Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14698, for Abner Tibbils, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.) Tibbils, Abner
S 14698
Carded
CONTENTS

32.750
Connecticut
Abner Tibbets* deceased
of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut who was a Artificer in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt _____ commanded by Col Baldwin in the Revolutionary war for 2 years
Continental.
* Tibbils
W.W.R. Apr. 30, 1908.
Inscribed on the Roll of Warfield at the rate of 24.00 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831. & Endg 15 th Jany 1839
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of March 1837 and sent to L. M. Crumby Esq.
Appears to the 14th of Canandaigua Pension Allowance ending N.Y.
Increased from 18.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wrightman Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 42

State of Connecticut } Derby June 25 - A.D. 1870 County of New Haven } S.
Newton T. Hills of the town of Derby in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is a son of Abner T. Hills deceased late of the said town of Derby - that his said father was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $90. per ann. - that he drew his pension for many years of his life time & up to about the time of his death - that he died on the fifteenth (15 th ) day of January in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839) - that he left a widow who has since died - that he left two children now surviving him now living whose names are Newton T. Hills, (this deponent) and Amanda Chatfield Sworn & subscribed Amanda Chatfield to this 25 th day of June } Newton T. Hills June 1850 Before me.
Nathan J. Wilson Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Newton T. Hills is a man of credibility. Nathan J. Wilson Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of New Haven.
I Henry G. Lewis clerk of said county do hereby certify that at a Court held in & for said county on the 4 th Wednesday of June 1857 it was duly proven by the exhibition of testimony satisfactory to said Court that Abner P. Hall deceased. late of the town of Derby in said county was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96. per ann. that he died on the fifteenth (15 th ) day of January in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839) - that he left a widow who has since died. & that he left two children only surviving him now living whose names are Newton P. Hall and Amanda Chat- field In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said county this 26 th day of June 1857.
Henry G. Lewis Clerk

Constitu
Abner Tibbels.
Cornelius Tuthill Esq. New Haven Connecticut

State of Connecticut ss. New Haven County Court
On this second day of April 1823 in open Court being a Court of Record & having a seal by virtue of the laws of said State personally appeared Abner Tibbils aged sixty seven resident in Derby in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, the 1 st of May 1820 and the 1 st of March 1823 that he the said Tibbils enlisted for the term of three years in the month of February in the year 1778 at Wallingford in the State of Connecticut in with the Company commanded by Captain Jairus Wilson in the Regiment commanded by Col Seduthan Baldwin in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment - that he continued to serve in the said Corps until sometime in the month of February 1781 when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident

citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred & Eighteen & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other 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 passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 any income or property other than what is contained in the following schedule (except necessary clothing and bedding) viz,
  1 Cow 13.00 Aunt brot up $ 42.57   2 old Chests 1.00 4 old pewter Spoons .12   1 do with drawers & stand 1.50 1 Cow Bell .08   2 sets of old Chairs 3.00 1 Adze 1 pro Gears 1 plough 3.31   1 Warming pan 1.00 2 Old Chairs & pitchforks .85   2 old brass kettles 8.00 3 Old Cider Barrels .75   2 Iron pots .75 2 pork & 1 Soap Barrel .75   2 do kettles .42 9 old dry baskets 1.00   2 axes 1.00 2 Old Saddles 3.00   1 gridiron & 3 trammels 1.25 3 old Trays & Tub .59   2 pr Shovel & long 1.00 2 Iron Candlesticks & Crowbar .84   1 Baking Kettle .30 2 Baskets & 2 Sieves .65   10 old milk pan & pail 1.00 1 Small looking Glass .17   1 Set Silver Tea Spoons 3.75 1 Reel 1 Grindstone .31   2 Stone & 2 Earthen Pots .49 6 Glass Bottles 1 Wooden Bottle .64   1 set of Earthen Platters 1.8 1 Stone Jug 1 Tin Funnel .15 

  2 Sets of old Knives & Forks 1,00 1 pr Steel yards .50   4 Sets of Earthen Plates 1,00 3 Sad irons ,60   3 Earthen Tea Pots ,67 1 Half Barrel measure ,25   2 Sets of Tea Cups ,50 1 Lard Tub 2 Iron wedges ,37   1 Milk Cup & 2 Sugar Bowls ,46 1 Cheese Press ,25   2 Chugs, & 4 Bowls ,21   1 pr andirons & Shaving knife ,37   1 Tea Kettle ,30   1 Hatchet 2 Chuguns ,92   2 old Wheels 50   43,57 
Use & improvement of } about 16 acres of land } annual value 25,00
83,65
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule no changes have taken place in my property excepting that some articles specified therein have become worn out and some others depreciated in value. That I have not been able by search in the office of the Clerk of this County, to find my former Schedule, nor have I ever been able to ascertain whether the same was forwarded to the War Department or what reason existed why I was not reinstated on the list of Pensioners. That my profession or occupation after my discharge was that of a Schoolmaster and that for many years past in consequence of the failure of my eye-sight, I have been unable to pursue said Business

