Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21503, for Elijah Juckett, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Juckett, Elijah Ann
W 21503 B.L. N o 1560-100
CONTENTS

Connecticut 785
Ann Juckett
widow of Elijah Juckett who was a Sergeant
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of July 1843 and sent to A. Ray, Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 70.
Reported
Lt to C. F. Sedgwick a.c/HB
1843

Connecticut N o 28,350
Elijah Inckett
of Litchfield Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the Comp y commanded by Captain Soper of the Reg t commanded by Col. Marshall in the Massachusetts line for
2 years
(Special)
28,350
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut — at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of May
1834
and
Fredk. Shattuck Agent
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834. 360.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep. " 60.00
$420.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. — Page 19 —

35859 Declaration of
Elijah Suckett
Now draw Under
Act March 188
Admiral Serjeant
2 years $120
Fred. Chittenden
Rank
Bonnet

State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } 31
Probate Court District of Kent ss at Kent.
On this 27 th day of November A.D. 1833. Personally appeared before Nathaniel P. Perry Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid Elijah Juckett who resides in Sharon in said County and being first duly sworn according to Law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832.
State of Connecticut - } County of Litchfield }
I Elijah Juckett of the town of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the United States under the act of June 7. A.D. 1832, do make the following declaration - viz -
That on the 14 th day of January A.D. 1777. I enlisted into the Revolutionary army for three years at Needham in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts. I enlisted into the 10 th Massachusetts Regiment into a company commanded by Captain Amasa Dyer . of which company Bartlett Dyer

was our first Lieutenant and Joshua Lawrence was second Lieutenant. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall , and was attached to the Brigade of General John Patterson . Immediately after I enlisted, our company marched to Mount Independence on Lake Champlain where we arrived on the 6 th day of March - and joined the army under Major General St. Clair - We remained at Independence & Mount Independence until the 6 th day of July following - when we retreated before Burgoyne's Army to the Hudson River - We made our first stay at Fort Edward , and another at Stillwater and finally stopped our retreat at a place then called Half Moon , now Waterford , at the mouth of the Mohawk River . The latter part of August or the first part of September our army, in command of which Gen- eral Gates had been placed, by Congress marched to the north to meet the British army under General Burgoyne . I was in the battles of the 19 th of September and the 7 th of October and fought the British in both - I was present at the surrender of the British Army and witnessed the ceremony of their laying down their arms which was on the 17 th of October - A few days after the surrender our Regiment marched to Albany , from where we took shipping and landed at Stoney Point . We marched from that place to

White Marsh and after a short stay we marched to Valley Forge which is on the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania where we remained. About the time that we heard of Sir Henry Clinton leaving the British Army Philadelphia with the British Army our Army left Valley Forge but I with a number of others was left there by reason of sickness and was unable to do military duty until some time in the fall when I joined the army again at White Plains in the state of New York . From that place our Regiment with a number of others marched to Hartford in Connecticut. We continued there but a short time & from that place our Regiment went into winter quarters at West Point . In the spring of the year 1779 I was detached into a Corps of Infantry commanded by General Wayne . The Company I belonged to was commanded by the same Captain Soper under whom I first enlisted but I have forgotten the names of the subordinate officers. Two of the field Officers of the Regiment were Colonel Rufus Putnam & Major, since General, William Wells . We lay in the state of New York West of the Rhine & in the parts of New Jersey adjacent through the whole campaign, without any battle, and on the 6 th day of January 1780. in the vicinity of Newark in New Jersey the Corps of Infantry was disbanded and each company marched to its

our Regiment - Our Company arrived at West Point on the 9 th of that month - On the 12 th day of January which was two days before the expiration of my enlistment, I reenlisted under the same Captain to serve during the war - The next day after I enlisted I left the army on a furlough went home for my period in Massachusetts, and joined the army at West Point on the 18 th day of April 1780 - About the first of May, or the last of April was appointed a sergeant I again joined the Infantry which for that campaign was commanded by General Lafayette - The Regiment which I belonged was commanded by Colonel James Girtat a French Officer - Our Com- pany was commanded by the same Captain Sofer and the Lieutenant was Jestus Taylor - We lay at different places on the West side of Hudson River during the campaign, and when Major Andre was hung we lay at Brangtown in which I believe is in the State of New Jersey - After the Infantry was disbanded we went into Winter Quarters again at West Point - In the Spring of the year 1781, Colonel Putnam as near as I can recollect took the command of our Regiment - We lay through the summer of 1781 on the east side of the Hudson River, and continued the following season at a place called Snake We marched in the Spring of the year 1781 to the northward and at Saratoga I recollect we heard of the capture of Lord Cornwallis's army in Virginia - In the fall of 1781, we marched

