Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20501, for William Lord, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Dad, William Chloe
NUMBER
No. 20501.
( B. L. W. 1255-200- Lieut. Issued Jan. 29, 1793 to Jonas Prentice, assignee No papers.
CONTENTS

384 Connecticut Roll
William Lord
Ensign Connecticut Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of May 1818 and sent to S t Hoosmer Esq r Middletown, Conn.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 4 months 19/31 $ 92.33
{ Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
.77 War
Saybrook, Middlesex Co
Exec. Hoos. S. Eng. March 28. '38
Not entitled to a pension under the provisions of the act "to provide for a pension on the application of the widow of a soldier who served in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War." of the 18th March 1820. Dated July 1820.

384 Connecticut Dist
William Lord
Pension List
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of forty Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of May 1818 and sent to J s Hartman Esq r Middleton, Conn.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 Amortises 19/31 $92.33
Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,
79 War
Saybrook, Wednesday Ev g
Not entitled to a pension under the law of the 1 st May 1820. Notification sent to John Dick Esq r 30 th July 1820. Middleton Conn.
State Rep. D. L. Dyer. Pension 28.38

Connecticut 3888
Chloe Lord
widow of William Lord
Con who was an Ensign
in the Connecticut line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of — 240 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the fifteenth day of December 1843 and sent to
S. M. Hartley
Essex
Connecticut
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 71

43363
Chloe Lord widow of William
Conn:
Count Atty's S. day 17 March AD 1838 Mr. J. B. Hill CLK
Report to Hon. S. Ingham H.R.

In may 1775 intested in Capt John Ely Comp n Col Sam l Nelson Parsons Regt served until Regt discharged may 1776 in listed a sergeant in Capt Elisha Chapman Company Col Sam l Silvers Regt served to 25 December April 1777 in listed sergeant in Capt Martin Kiethland Company Disbanded by Wm Douglas Col who died at and others took the field Lt Col Duncan Comand g and Jonathan Return Mays was appointed Col James that Rank until April 1779 was appointed Engine in G d Regt until Sept 1781 was appointed Lt & transferred to Col Sam l B. Weeks Regt and Capt Timothy Collins Company of served in that Rank until the army was disbanded 1783
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1775 While at Newbury was delayed to have done abroad. To prevent the fire which the Enemy had set for under a heavy cannon -
in 76 was on L Island in the Retreat on York Island with the troops that lost the British on Harlem - - - - was at the White Plains - - - 77
was in the actions at Brunswick & Short Hills
in 78 was in an action - near Kings Bridge
Was at the Siege of Yorktown Did help storm a redoubt under the Command of Col Alexander Hamilton

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
On this Eighth day of March A D 1838 Personally appeared before Hon. Court of Probate for the District of Saybrook the Widow Abigail Lord a reside- nt of the Town of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged seventy seven 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 William Lord late of said Saybrook deceased who was an Ensign and Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution and according to her best knowledge and belief in the said William Lord enlist- ed May 1775 in Capt. John Ely's Comp y Col. Samuel Wadsworth Parsons Reg t & serv d until Reg t was discharged. In May 1776 he enlisted a serg t in Capt. Elizer Chapman's Comp y Col. Samuel Seldens Reg t serv d until the 25 th Dec r . In April 1777 he enlisted a serg t in Capt. Martin Kirtland Comp y raised by William Douglass who died and never took the field. Lieut. Col. Simon Commanded he died and Jonathan Return Meigs was appointed Col. serv d as serg t until April 1779 was then appointed Ensign in s d Reg t serv d in that capacity until Sept 1781 was then appointed Lieut. and transferred to Col. Samuel Webb's Reg t and Capt. Timothy Allen Comp y and serv d in that rank until the Army was disbanded Nov 1783 - was on Long Island in the retreat of 1776 & on York Island with the Troops that fought the British on Harlem & at White Plains 1777. in the actions at Brunswick & Short Hills, was in an action near King's Bridge - also at the siege of Yorktown & helped storm a fortress under Col. Hamilton - she further declares that she was married to the said William Lord on the 16 th day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three -

