Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5491, for Isaac Isham, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Shan, Gaac Faith
No. 5491
CONTENTS

State of New York § Wyoming County, §
I Walter Howard Clerk of the Courts of said County hereby certify that at a Court of Common Pleas held in & for said County at Marsan on this 16 th day of February 1846 Satisfactory proof was produced that the Faith Isham who was widow of Isaac Isham died at New Berlin in the County of Chenango in the State of New York on the month of July in the year 1839. That she left the following Children who are known to be living viz. Reuben Isham & Henry Isham. That all her other Children are known to be dead except Polly Wood who has not been heard from within Six years past & Sally Gorton who has not been heard from within Six ————— Years past & that the said Polly Wood when last heard from was not expected to live but a very few days. That each of said Children are more than twenty one years of age & were children of the said Isaac & Faith Isham.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 16 th day of February 1846
Walter Howard Clerk

State of Vermont Litchfield County
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came Jehiel Isham aged 86 Years & made oath in due form of law That he is brother of Isaac & William Isham. That at the date of the revolution he & they resided in Colchester in the State of Connecticut. That in the Year 1776 his two brothers William & Isaac Isham served in the State of New York 6 Months under Capt John Isham. That he did not serve with them but knew very well when they went & returned & the fact that they served under their relative Capt John Isham. That subsequently his brother Isaac served 1 term under Capt Smith of Colchester That at that time he (Jehiel) served with his brother Isaac. That according to his best recollection said term of service was for three months, & the year in which it was rendered was the Year 1777 & the place of service was Stamford Conn That the term of service rendered by Isaac under Capt Smith when he did not serve with him was The term of service rendered according to his best recollection
That said Isaac Isham married Sarah Watson that on account of his youthful age he did not attend said marriage but recollects when it took place & knows that it was as early as 1775 or 1776 That he is confident there is no doubt that it was before the service in 1776 under Capt Isham & knows that it was before the service which he rendered with him under Capt Smith & that long previous to that they lived together as husband & wife near his father's in Colchester. That at the time he served with Isaac Isaac left his wife when he went away at his father's house near his father & as they learned on his return she spent part of the time there & part of the time at her own father's at Stamford in said Colchester

That on account of his advanced age he is unable to give a more full & particular Statement of his brothers names & has now stated them according to his best recollection
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 13 th day of April 1847 & I Certify the said Jehiel Isham to be a credible witness of purport of good character
Jehiel his Isham mark
Witness Benjamin Lockwood Silas Isham
Silas Isham Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } J. E. F. Mead Deputy Clerk Chittenden County } of the County of Chittenden do hereby certify that Silas Isham Esq. was on the 13 th day of April 1847 a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commis- ioned and sworn; that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing and know his signature to the preceding certificate to be genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of Chittenden County Court this 14 th day of April A. D. 1847.
J. E. F. Mead Dep. Clerk

State of New York Genesee County ss.
On this twenty seventh day of February in the year 1837, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, John Chatfield, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Genesee, being a Court of Record, Faith Isham, a resident of the town of Batavia in the said county of Genesee in the State of New York, aged seventy seven years on the sixth day of March in the year 1836, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit made by the provision of the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of Isaac Isham, late of New Berlin, Chenango County, N. Y. and formerly of Colchester, in Connecticut, that the said Isaac Isham died on or about the 5 th day of October in the year 1818. That in the time of the Revolutionary War, the said Isaac Isham lived in the said town of Colchester Ct. that she was married to him, the said Isaac Isham, some time in the year 1778 and as she now thinks on the first day of January 1778. That previous to her marriage with the said Isaac Isham, he had enlisted in the American Army for six months and said that time that he enlisted under Capt. John Isham, with whom he started for the army on Long Island, which was in the Spring or summer of 1777. That he came home in the fall of 1777 and on the first of January thereafter she was married to him, that she recollects that he related the particulars of a battle on Long Island, in which he was engaged; that he stated that he was under Gen. Putnam, who gave order to his men not to fire until the British had come very close. — she cannot recollect any other of his officers, or in what Regiment he served, but recollects of his stating that he served his six months and was taken sick about the time he was discharged and was confined to a hospital about two months. — he served as a Private.

That the summer after she was married to the said Isaac Isham, her husband was drafted into the service, and he drew a team, six months under Capt. Daniel Buckley, who was a Captain of Twenty Battery. That her brother, Joseph Johnson, was in the same company and also Solomon Loomis. — during this term he principally drew teams from Schaghticoke to Westford , to head quarters of the army — and in the neighboring country. —
That in the following summer in the year 1780  1781 her husband was again drafted for six months and he was then in Capt. Stephen Brainerd's Company that his Captain told him he might go and join Lieut. Smith's Company at Hampton, which was then forming for the purpose of going to Litchfield as a guard, that her husband went and joined Lieut. Smith's Company and served as a guard at Litchfield six months. That one of his neighbors and a man by the name of Ransdell were in the same company. — That she was told by her husband that the company consisted of about thirty men. — That her husband came home after this service on the 4 th day of January 1781. — That she remembers the time from the circumstance that her husband returned home a few days before she was confined and had twins, both of whom are now living and were born on the 14 th day of January 1781. That she now has in her possession the Record in her a bible of her own age and the respective ages of her husband the age of Mrs. Elizabeth Stocking, one of the said twins, and with whom she now lives. —
That she is now very old & infirm, and her memory has become very much impaired. That she knows of no other testimony she can procure. — That she has always remained a widow since the death of her husband. — That she recollects distinctly of three terms of service of six months each, by her husband, as a private