South and wintered at a place called Hampshire Huts east of the River & nearly opposite West Point - We lay there and in the vicinity through the whole summer of eighty two and in the fall we moved to Verplank's point to assist in building fortifications and late in the season we went into winter quarters at a place called Snake Hill near New Windsor, on the west side of the River - In the spring of the year 1783 we marched to Volantines Hill near King's Bridge, and there This was the last duty we performed - About the 8 th of June 1783 we received orders to march to the neighborhood of New Windsor, and on the 13 th of that month we were disbanded - I received a discharge under the hand of General Washington, setting forth that that , as I had enlisted during the war only and had served in the capacity of a Sergeant faithfully, until that time - I was honorably discharged from service and received a badge of merit on account of having faithfully performed my duty - This is as near as I can recollect the substance of the discharge, not having seen it for several years for reasons herein after set forth - I suppose I was born on the 8 th day of June 1760 in the town of Hutton County of Bristol , and State of Massachusetts - I suppose so, because at the age of seven years I was bound as an apprentice to a gentleman in Freeport, and in the indentures of apprenticeship executed by my father it was

declared that I was born on the day above mentioned and more than forty years since I made a record of my own age and of the ages of the different members of my family in my family Bible which I now keep. In the Revolutionary Army I knew the following General Officers - General Washington, Generals Putnam, Linnus, Arnold, Heath, Lord Shelburne, Paton, Poor Schuyler, St. Clair, De Ruyter & Knox Lafayette, Wayne, Smallwood, Green De Ruyter Also Colonels, Spratt, Swift, Vose, Putnam, Simant, Lathrop. Also Colonel Mocks afterwards Governor of Massachusetts. In the year 1784, I removed to Stratford in the State of Connecticut where I was married on the 27 th day of October 1785. On the first day of December 1793 I removed to the town of Sharon in said State of Connecticut where I now reside and have ever since resided -
Under the act of March 18 th 1818 I made an application to the War Department for a pension, and forwarded to the said Department, evidence of my services, among which was my discharge above referred to, and to that evidence which I suppose is now on file in said Department I refer for further proof of my services - I received a pension warrant dated Oct. 28, 1818, which is herewith surrendered, and I hereby renounce all claim to the said Pension granted under said application, provided I receive a pension under the application now made.

Elizah Jackett I have submitted the day before presented the application now made by the said Elizah Jackett Clerk of said Court
I Frederick Chittenden Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Elizah Jackett for a pension In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th day of November A.D. 1833.
Frederick Chittenden Clerk of said Court
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions
Please direct your communication to Frederick Chittenden
Kent. Ct.

Payable on the 1 st of Jan y and 4 th of September in each year at the Branch Bank of the U.S. Middletown
Connecticut
Elyah Tucker
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claims
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March 1818 o Elijah Suchett — late a Sergeant — in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight — dollars — cents per month, to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this twenty eighth day of October — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen —
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War

I Samuel Beardsley of the town of Huntington in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age and Clerk of the Congregational Society of said Huntington which was formerly a part of the town of Stratford, hereby Certify that in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five, the Rev d David Ely was the ordained Pastor of said Society as appears from the Records of the Congregational Church of said Society, then kept by the said David Ely, and in said Records under the head of Marriages by the said David Ely and as I verily believe in his own hand writing I find from personal examination the following entry
"Married Elijah Dackett to Ann Benson,"
and I Certify that the above is a true copy of the said Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on said Record in fair legible figures as follows "1785 October 24 th " which said Record fairly and clearly expresses said Marriage of Elijah Dackett and Ann Benson to have taken place 1785 October 24 th (Seventeen hundred & eighty five, October twenty fourth) Certified by me this 24 th day of September 1839 -
Samuel Beardsley Clerk of the Congregational Society of Huntington
I Samuel Beardsley above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Congregational Society of Huntington in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of the Congregational Church of said Society with the exception above named as certified by me Dated this 24 th day of September 1839 -
Samuel Beardsley
Sworn before me and I certify that said Samuel Beardsley is a credible person
Thaddeus Beardsley Jr. Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut and Keeper of the seal thereof and of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Fairfield, hereby Certify that Thaddeus Beardsley Jr is now and since the 20 th day of June last past has been a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting as such and duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds - That his Commission is dated the 29 th day of May 1839 and will expire with the 19 th day of June 1840 - and I further Certify that the signature on the other side hereof annexed to the Deposition or Certificate of Semuel Beardsley is his genuine official signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 3 rd day of October 1839
Thomas Robinson Clerk

