Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20445, for William H Lee, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
Lee, William H. Phebe
W 20445
CONTENTS

4139.
New York Albany
Phebe Lee widow of Wm H. Lee who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sister
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of • 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of March 1849 and sent to
A. H. Mould Lockport N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 120 Vol. 4
Letter to L. Burrows
17 Feb 1853
Repeated
Apr 5/49.

=20047=
Connecticut.
William Ho. Seal
Farmington in the State of Connecticut was a Musician in the company commanded by Captain Wm. Judde of the Regiment commanded by Colonel S. Wyllys in the Connecticut line, for the term of three years from the year 1777 to the year 1780.
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th day of January 1824
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of February 1829 and sent to Timothy Pit- kin Esq. Farmington, Co.
Arrears to 4 th of semi-annual all'ee ending
Amount due 4 th March 1829 $ 9 : 52 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
let: 8 July 1821 to S. Wilkinson
remined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883 No. 9.

Calhoun 26. April 1819 Washington
The Law of the 18 th March 1818, requires that the applicant should make the De- claration in the place where he resides.
Affidavit attached made before Judge Halsey in N.Y. his Residence
Robyns to be made to me — by the same Babara York
New York Case. William Lee, Infer Connect line Col d Willis Regt May 12 1817 Discharge May 1818

State of New York Genesee County } ss. William H. Lee being by me duly Sworn says he is the same person mentioned in the annexed application for a pension . That at the time he made said Declaration he was in the State of Pennsylvania in order to get obtain the affidavit of Obadiah Gore Esquire his Lieut. of his services. That he made the annexed Declaration and proceeded immediately to Washington, in order to save the travel to his residence. That he has been a citizen of the State of New- York for ten years past, and has lived in the County of Albany. That he now calculates to reside in the County of Genesee or Niagara. That his now services rendered are as stated in the said affidavit, annexed, and in the affidavit of Obadiah Gore Esq. and further says not.
Sworn and subscribed this 9 th day of June 1819 —
Wm H Lee
Elizabeth Hawkins
Commissioner of the Court. Pleas
I hereby certify that I am also satisfied that the said William H. Lee is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance —
Elizabeth Hawkins
Judge as aforesaid

Genesee County ss To all whom these presents shall come, I, Simeon Cummings Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Elijah Hawley before me the within affidavit was taken was at the Date thereof a Judge of the Genesee Court Pleas, and is at this time and the within are his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Batavia this 11 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1819
Simeon Cummings by Ralph S. Smead D ep Clk

Commencement of Pennsylvania Bradford County D.S.
In this twenty Sixth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty  ninety  Common Pleas before me Jonathan Lewis and several Judges of the Court, in and for the said County of Bradford in the state of Pennsylvania aforesaid Personally Came William H Lee aged fifty Eight Years now transiently Residing in Hays Township in the County and State aforesaid 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 William H Lee is fifty Eight Years old That he Enlisted at Farmington in the State of Connecticut into the Service of the United States for three Years Some time about the Month of April in the year 1777 That he joined the Army at Peek- -kill and Served as a Sifer in a Company Commanded by Capt. William Judd in a Regiment of the Connecticut line Commanded by Col. Saml. Hillyer until until the Expiration of the said term of three years when he was dis- charged from the said Service at Springfield State of New- Jersey That he was never in any particular battle - That he had a regular Discharge but has long since lost it And that he is now in Reduced Circumstances and Stands

In need of Assistance of his Country for Support and that he has now no other Creditor of his said Services in his power except that of Obadiah Gore Esq. which will be but W m H Lee
Joined Sworn Subscribed and Declared the 26 th day of April A.D. 1819 before me Jonathan Durens
Jonathan Durens one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Bradford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William H Lee and Durens in the in the story of the United States in the Revolutionary war as stated in his foregoing Declaration and also that he appears to me to be in Reduced Circumstances & to stand in need of the as- sistance of his Country for Support, and I now forward the proceedings, statements had and taken before me to the Secre- tary for the department of War Pursuant to the Direction of the aforesaid Act of Congress
Jonathan Durens

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss.
On this 28 th day of April 1819 before the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the said County of Bradford Name Abdiah Gove Esq r . Aged Seventy five years who being duly sworn by me according to law doth Depose and say that he was served in the Army of the United States in the Revolutiona- ry war as first Lieut in a Company Commanded by Capt Wm. Judd in the third Connecticut Reg t . Commanded by Col Sam l . Wyllys of the Connecticut line that he knew William H. Lee the person named the foregoing Application that he ser- ved in the said Company and Reg t above named in the years A.D. one thousand seven Hundred and Seventy seven Seventy Eight and Seventy and Seventy nine as a Officer in the said Company - and was Entitled for three years if his Recollection is correct. and further saith not -
Sworn and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid before me -
Abd. Gove
Jonathan Stevens
Bradford County ss
I George Scott Prothonotary of the County of Bradford do hereby Certify that Jonathan Stevens before whom the above Certificate is made, was at the doing thereof, and still is Commissioned and sworn one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Bradford, and that due faith and Credit is given to his Official Acts as such - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County of Bradford this 28 th April A.D. 1819 -
For Geo. Scott Proth. Cliff Mason Deputy