one term of six months before she was married to him, and two terms after she was married. —
Faith her  X Isham mark
All the words and figures above which are undersigned, were either erased, or interlined before signing. —
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me — John Chatfield a Judge of Genesee County Common Pleas
And I further certify that the said Faith Isham is a woman of truth and veracity, that she is unable to appear in a Court of Record by reason of bodily infirmity, that she made her mark as above, not being able to write her name on account of the tremulousness of old age. —
John Chatfield a Judge of Genesee County Common Pleas
State of New York
Genesee County ) ss
I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County, Certify that John Chatfield before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been taken, was on the day said af- fidavit bears date a Judge of Genesee County Courts and duly authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature subscribed to said affidavit, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and offered my official seal this 27 th day of February A D 1837 T. Fitch Clerk By B Young Deputy

1939
1938 1938 Faith Isham widow of Isaac N.Y.
State of New York Genesee County - ss. Reuben Stocking, being duly sworn, says. That he resides in Batavia in the said county, that he has been acquainted with Faith Isham, the person named in the within declaration, for more than thirty five years, that she has always remained a widow since the death of her husband, Isaac Isham, that she has frequently heard the said Faith Isham relate the particulars of the services of her husband in the Revolutionary war and that she has uniformly related them substantially the same as contained in the within statement, except that until recently and her memory has failed, she related them more fully and at length - and further saith not. Reuben Stocking
Sworn and subscribed this 27 th Feby 1837
before me. James D Merrill a Justice of the Peace of Genesee County State of New York
And I certify that the said Reuben Stocking is a man of truth and veracity
James Merrill Justice of the Peace of Genesee County N.Y.
State of New York Genesee County ss
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that James D Merrill before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the time said affidavit bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said County authorized according to Law to act as such: And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice And verily believe the signature subscribed to said Affidavit is is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this 27 th day of February A D 1837
T Fitch Clerk By B. Young Deputy

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Base Schuss R. Rep. 5-491
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776 6 mos. Pvt. John Schuss Chester Conn.   1777 3 mos. " Elizabeth Smith   Summer 1777 6 mos. Teamster David Buckley   Summer 1780 6 mos. { Stephen Brainerd J. Smith   Medic Brothers William and Joseph were also in the service.  
Battles engaged in, Long Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lockport Conn. during Rev.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 27, 1837
Residence at date of application, Batavia, Seneca Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 79 yrs. (born Feb. 6, 1759)
Remarks: Soldier married at Lockport Conn. Jan'y 1, 1778* Faith Watrous who died July 1839. He died Oct. 5, 1816 or 1818 Children: Twins born Jan'y 14, 1781, one Mrs. Elizabeth Stocking, name of other not stated, Reuben, eldest son, Henry, Polly, Moses and Sally Boston * witness testify that he was married prior to Spring of 1776 Claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of service.
Very respectfully,
* Brother still not included as he is not shown to have been in the service then.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Isaac Isham
Service Co. A.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No such claim Try Reg. # 5491

Faith U Isham V
New York.
Suspended
Met July 4 th 1836

Washington April 8. 1846
Sir, Herewith I send you hopes in the case of Faith Stone and also in the matter of B. Russell - Please inform me and let me know the result -
I have the honor to be very respectfully
your obed Servt
Albert Smith
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Revisors

South Isham N York
Let H. A. Smith April 18/46,
A. L. Snyder, Oct. 12. 1845.
A. L. Lynde
May 11. 1847.
Let to Reuben Isham
Sept 23. 48.
July 7. 1838
Let to Hon W. S. Morgan
Dec 29. 1837
Let to M c P. M. Stock- ing, April 27, '38.
Let to A. C. Welch April 1. 1839
do - do - Apr 17. '39.
5491

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Windham County,
} ss: Brooklyn
I Orvil Fuller Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That William C. Stanton is and since the 20th day of June, 1846 hath been a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Windham, in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of courts, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations. And I do also further certify, That William C. Stanton is, and since the 29 th day of Mar A. D. 1846 hath been a NOTARY PUBLIC, within and for the STATE OF CONNECTICUT, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to administer Oaths and take depositions in any case in which a Justice of the Peace might administer or take the same, and also to take the acknowledgment of Deeds.
And I further Certify that I believe the foregoing signature of the said William C. Stanton to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Brooklyn this 28 th day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Seven.
Orvil Fuller Clerk.

