Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,107, for Jonathan Taylor, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn. Continental
Taylor, Jonathan Hannah
No. 18,107
CONTENTS

See letter 11 Nov 1806 J. Fish
Notication sent to John Fish Esq 5 July 1820. Mr. D. Clason
Connecticut Roll.
1690
Jonathan Taylor,
Private, Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Jan y 1818 and sent to Stephen T. Hemen, Esq. Middletown, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
5 months 9/31 $ 43.38 4/30. { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Three years
the following Middlesex continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820 —

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Connecticut Hannah Taylor widow of Jonathan Taylor who was a private company in the Connecticut line for 2. years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1843 and sent to
Jonathan Barnes Middleton Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 78.

79 Hon. Taylor
Middletown
No 1690.
ipd. 30 June 1818.
Continue

State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 20 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the adj d County Court holden at Middletown within and for the county of Middlesex in said State, on the 20 th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding ac- cording to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Taylor aged sixty four years, resident in the town of Middletown in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolu- tionary war, as follows: That he the said Jonathan Taylor enlisted for the term  period during which the War should continue on the  day of in the year 1775 in Middletown in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain as a Walter Briggs in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Return J. Meigs in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said service in the corps until Col. Meigs left the army when the Defences  when he was discharged from the said service in the Month of June 1782 in the State of — That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the 23 rd day of March 1818 ; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 1690  for proof minute particulars he refers to his former Declaration
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;" 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 do further solemnly swear, that I was in the battles of
That I am by occupation a Carpenter

That the number of my family residing with me is and ages as follows:
one
her , and their names
my wife Hannah aged - 60 Years
That I am subject to the infirmities of old age and for many Years Before I Received my Pension depended on the charity of my friends and that without it I must again depend on charity for support
Jonathan Dayson
Sworn to and declared day of June
1820,
before the Court of Common Pleas for MPCC on the 20 th
H. Wil. C.A.

SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the Court aforesaid.
1 Chair old $1, 1 Table 25 1 Cook Stove 2, Sax 50 1 Adr. 25 1 printer 37 1/2 2 Chairs 33 Crow 50 1 pot 33 1 Shovel & Pong 75 trammel 50 1 Bible 1, 1 Table 4. Bureau 3 50 1 stand 25 Bureau 50 Crockery 4. 1 Chest. Bureau, Platters & 4 50 other trifling articles not particularly remembered about 5. Dls. Debts due me abt 20. Dls.
57. 33
debts which I owe abt 1600.
Yours Taylor

I M c Trick - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annex- ed, are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Sixty one dollars and Twenty three cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 20 th day of June - 1820,
M c Trick Clerk of the Court

I Jonathan Taylor of Bridgetown, County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut do testify and say, That I belonged to the army in the war of the revolution, and in the latter part of the year One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Seventy Seven I enlisted as a private soldier during the war in the Regiment commanded by on Rhode Island --- Shd. Burne Esq in the Connecticut line, the company in which I enlisted I cannot recollect, as I was taken by Return Jonathan Meigs Esq the Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment, immediately employed as his writer, & remained until the year One Thousand, Seven Hundred & Eighty doing duty in the service, when I was discharged from the army by Col. Return Jonathan Meigs on receiving a substitute, which I did procure by the name of William Potter who was accepted as such, who remained in service one year, and then I procured as a substitute Stephen Whitebread who was accepted & remained in service one year, and then I procured as a substitute Daniel Taylor who was accepted, and remained in the service until the end of the war. I do further testify, That I am Sixty two years of age, that I have

a family consisting of my wife and my self, and I am wholly destitute of property, and depend entirely on hand labor for support, for  in reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support, for Middletown March 23 d 1818
Jonathan Sayler
A State of Connecticut Middletown County ss. Mid- -dletown March 23 d 1818. Personally came Jonathan Sayler of Middletown, signer of the preceding Deposition, before me Stephen Titus Wymen - Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, and made solemn oath to the truth thereof. - Stephen Titus Wymen
I Robert Warner of Middletown, County of Middlesex, State of Connecticut, do testify and say, That I served during the War of the Revolution as an Officer in the Regiments commanded by Samuel Wyllys Esq., and afterwards by Thomas Grovers Esq. - That before the late war I knew Jonathan Say- -ler the signer of the preceding Deposition, and have known him ever since, that he served in the War of the Revolution from the year One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy

Seven, until the year One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty as a Soldier & waiter to Col. Peter Jonathan Meigs, when he was discharged from the Service at Providence - Substitute. - I further testify, that the said Jonathan Taylor is poor, & wholly destitute of property, & having heard his prece- -ding deposition read, I do know and declare, that the facts therein stated are true, further saith not. Middletown March 23 d 1818.
B.
Robert Warner
State of Connecticut, Mindless County ss. Middletown March 23 d 1818. Personally came Major Robert Warner of sd. mid- -dletown, Signer of the preceding Depo- -sition, before me Stephen Titus Warner a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, & made solemn Oath to the truth thereof. Titus Warner.
C.
I Stephen Titus Warner a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Conne- -cticut do certify, that, it appearing to my satisfaction, that Jonathan Taylor the Signer of the first Deposition above, served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, as in said Deposition he has testified,

I am that he is a true man in reduced circumstances; — I, therefore, transmit the preceding testimony.
John Fisk
Middleton (formerly March 23 d ) 1818.
To the Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress for the revolutionary Soldiers.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the Honorable Stephen Dyer Member of Middleton in the State of Connecticut is one of the Judges of said Court, and that the preceding certificate of Marked A. B. C. is his proper handwriting & signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 20 th day of April 1818.
John Fisk Clerk

No. 400 Hannah Taylor 3. Dec. Conn.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 22. 103
J. Fisk.