William H Lee Declaration

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
At a special the County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden at Hartford in said County, on the 22 nd day Tuesday of January 1829 called by Thomas Day Esquire chief Judge present said Judge and John M. Wilis Esqrs an associated Judge of said Court.
ON this 22 nd day of January A D 1829 personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
William H Lee aged sixty eight years, resident in
Hartington in the County of Hartford,
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows:
That in the year 1777 he enlisted as a musician into the company commanded by Captain William Ladd in the third regiment of Connecticut troops in the Continental service commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllys for the term of three years that he served his country faithfully during that whole period & at the expiration of which he was honorably discharged —
"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."
Schedule one card of the value of $13-
Cash in bank bills 44
55 Dollars
And the said applicant does further declare that he will be sixty eight years of age on the 10 th day of February next, that his occupation has been that of a Farmer, and that from age & a disability occasioned by a dangerous scrotal rupture, he is unable to pursue his calling or any other business which requires bodily exertion, that he has a wife who lives with her brother on whom she is chiefly dependent for her support aged fifty eight years, that he has also seven children five sons & two daughters all of whom are adults, & all married except the youngest son & that he contributes nothing for the support of his wife and children but that he is dependent upon his children chiefly for his own support. And I do further declare that about nine years since as near as I can recollect I applied to the Hon. Secretary of war to be enrolled on the pension list of the United States, but that his application was rejected on the ground, as he understands and believes that the applicant in his declaration, was described as a transient person; that he has no

copy of the schedule of his property and estate then exhibited, and cannot exactly remember the items of which it consisted but all the property which he then had was one cow necessary clothing & bedding for himself wife & a little grand daughter & a few necessary articles of household furniture - the value of all which could not exceed the sum of fifty or sixty dollars, that the cow he sold for the payment of a debt which was contracted for necessary clothing and food for his family, & that the bedding and household furniture is now in the possession of his wife & which she uses in a room by herself in her brothers house; And he further declares that the reason why he has not renewed his said application sooner is his poverty & that the cow mentioned in the preceding schedule was given to his wife by her brother Wright Davis with whom she now lives and that the money which he has now in his possession was loaned to him by the said Wright Davis, & also that he is dependent upon the charity of his friends for his support & is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable (otherwise) to support himself without the assistance of his country Wm H Lee
Sworn to and declared by said Wm H Lee on the 22 nd day of January 1829 before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
fifty five dollars and  cents
I,
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this day of 182

I Thomas Chester clerk of the county court of the county of Hartford afores d do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the s d William H Lee did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment - I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court & do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afores d schedule is fifty five dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the s d court on this 22 nd day of January 1829 —
Thomas Chester Clk

12580
9223
1878
Phebe Lee Widow of William H.
N
Act of July 1838
on Rolls, Fyans, Tinker Road.
2 yrs interest
$88
Also acts 43 & 44
$88
John W. Hunt Lockport N.Y.

State of New York Niagara County
On this fifteenth day of October 1845 personally appeared before the undersigned Sparrow S. Sage One of the Judges of the County Court, in and for the County of Niagara. Phebe Bee a resident of Sardinia in the District of Sardinia Canada West aged Seventy four years and upwards 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 "An act granting half pay and pension to Certain Widows". That she is the Widow of William H. Bee who was a fifer in the War of the Revolution and served in the Manner Specified in the act passed the Seventh day of June Eighteen hundred and thirty two. That as she always understood he enlisted from the town of Canaan in the State of Connecticut as a Second in Captain Judd's Company in Colonel Wyllys or Wyllys Regiment in the Connecticut Lines for the Space of Three years. She understands he entered the Service in the year 1777. the day and month she cannot state for she was not acquainted with him until after he left the Service nor can she state in what battle or engagement he was, but she has always understood he was discharged at the close of the War. She further states that all the documentary evidence she has of the Services of her said husband is in file in the pension office at War department at Washington as her husband made application for and obtained from the United States Government a pension of Eight Dollars per Month and had a certificate of pension granted him and from a Memorandum in her possession it was numbered 13.757. That she is not certain whether he claimed any pension under that certificate not but he did not to her knowledge, that she recollects having seen that certificate about the time he obtained it from Washington, but has not seen it for a number of years and knows nothing where it is. She further declares that she

Was married to the William H Lee on the twenty first day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty Seven, And that her husband the aforesaid William H Lee died on the thirty first day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty nine 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 Seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz at the time above stated that she was married at the house of her father in the County of Albany and State of New York in the town which was then called Guilderland by a Presbyterian Minister by the name of Snyder. The present name of the place where she was married she does not know as she has not been there for a great number of years, and it may have been changed by the division of towns, otherwise she further states that she has no record or documentary evidence of her Marriage nor is there any record of it to her knowledge the only documentary evidence she has of the relation of husband and wife existing between her & her husband prior to 1894 is a leaf out of an old bible containing a record in her husband's own hand writing of the birth of their Children and further says not.
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me, she making her mark being sworn to before me Spanord S Sage Judge of Mayan Co. Courts
Phoebe H Lee Mark
I Certify that Phoebe Lee who appeared before me & made the foregoing declaration is in all the at this time & appears in open Court from her age & having taken a violent cold coming to this place & the weather being cold & stormy & the cough does not allow her to appear in open Court.
Spanord S Sage Judge Mayan Co. Courts

