Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,584, for Josephus Lovett, Connecticut

SERVICE
born
Lovett, Josephus or Joseph Elizabeth
NUMBER
W. 21.584
CONTENTS

Connecticut.....123
Elizabeth Lovett
widow of Joseph Lovett, D.D. or Joseph
who died on the 23 d of July, 1829; of Tolland co in the State of Vermont. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain N. Hale of the reg t commanded by Maj. S. Lattimer the Connecticut line for 8 Mos. 4 Dys Private
2
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 27 Dollars 10 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July, 1837 and sent to a Thos Hendee, Hebron, Vermont.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1837 $ 162:60 Semiannual allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 13:55
$ 176:15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . }
Recorded by S. A. Welch Clerk, Book 2, Vol. 1 Page 82.

V 1165 Elizabeth Lovett's Declaration of Affection for A. Lerrion
A granted place for a certificate to it
Abner Hemen
Hebron Conn.
Marrried in 1772
no declaration. died in 1829- Adm?
8mo. 4 days. fri
27 th Dec 1772 p.m.
Abner Hemen Esq Hebron Conn.

State of Connecticut } B Tolland County
On this 25 th day of January 1857, I personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of Hebron in said County. Elizabeth South a resident of said Hebron in said County State aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - That She is the Widow of Joseph South alias Joseph South who formerly resided in the Town of New London in the County of New London and State aforesaid. That on the 10 th day of July 1775 said Josephus enlisted by the name of Joseph into the 3 d Company 7 th Reg t of State Troops as a private under the command of Major Nathan Sattinmore Nathan State Captain. & was stationed at New London until some time in Sept r when said Company was ordered to Boston where they marched & joined said Regiment commanded by Col Webb and continued in that vicinity until the 14 th day of December 1775. when he was discharged having served Three Months and four days as a private as per Comptroller's Certificate & the Depositions of James Comstock, Sally Maynard & Elizabeth Warren annexed -
That in 1776 said South was drafted for a tour of duty at New York and marched on or about the first day of September in a Company commanded by Capt Bushnell in Col John Ely's Reg t & served in said Company & Reg t at New York & White Plains until the 1 st of December of that year when he was discharged having served Three Months as a private as per the deposition of Samuel Tinker Caleb Raymond & Sally Maynard annexed -
That in the year 1777 said Josephus was drafted into a Company of Militia to guard the Coast about New London & Lyme & was mustered into a Company commanded by Capt Griswold Henry and was on duty at New London according to my best recollection and served for six months & were exercised as often as once a week together - (yet my Husband said Josephus was not actually in service in said Company more than two months)

In the year 1781 said Joseph was an Orderly Sergeant in Capt Saby Beres Company & was chosen Ensign but never had a Commission that when Benedict Arnold attacked New London said Beres Company was called out & said Joseph Lovett was out with said Company one Month & did duty as a Sergeant as I suppose but may have done Ensigns duty as the deponents affidavits think he did
She further declares that she was married at New London to said Joseph Lovett on the 12 th day of January 1772 as per Town Clerks certificate herunto annexed - That her Husband said Joseph Lovett died on the 23 rd day of July 1829 and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed & she further states she has no documentary evidence of her late husbands ser- -vices nor any other record evidence of the same
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written
Elizabeth Lovett
Before me
Cyrus Mann Judge Probate for District
And this Court certifies that the said Elizabeth Lovett is a person well known to this court & that she is a person of Truth & her statement entitled to credit and this court is of the opinion that her statement in the preceding Declaration are true respecting the services performed by the s d Joseph alias Joseph Lovett Dec d & that she was married to the said Joseph on the 12 th day of January 1772 and that he died on the 23 rd day of July 1829 leaving her the s d Elizabeth his widow since that she has remained single and unmarried ever since
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of s d Court this 25 th day of January A 1837
Simon House Clerk

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut December 5th 1836
I certify that the name of Joseph Scovatt appears on a Pay Roll in this office headed as follows, to wit, "A Pay Roll of the 3 d Company in the 7 th Regiment raised by the Colony of Connecticut by order of General Assembly May 1775" and he is credited for 5 months & 4 days service £10 5-4,
It appears by said roll that said company was commanded by Major Jonathan Scitimore, and Nathan Hale Capt after 1 st Sept, till when Lieutenant
Wm Field Comptroller

I James Barnstock of Meritville in the County of New London and State of Connecticut Aged Eighty Six years being first duly sworn according to law, do Depose and say, that in the month of July 1875 I enlisted as a Private in Capt Nathan Stead's Company at New London where said Company remained until September following, when we marched to Boston by order of General Washington, and remained there until some time in December following when we were discharged and that Joseph Scott (The Son of of New London Priest Scott) was a private in said Company the whole time I was in said Service and was a Private mate, with me, the time I was in that Service was five months, I do not recollect who was Col of the Regiment at that time - and further saith not James Barnstock
State of Connecticut } Meritville ss New London County } Dec 19 1836
Personally appeared James Barnstock who has signed the above Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same, and certify that the Deposition is a true and correct statement and his statement is entitled to credit.
Before me Peter Barnstock Justice of Peace