that her late husband the aforesaid William Lord died on the 8 th day of July 1825 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by proof hereto annexed. she further declares that the said William Lord returned to the Army in a few days after their Marriage Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before Me Chas Lord Obadiah Spencer Judge of Probate for the District of Saybrook
Connecticut of Middlesex ss Saybrook Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Middlesex the Rev Frederick William Hotchkiss of the Town of Saybrook in the County aforesaid aged 75 years Pastor of the First Church in said Saybrook, who having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith that he united William Lord the person named in the foregoing Deposition and Chloe Waterhouse who is now known & called by the name of Widow Chloe Lord both of said Saybrook in lawful wedlock on the 16 th day of October 1783 at said Saybrook and that the said William Lord was at the time of his said marriage with the said Chloe Waterhouse as this deponent understands and verily believes a Lieut in the Army of the Revolution. And that the said William Lord was a Deacon in the Church for several years, over which this deponent presided and that the said William Lord died July 8 th 1825 and that the said Chloe Lord his widow is still living and unmarried.
Subscribed and sworn to Frederick W m Hotchkiss this 8 th day of March AD 1838 Before me J. W. Starkey Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent Frederick William Hotchkiss that made oath to the above affidavit before me. That he is a Clergyman as is therein mentioned and that he is a respectable and creditable person and entitled to full credit in his testimony B J. W. Starkey Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Saybrook
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County of Middlesex Ambrose Watson of the Town of Saybrook in said County who being first duly sworn according to law Deposed and saith that he is Eighty one years of age and that he well recollects of being present at the Marriage of William Lord named in the foregoing deposition in said Town of Saybrook in the month of October A.D. 1783 and that he then saw him joined together lawful wedlock with Chloe Watson as a sister to the first wife of this deponent and that they were married by the Rev. Frederick William Hotchkiss named in the foregoing deposition. And that the said William Lord at the time of his said marriage as this Deponent has always understood and verily believes was a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution and thus continued to be until the Army was disbanded November 1783 And that the said William Lord has since died, White, July 8 th 1825. and that the said Chloe Lord his widow is still living and unmarried
Subscribed and sworn to this 8 th day of March A.D. 1838 Before Me S. W. Sturtevant Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent Ambrose Watson that made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he is a respectable and credible person and entitled to full credit in his testimony
S. W. Sturtevant Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut 3
County of Middlesex 3 ss Saybrook
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County of Middlesex Robert H Ely of the Town of Saybrook in said County who being first duly sworn according to law Depose and saith that he is 95 years of age and that he well recollects of being pres- ent at the marriage of the afore said William Lord in said Town of Saybrook in the month of October 1783 and that he then saw him joined in lawful wedlock with Chloe Natchouse - and that they were married by the Rev d Frederick William Hotchkiss, and that the said William Lord at the time of his said marriage as this deponent has always understood and verily believes was a Lieut in the Army of the Revolution and thus continued to be until the Army was disbanded Nov r 1783 and that the said William Lord has since died Nov r 8. 1825 and that the said Chloe Lord his widow is still living and unmarried
Subscribed & sworn to
this 8 th day of March
AD 1838 Before me
Robert H. Ely
J. W. Starke, Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent that made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he is a respectable and credible person and entitled to full credit in his testimony
J. W. Starke Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Saybrook