That I have a family composed of my wife Clara aged 57 years my daughter Lomantha aged 27 years who by means of continual sickness is & has been long unable to support herself, my son Newton aged 19 years who labors under a rupture of body from a child all dependent on me for support and that I am unable to procure my own and their subsistence by labour all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. Abner Tibbels Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court of Opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the afore- said schedule is Eighty three Dollars sixty five cents and doth order these proceedings to be entered on the records of said Court. C. Fulhill , clk. of Co. Ct.
I Cornelius Fulhill Clerk of the County Court in and for New Haven County in said State, do hereby certify that the above declaration and certificate are truly

copied from the Records of said Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 21 st day of April 1823. C. Southill , Clerk of said Court.
I Isaac Mills Chief Judge of the County Court in and for New Haven County in said State, do hereby certify that Cornelius Southill Esq., in blank of said Court and Keeper of the Seals & Records thereof; and that the preceding certificate under his hand and the seal of said Court is authentic and in due form of law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven this 22 nd day of April 1823. Isaac Mills

Con t
Abner Tibbitts of Derby Capt. Wiley 6 th of Artillery Col. Nathan, Regt.
29 th April 1818
To Simon Baldwin New Haven Not now holds
Admitted
The Indp New Haven

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss.
ON this twentymuth day of April in 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State, personally appears Abner Tibbils aged 61 years, resident in Derby in the said State, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following DECLARATION , in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Abner Tibbils in Feby 1778 enlisted in Haddam in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Jairus Wilson , being a Company of Artificers afterwards attached to Col Baldwin's regiment of Artificers, to serve three years
That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 7 th of Feby 1781 when he was discharged from service, in Westpoint state of New York - That he was in the battles of  has since lost his discharge
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Simeon Baldwin
I, Simeon Baldwin Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do Certify , that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Abner Tibbils did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding DECLARATION , against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
NEW-HAVEN, April 29 th 1818.
Simeon Baldwin
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } NEW-HAVEN COUNTY, ss.
NEW-HAVEN, May 2 nd 1818.
I, DYER WHITE , Clerk of the Superior Court of said State, for said County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do CERTIFY that the name SIMEON BALDWIN , subscribed to the foregoing Certificates, is known to me to be the proper hand writing and signature of SIMEON BALDWIN , who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court.
In testimony whereof, I affix the Seal of said Court.
Dyer White

State of Connecticut, New Haven County
On this Eighteenth day of September A.D. 1818. before me Simson Baldwin a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appear Titus Hall of Wallingford & Jonathan Ralph of North Haven & being first severally sworn, depose & say w th the s d Titus Hall depose & says that he was a Lieut. in Col d Jairus Wilson's Company of Artificers from some time in the year 1777 to some time in the year 1780 & the s d Jonathan Ralph depose & says that he served during the same period as a private in s d Company & the Deponents both depose & say that they well knew the applicant Abner Tibbets who joined the company the beginning of the year 1778 & continued to serve in the same Company more than two years & they presume till he was discharged in 1781 the Deponent Ralph says he was discharged in the year 1780 & the s d Hall that he was transferred to an other Company in the same year & they both say they left s d Tibbets in service in s d Wilson's Company
Simson Baldwin
I further certify that the s d Titus Hall & Jonathan Ralph are both personally known to me & are respectable & credible witnesses —
Simson Baldwin J.P.
I further certify as the result of particular enquiry that the said Abner Tibbets is possessed of no real & but little personal Property & by reason of his reduced circumstances in life - I am satisfied he needs the assistance of his Country for support —
Simson Baldwin

August 25, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Mrs. Robert D. Hildreth 19 Holland Avenue Westfield, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14698, that Abner Tibbils enlisted in Haddam or Wallingford, Connecticut, in February, 1778, and served in Captain Jairus Wilcox's Company, Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Regiment of Continental Artificers, and was discharged February 7, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, at which time he was living in Derby, Connecticut, and was aged sixty-one years.
In 1823, he referred to his wife, Clara, as aged fifty-seven years, his daughter, Lemautha or Samantha, aged twenty-seven years, and to his son, Newton, aged nineteen years.
The soldier died January 15, 1839, leaving a widow who was dead in 1850.
The following were the only surviving children in 1850:- Newton Tibbillis and Amanda Chatfield.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

32750 Connecticut. Abner Tibbils dec d ?
of New Haven Co in the State of Conn who was an Artificer in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Baldwin in the Revolution time for 2 years
Reported
200 W. J. A.
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 144 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. to end 15 Jany 1839, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1850 sent to Hon. R. L. Rose, H.R.
Payable to only surviving Children Semi-annual allowance ending
Newton Tibbils & Amanda Chatfield
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk, Book En Vol. 3 Page 42
Deduct what has been paid under Act of 18 March 1818, at $96 pr. annum. to date of March 1831.

