Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20435, for Francis Lewis, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Lewis, Francis Sarah
W 20435
CONTENTS

Connecticut 2,948
Sarah Lewis,
widow of Francis Lewis,
who died on the 10 th Aug t 1814 of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut who was a Pen. in the County commanded by Captain Tyler of the Reg t commanded by Swift in the Connecticut line for 6 mos & 7 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July, '39, and sent to S. C. Palmer, E. Hazzam, C o
  Arrears to the 4 th of Mar -  $167 04    Semi-annual allowance ending  10 44         $177 48  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by A Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 71

V 11.087 Sarah Lewis
act 4 July 36 Con:
emo. 18 19 Con. 7
admd emo 17.
Fals. 89 1/100
Reduction
J. Palmer E. Haddam Con:
True - the above  the above  the above  the above have signed the seal of J. Palmer the day above J. Palmer

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex Probate District of Middletown
On this 20 th day of October A.D. 1838. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown being a Court of Record Sarah Lewis of Wadsworth in said County now a resident of said Town of Middletown in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty two years in February in the year 1838 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
That she was married to Francis Lewis who was a private in the war of the Revolution and served therein as follows - That in the month of April 1775 said Francis Lewis went to Boston and Roxbury in a Company commanded by Capt Abraham Tyler of said Wadsworth being a Company of Militia and was absent about a month or twenty days, but the time she does not recollect - That afterward said Francis Lewis was enlisted for six months in June or July 1780 in a Company of the Connecticut Line commanded by Major Woodhull in Col Swifts Regiment and went to New York, and on the North River and served as she supposes the time for which he enlisted, but the particular she does not know - She knows of no discharge. She further declares that she was married to said Francis Francis Lewis on the fifth day of September Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six and has not since intermarried and that her husband the said Francis Lewis died at Wadsworth aforesaid on the tenth day of August Eighteen Hundred and Fourteen, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed.
Sarah Lewis

Sworn to and subscribed on this 20 th day of October 1838 before me
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Probate Court and sub- scribed my name the day and year last above mentioned
Sam l Cooper Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown
Middletown Probate District Nov r 15 1838. I hereby certify that Sam l Cooper Esq r is Judge of the Court of Probate in the District of Middletown & that the above is his genuine signa- ture - Sam l Cooper & that I have affixed the seal of S c Court the day above
W. Smith Off
act 4 July 36 Com.
Amo. 18 19 Com. 7 Adm l Com. 17. $20. 83 3/4
Production J. B. Palmer E. Haddam Com.
V 11.857 Sarah Lewis

State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss Haddam March 18 th 1839.
I Ansel Lewis of Chester in said County, depose and say that I am forty three years of age in April next, and am the son of the late Frances Lewis deceased and Sarah Lewis who resided in Haddam in said County. That said Frances Lewis was in the War of the Revolution as I have often heard him say, and that he was with Capt. Abraham Tyler at the time of the Lexington Alarms. Also that he was in Col Swifts Regiment in 1780 and enlisted for six months and he told me the reason of his being discharged before the six months expired. He stated that Col Swift set him and Levi Arnold and some others to build a Barrack and told them he would discharge them when it was finished, and accordingly he did so a few days before their six months expired. My oldest sister born of said Frances and Sarah was born in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven in the month of August I think. My Mother is the Mother of eleven Children of which I am the ninth, and no record of the marriage of my father and mother, or of the birth of their children was ever kept in the family, nor have I ever seen any such record - and further the Deponent saith not. Ansel Lewis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that the Deponent is known to me and is a credible person.
(A) John C Palmer Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut & County of Middlesex ss. Haddam April 18. 1839. I, Icheneah Tyler of said Haddam aged seventy eight years, being duly sworn, examine and say before me that I have known Francis Lewis formerly of said Haddam from my boyhood to the time of his death which occurred about twenty four years ago - That said Lewis lived in my neighborhood, and went into the War of the Revolution, and he went to Boston and served under Captain, Abraham Tyler There I well recollect, I also think he went into a Company under Capt. John Paton and went with me to New Haven at the time of the Alarm in 1779, and was gone seven or eight days - I also well recollect his being in the service in 1780 under Major Woodbridge, and went up - North River I think, he was absent at the time about six months and was in the service in all I should think for seven or eight months - I never knew any other person by the name of Francis Lewis, and I know his widow Sarah Lewis, well, who now resides in my neighborhood, and still remains his widow and is a person entitled to credit and respect - and further the deponent saith not - Icheneah Tyler
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that Icheneah Tyler the deponent is personally known to me and is a credible person and I certify that the erasure by the word "he" in the 9th line from the top was made before signing and execution
(B) John C Palmer Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss East Haddam April 20 th 1834
I John C Palmer of said East Haddam, being duly cautioned and sworn before me and say that I have made diligent enquiry after the records of Marriages in the Society in Guilford where the Revd Richard Ely officiated as pastor in the year 1776. and cannot hear of any such records having been kept until after said Ely left said Society. I also inquired after the records of Marriages in the Society in Saybrook to which said Ely removed when he left Guilford, and on examining said records I was not able to find the Marriage of Frances Lewis and Sarah Patten any where recorded - I was informed by Revd Mr Hovey in the Town of Saybrook present pastor of the Church over which said Ely was the pastor formerly, that no Church Records kept by said Ely prior to his coming to Saybrook could be found, although great diligence had been used to find them - and further saith not -
John C Palmer -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that the Deponent is personally known to me and is a credible person -
(S) Alfred Gates Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Probate District of East Haddam I Frederic W Groom Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam hereby Certify That John C Palmer and Alfred Gats are Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid and that the signatures to affidavits hereto annexed marked (A) (B) & (C) purporting to be their respective are their genuine and proper signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of April A.D. 1839.
Frederick W. Groom, Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Francis Lewis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. L. 204357
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 19 da Pv Abraham Tyler Conn   June 26 1780 5 mo 18 d Major Woodbridge Swift        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Oct 20, 1838
Residence at date of application, Middletown, Middlesex Co Conn
Age at date of application, She was born in Feb. 1756.
Remarks: Soldier married at Guilford Conn Sept 5, 1776. Sarah Patten. He died at Haddam, Conn. Aug. 10, 1814. They had eleven children, the only name stated being that of Ansel, the ninth child, who was born in Apr. 1796.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