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex Rufus Clark of said Town of Saybrook who first being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is seventy two years of age and that he is well acquainted with the hand writing of Deacon William Lord mentioned in the foregoing Depositions and that the paper marked with the letter A containing a statement of the services of the said William Lord in the Revolutionary War is his the said William Lord's own hand writing and that the said William Lord as this Deponent has always understood and verily believes was in the Army near all the time during the Revolutionary War and that he continued to be a member thereof until said Army was disbanded Nov 1783 - and that the said William Lord was always reputed and believed to be a Lieutenant in said Army and that the said William Lord died July 8 th AD 1825 - and that his widow Chloe Lord is still living and unmarried sworn to and subscribed this 8 th day of March 1838 before me
H. W. Starky Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent that made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he is a respectable and credible person and entitled to full credit in his testimony
H. W. Starky Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut - 3
County of Middlesex ss Saybrook
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County of Mid- dlesex William Clark of said Town of Saybro- ok who being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth and saith that he is fiftyfive years of age and that he is well acqu- ainted with the hand writing of the afores- aid Deacon William Lord late of said Saybroo- k deceased and that the paper marked with the letter B containing a statement of the services of the said William Lord in the war of the Revolution is his the said William Lord, own proper hand writing and that the said William Lord has since died - to wit - July 8 th 1825 and that his widow Chloe Lord is still living and un- married
Subscribed sworn to W m Clark this 8 th day of March A D 1838 Before me
C. M. Starky Justice of the peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent William Clark and that made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he is a respectable and credible person and entitled to full credit in his testimony
C. M. Starky Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Jay Brooks
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middle- sex William Lord of said Town of Jay Brook who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is fifty two years of age and that his father William Lord mentioned in the foregoing Deposition gave him the afore- mentioned paper marked A a few weeks before his death, saying that it contained a true account of his the said William Lord's services in the Army of the Revolution and that it might hereafter be of some benefit to him meaning this Deposition which said paper is here to attach and is in the words & figures following "I in May 1775 enlisted in Capt John Ely's Comp y Col Saml Heldens Regt serv d until Regt discharg d - May 1776 enlisted a Sergeant in Capt Ely's Chapman's Comp y Col Saml Heldens Regt serv d to 25 Dec r - April 1777 enlisted Sergeant in Capt Martin Kirtland , Comp y raised by William Douglass Col who died & never took the field - Lieut-Col Simon he commanded he died & Jonathan Return Meigs was appointed Col serv d in that rank until April 1779 was appointed Ensign in said Regt until Sept 1781 was appoin- -ted Lieut & transferred to Col Saml B Webb's regt and Capt Timothy Allen's Company I served in that rank until the Army was discharged 1783 - 1775 while at Roxbu- -ry was detail d to haul down a Blimp to prevent the fire which the enemy had set on fire under a heavy can- -nonade - in 76 was on Long Island in the retreat - on York Island with the troops that fought the British on Harlem was at the White Plains 77 - was in the action at Brunswick and Short Hills - in 81 was in an action near Kings Bridge was at the siege of York Town - did help storm a fortress under the the command of Col Alexander Hamilton
Subscribed & Sworn to this 8 th day of March
William Lord
A.D. 1838 Before me J. M. Stanley Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent William Lord that made Oath to the within affidavit by him signed before me, and that he is a respectable and credible person and entitled to full credit in his Testimony.
J. W. Starky Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut Middlesex County
I Mr. Dink Clerk of the County Court of said County of Middlesex
do certify that J. W. Starky Esq t is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex as per Com s on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certificates mark d A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. L & M. are his proper Hand Writing & signatures - In Testimony whereof I have set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 8 th day of March AD 1838 -
Mr. Dink Clerk
3363 Chloe Lord James William
Corn:
Asst to
Mr. J. Ingraham H.R.

