Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18136, for John Thomas, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Thomas, John.
No. 18136
Continental.
Mary
CONTENTS

John Thomas print
24 April - 1888
Correct Connecticut Roll Col Samuel B. Webb left Capt Bell
John Thomas man enlisted 10 June 1777, Prisoner Decem. 10 1777, Prisoner August 5 1778, Corporal Aug t 30 1782 - deserted June 1783
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State of Conn & } County of Hartford }
John Thomas formerly of Woodbridge now  then Haven County now of Farmington in this county being duly sworn doth depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment in the Conn't line for six years —
That he entered the service in May 1777 to serve as a private part of the time as a corporal faithfully for during the war faithfully served until the peace when in June 1783 he was honorably discharged, which discharge is now lost — He belonged to Capt Joseph Walker's company & Col. Sam l B. Webb's Regt of the Conn't line —
That he is a resident citizen of the U. States, has never had a pension — is in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support —
Sworn to & subscribed } John S. Bromas this 14 th day of April 1818
Before me —
Jonathan Brown Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid —

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, and County of Hartford.
} ss. Hartford
I JONATHAN BRACE, Judge of the County Court, within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that John Thomas — who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a private — in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, and on the Continental establishment, for at least the term of nine months, and is a resident citizen of the United States, in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. His discharge he also swears is lost
And in addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of John Miags Adjutant in the Regt. commanded by Col. B. Noble — who is a credible witness, that the said John Thomas served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid ;
and from the like testimony of Selah Root — that the said John Thomas — is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 22 d day of April
A. D. 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid April 22 d 1818 sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honourable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court. Thomas Chester Clerk

(506)
Connecticut Roll
John Thomas 4
Private Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Jonathan Brace, in Hartford Conn.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 4 months 21/30 $37.60
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Six years
Hartford, Hartford Continued
Petification sent to Thomas Chester Esq 20 Oct 1820. Hartford Cont

4063.
Connecticut
Mary Thomas widow of John Thomas who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 84 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Jesse Lord Witchcockville Litchfield Co. Ct.
on Roll of Pensioners under act 1848, Page 357 Vol. 1.
J. L. Loomis Apr 25/56

John Thomas
506
Sep 1818
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 1 st day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
John Thomas aged fifty eight years, resident in Hartland in the County of Hartford,
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows :
in Samuel D. Webb's Regiment and Cap o Joseph Walker's Company, more than nine Years, that the time of original declaration made by me for a Pension was the 14 th day of April 1818 that the number of his Pension certificate is 506
"And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
Two lots of land with a poor House worth $65 } but mortgaged in 1815 for 48.82 is with Interest — 60.43 } $124.60
The use of a small piece of land in right of my Wife worth per Year $1.88 — 18.80  One Horse — — — — — 8  two Cows — — — — — 24  1 Heifer — — — — — 10  3 Calves — — — — — 12.50  1 Old Wagon & harness — — — 10  one plough half worn — — — 2.50
Several articles of Household furniture & farming utensils such as Spades &c — — — — — 18  $107.60

Debt of Dettos due from said John Thomas
 John Daniel Dettos $1 20  William Beecher 25  Isaac Asburn 32  William Mear 48  Isaac Dyer 6  Nathaniel Gaylord 8  Isaac Hotchkiss 7.50  Truman Asburn 17  Charles Chapman 6  Bela Squires 8   $277.50 
By occupation I am a farmer but in consequence of the loss of one of my hip joints I am totally disabled from manual labor and my family consists of Wife aged 57 Years attended with unusual weakness and unable to do but very little in consequence of her infirmities, One daughter 17 Years of age, One grand daughter 7 Years of age One grand son 5 Years of age all of which the Law obliges me to support  John Thomas
Sworn to and declared by said John Thomas on the 1 st day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty nine dollars and Sixty Seven cents.
The rise of said piece of land in right of his wife worth eighteen dollars per annum I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20 th day of Aug t 1820
T. Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

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Application of Mary Thomas for a pension under act 7 July 1838
Hon. Julius Rockwell Pittsfield Mass.

State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss.
On this 18 th day of November 1843 personally appeared before me Samuel W Coo Judge of Probate Court for the district of Winchester Mary Thomas a resident of Colebrook in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut Aged Eighty one years 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 on the 7 th day of July 1838
That she is the Widow of John Thomas deceased who served as a private in the War of the Revolution for upwards of two years and who was a pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency under the Act of 18 March 1818 at the rate of Eight dollars per month
She further declares that she was married to John Thomas in the Town of Woodbridge New Haven County State of Connecticut by the Rev d Stephen Hawley on the 13 th day of November AD 1782 and that no record of her marriage can be found the said Stephen Hawley having died many years since and his family removed from Woodbridge and no papers left in possession of the minister who succeeded him - That she lived with said John Thomas as his wife until the 16 day of June 1843 on which day he died, and has remained his widow ever since as will more fully appear as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Mary Thomas
Before me Samuel W Coo Judge of Probate

State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss.
I Samuel W. Coe Judge of the Probate Court for the district of Winchester hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that John Thomas was a Pensioner of the United States on the the Connecticut Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month was a resident of Colebrook Litchfield County State of Connecticut and died in said Town of Colebrook on the 16 th day of June 1843 leaving a Widow whose name is Mary the indentical person who has signed the foregoing Declaration in order to obtain a pension, and I further certify that by reason of old age and infirmity the declarant is unable to appear in open Court and I am fully satisfied that the statements contained in said Declaration are true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court on this 18 th day of November 1843
Samuel W. Coe Judge
I Revil P. Smith Town Clerk of Woodbury in New Haven County State of Connecticut hereby certify that I have carefully inspected the records of Marriages Births & Deaths of said Town from the year 1781 to 1794 and cannot find the Marriage of John Thomas and Mary Hatch or the birth or death of their Children recorded therein but this is not to be taken as presumptive evidence that no such Marriage took place as the town records of such events for that period are imperfect and incomplete
Deliver my hand at Woodbury this 4 th day of Dec 1843.
Revil P. Smith Town Clerk

