Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,835, for Isaac Lewis, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (comm.)
Lewis, Isaac
S. 42,835
CONTENTS

1742 1742
1742
of 1742 in the state of New York who was a Private in the company command by Captain 1742 of the regiment command by Colonel 1742 in the 1742 line, for the term of 1742
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of March 1823 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Dec 1823 and sent to the Mrs. M. Hayden House of Representatives .
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823  49.03 Semi anl. all'ce ending 1 Mar 1824  49. 98.06
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } ( 1. of March 1823 )
File Mich 2 4

I Chauncy Lewis of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I served in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary war more than six years for which I have been placed on the pension list under the act of Congress of May 1818. That my brother Isaac Lewis enlisted a few days before I enlisted under Capt. Abijah Savage of Middletown in Col. Henry Sherburne's Regiment, that my brother served with me in the same company and same Regiment nearly three years & after that in a Regt. commanded by Col. Sam d B. Wells in the whole more than ten six years and were both discharged in the summer of the year 1783 - my said brother Isaac Lewis after the termination of the war resided in the town where I now live till sometime about fifteen or sixteen years ago when he removed into the State of New York and now lives as I am informed and believe in the County of Ontario in the State of New York in the Genesee country so called.
Chauncy Lewis
Personally appeared the above named Chauncy Lewis and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me Roger H. Huntington Justice of Peace
Hartford County ss Southington Sept. 7 th 1820

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Hartford Sept 19 th 1820
I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas of said County of Hartford do certify that Roger Whittlesey Esq & Nathan Johnson Esq on the 7 th day of September 1820 were then since here been Justices of the peace of said County & I believe that the signatures of their names on this paper are their signatures.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court
Thomas Chester Clerk

I Roger Whittelsey of Southington in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I have resided in this town about thirty years, that during the first fourteen years of my residence in this town I was well acquainted with Isaac Lewis, then of said Southington the brother of Chauncy Lewis who subscribed the foregoing affidavit. That the said Isaac Lewis left this place in the latter part of the year 1804 and has since resided in the County of Ontario and State of New York at or near Geneseo as I have been informed and believe to this time. That I have seen the said Isaac since he left this place and that he is the only person I ever knew in this town of that name - he is now, in my opinion, nearly sixty years of age. And I further say that I have seen the original roll of enlistment in the possession of Capt. Abijah Savage of Middletown in which the names of said Isaac Lewis and Chauncy Lewis were inserted - that it appeared by the said enlistment that the said Isaac enlisted in the month of April 1777 to serve during the war. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Isaac and do only believe that the name of said Isaac as inserted in the said enlistment was in his own hand writing. Roger Whittelsey
Hartford County ss. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Sept r 19 th 1820
Personally appeared Roger Whittelsey who subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Before me Nathan Johnson Just e of Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK—
Gren
COUNTY, ss.
On this 25 th day of May — 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Gren in the state of New-York, personally appears Isaac Lewis aged 54 — years, resident in Gren in the said  in Ontario county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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,”—that the said Isaac Lewis , rec d : a Citizen  enlisted in  Commission in the Continental establishment in the spring of 1782. With him in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by captain Font De Vieu, of the  of the  Light of French Cavalry, Genl. by Col. Armand that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the close of the war when he was discharged  discharged from service in Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania that he was in the battles of York Town & other skirmishes and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. his commission
Sworn to and declared before me, the day } being burnt by accident and year aforesaid.
John H. Jones
Isaac Lewis
I John H. Jones Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Isaac Lewis did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated at Leicester in the county of Gren this 25 th day of May 1818.
John H. Jones
I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the above Isaac Lewis & that I know him to be an intelligent person.
Dated June 6 th 1818 - John H. Jones

State of New York Genesee County
I, Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that John F. Jones is and was at the several dates of the within Affidavit & Certificate first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that the names subscribed to the same are his signatures in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Batavia this 12 th day of June A.D. 1819.
S. Cummings
Spent some time Col. 10. Wm. Lane began residence as Court Spring 1780 - Nov
Prof. of Justice made The testimony of the credibility of the rebutted by the of an appeal of the any known to the
Ed. M. In a 95 mil Con to the credibility of discrediting of the witnesses.