Town Clerks Office Ye Colchester Dec. 21 st 1846
This Certifies that I have examined the Records in this Office and can find no Record of the Marriage of Isaac Ashmun to Faith Nations and I further Certify that the ancient Records of Marriages are very imperfect
Attest. Samuel A. Kellogg Town Clerk
State of Connecticut } New London County } for Colchester Dec 21 1846
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public within and for the State of Connecticut Samuel A. Kellogg Esq r Town Clerk of the town of Colchester and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above certificate by him written & subscribed.
Wm Wm C Stanton Notary Public
Windham County for Voluntown Dec 26 1846
I hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel A. Kellogg Esq r Town Clerk of Colchester and that he is a good citizen & a very Credible person
Wm Wm C Stanton Justice of Peace

State of New York Wyoming County ss
On this 6 th day of May 1846 before the Subscribed a Justice of the peace in for said County personally came Reuben Isham & having been by me duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth & says that he is a son of Isaac Isham deceased & makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836
That he is unable to state particularly the date length &c of each period of his father's services in the war of the revolution & is therefore compelled to refer to the statements of those who served with him or were known to his services That the only officer whose name he can recollect is Captain John Isham That his father the said Isaac Isham resided in Colchester Connecticut at the date of his services
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year above written
J W Knapp Justice
Reuben his Isham mark
State of New York Wyoming County ss Clerk's Office
I Abel Webster Clerk of said County hereby certify that at the date of the foregoing affidavit Jacob H. Knapp was a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified & that his signature above written is genuine
Witness my hand & Seal office at Warsaw this 20 th day of April 1847. Abel Webster Clerk

State of Vermont } Before the subscriber a Franklin County ss } Instit of the Peace in & for said County personally came William Isham aged Eighty eight years, who having been duly sworn, according to law on his oath deposeth & says, that during the Revolution he resided in Colchester in the State of Connecticut, That his brother Isaac Isham also resided in S d Colchester. That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, he believes in the Spring of that year, he and his brother Isaac Isham both served for the term of six months in the company of Capt John Isham in Colonel Chesters Regt. That said service was rendered (according to the best of his recollection) in the vicinity of N. York and along on the Hudson River. That after the above service was performed according to the best of his recollect in the same year 1776, he served three months under Capt Elijah Smith, & his brother Isaac served with him, and he thinks that his brother Ishiel served in the same campaign, and to the best of his recollection we were stationed at Stamford in Connecticut, his impression is that the last service of three months was performed in the fall & winter of 1776, for he well

recollects that it was not but a short time after this last mentioned, some before this deponent enlisted for during the war war, and served to the close.
That the said Isaac Isham married Faith Watrous of said Colchester. That he was not present at said marriage, but recollects des- tinctly when it took place, and knows that it was previous to the said service under Captain John Isham, in 1776, & that previous to & at the date of his own and his brothers enlistment for that service, his brother the said Isaac & Faith his wife were living to- gether & openly sustained the relation of husband and wife, & lived in a house but a few rods from his father, and deponent distinctly recollects the time and circumstances of the marriage, and when he and his brother Isaac left home to perform the six months, and the following campaign, of three months, as before stated, and that he was married previous to his going in to the service, That he is  as one of as as one of as he is of his own existence, M c Ilwaine GSP/Hm

Sworn to & subscribed this 23 d day of February A.D. 1847, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent and he is a person of good moral character - entitled to full faith & credit. And I further certify that the sd deponent is uncommonly intelligent and active for a person of his age
Before me William Bridges
Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of the County Court of the County of Franklin County } Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that William Bridges is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin aforesaid for the year ending November A.D. 1847 that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine that full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such magistrate
In testimony whereof I have affixed the seal of the County Court of the County of Franklin aforesaid and subscribed my name officially to these Presents at St. Albans in said County of Franklin this twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty seven
Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk

I David Dean now of Chaplin in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut and formerly of what was called the West Farms in the old town of Norwich now Franklin in the County of New London in said State, aged 88 April 1 st 1846. Being sworn according to Law, on my oath do Depose and say, That I was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that I served in Capt James Clark Company of Lebanon in Colo Comfort Sage Regiment was at this time residing in that part of Norwich Now Franklin, and joined the company in the month of August 1770. That we joined Colo Sage Regt at New York & served six months in that vicinity, to wit at Harlem, White Plains &c. — That I knew Isaac Isham of Colechester also Capt John Isham of said Colechester. That while out on the aforesaid tour of duty I well recollect of seeing Isaac Isham upon during the aforesaid tour of duty he was a private soldier in Capt John Isham's Comp. in Colo Chester Regiment and was in the vicinity of New York. I also knew in Capt Isham's Company of Enos Gary, Israel Luther and John Roberts who were also privates with the said John Isaac Isham in the same company at N.Y. & vicinity in 1776.
In Presence of Wm. C. Stanton Betsey Collins
David his Dean mark
State of Connecticut } Windham County } ss Chaplin April 1 8 th 1846
Personally appeared David Dean who has subscribed to the above Deposition by his mark and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I do certify that David Dean aforesaid is known to the subscriber to be a credible witness
Attest Wm. C. Stanton Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } ss.
I Thomas Gray Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham hereby certify that William C. Stanton Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was in a Justice of the Peace for the County duly commissioned & qualified, and the signature thereto is his genuine signature. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County this 17 th day of April A.D. 1846 Thomas Gray Clerk.

