Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,064, for William Merrell, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born,
Merrell William
811,064
carded
CONTENTS

24.99 24.99 11.24.99 100 - 100
William Merrill of Jefferson Co., in the State of New York who was a Private in the Coys commanded by Captain McName of the Regt. commanded by Col. Daldrin - in the Coventry line for 18 1/2 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Oct. 1833 and Scott  Rathburn Brownsville
Arrears to the 4th of Apr '33  $134.16 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo '34  20.83 $184.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. (initials) Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 106
Service etc. Copied from papers by Mr. Merrill West Dis. Dec 18-91
1892 Jan 15 Hist to H. Clay Merrill West Dis. P.

State of New York } Syracuse County } ss.
On this 26. day of February 1833. personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County now sitting William Merrill a resident of the town of Syracuse in the County of Onondaga State of New York aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn says according to law debt on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he intends the sum of the United States under the following named Affirm Held as herein stated.
That he volunteered in the Militia in the town of Watkins County of New York in the State of Con- necticut in the year (he thinks) 1779. he is certain it was the year the British burnt a part of New Haven & a part of Fairfield. Sometime in the months of June or July. His Captain's name was Isaac Merriam don't mistake the Major's name. The Colonel's name was Jonathan Baldwin he thinks, but is not certain whether it was Jonathan or Noah Baldwin. He was mustered at Watkins, & marched from there to New Haven - then started for home - but before he reached home - heard that the British had landed at Fairfield; then was immediately mustered and marched directly to Fairfield. While we lay at Fairfield the British came upon us fired a number of shots, but before we came to action, we were ordered to retreat, & did so. - We then went to Reading, & thence to Norwalk

where we lay when the British burnt it - then marched to Wilton & was there discharged. That he was in the Service at this time as many as fifteen days, or more.
This same year, and as near as he can recollect, in the Month of August, he again volunteered under Capt. Moses Foot, Col: Baldwin, in the town of Watbury, Oxford, & marched to Milford in County of New Haven; There at Milford three Months & received a regular discharge. —
In the next Spring about 1780. he thinks, in the Month of April, he was drafted to serve six Months at Horn- =neck in New-York State. Was drafted at Watbury in New Haven County, Connecticut, was mustered & marched under Capt. Isaac Merriam, did not reach the Major Col: Baldwin, to Horn neck, remained at Horn neck six Months, was then discharged & returned home. —
In the Spring of 1781. in the Month of May he thinks, he enlisted for the Season, or as long as he was wanted. Enlisted under Capt. Roswell Parsons, in the Teaming Service as it was called. don't remember any Major or Col's name. He served as a teamster until October & was discharged at Hartford in Connecticut. Enlisted in the town of Watbury Oxford, went from there to Danbury, thence to the Fish kills in North River & teamed it between Danbury, the Fish kills & Hartford until he was discharged at Hartford. Served as many as six Months.
On the 1 st day of April 1782. Enlisted at Watbury Oxford, in the teaming Service under Capt. Roswell Parsons, to serve as long as he might be wanted, went to Hartford & had the Roll called every morning

wound our teams - mine was an 8 team Consisting of them Yoke of Oxen & a Cart, Started for Danbury - then went to the Fish Kill, crossed the River at Fish Kill & went to Newburgh; then went to a place called Smiths Clove or Cove; then to Pampaun & there moved a Brigade to Pampaun Church. Then went to Hackensack where we lay about three weeks. Then ordered to go to Burlington about Eleven Miles this side of Philadelphia to the Ferry. We went there & staid three weeks. While we lay at the Ferry at Burlington we received the artillery from a Col: Kamb or Greene but don't remember which; we left our Carts & put our teams upon the artillery Carriages & returned to Newburgh. At Newburgh the artillery was put on board of Boats & carried to West Point down the North River. Then went to Goshen where we lay two weeks - then we were ordered across the River to the Fish Kill - then to Fredricksburg where we lay two weeks - then ordered to Peaks Kill, & then to Wapleton's Point, where we drew wood for Washington Army about one week; then ordered to the Highlands where we drew timber for the Barracks at West Point about two months; then went to the Fish Kill then went about Six Miles from the Fish Kill & turned out our teams to feed & recruit them. We fed them Hay. Can't say how long we remained here. We were sent home from this place but received no discharge This was in the Month of December for we were on