Elijah Sucketo N o 1560
1504 11 16 28

State of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield ss.
28 Oct 1818
I, Elijah Sucket aged sixty nine years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. eight under the command of Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the same eighth regiment, commanded by Colonel Jackson
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
KNOW all men by these presents, that I, Elijah Sucket aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Lewis Wakeley to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand and seal this twenty ninth
Attest, ninth day of September 1829
Elijah Sucket
I John J. Hollister aged fifty two years, do upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Elijah Sucket who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
John J. Hollister
Attest,
Before me, Oliver Kellogg Justice of the Peace personally appeared the above named Elijah Sucket subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared John J. Hollister who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this twenty ninth day of September 1829
Oliver Kellogg
Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Oliver Kellogg was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Connecticut at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Litchfield this first day of October 18 29 .
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk &c.
Pension on the Conn. Roll March 28 1820 - Discharge on file

Greenville October 22 nd 1829
Received of William Gordon of the United States Bounty Land Office. Land Warrant N o 1560 issued to Elijah Sucket who was a Private in the Massachusetts Line
Lewis Wakeley
To William Gordon Esq d of the United States Bounty Land office

Elijah Suckett  Leachman 3961 ^
A. D. 1820
March 1819
Can
Frederick Wolvert, Clerk
on the 4 th day of July
Sworn to and declared
before trial Court

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, County Court.
On this 4 day of July 182 0 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison, Elijah Juckett
aged 60 years resident in the said county, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows :
in the 10 th Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall. Capt. Amasa Doper company in which company I served three years wanting two days - also immediately enlisted into the 3 d company, & Reg t during the war, and served in this Reg t until it was reduced & was then transferred into the 8 th Mass. Reg t Col. Michael Jackson Abn. Ward company - I have received a pension certificate dated the 28 th day of October 1818 & numbered 3,961 - & that he served as a Sergeant
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.

I am by occupation a day labourer, & have in one know not always able to labour - I have four in my family viz. my wife Anne who is not able to labour more than half the time, aged 59 - My daughter Nancy who is not endowed with ordinary understanding and incapable of supporting herself - My son Philo of slender frame & has lost one of his eyes and does not support himself & cannot and also Abner an illegitimate child of one of my daughters, which daughter now lives in State New York
Elijah Jenkins

Inventory of the personal property of Elijah Juckett of Sharon one old cow _____ $41.25 50 Two mending hoes $5.00 - four small pigs 1.50 _____ 6.50 1 old chest $1.00 - 2 wooden pails for milk & water 1.00 _____ 2.00 two old benches 2.75 - six old chairs 1.00 _____ 1.75 1 iron porridge pot 0.50 - 1 small hoop iron kettle 0.40 _____ 0.90 1 tea kettle 0.50 - 1 pewter platter 0.50 - 4 pewter plates 0.75 _____ 1.75 1 Earthen Tea pot 0.20 - 4 earthen plates 0.25 - 2 tin milk pans 0.50 _____ 0.95 2 Earthen Milk pans 0.25 - 2 small earthen platters 0.25 _____ 0.50 1 Earthen cream pot 0.12 - 1 small churn 0.25 - two dippers 0.50 _____ 0.87 Two dyers 1.00 - 3 small tin cans 0.25 _____ 1.25 1 iron spider & skillet 0.50 - fire shovel & tongs 0.50 _____ 1.00 1 old table 0.40 - 6 tea cups & saucers 0.25 _____ 0.65 6 old knives & forks 0.50 - 1 old pot wheel 0.50 _____ 1.00 1 old grater wheel 0.40 - three iron spoons 0.20 _____ 0.60 $32.22
Dated Sharon 22 July 1821.
Elijah Juckett

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 thirty two dollars and twenty two cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereto 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.