Record
of the William H Lee family
Shadrach being (April 14 th 1185
John Lee was born
William Fred Lee was born C.H
(Chokemut June 21 st 1819
Thermon T. Lee was born C.H
(Chokemut November 20 th 1891
John Lee was born C.H
December 22 nd 1793
Sarah Lee was born C.H
January 12 th 1795
Priscilla Moore Lee was born C.H
January 12 th 1796

James Clark Lee was born at Concord September 5 th 1800
Abigail Lee was born at Concord March 12 th 1805
Henry Lee was born at Concord August 30 th 1808
John Lee Dett. at Chocowinta January 19 th 1792
Whitson Lee Dett. July 10 th 1793
Henry Clark Lee Dett. July 15 th 1801
Shadrach Lee Dett. February 16 th 1804 at 10 o'clock at night

State of New York Niagara County ss.
Reverend A Lee of Simco Talbot District Canada West being duly sworn says that he is now forty nine years old and is the Son of William A & Phebe Lee. That his father the said William A Lee died on the thirty first day of March 1879. That he well remembers that his father in his life time kept a family Record in which was entered the births and deaths of his children, that such record was entered on the leaf of his bible, that a great number of years since and he thinks about twenty five the leaf of the bible containing said Record got worn and unfit for the purpose of a Record and it was necessary in order to retain the record of the births and deaths of the family to make a new Record and his father copied the original Record so far as the births and deaths of his children are concerned on to another leaf in the same bible which leaf is hereto attached, that he remembers when seen his father make some of the entries in the original Record all of which were in his own hand writing and that the entries on the leaf hereto attached are also all in his father's own hand writing and according to his best recollection and belief the entries on this leaf are correct copies of the entries of the births of said children in the original Record. That since said leaf was made the same has been his father's family Record and the only one he kept until his death and that after his death the same has been in his mother's possession. Such record until within a month or two past the same was taken from the Bible which contained it to be used by his mother in her application for a pension. That William B Lee, Annie D Lee and John Lee are three of the defendants brothers, whose names are first entered in said Record are true all according to said Record.

And as he believeth, born before the first day of January 1794, that the deponent is the sixth  fifth whose name is entered in said Record, his name is, Connolly entered as if he has always understood & believeth, that the said John Lee whose name is first entered in said Record born in 1788, is only to be a year or two old & the fourth child took the same name.
Subscribed & sworn before me this 15 th day of October 1845.
H. H. HSE
Spanner S. Day Judge of Niagara County Courts
I hereby certify that Rev. Mr. Lee who has this day made the foregoing deposition before me is a man of respectability and credibility - whose statements are entitled to credit & belief the third, fifth, sixth and seventh written on it before this was executed.
Spanner S. Day Judge of Niagara Co. Courts

State of New York Niagara County Clerk's office
I John Van Horn clerk of the County of Niagara do hereby certify that Spencer S Sage before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same still is a Judge of the County Court of said County duly Commissioned and sworn and authorized to take deposition and that I saw with augmented rolls his hand writing and that his signature upon the same are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official Seal the 11th day of August 1846
John Van Horn Clerk

October 12, 1928.
Bertha Lee Baer 511 Iowa Avenue York, Nebraska
Madam:-
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 20445, it appears that William H. (Hooker) Lee was born February 10, 1761 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.
He enlisted at Farmington, Connecticut, in April or May, 1777, and served three years as a fifer in Captain William Judd's Company, Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 26, 1819, while temporarily residing in Wysox Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He then stated that he had lived in Albany County, New York, for ten years and intended to reside in Genesee or Niagara County, New York.
In 1829 he was living in Farmington, Connecticut, and stated that he had seven children, five sons and two

daughters, all adults and all married except the youngest son.
He died March 31, 1829, in Canada.
It is stated that he was a physician.
Soldier married May 21, 1787, Phebe Davis. They were married at the home of her father, Thaddeus Davis, in Guilderland, Albany County, New York. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 15, 1845, while a resident of London, in the District of London, Canada, aged seventy-four years.
Family record of William H. and Phebe Lee shows the following:
John born April 15, 1788, at Shaftsbury died January 19, 1792, at Chokenut William Bool born June 21, 1790, at Chokenut Hiram D. " November 20, 1791, at Chokenut John " August 23, 1793, at Dewains Bush Nancy " January 12, 1795, at Dewains Bush Riverious Hooker " July 1, 1796, at Standing Stone, was living in Simcoe, Talbot District, Canada, in 1845. James Clark " September 5, 1803, at Thorold Abigail " March 12, 1805, at Thorold Henry " August 30, 1806, at Thorold

Whitin died July 17, 1799 Henry Clark " July 15, 1801 Thadious " February 16, 1802.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
She had sister, Elizabeth Black, living in Waterbury, New Haven Co. Conn., in 1846. aged 84 years.
Wife had brother, Wright Davis.

