Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25810, for Russell Hunt, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Hunt, Russell
W. 25810
Russel
Hester
CONTENTS

3109. Connecticut 4
Russell Hunt, Serjeant, 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 14. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. of Sept. 1818 and sent to Augustus Pettibone, Litchfield, Connecticut —
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818,  $: 37.60    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. March,  48 —    4 mo. \frac{21}{30} 1819.  $: 85.60.  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years 77
Continued
Canaan Litchfield Co.
Duplicate certificate issued 22 March 1837 and sent to Mr. M. Russell Canaan. Co.
Information sent to Mr. M. Russell Esq. Canaan. Co. Sept 1870

Richard H. H. H. the late
not on the list of death
3776 3776 Connecticut
Hester Hunt widow of Richard Hester who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Spouse
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Feb 1818 and sent to Wm T. Smith Nott
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners February 2, 1818, Page 281

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, Litchfield Court.
On this 5 th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison, Rufus Hunt
aged 86 years resident in _____ in said county, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
viz. That he enlisted for one year at Canaan in said County in the month of March A. D. 1776 as a private soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Luther Stoddard and in a Regiment under the command of Col. Charles Burrall in the Connecticut line and that he continued to serve in said company until his term of service was expired when he was honorably discharged. - And that on or about the 27 th day of May A. D. 1777 he enlisted as a sergeant in a company commanded by Capt. Titus Watson and in the 4 th Regiment under the command of Col. Herman Swift, and in the second Brigade commanded by Genl. Jedediah Huntington in the Connecticut line which enlistment was for three years, and that he served as a sergeant in said Regiment until the month of May A. D. 1780 when he was honorably discharged at Springfield in the State of New Jersey - and that on the 14 th day of April A. D. 1818 he made a declaration of his services and an application for a pension and received a pension certificate dated the 28 th day of September 1818 and numbered 3109.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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. And I the said Rufus Hunt do further declare on oath that I have no trade or occupation but that of labouring on a farm and that from my age and in consequence of a wound received from a bayonet in the battle of Germantown I can do but little labor - and that my family who reside with me consists of my wife who is fifty eight years of age and a

daughter who is seventeen years of old and that I could not support myself and family without the aid of my pension or without having recourse to public or private charity.
Schedule of the Estate of Russell Hunt
3 Sewing machines valued at $2.00 each $ 6.00 1 box — 50 1 broken iron pot — 67 1 do do Teakettle — 37 1 Dish Kettle 1.00 1 pine Table — 40 1 pair Shovel & tongs 1.25 1 maple table 1.50 $ 11.69
Russell Hunt

Russell Hunt
1830 3109
Frederick W. Lee
on the 5 th day of July
March 1819
ELM

Marked 1019
Sworn to and declared before said Court.
on the 5 th day of July
A. D. 1820
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk -
1018 1019 Marked 1018
I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Eleven dollars and 69 — cents.
In testimony whereof I have hitherto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of July 1820
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk -

Profit Hunt
Profit Hunt Profit Hunt
The first thing announced in machinery as the profit which the demand

I Ralph Hunt of Canaan in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do hereby depose and declare that in the month of February 1776, I enlisted into the service of my country, in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as a private Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Luther Stoddard in Colonel Charles Burrall's Regt. and continued in said Regiment to the end of one Year.
In the month of May 1777 I enlisted as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt. Piter Watson and served three years, a part of the time in the Jersey State, Pennsylvania State & Connecticut State, I was in the battle at Crown Point, and with Genl. Wayne at the taking of Stony Point, and with Genl. Wayne Swift in the Battle at Monmouth, & In April 1779, was drafted & served in Genl. Wayne's Army until May 1780, I served from the time I was drafted in Genl. Wayne's Army till the time I was discharged as quarter Master & was discharged in Springfield New Jersey, which discharge is destroyed. I further depose and declare that I am poor and stand in need of the assistance.

of my Country for support as have to depend on my day daily labour for a living
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss April the 14 Day A.D. 1818 personally appeared the aforesaid Russell Hunt signor of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge of Litchfield County Court
Russell Hunt
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss I Augustus Pettibone Esq. Chief Judge of the County Court for said Litchfield County which is a Court of Record do hereby certify the aforesaid affidavit and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Russell Hunt served in the revolutionary against the common enemy for more than nine months in the Continental Establishment - that By reason of his reduced circumstances he is in life need of the assistance of his Country for support
to the Hon John C. Calhoun Secretary
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed the seal of the said Court to be affixed as of this 14 th day of April Anno Domini 1818 Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge

614 Hester Hunt wid of Russell Conn Act 7 July 1835
1898
Return to be addressed to "Mrs P Burrall South Canaan Litchfield Co Conn" Married 1781 - died 1831. Allow 2/6 as Supt. $120 per ann
M rs P Burrall South Canaan 6 c

