Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 17710, for Yale Todd, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Continental (born) Todd, Yale Davenport, Phebe (Former widow)
W 17710
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Connecticut - 2,431.
Phoebe Cavenport, fil.
widow of Yale Goodh, dec.
who died on the — Jan. 1807. of N. Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a M ts in the Comp y commanded by Captain Thomas of the Reg t commanded by — Lamb in the Conn. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Nov r 38, and entitled Horace Shepherd, N. Haven, Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r — $750.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 30.00 $800.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 67

Phoebe Davenport widow of Yale Todd
Con. Act 4 July 36
Marius in '78c
on rolls - adms Matrop 2 years xxx attorney
100 $
No deduction
Forrest Shepherd New Haven Con.
Phoebe Davenport. 3780
Forrest Shepherd Agent
New Haven Con.

State of Connecticut } New Haven County } 3/
I Jos Beach Clerk of the County Court within & for said County & Keeper of the Seal thereof hereby certify that William Storer is a Notary Public within & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn with power to administer Oaths, That his Commission is dated the 19 th day of June A 1838 & will expire two years from said date. That I am acquainted with his hand writing & that his signature here annexed is his genuine official signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 1 st day of September A 1838 Jos Beach Clerk

State of Connecticut, ss.
County of New Haven. vs. East Haven.
County of New Haven, East Haven. On this 30 th day of August, 1838. Personally appeared, before the Hon ble Nathaniel A. Clark, Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of New Haven, in the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, Mrs Phebe Dwanport, a resident of the town of East- Haven, in the County, and State aforesaid, now aged 79 years, who, being first lawfully 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 th 1836, and the Act, Explanatory of said Act, passed March 3 d 1837: That she, was married to Yale Todd, of North Haven, (at that time, a part of the Town of New Haven,) in the County, and State aforesaid, on the 2 d day November, 1778, by the Rev d Benjamin Trumbull, Pastor of the Congregational Church, in North Haven, aforesaid, That her Hus- -band, the above named Yale Todd, was an Enlisted Soldier, for during the War, at the time of her marriage, to him, that he served in the revolutionary Army of the United States, as a Corporal of Artillery, in a Company Comma- -nded by Captain Joseph Thomas, in Col. Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, about five years and a half, from the time of his Enlistment, in the month of April, 1777, until the fall, of the year, 1782, when, he was Discharged, at West Point, on account of lameness, which he had contracted in the Army, and which continued, while he lived, to trouble him; He was, as she believes, placed on the Invalid Pension list, about the year 1792, at 60 Dollars, a year, and drew once, 32 Dollars, which is all, she remembers his drawing, while he lived, — She has no Documentary Evidence, or other proof of her Husband's, the aforesaid Yale Todd's, service, Except the Deposition of Mrs John Dier- -font, of North Haven, aforesaid, who resided from the same town, at the same time, and served, in the same Company, and Regiment, with the aforesaid Yale Todd, and after the War was over, they returned to their native town, and were near neighbors, until the death, of the said Yale Todd, — for more satisfactory proof, of the service of the aforesaid Yale Todd, she would respectfully beg leave to refer, to the documents, and rolls, of Col. Lamb's Regiment, which, she confidently believes, may now be found, in the Archives of the War Department: — Her Husband, the the aforesaid Yale Todd, died, on the _____ day of January 1807. she believes

She further declares, she was afterwards married to Mr John Davenport, of East Haven, aforesaid, on the 25 th day of November 1807, by the Revd. Benjamin Trumbull, Pastor of the Congregational Church, in North Haven, aforesaid. that her second husband, the above named John Davenport, died, at East Haven aforesaid, on the 9 th day of January 1820, and that she has remained his widow, ever since that period; and that she was a widow, on the 6 th day of July 1836, and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear, by reference to the proof hereto annexed, sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year, above written,
Before me
Nathaniel R. Clark.
for Phebe Davenport - mark
Sole & presiding Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of New Haven.
I, Nathaniel R. Clark, Judge of Probate for the District of New Haven, aforesaid, do certify that Phebe Davenport, the subscriber of the foregoing declaration is a person of truth and veracity. - I do further certify, that the last figure, in the last date of the foregoing declaration, was altered before signing the same - from the figure 8. to the figure 6. So that it should read 1836, in stead of 1838. Nathaniel R. Clark, Judge of
Said Court of Probate, for the District of New Haven.
State of Vermont County of New Haven ss. I, J. H. Beach, Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the district of New Haven hereby certify that Nathaniel R. Clark is Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the District of New Haven & that the above is his genuine official signature In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of August A.D. 1838 J. H. Beach Clerk

