Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31785, for Thomas Judd, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Judd, Thomas
S. 31785
CONTENTS

Aug 10
Apr 14
Brief Certificate from May 12 Bull -
M. Burrell
1834
to Lot - New one 1834 - sent to Mr.
22. 773 Connecticut
Thomas Budd of Anson in the State of Conn who was a Pri in the Conn commanded by Captain Benedict of the Regt commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Conn Troops for 13 Mo. 18 days
Note
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 45 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of November 33 and sent to Mr. M. Burrell South Berwick new one sent Dec - Jan 12 1834 Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 $ 13 32 Semi-annual allowance ending March - 22 66 $136 98
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Burrell Clerk Book E Vol. 3 Page 21-

State of Connecticut } p. Salisbury in the District County of Litchfield } of Sharon
On this 20 th day of August A D 1832 Personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State aforesaid and now sitting at said Salisbury within and for said District. Thomas Judd a resident of Canaan in said District, County, and State aforesaid, aged Seventy eight 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 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated Viz.
I was born at Danbury in said State of Connecticut on the first day of January A D 1754 but I have no record of my birth, and I do not know of any, and I have resided in Danbury ever since my birth, (excepting during the time of my services in the Revolutionary army,) until the spring of the year A D 1802, when I removed to the Town of Canaan aforesaid where I have since resided, and where I now live. And, in the latter part of April A D 1778 I enlisted as a private at said Danbury, in a Company commanded by Noble Benedict of said Danbury a Lieut James Clark, and an Ensign Stephen, and the Regiment was commanded by Col. Matherbury of Stamford in said State. I then joined the regiment at said Stamford and was marched to New York City, and remained there with the army under Genl. Washington, about three weeks. Then was carried up the Hudson river to Albany, and from there to Canada with the army under the command

of Gen l Schuyler and Gen l Montgomery. We went first to Lake George, and to Ticonderoga, which was taken before I got there by Col l Allen. We were then carried  marched to St. Johns in Canada by water, and I was there when the fort was taken. we lay before the fort about forty days before the fort surrendered. We were then marched to Montreal. The army was divided into two parts, one of which was landed above the City of Montreal, and the other below, and I was with the lower division of the army. We marched through the town to the fort which was taken. Col l Allen was taken at Montreal and several others, and I then understood North or west of the City. soon after this about the latter part of December A D 1775 my time being out. I was discharged having served Eight months, and but we went  were marched from Montreal, to St. Johns, and from there on the Lake to Ticonderoga by water, and were obliged to draw the boats into Lake George, and after crossing the Lake George, we were there discharged by our Officers and having no money were obliged to beg our way home most of the way to Danbury.
And about the first day of April A D 1776 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt s Iabez Bothford, and Lieut s Starr and Ensign Bothford and the regiment was commanded by Col l Herman Swift, and we were marched by land to Crown Point on the west side of Lake Champlain, and from there the army retreated to Ticonderoga, and I was discharged the latter part of November 1776. having having served about Eight Months, and I then returned again to Danbury. And in the spring of the next year the British burned the Town of Danbury, and I was then called out and served about two weeks, and I then saw Gen l Wooster killed, or wounded at Ridgefield, and he died at Danbury. about this time I became so deaf as to be unable  able to hear but

little. but was employed, to carry orders from and to the lines at Stamford by different Officers. and was called out whenever an alarm was made, and beside my previous service served in the army during the war at least. the  Six months. I was at Norwalk and Fairfield when they were burned. and also served some time at Stamford. I have never received any discharge in writing. but was always discharged verbally by the Officers under whom I served.
I do not know of any witnesses who are now living. of my services. excepting Joseph Gray of Ridgefield. and Thad- deus Morehouse of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. and I am well acquainted with the Rev. Charles Prentice the Clergyman of the Parish in which I reside and with William M. Burrall Esq. a Judge of the County Court within and for the Coun- ty of Litchfield. who can testify to my character for veracity.
And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present. and declare that my name is not on the Pension or annuity except the Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Judd
We Charles Prentice a Clergyman residing in the Town of Canaan in the County of Litchfield. and W m M. Burrall all a Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield and residing in said Canaan. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Thomas Judd of said Canaan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be Seventy eight years of age. that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier

