Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36856, Jeremiah Wright, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wright, Jeremiah
S 36856
CONTENTS

15.962 R Connecticut.
Jeremiah Wright
of Granby in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of the Connecticut line, for the term of One year.
Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of Nov r 1819 and sent to Son: Brace Esq r  Hartford 2. Con te .
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819  128.02 Semi-ann. all ce ending March 1820  48
15 27 4 / 31 36
$ 176.02
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Died Jan 22, 1826
Apprehension sent to Thomas ...  Feb 1820. Hartford, Conn.
31 1/4 1/5 2/3 1/3 1/31 8 120 1.05 6.96 128.02

Jeremiah Wright
Jeremiah Wright priv Ward Conn t Reg t 1776 to 1777
Ward's reg t was not on the conti- nental establishment. This claim therefore rejected.
And Ward's reg t continen- tal raised May 1776 Dis- banded May 1777
Adm do

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT—ss---HARTFORD
On this 5 th day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Hartford in for the said district, personally appeared Jeremiah Wright aged sixty six years resident in Granby in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the pro- vision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Jeremiah Wright in the month of May 1776 enlisted in Simsbury in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Noah Phelps of the Regt commanded by Col Andrew Ward ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of May 1777 , when he was discharged from service in at or near Morristown state of New Jersey , that he was in the battles of White Plains &c that his discharge is lost and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except what is subjoined
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of said
I, Jonathan Brace Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jeremiah Wright did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Hartford May 5. th 1818. Jonathan Brace Judge aforesaid
May 5. 1818. Sealed with the Seal of said Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court.
Thomas Chester Clerk

State of Conn & 3 d ss Hartford county of Hartford ss
Benjamin Dibble of 1 o Grassy being duly sworn cloth before that he is well knowing to the said Jeremiah Wright, receiving in the manner & time stated in the within declaration, he the 1 o Dibble having belonged to the same Regt —
Sworn to subscribed &
this 5 th day of May 1818
Before me
Benjamin Dibble
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid
March 20 th 1819
I certify that the within named Jeremiah Wright is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support
Jonathan Brace Judge as aforesaid —

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford March the 20 th 1819 Personally appeared M rs Theodora Hillyer and Isabel Holcomb both of Granby in said County, both credible witnesses and made solemn oath, that they together with Jeremiah Wright who made the foregoing declaration, all enlisted as soldiers in the Town of Simsbury in the company commanded by Capt. Noah Phelps in the Reg't commanded by Col. Andrew Ward in the Connecticut line in the Continental Army in the Month of May 1776, to serve for one year that they all then continued to serve in said company & Reg't till the Month of May 1777. & were discharged at Morristown State of New Jersey. And they further testify that before the time of said enlistment & service they have been personally acquainted with said Jeremiah Wright and know that he enlisted at the time he has stated in his declaration and faithfully till May 1777 & was then discharged at the time & place as he has stated, and that he is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his Country for support.
And also Mr Benjamin Dibble credible witness personally appeared at the same time & made oath that his confession of deposition as aforesaid made on the 3 rd of May last, and in addition testifies & says that he was well acquainted with said Jeremiah Wright before he entered the army of the United States and knows that he enlisted in the Month of May 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Noah Phelps in the Reg't commanded by Col. Andrew Ward to serve for one year & that he continued to serve in the same till the Month of May 1777. That said Dibble was a soldier in the same Reg't during said time Before me Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid

Jeremiah Wright
15,962
March 1820

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD, ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 2 d day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Jeremiah Wright aged sixty eight years, resident in Granby — in the County of Hartford,
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: Enlisted in May 1776 in the company commanded by Noah Phelps and joined the Reg t comman- ded by Col d Andrew Ward for the term of One Year & was discharged in May 1777
“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,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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 subscribed.”
I certify that I have no property to make Schedule of a farm by occupation but by reason of old age and inability am unable to labor and have no means of support no otherwise than what comes from my country the Pension to commence May 1818 Certificate N o 15962 We take notice Jeremiah Wright is disabled in consequence of being bridged up in a Well which has caused a rupture Jeremiah Wright

Sworn to and declared by said Jeremiah Wright on the 2 d day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Said Jeremiah Wright has no property I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this (20 th ) day of Augt 1820
Th Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MEE/HMM
September 10, 1929.
Mrs. Walter H. Wright Centerbrook, Connecticut.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36856 of Jeremiah Wright, it appears that he enlisted at Simsbury, Connecticut in May 1776, served as a private in Captain Noah Phelps' Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of White Plains and was discharged in May 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 5, 1818, at which time he was sixty-six years of age and resided in Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut.
He died January 22, 1826.
There are no data concerning his family.
The above noted is the only soldier by the name of Jeremiah Wright that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
Earl D. Church Commissioner.

36 856
INVALID.
Rev
1929-Sept. 16, first to Mrs. Walter H. Wright, M.E.E.
File No. 36 856
Jeremiah Wright Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 823
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dear Sirs:
I am anxious to find if an ancestor in our family whom we suppose was a soldier in the War of the Revolution can be verified as such. His name was Jeremiah Wright and he lived and died in Westbrook Conn which at that time was part of Saybrook. We find that said Jeremiah Wright enlisted in May 1775 and was discharged in Dec. 1775. We also find that during that war three Jeremiah Wrights from Conn. were soldiers.
Will you consult your files and find if Jeremiah Wright son of Josiah and Rhoda Wright of Saybrook ever applied for a pension. He lived to be quite an old man and was partially paralyzed for 28 years. Would appreciate any information relative to any application of the kind by him.
Yours very truly
Mrs Walter H Wright June 14 th 1929. Centerbrook Conn.