Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,242, for Samuel Lee, Connecticut

SERVICE
Lee, Samuel Betsey
NUMBER
R. 6.242
CONTENTS

✓ No 14.661
Betsy Lee, dec d wid of Samuel.
Maps:
Act 7 July 1838 & ✓ cro 38.369 Sam d . Lee dec d .
Act 7 June 1832,
Act July 19/52.
Timothy Snow. North Becket Maps:

State of Massachusetts Berkshire County } ss.
On this 24th day of April, A. D. 1852, personally appeared before the Judge of Probate of the County of Berkshire aforesaid Elisha Pr. See a resident of Berkley in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 and March fifteenth 1828 & July 17th 1832 entitled "an act granting pensions to certain Revolutionary soldiers, and also by an act passed July 17th 1838 granting pensions to certain widows" That he the said Elisha Pr. is the lawful child of Samuel See who in the year 1777 lived in the town of Lebanon  Sebanon County of Windham  Connecticut  State of Connecticut and enlisted into the revolutionary army as a private soldier and commenced service on the twenty seventh day of May 1777 and the first settlement on pay list was January 1st 1780 when he enlisted again & served to January 1st 1781 being three years seven months, four days all of which service was performed in the Regiment in which Isaac Sherman was Colonel who died in Decr November twenty fourth 1834 aged eighty two and left a widow by the name of Betsey who died in said Berkley August twenty third 1839 aged eighty three & who was the widow of Samuel See at her death and was married to Samuel See previous to Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz on the eighteenth day of November 1790 neither of which was receiver the benefits of any pension act and who left the following named children viz. Betsey the wife of Elijah Palmer & Samuel S. See & the said Elisha Pr. See now claims in behalf of himself & the other lawful heirs of the said Samuel & Betsey See the pension to which the said Samuel See was entitled from the thirtieth day of April 1818 and all other subsequent acts to the day of his death which took place November 24th twenty fourth 1834 & he also claims the pension to which the widow Betsey See was entitled from the fourth of March 1836 to the day of her death which took place August twenty third 1839
Daniel A. D. Clary Judge of Probate. Elisha Pr. See

State of Massachusetts
Berkshire County ss. Subscribed April 5 th 1852
I Samuel Chapman depose & say that I was acquainted with Samuel Lee for more than fifty years and know him to be a poor man and knew he was not worth any property from from eighteen hundred and eighteen to the day of his death but was dependent on his children for support
Samuel Chapman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above mentioned and I certify that the deponent is a reputable and credible person Timothy Snow Justice of the Peace
I certify the above named Samuel Chapman is a reputable and credible person
Zolva Whitmore - Pastor of the 1 st Congregational Church in Berk
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written Before me
Timothy Snow Justice of the Peace
Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Timothy Snow Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Samuel Chapman & Zolva Whitmore were sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of April 1852
Charles Sedgwick Clerk

I hereby certify, that I find on the records of the 1 st Church in Buxton Me. kept by Rev Joseph L Mills then Pastor of said church, the following record of the deaths of Samuel Lee & Betsey, wife of Samuel Lee -
Samuel Lee died Dec 24 th 1834 aged 82 Betsey, wife of Samuel Lee, died August 23 rd 1839 aged 85
Deacon Whitman Pastor of the 1 st Congregational Church in Buxton Me.
April 5 th 1852.
Yorkshire St. Dated April 5 th 1852.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Timothy Snow Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Samuel Lee of Berket deceased from eighteen hundred eighteen to eighteen hundred and thirty four, and also was well acquainted with his circumstances, and I do hereby certify that he was possessed of no property, but was supported by his children (he being inform) for the above time. Witness my hand and seal this fifth day of April A.D. 1852. -
O. A. Perkins
Berkshire ss. Berket April 4 th 1852. -
I do hereby subscribe before me and I also certify that the above subscriber is a respectable and credible person. - Timothy Snow Justice of the Peace
I certify the above named O. A. Perkins is a reputable & credible person
Leah Nottmore - Pastor of the 1 st Congregational Church in Berket
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Before me
Timothy Snow Justice of the Peace