of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and We also Certify that said Thomas Judd is a credible Witness
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
Charles Prentice
W m M. Burdall
At the same time, the said Charles Prentice and William M. Burdall made solemn oath to the foregoing Certificate by them subscribed before me
Samuel Church Judge of Probate
At the same time the said Thomas Judd, presented to this court in support of his said claim for a pension the deposition of Joseph Gray the disposition of Thomas Judd whereby which are hereto annexed.
And this court doth declare its 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 is known to this court that Rev. Charles Prentice who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the said town of Canaan and that the said William M. Burdall Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of Canaan and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the court. Abijah C. Peet Clerk
I Abijah C. Peet Clerk of the court of Probate for the district of Sharon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Judd for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of September A 1832.
Abijah C. Peet Clerk

State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield. } ss. Canaan in the District of Sharon
On this 21 st day of June A D 1833. Personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State afore- said, and now sitting at said Canaan within and for said District, Thomas Sudd, the declarant named in the foregoing application for a Pension, and made the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A D 1832, having been first duly sworn. That with respect to the second period of service mentioned in his former declaration, as having commenced about the first of April A D 1776, and from which he has also stated he was discharged the latter part of November A D 1776, from further service the Declarant now says that he served in the army at that time, at least Eight months. And the Declarant further says, that when the Town of Danbury was burnt, he belonged to a company commanded by a Captain Benjamin Boughton and by a Lieutenant Shute, and that he served two weeks at that time.
And the Declarant further says that with respect to the service last mentioned in his former declaration, that from his old age and the consequent loss of memory and from his deafness, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his

service during the remainder of the Revolutionary war, but that he is positive that he served at least six months after the spring of the year A D 1777, and he is also confident that he served, at least three years during said War, as a soldier, in the service of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the declarant further says, that when the town of Fairfield was burnt which he thinks was in July 1779, he served under Captain Boughton & Lieutenant Shute, and in a regiment commanded by a Col. Cook, was marched to Fairfield, and from there to Norwalk, which was also burnt, and from there to Stamford in said State and served two months before he was discharged. He was then drafted by the same officers and marched to the vicinity of New York, and kept guard at the lines between the two armies for several months, and served as before stated in his former and present declaration, but cannot recollect the precise length of each period.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Judd
Before me, William M. Burrall Judge of Probate And this Court doth declare its opinion, after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department and after hearing the aforesaid deposition, and declaration of the Declarant, that the said Thomas Judd was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that the said Judd is well known to this Court, and that said Judd is a credible witness, and the said Judd is

so deaf. as to render it impossible to communicate any ideas to him, excepting by writing. and he is also by reason of old age afflicted to a considerable degree with a loss of his memory, but is a man of very excellent character and reputation
By the Court.
Wm P Durnall Clerk
I, Wm P Durnall Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Shinar. do hereby certify. that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court. in the matter of the supplementary declaration of Thomas Ladd. to his application for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 21 st day of June. A 1833
Wm P Durnall Clerk

Washington August 31, 1931
Mrs. J. D. Waterbury 5 Bonnie Brae Utica, New York
BA-J/MCH:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31785, that Thomas Judd was born January 1, 1754, in Danbury, Connecticut.
While a resident of Danbury, Connecticut, he enlisted May 9, 1775, served as a corporal in Captain Noble Benedict's company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment, was at the sieges of Saint Johns and Montreal, and was discharged December 13, 1775.
He enlisted April 1, 1776, and served eight months as private in Captain Jabez Botsford's company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment; then in the spring of 1777 enlisted and served two weeks as private in Captain Boughton's Connecticut company and was at the burning of Danbury and battle of Ridgefield.
He also subsequently served about six months at various times on alarms and short tours, two months of which was in Captain Boughton's company, Colonel Cook's Connecticut regiment during which he was at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk.
In 1802 he moved from Danbury to Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832.
There are no data on file as to his family and this office has no general genealogical data as a means of tracing ancestry.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