6503 Ann Guckett Oct 1838 Act 7 th July 1838
Admitted
2 years
Surgeon
$120
At 7.026
Alex r Ray Esq r Washington

State of Connecticut Probate District of Kent } ss } p - at Kent, County of Litchfield
On this 25 th day of November A D 1889 before the Court of Probate for the District and State aforesaid, the said Court being a Court of Record and now sitting, personally appeared Ann Jewett a resident of the town of Sherman in said State aged 75 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1888, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" -
That she is the widow of Elijah Jewett who was a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution and who was a Pensioner of the United States pensions to his death at the rate of one hundred and twenty Dollars per annum. The proof in support of her claim are now lodged in the Pension Office and others she refers to the proof of the services of her said husband in the Revolutionary Army. Her Pension that her said husband received was paid at the Connecticut Agency -
She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Jewett on the 24 th day

of October D 1785, that her husband the aforeaid Elijah Juckett died at said Sher- man the fifth day of August D 1829. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred ninety four viz. at the time aforesaid - her In presence of Ann X Juckett mark Philo Juckett Susan H. Juckett the day & year aforesaid Rufus Fuller Esq. Clerk - of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent
State of Connecticut ss Probate District of Kent.
Be it known that on this 25 th day of November D 1829 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District and State aforesaid the said Court being a Court of Record and now sitting Philo Juckett, known to this Court to be a credible witness, who being first duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is a son of the late Elijah Juckett who was a prisoner of the United States. That the said Juckett departed this life at Sherman in said State on the fifth

day of August A.D. 1889. That Ann Juckett the widow of the said Elijah Juckett and the mother of this deponent is still living at said Sherer and in the same house with this deponent. That the said Ann Juckett is still the widow of the said Elijah Juckett having never intermarried since his decease -
In presence of Rufus Fuller Jr.
Philo Juckett
Sworn to and the day above affirmed Before me Nathl Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent
I Rufus Fuller Jr. Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing are the proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Ann Juckett of Sherer in said State for a hearing -
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Kent this twenty fifth day of November A.D. 1889.
Rufus Fuller Jr. Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent -

sion on file in this Bureau.
Elijah Juckett
N. F. 21,503
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 14, 1777 3 yrs. Pvt. Amasa Soper Thomas Marshall Mass.   Jan. 1780 Sgt. Amasa Soper Rufus Putnam "   Wade Gimmet "   Tupper   discharged June 13 1783 Michael Jackson  
Battles engaged in, battle of Stillwater, Saratoga Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Freetown, Bristol Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Apr. 8, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Sharon, Litchfield Co. Conn. Age at date of application, at Freetown Mass. June 8, 1760
Remarks: d. Sharon Conn. Aug 5, 1839 - m. Oct. 24, 1785 Ann Brown. She was allowed pension on an apl. dated Nov. 25, 1832 while a res. of Sharon Conn. aged 75 yrs. In 1820 the following children are mentioned, Philo, Nancy, and a daughter living in N.Y. State. No further data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

707 Ann Jucketts Declaration

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
On the 21 st day of April A.D. 1843, personally appeared before the subscribers, a justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, Ann Juckett a resident of Sharon in said County aged seventy nine years. Who being first duly sworn, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Elijah Juckett late of said Sharon deceased who was a Sergeant during the Revolutionary War and the annual amount of the pension she received under the act of July 7. 1838 was one hundred and twenty Dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow - in presence of Lyman Reynolds his Ann X Juckett mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. And I further certify that the said Ann Juckett is personally known to me to be the widow of Elijah Juckett and as a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 -
Chas. F. Judson justice of Peace

I John G. Mitchell Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Charles F. Sedgwick Esq. of Sharon in said District is a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Litchfield in said State, and that his official signature above made is genuine -
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 24th day of April 1843 -
John G Mitchell Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon

Connecticut
Ann Tuckett
widow of Eleazar
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 and who died on the 5 th August 1839. of Litchfield in the State of Conn who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Soper of the Reg t - commanded by Col. Marshall in the Mass. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Feb y 1843 and sent to Alex d Ray Present.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 Semi-annual allowance ending
$ 600.00.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 189.

3,961 Connecticut Rolls
Elijah Suchett
Serg t Massachusetts Line, 3 years.
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 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Octo 1818 and forwarded to Augustus Pittsbone Esq r , Litchfield, Con t
  Arrears to 4 th of  Sept 1818  39.20    Semi-ant. all ce ending  4 th Mar 1819  48.00  
  4 mo 27/30  $87.20  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Sharon, Litchfield Co
Motion sent to Col. 1820 to Frederick M c Call, Litchfield, Conn t 
7 th June 1832 - small sum at 4 7 th June 1832 - in Br. May 19.