I Lydia Atwater of Bethany in the County of Middlesex state of Connecticut. age 78 years, do depose and say that I well remember being present, at the marriage of John Thomas & Mary Hotchkiss, both of Woodbridge in Middlesex County - I should think I was about seventeen years old, I very well remember standing up with them, and holding her Glass, I remember that the Reverend Stephen Hawley married them in his south room, I remember Daniel Atwater, who I afterwards married, stood up with us at the wedding, who is now deceased,
her Lydia Atwater mother L. A.
State of Connecticut Middlesex County Bethany December 1 st 1843 Personally appeared Lydia Atwater who is well known to me as a person of credibility, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed - before me J. A. Perkins justice of the peace for said County
I Silas Hotchkiss of Bethany in Middlesex County state of Connecticut age 78 years do depose and say, that I was well acquainted with John Thomas from a boy. I was knowing to the marriage of said Thomas & Mary Hotchkiss, I think I was at the wedding I remember that Mary's father told said John and Mary when they were married that they were young, and he must go to work and they could get a living. I think I remember Daniel Atwater and Lydia Brown stood up as mates at the wedding I think I was in my eighteenth year my opinion is they were married in the year eighty two or three very soon after said John Thomas came out of the Connecticut as soon as I remember that the Rev. Stephen Hawley married them
State of Connecticut Middlesex County Bethany December 1 st 1843
Personally appeared Silas Hotchkiss who is well known to me as a person of credibility, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me J. A. Perkins justice of the peace for said Middlesex County

State of Connecticut Office of Secretary of State
I certify that Samuel W. Cox Esq. is & on the 18 th day of November 1843 was the Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Winchester in said State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears of record in this Office — and that the preceding signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
I further certify Archibald A. Perkins Esq. is, & on the 1 st day of November 1843 was a Justice of the Peace within & for the county of New Haven within said State duly appointed & commissioned as appears of record in this Office, and that the foregoing signatures of A. A. Perkins purporting to be his are the genuine signatures of the said Archibald A. Perkins.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said State this 14 th day of December 1843.
N. A. Phelps Secretary of State

I Samuel Thomas of Granville in the County of Hampden & State of Massachusetts aged sixty eight years do hereby depose and say that I am brother of John Thomas who was a revolutionary soldier and petitioner that I was young when he was married to Mary Hotchkiss but well remember being present at the wedding they were married as near as I recollect about the year AD 1803 by the Rev Stephen Hawley in the town then Woodbridge now Bethany I well remember going up to my brother John and asking him for a piece of cake he said what do you want Saml I replied I want a piece of cake as was the custom at that day I well recollect the music and dancing on the occasion that they lived together as husband & wife until the day of his death having four children now living the oldest over sixty years of age
Samuel Thomas
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } Be it remembered that on this 18 th day of Nov AD 1844 before me Daniel E Manchester a Justice of the peace in and for Litchfield County personally appeared Samuel Thomas above named and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I certify that the deponent is a credible & respectable person
Daniel E Manchester Justice of the peace
Secretary of State

I Silas Hotchkiss aged 79 years of the Town of Bethany formerly Woodbridge in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Thomas a Revolutionary Pensioner & with Mary Thomas his Wife - that I knew them before they were married and was present at their Wedding that they were married in the Town of Woodbridge in the county of New Haven & State of Connecticut in the year 1782 by the Rev. Stephen Hawley and I recollect that they lived together as husband & Wife in the Town of Bethany that now is, but at that time Woodbridge and I also recollect that while living in said Bethany aforesaid formerly Woodbridge they had two or three children the oldest of which is now about fifty one years of age -
Silas Hotchkiss
State of Connecticut
New Haven County, Be it remembered that on this 15 th day of Nov. A.D. 1844 before me a Justice of the Peace for New Haven County Personally appeared Silas Hotchkiss above named and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I certify that the Deponent is a credible and respectable person.
Heremiah Thomas, Justice of Peace

Silas Hottel Depositor

Zacharias Kotchubay Deposition

I Zachus Hotchkiss of the Town of Bethany formerly Woodbridge in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut Aged 68 Years depose and say that I am Brother to Widow Mary Thomas the Wife of John Thomas who was a Revolutionary Pensioner that I was young when my Sister was married to John Thomas. I recollect the circumstance of their starting for the Wedding and that they return, and lived in the House with my Father one year or more - that their first child was born while living there that they lived together as Husband & Wife and had three children while living in Bethany formerly Woodbridge and that they also lived together as Husband & Wife until his Death.
Zachus H. Hotchkiss
State of Connecticut New Haven County
Be it remembered that on this 15 th day of Nov. A.D. 1844 before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Zachus Hotchkiss above named and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I certify that the Deponent is a credible and respectable person.
Meribah Thomas Justice of Peace

I Lydia Stewart aged seventy nine years of the Town of Bethany in Southern County State of Connecticut, Depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Thomas a Revolutionary Pensioner and with Mary Thomas his wife before they were married and was present at their wedding, that they were married at the house of the Reverend Stephen Hawley in the Town of Woodbury -age, now Bethany in said Southern County that the Revd Mr Hawley married them I think I must have been seventeen in eighteen years of age. that I remember the circumstance in particular standing up with them when they were married as bride maid, and holding the bride's glove I remember going to a ball at the House of Roger Cook in said Woodbury after the marriage the same evening, I remember they had children one in particular by the name of Lover, and I had one of the same name
Lydia her X Stewart mark
State of Connecticut Southern County
Be it known that on this 14th day of November, A.D. 1844 before me a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Lydia Stewart above named and made oath to the truth of the above statement by her subscribers and I certify that the Deponent is a credible and respectable person To Nobble A. Perkins justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Office of Secretary of State ss:
I hereby certify that Honorable Thomas and Archibald A. Perkins Esqrs. of the county of New Haven and Daniel E. Mansfield Esq. of the county of Hitchfield were severally at a session of the General Assembly held at New Haven on the first Wednesday of May A.D. 1844 duly appointed and commissioned jus- -tices of the peace in and for the said counties respectively. - And that their respective commissions will ex- -pire on the 20 th day of June A.D. 1845 and that I believe their several signatures to the papers herewith annexed are genu- -ine
In Testimony whereof, I have here- -unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State at Hartford this 2 nd day of December - A. D. 1844.
D. An d L. Tyler Secretary of State

State of Connecticut.
County of Litchfield
Be it known That before me Asa White a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Miles W Bidwell and made oath in due form of law that he is one of the legal representatives of Mary Thomas the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued which is now lost or mislaid & can't be found That she had not intermarried but continued the widow of John Thomas of Colebrook Litchfield County State of Connecticut That the deceased pensioner resided in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut for the space of eighteen years before her death and that she died in said county in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty nine on the tenth day of November And That said M. W. Bidwell makes this oath of identity to obtain whatever arrearages may have been due at the time of her death. namely the increase according to the Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 1 st 1848. and 2 nd The balance at the time of her death That the said Mary Thomas was a pensioner at the time of her death at the rate of eighty four Dollars per annum
1 Asa White 2 B. A. White
Sworn to and subscribed the 12 th day of March eighteen hundred and fifty six A.D. before me Asa White Justice of the Peace.

