Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 28,035, for Perez Steel, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
or Steel Perez Steele.
W. 28.035
Hannah
CONTENTS
Lucy Steele also applied for pension as widow of the above soldier and was rejected R. 10096. See papers within

8712
New York
Sereno Steel
of Windham in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Webb of the Regt. commanded by Col. Chester in the Ct. mi. here for 23 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 76 Dollars 86 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Ap r . 1833 and sent to Ebenezer Norford Lexington Ky.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $153.32 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept " 38.33
$191.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 4 Page 75

Albany 845
Hannah Steele widow of Peter Steele
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 28 th February 1836 of Greene Co., in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wells of the Regt. commanded by Col. Christie in the Con. mil. time for 12. months & 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 41 Dollars 32 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Nov. Parker, 1838 and sent to Hon. A. J. Parker, Delhi, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 38 103.30 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. 39. 20.66
$123.96
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book 4, Vol. 2
Clerk, Page 100

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
Green County ss On this day personally appeared before me Meigsamuel Powell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York Henry Steel Esquire of the Town of Windham in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he enlisted into the service of the United States under the following names officer and served as herein stated that he the said Henry Steel enlisted at the Town of Holland N.Y. in the County of Herkford State of Connecticut and that sometime about the month of April in the year 1775 he enlisted as a volunteer soldier under Captain Willes Enco War that Major Spencer commanded the brigade went from Holland through the Country to Roxbury & Cambridge near Boston and there continued to serve until late in the fall of the same year something like some of the last days of December which was about Eight Months when he was discharged at Roxbury near Boston immediately returned home and immediately enlisted again at Holland aforesaid under the aforesaid Captain Willes In the same Regiment might be Chester's Regiment he found and Brigade as aforesaid enlisted he believes for four Months and went back again through the same Country to Roxbury and Cambridge and there continued to serve in said Corp until after the British Troops left Boston thinks he enlisted in the Early part of January 1776 and served until after British left Boston thinks it was about Three months he served and was there honorably discharged at Roxbury and further this deponent say that after he obtained his discharge he returned home where in a very few days after he enlisted again at Holland under Lieutenant Amariah Root in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Chester of the Town of Windhamfield Hampshire County enlisted for Eight months went from Holland to New Haven by Land and there took passage on Board of a Sloop commanded by Captain Phipps sail for New York

Season 1864-5
and after arriving there at New York went from there to a place called Valentines Hill near Kings Bridge went to work at Fort Independence from there went back to New York crossed the river to Brooklyn Long Island was then sent out to Quonquontec under the command of Colonel Wyllys near Flat Bush had several skirmishes with the a number was killed and taken prisoners retreated back to the fort when the enemy advanced in front of the fort In Solid Columns exchanged a number of shots and then retreated from there we moved back to New York there remained a few days and marched up to Kings Bridge where we remained a short time from there we marched to Frogg's Creek where we met the enemy and there say that day then returned to Kings Bridge some nights left Kings Bridge and marched to White Plains where we had a severe battle with the enemy from there proceeded to North Castle where we staid a few days from there to Peekskill where we crossed the North River to Haverstraw and marched down to Middletown In New Jersey was with General Lee at the time of His Capture near Manassas from there proceeded to the Delaware which crossed it and marched down the river about forty miles where we say until the last of December when we was discharged when we was there and there discharged by General Sullivan In person with thanks and his thanks was allowed a furlough any to return home under pay all this was eight months & more that he again enlisted into the service sometime In the summer in the year 1865 In a Company of Light Horse Commanded by Captain James Chamberlain enlisted at Tolland and marched through the country to Rhode Island where he remained about three or four months and was there discharged General Sullivan was the General and returned home sick and there remained sick for more than one year more that six months he was closely confined to his house then advised further say that the time he served during the revolutionary was something more than two years And the

Deponent further says that he was in no other Battle, but such as he has before mentioned in the above declaration and that he has no written discharge nor been ruined any and that he has no documentary Evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services other than those affidavits that accompany these proceedings and he further relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and further declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency of any State of the United States. Sworn and subscribed this sixteenth day of August 1832 before me William Root one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee State of New York. Perz Steel
Clergymans Certificate of private Character
We Henry B. Hiram Cleggman and Nathan Osborn private character of the Town of Windham in the County of Genesee and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Perz Steel Esquire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed this sixteenth day of August 1832 before me William Root one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee State of New York. Henry B. Hiram Cleggman Nathan Osborn
Interrogatories of the Judge to the applicant
Question 1 st Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born at Holland then in the County of Hartford since that County of Holland State of Connecticut. I was born on the first day of May 1758 I am now seventy four years of age
Question 2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer I have no record of my age only noted in my bible