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twent third day of February 1821 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Isaac Lewis aged sixty eight years, resident in the town of Gnesio in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That he served as a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Abijah Savage in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Sherburn of the Connecticut Line, for the term of three years commencing in the year 1777.
and that he made application for a Pension on the
day of June 1815. and that
he received a Pension Certificate, for And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 14th day of March, 1816. 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, viz.
  Four Sheep 4.00 two pigs 1.00 one pot 1.00 one Kettle 56 $ 0.50   One Sea kettle 1.00 hoe 56 Rake & Pitchfork 37 1.57   Six old chairs 1.50 Scorching Iron 25 frying pan 50 spade 56 2.81   nine plates 2.00 two Bowls 66 set cups & Saucers 25 1.91   two wheels 3.00 one old Table and trunk 1.25 3.25   one axe 1.00 small Kettle 50 old chest 25 1.75   two pails 3.26 wash tub 25 two pans 36 knives & forks 75 1.72   one lantern 25 one Towel hair shears 36 .61   one old shovel 25 two platters 36 one ketche 60 1.21   two crocks 25 churn 36 Reel 25 hammer 25 1.11   $ 21.84 
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and rendered unable to labor by age and Rheumatism complaint and family consists of my wife aged 35 years in good health my son Allen aged ten years. Royal aged 6 years, and my daughter Belinda aged 28 years.
Sworn to and declared this 23 d day of February 1821 in open Court before me
Isaac Lewis
Moses Stuart A Judge of Ontario Com Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Solen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twenty one dollars and eighty four cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty third day of February 1821
John Van Solen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

July 10, 1931
Mrs. Eugene B. Fisher 104 West New York Avenue Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
EEL am
Dear Madam:
You are advised that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.15922, Isaac Lewis , and S. 42835 , Isaac Lewis, the only two soldiers of that name who served from the state of Connecticut, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, the names of their wives do not appear nor is it stated that either had a son named Reuben.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

IRA B. HYDE & SON, LAWYERS, MERCER COUNTY, MO.
PRINCETON, MO., Feb. 20 th 1894
Hon. Wm Lochren Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir,
In reply to your favor of 14 th inst, I can now give you more definite information than I promised before having learned some facts from relatives. My grandfather's name was Isaac Lewis. His residence before enlistment was Farmington Ct.
After the war he moved to West. New York - I think he lived in or near Rochester and probably died there - Have heard my mother say he was a pensioner and as well as I remember from a gunshot wound in the leg.
My grandmother's name was Lydia Lewis, but I

was mistaken about her getting a pension - He got a pension from her soon after the war and married again and I do not know the name of his second wife -
I think my grandfather had a brother Chauncy Lewis who enlisted about the same time & from some place (Farmington) but perhaps not in same Company I think both enlisted in 1777
I would like to know 1 st Date of Isaac Lewis birth 2 nd Place of his birth 3 Date of his death 4 Place of his death 5 Name of his widow (2 nd wife)

IRA B. HYDE & SON,
LAWYERS,
MERCER COUNTY, MO.
PRINCETON, MO., .....189.....
6. Full record of his Service in Rev. Army
Very Respectfully Ira B. Hyde

IRA B. HYDE & SON, LAWYERS, MERCER COUNTY, MO.
PRINCETON, MO.,
Feb. 5 th 1894
Hon. Wm Lochren
Com. of Penns
Dear Sir,
Some days ago I asked you for some particulars in regard to the death of my Grand father who was in Rev. Soldier, but I made a mistake in the name - Name should be Isaac Lewis instead of William Lewis as before stated Please make necessary correction in your letter
Yours Truly Isaac Lewis
42850 32578 17557 15522 17548

Bank of Mercer County.
Princeton, N. J. Jan. 16 th , 1894
Hon. Mr. Lochren Comm. of Pensions
Dear Sir,
My grandfather William Lewis was a private of Co. F, John Barnard Co 3 rd Regt, Conn. Line, Col. Sam. Wyllys from Feb. 4, 1777 to Jan. 1, 1781 & of Co. F. Wolcotts Co. 1 st Regt, Conn. Line from Jan. 1, 1781 to Ap 1782 -
He was a pensioner as was his widow Lydia Lewis after his death -
I wish the following information for which I am willing to pay if it can be furnished namely -