Know all men by these presents That I Miles W Bidwell of the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut do hereby constitute and appoint Elias J Loonis of Washington DC my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the United States Whatever sum or sums of money may have been due the said deceased Pensioner at the time of her death.
Witness my hand and seal This 12 th day of March A D eighteen hundred and fifty six
Sealed and delivered Miles W Bidwell in presence of these witnesses
(S.S.)
1. Asa White 2. A. H. White
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
Be it known That on the 12 th day of March A D 1856. before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County personally appeared Miles W Bidwell above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his free act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. The day and year last above mentioned.
Asa White Justice of the Peace state of Connecticut, County of Litchfield Be it known that on the 12 th day of March A D 1856 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county personally appeared Miles W Bidwell and made oath in due form of law that he is the son in law of Mary the that by the agreement made with him by the said Mary Thomas that he will be entitled to any part of said Pension money as he survived the said Mary Thomas for the last eighteen years and was to have all pension money for his trouble Asa White

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss.
I Theob. D. Beeman - clerk of the Superior court of the in and for said County
do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the court that Mary Thomas was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty four dollars per annum; was a resident of the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut and died in the county of Litchfield State of Connecticut in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and forty nine on the tenth day of November That she left children whose names are
and that the said
are the only surviving children of the said Mary Thomas; And I further certify that Asah White Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing oath of identity of Mary Thomas was taken was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the above is his genuine signature, and that the above said Billwell is the son in law of the deceased pensioner.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Litchfield this eighth day April A.D. 1856 Frederick D. Beeman Clerk
minutes and
Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut County of Be it known that
The only surviving heirs of Mary Thomas do hereby constitute and appoint Bidwell to collect and receive for them and in their name any sum or sums that may have been due to Mary Thomas at the time of her death by the United States.
Mary Thomas

I Jesse Charlton, a resident of East Windsor in Hartford County, & State of Connecticut, of lawful age, do hereby depose and say: That at the request of Henry Fowler Esq, of the City of Hartford, in the County & State aforesaid, (he being the agent & attorney for prosecuting the claim of Widow Mary Thomas, (relict of the late John Thomas of Colebrook, in Litchfield County Connecticut: I went out to the residence of Mrs Thomas, in said Colebrook, who I found very infirm, & confined to her house; tho' her mind & memory seemed less impaired than is usual with persons of her age.
My object was to find, (if possi- ble, further proof respecting the precise year of her marriage, as the Commissioner of Pensions wished to have done; Mrs Thomas informed me, that when her Declaration was made, she stated that she was married in November 1782; and as she had lost her family record, out of her old Bible, she based her recollection on the fact, that she was married the year that the revolutionary War closed: and she finds she was deceived in regard to the year that War terminated, by consulting the only history she had in the house, which was a School Book by the late Noah Webster Esq, called his 3 rd part: that at page 122, she received the impression that

misled her. That she never meant to claim that Mr Thomas served in the army after he married her; but that she was married the year the Revolutionary War closed; which book she gave me, as also, her old Bible, that Mr Beeler might send them to the Commissioner.
And that the whole might more fully appear I went to the residence of the Judge of probate to have him go to the residence of the widow about 8 or 9 miles to have him go to Mrs Thomas to take an additional declaration; but he was on business at a distance from home, which would occupy him some today & I concluded to send what proof we could get, without the delay & expense. I procured the record of Mrs Thomas's eldest daughter, & of her husband, Mr & Mrs Bushnell of Eli's Mass. First a copy from their framed record which is certified by the Magistrate to be a true copy; and Mr Bushnell gave me, also, the leaf out of his old acct book, And understanding that the proof before sent, was satisfactory as to a lawful Marriage having taken place; I thought the further evidence now obtained would satisfy the Commissioner that was in 1783 and that the case was clearly under the act of July 7 th 1838 I did not think it necessary to be at more expense & trouble than to obtain the proof

now delivered by me to Henry Fowler Esq, the agent of the claim
And furthermore this deponent saith not
Jesse Charlton
Sworn to and subscribed before me, in Hartford town & county, in the State of Connecticut, on the
28 th day of April 1845
I certify that I am acquainted with the deponent and that he is a credible witness.
Edwin T. Benjamin, Justice Peace

Polly Bushnell, a resident of Otis in the County of Berkshire, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of the age of Sixty one years do hereby depose and say; That I am the eldest daughter of John Thomas late a resident of Colebrook, in Litchfield County Connecticut; and of his Widow; the present Widow Mary Thomas, now of said Colebrook; the said John Thomas drew a pension for something more than twenty years, as I believe, tho I have no exact record of the time. I have a record of my own age, and of the time of my Mar- riage & of the age of my children.
This record was made many years ago; and without any reference to its ever being called for, or needed, in relation to any application for a Pension on the part of my Mother or any one else; & the following is a true copy from it, it is set in a regular frame with a glass & is very inconvenient to send by Mail.
Family record
Births;
Deaths.
David Bushnell Born Jan y 3. 1777 Polly Thomas Born May 27. 1784 They were Married at North Hartland
bly written

Conn, 22 nd November 1804, by Rev Nathaniel Gaylord.
Their children Born in Hartland Conn.
Hearlow H Bushnell, Born May 25, 1806.
Rutha Bushnell, Born July 14 th 1808.
Aurelia Bushnell, Born May 24, 1810.
Born in Otis. Massachusetts.
(Dianna C Bushnell, Born July 24 th 1812.
&c, &c; being followed by the entry of the birth of five more in different periods.
Polly Bushnell
I, David Bushnell, of Otis, County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, do hereby Depose & say, that Polly Bushnell the foregoing Depo- nent, is my wife, & is the daughter of the late John Thomas, & of the present Widow Mary Thomas, both of Colebrook, Connecticut. that the foregoing record is a true record of the ages of myself and my wife, & her & my children, & was made without any expectation of being used, in any way, relating to a any application for any Pension, for any body: nor have I any interest whatever, in the Pension now sought, in behalf of the said Widow Mary Thomas.
I have heard the said John Thomas & his said wife say that they were married in the fall

after he the said John Thomas, was discharged, from the army of the revolution. The part of a leaf I send from my acct Book is my original record made many years ago David Bushnell
Both the foregoing depositions of Polly Bushnell and David Bushnell were subscribed, & sworn to, before me, in Ots in the County of Berkshire, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 15 th day of April 1845.
And I certify, that they are both known to me as respectable persons, and as credible witnesses; And I have examined the original records & the copy given in the foregoing is a true copy as far down as it is carried & any further transcript was thought not to be needed, or relevant, and it has every appearance of having been made several years.
David Seymour Justice of the Peace
Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that David Seymour Esq before whom the foregoing deposition, of Polly Bushnell & David Bushnell were sworn to, on the fifteenth day of April instant a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine of said Court In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this nineteenth day of April 1845. Charles Sedgwick Clerk