Question 3. Where were you living when Called Into Service and Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and Where do you now live
Answer - I was born in the Town of Tolland County of Hartford State of Connecticut when Called Into Service and I there Continued a number of years after the revolutionary war then from thence I moved to the Town of Windham in the County of Green where I have lived for more than thirty years and where I now live with my family -
Question 4. How were you Called Into Service were you drafted or did you volunteer or were you a substitute If a substitute for whom -
Answer I never entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in any other way than by Voluntary Enlistment -
Question 5. State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the Troops, when you served such Continental and Military regiments as you can recollect and the general Circumstances of your service -
Answer When I first Entered the Service and went to Boston St. I recollect right one General Ward had the Supreme Command General Putnam was there and sometime after his Excellency General Washington arrived with a suite of other Officers who took the Command that he does not recollect those Officers of different Regiments that he remembered he had known other Officers at New York and on Long Island -
Question 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and If so by whom was It given -
Answer I never received any Written discharge was always discharged openly by the Officers -
Question 7. State the names of persons to whom you are acquainted and known in your present Neighbourhood who can testify as to your Character

for Veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Answer I Have lived In the neighbourhood of the Reverend Henry B. Shimon for more than thirty years and also I have lived a neighbour to the Rev d Clark St Goodrich for about six years I have have lived a neighbour to Nathan Osborne Esquire for more than thirty years I have lived the same length of time a neighbour to Sidney Tuttle Esquire late Sheriff of the County of Green and Abijah G. Windham I have lived the same length of time with something like three miles from his Hon d Simon Doolittle Esquire Attorney at Law Farmington.
Certificate of the Judge
I the said Simon Doolittle - Judge as aforesaid do declare that my opinion is 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 I the said Judge do further certify that it appears to me that the Reverend Henry B. Shimon who has signed his name to the preceding Certificate is now a Clergyman of the town of Windham and that Nathan Osborne Esquire who signed the above Certificate with him is a man of respectability and now living In Windham and they are persons entitled to full credit as witnesses in their statements And I do further certify that it is my opinion that the said applicant by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend Court And I do further certify that the said Perry Steel Esquire is a man of respectability, truth and veracity And I do further certify that it is my belief and I believe the general belief that the applicant served in the revolutionary war as he states And I do further certify that when I examined the applicant on the interrogatories he was under solemn oath administered by me - - - - -
Simon Doolittle Judge as aforesaid
Certificate of the Clerk
I

9428 Perez Steel
admitted.
23 mo. Private
5.16
10 Sep '80 17 Dec. " "
P/B.
Reuben Norford Lexington Heights - N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Perez Steel of Wingham in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? it does so appear  3. How old is he? 74 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.     about the month of April In 1775. (enlisted) about 8. 12 As a Gen. Col: Wells Connec.   July 1776 " about 3. Major Spencer "   " " 8 5 Same officers as before "   1777 " about 3. or 4 mos 17. 12 Lieut. A. Rush "   Col: In- Chester "   Col: Chamberlain "   Comp'y of Light Horse "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Tolland — Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and one living witness, who testifies to the services in 1775 & 1776. The character and respectability of the applicant is very forcibly sustained.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached as the Regulations require 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

Darius Steele Hannah Simmons both of Tolland were married the seventh day of June 1781
A true Copy of Record
Mercy P. H. Isham Tolland Clerk
Tolland Clerk's Office
Tolland Aug. 27th 1838
State of Connecticut ss. Tolland County,
On this 27 th day of August 1838, personally appeared Oliver H. Isham the town clerk of the town of Tolland in said County and made solemn oath that the above extract by him attested is a true extract from the Records of the Births & Marriages in said town of Tolland, and that the above certificate by him made is true.
Before me
Oliver P. Waldo Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut County of Tolland } County Clerk's Office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Courts in said County of Tolland, Certify That Oliver P. Waldo Esq. of Tolland is a Justice of Peace within said County duly appointed & sworn into said Office that his commission began date the 26 th day of May A. D. 1838, will continue till the 20 th day of June 1839 and that the above signa- ture purporting to be the signature of Oliver P. Waldo afore- said is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County at said Tolland this 27 th day of August 1838
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of said County,

345 V909 Hannah Steele
Admitted Private 12 mo 8 1/2 days
Hon A. J. Parker Delhi New York
act 7 July 1838

State of New York Green County
On this 31 st day of August 1838 personally appeared before Henry Gossler a Judge of the Court in and for said County Hannah Steele a resident of Durham in the County of Green and State of New York aged 78 years who being duly sworn according to Law with an oath make the following affirmation in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she now residing in Durham State of New York that she is the widow of David Steele who was a private in the war of the Revolution under General Howe and was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832. She further affirms that she was married to the said David Steele on the 7 th day of June 1781 that her husband the aforesaid David Steele died on the 28 th day of February 1836 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1814 viz at the time above stated. Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Henry Gossler a Judge of the Court in and for said County
Hannah Steele
Green County for I certify that I am acquainted with the applicant Hannah Steele and that she is considered and believed in the neighbourhood where she resides to be a person of truth and veracity and that I concur in that opinion & I further certify that by reason of bodily infirmity I am unable to attest. Henry Gossler Judge of Court