V No 12980 Phoebe Lee
M Ed. to A. No. Mofg Sept. 9. 46 Ed. to Hon. Col. Hunt Feb. 15th 1847.
act 7 July 1838

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William H. Lee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. F. 20445.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April 1777 3 yrs. Infan William Judd Samuel Wylllys Conn  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Farmington Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 6, 1819 His Ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Dyerstown, Bradford Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, B. Feb. 10, 1761, Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn.
Remarks: He married May 21, 1787, at Guilderland, Albany Co., N.Y. Phoebe Davis; daughter of Shaddius. He died Mch. 31, 1829, in Canada, and she was al. pension on her ap. of Oct. 15, 1845 while 74 yrs. old as a resident of London, District of London, Canada West.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

v. War Section.
April 6, 1914.
Mrs. Phebe Lee Doss, 1204 Wood Street, Texarkana, Tex.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of William H. Lee. Wid. File No. 20,445. Rev. War. you are furnished the following data as to his children.
John - - - - - born April 17, 1788. died January 19, 1792. William Beel " June 21, 1790. Nancy D. - - - - " November 20, 1791. John - - - - - " August 23, 1793. Nancy - - - - - " January 12, 1795. Rivertons - - - " July 1, 1796. James Clark - - " September 4, 1803. Abergail - - - - " March 12, 1805. Henry - - - - - " August 30, 1806.
Whitin died July 17, 1799. Henry Clark " July 15, 1801. Thalious - - - - " February 16, 1902.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner

Lyarkana, Tex.
Mar. 23. 1914.
To the Pension Bureau.
Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly furnish me with the pension record in regard to William Lee who served in the Revolutionary war as a fifer in Captain William Judd's Company of the 3rd Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Hillyo. He enlisted May 12. 1778 and was discharged Mar 6. 1780. He afterwards lived in Canada and received a pension from the U.S. Government which I believe was

paid to his widow after his death.
I should like as complete a record as possible as it is necessary in filling my application for membership in the L. A. R.
Very sincerely yours.
Phoebe Lee Bloss.
1204 Wood St.

CHARLES HOMER BAER 511 IOWA AVENUE YORK, NEBRASKA
Dec. 9-1927
Dear Sir - Can you give me the names of the parents - wife and children of William H. Lee of Farmington Conn - a revolutionary soldier - He filed applied for pension at Farmington I think -
Sincerely -
Bertha Lee Baer
511 Iowa Ave
York Nebraska

Roy
WIDOW, &c.
apr 19'99 Lemard Lee Audubon m.
File No. 204405
Phebe Lee Widow of Wm H Lee ofifer Beaufort
Act: Feb 22 48
Index:—Vol. 1 Page 429
[Arrangement of 1870.]

37 612
INVALID.
Pay
File No. 37 612
William H Lee (Musician) New York
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 503
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914. Apr. 6. History to Mrs. Phebe Lee Davis. Br.
1928. Oct. 12, History to Bertha Lee Baer, M.E.E.

William H. Lee bon: Act March 1878 to what time paid?
Rev. Office
July 8, 1878
no payment made JH

Sept 27. 47
Conyngham, Md.
act 18th Nov 1818
D
J. S. Edwards Commission of Pension Washington

Sackville Sept. 22. 1847.
Hon. Jos Edwards, Comm. of Pensions,
Sir William H Lee was pensioned under the act of March 18. 1818. but never drew as I understand not having complied with the act of 1820. on the 31. March 1829 he died Now is his widow entitled to draw any thing which was withheld from him in consequence of his not complying with the Law of May 1. 1820. The Law of 1832 did away in effect with the provision relative to filing a Schedule of property - Can she draw any thing that was due him or under any Law except under which she is now pensioned which were made expressly for the benefit of Widows. Please advise me also whether his children are not entitled to bounty Land. Please answer me at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully Yours,
A. H. Clapp

11 1 2
Museum Office
July 6. 1841
By mail
No. 77. S.
To The Hon d Secretary of War
Washington
City D.C.

Baltimore July 3. a 1841
Sir
Please to inform me whether there has been any money paid on the Pension Certificate of Wm = H. Lee, late a Musician of the army of the revolution, inscribed on the pension list Rose of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month, to Commence the 30. th day of Jan y 1829
The Certificate dated at the War Office of the United States the Ninth day of Feby 1829
Please direct your reply to L. Wilkinson Baltimore Md
Lewis Wilkinson JH
To the Hon. Mr
Secretary of War at Washington JH

James J. Colwards Esquire Penguin Office Washington

Farningham July 23 rd 1829
James J. Edwards Esq r
In behalf of William Allen a Soldier of the Revolution, who has lately returned to this Land, I write you a few days, inquiring in his pension papers, which he says, were left at the War Office eight or ten years since, in order to have them completed. But lest they might not be found he has prepared another set, & which I now enclose to you & I suppose the only question that can arise, is, whether he can be entitled to his arrears from the time of his first application - As he is no doubt, who can have been within the meaning of the law of 1820 with regard to pension, I cannot but hope, or he is any fool, that you can allow him the arrears - Should the case be so found, & there are so many, in opposition with them should be insufficient to entitle him to the arrears without some addition.

will thank you to send them to me for that purpose immediately. And your attention to the papers now sent, as soon as possible is requested as he may be placed on the list as early as March, & then have his arrears, if allowed.
Please to direct your answer to me at "Garnett's Corners" -
I am yours respectfully,
Sim d Atkinson

This may certify that William H Lee served in the revo- lutionary Army for the term of three years, as a fifer in Capt. William Judd's company, in Col. Samuel W. Hays Regt. in the Connec. Line, in the years 1777, 1778 & 1779 - and that the subscriber was serving during that term in the same company and was an orderly Serj. at and a year or two before the discharge of said Wm. H Lee. Niagara county April 24 th 1819. Joel Smith J. P.