I William Lord of Saybrook, County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut do testify;
That I served in the army in the War of the Revolution from the beginning to the end of it, with the exception of a few months before the Continental establishment commenced; That in April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven, I enlisted as a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Kirtland, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Williams Douglass, in the Connecticut line, & in the Brigade of Genl. S. H. Parsons; That I served as a Sergeant in said Company until the fifth day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty One when I was appointed & commissioned by Congress an Ensign to take rank from the 19 th of April One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy nine.
I served in the army as Ensign under said Commission until October One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty One when I was at the Siege of Yorktown, was appointed a Lieutenant, & transferred to the Regiment of Col. Samuel B. Webb, and continued in the army of the United States until the end of the War when all, excepting but one Regiment of the Connecticut Line was discharged, & was permitted to retire from Service.
I further testify, that the said Com-

Commission appointing me an Ensign I possess, and have exhibited to the Judge who takes this Deposition; but my Commission as Lieutenant was never transmitted me, tho' I took command & received pay as such. - - - -
I further testify, That I own fourteen acres of Land & a small house, worth about One Thousand Dollars, on which there is a mortgage unpaid of Five Hundred Dollars, & this is all the property I possess; my wife has a property worth nearly twelve Hundred Dollars, in which I have a life estate. That I am Seventy two years of age; That I have a family to support consisting of four persons, & by reason of my ad- -vanced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my Country for sup- -port & pray that I may obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress for Revolu- -tionary Soldiers. March 30. 1818.
A.
William Lord
State of Connecticut, Middlesex County, ss. Middletown March 30 th 1818. Person- ally came William Lord of Saybrook in S. County, Signer of the preceding De- -position, before Stephen Titus Warner a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, and made

Solemn oath to the truth thereof before Stephen Titus Hosmer .
I Benoni Shipman of Say Brook, County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut do testify; That I am well acquainted with William Lord of so Say Brook, Signer of the preceding Deposition; That he was appointed and commissioned an Ensign at the time of in the Regiment mentioned by him, and served as an Officer during the war, and retired at the close of it, in the manner mentioned in his said Deposition;
I further testify, that the said William Lord has truly stated his circumstances in point of property & family, and in my judgment has lost his property at more than he could get for it, for the truth not,
Middletown March 30 th 1818.
Benoni Shipman
B. State of Connecticut, Middlesex County, To all whom these presents shall come, I, Benoni Shipman of Say Brook in said County, Signer of the preceding Deposition, before Stephen Titus Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, and made solemn Oath to the truth thereof. Stephen Titus Hosmer
C. I Stephen Titus Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of

Certificate do certify. That, it appearing to my satisfaction, that William Love the signer of the first Deposition on this paper, served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, as in his De- -position he has testified; I, therefore, transmit the preceding testimony.
Stephen Wetmore
in Middletown March 30 th 1818. To the Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Su- -perior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify, That the Honorable Stephen Wetmore of Midd- -letown in the State of Connecticut, is one of the Judges of the said Court, & that his name subscribed to the preceding cer- -tificate marked A. B. C. is his pro- -per hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Middletown aforesaid on this 17 th day of April 1818.
W m Park Clerk

No 1.
William Lord
Wadsworth
issd. 5 May 1818.
Not entitled

United States of America.
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT } County of Middlesex.
ss. Haddam June 14 1820
On this 14 th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, holden at Haddam in and for the County of Middlesex; being a Court of Record, according to the laws of the State of Connecticut; by which it was created; and having the power of fine and imprisonment; William Lord aged seventy four years, resident in Saybrook in the County and District aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: to wit: in the Connecticut Line in a Regiment commanded by Col. Parsons , Col. Dummen C o . Mays & others in Capt. Heitland  others company, as more particularly stated in his original declaration, dated the 17 th day of April A. D. 1818; that he has received a Pension, the Certificate of which, bears the Number 384
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," passed on the 18th 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 I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
William Lord

Schedule of the real and personal estate of William Lord abovenamed, comprising every article of the same, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted: to wit:
  One half of an Old House & Barn w th the half of 14 Acres of Land under a Mortgage - - - - - }  $ 750 -    Tenancy by Courtesy of twenty & a half Acres of plowing Pasture & Wood Land - - - - - }  200 -    Tenancy by Courtesy of 12 Acres of Bush pasture & Wood Land - - - }  48.    Tenancy by Courtesy of 4 Acres of low Meadow - - - - - }  40.    Tenancy by Courtesy of four Acres of Salt & fudge Meadow - - - - }  12.    1 Yoke of Oxen - - - - -  70.    1 Cow - - - - -  14    1 Desk - - - - -  2. 50    Pots Dishes Kettle &c - - - - -  1. 50.    4 Tables - - - - -  3.    8 Chairs - - - - -  4.    1 Old looking Glass - - - - -  2.    Crockery - - - - -  5.     $ 1152 -    from which sum deduct the amt. of the Mortgage Debt upon the House & homestead - - - -  600.    also a Note due Richd W. Hunt  165.     765.     $ 387 -    Will m Lord

