Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14395, for Eldad Sabin, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Sabin, Eldad
S. 14395
bearded
CONTENTS

20816 New York Eldad Sabin
of Ulster Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Brainerd of the Regt. commanded by Col. Melbreyer in the Comp. time for 8 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct. 1833 and to the E. A. Williams Elizabethton
Arrears to the 14th of Sep '33 $ 66 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr '34 13 33 $ 79 99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by G. C. ... Clerk, Book E. Vol. 11, Page 87
Heard not in Q. 13

22232
Elena Sahin
C.O.
Admitted Private 8 months
Edmunda J Williams Elizabeth Loren Essex Co New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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. Those 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 Eldad Gabin Essex County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Mths.     Oct 1780 drafted 2 about 10 Pri Capt Brainard Col Pethering - Ton { Newfunda Colchester New London County Connecticut   May 1781 called out until May As As As { New London   July 1781 called out " " 10 As As As none As Traditionary   Aug 1781 called out " " 13 As As As { As   May 1782 called out until October As { As   Substitute Oct 1782 about one month As As As { Hudson age 44 light years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
1832 1780 1781 1782 1783

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 (i) 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) _____ 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 day 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 (1) 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 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 enquiry 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 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 affix 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 [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, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York Essex County ss 3 On this 29th. day of September 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex now sitting Edward Sabin, a resident of the Town of Elizabethtown, County of Essex, and State of New York, aged Forty Eight Years Old and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth in 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
That he entered the service by being drafted as a Private and stood under that Engagement during the War of the Revo- lution his first term of service commenced the 11th day of Oc- tober 1780 was out that time until the 11th day of December 1780. That he served at this time under Stephen Elias Wetherington Colonel of his Regiment, Stephen Brainerd was Captain of his Company, Thomas Williams was the Lieutenant, Ensign William Brainerd, the Colonel lived in Colchester New London County and State of Connec- ticut the Captain, and Lieutenant lived in Chatham County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, and the Ensign resided in Colchester New London County and State of New York Connecticut, was out at this time time  that Two months was stationed at this time in New London keeping garrison, that he lived at the time in Colchester County of New London and State of Connecticut (and was distant Twenty five miles from New London where he was stationed) then he Returned to his Home and remained there until the 15th day of May 1781. and then was called out and went to New London and kept Garrison and worked in the Fort that he returned home again the 14th day of July following and served under the same officers just mentioned in the preceding Engagement in Your
2 mo.
2 mo.

10 days
was called out again and went to New London and kept Garrison in the month of July 1781 and was out ten days under the same field and company officers and then returned home then in August 1781 was called out again and went to New London and kept Garrison and was out at this time thirteen days and then returned home served under the same officers as before mentioned and was called out in September 1781 to New London
13 days
and was out one week under the same officers and then returned home was employed scouting about at this time was called out in consequence of Capt. Arnold making his appearance before New London at the last mentioned time as being out on duty was called out in the month of May 1782 was stationed part of the time in New London and part of the time in Fort Griswold in Groton, was out at the time
7 days
5 mos
being out at this time five months to October 1782 until the month of October 1782 then returned home and was called out as a substitute for his Father Phinehas Loomis was out this time
1 mo
one month served under Colonel Jones Captain John Isham, Lieutenant Denigah First Ensign Robert Askin Isham & First lieut in Colchester and Askin lived in Chatham was called out at this time in the month of December 1782 and returned home in January 1783 was employed keeping Garrison at Fort Trumbull In September 1781 he was in the neighbourhood of Fort Griswold when it was taken by the Enemy and the Americans in the Fort were put to the sword by the British says that he was employed when called out at those different times in keeping Garrison and scouting about says he never was in particular engagement as he can recollect has no documentary Evidence

of his services are known of no one by whom he can make Positive Proof of his services and re- fuses for traditional evidence of the fact in Eliakim Root & H. Root Madison and Levi D. Hall of the Town of Meriden County of Elber and State of New York - and that there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood Nor 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.
Where and in what Year was you born, Sworn to and Subscribed - Eldad Root The day and Year aforesaid Eldad Root
Where and in what Year was you born was born at Colchester New London County in the State of Connecticut as he is informed by his Parents as was informed by them.
Have you any records of your age and if so where is it,
Has no record of his age excepting what he has in his Bible and what his Father & Mother informed him.
Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Lived in Colchester New London County and State of Connecticut at the time he was called into the service moved from that place to the Town of Reading Middle County and State of Vermont from there to the Town of Housatonic County of Berkshire
payment a year