File
W. 20430
Francis Lewis
SEP 10 1962 MRS. D. J. LEWIS 70

Westfield Mass June 13 th 1895
Hon. William Lochren Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Your subscriber acknowledges the receipt of Two Dollars and stamps, returned some days ago; and to day, the receipt of a statement of the military history of Francis Lewis of Haddam Conn as a soldier of the Revolutionary War, as requested; and returns thanks for these favors received.
Very Respectfully
Levator B. Lewis

Westfield Mass May 30th 1895
Hon William Lochren Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Your petitioner desires to obtain a statement of the military History of Francis Leavie a Soldier of the Revolutionary War from Haddam Conn, as contained in the application of His Widow Sarah Leavie for a Pension;
Your petitioner very much wants this statement as full, all there is of it; as a possible aid to further Genealogical research of the Family;
Enclosed find two dollars for expenses, and will send more if this not enough;
Nathan Leavie the Father of the above Francis Leavie had only two Sons, both of which were in revolutionary war [Francis + Augustus]; Nathan Leavie was elected Selectman of Haddam 1771 + 1772 + 1773 can find no record of his death, If among the archives any record should be found of Nathan Leavie a Soldier from Haddam Conn., Information would be gratefully received.
Very Truly Yours
L. B. Leavie

Francis Leears a Private from Haddam Conn left Abrahams Tylen Co Lexington Farms 1775 as private in Col. Hernan Swifts regiment 7th Conn 1780 Enlisted June 26-1780 Discharged Dec 13-1780
Francis Leears Died Aug 10-1814 at Haddam Conn His widow Sarah Leears Died Jan 22-1853 at Chester Conn Family Tradition says that with two very Young Children she was compelled to leave these children under a Tree, and reap Rye in a Field as a means of subsistence, while her husband was at the war; and so for this reason partly, want to know what she said when she asked for a Pension.
She enclosed $ 1.00 and 4 cents in stamps has been returned to writer J. M. C. R. Jr. Miss. Frank Dr

State of Connecticut East Wallingford Sept 28 th 1838
Dr. Sir.
I have the honor to transmit the Application of Widow Lucentia Dodge for a pension with vouchers & any Communication or Certificate may be addressed to me as above.
To Hon J. L. Edwards Comm te of Pensions Washington D.C.
I remain Your Obed t Servant John B Palmer

B Lewis H.
Ray
WIDOW, &c.
June 10/95 Christ. Co. L. Wetfield, Mass.
1916 Mar. 29. History to Gail E. Peacock. L.M.
File No. 20435
Sarah Lewis
Widow of
Francis Lewis
Rev. Rev. War
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

4087 Nov 24
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4 July 1836.
Rev. S. L. Edwards Washington Dist. Columbia
Yrs

State of Connecticut - East Haddam Nov 16. 1838
Hon J. L. Edwards.
Sir. I have the honor to transmit application & proofs of Sarah Lewis of Haddam for a Pension under act of 4 th July 1836. Any communication on the subject may be addressed to
Your Obed Servt
John B Palmer