I, the said William Lord — — — — — , do also swear that my occupation is, and for more than twenty years last past, has been that of a farmer ; that by reason of the infirmities of old age I am unable to labour more than one fourth part of the year, that my family consists of three persons who steadily reside with me; whose names, ages, and capacity to contribute to their own support, are, as near as can be ascertained by me, as follows, to wit:
Chloe my wife aged 59  years ; ability equal to  weakly & unable her support.  unable to do the ordinary menial & do- mestic business of the house also Richard a son, aged 24 ; ability  very feeble his support subject to turns of derangement & is wholly unable to support himself but a Bill of expenditure to me - also a Grandson William L. Fink aged Ten Years
who are wholly unable to contribute to their support.
William Lord SWORN to and declared on the 14 th day of June — 1820 before the Court of Common Pleas for Middl. County — Wm. Fink Clerk of said Court.
I, Wm. Fink Clerk of the Common Pleas C o of J s for Midd le C o do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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 Twelve Hundred dollars and  cents
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 14 th day of June — 1820.
Wm. Fink Clerk of said Court
Clerk of the Court for the

V197 Cloe Lord Wid of Wm Lord Conn.
Ad 7 June 1835 Married 1789 died 1825 Alto 2 p in Engr $240 per am
S.W. Starky Esq Essex Conn

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex ss Say Brook August 6 th A D 1838
On this sixth day of August A D 1838 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Saybrook the Lord a resident of the Town of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex aforesaid aged seventy seven 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 "the Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of William Lord late of said Saybrook decea d who was an Ensign in the Regt of the Resolution prior to Sept 1781 and as she has away, under stood and verily believes was a Lieutenant in the Army from the last mentioned period until the close of his service in 1783. And that according to the best of her knowledge and belief the said William Lord enlisted May 1775 in Capt John Ely Comp y Col Samuel Holden Parsons Reg t ser d until Reg t was discharg d In May 1776 he enlisted again as a Sergeant in Capt Ebenezer Chapman Comp y Col Samuel Holden Reg t ser d until the 25 th Dec r - In 1777 he enlisted again a Sergeant in Capt Martin Nuttall Comp y raised by Col William Douglas who died never took the field - Lieut Col Simon Cushman - dec d Jonathan Return Meigs was appointed Col served as sergeant until April 1779 was then appointed Ensign in the Reg t ser d in that capacity until Sept 1781 - was then appointed Lieut & transferred to Col Samuel H. Webb

Regt and Capt Timothy Allen Company and served in that rank until his service expired which it appears from the records in the War Department was June 1783. That he was on Long Island in the retreat in 1776 - and on York Island with the troops that fought the British on Harlem - and at the White Plains 1777 - in the action at Brunswick & Short Hills in 1778. was in an action near Kings Bridge - and at the siege of York Town & helped storm a for- tress under Col Hamilton & that he resided in the Town of Saybrook County of Middle- sex & State of Connecticut when he entered the service. She further declares that she was married to the said William Lord on the 16 th day of October in the year seven hundred and eighty three. That her husband, the aforesaid William Lord died on the 8 th day of July thousand eight hundred & twenty five, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service as it appears from the records in the Department. But the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four - viz - at the time above stated and that she has remained a widow ever since his death sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Before me
me
Headigh Spencer
Judge of Probate
for the District of Saybrook

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss say brook August 6. 1838
I Frederick William Hotchkiss of the Town of say brook County of Middlesex and state of Connecticut do hereby say that I am almost seventy six years of age that on the twenty third day of September next (that is September AD 1838) I shall have been pastor of the first con- -gregational Church in said say brook fifty five years. That on the 6 th day of October AD 1783 I joined in lawful wedlock William Lord and Chloe Waterhouse both of said say brook - That I have kept during said time a book, in which I have enter- -ed all the marriages by me performed and that in said book there is an entry in my own hand writing in the words and figures following "To wit" Lieut William Lord was married to Chloe Waterhouse both of said say brook October 16 th 1783, which said entry is correct and true - and I further depose and say that I was ever thereafter well acquainted with the said parties - and that the said William Lord died at said say brook on the 8 th day of July AD 1825 - and that I attended his funeral, and that the said Chloe Lord has never intermarried since that time - to wit the death of her said husband, but now remains his widow - and that she is the same person

