Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17130, for Ichabod Merrill, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Merrill, Ichabod Sarah
No. 17130
CONTENTS

1 Connecticut - 795
— Sarah Merrill — widow of Ichabod Merrill
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 24 th Dec r 1829 of N. Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a P o in the Com ty commanded by Captain Com ty of the Reg t commanded by Majorbury in the Com ty line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum in commence on the 4 th day of March, 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Oct r 38 and said to be in full payment Notary Public Conn t
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r $ 66 65 Semi-annual allowance ending 13 33 $ 79 98
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 195

100551_00752 State of Connecticut County of New Haven (Probate District of Waterbury) } ss.
I Charles Scott Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District of Waterbury hereby certify that the papers hereto annexed contain the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Sarah Merrill for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said probate Court this 15 day of August 1838
Charles Scott Clerk

State of Connecticut County of New Haven
Probate District of Watertown
ss
On this 15 day of August 1838 personally appeared before the courts of Probate for the District aforesaid at Watertown in the District County and State aforesaid now sitting Sarah Merrill a resident of the town of Watertown in the County & State aforesaid aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7 1838 Entitled.
"An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the widow of Ichabod Merrill who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution & served as such as follows (viz) in the month of April 1776 he enlisted as a continental soldier in the Revolutionary Army for the period of Eight months under Col Douglas & in Col. Douglass Regt. in Capt John Lewis company in said Regt. and soon after his enlistment he marched to New York City where he remained until the British took possession of the City when the Regt returned to Harlem & from Harlem after an engagement with the enemy at White Plains the Regt returned to White Plains in the State of New York. where the Regt and the said Merrill as one of said Regt. remained in the service until it was discharged on the 25 day of December 1776 having been in the service the full period of Eight

months.
In the Spring of the year 1777 the said Ichabod Merrill was drafted into the service under Capt Curtis for the period of two months and marched to Hudson River in the State of New York, and during this tour of duty Danbury in Ct was taken by the Enemy & burned and the provisions & Military Stores there deposited destroyed and the said Comp. of Capt Curtis & said Merrill as one of said Comp. marched from Pekskeill N.Y. to Danbury Ct. to oppose the Enemy but did not arrive there until the town was destroyed & the Enemy had retired this draft was for two months & the said Merrill served the full term of two months during this tour of duty & was at the End dismissed with the rest.
In the fall of the same year 1777 the said Merrill was again called out on a three months tour of duty under Lt Col. Jonathan Baldwin who commanded the Regt. in Capt Ipe Curtis company in said Regt. the Regt and the said Merrill as a member it marched from Watbury where he then lived to Pekskeill on the Hudson River N.Y. where the Regt was stationed & continued during this tour of duty Burgoyne was taken the Regt at that time being at Pekskeill that he served the full term of three months
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during this tour & was dismissed with the rest of the Regt at the expiration of the term of three months for which the Regt was called out & mustered The said Ichabod Merrill during all the above tours of duty that he served was a resident of the town of Watertown in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut and that he resided in town of Watertown in said New Haven County & State of said for the close of said service to the time of his death which took place at said Watertown December 24 1829 that at his death he was seventy five years old & consequently was born on the 17 day of June 1754 at said Watertown where he always lived. The Applicant states that she has & does not know of any documentary evidence in support of her claim & that she knows of no other evidence in support of her said claim than what is herewith annexed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ichabod Merrill on the 23 day of Dec. 1780 in the year seventeen hundred & eighty that her husband the aforesaid Ichabod Merrill died on the 24 day of December Eight Eighteen Hundred & twenty nine that she was not married to him prior to his having the minor but the marriage took place previous to the 1 day of January 1794, sixteen hundred ninety four. Viz at the time above stated. Sworn to & subscribed on this

day & year above written
Before
Sarah Merrill
Joel Hinnant
Judge of Probate for the District of Waterville

Schubod Merrill was married to Sarah Frubin December the twenty third seventeen hundred and eighty, by Alexander Gillet Pastor
The above named Schubod Merrill died December twenty sixth eighteen hundred & twenty nine
Town Clerk's office
Town of Watbury August 15 th 1838 The above and foregoing are true copies of the record with the exception of the dates which are expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows "December 23 1780
"December 26 1829
Willard Spencer Town Clerk I Willard Spencer above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk for the town of Watbury County of New Haven and State of Connecticut and that the above are true extracts from the record of said town with the exception above named as certified by me Willard Spencer Town Clerk
State of Connecticut County of New Haven Probate District of Watbury } ss.
On this 15 day of August 1838 personally appeared Willard Spencer sign of the foregoing deposition made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me & I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Willard Spencer & that he is a respectable man & credible witness

and that he hold the Office of Town Clerk for said Town of Watertown In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Probate Court the day & year last above written Joel Hiram Judson of Probate for the District of Watertown

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Sarah Morrill
Application for Pension -
Leah
Act 7. July 38
5 years
married in 1780
adm'd
Emm'ri
$26.66
no deduction
Joe Atkinson
Watertown
Con.