Elijah Jackett, or Juckett. Sergt. Massachusetts line, 8 th April, 1818.
found on the rolls.
Admitted.
Augustus Pettibone Judge Litchfield, Connectt. Rec d . 30. April, 1818.

I Elijah Juckett of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut Depose and Declare that on the 14 th day of January 1777 I entered the service of my country in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy - I enlisted into the Company of Capt. Amasa Soaper with Macheath Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall my enlistment was for the term of three years I served the term of my enlistment - Two days before the three years had expired I again enlisted for during the war - and I served faithfully in the war until the close of it during which time I served about three years as a sergeant and I was Honorably Discharged and honored with a Badge of Merit as will appear by my Discharge accompanying this my affidavit and I further Declare that I am poor and stand in need of the assistance of my country for support
Elijah Juckett
State of Connecticut ss Litchfield County April 8 th day of 1818 Personally appeared Elijah Juckett Signer of the Above affidavit and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me
Augustus Pitkin Chief Judge of Litchfield County Court

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss
I Augustus Pettibone Esq. Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Litchfield do hereby certify the foregoing affidavit and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Elijah Gurnett served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy on the Continental Establishment for more than nine months as a Private Soldier and a Sergeant and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Court which is a Court of Record to be affixed this day of April Anno Domini 1818
to the Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that the seal hereto annexed is the seal of said Court & that the above signature is the true writing of the Judge of said Court
April 21 st 1818.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21503
Mrs. J. Suckett Widow of Elijah Suckett Sergt Rev War
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. 21 , Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1910, Sept. 16. History to Mrs. George P. Young 1912, Sept. 30. History to Isaac N. Mills. Fr.

Nauvoo Ill Sept 11, 1910.
Com. of Pensions: Dear Sir, -
Will you please find out for me the date of enlistment of Elijah Juckett, born June 8, 1860. His pension number is 3961, as I have the record. I would also like to know his term of service, the re-

records in Hartford are very meagre.
I would be pleased to find out the date of the birth and death of his wife Anna Benson Juckett.
If there is anything interesting in his time of service I would be pleased to know about it.
The people of this town are forming a new chapter of D.A.R. and anything of interest concerning Elijah Juckett would be greatly appreciated by me.

The new chapter expects to be organized in about a week so would be pleased with an early reply.
Thanking you kindly for this information, I remain
Respectfully,
Leora Young.
Mrs. George P. Young 33 Pleasant Ave. Naugatuck.
P.S. I have just found let. I have to have volume & page of the records where this information is obtained. Also the place & date of marriage and the names & birth of his children if possible.

Chambers of Justice of the Supreme Court Ninth Judicial District MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.
Sept. 23, 1912.
To The Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,--
I will be greatly obliged if you will send me a statement of the military history of Elijah Juckett, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who is given in the list published by the State of Connecticut as having been a pensioner under the Act of 1818, and also, in 1832, as then living in Litchfield Co., Conn.
Very truly yours,
Ernest N. Mills

Ev.
A. Ray, b. pre. 6
r of Pensions
Mar. Sep 1-

Washington
Apr. 27 th . 1843.
Sir,
I enclose herewith an application from Mrs. Ann. Gookins of Connecticut, for the benefit of the act 3 March 1843. She received a pension under act 7 July 1835.
Yours most
respectfully
Herb. Ray

Sharon, Connecticut, Dec. 16. 1889
Dear P. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I enclose the papers, duly authenticated, in support of the application of Mrs. J. G. Gulliver for a pension under the act of 1828. I am not able to give more particularly to the proof now on file with the Dept. for the reason that the certificate of her late husband is now returned to the Pension Agency at Hartford. You will please forward to me the Pension certificate of Mrs. Gulliver if it should be found upon the proof herewith has omitted.
Respectfully yours Chas. F. Sedgwick

Sharon, Conn. Jan 7 2. 1842
To the Secretary of War -
I hereby authorize Mrs. Mary E. of Deerington City to prosecute my claim before the Dept. for services of pension, as for any pension said Mary legally claim on account of the Revolutionary Services of my late husband, Elijah Jacob. demand. In sum of $100 per month. Anne Jacob
I certify, that Mrs. Anne Jacob is the widow of Elijah Jacob, late of Sharon Connecticut deceased. That the said Elijah was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and that the said Anne is still living at the time E. J. Jacob Justice of the Peace

