clark and secondly he was drafted the third time he volunteered  5 That he recollects of being and knowing Gen Sedgwick Col. Skibb, Maj. Ripley, Capt. Brown, Capt. Ruff does not recollect any other Regular or Militia Officers or Regiments that the circumstances are as near as he can recollect as set forth in his said declaration  6 That he never received a written discharge  7 That Cyrus Perry Lynde Emerson Dudley Emerson Seth Perry Henry Reynolds Sheloak Cornock Lundy Shaw Samuel Hoag and many others who knew him in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and of his services in the Revolution 
Sworn to and Subscribed } Roswell Hurd the day and year aforesaid }
in Open Court At Woodruff Clerk
We Samuel Hoag a Clergyman residing in the town of Wilton Saratoga County and Lynde Emerson residing in the town of Wilton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Roswell Hurd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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 } Samuel Hoag the day and year aforesaid } Lynde Emerson
in Open Court At Woodruff Clerk
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 Samuel Hoag and Lynde Emerson who has signed the preceding certificate

is a clergyman resident in the town of Wilton that Lyndus Emerson who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Wilton and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Saratoga Common Please do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Roswell Hazard for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fifth day of January 1834
A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York } Washington County }
Lucindy Shaw of the town of Caldwell County of Warren and State of New York being duly sworn according to law deponeth and says that Roswell Hurd whose declaration is hereto annexed is a brother to this deponent and that he was an apprentice bound to Abbe Clark who lived near her Father's and that in August she thinks Abbe Clark was drafted from the Militia in Connecticut State and that her brother Roswell Hurd entered the Service in the Connecticut State Troops she thinks in first of September A. D. 1877 as a Substitute for Abbe Clark as she then understood for nine Months or more that she recollects well when he shouldered his pack at her Father's house and left home also that he was gone a long time she thinks more than nine Months certainly as long as nine Months she recollects well that she was then informed that her brother Roswell Hurd above named went first on his way to Bennington then marched on his way to Stillwater but Burgoyne's being taken before he arrived he was then marched on his way for Cornwall but finally took up his winter Quarters in Windham was afterwards Garrisoned in Trumbull Fort —
This deponent further says that her brother Roswell Hurd lived in the year A. D. 1781 in the town of Windham where he had lived and this deponent will remember of then hearing that her said brother was drafted for three Months and entered the Connecticut State Troops and was marched to Grafton Fort to repair the same where he remained in Garrison three Months — and this deponent further states she recollects that in September A. D. 1881 the Militia all turned out in Mass and she was informed then her said brother Roswell went with them and was gone nine weeks Subscribed and sworn before me this 3 rd day of October A. D. 1834 I also certify that Lucindy Shaw is reputed to be a woman of truth and veracity
Lucindy Shaw
John Mott a Judge of Washington County Courts

State of New York County of Washington } p
I Jesse S. Leigh
Clerk of the said County
do certify that John Mopp before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Courts in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the affidavit to be his proper handwriting
and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal
at Office this fifth day of December 1834
J. S. Leigh C.R.
In the Matter of Barnwell Hurd Revolutionary Soldiers Declaration for a Pension
Hon. H. C. Martindale
H.R.
John Mopp, Sandy Hill Washington County, N.Y.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2431
P. O. _____
Moswell Hunt
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

REJECTED
5432
P. O.
Roswell Hurd
Service: Consolidated Aug t 11. 1882 with same soldier file no rej d 5431
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Nydam for Capt Ruff Fort Griseild
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Roswell Hurd
New York
Act 7. June 1832
Rejected See letter
to B. Moore & Kirtland
or G.W. Kirtland
January 18 th 1833

92383
New York
Roswell Gould
Sussex
Act 29 June '35
to Hon. H. Martindale
Sec. & Hon. Jno. I. DeGraff,
Oct. 27, 1837.
Cit. to A. Clark 8-Sept. 1840
5431
act 7 June '32

Jan 10
Mr. orig. e
L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office
Mr. H. Mentulus

St of R. Jan'y - 10 th 1835
Sir I have just received and now enclose for your adjudication the enclosed Applica- -tion - from John Mops
I need not say that speedy action is very desirable
I am very Respectfully Your Obedt & W th Servt
Henry C. Marchmont

Spt 7 1840 BALISTON SEP 5 N.Y.
FREE
James S. Edwards Esquire Commission of Pensions
Washington
D. D.
ny.
Ronald H. D.