David Bushnell Born January 3 rd 1744 Was married to Nelly Thomas the 22 nd day of November 1804 at Hartford Connecticut Nelly Thomas Born May 27. 1784 Harlow J Bushnell Born May 25-1806
Rutha Bushnell Born July 14 th 1808
Asilla Bushnell Born May 24 - 1810
Diana E Bushnell Born July 26 - 1812
1862 1744 118
Maryett Bushnell Born August 10 th 1817
Clarae Bushnell Born April 22 nd - 1819
David J Bushnell Born August 31-1821 our third son Born August 31 th 1826 at 11.0'clock in the fore noon

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Died at Colebrook River June 16 th Capt. John Thomas; Aged 83, a Revolutionary Patriot and Pensioner. He was born in Woodbridge, Conn. At the early age of 15 he entered the Army in defense of his Country's rights, at the commencement of the war, and served with true heroic Patriotism, until the close of that glorious contest. He was at the taking of Burgoyne, and in most of the hard fought battles during the war of Independence, the principles of which he carried out thro' life, unwavering in the cause of Democracy. A Prisoner nine months in the old Sugar house in New York, he suffered all the privations and hardships that British inhumanity could inflict, the effects of which, he bore to his grave. Still he could shoulder his crutch, and show how fields were won! Of him it may truly be said that he was an honest man, a Christian, and a Patriot. The foregoing is Mr Thomas's obituary notice written the week after his death.
I Miles W Bidwell of Colebrook, in the County of Litchfield, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby Depose & say; that I have been well acquainted with the late Mr John Thomas, & with his present widow, Mary Thomas for a good many years; & I well remember to have seen a record of the marriage of the said John Thomas & the said Mary Thomas in the old Bible which is now to be sent to the pension office, & I have heard Mr Thomas and his widow say that they were married in the fall after he left the service and that statement agreed with the record; which is now irrecoverably lost; viz that they were married in the fall of the year seventeen hundred & eighty three; I am acquainted with their oldest daughter, & she will be sixty one years old in May 1845. Mr Thomas & his wife were persons of reputed piety & lived together as man & wife, with good reputation, until his death which took place at the time stated in the above obituary notice written for the Times the week after his death the said Mary Thomas still remains his widow
Miles W Bidwell

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Goldbrook on this 17 th day of April 1845, personally appeared, before me the subscribing authority, Miles W Bidwell, who has signed the within certificate & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me, & I certify that he is a person well known to me, as a credible person, & a respectable Man
Abiram Chamberlain
Justice of the Peace
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Editor of the Hartford Courant
Goldbrook Conn April 17
Miles W Bidwell deposition April 1845

State of Connecticut — Office of Secretary of State & p:
I hereby certify that at a session of the General Assembly of this state held at New Haven on the first Wednesday of May A.D. 1844. Abiram Chamberlain was duly appointed and commissioned a justice of the peace in and for the county of Litchfield and at the same session Edwin Benjamin was appointed & commissioned a justice of the peace for the county of Hartford and that these commissions will expire on the 20 th day of June 1845 — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said state at Hartford this 28 th day of April A.D. 1845
John P. Tyler Secretary of State

State of Connecticut.
Litchfield County ss. Colebrook April 5 th 1845
On this 5 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, personally appeared before me, Jesse Ives, a Justice of the peace, within and for said County of Litchfield, Mary Thomas, a resident of said Town of Colebrook, Aged eighty-two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, Entitled "an act Granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows,, and this she does in addition to her declaration heretofore made under the same act, and hereinafter referred to - that she is the Widow of John Thomas, late of said Colebrook, deceased, who was at the time of his death, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States - and that as such Widow, she did, prior to the thirtieth day of April 1844 - to wit, sometime in the Month of November 1843 (according to her present recollection) make her declaration, under the said act of July 7 th , 1838, and that her said declaration and the accompanying proofs were on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions Pensions, many Months previous to the twenty third day of January 1845, Viz soon after her said Declaration was made as aforesaid - she further declares that she is still a Widow - and that on more mature reflection, she is apprehensive, that in her former declaration, she made a mistake of one year, respecting the time of her Marriage to

the said John Thomas, and also respecting her own age - she well recollects, that her Marriage took place, in the Month of November, after the discharge of her husband from the service of the United States, which took place (as she was informed) on the 8 th day of June 1783 -
She further declares and says, that she has repeatedly heard her late husband, (the said John Thomas) say, that he served in the army of the Revolution from the 27 th day of May 1777 - in the Reg t Commanded by Col. Sam l B. Webb, in the Company Commanded by Capt. Joseph Walker - a part of said time as a private, a part of the time as a for corporal, and a part in the capacity of a Sergeant, and that he was discharged as such at Westpoint in the state of New York on the 8 th day of June 1783 1783 as above stated, for proof of which she refers to the public Records of the War Department of the United States -
In presence of - Jesse Ives Sarah Bidwell Mary her Thomas mark
State of Connecticut, Litchfield Co. ss. April 5 th 1845 -
On this 5 th day of April 1845 - personally appeared before me, the above named Mary Thomas, and having first subscribed the foregoing Declaration, made oath in due form of Law, that the facts therein set forth are true - And I certify, that I have been well acquainted with the above named deponent for nearly thirty years last past, and am fully satisfied of the correctness of the foregoing declaration by her subscribed, and that she is the widow of the above named John Thomas -
Jesse Ives, Justice of the peace