I Rose Brown of Norwich in the County of New London and state of Connecticut aged 88 years being duly cautioned and sworn do on my oath depose and say that when I was a small girl I lived in the Town of Colchester in the County and state and there continued to live until I was about 84 years of age when I came to this place to live.
That I knew Faith Watrous of Colchester who was married to Isaac Isham of Colchester. I was brought up in the family of Mr. Watrous. I was given to Faith Watrous mother when I was about four days old (as I have been told), and with her lived twenty five years.
I was well acquainted with the said Isaac Isham & the said Faith Watrous who was a Daughter of my mistress. That they were lawfully joined in marriage at my mistress home in the town of Colchester I was present and saw them married. I cannot tell the year nor the day. I think it was in the fall of the year when they were married. And soon after they married they moved away to a place in Colchester called, then, "pine swamp", now called Westchester.
I will recollect that the marriage of the said Isaac Isham & Faith Watrous was prior to the burning of New London & the massacre at Fort Griswold.
I remember of the said Isaac Isham being gone in the time of the war of the Revolution & it was reputed he was a soldier & served as such. I cannot tell how much he was out nor where he went. The said Isaac Isham & Faith his wife moved away from Colchester to the west many years ago.
In presence of Eliza Ann Donney Abigail Sturdivant
Her Rose F. Brown mark

State of Connecticut, New London County ss. Norwich Sept 19 th 1845 Then personally appeared Rose Brown who subscribed the foregoing Deposition by her mark and made oath to the truth of the same before me
William C Stanton Notary Public
I hereby certify that Rose Brown the person mentioned in the foregoing deposition is a person of truth and reliability and entitled to being credited as such  credible
Samuel W. Kellogg Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut Office of Secretary of State
I hereby certify that on the 10th day of February AD 1846, Samuel W. Kellogg Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of New London duly appointed and commissioned; and that I believe the foregoing to be his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State at Hartford this 13th day of Febry AD 1846
Dan P. Tinker Secretary of State

I Betsy Underwood of Colchester in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged 74 years Nov 25 "D. 1845" after being duly engaged according to law, do depose and say that I was born in Hebron, and from my birth up to the close of the war I resided in the town of Hebron and Colchester aforesaid and the most of the time after I was about 8 years old I lived in Colchester aforesaid until the close of the war of the Revolution & for some time thereafter and am now an inhabitant of the Colchester.
That I was well acquainted with Isaac Isham of Colchester and also with his wife, who when a girl was called Faith Watson. I cannot tell the year the said Isaac and Faith were married but I will remember that they were married and lived at a place in the town of Colchester called in former days "Pine Swamp" and that they had a family of children before the war of the Revolution was closed.
I used to hear my Father Christopher Isham tell about his Revolutionary Service and he used to tell too about Isaac Isham of this town being with him in the army some three years or more.
If I recollect right I have heard my Father tell about his officers and I think a man by name of D. Dorrance was his Captain some of the time if not a considerable - And that the aforesaid Isaac Isham served in same Regiment with him a part of the time at least during the three years term. My present recollection is that the said Isham came home from the service some six or eight weeks sooner than my Father. The said Isham & Family moved from this town to the west many years ago.
Betsy Underwood

State of Connecticut, New London County ss. Colchester Feb 10 th 1846 Then Personally Appeared Betty Underwood who in my presence subscribed to the foregoing Deposition And made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Wm C Stanton Notary Public
I hereby certify that Betty Underwood the person mentioned in the foregoing deposition is a person of truth and veracity and consequently entitled to belief Colchester Feb 10 th 1846
Samuel H. Kellogg Justice of Peace

Warsaw New York
Nov 22 1847
J. S. Edwards Esq
Your letter of the 11 th May last in the case of Faith Isham widow of Isaac Isham deceased was received by due course of mail. Immediately on receiving your letter I determined to abandon the case & I should not now trouble you with a communication but for the fact that I am satisfied that the presentation of these papers and certain others (to which I shall refer) has prejudiced your mind against me & render an explanation on my part desirable. In the month of July or August 1846 I learned from the sons of Mrs Isham that their father had two brothers whose names were William & Jehiel Isham who many years ago removed to Vermont & I by other means learned that William a few years ago resided at St. Albans, and Jehiel at St. George.
I immediately wrote to Lawrence Brainerd Esq one of the most respectable citizens of St. Albans requesting him to inform me if Mr. Isham was living & if so to learn & inform me what Mr. Isham remembered about the service & marriage of his brother Isaac. I at the same time wrote to the then Post Master at St. George asking him to do me the favor of the same information from Jehiel Isham. Mr. Brainerd being absent his son L. Brainerd Jr Esq wrote to me on the 14 th Sept 1846 & sent me Mr. Ishams answer and stated in his letter as follows "Mr. Isham though an old man is remarkably active & sound in body & mind, is a very upright & honest man and I believe what he states can be relied upon, he seems to recollect quite well about the revolution". Mr. Isham stated in his answer the same service as is contained in his affidavit now on file although he was not as positive about the 2 d period as subsequently, he also stated positively that Isaac was married before the service in New York in 1776. On the same day (Sept 14,) Mr. Lockwood the Post Master at St. George wrote to me as to Jehiel Ishams recollection of these matters, & informed that he knew that Isaac served 6 months in 76, & 3 months in 77, first under Capt John Isham & second under Capt Elijah Smith and