Sir
Ballston Spa Sept. 3 d 1840.
Roswell Hurd, of this County, (Town of Milton), says that he did some years ago, make application for a Pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832. that J. Morse Esquire was his Agent; that his papers were transmitted to the War Dept. in Washington. and that his said Agent has removed to some place (to him) unknown, and requests me to make the enquiry whether a Pension Certificate has been issued in his favor, and if not, please to reexamine his claim and transmit to the Result. as early as convenient at this P. O.
I am Respectfully, Your M o Ob t Servant Aaron Nash
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington, D. C.
11 B. He said (Hurd), says that N. B. Doe Esquire of the Firm of Doe & Kimball promised to assist him but don't know what they have done in his case. A. N.

Rowell Hurd 6904.
Rejected
These in the first are so small as to be small enough to learn who they were.

Amended Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of Congress Paged June 7 th 1832
State of New York } Saratoga County ss. } Roswell Hurd being duly sworn saith that for the whole of the three months service referred to by him in his original declaration he was stationed at Fort Griswold - that one Rufs was his captain, Simonds his first Lieutenant Stephen Anusby (he thinks) was his second Lieutenant, of that how- ever he is not absolutely certain, that deponent can not recollect the name of the Ensign in his company - that he does not recollect the Christian name of his aforesaid Captain and thinks that the Christian name of the aforesaid Simonds was Nathan - that the above named officers were the officers of deponents company for the whole of the three months I held respectively the whole time the ranks above mentioned I during that period were stationed in the aforesaid Fort - that one Sedgwick was also stationed in said Fort during the said three months and was called Adjutant and had the command of the Fort and was killed in it - deponent thinks his name was Guy Sedgwick but is not certain neither can he say with certainly as to what the rank of the aforesaid Sedgwick was - that there were no other officers than those above named stationed in the aforesaid Fort during said period of three months nor any other troops except the Company to which deponent was attached - that during the three months while deponent was in the service as aforesaid at Fort Griswold, Colonel Webb lay about three quarters of a mile from the Fort with four companies of men under his command of the Militia - that deponent was attached to the Regiment of the aforesaid Colonel Webb during his aforesaid service - that deponent does not know the names of any other of the officers of the aforesaid Regiment than what he has above given - that deponents did not go out to where Colonel Webb lay nor did the officers of Webb's Regiment that lay without the Fort have any such intercourse with those in the Fort as to enable deponent to learn who they were.

that deponent does not recollect the names of any other officers than what he has stated in his original declaration that were out with deponent during his three weeks service mentioned in said declaration - that there were no regular troops or regular officers stationed or in service at the place where deponent was stationed or did duty as in said declaration is mentioned -
And this deponent further saith that he can not recollect the names of any other officers on board the ship "Scourge" than what he has already given in his original declaration hereto annexed -
And this deponent further saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he can not state any more particularly as to the officers under whom he served than what he has stated in the aforesaid original declaration and his amended one.
And I the said Roswell Hurd do hereby relinquish all other claim to any other pension than the one under the act of June 7 th 1832. Roswell Hurd
Sworn this 25 th day of December A.D. 1832.
Before me
Thos. Marrison Justice of the Peace.
State of New York } I William L. Goodrich Deputy Clerk of the County of Saratoga County ss: } Saratoga. Do certify that Thomas T. Marrison before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office the twenty seventh day of December 1832 -
Wm L. Goodrich Dep. Clerk -

State of New York
Saratoga County
On this 5 th day of September 1852 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga now sitting Roswell Hark as resident of the Town of Wilton in the County of Saratoga & State of New York aged sixty nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he Entred the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as here in stated. That he entered the Service at Windham in the State of Connecticut, as a substitute for Abel Clark who had been drafted as a militia-man for three months . That his Captain was one Russ - his Lieutenant one Simonds , and the name of his Ensign he cannot recollect and that the Company belonged to Colonel Webb's Regiment, and General Sedgwick's Brigade - That they marched from Windham, through Norwich, to Groton, and were stationed at Fort Griswold in the Town of Groton on the East side of the River (named) to garrison the Fort until the expiration of the three months for which he Entred the Service as aforesaid. That he Entred the Service at such substitute Early in September 1780, and was orally discharged at Fort Griswold aforesaid at the close of his three months by Colonel Webb who dismissed his whole Regiment at the same time. That General Sedgwick commanded at Fort Griswold during the said three months . That no engagements were had with the Enemy at the Fort - but constant alarms were entertained - as a British fleet of twenty four sail were almost daily showing themselves off and on the Connecticut Coast, in the Sound. That upon being discharged as aforesaid he returned to Windham, where he resided when the British under Arnold burnt New London & Groton in 1781. and when the militia of all the surrounding Country were ordered out. That deponent was ordered out at that period and did duty for three weeks in a Company, under the command of Captain Wil