I Lachuss Hotchkiss of Bethany in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am sixtyeight years of age and that I am the brother of Mary Thomas the widow of John Thomas deand, who now resides in the town of Colebrook and will recollect the time they was married though I cannot tell the precise year, and that they lived in the house with my father a year or more after they was married, while he was building a house. He lived in the neighbourhood several years.
From the above circumstances mentioned I know that the marriage of John Thomas to my sister took place after he they said John Thomas left the service and that he never entered the service after the said marriage
Lachuss Hotchkiss
New Haven to Bethany April 25 th 1845 — Personally appeared the above named Lachuss Hotchkiss and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Lachuss Hotchkiss and that he is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of the Peace
I Abigail Hitchcock of Bethany in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am ninety years of age that I was well acquainted with Jacob Hotchkiss and his family and with John Thomas, and will recollect the time that John Thomas married Mary the daughter of Jacob Hotchkiss which

marriage took place soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. I lived at the time within half a a mile of Mr Jacob Hotchkiss house and I know that they set up keeping house at the house of her father Jacob Hotchkiss and lived there a year or more after they was married and that they lived in the neighbourhood eight or ten years after they was married and I am fully satisfyed that he never went into the service after he was married
Abigail her X Hitchcock mark
New Haven County ss Bethany April 25th 1845
Personally appeared the above named Abigail Hitchcock and made oath to the above affidavit by me subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abigail Hitchcock and that she is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of Peace.
I Daniel B Butts of Bethany New Haven County Ct. & State Supply of acting Pastor & Clerk of the Congregational church in said Town, of which Rev. Stephen Hawley was many years ago the Pastor, being duly sworn & cautioned, do depose & say that I have in my possession the Records of said church, but I have no records made by Rev. Mr Hawley, have never seen any such records, & after much diligent search, am persuaded that his records of Marriages, Deaths & Baptisms are lost.
Daniel B. Butts

New Haven County ss Bethany April 25th 1845 Personally appeared the above named the Rev. Daniel B. Butts and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named D. B. Butts and that he is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of Peace
I Lydia Stewart of Bethany in New Haven County State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am seventy-nine years of age that I was married to David Stewart the 20th day of May 1784. I was well acquainted with John Thomas and Mary Hotchkiss and was present at the time they was married which marriage took place after the said John Thomas left the service in the Revolutionary war and previous to my marriage. I cannot state the precise time. The said John Thomas did not go into the service after he was married
Lydia her X Stewart mark
New Haven County ss Bethany April 25th 1845 Personally appeared the above named Lydia Stewart and made oath to the above affidavit by her subscribed and I certify that from information that I have that the above named Lydia Stewart is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of Peace

I Strong Sanford of Barkhamsted in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States Depose and say
That I am Eighty four years of age That I resided in the Town of Woodbridge Society of Bethany (now Town of Bethany) in the time of the revolution- ary War and That I was personally acquaint- ed with John Thomas when we were in the service of the United States in the revolutionary War and that we were discharged in June 1783 and I have been personally acquainted with the said Thomas up to the time of his death and it is my impression that the said Thomas was not married to Mary Hotchkiss until after the discharge of the said Thomas from the service That I had never heard by the said Thomas or any other person that he was a married man at the time he left the service
Strong Sanford
Hartford County ss Hartford April 28 th 1845
Personally appeared the above named Strong Sanford and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Strong Sanford and that he is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
William Selby Justice of the Peace

I Nathanial Gaylord of Hartland in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of Lawful age being duly Sworn and Cautioned do depose and say that my father Nathanial Gaylord was the former Congregational Clergyman in West Hartland and kept a Record of the Deaths and Marriages of the people of West Hartland and there was not before that time any other Record of the kind kept by him or any other person during sixty years. and that Record is now in my possession and on examination I then find Recorded the death of Eva Thomas in figures and words to wit.
1810 Jan. 30 Eva Thomas daughter of John Thomas in her 24 th year -
I Nathanial Gaylord above named depose and say that the above is a true copy of the entry from the Records kept by my father Nathanial Gaylord Nath l Gaylord Hartford County of Hartland 28 th April 1845 Personally appeared the above named Nathanial Gaylord and made oath to the above affidavit by him. Subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nathanial Gaylord and that he is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness and I further certify that I have examined the original Records kept by the Rev. Nathanial Gaylord and do find them true and genuine Records W m H. Huggins Justice of the Peace

I Demas Bushnell of Colebrook, in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, of lawful age depose & say - That according to my best knowledge and belief, I am now in the fifty fourth year of my age - That I have been well acquainted with John Thomas, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and with Mary his wife, and with his Family, from my earliest recollections to the time of his death, which took place in 1843 - having resided in the same neighborhood with them during the whole period of my life, to the present time - except a few of my infantile years - Their childrens names, were Polly, Leva, Lucy, Mansfield, and Sally - Leva died about thirty five years ago, aged about twenty four years, in the second Society in the Town of Hartland, whereof the Rev d Nathaniel Gaylord was then a regular clergyman - I have many times heard Mr Thomas relate his about his revolutionary services, and have heard him say that he was married to Mary Hookkips, in the fall after he was discharged from the Service of the United States - This deponent further says, that at the time of said Leva Thomas' death, he resided in said Hartland, near the residence of the said John Thomas, being his native Town - but has for several years last past resided in the adjoining Town of Colebrook, and that the above named John Thomas also removed into said Town of Colebrook and at the time of his death was the nearest neighbor of this deponent and that his Widow Mary Thomas, is still living in the same

Tenement where her deceased husband last dwelt - and further this deponent saith not - Demas Basknell
State of Connecticut,
Litchfield County } ss. April 29 th 1845, Town of Colebrook -
Personally appeared the above named Demas Basknell, and made oath in due form of Law, to the truth of the statements contained in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - and I certify that I have been well acquainted with with said deponent, for more than thirty years last past - that he is a person of strict truth and veracity, and entitled to full confidence as a Witness - Josse Ives, Justice of the Peace -

I Zacharius Hotchkiss of Bethany in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am sixtyeight years of age and that I am the brother of Mary Thomas the widow of John Thomas deceased, who now resides in the town of Colebrook and will recollect the time they was married though I cannot tell the precise year, and that they lived in the house with my father a year or more after they was married, while he was building a house. He lived in the neighbourhood several years.
From the above circumstances mentioned I know that the marriage of John Thomas to my sister took place after he then said John Thomas left the service and that he never entered the service after the said marriage
Zacharius Hotchkiss
New Haven to Bethany April 25 th 1845 — Personally appeared the above named Zacharius Hotchkiss and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Zacharius Hotchkiss and that he is a person of truth and veracity and a creditable witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of the Peace
I Abigail Hitchcock of Bethany in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am ninety years of age that I was well acquainted with Jacob Hotchkiss and his family and with John Thomas, and will recollect the time that John Thomas married Mary the daughter of Jacob Hotchkiss which

marriage took place soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. I lived at the time within half a a mile of Mr Jacob Hotchkiss house and I know that they set up keeping house at the house of her father Jacob Hotchkiss and lived there a year or more after they was married and that they lived in the neighbourhood eight or ten years after they was married and I am fully satisfied that he never went into the service after he was married
Abigail her X mark Hitchcock
New Haven County ss Bethany April 25th 1845
Personally appeared the above named Abigail Hitchcock and made oath to the above affidavit by me subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abigail Hitchcock and that she is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of Peace.
I Daniel B Butts of Bethany New Haven County Ct. & Stated Supply of acting Pastor & Clerk of the Congregational church in said Town, of which Rev. Stephen Hawley was many years ago the Pastor, being duly sworn & cautioned, do depose & say that I have in my possession the Records of said church, but I have no records made by Rev. Mr Hawley, have never seen any such records, & after much diligent search, am persuaded that his records of Marriages, Deaths & Baptisms are lost.
Daniel B. Butts