who is now as such widow, making application for a pension - And further I say not -
Sworn to & subscribed on this 6 th day of August A D 1838
Before me
Geo. Pratt
Justice of the peace
Fred. Wm. Hotchkiss
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent Frederick William Hotchkiss - That made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he is a respectable and credible person and entitled to full credit in his testimony
Geo. Pratt
Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Saybrook
On the 6 th day of August A D 1838 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex personally appeared Ambrose Waterhouse of the said Town of Saybrook who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is eighty one years of age and that he was pres- ent at the marriage of William Lord & Cloe Waterhouse now Cloe Lord the persons named in the foregoing Declara- tion & Deposition in the said Town of Saybrook in October 1783 and that he then saw them joined together in lawful wedlock and that they were married by the Rev Frederick William Hotchkiss aforesaid and that the said William Lord has since died viz July 8 th A D 1825 and that the said Cloe Lord his Widow is still living & has not intermarried since his death
Sworn to & subscribed this 6 th day of August A D 1838 Before me Geo. Pratt Justice of the Peace
Ambrose Waterhouse
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent Ambrose Waterhouse that made oath to the above affidavit before me and that he is a respectable & credible person & entitled to full credit in his testimony
Geo. Pratt Justice of the Peace

I certify that the blot & crop on figure 1825 twentieth line from the top was made before signing Geo. Pratt Justice of the peace
Essex Augt 6. 1828
My Dear Sir
William Lord belonged to the Col t line of the Continental Army - and obtained a pension as it will be seen by the following which is a copy of the original certificate.
The papers & Records which show his service & capacity in which he served it is believed are at the War Depar- -tment - Please communicate to me the results
I am very Respectfully Yours Affly Secy J. M. Stark
J. L. Edward Esq Commission of Pensions
Copy War Department Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 William Lord late an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution is enrolled on the pension list Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month to commence on 17 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States this 5 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

George Pratt Esq. whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the certificates on the 4th 5th & 6th preceding pages, is, and at all times during more than one year now last past hath been, a Justice of peace in and for the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut Saybrook Aug. 8th. 1835.
Samuel Ingleton Mr. C
I certify that Obadiah Spencer Esq. before whom these proceedings and or more particular, & whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed thereto on the 2nd page, is for more than one year last past at all times hath been Justice of the Court appointed for the District of Saybrook Conn.
Samuel Ingleton Mr. C

4311
Chloe Lord
$240 per mo
3888
71
J.W. Starkey
Elsie Can

State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex } ss Say Brook
On this 6 th day of September 1843 personally appeared before me J. W. Starkey a Notary Public within & for said State Chloe Lord a resident of P Say Brook - aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth 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 rd of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the widow of William Lord late of P Say Brook now deceased, who was an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution, that he served in Reg t commanded by Col. Samuel Holman Parsons - Col Sam l Selden - Col Jonathan Return Meigs - That she has received a pension from the United States of Two hundred and forty dollars per annum for five years under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838
She further declares that she is still a widow sworn to & subscribed on the day & year last above written -
Before me
J. W. Starkey Notary Public.
Chloe Lord

Lord
Sept 14.
free
18 3/4
100
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Essex Sept 8 th A.D. 1838
My dear Sir
Yours of August 25 th has been recd stating there is a discrepancy between the two declarations of Mrs. Chloe Lord, one under the act of July 7 th 1838 & the other of July 4 th 1836 inasmuch as that in the one she says her late husband returned to the Army after Marriage in the other that he did not serve after that period - She intended to state in both of her declarations what according to her best knowledge she believed the services of her late husband were - In her first she says that he returned to the Army after Marriage when she made this Declaration. I asked her if she was positive, she said Yes. I enquired if there was any circumstance relating to his return which made her so positive - she said he rode her father's horse - she and all her friends then believed that he served until the Army was disbanded 3 rd October 1835 - But it appears by a letter from you to the Hon Samuel Ingham of March 28. 1838 that Wm Lord served to the end of the war & his services terminated when the Regiment