12380 Aug 17. 1896
c. Genl. Lee. Aug 1. 1838.
ED
Hon James L Edwards Commissioner of Pension Washington

Stockport August 11. 1846 Hon J. S. Edwards, Comm. of Pensions
Sir,
I now enclose you papers in the (Claim of Mrs. Phebe See Widow of William A. See who was pensioned as I understand under the act of March 18. 1818. I now send her declaration to claim under the act of July 1838. I send also the afft of Wright Davis properly authenticated of the Marriage as he was present, I send the affidavit of the town Clerk of the town where they were married that there is no Record) - I send also an old Leaf out of a Bible upon which is written a Record of the birth, & death, of their Children together with the affidavit of the Widow, both attached to the latter. This I think makes out a strong Claim to the benefits of the Law.
If there should on examination be any deficiency in the proof please advise me and I will supply it if in my power & let know the result of the examination upon a Commitment
Respectfully Yours, & A. N. Mose

Sept 14/48, Book Rev. les, M. Ames H. G. May.
FREE Hon J L Edward Comm'ee of Pension, Washington

May 15 745
Wm H Lee My Sir
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pension Washington
Ans P. on C.W. Cullen May 15. (1845)

Lockport May 10 th 1845
Hon J S Edwards, Com of Pensions
Mr Evers Sir having occasion to write I take the liberty of sending the enclosed papers to You asking the favor, that you hand them to the third Auditor of the Treasury the enclosed letter to him will advise him of the disposition to make of them if all are correct.
I will now be obliged to you if you will inform me whether William H See or William Hooker See as I understand was his real name was ever granted a pension and if so when? how much? and when the last amount was drawn? he was a Physician but whether or he was pensioned he was pensioned for service as a S urgeon or otherwise I am not informed.
I have been written to by his son in Canada inquiring about the matter for his mother but he alludes so much to generalities that I am unable to say from his statement whether his father was pensioned or not & if so whether there are any now due his widow for pension prior to his death from his letter I infer his father was a pensioner he speaks of him as such & says he had papers from Washington & he had seen them but he thought they were lost (William H See is now dead) his son refers me to papers & records at Washington &c.
I hope it is consistent with your rules to furnish the information I now ask if so. You will please do so as soon as is consistent with your business.
Respectfully Yours, & A. H. Mott

March 8 '47.
H. W. Hunt,

State of New York Albany County ss.
Deborah Relyea a resident of the County of Albany being duly sworn says that she is now Seventy nine years old and that she has resided in the County of Albany Sixty four - Years. that she was well acquainted with William H. Lee in his life time now deceased and with Phebe Lee his Widow and was acquainted with them before their Marriage together, That said William H. Lee was formerly from the State of Connecticut where he served in the Continental Line of Connecticut during part of the Revolutionary War. That afterwards he came to reside in the County of Albany and there Courted and married his present widow Phebe Lee whose maiden name was Phebe Davis a Daughter of Thaddeus Davis a resident of the town of Guilderland, in the County of Albany. That they were married in May in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty Seven as she now thinks, at the then residence of the said Thaddeus Davis said Phebe's father, that she this deponent was invited to attend the wedding, she has a distinct recollection of the time & circumstance, attending it from the fact that that certain things transpired which displeased her. Which fixed it more indelibly upon her memory - said Lee & Phebe were engaged to be married a long time before the Marriage took place & while under engagement said Lee found it necessary to go South & be absent some time he concluded to announce & did publick his intended Marriage with Phebe before going South to take place after his expected return. he went South and did not return when it was expected he would but his absence continued more than a year longer than was expected and his friends despaired of his return. The time of the intended Marriage passed over after which the said Phebe received the attentions of another Sitter but said Lee returned after a continued absence of about Eighteen months - and on his return said Phebe dismissed her then Sitter and married said Lee. which course on her part displeased this deponent. -
This deponent further says that said William H. Lee and Phebe Lee were after living and resided together as husband & wife until said Lee's death and that she knew of their having several children born while so living together prior to the first of January 1794. John who died young William B. Hiram D. & John who took the name of the eldest who died were all children of the said William H. & Phebe Lee & were all born prior to January first Seventeen hundred and ninety four. That the said William H. & Phebe Lee

Remov'd from Albany County - lived a while in the State of Pennsylvania and remov'd to Canada living together as husband and wife and there continued to reside & live together as husband & wife until said See's death and that his widow the said Phebe See is still living as she understands and resides with some of her children in Canada where she has continued to reside ever since her husband's death
And she further says that the said Phebe See now of Simcoe Canada West and the said William H See now deceased & who died in Canada & whose widow the said Phebe See is now applying for a pension on account of the services of her said husband are the same William H See & Phebe See who formerly resided in Guilderland in the County of Albany and State of New York and who were married as husband & wife in the Month of May in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Seven and that the said William H See the husband of the said Phebe See who was married & resided & died as is herein before stated is the same William H See who came from the State of Connecticut and settled in the Connecticut Line in the time of the Revolutionary War.
Delorah Belyea
Subscribed and sworn to to this 14 th Day of November 1846 Before me
Henry A. Pierson Justice of the peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Deborah Relyea and have been for Forty five years past and that She is a person of good character for truth & veracity Whose statements are entitled to full credit & belief
Henry A. Ostrander
City and County of Albany Clerks office B.S. I Lawrence Van Deusen Clerk of the said City and County do hereby certify that Henry A. Ostran- der before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn and whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of the date of the jurat to the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and that his signatures to the said jurat & certificate are genuine —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 17 th day of February 1847
L Van Deusen
Clerk