our March home on Christmas day. In January following we were called to Woodbury in Connecticut & received my discharge from Capt Russell's Regiment. I served during this term more than nine months. That he has no documentary evidence in his possession or that he knows of, & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, (except the evidence of Mrs Dibble & Justin Merrill whose affidavits are herunto annexed.)
He further says that the affidavit of Mrs Dibble is incorrect in stating that the deponent served three days at the time New London was burnt in 1781. It should have been written "Three Months" instead of "Three Days". That the said Dibble resides in the town of Paris in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York a distance of about one hundred miles from where the deponent resides - that the deponent travelled all the way to Paris to get said Dibble's affidavit, that it was drawn by a young man residing near said Dibble & the deponent supposed it was correct until he had reached his home, when he discovered the error. But the deponent means hereby stating that the three days is a mistake & that the affi- davit ought to have been written "Three Months".
He further says, that there is no Congregational minister residing in his neighborhood, who knows him, which is the reason he has not obtained his certificate to these papers, as required by the Statute.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Merrill
P. Storckhard Clerk
And I do hereby relinquish to the United States all claim to any Pension, except the present, to which I may be entitled by virtue of any law passed by Congress, granting Pensions for Revolutionary Service, as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War.

Sworn to before this 21. day of August 1833. G. Brown Judge Joppencourt Court
William Merrill
We Joshua Main residing in the town of Danforth Fisher Lynn in the County of Essex in the County of residing in the town of Lynn in said County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Merrill, who has subscribed hereto to the above au- thority, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed to be like the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Joshua Main Sworn to before this day before me said Danforth Fisher P. Purdie Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrog- atories presented by the War department, that the above- named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, stationed in States. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Joshua Main & Danforth Fisher  the other who have signed the above certificate are credible persons whose statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Bangs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Merrill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 26. day of February 1833 P. Purdie Clerk

24.604.
William Merrill Jefferson Co. New York.
Admitted Private 18 1/2 mo
Term for in disallowed
N. Rathbone Brownsville, Jefferson Co. New York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Merrill Jefferson Co. N. York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1779 " " 15 Priv Col. Baldwin Col. Merriam 71 years New York Traditionary.   Aug. 11 " 3 " " Col. Baldwin Col. Foot 60 Conn. Witness: Wm Doolittle   Apr 1780 " 6 " " Col. Baldwin Col. Merriam Witness: Justus Merrill.   May 1781 " 6 " Teamster Col. Ransom   Apr 1782 " 9 " " Col. Ransom   24 1/2   6   18 1/2  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The reason why Justus Merrill off. was not bfm, was it was omitted by mistake.
N. Rathbun

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen

State of New-York.
Iffers on oath. Justus Merrill of the Town of Vienna in the County of Oneida being duly sworn says, that he will be Sixty three years of age next May; That William Merrill who is applying to the Government for a Pension for his Services as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, is this deponents Brother. That the said William Merrill is, according to the best of this deponents knowledge Ninety one years of age. That during the War of the Revolution, but in what year this deponent cannot recollect with sufficient certainty to state, but he thinks it was in the last year of the War; the said William Merrill enlisted as a private in the County of New-Haven in the State of Connecticut. but what the Captains name was, or any of the commanding Officers he does not know; but he well recollects that after the said William had enlisted as aforesaid he returned home to his Fathers house stated his Father that he had enlisted, that his Father was dissatisfied because he had enlisted, but an Officer persuaded his Father to let the said William go into the Service on the arrangement being made, the said William left home in the Spring of the Year, and this deponent supposed, that no doubt went into the Service, & did not return home until the war was at a beginning of the next Winter. On reflection he thinks the said William did not return until the next Winter. And according to the best of his knowledge during the said William was out in the Service as such Soldier as aforesaid for more than Nine Months. That this deponent cannot testify whether the said William served as a Soldier during all the time aforesaid, but

From what he saw there talked of at the time & afterwards in this department has no doubt but that the said William Merrill did run as a soldier for the time of more than nine months.
Given before me this
22 day of Feb 1833
Glendon Judson Jeff County Court
Justice of the Peace