to which he belonged was disbanded in June 1983. This statement she & they believe to be correct as it comes from a source that cannot be mistaken - with this evidence before her, which is the highest the nature of the case will admit of, it being record evidence - she felt as though in her second declaration she could not state otherwise than that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, or that he did not serve at all after the marriage as his services according to the records in the department terminated June 1983 & the marriage took place in October following. Notwithstanding she is still confident that he returned to the Army as before related which must have been, she is now fully satisfied by evidence from the Department for some other purpose than actual service - It was supposed when she made her declaration that the difference from the first would be attributed to her recent information from the department. "As much as she states, if I am not mistaken that his service ended in June 1983 as appears from the records in the department."

I am very respectfully your obed. Serv t W. H. Starkey
Wm L. L. Edward Commencement of Session Washington, D.C. 3

Mr. S. Ingham HR

Essex March 14 th 1838
My dear Sir
I herewith send you an application for a Pension for Mrs Chloe Lord the widow of the late Deacon William Lord of Saybrook who claims it under the 3 d section of the Act of July 1836 - his services in the Revolutionary War as stated by himself on a paper herewith enclosed you will see - that statement agrees perfectly with the Record at Hartford - until the close of the year 1781 I think - The Records after that period are at Washington William Lord belonged to the Connecticut line of the Continental Army; and served beyond every doubt as I am informed by people in Saybrook until the 3 d of November 1783 which was after his marriage with this widow he obtained a Pension as an Ensign under the Act of 1818 & was stopped as I am informed after drawing two or three years - his Certificate is in the worst figures following to Witn
War Department Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 - William Lord late an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution is

inscribed on the Pension List-Roll of the Conn- -ecticut Agency at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month to commence on the 17 th day of April one thousand eight-hundred and eighteen
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Given at the War Office of the United States this 5 th day of May one thousand eight-hundred eighteen J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
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This commission as an Ensign I suppose is at Wash- -ington with other papers sent on relative to his Pension granted in 1878 - Where his commission as a Lieutenant is I cannot determine - The records subsequent to the year 1781 which are at Washington will show I suppose beyond every doubt in what capacity he served after that time & how long
I have been informed since these papers were completed that there is an old man in New London County who says he served in the Reaoletonary Army under William Lord as a Lieut & was a member thereof when disbanded & that Lord remained a member of the Army also until Nov 3. 1783 which if necessary I will prove & add on - I Still I am inclined to believe the record at Washington will show all that is necessary

I take the liberty to forward these papers to you asking your friendly assistance in the case & for whatever trouble you may be at I will pay you - the old Lady is poor & need the Pension & no doubt in Justice ought to have it -
If upon examination you should find any thing wanting please write me
You can exercise your own Judgment whether it will be best for you to examine the record - or hand the papers over to Mr Edward whose duty it is as I suppose to cause the necessary examination
Please attend to it & write me the results as soon as convenient and oblige
Obliged Yours sincerely
J. M. Starkey

Connecticut 373
Eliza Lord of Saybrook widow of William Lord, dec'd who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818 and who died on the 8 July 1823, of Middletown in the State of Connecticut who was an Ensign in the                      commanded by Captain                      of the                      commanded by                      in the Connecticut line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 240 Dollars              Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Septm 1838,                      and sent to S. W. Stanley Essex, Connecticut.
Arrears to the 4th of Septm '38 $ 600.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 120.00
720.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by P. M. Lundy Clerk Book A. Vol. 1. Page 193.

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Chloe Lord Wid of William Conn Lot 5 W. Starkey Aug t 28 1838
Admitted Act 7 July

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To William Howe Greeting. We, Reposing special trust confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to an honourable  the rank of  Major General in the Army of the United States, to take rank as Major General from the 14 day
of April 1774 Ensign of the  Continental  Army You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Major General by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Com- mittee of Congress forementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
John D. Cassidy
Secretary of the Board of War
Witness the  seal  of the  Congress the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the 15th day of November 1776, and in the fifteenth year of our Independence.
President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the 15th 1776, and in the fifteenth year of our Geo. Washington President