Berkshire ss.
This day were joined in marriage Samuel Lee and Betty Rudd, both of Becket.
by Nathaniel Kingsley, Justice Peace
I, Isaac S. Wadsworth Clerk of the Town of Becket in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts, hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, November 18 th 1790. (November eighteenth, seventeen hundred ninety)
I, Isaac S. Wadsworth above named do hereby say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Becket, in the County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Becket, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Isaac S. Wadsworth, Clerk of the Town of Becket Becket April 5 th 1858
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned Before me
Timothy Snow Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. } County of Berkshire, To wit: }
Be it known That before me Timothy Snow, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Samuel Chap- man, and made oath in due form of law, That he was born in the town of Lebanon and State of Connecticut in the year 1782. That he resided there until he was twelve years of age and that then he emigrated to the town of Becket, in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, and has resided in the latter town and State to the present time. That at the time of changing his residence to the latter place, he resided with Samuel Lee who had had then recently removed from the town of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut to the town of Becket, in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth aforesaid and resided with said Lee for the space of thirty six months and that he was was intimately acquainted with the said Lee from the time that he has any recollection of men or events passing around him until his (Lee's) death which occurred in the year 1834. That during the time he resided with the said Lee, and often at subsequent periods he has had conversations with the said Lee relative to his services in the Army of the American Revolution and that he was frequ- -ently during his service in the Army, despatched to various parts of the country to purchase provisions for the service, which statements of the said Lee I have heard often confirm- -ed by my mother (who was sister to the said Lee) and other members of the family as well as of many individuals who were living twenty five and thirty years ago in the town of Lebanon and State of Con- -necticut. And further the said Affiant saith, that the said Samuel Lee was an only son, and that no other person has borne the same name either in the town of

Lebanon, State of Connecticut on Becket in the Commonwealth of said who lived was of age capable of being enlisted in the Army of the Revolution. & I also know Elizabeth Lee to be the lawful child of Samuel & Mary Lee aforesaid Sworn and subscribed
This 16 day of August, 1852.
Samuel Chapman
Before me.
J. S. Justice of the Peace.
Mary Snow Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss. I Daniel N Devery Judge of Probate within & for said County certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced to this Court, that Samuel Lee died in Becket in said County November 24. 1834 Left a widow Betsy Lee who died August 23. 1839 & that their only surviving children are Betsy Palmer wife of Elijah Palmer & Elisha R. Lee - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 6 th day of April 1852
Daniel N Devery Judge of Probate.

Worth Brubaker August 21 st 1852
Dear Sir
Enclosed is two affidavits respecting the pension of Samuel & Betsy Lee as you have papers certified by the County Clerk of Berkshire I do not know but that may be sufficient if not please return Samuel Chapman & I will have it certified
Respectfully Yours
Timothy Snow

1 Town of Lebanon County of New ss London State of Connecticut
I hereby certify that I am eighty three years old and was born and have always lived in the Parish of Water in the town of Lebanon in the County of New London in the State of Connecticut. And I further state that during my early years I knew a family by name of Lee then residing in the aforesaid Parish. And I also certify that I knew a young man belonging to the aforesaid family by the name of Samuel Lee.
And I further state that the above mentioned person was a soldier in the army of the Revolution. I never saw him in the service myself, but from circumstances which I will recollect I believe him to have been in the service.
Signed with my hand and sealed with my seal the nineteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Simson M. Webster
Sworn to and subscribed before me this nineteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Elias L. Williams Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } County of New London, } ss.
I, JAMES STEDMAN, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby Certify that Elias L. Williams  Ezra whose name, in his own proper hand writing, is subscribed to the Certificate on the Instrument hereunto attached, was at the date of said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly empowered to take acknowledgments of Deeds and other writings, administer Oaths, take Depositions, &c.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, on this 20 th day of August A. D. 1852
James Stedman Clerk.