I John Peirpont, of North Haven, in the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, now aged seventy seven years, testify and say, that in the war of the revolution, in month of April 1777. I enlisted into a Company of Artillery, and served during the war, under Captain Joseph Thomas, in Col Lamb's Regiment, and was Honorably Discharged at Westpoint, in the summer of the year 1783. and I further testify, that I was knowing to the Enlistment, and Service of Yale Todd, of North Haven, into the same Company, and Regiment of Artillery with myself, the said Yale Todd, was a neighbour to me, at the time of our Enlistment, which was about the same time, if not the same day, we were intimate friends in Camp. said Todd, was discharged at Westpoint, after the capture of Lord Cornwallis in the fall of the year, 1782. said Todd enlisted, and served as a Corporal of Artillery, from the time of Enlistment, until his discharge, according to my best knowledge and belief. — and I further testify and say, that I, now receive a Pension, of one Hundred and four Dollars per annum, for my services as gunner, in the same Company, and Regiment, with said Yale Todd. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and made Oath to the same before William Storer, a Notary Public on this 7 th Day of August 1838. — the word; the: interlined before signing, W m Storer.
State of Connecticut.
County of New Haven. ss North Haven,
John Peirpont
On this 7 th Day of August 1838. Personally appeared before me, William Storer, a Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut. John Peirpont, signer of the foregoing deposition, who is known to me, as a man of Credibility, for truth and veracity, and made Oath to the truth of the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature and seal the day and year above written. —
William Storer Notary Public

North Haven, Aug. 15, 1838.
It appears from the Records of North Haven Church — Page 37 — that Yale Todd and Phebe Brown were married November 2 nd  Proenteen hundred and seventy eight by Rev. Benjamin Trumbull, Pastor of said church.
Again it appears from the same Records — page 127 — that John Davenport of East Haven and Mrs. Phebe Todd of North Haven were married November twenty fifth , eighteen hundred and seven by Rev. Benjamin Trumbull.
I, Levett Griggs , Certify that the above is a true copy of the Records.
I, Levett Griggs , above named, do hereby certify, that I hold the office of Pastor of the Church in North Haven, and am keeper of the Records of said Church.
Levett Griggs , Pastor of the Church in North Haven, Conn.
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven, ss North Haven, —————
Be it known, that on this 15 th Day August 1838. Personally appeared before me, William Storer a notary Public, in and for the State of Connecticut, Levett Griggs , Pastor of the Church in North Haven, in said County, and State aforesaid, the signer of the foregoing certificate, who is known to me, as a man of credibility, for truth and veracity, and made Oath, to the truth of the same, — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Official Signature and Seal. The day and year, above written. William Storer, Notary Public.

I Enos Herrinway, of East Haven, in the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, now aged 83. years, Testify and say, that Mrs. Phebe Davenport, now the widow of John Davenport, late of East Haven deceased, has been a near neighbor to me ever since her marriage to the aforesaid John Davenport, in the year 1807. I know that she was the widow of the said John Davenport, on the 4 th day July 1836. and she remains his widow at the present time, and she well sustains the reputation of a respectable old lady, and whom I believe to be justly entitled to the pension, which she claims. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and made oath to the truth of the same, on this 30 th Day of August, 1838. before the subscribing authority -
Nathaniel H. Clarke, Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of New Haven.

Mar. 28, 1906
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Todd, Yale
His name appears on a list of invalid pensioners returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 61.
Rank : Private
Regt : General Wooster
Disability : Disabled by hardships to which he was exposed, which occasioned a lameness.
Date of commencement : May 3, 1792
Monthly allowance : $5.55 1 / 3
Arrears due : $150.00

AW
Aug. 3, 1906
W. G. S.

Todd, Yale
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 113.
Rank : Private
Regt : Gen. Woosters
Disability : Disabled by hardships to which he was exposed, and which occasioned a lameness.
Residence : North Haven
Monthly allowance : $5.55 1 / 3
Arrearages : $150.00
Remarks : There are no rolls for '75, when it is supposed this man was disabled.

Yale Todd -
Corps in Thomas's Comp y . Sams Reg t for several years before 1782 when he was discharged -
Yale Todd paid as a Private for in Captain Thomas Company for the year 1781 - 8 Mo & 3 days - I have no account of the Company's pay for 1781 - The detached rolls are at the Burden - Mr Anderson

3780 Sept 7 ct 4 July 1836
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

New Haven Sept 4, 1835.
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Respected Sir.
Enclosed is the claim of Mrs. Phebe Devanport.
I am with great respect.
Your obedient servant
Forrest Shepherd

Per  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17710 Phebe Davenport Former widow of Gale Dodd Matross Rev War
Act: July 4 th 36 Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]