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Connecticut Roll
Abner Tibbitts, Lt
private. Col Baldwin's Ry t
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24. of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of Sept. 1818 and forwarded to Simeon Baldwin Esq. New Haven Connecticut
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  $ 33. 60    Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar 1819  48. 00    ars. 4 mo. 6/30.  $ 81 : 60  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
.78 Three Years continued Derby, New Haven County,
Notification sent 12 July 1824, John L. Tomlinson, Derby, Conn.

CHATFIELD & CHATFIELD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Lime, Cement, Plaster & Masons' Supplies,
55 BENEDICT STREET.
Derby Waterbury , Conn., Oct 24 1894
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
Will you please send me, from records in your office, such information as may be possible in regard to Abner Tibbels, who was a pensioner under act of Congress passed in 1818. His name appears in "Connecticut in the Revolution" in the list of pensioners as "artificer". I wish to know if he enlisted from Derby, and in what regiment or company.
My great grandfather was Abner Tibbels of Derby, and I desire, if possible to establish the fact that he was the one of that name who was in the Revolutionary war from Connecticut, in order to prove myself eligible to membership in "Daughters of the Revolution"
Respectfully
Mrs. Emmeline B. Sherwood. c/o A. F. Sherwood. Derby, Conn.

Abner Tibbitts, born Oct 18 March 1818 #96 p.m.
To what time was he last paid M.B.A.
Pension Offered July 11, 1850
To his death — January 15, 1839

Almer Tibbels, decd
Sum to $2440 per annu beqg $1444 " " commg 4 March 1831 & endg 15 Jany 1839, Payable to
Newton Tibbels & Amanda Sharpless only surviving children
L. M. Henry, Canandaigua NY
No 38021
Almer Tibbels decd. Estate
Act 7 June 1832
Admrs Dyems Antipen $1444.00 per m
From 4 March 1831 to 15 Jany 1839 the day of his death, payable to Newton Tibbels and Amanda Sharpless one surviving children after deducting what has been paid since 4 March 1831 under act 18 March 1838 at $96 per m
John R. Rose House of Reps

Canandaigua N.Y. July 3 rd 1830
Sir:
Herewith is forwarded the claim of Abner Tibbals dec d of Co. M. for an increase of Pension. under act of 7 th June 1832.
You will find upon examination that Tibbals served in Col Baldwin's Regt. of Artificers & was of course entitled under act of 7 th June 1832. to $144. per Ann.
I am very respectfully
Your obed Servt. L.M. Brum
J.L. Edwards Secy Comm ee of Pensions Washington. D.C.

Abner Tibbitts
Rec d 8 June 1824
John L. Tomlinson. Derby, Count:
100 100 100

State of Connecticut ps. New Haven County Court
On this 25 th day of November 1823 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record within & for the County of New Haven & having a seal Abner Tibbils resident in Derby in said County who being first duly sworn according to law in addition to his declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the first of May 1820, both further declare that since the 18 th of March 1818 he hath not directly or indirectly disposed of any property other than what has been consumed in his family according to his best recollection excepting one heifer, which he sold to Maria Tibbils in March 1821 for the sum of Thirteen Dollars cash & that he expended that sum in the purchase of medicines & in paying Doctor Stone of Oxford & Doctor Warner of Brookfield for attendance in the sickness of my daughter Samantha.
Abner Tibbils.
C. S. B.
Sworn to and declared in open Court. Whereupon it is ordered that these proceedings be entered in the records of said Court. Attest, C. Tuttle, clerk.
State of Connecticut
ps.
New Haven County
I Cornelius Tuttle Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing are truly copied from the records of said Court.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 5 th day of December A. D. 1823.
C. Southill, Clerk of N. H. Co. Ct.
I Isaac Mills Chief Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Cornelius Southill Esq is Clerk of said Court and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding certificate under his hand and the seal of said Court, is au- thentic and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven this 6 th day of December A. D. 1823.
Isaac Mills Chief Judge of New Haven County Court

Abner Tibbets -
Ans d 1 May 1823, See letter to Applicant
See return within, rec d 8 June 1824 -
Continu g .

MRS. ROBERT D. HILDRETH 19 HOLLAND AVENUE WESTFIELD, MASS.
Pension Office - Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:—
Can you give me any information concerned in the record of Abner Tibbals - who enlisted in Capt' Jairus Wilcox's Co. Baldwin's Regiment and served three years as an artificer? He enlisted at Haddam, Conn.
over
I cannot tell you

in what war - either Revolutionary or War of 1812. He was a petitioner .
I am very anxious to get a copy of any records you may have.
Sincerely yours,
Carrie W. Hildreth

Reborn
14698
INVALID.
File No. 14, 698  Fibbils *  Abner Fibbils  Artificer New York
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 376
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* W.D.Y. Apr. 30, 1908.

1894 Nov. 21 His To Mrs. Emeline B. Sherwood Derby, Conn. 1930-Aug. 25-11th Mrs. Robert D. Hildreth