Lebanon County of New London State of Connecticut ss
We the undersigned hereby certify that we know Simon M. Webster of Lebanon and that he is a man of reputable character
Isaiah Williams Darius H. Leonard
Personally appeared before me Elias S. Williams a Justice of the Peace in the County of New London and Isaiah Williams Darius H. Leonard and made oath to the above certificate this nineteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two Elias S. Williams Justice of the Peace

North Berket April 13 th 1852
Dear Sir
I send you the pension papers of Samuel Lee deceased and if any thing more should be wanting please write to me at North Berket and I will attend to it This from
Yours Respectfully
Timothy Snow
Commissioner of Pensions Washington Dist Columbia

Worth Books Decm 21 st 1852
Sir
I have just yours of 17 th inst also a copy of yours of July 19 th 1852 soon after receiving yours of July 18 th I obtained an affidavit from Simeon Webster an aged man and one who knew Samuel Lee in the time of the Revolution also one from Samuel Chapman who knew S. Lee in Connecticut and in Massachusetts taking both of these affidavits he thought he had answered your objections in yours of 19 th July These papers were directed to your office and mailed about the 20 th August last In yours of Decm 17 th you make no mention of these affidavits If you have had them he would like to know You say in yours of 17 th that papers made out to before me are not admissible I had not thought of being an agent for Mr Lee only to do business he brought it to me I have no interest in the case but if they cannot be admitted he will have to get what I have done done over by some other person and the are made by Samuel Chapman if any importance will have to be obtained from some other person as he has since died

If you will be good enough to inform me whether these two affidavits have been sent I will inform Mr Lee that he act accordingly
Yours Respectfully
Timothy Snow

State of Connecticut Comptroller Office Hartford April 10 th 1852
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Samuel Lee, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the Books and documents remaining in this office relating to that war and find the name of Samuel Lee, in a Pay Roll under heading as follows, viz. "Settlement with the 8 th Connecticut Regt. Isaac Sherman Esq. Colonel before Janua ry 1780," and opposite said name are the following entries viz., Rank private / Commencement of Service May 27 th 77 / Time of this Settlement Jan y . 1 st 1780 / Term 2 yrs 7 mos 4 ds. / Amt. of Wages £ 62. 5. 4 / Money due for blankets £ 2. 6. 6 / Value of m c . pr. for clothing etc £ 2. 2. 1 / Amt. of debt £ 66. 13. 10 / Value of m c . rec d on acct. of Wages £ 11. 0. 11 / Value of m c . rec d from U.S. etc £ 0. 10. 1 / Value of clothing etc. supplied £ 10. 3. 1 / Amt. of blankets supplied £ 0. 19. 3 / Amt. of Audit £ 22. 13. 3 / Balance £ 44. 0. 7. 1
In another settlement with Col. Sherman's Regiment for the year 1780, I also find the name of Samuel Lee, and he is then credited with service from Jan y . 1 st 1780 to Jan y . 1 st 1781, one year.
R. G. Piñey, Comptroller, by Geo. Robinson, Clerk,

B 14:661 Betsey Lee decd, wid of Saml
Mass
Set 7 Snow July 19/52
" " " Dec 17/52
" " " May 19/53
6242
Set 7 July 1838

No 38.369 Saml Lee aced Massa a Let T. Snow July 19/52 Set 4 th June 1832
No 14.661 Betsey Lee aced wid of Saml Massa a Let T. Snow July 29/52 Set 7 July '38
Timothy Snow North Becket Massa a

Dec 27 52 Rel. to chm. of Samuel Lee. Maf.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City (D. L.)

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 5, 1873.
REJECTED
624 2 P.O. Betsey Fugate Daniel Lee Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .