Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2877, for David Summers, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Coon
Summers, David Mary
W 2877
CONTENTS

2 Werts;
1838 5
1843 3 rep.
Letter to F. Suske Oct. 14. 1844.
" to Pausan Age 87 Oct 1845.
Philadelphia 1890 Pennsylvania
Mary Summers
widow of David Summers who was a Private.
in the Revolution
Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sept 1844 and sent to Franklin Suske Mortree Penn
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 116

1159
Mrs Mary Summers widow of David Summers died Pennsylvania
Act 7 July 38 as before.
Adm Imperial 23.33
Also Act 3 March 43. 23.33
Franklin Suckley Montrose Pay

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."
State of Pennsylvania ss
On this twenty seventh day of August personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Luzerne, a resident of New Milford in the County of Luzerne, Mary Summers, aged seventy seven years last fourth day of September, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Daniel Summers who was in the Revolutionary War - Thinks he enlisted - That after he went into the service his father sent on a substitute, but he would not give his place to the man hired by his father - She does not know how long her husband was in the service - That he was at Danbury when it was burnt & thinks he might perhaps have served under Lieutenant Ephraim Middlebrook, who together with Mr. Joseph Summers were killed there and were buried under Military Honours as she recollects - That he lived in North Stratford, Connecticut, (County of Fairfield) when he entered the service, and that she believes she has no documentary evidence in her possession of the claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Summers in the month of December of the year nineteen hundred and seventy nine - That her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Summers died on the tenth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred & sixteen - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, eighteen hundred and

And ninety four, viz: at the time above stated -
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court, on the day & year above written before me
Mary Summers
Geo. Walker Prothonotary Sussexham a County Pa
I George Walker Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Lehigh, do hereby certify that the above named Mary Summers did, on the 27 th day of August A.D. 1838 Appear in open Court of said County Com. Pleas, and there & then on oath declare to the satisfaction of said Court that the facts set forth in the foregoing her Statement or declaration were true to the best of her knowledge & belief -
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & seal of office at Montrose, the fifth day of Feb- ruary A. D. 1839.
Geo. Walker Proth.

Susquehanna County ss
Calvin Summers of the Township of Shrewsbury in the County of Susquehanna & State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn before me says - That Mary Summers who made the Declaration hereto attached, or whose name is thereto subscribed, is the widow of Daniel Summers deceased who was an old soldier of the Revolutionary war - That the said Mary Summers has never been married to any one since the death of her husband the aforesaid Daniel Summers, & further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed
before me this 2 nd day of March A.D. 1839 } Calvin Summers
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of March A.D. 1839
Lyman Procter J. P.
Susquehanna County ss.
I Geo. Fuller, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for Susquehanna County, do certify that Lyman Procter above named is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the above signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my name & seal of office, this 4 th day of March, A.D. 1839.
Geo. Fuller Proth.

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } ss. Trumbull Jan'y 21 st A D 1889
I Ali Brinsmade Clerk of the Congregational Church of s d Trumbull, do hereby certify that it appears by the records of said Church which are in my custody in yards  the following viz. December the 9 th 1779 David Summers and Mary Nichols both of this place were married.
The following is a true copy of the record of s d marriage with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows.
David Summers and Mary Nichols both of this place were married.
I Ali Brinsmade above named Depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Church aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of s d Church with the exception above named as certified by me.
And I further certify that s d record appears to have been kept by the Rev d James Beebe, D.D. who was as appears by s d records the regular ordained Minister over s d Church at the time of said marriage.
Ali Brinsmade Clerk of the Church aforesaid
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss. Trumbull Jan'y 24 th A D 1889
Personally appeared Ali Brinsmade & subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate before me, who I certify is a credible Witness and well known to me. George Dyer Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield & ss Bridgeport I Ira Sherman Clerk of the Probate Court within & for the District of Stratford in said County and State aforesaid hereby certify that George Dyer is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; That his Commission will expire in June 1839 and That his signatures to the Propositions hereto attached of Eli Prinsmade & James Beardslee are genuine. —
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court This 16 th day of February A 1839 Ira Sherman Clerk of Probate.

Trumbull February 2 nd 1839
Fairfield County State of Connecticut
Personally appeared before me George Dyer Esq, a Justice of the Peace, within, and for said County, James Beardlee of the said town of Trumbull, a revolutionary soldier, aged eighty years, to me personally known, and who is a credible witness, who being sworn, declares and says, that he was well acquainted with David Summers, deceased, formerly of said Trumbull, and that in the year 1777, the deponent enlisted in the town of Stratford in said County, a private in the Company Commanded by Capt Solomon Booth, in Colo Enos Regiment of Infantry Con, State Troops - and that said Summers was a private in the same Company with the Deponent, until the first day of January 1778 when said Company, was disbanded, and said Summers, was discharged at Horsneck near Greenwich Connecticut - that said Summers served in said Company, at least seven months, as a private soldier, and said Trumbull was a part of the town of Stratford at the time of the revolution
James Beardlee
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid before me
George Dyer Justice of the Peace

8761 Pennsylvania
Mary Summers widow of David Summers who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 10 April 1814 of in the State of Penn who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain of the reg commanded by in the Regular line for 7 Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Phila at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sept 1844 and sent to Franklin Lusk. Montrose. Penn
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. S. Swann Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 231.