April 6, 1927
Roland T. Jennings Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31785 it appears that Thomas Judd was born January 1, 1754 in Danbury, Connecticut,
While a resident of Danbury, Connecticut he enlisted May 9, 1775, served as a corporal in Captain Noble Benedict's Company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment, was at the Sieges of Saint Johns and Montreal and was discharged December 13, 1775.
He enlisted April 1, 1776 and served eight months as private in Captain Jabez Botsford's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment, then in the spring of 1777 enlisted and served two weeks as private in Captain Boughton's Connecticut Company and was at the burning of Danbury and battle of Ridgefield.
He also subsequently served about six months at various times, on alarms and short tours, two months of which was

in Captain Boughton's Company, Colonel Cook's Connecticut Regiment during which he was at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk.
In 1802 he moved from Danbury to Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut where he was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832.
There is no data on file as to his family.
It is not stated where he was living in 1840, and he is the only pensioner of Litchfield County, Connecticut surnamed Judd found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Joseph Gray of Hitchfield in the county of Hampshire in the State of Con- -necticut aged seventy nine years being duly sworn do depose and say that in the month of January 1776 I enlisted in the service of the United States for the term of one year in a Regiment of Mas- -sachusetts State Troops, commanded by Colonel John Porter, and joined in the expedition against Quebec under the command of General Arnold. And that upon my return with said Regiment to Litchfield in the month of August of the same year, Colonel Seymour's Rifles Regiment of Connecticut State Troops was there - Thomas Hull now of Canaan in the county of Litchfield in said State of Connecticut was then there in the said service as a Private Soldier in said Regiment com- -manded by Colonel Swift in the company commanded by Captain Joby Northrop. I remained at the said Post until the 18th day of November following, when said Regiment to which I belonged was transferred to Albany. The said Hull remained as such Private Soldier in said Regiment as commanded by Colonel Swift from the time of so arrived at Albany in the month of August until the 18th day of November as aforesaid. At what time he entered the said service I did not know but believe said Regiment of Colonel Swift was raised in April preceding and understood at the time from said Hull

and others that he enlisted about the 10 th of the month of April -
I was then well acquainted with the said Judd, having known him from the time we were children -
Joseph Gray
State of Connecticut Newfield County } ss. a. a -
At Danbury in the said County on this 6 th day of August 1832, before me personally appeared the above named Deponent Joseph Gray, and acknowledged the foregoing deposition, and made oath to the truth of the same - I further certify that the Deponent is a man of good character for truth and is a credible witness -
Oliver Shepard Justice of Peace

I had been there beside of Danbury in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut aged eighty three years being fully known to take peace and quiet that I am well acquainted with Thomas & Judd none of Danbury in the County of Fairfield in the said State. That in the Spring of the year 1775 I enlisted in a Regiment of Connecticut State Troops was commanded by Colonel David Waterbury in the Company commanded by Captain Noble Benedict, and I served therein as a orderly sergeant of said Company in the Northern Campaign of that year and was present at the siege of Fort St Johns and the City of Montreal. The said Thomas & Judd enlisted in the same Company I think in the month of April of that year, and served as a Corporal in said Company commanded by said Captain Benedict the whole Campaign. He was also in the said service at the taking of St Johns and Montreal and was disabled at Tienderoga in the month of December of the same year. At the siege of St Johns he was my tent-mate, and on being discharged at Tienderoga as a broken kind returned to said Danbury in Company with him, gave him a shingle to the Country on foot. He served in the said Campaign eight or nine months, being blind I subscribe this description by making my mark. Thaddeus his Morehouse mark