that he served the 2 d term with him, He also says in ex- lation to the date of the marriage "I think it was after he returned from the first term" In answer to the question "Did Isaac see any after the marriage if so when & where" he replied "he served with me as before stated in 1777," he then referred to William for further information. Mr Lockwood informed me that "it was extremely difficult for him (Jehiel) to remember dates, but he says he is going to visit his brother William in a few days & he thinks that by talking it over they can assist each other in answering the questions propounded" Owing to the sickness of Jehiel's wife, as I often waiting some time learned, he had not visited William and I then drew & sent to Mr Brainard & Mr Lockwood affidavits to be made by them leaving blanks to be filled and in order to assist their recollections informed each what the other recollectd & urged Jehiel to go & see William before he made his affidavit & William to wait for Jehiel & then to execute  sign the affidavits which I sent or if necessary in order to conform to their recollections on talking over the matter to use them as forms & make such variations as their recollections should require, Jehiel had before this in a second letter alleged a 3 d period of service under Capt Smith & had also inclined to concur with William as to the date of the marriage but on seeing William abandoned the alleged 3 d period of service which accounts for an erasure in the affidavit which I sent you I believe that William made his affidavit before Jehiel arrived, I had no doubts as to the correctness of the statements of these men for the following reasons
 1 st These men both concurred substantially in their statements without any concert between, neither knew what the other would answer  2 d Both stated their service under Capt Smith about which I had never learned any thing & knew nothing until I learned it from them I did not until then know that there was such an officer in service from Conn t  3 d They were both positive that the marriage took place before the service under Capt Smith & William before the service in 1776 

with which I feel concerned on visiting his brother Having arrived at these conclusions, I filed the papers in your Office, which are if they appear contradictory to those previously filed by Mrs Isham so far as relates to the date of the marriage
Having concluded to abandon the case entirely, I should have filed no further proof, but my agent in Connecticut in compliance with a request made by me previous to the date of your letter, has procured & sent to me the enclosed proof confirmatory of the affidavits of the two Ishams & I do not now file it because I intend to do anything further in the prosecution of this claim
I trust my explanation will be sufficient to satisfy you of my good faith in the prosecution of this claim
The other cases to which I have alluded above are those of Mrs Jane Ann McIntyre & Mrs Sarah Grandall In the former of these I have appealed from Your decision to the Secretary of War & having in my appeal stated fully my connection with that case so far as I deemed it necessary to explain the mistakes which occurred in it I deem any further statement at present entirely unnecessary
In the case of Mrs Grandall I was misled misled by relying upon the memory of one of the sons who I thought could not be mistaken as to the date of his mother's death but who had no record to confirm his memory. He was the principal witness upon whose evidence that part of the certificate was granted & I have no doubt was perfectly honest in his statements
In relation to the marriage in this case, I have no doubt that Grandall & Sarah Graham lived together as husband & wife & that she was with him in the service, long before the close of the war, but on learning the facts mentioned in my letter accompanying the proof last sent, I doubted whether the connection, before the marriage proven by the affidavit of Saterlee, could be clearly established & therefore concluded to avail myself of the latter about which there can be no question whatever

Having thus explained my connection with these cases I would hope that such business as I may have occasion to present at your Office may not be embarrassed by any suspicion, which these cases & my connection with them unexplained might have created in your mind. I am not aware of any other cases of mine in which anything has occurred which could reasonably occasion such feeling.
In several of your late letters I have discovered as I think intimations that the fact, that affidavits sent by me are frequently in my hand writing, is deemed objectionable. I formerly pursued the other course and had affidavits drawn by magistrates before whom they were made but I found that they were frequently drawn in a loose indefinite manner & that many things which the witnesses could state & which if the magistrate had been known them to be important he would have included in the affidavits were omitted & therefore I found it necessary for me to learn by correspondence or otherwise what the witnesses could testify & then draft affidavits accordingly & send to the witnesses to be executed in order to avoid the expense delay & inutility of the former course and I am constrained to say that I cannot see how that course can be changed with any profit either to myself, my clients or any body else.
The truth is that two thirds of the Justices of the peace are incompetent to prepare such an affidavit as would be satisfactory in your Office to establish the facts intended to be set forth in it & that very few of them know what facts are important to be set forth in an affidavit intended to support a pension claim. I can assure you that I have not at any time supposed it would be a profitable business for me to attempt to establish unfounded claims I have a wise regard to my own success & interest, if no better motives governed my actions, would have deterred me from any such course. Neither have I supposed that my standing at your office would be unimpaired by the happenings