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
On this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty six, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown in said State, the same being constituted a Court of Record by the Laws of said State, Hannah Taylor a resident of Middletown aforesaid in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy five 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 the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. That she is the widow of Jonathan Taylor who was a private in the Army of the Revolution; that he enlisted, at the depotment always understood, to serve during the War, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Return J. Meigs in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment, and was a waiter to Col: Meigs; that he was a pensioner of the United States, and made declarations to obtain a pension, which are now on file in the War

Office and to these declarations one made in March 1818, and the other in June 1820, the deponent begs leave to refer for particulars of the service of said Jonathan and the date of his discharge.
She farther declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Taylor, before the expiration of the peri- od of his service, on the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty one; that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Taylor, died at said Mid- dletown on the 22 d day of June A. D. One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first before written
Hannah Taylor
Before Stillman K. Wrightman A. Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.

This certifies that it is recorded in the Record of marriages in the First Ecclesiastical Society of Middletown in the State of Connecticut that Jonathan Taylor and Hannah Fuels were married by the Rev. Leach Huntington (then pastor of the First Church in Middletown) on the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one.
Middletown Octbr 17 1836 John R Brane Pastor of the First Chh in Middletown

Nehemiah Hubbard of Middletown in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is eighty five years of age; that for more than fifty years last past he has resided in said Middletown; that he knew Jonathan Taylor late of said Middletown now de- ceased a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and his wife now the wid- ow Hannah Taylor; that said Jonathan died some time in the year 1821, that said Hannah Taylor has ever since re- mained and now is the widow of the said Jonathan Taylor, and the deponent knows the said Hannah Taylor to be the identical person, who has this day appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown to make ap- plication for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
Sworn and subscribed - this 18 th day of Oc- tober A. D. 1836
Before, Stillman K. Wrightman Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.

John Fike of Middletown in the County of Middlesex and State of Con- necticut being duly sworn deposes and says that he is sixty five years of age, and has always been a resident of said Middletown; that he was present at the marriage of Jonathan Taylor late of said Middletown deceased and Hannah Tuel now the widow Hannah Taylor; that said Jonathan was a Revolutionary pen- sioner of the United States, and died some years since, deponent thinks in the year 1821: that said Hannah has ever since remained and now is the widow of the said Jonathan Taylor deceased; & the deponent knows her to be the iden- tical person who this day appears before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown to apply for a pension under the Act of Congress of July 4. 1836. Sworn and subscribed this 18 th day of October
W. S. W.
A. D. 1836 Before
C. C.
William K. Wrightman Judge of probate for the District of Middletown

State of Connecticut.
Middletown Prob. District.
I John Tink Clk. of the Court of Probate for the District of Middle- town in the State of Connecti- cut. Certify that Stillman K. Wightman Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate for s d Middle- town District & that the foregoing signatures mark s . A. B. C. pur- porting to be his is genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of s d Court this 18 th day of Oct r . A.D. 1836 J. Tink Clk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or 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.     _____ _____ 74 _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

606
Feb 24 1843
Mar 3 1843
Hon. Taylor
FREE
James S. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Middletown Conn. April 21 st 1843.
Sir,
I inclose herein the Declaration of Mrs. Hannah Taylor, who re- quests that her certificate may be transmitted to me.
With much respect
Your Obt. Servt.
Jonathan Barnes
James L. Edwards, Esq. Com t of Pensions.

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. Middletown.
On this twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Middlesex, personally appeared Hannah Taylor, a resident of Middletown in said County, 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 benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Jonathan Taylor, who was a private in the said Revolutionary War, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the Act of July 7, 1838, was eighty dollars; that she can not state the Regiment or corps, to which her said husband belonged, but refers to the proof which she exhibited on obtaining her pension under the said last mentioned Act. She farther declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed this 21 st day of April A.D. 1843, Before me
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
her Hannah Taylor mark
I farther certify that the said declarant Hannah Taylor is personally known to me.
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut, I John Kirk Clerk of the County Middlesex County Court of the County of Middlesex do Certify that Hon ble Warner Ely esq is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Middlesex as per Co ms on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certificates mark A. B. are his proper Hand Writing & signature In Testimony whereof I have here to set my Hand & affixed the seal of the Court this 21 st day of April A.D. 1843
J. Kirk Clk

196 Hannah Taylor wid of Jon a Conn
Ad 7 July 1838 Married 1781 died 1821 Allow for 2 nd p $80 per am. —
Jon a Davis Esq Middlebury Conn
9.61