State of Vermont Rutland County ss. A. A.
On this 6 th day of August 1832 at Danbury in the said County personally appeared my dear friend beside the above named Dependent and before me, acknowledged the foregoing Deposition, and made oath to the truth of the same - I further certify that the said Dependent is personally well known to me, that he is a person of a good character for truth & morality, and a credible witness -
Oliver Shepard Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. d. d.
The undersigned a Notary Public within and for said County by the authority of said State duly appointed and sworn and residing at and Danbury in the said County, do hereby certify that Oliver Shepard Esq. appeared before him the foregoing Deposition of Mark Gray and Matthew Morehouse were subscribed and sworn to in a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Fairfield duly appointed and sworn, and duly authorized and empowered, by the laws of the said State, to administer oaths and take Depositions. That the signatures preceding purporting to be the signatures of the said Oliver Shepard are in his proper handwriting and that full faith and credit are due to his attestation and such Justice of the Peace -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at said Danbury this 6th day of August A.D. 1832.
Reuben Booth Notary Public

Comptrollers Office October 15 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify by a pay roll remaining in this office, of Capt. Noble Benedict's Company, 2 Regiment commanded by Col. David Waterbury, that Thomas Judd intited into said company on the 9 th day of May & served therein as a private until the 13 th day of December 1775 having served therein two hundred & nineteen days. Of this company James Clark was first Lieut; Ezra Stephens 2 nd Lt. & Daniel Hawkes Ens.
E. Phelps

Thomas Ladd
10. 66 B
 6  90 66  22 66  113 92 
Returns to be made
to
Gen M. Burnell
74
6 th Regt Canaan P.O.
He
Connecticut
 4333 13 th 18 days private  200 11  4533 198 
The period of service in Watbury's Regiment shown by Mr. Phelps's certificate has been computed.
As Col. Swift's regiment was not ordered to be raised until May session 1776, only 6 months service in that corps is allowed.
The other service not being specified cannot 2 weeks at Danbury are not computed.
The department is bound to decide according to law, and not upon notions of liberality.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Gadd which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no NO V. * Has he mentioned 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? no NO see quere 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 127
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 127
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 127
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 127
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 127
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 127
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
Role of Col Waterbury reg t being in the office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, his certificate should be procured as to service in 1775
The service stated only in general terms cannot be allowed - nor will there specified in the final time in the additional declaration unless satisfactorily proved

South Canaan Ct. Oct. 21 st 1833
J. S. Edwards Esq r .
Sir. I have in behalf of Mr. Sudda. made an application to the Hon d . Elisha Phelps Comptroller. and have procured his Certificate which I enclose. Mr. Phelps states Sudda's services to have been 7 months & 4 days. to the time of discharge. Mr. Sudda states he enlisted for Eight months. & was discharged at Lake George in December & had to beg his way home to Danbury a distance of 120 miles. whether you will think it advisable to consider this a part of his service, or not, I cannot say, but it appears to me that a liberal course should be taken. in making out to these aged relicts of our revolution the small pittance of pay, which has been granted them by Congress. with regard to his services stated as you observe in general terms. I have only to observe that. Mr. Sudda is very aged, and infirm and so deaf. that I can have no intercourse with him but by questions in writing. & it is impossible to procure from him any additional information, that he performed the services he states I have no doubt. but from the length of time & the death of his acquaintances & comrades. he cannot procure any further proof. You must therefore grant him such a pension as you think he is entitled to. and this I hope will be done without delay. as a short time will render any aid of no benefit to him
I am Respectfully &c
W m M. Burrall Probate Judge of
District of Sharon Ct.