(And State of Vermont) from then to the Town of Eastern County of Washington and State of New York and from then to the Town of Northumberland County of Seneca and State of New York and from then to the Town of Marah County of Essex and State of New York and from then to Elizabeth County of Essex (And State of New York) and has resided there for about the space of Eighteen months and resides there at the Present time.
Now when you called into Service more you drafted did you volunteer in where you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
was drafted every the first time of doing duty (and the remainder of the Service was done under that first draft sheet and the last time of serving he served as a Substitute for his Father Phineas Sabin)
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 re- collect and the General Service of circumstances of your Service
Colonel Elias Wetherington Captain Stephen Brainerd Lieut Thomas Williams William Brainerd Lieutenant Ensign Joel Jones Colonel Captain John Penn Lieut Nathanial Foot Ensign Robert Dhu, don't re- member the other Regiments and troops was in no par- ticular engagement being principally engaged when out in keeping Garrison and scuttling about where the Enemy made their appearance before New London and about the Coast and was frequently called out on alarms and stood almost ready subject to im- mediate call of their kindred arms.

Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service And if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
Never received any discharge excepting a small discharge from Captain Stephen Bendinaird and John Dunn
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character in Moriah and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Craster W. Sabin, Edmund F. Williams of Elizabethtown County of Essex and State of New York his present place of Residence and Eliakim Reed, Levi D. Hall of the Town of Moriah County of Essex and State of New York his late place of Residence, and the Honorable Ambrose Mason a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and State of New York and who resides in Moriah County and State aforesaid
We Eliakim, Reed, Levi D. Hall and Ambrose Mason
residing in the Town of Moriah County of Essex and State of New York and Craster W. Sabin and Edmund F. Williams residing in the Town of Elizabethtown County of Essex and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elad Sabin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be forty eight years of age that he is a respected and beloved in the neighbour- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Eliakim Reed Levi D. Hall Ambrose Mason

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter And after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Eliezer Reed Levi D. Hall and Ambrose Mason
Who has signed the same are residents of the Town of Merriam County of Erie and State of New York and
Who has also signed the same are residents of the Town of Elizabeth County of Erie and State of New York and are all Cre- dible persons and their statement is entitled to Credit
I Simon Stone Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie also Clerk of the County of Erie do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eldad Sabin for a pension In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Clerk's Office this 29th day of September 1832
Simon Stone clerk

State of New York } Eliakim Reed of the Town of Maria County of Otsego } County of Otsego and State of New York being duly sworn according to Law in Open Court doth upon his said Oath declare and say that he has been acquainted with Eldad Sabin for the last Eight Years that he resided in the family of his de- ponent in the Town of Maria County and State aforesaid and for the space of about Two Years he thinks in the Year 1824 & 1825 that he had frequent Conversations with him respecting the Colades which took place during the Revolutionary War and the said Eldad always informed him this deponent that he was a Sol- dier of the Revolution and that from frequent Conver- sations with him and from the Company those relations he has no doubt but what he was a Soldier of the Revolution and that he always found him to be an honest industrious man and found him to be a man of Truth and veracity and faith full not
Sworn and subscribed The day and Year aforesaid in Open Court to Wit the 29th day of September 1832 Edward Stone clerk
Eliakim Reed

State of New York Eldad Saben being duly sworn deposes and says that the within declaration by him signed with the erasures and interlineations as it now appears contains the truth and nothing but the truth so far as his recollection serves him and that he was out at least as much as eight months in the whole and during which time he was engaged in the service of the country and not in any civil pursuit Eldad Saben Subscribed and sworn Before me this 27th day of June 1833
Alexander Morse Justice of the Peace
Eldad Saben
State of New York I Alexander Morse Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the Town of Elizabeth County of Essex and State of New York do certify that the words "as a Private" was interlined before being sworn to & the word "at" Erased the words "the fifteenth day of" interlined the word "time" interlined, the word of "Erased the words "fifteenth day of" interlined the word "Stephen" Erased the words "New York" erased the word "time" interlined the words "he thinks about" Erased the words "the 15th day of" interlined the word "in" Erased the words "the 14th day of" interlined the words "was out at this time until the month of October same year 1828" Erased the words being out at this time five months to October 1828 interlined the words "about" interlined Dated June 27. 1833
Alexander Morse Justice of the Peace
Eldad Saben
State of New York I, Rachel Morse Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex and in County of Essex being Clerk thereof hereby certify that Alexander Morse whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof of part of the above affidavit and to the above Certificate of interlineations and erasures was on the day of the date of each respectively a justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and sworn and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe the manner of Alexander Morse sub- scribed to said foregoing Certificates a true and correct copy of the proper hand writing and signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County this 27th day of June 1833 P. Morse, Dep. Clerk

✓ 14395 INVALID.
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Eldad Sabin
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