I Jabez Maynard of Waterford in the County of NewLondon and State of Connecticut aged eighty years being first duly sworn according to law do depose and say that in the year 1775 same time in the Month of June or July I enlisted into Maj Jonathan Sedgwick Company at NewLondon and entered the Company of Capt Nathan Hale and remained in NewLondon with said Company until same time in September following said Company was ordered to Boston where I marched with said Company and remained there until same time in December 1775 the Regiment to which said Company belonged was Commanded by Colonel Spencer Samuel Wells, I served in said Company as a private and was well acquainted with Joseph Lovett (the son of Peter Lovett of NewLondon) who was a Private in said Company the whole of said time I was in said Company. I was also in said Hale's Company at NewYork and at the White Plains in 1776 and saw said Joseph Lovett at White Plains in the service but do not remember what Company he belonged to and further the Deponent saith not Jabez Maynard
State of Connecticut } NewLondon County } ss Waterford December 22 1836
Personally appeared Jabez Maynard who has signed the above Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same and I certify that the Deposition is a true and correct statement and his statement is entitled to credit.
before me Peter Comstock Justice of Peace

I Elizabeth Warren of Waterford in New London County & State of Connecticut Aged Eightytwo years being first duly sworn according to law do depose and say that in the time of the Revolutionary war I was well acquainted with the family of Priest Savett of New London and that he had four sons only, whose names was Josephus, Samuel, John & Eliphas and that Josephus was commonly called in the family & in the neighbourhood Joseph and it was not commonly known in the vicinity that he had any other names I also say that said Joseph Savett was gone from home a considerable part of the time in Revolutionary War and it was said at the time he was in the Army and said Josephus or Joseph married Elizabeth Way who has applied for a pension Elizabetta Warren
State of Connecticut } New London County } ss Waterford Decr. 24 th 1836
Personally appeared Elizabeth Warren who has signed the above Deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same, and I certify that the Deposition is a true and correct Statement is entitled to credit before me Peter Carrington Justice of Peace

I Lincoln

I Samuel Tinker of Syme in the County of Newland and State of Connecticut aged eighty four years being first duly Sworn according to law do Depose and say that in the year 1776 I was a Private in Capt — Bushnells Company in Colonel John Ely's Regiment that said Regiment was ordered to New York and on the last of August or first of September 1776 I marched in said Bushnells Company to New York was with said Company driven out of New York marched to White Plains where we were discharged about the first of December 1776 having served three months and I well knew Joseph, or Joseph Scott as commonly called the son of Priest Scott of Newland, and the then husband of Elizabeth Scott who has applied for a Pension and that said Scott was in said Company during the whole of said three months and served as a Private, and that I knew said Scott before & since the Revolution & know that he was commonly called Joseph, to abbreviate Josephus,
Samuel Tinker
State of Connecticut } Syme } Decm 20 1836 Newland County }
Personally appeared Samuel Tinker who has signed the above Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same & I certify that the Deposition is a Person of Truth and his statement is entitled to credit
before me Peter Cannstock Justice of Peace

I Caleb Raymond of Waterford in the County of New London and State of Connecticut of lawful age being first duly sworn according to law do Depose and say that that I well knew Priest Smith of New London & his family before the Revolutionary War and that he had four sons whose names was Josephus, Samuel John & Elisha & that said Josephus was generally called Joseph, and that in the first part of September 1776 I belonged to Capt Jonathan Cauthins Company in Colonel John Ely's Regiment at which time said Regiment was ordered to march to New York and I marched in said Cauthins Company to New York & from thence to the White Plains where I remained as a Private in said Company until some time in November following when I was taken Sick and returned home and received pay for three Months Service, and that the said Josephus or Joseph Smith the then husband of Elizabeth Smith who has now applied for a Pension was in said Service as a Private in Capt. Merlins Beckwiths Company in said Regiment the whole time I was in said Service and was there when I came home I further the Dependant saith not Caleb Raymond
State of Connecticut } ss Waterford Decr 28 1836 New London County } Personally appeared Caleb Raymond who has signed the above Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same & I certify that the Deposition is a true & correct statement and his statement is entitled to credit before me Peter Coonstock Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } New London County } ss
I John D'Witt clerk of the county court in and for said New London county do hereby certify that Peter Con- stock Esq. before whom the within depo- sition of Caleb Raymond was taken was on said 28 th day of December and still is a justice of the peace in and for said New London County and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts as such - and that his signature thereto affixed is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 31 st day of December A.D. 1836
John D'Witt Clerk