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
ss. Middletown Probate District.
On this Ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record by the Laws of said State, Hannah Taylor aged seventy eight 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 the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of Jonathan Taylor who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States and for proof of his services she refers to the declaration made by him to obtain a pension now on file in the War Department.
From memoranda in her possession, she finds that the pension-certificate of her late husband was dated the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, was signed by J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War, and granted him a pension of eight dollars per month, commencing on the twenty third day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

She farther declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Taylor, on the fifteenth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Taylor died or about on the 22 d  twenty first day of June, One thousand eight hundred and twenty one; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated, and that she has not intermarried since the decease of the said Jonathan Taylor, but has ever since continued to be and now is his widow. — That (as she thinks, in the month of October, 1836) she applied for a pension, which was denied on the ground that her marriage did not appear to have taken place previous to the expiration of her husband's last period of service in the Revolutionary War; and the papers, which she then transmitted to the War Department are supposed to be on file in the pension Office. Hannah Taylor
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid before me Sam l Cooper Judge
I farther certify that the said declarant Hannah Taylor is a respectable and credible witness and that the figures "22 d " were erased and the words " or about "

2.
and "twenty first" were interlined before signing by deponent.
Sam l C. Cooper, Judge of Probate for the district of Middletown.
State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I Allyn Southmayd of said Middletown being duly sworn depose and say, that I am seventy two years of age; that I am well acquainted with Hannah Taylor the widow of Jonathan Taylor late of said Middletown deceased, and have this day seen her and examined her declaration for a pension. I can not specify the year in which the said Jonathan died, but think it must have been about seventeen years since. The said Hannah Taylor has not intermarried since the decease of the said Jonathan, but has ever since con- tinued to be and now is his widow; and farther I say not. —
Allyn Southmayd
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Allyn Southmayd this 9 th day of August A. D. 1838 before me the undersigned Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown in said State. I further certify that the said deponent Allyn Southmayd is a respectable and credible witness. —
Sam l C. Cooper Judge of Probate

"1781
July 15 Jonathan Taylor to Hannah Fulls.
I certify that the above entry is contained in a book entitled "Account of marriages" and which is one of the volumes of the records of The First Ecclesiastical Society in Middletown in the State of Connecticut. Middletown Aug 9 1838. John R Brane
Minister of the Gospel Socy in Middletown

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown, County of Middlesex }
I William Southmayd of said Middletown being duly sworn depose and say, that I am seventy four years of age, and am well acquainted with Hannah Taylor of said Middletown the Widow of Jonathan Taylor, whose declaration this day made to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of July 7, 1838, I have seen. The said Jonathan was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and was a pensioner of the United States. He died, according to my recollection, some time in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one, and the said Hannah has not intermarried since his decease, but has continued to be and now is his widow, and farther I say not. W m Southmayd
Subscribed and sworn to by the said William Southmayd this ninth day of August A. D. 1838 before me the undersigned Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown in said State. I farther certify that the deponent is a respectable and credible witness. —
Sam l C. C. Foster

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown County of Middlesex } Probate District.
I Russell Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District pro tempore do hereby certify that Samuel Cooper, Esq. is Judge of Probate for the said District, and that his signa- tures annexed to the preceding declaration of Hannah Taylor, and the depositions of William Southmayd and Allyn Southmayd are in his proper hand writing. I farther certify that the Rev. John R. Crane is minister of the first Congregational Society in said Middletown, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate of the marriage of Jona- than Taylor and Hannah Tuells is in his proper hand-writing. — In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate by direction of the said Judge this Ninth day of August A. D. 1838. —
Russell Hopkins Clerk Pro tempore

Middletown Conn. August 9 th 1838.
Sir, I inclose the papers of Hannah Taylor, who requests, that if a certificate is issued, it may be transmitted to me. —
Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt. Jonathan Barnes.

Hannah Taylor Connecticut.
Rejected
See letter D. Park II Nov 1836
married in 1780, dis- charged from service as apper from original declaration under Act 18 March 1818, in 1780, hav- ing procured a substitute.

178 Connecticut Hannah Taylor widow of Jonathan Taylor dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 21 st June 1821 of Middlesex in the State of Ct. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Capt. J. H. Higgs in the  line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 50 Dollars  Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Aug t 1838, and sent to M a Barnes Middletown Ct.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sep r " 40.00
200.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M c Addison Clerk Book  Vol. 1 st Page 214

FRANK FARNWORTH STARR, GENEALOGIST AND FAMILY HISTORIAN, MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
STARR'S ANCESTRAL REGISTER.
January 18, 1917
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
I wish to obtain a statement of the services in the War of the Revolution of Jonathan Taylor of Middlesex County Conn. who was placed on the Pension rolls in 1818 and died in 1821. ALSO
If his widow Hannah became a pensioner after his death please give me the details.
Respectfully
Frank Farnworth Starr

1917 Mar. 10. Heir. to Frank J. Starr aw
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
18107
Hannah Taylor
wid. of
Jonathan Taylor
Priv. Rev. war
Act: March 3. 1843
Index:—Vol. M , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]