Washington city Jan'y 9 th 1843
This may certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing & signature of Charles F Sedgwick Esq, who is a justice of the peace for the County of Hitchcock & that the within is the true & genuine hand writing & signature of said Ch F. Sedgwick
Freeman Smith
of the House of Rep

Ebenezer Blackman
Oct. 11 th 1831
Elijah Ince
MS 1560-160-12

Sir
War Dept Bounty Land Office Oct. 11 th 1831
I herewith return to you Land Warrant N o 1360 issued in the name of Elijah Sucket which was received in your letter of the 4 th inst. — The exchange of Warrants desired by Mr. Sucket, cannot be complied with so far as relates to a Warrant for Land in the Territory of Michigan, there being no Land there subject to location under Military Land Warrants — The Warr t herewith returned is, however, subject to location in the State of Ohio, provided he is desirous of doing so — Under the Act of Congress of May 1830 he is authorised to surrender his Warr t at the Genl l Land Office in this City, and to receive in lieu thereof — Certificate, or Scrip to the amount of $125, with which Scrip he may purchase 100 Acres public land in either of the States of Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois, or, should he not wish to purchase Land, he may dispose of his Scrip for money — Purchasers of Scrip in this District are giving $100. in Cash for each quantity of Scrip amounting to $125. Mr. Sucket may therefore obtain $100 in Cash for the quantity of Scrip which he is entitled to receive in exchange for his Warrant, and his safest mode of proceeding would be to entrust his Warrant to Care of the Member of Congress from the District in which he resides, through Whom, he may conveniently obtain the Scrip, and have it disposed of here at a fair price, provided he cannot do better with it nearer home
Mr. Eben Blackman Sharon Connect.
Yrs &c Wm Gordon

Feb 10 1831 Perry's Land Office
6
Free
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War Washington City D. C.

Sharon Connecticut Oct. 14 th 1831
In I enclose to you a warrant given to Elijah Lusk for exchange.
M c Lusk desires this warrant to be exchanged for a warrant to locate his land in Michigan or Ohio if it can be done in compliance with law if it can you will please send me a warrant for him in exchange to locate the same in Michigan or Ohio If it cannot be done you will please return the enclosed to me
Yours & Ebenezer Blackman To Hon. Lewis Cass

Washington
Jan. 12. 1843
Sir/
I enclose you an application made by Anne Inckett widow of Elijah late a pensioner under act 1832. Connecticut Coll. Her husband died in 1839. application was then made by the widow for the benefit of the act 7 July 1838. not being a widow at the passage of the act. her claim was disallowed.
The application for a pension under act 7 July 1838 is now renewed. upon the evidence filed in the case in former application.
I am Your
most respectfully
Alas. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions

Greenville Greene County NY November 13th, 1829
I have recieved Land Warrant N o 1560 issued to Elijah Sackett who was a Private of the Massachusetts in the Army of the Army of the Revolution
Lewis Wakely
To William Gordon Esq r of the U States Bounty Land Office

Sharon, Cent. Sept. 23. 1847-
Mr Edmond -
Mr Elijah Jewett, a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner, is dead, and so is his widow. She drew a pension in virtue of his services - Mr Jewett was a pensioner first, under the act of 1819, and was afterwards transferred to the roll under the act of 1832. Among the documents forwarded to the Pension Office in support of his claim, was his original discharge under the hand of General Washington - His family are very anxious to possess them- selves of this document, as an historical curiosity to be preserved by them - They also wish for copies of his acceleration in both applications, as they are the only heirs in existence which furnish any history of his Military services in the revolution - If you feel willing to forward them before done, you would confer a great favor on the family - Yours & Chas. F. Sedgwick

con: Ann Hackett Rejected 6503 Let. to C. F. Sedgwick Feb. 28 th 1840
Act July 7. 1838

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Elijah Juckett  Sergeant in the 8 th Pennsylvania Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States Six Years and four Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the twelfth of June 1783
G Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
John M c Call  Adj t
REGISTERED in the Book the Regiment
Francis Smith Adjutant.
THE above Sergeant Juckett has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years & four Months faithful Service. M c Call  Col o