G. Avery

I Griswold Avery of Mansville in the County of New London & State of Connecticut aged Twenty two years in September next, being duly sworn according to law Depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Savitt of New London in the Revolutionary War which was in New London & that my Father whose name was Griswold Avery was Captain of the Alarmist Company, at New London in the Revolutionary War; and in the year 1778 1779 the said Joseph Savitt was drafted as a private soldier to go with said Company to guard the Shore about New London & Lyme, and that my Father sent me with a line to said Savitt to notify him of his being drafted and on receiving it, he came with me to my Father's House and joined the Company, & I went with  was with said Company as a Private five or six Months & said Savitt was a Private in said Company the whole of said time according to my recollection. And that in the year 1781 I was in said Avery's Company at New London as a Private about six Months and that I saw said Joseph Savitt in the at said time doing duty as an Ensign in Capt. Jacob Bunker's Company of Militia, but do not know whether he had a Commission or not, and cannot now recollect how long he was in the said in said Bunker's Company, at New London, but according to my last recollection it was five or six Months.  Griswold Avery
State of Connecticut } ss Mansville January 20 1837 New London County }
Personally appeared Griswold Avery who has signed the above Deposition & made oath to the truth of the same & I certify that the Deposition is a true & correct statement and his statements is entitled to credit.  before me Peter Gannett Justice of Peace

I Isaac Rogers of Watford in Newbern County and State of Connecticut of lawful Age do depose and say that I am now about Seventyfive years of age and that I was acquainted with Josephus Scott during the Revolution War, and was in the same Company with him and was on several times of duty with him at Newbern during the war and that he was Ensign of said Company, and should judge he was in the Service at New Colon at least three or four Months & further the Deponent saith not
Isaac Rogers
Newbern County ss Watford November 17 th 1836 Personally appeared Isaac Rogers signer of the foregoing Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me
Peter Coonradt Judge of Peace

I am Clerk's office New London June 17 1836
This may certify that Joseph Lovett and Elizabeth Wang were married January 12 1772 as appears on the New London town records attested Henry Douglass Town Clerk
New London County ss New London Nov 17. 1836 This Certifies that Henry Douglass the Signer of the above is Town Clerk of the Town of New London
John Danforth Notary Public
Then Personally appeared before me Henry Douglass and made oath that the Marriage as above stated is recorded in the Book of the Town Records of New London
John Danforth Notary Public

I Chester Hills of Glastonbury in Hartford County aged 53 years being first duly sworn according to Law do depose and say That I married the daughter of Josephus Lortt for my first wife who died Nineteen years since by means of said connection I was well acquainted with said Josephus & his widow Elizabeth ever since my said connection with the Family - And I know & do testify that said Josephus Lortt was killed on the 23 rd day of July 1829. by falling from a Load of Hay & breaking his neck & that his Widow Elizabeth Lortt has remained single and unmarried ever since & is now single & unmarried Chester Hills
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss. p.
Be it known that on this 25 th day of January 1837, Before the Subscriber a Notary Public for the State aforesaid personally appeared Chester Hills who had subscribed the foregoing Deposition, and made oath to the truth of the same & I certify that the Affiant is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office the day & year above written.
Abner Hovey Notary Public

Hebron Conn't July 13th 1837
Sir
Your Letter 16th of May last was duly received & would have been earlier answered but I have been confined with sickness of late a few days past been totally unable to attend to business. Respecting Mrs. Lovett I now hand you the Comptroller's certificate that Col. John Dyer's Regt. was in service at New York as alleged in the declaration of Elizabeth Lovett.
The service at Lyme & New London in 1779 I understand to be rejected as not a Military service. Mrs. Lovett says her husband was sergeant & in May 1781 expected to have been chosen by the Company Lieut. but for some reason was only chosen Ensign which he declined taking & the officers did not choose another Ensign & he stood in that situation until about 1785 when he was elected a Lieut. & was satisfied. I have examined the Comptroller's office & the Journal of the Council of Safety composed of the Govt. & Council. I find orders for detaching men short of Regts. The orders are to such a Col. of such a Regt. raising

It by the number of Repts to detach so many men by draft & so many commissioned officers by their rank without running of them as the service she claims is but one month as Sergeant I have advised her to withdraw all claim for service since that of 1876 which you may think cannot be allowed by the Rules of your Office from the evidence already furnished which she has done - 3 rd herewith included
I am Sir Yours Very ob t Honor F. Herde
Hon James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions }

Joseph Lovett
75. Compt. 3 mo 4 days. priv.
76 Capt. Bushnell. Co. C. N.Y.
New York
3 mo.
79 " Enraged Party.
New London C't guard. discharged
once a week. & served 2 mo in 6 months.
81. " Jabez Beebe. served 1 mo as Serf. was appointed Ensign but rec d no comm n

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut
July 10th 1837
I certify that it appears by the Pay Table Books in this office that the 3 d Regiment Mil- -itia commanded by Col John Ely was ordered to New London Sept 1 st and to New York Sept 6 th 1776, and that it does not appear by said Books who the captains in said Regiment were.
Wm. Field Comptroller

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I hereby authorise & empower George William Brumby or any other person (M c Edwards my dist r ) to withdraw from my claim for the Military service of Josephus Lovett since 1776 as he cannot be allowed by the Rules of the Pension Office from the evidence which I have produced - Hibern July 12 th 1837
In presence of
Elizabeth Lovett
Abner Hemen

Suspended
See let Abner Hende May 16. 1837
Connecticut

Ray WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21584
Elizabeth Garrett
wife of
Josephus Garrett
Prin Rev. man
Act: July 15 th '66
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 444
[Arrangement of 1870.]