O. W. and N. Division.
3-525.
-41-127
540 741-441-500-522 543-517-548
File Miss. file 17130 Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ichabod Merrill a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Hpl. 76 8 mos. Pvt. John Lewis Douglas Conn.   Sp. 77 2 mos. Curtis —   Fall 77 3 mos. Jesse Curtis Jonathan Baldwin "  
Battles engaged in, at Turtle Bay N.Y. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Waterbury Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug 15, 1838 - His ch. was ab Residence at date of application, Waterbury Conn. Age at date of application, 84
Remarks: He was born June 17, 1754 and died Dec. 24, 1829 at Waterbury Conn. m. Dec. 23, 1780 Sarah Frisbie
1838 son Elijah F. Merrill ae 50 yrs. testified no further farm data Very respectfully,

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17130 Sarah Merrill Widow of Schuyler Merrill Prin Rev. Was
Act: July 7th 88
Index:—Vol. M , Page 413
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan'y 24-1900 History to Mrs. Adrian A. Rice Brooklyn N.Y.
1907 Mch. 18. History to Mrs. J. W. Randolph 1923 Nov. 28. Hist. to Mrs. H. N. Prentice, C.W.

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558.
Ext. to Joel Hinman
Sept. 24, 1938.

St. M. Merrill
FREE
In at
Oct 15 - Hon J P Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Watrous Oct 15 1838
Sir
Your letter of 24 Sept relating to the application of Sarah Merrill for pension under the Act of 7 July 1835 was received. Mrs Merrill is unable to procure any attested testimony in support of the service of her husband in the year 1777 under Capt Galtz. She therefore abandons her claim for that service unless the rules of the Department are such as to enable her to draw a pension for that service and asks that she be allowed a pension for the service in 1776. I have annexed the deposition of her son in relation to his service in looking for further proof.
Respectfully Yours OCT 15 1838
Hon J P Edwards Comm of Pensions
For Hiram
State of Vermont County of Rutland Probate Dist of Watrous
I Elijah H Merrill of Watrous in New Haven County Connecticut after fifty years upon say that I have been shown the letter of the Commissioner of Pensions to Genl Hiram Edgerton Sept 24 1838 relating to the application of Sarah Merrill for a pension

for services performed by her husband Ichabod Merrill in the years 1776 & 1777 that was the receipt of that letter I have at my mother's request made diligent search and enquiry for additional proof of said Ichabod's service under Capt. Easton in the year 1777 but have been unable to find any & c. My Mother therefor requests that she may be allowed a pension for the service in 1776 & she abandons her claim for the service in 1777 unless by the rules of the War Department & the Pensions Office she is entitled to it in consequence of the proof furnished and accompanying her original application I am the son of the said Sarah Merrill by the said Ichabod Merrill her late husband
State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss
E. H. Merrill
sworn to before me this 15 day of Oct 1838 & I certify that said Elijah F. Merrill is the son of the said Sarah Merrill that he is a reputable man & credible witness for testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the day & year above
For His Honor Judge of Probate for the District of Waterbury

100354-00747 State of Vermont } New Haven County } ss.
I Nath Beach Clerk of the County Court within the said County & Keeper of the seal thereof and of the Commission of Justices of the peace within the said County hereby certify that Philander B. Hine, and Joseph Colburn are such Justices of the peace in the said New Haven duly appointed, Commissioners I know, that their Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A D 1838 & will expire on the 20 th day of June 1839. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 13 th day of August A D 1838
Nath Beach Clerk

I Jared Ferrill of Waterbury New Haven County and State of Connecticut now in my eighty first year depose and say that in April 1776 I enlisted as a soldier in the army of the Revolution or what was then called the Continental army for the term of eight months. I belonged to Col Duglass's Regt my captain's name was John Lewis the Lieutenants name James Warner ensigns name Joseph Burch. Ichabod Merrell of said Waterbury enlisted as a soldier at the same time into the same company. We marched immediately after our enlistment from Waterbury to New York where we continued until the British army took possession of the city. we then marched to a place called Harlem about nine miles out of the city where we encamped a while and then were sta- tioned at a place called White Plains where we continued. We were discharged on Christmas day December 25. I was with said Ichabod Merrell every day during said time which was eight months or more. The year and time that Burgoyne was taken I was out on a tour of three months as a soldier with said Merrell we were at the time of the taking of Burgoyne at a place called Peckskill on the Hudson River New York. The Regt we belonged to was commanded by Col. Jonathan Baldwin our captain's name was Lewis his given name I think was Jesse. In the spring or for part of summer when Danbury Connecticut was burnt I was out on a draft for two months with said Ichabod Merrell and our station was at different places on the Hudson River state of New York when the news came that the British were invading our orders were to march for Danbury if possible to cut off the march of the enemy but did not arrive in season to render any assistance we were out two months this tour.