William Young, and the above named Lieutenant Simonds, and in Colonel Webb's Regiment advised - That the Regiment assembled at Windham Marched through Norwich down to Fort Griswold where they remained until the expiration of the three weeks, when they were relieved by another body of militia - That they were ordered out to bury the dead at Fort Griswold and to garrison the Fort, which after having been taken by storm, had been abandoned by the British, and when they (Colonel Webb's Regiment) arrived at the Fort they found the body of Daniel Sedgwick, who had been slain by the Enemy after the surrender of the fort -
That upon being discharged at the expiration of such three weeks service, Defendant returned to Windham aforesaid and in the month of June 1781 he enlisted at the town of Groton as a marine , for the term of six months , on board the ship of war "Scourge" under the command of Captain Luther Eldikin and Lieutenant Greenleaf - That he went on board the ship at Beverly in Massachusetts - from whence they sailed on a cruise up and down the American Coast, and to which place they returned at the expiration of the six months, and the whole crew - the marines belonging to the ship, were all discharged - all having been enlisted for the same term - That he always understood and believed that the "Scourge" was a national ship - That she mounted thirty six guns, which were called double Seised, and that she had upwards of three hundred men on board - That they had no engagements during their cruise, and took but one prize - a small sloop, bound to New York, with a few muskets, some shoes, and some chains - and about thirty men - whom they brought into Beverly as prisoners, That while out at sea, they saw several British ships of war, but as they were all of a larger class of vessels, and carrying heavier metal than the "Scourge", they were avoided by Captain Eldikin - That Defendant had no documentary evidence to establish his service or any part thereof, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, to testify to the same -

And in answer to the interrogatories propounded by the Court, under the instructions from the War Department, the Deponent saith
I t That he was born in the Town of Bolton County of Windham & State of Connecticut in the year 1762.
II d That he had no record of his age - that the family bible which contained the same, was destroyed by fire in the conflagration of his house, twenty three years since -
III d That he lived at Windham in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut when he entered the service, at the several times before stated - That when he left the service he returned to Windham, where he remained about three years - then removed to the Town of Shaftsbury in Vermont where he remained a few more than - then went to New Canaan in the County of Columbia & State of New York where he remained about a year - then removed to the Town of Charlton in the County of Albany where he lived about a year - then removed to the Town of Charlton in the County of Montgomery (N.Y.) where he lived about six years, and then returned to Charlton aforesaid where he remained about three years, and then removed to the Town of Willow in the County of Saratoga aforesaid where he had no since residing and still resides -
IV th When called into service for three more than as above stated, it was as a substitute for Abel Clarke - when ordered out for three weeks as above stated it was as a militia-man - and when he entered the service as above stated for six months , it was as a marine, by enlistment -
V th There was no other militia Regiment at Fort Griswold where Deponent was stationed than that to which he belonged - nor was there any Continental troops there - and the general circumstances of his service he has above stated -
VI th That he never received a written discharge, but was in each instance discharged orally.
VII th The names of those persons to whom Deponent would refer in his present neighborhood in support of his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Generals Seth Perry - Lyndal Emerson, William Coonstock Esq rs Charles Emerson - Selden Emerson, Samuel De Long

William M c Gregor and Cyrus Perry - Sworn to and Subscribed the 2
day and year aforesaid - in open Court
Thomas Palmer Clerk
We Lebbus Armstrong a Clergyman residing in the Town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga State of New York and William Comstock residing in the Town of Milton in the County of Saratoga aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Roswell Hurd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be sixty nine years of age - that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Lebbus Armstrong
Sworn to and Subscribed the 2nd day of June aforesaid in open court D r Comstock
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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 Marine, and served as he states - And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Lebbus Armstrong who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Ballston - in the County of Saratoga and that William Comstock Esquire who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Milton in the County aforesaid is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Roswell Hurd for a pension -

the County of ... do hereby certify that the ... proceedings in the matter of the application of Russell Read for a license -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5 th day of September 1832.
Thomas Palmer Clerk