of such mistakes as have occurred in those cases & I have always endeavored to arrive at the truth & carefully to test the statements & recollections of my clients & their witnesses before preparing or filing papers but have been unable in the early stages of these cases to do it successfully
My reason for supposing that the papers presented by me in these cases may have prejudiced myself in your mind is found in the very stringent requisitions made by you in relation to several cases lately presented by me & I feel anxious to so explain these things as to satisfy your mind as to my uprightness in these cases
It is far from agreeable to me to have occasion to appeal from your decisions to the Secretary of War or to think that I have such an occasion and it is equally unpleasant to be so frequently receiving from your Office decisions & requisitions which virtually inform me that no credit can be given to papers presented by me unless they are fully substantiated by documentary proof & it is equally unpleasant to be subjected to unnecessary & vexatious and expensive delays
Very Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde

Dear Sir,
Yo r  Affec t General Pension Agent City of Washington U. S. A.

Hon. Gen. Pension agent
Dear Sir
Permit me to enquire of Your Honor whether the names of Isaac Isham, Faith Isham widow of said Isaac, & Reuben Isham eldest son of the said Isaac, have been rec d at Your Office, & whether the said Isaac (a revolutionary soldier) is entered on the pension list. I went before the Judge of Wyoming Co. N.Y. & in behalf of the said widow (my mother) under the existing law relative to pensions, & it was duly proved & authenticated that my father was actually in the service of the Revolutionary War. Now I would wish to enquire whether there has been any monies rec d by any individual & if so by whom & at what time. I have not rec d any nor have I got any satisfaction from a Mr. Lynd who proposed acting as an agent for me in this matter. At Wyandotte Wyoming Co. N.Y.
If you will answer you will confer a great favor to Your humble S t
N.B. Please direct to { Reuben Isham Washington P.O County of Macomb & State of Michigan }
Dated Washington 25 th August 1848
N.B. The above business was done some 2 yrs. last March

I John Isham of Colchester County of New London State of Connecticut, aged Twenty one Years, depose & say on Oath, that I was one of the Executors of my Father last Will & Testament, John Isham Esq., who died in this Town on the 5 th day of May 1828, who was a Capt. in Col. John Chester Reg., at New York in 1776, that I find among his Revd. Papers, the travel roll of his Comp y from here to New York, in 8 th year, with others, I find the name of Isaac Isham, carried out 132 Miles at 1. per Mile, eleven shillings, and I likewise find in a small payment cover. Book, an acct. charging the S d Isaac Isham for Bounty & sundry payments in 8 th year, to the Am t , of £14. 8 — Further the deponent saith not —
John Isham
Colchester Feby 10 th 1846
State of Connecticut p. New London County p. Colchester Feb. 10 th D 1846
Then personally appeared Colo John Isham aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
Wm C Stanton Notary.

State of Connecticut Office of Secretary of State
I hereby certify that on the 10th day of February AD 1846 Wm. C. Stanton Esq. was to all intents Public duly appointed and commissioned; and that the within and foregoing is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of S t , State at Hartford this 13th day of February AD 1846 David P. Tyler Secretary of State

State of Connecticut Comptroller Office
Martindale 6 Sep. 1847
I certify that in application for evidence of the service of Isaac Isham in the war of the Revolution I have examined the books and papers remaining in this Office relating to that War, and do not find any payrolls of the companies in which he served - but the following evidence of the service of the Officers with whom he is said to have been, -
In the accounts of the late "Pay Table Office" is this entry under date of 14 Feb. 1784 "United States D r To Am t Cap. John Isham's acct. rend d Charles Reg t . 1776 - viz Enlisting Premiums . . . . . $267. 0. 0 Equipping do . . . . . 97. 18. 0 Wages . . . . . 75 11. 0 Commissions . . . . . 6. 12. 0 $447. 1. 0"
The above Am t is credited Cap. Isham. There is also a corresponding entry in "Harkett's Receipts," under head of "Troops in 1776 etc."
I also find in the Pay Table Books an account under this head, - "Col: Thaddeus Cook's Battallion raised Decem r 1776 for 3 months by act of assembly enacted 19 Nov r to join and serve in the Continental Army till 15 March 1777" And in another of the Pay Table Account Books this entry under date of 20 Aug. 1782 "United States D r To Am t Cap. Elijah Smith's acct. rend d , viz:- " Enlisting Bounties . . . . . $142. 0. 0 " Wages while Prisoner . . . . . 222. 16. 0 " Sops (Cook's Reg t 1776). . . . . 20. 4. 0 $385. 0. 0"
And the Am t Credited Cap. Elijah Smith as the Am t of his Acct. rend d .
Elijah Smith Comptroller

New Berlin Chenango Co April 10 1839
Dir
Your letter of the 1 st inst in relation to the Application of Faith Isham widow of Isaac Isham for a pension is before me in which you say you wrote a letter to P. W. Stocking April 27. 1838 that will show the Objections existing and if desired a copy of the letter will be furnished the Old Lady is anxious to know what the Objections were as she has not seen that letter If you will therefore be so kind as to forward to me a copy you will much oblige her
I am Sir very respectfully Yours &c
A. G. Welch
Hon J. L. Edwards

New Berlin Chenango County N-Y. March 24 1839
Sir
Faith Isham widow of Isaac Isham a Soldier of the Revolution applied for a pension when living at the west and from the numerous papers she signed and affidavits made and other circumstances she is induced to believe that her name has been placed on the pension list and that her friends have been drawing the money she now resides in this place and has requested me to write to the Department and ascertain whether or not her application has ever been received and if so what was the decision and whether her name is on the pension list or not if you will be so good as to inform me you will oblige the old Lady
Very respectfully
Yours &c
Augustus C. Welch
Hon S. L. Edwards

  77. Capt. Johnson -  5 mo -  6 mo    79 - X Learner for 6 mo under  Capt. D. Bulkley - probably -  Eliz -    80 Capt. Stephen Mainard -  St. Smith  6 mo at     Litchfield Conn  

Warsaw N.Y.
20 th April 1847
J. L. Edwards Esq,
Dr. Sir Please receive enclosed proof in case of Faith Isham which I trust will be deemed sufficient to establish this Claim
Respectfully
A. L. Lynde

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1909 Jan'y 14 Hist. Soc. Homer M. Brainerd V.L.W. (Letter in S.F. 39766)
Widow
2491
P.O.
Keith Isham
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18____
Discharged: _____, 18____
Application filed: _____, 18____
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. _____

Comptroller's Office Hartford Connecticut
April 19th 1838
I certify that Capt Eliphalet Bulkley is credited on Haskell's Receipts for services January 16th 1777 £1.438-9-9. The following entry appears on a book in this office, to wit,
"Post at New London Dr To the state of Connecticut, for the pay subsistence &c of a company stationed at New London under the command of Capt Eliphalet Bulkley of Col Erastus Wolcott's Regiment from June 10th 1776 to Jan'y 2 d 1777. Wages as per Roll £1194-12-3. Billings £46-1-6. Milage £19-12-6. Equipage premium £91-4. Enlisting Premium @ 20/ £32. Commissions £4-19-6." The following entry also appears on the same book, to wit,
Post at New London Dr To State of Connecticut for the pay of Col Samuel Chapman's Regiment, stationed at New London from May 5th to July 4th 1777, and Capt Eliphalet Bulkley is credited (with other captains in this service) £214-5. for his company,
Capt Stephen Brainard is credited on Haskell's Receipts August 27th 1782 for service at New London £358-5-3. He is also credited on the same Book for service at the same place Oct 4th 1779. £509-8-11,
Lieut Job Smith is credited on the same book March 3 d 1779. for service at Greenwich. £9-6-3,
Lieut Seth Smith is credited on the same book Nov 16th 1781 for Militia service at Newgate £207-1-8,
Lieut Seth Smith's name further appears on the same Book under the following head, to wit,
"The United States Dr To the State of Connecticut

for services &c of Militia, guarding the Convention Troops through said State in 1778. when they marched from Massachusetts to Virginia,, and he is credited § 22-4-1,
The name of Col John Chester also appears on the same book under the following head, to wit,
"The Unpaid State Dr. To the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for Bounties extra allowances Wages &c of Militia from said State who served with the main Army at & near Peekskill in the State of New York,, and he is credited Nov 1st 1777 § 22-14-5,
Wm Field Comptroller

State of New York Wyoming County
On this 6 th day of January 1846 Personally came before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County Reuben Isham who being by me duly sworn according to law on his oath deponeth & saith that he is a son of Isaac Isham who was a soldier in the American Revolutionary army & resided at Colchester in the County of Windham County in the State of Connecticut That he has heard his father tell that he served during a large part of the war & that he was at the battles of Bunker Hill and Long Island & several others. That he is unable to give a particular description of his services or of his officer's names, but thinks he served a part of the time under Captain John Isham.
That he has been informed by his mother that her maiden name was Faith Watrous & that she was married to the said Isaac Reuben Isham at Colchester about the year 1778. That the said Isaac Isham died at New Britain Hancock County New York about the year 1816 That the said Faith Isham died in the same place in the month of March in the year 1839 and she had not remarried but remained the widow of the said Isaac Isham till her death That this deponent will be sixty seven years of age on the 12 th day of March next and that he is the oldest child of the said Isaac & Faith Isham That he makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836. That a part of the services of the said Isaac Isham was rendered after the second marriage (Pension of Isham)
Sworn to before me the day & year above written
Israel Hodge Justice

12681.
Trist Asham died NY
Act 7 July 38
Service 76 - Second time

STATE OF NEW YORK, WYOMING COUNTY,
} ss. }
I, WALTER HOWARD, CLERK OF WYOMING COUNTY, do hereby certify, that Israel Hody
before whom the annexed Instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my hand and affixed my official seal, at Warsaw, in said County, this 2 nd day of April 1846
Walter Howard CLERK.

I John Isham of Colchester County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age, testify and say on Oath that Id my Brother Genl. Josiah Isham of Litchfield were Executors to the last Will of our Father John Isham Esq. late of S d Colchester deceased. and that I have in my possession some of his Revolutionary papers, among which I find that he commanded a Company of Militia or State Troops, at New York in Col o John Chittenden's Reg t in the year 1776 and that I find on his hand Roll dated at S d New York August 10 th 1776 the name of Isaac Isham as a Private in his S d Company from S d Colchester in a parchment cover. Book where he had paid charg d as having paid to Isaac Isham jun r as one of his Company at sundry times in S d year to the amount of £14.8= and there is no other person by the name of Isaac Isham or Isaac Isham jun r either on S d hand Roll or S d parchment cover. Book and I have no doubt but that the S d Isaac Isham alias Isaac Isham V t is the same person who belonged to S d Company —
John Isham
State of Connecticut ss Litchfield County, Colchester April 16 th 1838 — personally appeared Col o John Isham of S d Colchester and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I certify that he is a credible Witness
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16 th day of April A D 1838
Samuel A. Peters Chief Judge of Litchfield County Court

at Hartboro go to Hunnans I start to certifi as to charge
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I Stephen Faate of the Town of Colchester in New London County and State of Connecticut being of lawfull age - I do hereby certify and say that I was an Enlisted Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and I enlisted and served as a Soldier in Capt John Ithams Company, in the Regiment - Commanded by Colo. John Chester in the year A.D. 1776 - I enlisted & served Six months as a Soldier in said Capt John Ithams said Company - part of the time said Regiment was stationed at a place called Valentine Hill, near Kings Bridge in the State of New York part of the time at White Plains, also at Peekskill, and at other places? I knew and was well acquainted with one Isaac Itham (otherwise called Isaac Itham Junr.) He was an Enlisted Soldier in said Capt John Ithams Company and said Isaac Itham (otherwise called Isaac Itham Junr.) served with me as a Soldier in said Company commanded by said Capt John Itham in said Colo. John Chesters Regiment. Six Months at least - I was Intimate with said Isaac Itham (alias Isaac Itham Junr.) and I often saw him while in said Service - he then belonged to said Town of Colchester & was a fellow Towns man of mine I have always belonged to said Town of Colchester when I saw him - I know of further say that said Isaac Itham otherwise called Isaac Itham Junr. married a woman by the name of Faith Watson then of said Town of Colchester - said Faith Watson was the Sister of a Mr. Theodore Watson now of said Colchester - According to the best of my knowledge recollection obliged Isaac Itham, alias Isaac Itham Junr. was married to said Faith Watson by my Father (Daniel Faate Esq.) who was then a Justice of the Peace - but since his death I further say that I understand Isaac Itham, otherwise called Isaac Itham Junr. was a married man at the time when he served with me as

a soldier in Capt John Itham's Company in the year 1776. I never knew nor heard that I Itham Itham alias Itham Itham was ever married to any other woman than to said Faith Itham — and I firmly believe that said Faith Itham Itham is now living in the Town of Batavia in the State of New York and that she said Faith Itham is the lawfull widow of Itham Itham otherwise called Itham Itham for now deceased and that she said Faith Itham has not been married since the death of Itham her late husband. In witness whereof I have set my hand — Colchester April 16 th A D 1838. — Stephen Root.
State of Connecticut —
2 New London County ss Colchester April 16. A D 1838. Personally appeared before me Samuel A. Nott Chief Judge of said New London County Court. Mr Stephen Root of said Colchester, and made solemn oath that the above and foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I further say that said Stephen Root has been personally known to me for forty five years last past — that I Stephen Root's General character for truth & veracity is good — Sworn and Subscribed before me this 16 th  day of day of April A D 1838.
Samuel A. Nott Chief Judge of New London County Court.

State of Connecticut Office of the Secretary of said State at Hartford April 17 th A D 1838
I hereby certify that Samuel A. Pils Esq. is a Judge of the County Court within and for the County of New London in this State, and that his signatures hereto attached are his genuine signatures.
In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the seal of this State and signed the same at the date above
Royal A. Kimball Secretary of State

I Theodore Watrous of Colchester County of New London and State of Connecticut, being cautioned to speak the whole truth, do depose and say. That I am now in my sixty  seventy third year, and am well acquainted with Sarah Shann of Wheeling, State of Virginia, the widow of Isaac Shann deceased. That she is my half sister, that I was present at her wedding and saw her married to said Isaac Shann. That I am not able to state the year, but believe it was about the first of the Revolutionary War . They were married in said Colchester and lived in said town a number of years next after their marriage — I remember that said Isaac Shann after the marriage, was out as a soldier — That he went to Boston and New York as was reported and said at the time — Date at Colchester the 18 th day of January. 1837
Theodore Watrous.
State of Connecticut New London County p. Colchester Jan. 18 th 1837. Personally appeared Theodore Watrous subscriber to the foregoing Deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. Said Watrous is a credible person & his statement entitled to credit. Sworn Before me, Amherst D. Seovell. Justice of the Peace