I have ever since lived in the same town with said Merrill have known him until his death which was about nine years ago
Jared Ferrill
State of Connecticut } ss Watertown New Haven County }
Be it remembered that on the 8th day of August 1888 Personally appeared before me Josiah Culver a justice of Peace for said New Haven County - Capt. Jared Ferrill and made solemn oath to the within and foregoing deposition by him subscribed - The deponent is well known to me as a man of truth and veracity and his deposition is entitled to credit
Josiah Culver Justice Peace

I Eben Hetchkis of Poorput in New Haven county State of Connecticut or Spring depose and say that in the month of April 1776 I enlisted as a soldier in the army of the revolution my enlistment was for eight months - I belonged to Col. Douglass' Regt John Lewis Capt, James Warner & Michael Bronson Lieutenants, and Joseph Beach was ensign at the same time Ichabod Merrill of Waterbury in said county enlisted into the same company - we marched from Waterbury for New York Soon after our enlistment when we continued until the British troops took possession of New York which was some time the same summer but the precise time they took possession I do not recollect but when the British troops took possession of the city our Regt marched to a place called Harlem about nine miles from the city where we encamped awhile & from there the Regt moved to a place called White Plains where they continued until the 25 th day of December then left and the company & Regt was then discharged I recollect this 25 day of December on account of its being Christmas Day our time of service was eight months or more I was well acquainted with said Merrill all the time of our service except I was taken sick and left the Regt by permission before my time was out a brother of mine took my place & served my time out - my age is eighty years I have ever since the war lived in the same town or near said Merrill until his death which was I should think about eight or nine years ago
Eben Hetchkis

State of Connecticut } ss Watertown, Bithurn New Haven County }
Be it remembered that on the 8 th day of August 1838 before me Philander B. Hine a justice of Peace for said New Haven County upward Ohio Hotchkiss and made solemn oath to the within deposition by him subscribed I am of opinion that said Hotchkiss is a man of truth and that his deposition is entitled to credit
Philander B Hine Justice of Peace

I John S. Tuttle of Waterbury New Haven County State of Connecticut aged seventy one years depose and say that for more than thirty years I was acquainted with Ichabod Merrill of said Waterbury said Merrill died at Waterbury some time in the month of December 1829 I was present & attended his funeral I now live & ever since his death have lived in the same village with his widow Sarah Merrill have been acquainted with her and know that she has not been married since the death of said Merrill but now remains his widow John S. Tuttle
State of Connecticut County of New Haven } ss. Probate District of Waterbury }
On this 16 day of August 1838 personally appeared John S. Tuttle signer of the foregoing Deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me & further certify that I am well acquainted with said John S. Tuttle & that he is a credible witness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Probate Court the day & year above written Jos. Hurnan Judge of Probate for the District of Waterbury

Schabod Merrill
Bundle 20. No 11-
77. Capt Curfys " " "
2m not on 3m no roll
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Waterbury Ct August 1838.
Hon J L Edwards. Com of Pensions Sir Enclosed are the Applications of Sarah Merrill and Sarah Withers for pensions under the act of July 7. 1838. When acted upon please make return to me and oblige Your Obedt Servant Josh Hildreth

EPR
562 Macon Street Brooklyn, N.Y.
Chief of Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir, - I have a record stating that Sarah Merrills , aged 85 years, of Waterbury, Conn., was on the roll of pensioners, in 1840.
Will you kindly give me all the information in your possession, of the person by whom she was entitled to draw a pension, and greatly oblige
Yours respectfully, Mrs Melvin A. Rice November twenty fifth.

To the commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In a Book Comm. in the Revolution is the name of Sarah Merrill, aged 85 in the census of pensioners in 1840. Could you give me the name and pension record of the soldier she received her pension from.
Thanking you at an Sincerely
(Mrs. H.M.) Mary E. Prentice
Oct 18-1923 Chemung Forks Broome co. N.Y.

Fort Dodge - Ia. Feb. 26, 1907
The Rev. Pension Dept.
Washington. D. C.
Sarah Ullrell is recorded in book published by State of Conn. In Revolutionary Service - Will you state what the pension department gives - did she receive pension for husbands services - or whores - & where was it sent to her?
Respectfully -
Wid. J. W. Randolph.
210 - V - 13 W. St.
Fort Dodge - Ia.