Pearson Agency, Philadelphia Bank October 16. 1845
Sir,
We pleased to inform me whether I may pay the amount due to Mary Summers deceased on the Enclosed Voucher, more than 90 days having expired since the Execution of the powers of attorney. They have before been presented for payment within the time prescribed but were returned for want of informality - one of the children you may observe lives in Illinois and the Voucher for him to execute has been twice sent to him on account of informality.
Respectfully Joseph Gardner D. Smith Pearson Agt J. C. M c Reaven
J. S. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington

Mary Summers Pennsylvania
Rejected
let: 3 d July 1839 Hon: D. W. Morris
did not serve six months,
Act of July 1838

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2877
Mary Summers Widow
David Summers Br. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:—Vol. 91. , Page 254.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

April 10 1840
FREE
Pa. Add. in advance Mary Summers
L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Montrose Susq a Co. Pa
Dear Sir -
In 1839 I endeavored to procure a pension for Mrs Mary Summers - Appropriate proof of about seven months service was made by credible witnesses. Very much to my surprise in July I rec d a letter from you informing me that "The troops under Col. Ennis were raised by the Authority of the State of Connecticut subject to perform not more than three months actual service," and the claimants actual service did not exceed that time." Thus directly denying the proof. None may there not be some misunderstanding on this subject and may not the witnesses be correct. Enclosed I send to you a letter lately received by a son of the applicant which appears to us to throw much light on the subject. I send it as it comes to hand, although it bears not the Officers Seal, considering that it may refer to a matter of fact, of History or of Record of which, on reconsideration, you may be able to command the proof at the War Department.
If Mrs Summers is entitled to a Pension, as she maintains, and I am constrained to believe she must be, in view of her advanced age & the time her application has been deferred, your kind reply will suggest the propriety of early attention to her case. Your reply will be awaited with much interest by Mrs Summers & her friends -
Yours & Sir -
Franklin Sisk
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm ee of Pensions

Mar. 11. 1839
Robt. D. Webb Esq. May 20. 1839
PAID
J. Edwards Esq. Comm ee Pensions Washington D.C.

n o . 6484, Oct. 1843
Montreal March 4. 1839
J. A. Edwards Esq.
De Sir.
Enclosed
return the declaration of Mrs. Mary
Summers, Widow of David Summers
deceased, duly authenticated, together
with proof of service &c.
It is a matter of mystery to us in these
parts, that I should receive no intelligence
from the application & proofs of widows
Mrs. Elsa Miller, Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, Mrs. May (or
Molly Locke) which were sent to your
disbursement several months since.
I suppose all must be right, however.
Your ob t Serv t
H. Clarke
J. A. Edwards Esq, Com r Pensions
N. B.
I regret that widows, poor, aged & infirms, should be under the necessity of suffering so much & so long in suspence. It detracts much from the real amount of satisfaction which they may take in enjoying a nation's boon &c.
Yours in haste
H. Clarke

My Sir
I send you all the proof that I can obtain, which is that of the Summons against Captain. Of the Pay Rolls of Militia on him but few and I fear his name on none of them. Hoping the Certificate from the Clerk may be available I am
Very Respectfully Gideon Willard
enclosed
The Honorable Sumner

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Mr Calvin Summers New Milford Susquehanna Co Pennsylvania

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office
Hartford 9 th Feb y 1844
I certify that on application for evidence of the revolutionary service of Capt Solomon Booth Darius Sumner alleged to have been a soldier in Capt Solomon Booth's Co Col Enos Regiment, I have examined the records and files in this office and find as follows.
Capt Solomon Booth belonged to Col Roger Enos Regiment which was ordered to be raised in May 1777 to serve until January 1778. There is however no Pay Roll of this service.
Of the Militia service, in which it is claimed that Darius Sumner served, there are very few Pay Rolls, and I have been unable to find his name.
Gideon Welles Comptroller

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Prisons Washington D. C.
Ad. 4

Montrose Oct 3. 1844 (Susq o Co. Pa.)
Dear Sir -
I have just received two Pension Certificates for Mrs Mary Summers - One allowing her $23.33 per Annum from 4 th March 1836 to 4 th March 1841 recorded in Book D Vol. 1 Pag. 231 having date 25 th of Sep r 1844 - One other Certificate for the same Am t Commencing 4 th March 1843 & extending to 4 th March 1844 recorded in Book A Vol. 2 page 116 of same date.
The Application of Mrs Summers had been a very long time before the Department, & she died a few weeks since - I suppose her children may draw the Amount due at the time of her death; but I have no form of proceeding for such case. Will you be so kind as provide me with the appropriate directions.
Will you be so kind as to inform me whether the widows of a Revolutionary Soldier may in any case be entitled to a pension where her marriage with the old soldier took place after the 19 th of Jan y . 1794.?
By answering the above soon as practicable You will much oblige Yours ob t Serv t
To
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions
Franklin Sasser