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Connecticut } Canaan in the Probate District County of Litchfield } of Sharon
On this 17 th day of August 1838. personally appeared before the Court of Probate, held at Canaan within and for the District of Sharon, in the County and State aforesaid. Hester Hunt a resident of the said Town of Canaan in the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy six 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 th 1838. entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Russell Hunt late of said Canaan deceased who was a private and sergeant in the Continental line of the Revolutionary War. She declares that her said husband immediately after the passage of the Act of 1818 granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers, made his application under said act and made proof as she is informed and believes, of a three years term of service in the Continental line of the Revolutionary Army and that he obtained a pension upon said application which pension he continued to draw till the time of his death and that after his death she as his widow applied for the arrears then due and received the same and at that time surrendered his pension Certificate. She would therefore refer to his application then made and to the proofs which he then produced for evidence to show the nature and length of the services which he performed in the Revolutionary War.

She further declares that she was married to the said Russell Hunt on the _____ day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. her maiden name was Hester Beebe daughter of Asahel Beebe late of said Canaan deceased and she was married at her father's house, in said Canaan by the Rev d Samuel Farrand who was then the regular settled minister of the parish of South Canaan where she then resided. She has no record of her marriage and is not aware of any in existence and she cannot specify the day of the month on which she was married but she is confident that it was in the month of October.
She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Russell Hunt died on the 26 th day of August. Eighteen hundred and thirty one. and that she has remained a widow from that time to the present. 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. She further states that she is unable to write her name in consequence of being totally blind.
her Hester X Hunt mark
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first before mentioned before me
William M. Beurrall Judge of Probate

At the same Court personally appeared Theodore P. Prentice of the said Town of Canaan, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following affidavit in relation to the application of the said Hester Hunt for a pension to wit,
I am the son of the late Rev Charles Prentice late of said Canaan deceased, who died on the 29 th day of May last past, and who was at his decease and for thirty four years previous, the regularly settled and ordained minister of the first Ecclesiastical Society in said Canaan being the same parish where the Hester Hunt resides, and where as I have always been informed her father Abel Beebe lived and died, I have in my possession all the Church and parish records, which were in possession of my father at his decease, and so far as I know or believe, there are no other records of said Church or parish in existence. From these records it appears that the Rev Daniel Farrand was settled as the pastor of said parish in the year 1752, and that he remained the minister of said parish till his death which occurred about the year 1803 as I am informed and my father succeeded him in the ministry. I have carefully examined all the said records for the names of Russell Hunt and Hester Beebe but do not find any record of the marriage of them or either of them to any person. The said records are the ancient part of them very imperfect, and during my father's life time they were frequently searched unsuccess-fully for records of marriages performed by Rev Farrand and I am satisfied from all the information I can obtain that many marriages were performed by the Rev Daniel Farrand of which no record now exists.
Theodore P. Prentice Sworn to and subscribed this day and year first before men- tioned before me William M. Burrough Judge of Probate

I Benajah Douglas of Canaan in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do depose and say that I am and for many years have been Town Clerk of the said Town of Canaan and as such have the charge of the public Records of said Town. And I have this day examined the said records at the request of widow Hester Hunt of said Canaan widow of Russell Hunt late of said Canaan deceased, who was when he died a pensioner of the United States. And I cannot find any record of the marriage of the said Russell Hunt or Hester Beebe to each other or to any other person. I further say that but few of the marriages which were celebrated in said Town fifty or sixty years ago were recorded on the said Town Records.
Benajah Douglas
At the same Court personally appeared Benajah Douglas who subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated. Before me
William M. Burnall Judge of Probate

At the same Court the said Applicant produced in open Court, Benajah Douglas and Theodore P Prentice both of said Canaan who made their respective affidavits in relation to the matter of the said application, which said affidavits are herunto annexed and this Court doth certify that said Benajah Douglas and Theodore P Prentice are both persons of great respectability and are credible witnesses. At the same Court also the said applicant produced the affidavits of John Holabird and Huldah Sandon both purporting to have been taken before Wm P Burrall Esq as a justice of the Peace, and this Court doth certify that the said Wm P Burrall is a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield duly commissioned and sworn and as such is fully authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that the handwriting of the said Wm P Burrall is well known to this Court and that the signatures to the certificates annexed to said depositions purporting to be his are genuine and that full faith and credit are to be given thereto. The said depositions are therefore ordered to be herunto annexed. And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting all necessary interrogatories that the said applicant is the widow of said Russell Hunt and was married to him as she states.
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate

I William P Burrell Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the State of Connecticut do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Hester Hunt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and the seal of said Court at the Probate office in Canaan this 17 th day of August A D 1835
William P Burrell Clerk

I John Holabird of Canaan in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut, do depose and say that I am Seventy Eight years of age and was born and have always lived in said Canaan and from my childhood I have been well acquainted with Rufell Hunt late of said Canaan who was when he died a pensioner of the United States, and with his wife who is now his widow Hester Hunt who is making application for a pension. I have always lived a near neighbour to the said Rufell and Hester and knew them both before their intermarriage. When they were married I was present at the house of her father Asahel Beebe and saw them married by the Rev d Daniel Garrand who was then the settled minister of the parish. I am unable to state with precision the time of their marriage but I recollect circumstances from which I can tell nearly when it was. I recollect that it was sometime after the said Rufell returned from the three years campaign which he served, and which was the last service he performed in the revolutionary War. I also recollect perfectly well that it was several years before my own marriage, and I was married in the year 1788. I therefore conclude that the marriage of the said Rufell and Hester must have taken place between the years 1780 and 1785.
The said Rufell Hunt died in 1831, and the said Hester has remained a widow since that time, he at the time of his death and she ever since that time lived within half a mile of my residence.
John Holabird

State of Connecticut Litchfield County } plainan
On this 17 th day of August A.D. 1838 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid personally John Holabird Esq and subscribed the fore- going deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated. The said John Holabird being well known to me I do further certify that he is a man of good character for truth and is a credible witness William P Dorrall Justice of the Peace

I Huldah Landon of Salisbury in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do depose and say that I am seventy five years of age and am the daughter of Asahel Bube late of Canaan in said Litchfield County and sister of Hester Hunt of said Canaan widow of Russell Hunt late of said Canaan deceased who is making application for a pension. I further depose and say that I saw the said Hester married to the said Russell Hunt by the Rev. Daniel Garrison formerly minister of the first Congregational Society in said Canaan. They were married at my said Father's House in said Canaan. I am not able to state the precise time when the said Russell & Hester were married, but I was myself married to my first husband in the year 1779, and I am very certain that it was within two years after my marriage that my said sister was married as aforesaid. They were married in the fall of the year and in the month of October I believe. I know that they were married long previous to the year eighteen hundred and twenty four, and I know it was after the said Russell Hunt finally left the Army as I well recollect his coming home and living about some time before he was married. I have always lived near the said Russell and Hester from that time till his death which happened in 1831, and I know that the said Hester has remained a widow from that time to the present.
That Day I Lived on it

State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } Ipswich
On this 17 th day of August 1838 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Huldah Sandon, and subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Huldah Sandon that she is a person of good character for truth and veracity and is a credible witness.
Wm P. Burrall Justice of the Peace

June 19, 1939
BA-J/AWF Russell Hunt W. 25810
Mrs. Charles S. Passmore 717 West Granite Street Butte, Montana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel Blair, private in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution, and of Esther (Hester) Hunt, who was living in 1840 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, aged seventy-seven years, and a pensioner.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.
The record of Russell Hunt of Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, as furnished herein, also data in regard to his wife, Hester, as found in claim for pension, W. 25810, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Russell Hunt are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Russell Hunt enlisted in Canaan, Connecticut, sometime in February or March, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Luther Stoddard's company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted May 27, 1777, served as sergeant in Captain Titus Watson's company, in Colonel Heman Swift's

Seventh Connecticut Regiment; he received a bayonet wound in the battle of Germantown, was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point, was Quartermaster to General Wayne's Army, and was discharged May 27, 1780.
Russell Hunt was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty-four years and a resident of Canaan, Connecticut. He died August 26, 1831.
Russell Hunt married in the month of October, 1781, Hester Beebe, daughter of Asahel Beebe of Canaan, Connecticut. They were married at the home of her father in said Canaan. The date and place of birth of Hester Beebe are not shown, nor is the name of her mother given.
The widow, Hester Hunt, was allowed pension on her application executed August 17, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and a resident of Canaan, Connecticut, where she continued to live in 1843 and 1848.
Hester Hunt referred to her father in 1838 as then deceased, but did not give the date of death.
Reference was made in 1818 to a brother of the soldier, Russell Hunt, then residing about fifty miles distant from Canaan, Connecticut, name of brother not stated.
Huldah Landon, sister of the widow, Hester Hunt, was seventy-five years old in 1838, and a resident of Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
In 1848, Julia A. Hunt and Rebecca G. Hunt were of Litchfield County, Connecticut; it was not stated that they were related to the family.
The papers on file in this claim contain no

further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Hester Hunt, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data: Hester Hunt, widow of Russell Hunt Certificate #3776 Issued February 8, 1849 Rate $120.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of February 2, 1848 Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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