State of New York
Montgomery County
Wright Davis of Charleston in said County being duly sworn says that he is now Seventy Six years old and upwards and is well acquainted with Phebe See now residing in Canada West. That he was also acquainted with William H. See in his life time when was the husband of Phebe See. That he was acquainted with both before and at the time of their marriage. That he was present and saw them married the precise day he does not now recollect, but it was between the first of January 1786 and the first of January 1788. he will recollect the fact, but not the precise time the said William H. & Phebe was married at the house of her father by a Presbyterian Minister by the name of Snyder a Dutchman by descent in the County of Albany, in the town then called Guilderland which as this deponent understands is now called Guilderland. This deponent resided near there for a number of years after their marriage saw them often for ten years or more, that during that time they lived together as man & wife and this deponent knew of their having four children born while so living together as husband and wife prior to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. The first was called John and died when a small child, the second was called William B. the third was called David, and the fourth John taking the name of the child that died. They had a number of other children but they were born after 1794. One was named Asa. This deponent further states that the said William H. See and Phebe See removed to Canada a number of years since and resided together as man & wife until the said William H. See died and his widow is still living there with her children & grandchildren. Subscribed & sworn to before me this 21 st day of November 1845.
Wright Davis
Nathan Crandall Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Wright Davis for the last thirty five years, and up to the present time and that he is a man of good character and that his statements are entitled to full credit & belief, Chadstone Nov. 21 st 1845
Nathan Brandell Justice of the Peace
State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's office
I, Chas. S. Burnley Clerk of the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that Nathan Brandall Esq before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly Elected and sworn and authorized to take the same and that he is well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and justly believes his signature upon the same are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 22 nd day of Nov r 1845.
C. S. Burnley Clerk

Albany March 30 th 1849
Col. Edwards, Com d of Pension, will oblige me by giving early attention to the within request
W. Hunt

Albany March 30 1849.
Hon J P Edwards
Dear Sir
Thebe Lee of London in the District of London Canada West a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States has appointed me her lawful attorney to receive her pension from the Agent of the U. States for paying pensions in the City of Albany in the State of N.Y.
On my making application to the Agent yesterday I found that the papers in respect to the above named Pensioner had not been forwarded from your office therefore the agent in Albany had no right to pay over her pension. Will you have the goodness to forward the papers to the Agent here at your earliest convenience. I should be glad to draw the money before the Legislature adjourns which will be in the 11 th of April.
Respectfully Yours
Morgan Johnson.

To
W. Hunt
Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
April 27
44-98-48
Library of Congress

Sakpnt Septembrio 8 th 1848
Hon J L Edwards, Com r of Pensions
Sir enclosed I send you a declaration of Prob See b th placed on the pension list under the Law of the last Session relating to Widows. It is made out I think in conformity with the form you sent me. Please examine it and if correct send me the certificate as soon as, Com r mt.
N B. Please advise me whether there is any officer in Canada before whom a pensioner residing there can prove her identity for the purpose of drawing the pension from the agent. Is there any way of avoiding the necessity of pensioners coming into one of the States or territories to make out their papers? If so please advise me what. The pensioners think it a hardship that they have to come sometimes, hundreds of miles, to make out their papers, which is attended with considerable expense in some instances nearly equals the amount of their pension if this could be avoided it would be well. Respectfully Yours a A. H. Morse

Sworn to and declared by said day of 1829 -
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on the

State of Connecticut,
County of Hartford, Farmington Jan. 4 th 1829
I do hereby certify that William H. Lee in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred seventy seven, was by me enlisted as a Fifer in Capt. William Ludds company in the third regiment of Connecticut troops commanded by Col. Samuel Wyllys, for the term of three years, during the whole of which time he faithfully served in that capacity, at the end of which he was honorably discharged; — at the time of his enlistment I was Ensign in the above said company. —
Said Lee is a native of this town, and I have been acquainted with his family and connections, as far back as my memory extends; — since the close of the Revolutionary war, he has resided in different parts of the United States, but has now taken up his residence in this town, is supposed to be in very indigent circumstances, of which I entertain not the least doubt, and now labors under severe bodily infirmities. —
John Mice
July 19 th 1829

State of Connecticut ss Farmington June 19 th 1829 - Personally appeared John Nix, who signed the within certificate & being personally known to me, made Oath to the truth of the same -
Before me
Sim o Pitkin Justice of Peace
I the undersigned do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Nix, who signed the within certificate, that he is a person of credit for truth & that full faith & credit may be given to the within statement of him subscribed.
June 19 th 1829. Sim o Pitkin Justice of Peace