••••• J. CALHOUN, Fancy Job Printer, Watertown, N. Y. •••••
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of said County, do hereby
Certify, that George Brown before
whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, and before
whom the affidavit of relinquishment of pension
was taken on the 21st day of August 1833
was at the date of the same a Judge of Jefferson County
courts in and for the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly
authorized to take the same.—And further, that I am well ac-
quainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same, to be
his proper hand writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand and Seal of said County, this 24th day
of August in the year 1833
P. Burchard
Clerk.
•••••

O. W. & N. DIV. F.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 15, 1892.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William Merrell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this office.
Enlisted in the year 1779, and during that year served 15 days as a Pri. in Capt. Merriam's Co., Col. Baldwin's Conn. Regt. and 3 months in Capt. Foot's Co. of the same Regt. April, 1780, enlisted and served 6 months in Capt. Merriam's Co., Col. Baldwin's Regt., as a Pri. May, 1781, enlisted and served 6 months as a teamster in a company commanded by a Capt. Ransom, and in April, 1782, enlisted and served 9 months as a teamster in the same company. A pension was allowed him
for the above service.
His brother who was a veteran. He Signed as known Merrill.
Very respectfully,
H. Clay Merrill, Esq.
Green B. Raum
Commissioner.
Western Division, Bureau of Pensions.

Reborn
11.064
INVALID.
File No. 11.064
William Mervell
Pr. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 254
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec. 18-91
Information taken from papers in person by Mr Merrill

Department of the Interior. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. Dec 17, 1891
Dear Sir:
Please give Mr. Merrill information regarding service of William Merrill in the Conn. Continental Troops, and oblige.
Yours Truly R. H. Dunbar

State of New York
Onida County ss. I George Brown - Clerk of the County of Onida aforesaid - do hereby certify that Benjamin Hickrop Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time said affidavit was dated, one of the Justices of the Peace - in the said County: That I am well acquainted with the said writing of said Justice - and that his signature subscribed to said Affidavit is his the said Justice proper hand writing, and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court at Common Pleas, of said County - at the Clerks Office of said County this 15 th day of Feb y 1833
Geo. Brown Clerk Jos B. Read Deputy Clerk

State of New York
Onondaga County, ss: I, Uri Doolittle, of Paris - in said county - being duly sworn, depose and say: That he is well acquainted with William Merrill - of the Town of Lime in the County of Jefferson - and State aforesaid; That this deponent has been acquainted with said Merrill - for the term of fifty four years - last past. That in the year nineteen hundred and seventy nine, the said Merrill was a private in Captain Thomas Fenn's Company - of Col. John S. San Baldwin's Regt. of Gen. Sawyer's Brigade of the Connecticut Line: - That said Merrill then resided in New Haven - New Haven County, Conn. - That said Merrill, in the month of July - of the year aforesaid the said Merrill was enrolled as a private in said Company - and served in the service of the United States, as follows. That is to say - That in July aforesaid, the said Merrill as a private in said Company - marched to New Haven - (at the time New Haven was taken) from New Haven - the said Merrill - returned near his home, and then marched to Fairfield, Redding, then marched to Norwalk, and was at Norwalk in said service, when the enemy burnt Norwalk. Thereafter marched to Milford - and remained at Milford - till he was discharged, - That said Merrill served - fourteen days, in said service - as herein stated - and was honorably discharged at Milford aforesaid, in July aforesaid.
That in nineteen hundred and eighty one, this deponent was a private in Captain Nathaniel Edwards' Company - of Col.

Benj o Richards' Reply of the Court Line, That said Merrill - was at the time aforesaid, a private in Capt d Isaac Mearns' Company of said Reg t that at the time New London was burnt, the said Merrill - was in said service, in said last named Comp y - three days - and was the first of those drafted as a private in Captain Moses Foot's Company - in said Reg t (last named) & served in said last named Company till first day December in the year aforesaid: - and was honourably discharged at Milford, at aforesaid. And this deponent further says that the said Merrill - is a man of truth - & a respectable person.
Sworn & subscribed - Asa Doolittle This 13 th day of July 1833 before me B. Hickey J.P.
State of New York
Onida County ss, I Benjamin Hickey one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify, that Asa Doolittle Esq r who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, is a man of truth and veracity - & that his statement is entitled to credit -
Dated this 13 th day of July, 1833 at Milford in said B. Hickey J.P. County

11068
File No. 11,654,
William Merrill
Prof. Connecticut Univ.
J.S.

W. Merrill Wm Merrill 24 Feb
paid 17 1/2