New Haven County ss Bethany April 25th 1845 Personally appeared the above named the Rev. Daniel B. Butts and made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named D. B. Butts and that he is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of Peace
I Lydia Stewart of Bethany in New Haven County State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am seventy-nine years of age that I was married to David Stewart the 20th day of May 1784. I was well acquainted with John Thomas and Mary Hotchkiss and was present at the time they were married which marriage took place after the said John Thomas left the service in the Revolutionary war and previous to my marriage. I cannot state the precise time. The said John Thomas did not go into the service after he was married
Lydia X Stewart mark
New Haven County ss Bethany April 25th 1845 Personally appeared the above named Lydia Stewart and made oath to the above affidavit by her subscribed and I certify that from information that I have that the above named Lydia Stewart is a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness
Jason W Bradley Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ss. Special County Court, held by order of the Judge of said Court, on the 1 st of August 1820 -
On this first day of August 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and Imprisonment, John Thomas aged fifty Eight Years, resident in Hartland in the County of Hartford, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows — from the 27 th day of May 1777 to the 8 th day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three — at which time he was discharged as a Serjeant at Westpoint in the State of New York — that He served in the Regiment commanded by Samuel B. Webb; in the Company commanded by Joseph Walker — was in the action at Fort Montgomery at the time that Fortress was Taken by the British Enemy in 1777 — also was in action at Kingston on the next day after the said Fort was Taken — was taken prisoner on the 10 th day of December following, carried into New York and confined in the Sugar House (so called) until the Month of August following, when He was exchanged and joined his Reg t — that He was in Sullivan's Defeat in Rhode Island in the Year 1778 — was in the battle at Springfield in the State of New Jersey in 1780 and several other Skirmishes — that He made a former Declaration on the 14 th day of April 1818 and obtained a Pension Certificate Numbered (506) — and he does solemnly swear, that He was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day

of March 1818, and that he has not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of any his Property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring himself  him within the Provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March, 1818. and that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him, any property or Securities, Contracts or Debts, due to him - nor has he any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by him subscribed
   two acres of Land with a poor House valued at 65   Sixty five Dollars. Mortgaged in 1815 for $48.83   the sum of thirty three acres belonging to his wife 4 35   with a poor Barn valued at $13, per acre   one horse 8   two cows 26   one two year old heifer 12   two yearlings 10   one Wm Sheep 9   one calf 2 50   one old Waggon & harness 10   one plow half worn 2 50   Several articles of household Furniture, Farming Utensils &c appraised at 18   $598  
and he further makes solemn oath that He is Indebted to sundry persons to the amount of Three Hundred Dollars
300 $ 2,98
The said Thomas also states that he is by his occupation a Farmer, that by reason of Infirmary he is unable

to pursue his avocation or support himself by labor. That he has lost the use of a hip joint, it being dislocated by a Rheumatic Complaint which has affected him for several years — That his wife Mary Thomas is 59 years old, is attended with a universal weakness which frequently disqualifies her for any kind of business — That his daughter Sally Thomas is aged 17 years — one Grandchild, Polly Thomas aged 7 years and one Grandson, John Thomas, aged 5 years compose his family and are depending on him for their support — The the said Thomas being by Law obliged to support his Grand Children above mentioned

State of Connecticut — office of Secretary of State
I hereby certify that at a session of the General Assembly held at New Haven on the first Wednesday in May A.D. 1844 John S. Buel of the county of Litchfield, Aaron W. Mallory of the county of New Haven and William Selby and William H. Huggins of the county of Hart- ford Esqrs were severally and respectfully appointed and commissioned justices of the peace in and for their respective counties. That their commissions will sev- -erally expire on the 20 th day of June 1845 and that I believe their respective signatures to the foregoing papers to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said state at Hartford this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1845
Abel P. Hurlbut Secretary of State

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Rev. War Section.
March 19. 1913.
Mrs. Louise T. Fogle, Bourbon, Ind.
Madam:
In addition to the military history of John Thomas, Revolutionary War pensioner W. File No. 18,136, you are herewith furnished the following data as to his family. His children were. Lucy, Mansfield, Sally born in 1803, Leva who died January 30, 1810 in her 24th year, and Polly born May 27, 1784, who married at Hartland, Connecticut, November 22, 1804. David Bushnell born January 3, 1777, they resided in Otis, Massachusetts in 1845, and had the following children.
   Harlow H. Bushnell  born  May  25,  1806.    Rutha Bushnell  "  July  14,  1808.    Aurilla Bushnell  "  May  24,  1810.    Diany C. Bushnell  "  July  24,  1812.    Mary H. Bushnell  "  August  10,  1817.    Claracy Bushnell  "  April  22,  1819.    David T. Bushnell  "  August  31,  1821.    A son name not stated  "  August  31,  1826.   
Soldier's son-in law Miles W. Bidwell resided in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1848, name of his wife not stated. Soldier's grand children Polly Thomas aged 7 years and John Thomas aged 5 years resided with him in 1820, names of parents not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

RECORD DIVISION.
3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W. I. 18136
Washington, D. C. , _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Stewart * 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.     May 27, 1867 June 8, 1863 Pol. Hosp. 2 Sgt Joseph Walker Samuel B. Webb Kent   taken prisoner Dec. 10 1862 confined in Lynchburg until Aug 1863 when he was exchanged and returned home   
Battles engaged in, Fort Montgomery, New York, B.D. Springfield N.Y. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodbridge Conn. Date of application for pension, April 14, 1878 This claim was al. Residence at date of application, Hartland Hartford Co Conn. Age at date of application, 56. He died June 16, 1843 at Litchbrook, Litchfield Co Conn. Remarks: Sol. was at Woodbridge, New Haven Co Conn. Nov. 13, 1783. Mary dau. of Jacob Hotchkiss who was al. priv. on ari ap. escn. Nov. 18, 1843 as 81 and a res. of Litchbrook Conn. she died in Litchfield Co Conn. Nov. 19, 1849
* Family Sciaenidae sheet