I Samuel Richards of Farmington, county of Hartford and State of Connecticut - having served as a Lieut. in the 3 d Connecticut regiment of the continental army - commanded by Col. Samuel Wyllys - from January 1 st 1777 - to the last of December 1780: and as paymaster and clothier to said regiment from August 1778, to the end of said time - I have a full recollection that William H Lee, who was a native of said Farmington, did serve as a musician in Captain William Budd's company in said regiment, from the early part of the year 1777 to the year 1780 - inclusive - It appears also by an original return of said company now before me that he enlisted into said regiment on the 12 th day of May 1777.
That he was esteemed during the whole of his said service in said regiment as a faithful, meritorious man in his grade. That he having removed to, and resided in several places - has now returned to this town - where he at present resides. Samuel Richards. Farmington January 19. 1829.
State of Connecticut ss. Farmington Jan y 19 th 1829
Personally appeared Samuel Richards, who signed the above certificate, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Afore me
Sim o Pitkin Justice of Peace
I the Subscribed do also hereby certify that the said Sim o Pitkin is a person of credit for truth, & that full faith & credit may be given to the statements by him subscribed.
Jan y 19 th 1829 Sim o Pitkin Justice of Peace.

I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court of the County of Hackney in Connecticut do certify that on the 19 th day of January 1824 Timothy Palkin Esquire was a Justice of the peace in and for said County & I believe that the four foregoing signatures of his name following the dispositions of John Mox and Samuel Richards are his signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County Court at Hackney this 22 nd day of January 1824. Thomas Chester Clerk

County of Albany Town of Guilderland.
I hereby certify that I have examined the Records of the town of Guilderland and Cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Pheh See. and that there is no Records of Marriages in said office to my knowledge Given under my hand at Guilderland this 25 th day of July 1846
Albany County ss } Nicholas A. Severson } Town Clerk
I Nicholas A. Severson being duly sworn before say that I hold the office of town Clerk of Guilderland aforesaid and that the foregoing Certificate is true
Subscribed & sworn before } Nicholas A. Severson } me this 25 th day of July } 1846 } Christopher Brown. Justice of the peace
I certify that I know Nicholas A. Severson & his Statements are entitled to full credit & belief Christopher Brown } Justice of the peace

State of New York Albany County - 3 I William Mose Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Christopher Brownse before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and whose name is subscribed to the within certificate of credibility was on the day of the date of the Jurat to said affidavit a justice of the Peace in and for the said County - that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and believe his name subscribed to said Jurat to be his proper hand writing & signature - Given under my hand and the seal of the said County this 28th day of July 1846. William Mose Clerk

Rec d Feb 4. 1829.
pen: to com: 30 Jan. 1829
James I Edwards Esq re In the pension office Washington

Farmington / Conn / Jan'y 30 th 1829
Sir,
I have this day recd yours of the 26 th Inst, in answer to mine of the 19 th relative to William H Lee. Considering it doubtful whether the papers he mentioned would be now found in your department, he completed a new sub, sub sent them to you, about a week since. By these you will perceive that he calls himself William H Lee, & is so mentioned in the Certificate afforded to his declaration made by John M c Lean & Samuel Richards Esquires, who knew him in the army.
You mention in your letter that the name of William Lee is only found on the roll of Capt Judas Company, in your office.
To the request of Mr Lee I now forward to you additional certificates from M c Lean & Richards

proving that they are well acquainted with the person, whom they called William H Lee, & that he is the same, who entered & served in Capt. Lucas company, by the name of William Lee. But, I presume will satisfactorily explain, why, in their first certifi- -cates, he is called William H Lee, & that the applicant is really the same person, who served in Capt. Lucas company, by the name of William Lee.
I am respectfully
Yours &c
Wm. Pitman
James L. Edwards Esq.

Connecticut, Hartford County Farmington Jan. 30. 1829
I do hereby certify that in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred seventy seven, I enlisted a young man then about seventeen years of age by the name of William Lee, by as a Fifer in Capt. William Hadd's company, in Col. Samuel Weylly's regiment of continental troops, for the term of three years, during which term he faithfully served, at the end whereof he was honorably discharged; — at the time of his enlistment I was Ensign in said Hadd's company. —
Said Lee was then known by the name of William Lee, that the same person is now present with me, and I know him to be the same whom I enlisted, and who served in the Army as above stated, — about two weeks since he applied to me for a certificate of his services, and then informed me that he had a middle name, and was called William H. Lee, and therefore in the certificate which I then gave him, and which I understand was appended to papers, which he has since sent on to the War Department in order to obtain a Pension, I described him by the name of William H. Lee, and I do further certify that the person described in that certificate by the name of William H. Lee