State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } ss. District of Sharon
On this 27 th day of April A D 1834 Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the district of Sharon now sitting. Thomas Sudd a resident of the Town of Canaan in said district who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration or Affidavit.
Viz. That in August or September 1832 he made a declaration before this Court of Probate in order to attain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. and has since made a subsequent declaration of his services during the War of the Revolution. and that said declarations, together with the evidence corroborating the same, have been (as he was informed) transmitted to the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the City of Washington. but that he has never received any Pension Certificate, himself nor has any other person for him, to his knowledge or belief. and if a Certificate for a Pension has been sent to him by mail, or to any other person for his use, he verily believes it to have been lost, or mislaid, as he has never seen or heard of it. Thomas Sudd
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year above said Before me
W m M. Burrall Judge of Probate
At the same Court.
Personally appeared in open Court Gershon Hewitt a resident of the Town of Canaan in the District of Sharon, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Bath declare, and say. That he made a declaration before William M. Burrall one of the Judges of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension for Revolutionary services.

in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June AD 1832. and afterwards produced other evidence of his ser- -vices before said W m M. Burrall as Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon. and that as he was informed. his the aforesaid papers and evidence were transmitted to the Commissioners of Pen- -sions at the City of Washington. but that he has never received any Pension Certificate himself. nor has any other person for him. To his knowledge. or belief And if a Certificate of his having been placed on the Pension list. has been directed to him. or to any other person for him by mail. he verily believes that it has been lost. or mislaid. as he has never seen or heard of it
Gershon his Hewit
Sworn to and subscribed the day and mark year aforesaid Before me
W m M. Burrall Judge of Probate
And I William M. Burrall Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon. in the County of Litchfield. in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that I received the Declarations and evidence. in support of the same. of Thomas Judd and Gershon Hewit of Canaan in said district on their several applications for pensions. as stated in their affidavits annexed. and that I inclosed them to W. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions at the City of Washington. but have never received any Pension Certificates for said Judd or Hewit or either of them by mail or otherwise. and am perfectly satis- -fied that they have neither of them received any.
Certified and signed
W m William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
I further certify. that the abovenamed Thomas Judd & Gershon Hewit are credible witnesses.
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate

I William P. Durrall Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the district of Sharon Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court.
in matter of the applications of Thomas Judd and Gershon Heurt. for Pensions In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 21 st day of April A 1834

5 Bunnin Brn, Utica N.Y. August 19th. 1931.
To Mr. Earl D. Church Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Stamp Enclosed
Dear Sir, —
I w a history of Danbury ct, in our local Public Library I find where Thomas only one  Judd enlisted in the first company to be formed in Danbury.
Noble Benedict was Captain.
This Co. joined the 16th. Regt. and was ordered to duty with the northern army, reporting at Lake Champlain.
I have an ancestress, whose maiden name was Anne Judd and who married Ezra Kellogg b. 3 April 1731.
I am anxious if possible

to ascertain whether or not, my Anne Judd is a descendant of Thomas Judd the Rev. soldier.
If you have any records of the family of Thomas Judd, Rev. soldier, will you please be so kind as to send me a copy.
Thanking you in advance
Faithfully yours
Mrs. J. D. Watson .

Trinity College Hartford, Conn.
U. S Dept. Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Could you supply me with any information concerning a Judd who served in the Revolutionary War from the town of Kent?
In the "Records of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, War 1812 and War with Mexico" he is listed on page 667 as applying for a pension.

No first name is given in that book, nor in the town records of Kent, Connecticut
In both places listed as — Judd.
There was only one Judd from the town of Kent, so if any information can be obtained I should appreciate it very much.
Respectfully,
Roland T Jennings

Keat is in Litchfield Co Conn There is one Judd on Litchfield Co lists Thomas but not 1840 res. & he of Sharon

Record of Connecticut Men in the
War of the Revolution War of 1812 War with Mexico
Page 664 Town of Kent — Judd
age 92 - 1840

31785 Recy INVALID.
Act 6 - List to Roland L M.M.H. Aug. 31 - Act 6 - Mrs. J.D. Waterbury
File No. 31,785
Thomas Judd Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 218
[Arrangement of 1870.]