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
June 10, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of FRANCIS LEWIS a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE RANK OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED STATE   CAPTAIN COLONEL     In April, 1775, he served at Boston and vicinity 19 days in the company commanded by Abner Tyler; June 28, 1780, enlisted and served 5 mo. and 18 days along the North river in New York State, in Major Benedict's Co., Col. Swift's Connecticut Regt. The widow could give no further particulars of his services and makes no mention of her own family duties during his absence.  
Battles engaged in,
None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Newnan, Conn.
Date of application for pension,
by widow, October 20, 1863.
Residence at date of application,
of widow, Middletown, Conn.
Age at date of application,
of widow, eighty-two years.
Remarks: He married Sarah Patton Sept. 5, 1778, and died Aug. 10, 1844. No record of Nathan Lewis, or his widow, as pensioners.
Mr. L. B. Lewis, Westfield, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner

Comptrollers Office Hartford Conn t Oct r 5 1838
I certify that on application for evidence of the Services of Francis Lewis, I find his name on "Pay Roll of Capt. Hra" Taylor in Lexington March 19 th 1775 Number of Payroll since 1775 and on a "Pay Roll of First Series in Maj. Woodbridge's Co" in the 7 th Conn t Reg t Commanded by Col t Swift Dec r 13 1780 he is entered as a private June 26 1780 Expiration of Service Dec r 13 1780 making 5 yrs 18 dys.
Henry Wilbourn Compt. 3

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Haddam Septmber 15 th 1878.
I Charles Amos a mid Haddam aged fifty one years having been duly Conjured & sworn and I now before said say that I was acquainted with James Lewis late of said Haddam deceased who was supposed to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution and who died at said Haddam about forty years since, the exact time I do not know but for many years before the death of said James Lewis I knew his wife Sarah Lewis who lived with said James to her death - That said Sarah Lewis is now living and resides in said Haddam and has not intermarried since the death of said James but still retains her Widow and further the Deponent saith not -
Charles Amos
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that said Charles Amos the Deponent is personally known to me and is a credible person -
John G. Palmer Justice of the Peace B.

State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex } ss Killingworth November 1. 1838
I Mary Norton of the Town County and State aforesaid aged Eighty years, being duly cautioned examined and sworn depose and say that in the year 1776 I was well acquainted with Francis Lewis late of Haddam in said County now deceased, and Sarah Patten of the Town of Guilford in New Haven County. That I lived at said time near by said Sarah and on the fifth day of September Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six she was married to said Francis Lewis in said Guilford by the late Reverend Richard Ely a Presbyterian Clergyman in said Town, I was present at the wedding and saw them married, and I recollect the day of the month and year from the circumstance of my first son being a year old on that day - Said Sarah is now a widow and has not intermarried since the death of the said Francis which occurred some years since the time I do not know, and further saith not.
Seth Norton
Mary Norton mark
J. C. Palmer
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that I am acquainted with said Mary Norton and that she is a creditable person and that the word "Clergyman" was interlined above before the same was signed or sworn to -
John C Palmer Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } John Park Clerk of the County Middlesex County Court of S. County of Middlesex do certify that John C Palmer Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middle

see asst. Comr. on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certificate mark A. B. C are his proper Handwriting & signature In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of the Court this 3 rd day of Nov r AD 1838 M c Guire C lerk

4087 ✓ Let. to John C. Palmer, March 9, 1839.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY: COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss.
J. W. Beach I, ROBINSON S. HINMAN , Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Ralph D. Smith
Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioned and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A.D. 1838, and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1839. That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 7 th day of Nov A.D. 1838
J. W. Beach Clerk.

State of Connecticut } Town of Guilford New Haven County } This 21 st day of September 1838
I Reuben Stone of said town of Guilford depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Guilford and keeper of the Records thereof in said County & State and that after diligent search of said Records I have not been able to find the marriage of Francis Lewis and Sarah Patton and I am well satisfied that it is not recorded in the records of said town -
Reuben Stone Clerk of the said Town of Guilford }
Sworn & subscribed before me
Ralph D. Smith Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Haddam September 11 th 1838. I John Brainerd of said Haddam aged Sixty five years depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said Town of Haddam, in the County and State aforesaid and have the custody of the Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in said Town and that after a Careful examination of the Record of Marriages I have not been able to find any record of the marriage of Frances Lewis late of said Haddam deceased to Sarah Patton or to any other person - That on said Record of Deaths I found the following - to wit "Frances Lewis died August tenth Eighteen Hundred and Forty one" which I certify 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 - August 10 th 1841. and I John Brainerd above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named, as Certified by me - and further saith not -
John Brainerd Town Clerk of Haddam
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that I am acquainted with John Brainerd who has signed the foregoing deposition, that he is to my knowledge Town Clerk of said Town of Haddam as he states and is a credible person
John C Palmer Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, East Windsor April 20. 1839.
Wm J. L. Edward.
Sir. I now transmit additional proofs to be annexed to the application of Sarah Lewis. I forwarded some time since additional proofs in case of Lucretia Dodge but have yet received no answer. The applications of Emma Plummer & Joanna Randall are not heard from, let any communication respecting them be addressed to
Your Humble Servt J. C. Palmer