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1913 Mar. 19. Hist to Mrs L. T. Fogle, au 1913 Aug. 4. Hist. to Mac F. Gillette V. L. M. 1917 May 28. Hist. to Agnes B. Dikes, au.
File No. 18136
Mary Thomas widow of John Thomas Or. New War
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. M Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7015 Connecticut
Mary Thomas, widow of John Thomas, who was a Private in the Conn. Line,
Col 6th N.H. Regiment July 18 '45.
2 Certs 1 act 1838 1 " 43 & 44 Rep.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 84 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of June 45 and sent to Hon Julius Rockwell, Pittsfield Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
June 7, 1845
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page

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Connecticut,
Mary Thomas,
7015
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widow of John Thomas, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 16 June 1843. of Litchfield, in the State of Conn. who was a priv. Corp. in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Conn. line for _____ one in full
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 84 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of June 1845 and sent to Hon. Julius Rockwell, Pittsfield Total amount, $11.45
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Book
Vol 1
Page
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10-336
Mary Thomas
Cont
Replied
Intermarried
Del & Danny Fowler August 1. '44
" to David J. W. Dugan July 13. '45
" to same May 5th 1845.
" to same May 15 1845.
Act July 7 723 38

Post Office Calibog R Conn June 11 th 1877
Sir,
Mrs Miles W Bidwell & Mrs Polly Beekman, descendants of Mary Thomas widow of John Thomas. Residing in this Town. Their Post Office address is Calibog River Sitchfield County Connecticut Yours Respectfully A Rockwell
P.M.
To Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Washington April 11. 1856.
Hon J. Minot
Dear Sir
Herewith are transmitted the papers in the case of Mary Thomas for the purpose of obtaining an increase by Joint Resolution of 1848 and the balance due at the time of her death.
Yours Respectfully
J. L. Loomis

Pittsfield (Mass) May 3. 1845
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I enclose you the paper for a pension under the law of 1838, of Mary Thomas which I do so the request of the Col. Garrison of Lee in this County - very respectfully your obedient servant
Julius Rockwell

File No. 1000
B.L.C.
Receipt for Bible Mrs. M. N. Redman

B. L. Div W. B. C.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. June 14 th 1877.
Dear Madam
An old Bible belonging to your parents, John and Mary Thomas, and forwarded to this office to be filed in evidence in the application of yourself and Sister. Mrs Polly Bushnell - for pension. is this day forwarded to your address as per direction given by Post Master at Colebrook.
Please return this letter to this office with an acknowledgement of the receipt of said Bible on the back of it.
To
Very respectfully
Mrs. Miles H. Bidwell Colebrook River Litchfield County Connecticut
J. A. Bentley Commissioner P. H. H. S.

The usual Colebrook E. Rivers from 1978-82
The system described Bible for which
Please accept my thanks Miles W. Bidwell
W. Bidwell
(A.H. Silverman) Title No 18136

Hartford May 9 1875
Sir
I have recd your letter of the 5 th inst, informing me that the documents relating to the case of Mary Thomas, referred to in my letter of the 28 th ulto, had not been received.
They were deposited in the Hartford Post Office, on the same day with my letter, and directed by Henry Fowler Esq. of this city. The package contained a Bill, and School Book, to which reference was made in the accompanying deposition, and I am informed on enquiring at the Post Office, that they were forwarded by the first mail.
Very Respectfully
Your obedt servt
Thos H Seymour
J. L. Saunders Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington

Hartford April 28. 1845
Sir
It is understood, that there is no objection to the proof that an actual and lawful marriage took place, between John Thomas the Revolutionary Soldier and Mary Hotchkiss, his present widow, and that the event took place not far from the time of his leaving the Army. But it is required that the recollection should be based on some event, to fix and render the recollection certain; or that it be some way connected with a genuine sufficiently ancient record to satisfy the mind that there is no important error in the date of the event. The record of Mr & Mrs Bushnell of Otis, shewing the age of Mrs Thomas' Oldest Child, viz of Mrs Bushnell, that she will be 60 years old in May, & that she was herself married in 1804: cannot fail of satisfying the Commission that Mrs Thomas is entitled to the benefit of the Act of July 7. 1838. And it is believed that Mrs Thomas' explanation of the reason why she first stated that the marriage took place in November 1782 when on further examination she has found that it was in November 1783 will fully satisfy

Your mind that she was misled by the statement, in the book she consulted in order to find the year the war closed, and that knowing she was married in that year and believing it closed in 1782, she at first declared that to be the year of her marriage.
If the evidence herewith transmitted be satisfactory it is hoped that as the application has been a long time pending that a certificate in her favor may soon be issued, and forwarded to my care.
Respectfully
Your obedient servant
Thos H Seymour
J. G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Harford. December 14 th 1843.
Sir Herewith I transmit the papers of Mrs Mary Thomas, claiming a pension as the Widow of John Thomas (de d late a pensioner under act 18 March 1818) under Act of July 1838. If found to be correct please forward her certificate to my card
I am very Respectfully Your Obedient Serv t Henry Faulk.
J. J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Hartford December 4 th 1844
Sir
I transmit, at the request of Widow Mary Thomas the enclosed certificates as additional evidence of her marriage. — She informs me that she has not been able to find any record or documentary proof, as the Clergyman who officiated at her wedding has been dead many years and left no papers to his successor.
The loose and imperfect manner in which records of marriages were formerly kept in most towns in this state render it extremely difficult to furnish record evidence of such events in many cases. — I have no doubt that she was married at the time stated in her declaration. —
The records of service in the Comptrollers office in this City on the Continental line do not extend farther than the 1 st January 1782 — up to that date they contain evidence that her husband served in Capt Joseph Walkers Company in Col. Sam l D Webb's regiment as a private — His service as a Corporal after that period cannot be shown from this source.
I remain Very Respectfully Your Mo st O bed Servant
J. P. Edwards Esq. Comptroller of Pensions Washington
Henry Fowler

John & Mary Thomas 1 Bible delivered File No. 18136
PENSION OFFICE
RECORDED JUN 13 1877

County Land Division.
W.B.C.
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. June 7 th 1877
Dear Sir
Please furnish this office with the names and Post Office address of some of the descendants of Mary Thomas - Widow of John Thomas late a private in the Rev War. The children - Mrs Miles W. Bidwell and Mrs Polly Buchnell formerly resided in your town.
Application for pension was made and a Bible, containing a family record, was filed in Evidence.
It is now desired to return said Bible to the family.
Please return this letter with your reply.
To the Post Master Colebrook Litchfield Conn
Very respectfully J A Rutter Commissioner

Wartford May 26 1845
Sir
I transmit herewith the Declaration of Mrs Mary Thomas, widow of John Thomas, made in compliance with your directions in a letter addressed to me of the 10 th inst. As the records of the service of Thomas, in the Comptroller's office here, do not embrace the year 1782-3, it cannot be shown from this source, how long he served as a corporal, and I have to request, that the Rolls in your Office, may be referred to for evidence, to substantiate the time of this service, and that a pension be granted in proportion. I hope it will be found convenient to take up the case at once, and I have further to request, that the pension certificate may be directed to me.
I have the honor to be
Respectfully Emmanuel Thos H Seymour
A. L. Edward Esq r Com r of Pensions Washington

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d February 1848, entitled 'An act making further provisions for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution'
State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield Bss. Colebrook October 6 th 1848
On this 6 th day of October 1848 before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Thomas, a resident of Colebrook in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war,
That she is the widow of John Thomas who was a private & Corporal in the Army of the Revolution
That she received a pension under the act of 17 June 1844 at the rate of Eighty Four Dollars per annum
She further declares that she is still a Widow, Sworn to and subscribed in the her Mary Thomas mark before me
Jesse Sves, Justice of the Peace I hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above declarant and she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration
Jesse Sves, Justice of the Peace

Hitchcockville,
Sitkfield County, Ct.
Octr 16th 1848
Sir
Herewith is the application of Mary Thomas, for a Pension, when examined, you will please to communicate the result to me —
With much respect
James L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Your Obedt Servt Jesse Jones

State of Connecticut.
I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Jesse Ives
is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield 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 Court, 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 further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said
Jesse Ives to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 13 th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
John B. Robertson Secretary of State.

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County ss. Colebrook April 5 th 1845
On this 5 th — day of April
in the year One thousand Eight Hundred and forty five personally appeared Mary Thomas a resident of the town of Colebrook in said County, aged Eighty two years, before me Jesse Sves - a justice of the Peace in and for the County, aforesaid and She 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 acts of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843, and on the Seventeenth day of June 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that She is the Widow of John Thomas late of Colebrook in said County deceased, who was a Enlisted & Sergeant private in the Army of the Revolution and died on the sixteenth day of June 1843
that She has applied for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838 and she refers to her Declaration and the accompanying proofs on file with the Commissioner of pensions for evidence of his services — She further declares that She is Still a Widow —
Mary Thomas mark
in presence of Jesse Sves, Sarah Bedwell
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County ss. } On this fifth day of April 1845, personally appeared
Mary Thomas to me well known as a person of truth, and made Oath that the foregoing Declaration by her subscribed is true. —
And I Certify that I am fully satisfied that She is the Widow of said John Thomas
Jesse Sves - Justice of the Peace in and for said County

State of Connecticut } Office of Secretary of State }
I hereby certify that at a Session of the General Assembly held at New Haven on the first Wednesday of May A.D. 1844 Isaac Ives — Esq. was duly appointed and Commissioned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Litchfield — and that his said Commission will expire on the 20th day of June 1845 —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the State at Hartford this 30 th day of April A.D. 1845 — D. A. P. Tyler Secretary of State —

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Springfield Mass. June 21, 1917.
U.S. Bureau of Pensions; Would you please send me the exact War Record and proof of same of John Thomas who is mentioned in the Soldiers & Sailors in Revolution in Conn. as being on the Pension list of 1840 and who died at Cobbrook River Conn. June 14, 1843. He is also on Ditchfield Co. Honor roll, but no service given. I should be glad to know the place of his birth, I have the date. I am his Great, Great, Granddaughter. Thanking you in advance for any information regarding John Thomas. I remain Respectfully Agnes H. Sikes. 5 Lincoln St.

Fogle's Bourbon Bread.
John B. Fogle Bourbon, Indiana.
Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions: — Gentlemen, —
Please send me the military history of John Thomas, a soldier of the Revolution.
Enlisted in New Haven Co. Conn.
born 1760 — married 1782 — died 1848.
The following appears in page 665 — Connecticut Men of the Revolution —
" John Thomas — Col. Brook — 80 yrs of age — "
From Census of Pensions for Revolutionary & Military Service — Connecticut — 1840.
For name of pension and any other information and greatly oblige
Yours most Respectfully Louise Fyness Fogle
Bourbon Ind. March 7 th 1913.

State of Connecticut, } Litchfield County, } ss Colebrook Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress, of the 23 rd January 1845.
Whereas the act of the 30 th of April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same time period during which my husband was a pensioner,
I now make the following statement, under oath, to obtain the benefits of the Resolution above mentioned. I am the Widow of the late John Thomas, deceased, last of Colebrook aforesaid who was a Soldier viz. private & corporal in the army of the Revolution and who was pensioned for his services therein, at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum. I have not yet drawn a pension, but my case is favorably reported in the letter of the Commissioner of Pensions, to the Hon. T. H. Seymour of Hartford Ct, under date of May 15 th 1845. And I now ask the amount due me, from the 4 th day of March 1836, to the 4 th day of March 1841 under the act of July 7 th 1838. Also under the acts of March 3 rd 1843, & 17 th June 1844. And report to Hon. T. H. Seymour.
Sworn to, and subscribed before, me this 23 rd day of May ----- 1845. Daniel E Manchester
Judge of Peace
and the interlining was done before signing & oath
I certify, that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be, in the foregoing affidavit
Daniel E Manchester
Judge of Peace

State of Connecticut Office of Secretary of State
I hereby Certify that, on the 23 rd day of May 1845, Daniel E. Manchester Esq. was a justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Litchfield, duly appointed and commissioned. That I believe the foregoing to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State at Hartford this 26 th day of May 1845.
Daniel P. Tyler Secretary of State

Winsted, Connecticut, July 31, 1913.
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me military history of John Thomas, b. Feb. 28, 1760; d. June 16, 1843; m. at Woodbridge, Conn. Nov. 13, 1783 to Mary Hotchkiss. The number of his pension was 18,136.
Also kindly send me his family history if same is on record.
Thanking you for your trouble and kindness, I am
Yours truly,
Mac J. Gillette (Miss)
307 N. Main St., Winsted, Conn.

Winsted, Connecticut, July 31, 1913.
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me military history of John Thomas, b. Feb. 28, 1760; d. June 16, 1843; m. at Woodbridge, Conn. Nov. 13, 1782 to Mary Hotchkiss. The number of his pension was 18,150. Also kindly send me his family history if same is on record.
Thanking you for your trouble and kindness, I am
Yours truly,
Mrs. Elizabeth (Paine) John W. Thomas Winsted, Conn.