is the same whom I enlisted and who served as above, under the name of William Lee; and according to the best of my recollection there was no other person in said Dads company by the name of Lee. — Said Lee is a native of this town, whom I have known from his earliest years, but has been for a long time absent from here, and I have not seen him for many years until within a few weeks. —
John May
State of Connecticut ss. Harrington Jan'y 30 th 1826 Personally appeared before me Sim o Pitkin a justice of the Peace for Hartford County John May, who signed the foregoing Certificate, & made solemn oaths to the truth of the same, the said May is personally known to me, & full faith and credit is due to his statement.
Sim o Pitkin justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut - Hartford Co. Farmington January 30 th 1829 -
I certify that William Lee is the same person whose name I intended inserted in a certificate as William H Lee, about two weeks ago - which certificate was appended to his papers claiming a pension &c and forwarded to the pension office - that he did serve as a musician in Capt. William Sudd's company - Col. Samson Hillyer's regiment of the continental army for three years from May 1777. That he was born on the returns as William Lee, and was so called: though he has since informed me that his real name was William H Lee: and has been so called since he left the army: he having been absent from this town for many years, and now re- turned here. he being now present I clearly remember him as being the same man who served as above under the name of William Lee
Samuel Richards.
State of Connecticut, ss. Farmington Jan y 30 th 1829
Deponent appeared before me Sim o Pitkin a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, Samuel Richards, who signed the above certificate, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same; the said Richards is personally known to me, & full faith & credit is due to his statement.
Sim o Pitkin Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Niagara County ss on this 8 th day of September 1848. personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County. Phoebe See a resident of London in the District of London in Canada West 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 benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to Widows, of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of William N See who was a Fifer in the Company & Regiment in the Connecticut Line as stated in her paper now on file in the pension office of the United States, upon which a certificate of pension was granted to him and numbered as she understands 13,757, and which she supposes to have been lost or burned up. She further states that she drew an annual pension of Eighty Eight dollars, under the act of June 17 th 1844.
She further declares, that she is still a Widow Sworn to and Subscribed on the 8 th day and year above written before me A Clerk Justice of the Peace
Phoebe X See Mark
I hereby certify that Phoebe See who appeared before me and made the above declaration is known to me to be the identical person who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration and that the word Niagara was written on the name of the word Erie, before the paper was signed also the date was altered before signing to the 8 th
A Clerk Justice of the Peace

State of New York Niagara County ss.
I John Van Horn clerk of said county do hereby certify that Alpheus Clark before whom the foregoing declaration was made is a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly elected & sworn and authorized by law to take affidavits, And that I am well acquainted
with his hand writing & that his signatures within written are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said County at Lockport this Eighth day of September One thousand Eight hundred & forty eight
John Van Horn Clerk
42

13751 New York.
William H. Lee 1
of Genesee Co. in the state of N. York who was a Fifer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wyllys of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 th of April 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July 1819 and sent to Sam l Lake, Esq. Batavia, N. York.
Arrears to 4th of portion of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 4 9 / 30 34:82
$34:82
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

10.219.
New York.
Phebe See
Widow of Wm. H. See
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 31. March 1829 at Niagara in the State of N. York who was a Piper in the Company of the Regt. commanded by Captain  the  line for 2 years
Rep d
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of March 1827 and sent to Hon. W. Hunt, Lockport, N.Y.
Total amount, $440.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. W. W. v v D Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 167.

N.Y. Albany. 811 C.
Phebe Gerr — widow of Wm. H. Gerr — who was a Fifer — in the Conn. Line —
Husb. died 31 March 1829.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 157th. day of March 1847. and sent to
Hon. W. Hunt Lockport, N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book d. Vol. 2. Page 79.
Sub. 6. A. K. Knapp Oct 8th '47
Rep. 2 Cents 1838. V e
6

Elizabeth Stuart of L
Feb 10. 1847.
Adel St. in care
Phoebe Lee
Adolph Phoebe Lee
Hn- W. Hunt H. of Reps.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of New Haven,
COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
SS.
I, Robert H. Osborne Esq.,
Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of New Haven, and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:—
That Walter J. Buel
Esquire
was on the 21 st day of October
1846 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 5 th day of November 1846
R.H. Osborne Clerk.

State of Connecticut New Haven County ss.
Elizabeth Clarke of Watertown in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and says that she is now Eighty four years of age that William H See late of Canada now deceased was her brother. That she was well acquainted with him from before the Revolutionary War to the time of her death. That during the time of the Revolutionary War they both resided in the State of Connecticut. That her brother the said William H See served some three years or more in the Continental Service of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War as a fifer. That after he left the Service, he removed from Connecticut into the State of New York a short distance from the City of Albany. In the present County of Albany as she understands he then married and settled, he married Phoebe Davis with whom he lived as husband and wife until his death. He removed from Albany County and subsequently resided in different places and then removed to Canada where he continued to reside until his death. This deponent further says that the said William H See in his life time and as she now thinks as much as twenty five years since made application to the Government of the United States for a pension on account of his Service as a fifer in the Continental Service of Connecticut aforesaid. And made proof of his Service, and was granted a pension certificate that while said application was pending in the pension office he the said William H See came from Canada where he then resided to Connecticut to collect proof of Service, this deponent saw him on that occasion. She further says that the said William H See who resided in Canada and died there many years since was the same William H See who served in the Revolutionary War as a born Statesman who made proof and was placed upon the pension roll as a born Statesman. That Phoebe See now of Sanders District Canada West was during the life time of said See his wife and now is her widow.
Elizabeth Clark
Subscribed & sworn before me this 31 st day of October 1816
Norton J Buel Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been acquainted with Elizabeth Clarke for years past and that she is a credible witness whose statements are entitled to implicit confidence & belief.
Norton J Buel Justice of the Peace