State of New York Greene County ss. 3 I William W. B. Heermance Clerk of the said County do Certify that William S. Robinson Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Joseph Mead was sworn, was at the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds of said County duly appointed and qualified that his signature thereto is genuine. I further Certify that Henry Gooker Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration of Hannah Steele was sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County duly Commissioned and qualified that his signature to said declaration is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal this third day of September 1838
W. W. B. Heermance Clerk

State of New York Greene County } ss
Joseph Mead being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the settled pastor of the D. Presbyterian Church in Windham in said County and has been for the last fifteen years and that during that period he has been intimately acquainted with David Hale and Hannah his wife and that they lived together as man and wife until the death of the said David Hale which was on the 28 th day of February 1836 that he was present when he died and that since that period he has been acquainted with the said Hannah Hale and knows the said Hale to be the widow of the said David Hale and is a person of truth and veracity and is a member of his Church and further he saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 31 st day of August 1838 Joseph Mead
William S. Robinson Com of Assay

State of New York } ss. County of Greene }
On this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me the undersigned Alexander H. Bailey County Judge of the County of Greene & State aforesaid Lucy Steele a resident of Gilboa in the County of Schoharie Aged Seventy Years who being duly sworn in open Court according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three that she is the widow of Perez Steele deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States for services in the Revolutionary war that her said husband the aforesaid Perez Steele drew a pension for said services.
That the said husband, deceased lived in the town of Windham in the County of Greene and State of New York that his pension was paid at the Pension Agency in Albany.
She further declares that she was married to the said Perez Steele deceased, in the first part of January, but the exact day of her deposition does not recollect, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three at Lexington in said County of Greene by the Rev. Clark Woodrick a Clergyman who some years since removed from

this part of the Country and that his present residence is unknown to the Deponent.
That her husband the aforesaid Perez Steele died on the 28 th day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six that she was married to him at the time time above stated.
The further Deponent, that she was a widow at the passage of the Act and is still a widow and the widow of the said Perez Steele, deceased, and that she has never before made application for a pension. For further proof of her said husband's services she refers to the evidence now on file, under which his aforesaid pension was drawn, Deponent further says that no record of her said marriage has been kept to her knowledge.
Deponent further says that she was married to the said Perez Steele, deceased, aforesaid in the fore part of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three but the particular day of the month Deponent cannot recollect.
N. 13. The word "me" 3 rd line from the top erased on the opposite page and the words "day Deponent does not recollect" inserted before signing. Also the words "in open court" 7 th line from top on opposite page erased before signing.
Subscribed and sworn this 3 rd (signed) Lucy Steele 5 th day of May 1853,
before me A. H. Bailey (signed) Greene County Judge

State of New York } County of Greene } ss.
I Alexander H. Bailey County Judge of the County of Greene aforesaid before whom the foregoing declaration was made do hereby certify that the aforesaid Lucy Steele is unable to appear in open Court for the purpose of making said declaration by reason of old age and bodily infirmity. Dated May 15 th 1853
(Signed)
A. H. Bailey Greene County Judge
State of New York } County of Greene } ss.
On this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the undersigned Alexander H. Bailey County Judge of the County of Greene & State aforesaid, Brainard Osborn and Stephen Steele residents of Greene County in the State of New York and severally made oath according to law that Mrs. Lucy Steele is the widow of Perez Steele, late a pensioner of the United States for services in the Revolutionary war. That she was married to the said Perez Steele deceased on the fore part day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three at Lexington Ky, one Clark Goodrich a Clergyman, that they were present

at said wedding and saw the said Lucy and Perez Steele married as stated above - That the said Perez Steele died in Windham, Greene County on the twenty eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty six. That the said Lucy Steele was a widow at the passage of the Act and is still a widow and the widow of the said Perez Steele, deceased -
Deponents know the marriage of the said Lucy Steele was solemnized the fore part January A.D. 1833, but the precise day of the month they cannot recollect -
N.B. The words "the" "day" 11 th line from top erased before signing
Subscribed and sworn this (signed) Bernard Osborn 5 th day of May 1853 before } Stephen Steele me, and I certify that } the said Bernard Osborn } & Stephen Steele are known } to me, that they are credible } witnesses and entitled to belief }
At Baidy
(signed)
Greene County judge