Bank of Mercer County.
Princeton, Mo.,
 1 Date of his birth,  2 Place of his birth  3. Date of his death  4 Place of his death 
Would also like to know what battle he was in if convenient.
Yours Truly Ira B. Hyde

42835
INVALID.
Rev
File No.
42.835
Isaac Lewis
Dr Geo Taw
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]
March, 17/94 cont. - Rev Ira B. Hyde. Esq., Princeton, Mercer Co. N.J. 1931- July 20. Ad. Mrs E. B. Fisher that the name of his wife does not appear, nor the name of Reuben, a son. See letter in care. Isaac Lewis - S. 15932-861

I, Abijah Savage of Middlesex in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I served in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary war for the term of five years about two years as Lieutenant and the rest of the time as Captain in a Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Sherburne - That Isaac Lewis Men of Farmington in the county aforesaid enlisted into the company of which I had the command upon the 23 d day of April A D 1777 & served during the war - that he served faithfully as a Private in said company for the term of three years when the said Regiment was reduced and the said Isaac Lewis was then transferred to a Regiment commanded by Col. Sam l B. Webb and as the deponent has been informed and according to his belief the said Isaac Lewis served in the American Army till the termination of the war -
That the deponent hath now in his possession the the book of enlistment which he kept when he had the command of said company containing the names of the persons, time of enlistment the time of service for which they enlisted - description of their persons in which book he finds the name of said Lewis with the time and terms of his enlistment as aforesaid - and the description of his person was - dark complexion, dark hair and blue eyes and the deponent hath since been informed that said

has removed away sometime past into the State of New York where he believed that he now resides
Abijah Savage
County of Middlesex ss. Medfordtown May 24 th 1820 The above named Abijah Savage who is personally known to me and a man entitled to full credit came before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit Before me Jonah Sage Justice of the Peace
I Thomas Day, 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 Jonah Sage, Esquire, whose name is subscribed, in his proper hand-writing, to the above certificate, for the authenti- cation thereof, is, and for more than six months last past has been, a Justice of Peace within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
In faith whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, the twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and twenty.
Thomas Day

State of Connecticut ss.
Comptroller's Office
Hartford Aug d 23 rd 1820
It appears on examination of the books of this office, that Isaac Lewis served as a private in Col o Henry Sherburne's Regiment from the 25 th April 1777. to January 1. 1780. and in Col o Samuel B. Webb's Regiment from January 1. 1780 to Janu y 1. 1781. both Regiments in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army, or that he was paid for his services during that period. —
Certified by —
James Thomas Comstock

Joseph Morgan being Duly sworn, saith that he is well acquainted with Isaac Lewis of Genesee in the County of Livingston (late the County of Ontario) that he knew him in the summer of 1781 that S r Lewis, as also this Depo- -nant belonged to a Detach d Reg t Com d by Alexander Scamuel, in Stephen Batts Camp y that he belonged to the same Comp y with this Dependant - S r Lewis was detach d from the above described Reg t about the first of November of the same year, and joined Col d Armand's Corps. and this Dependant saw no more of S r Lewis till about twelve years past, when he saw him again in the County of Ontario - and has seen him frequently since - and knows him to be the same person -
Sworn to and subscribed the 27 th October 1821 before me John H. Jones first Judge of Genesee Com. Pleas
Joseph Morgan

State of New York - ss:
Isaac Steeman, whom I know to be a credible and disinterested witness, being by me duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Isaac Lewis, of Geneva in the County of Livingston (late the County of Ontario) that he knew him in the revolutionary war, that his acquaintance with the said Lewis commenced in the month of February 1777 and very shortly after the said Lewis had joined the army - this Deponent further saith that he himself, enlisted in May of the same year, in Capt. Saml. Barker's Company in Col. Sherburne's Regt. that Isaac Lewis belonged to Capt. Savage's Company of the same Regt. that he knew Isaac the said Lewis during three years, the term for which this Deponent enlisted, and that he left him in the army, when he, this Deponent left the service - This Deponent further deposes and saith, in explanation of a former affidavit made by him this Deponent, which set forth that himself, and the said Lewis belonged to Col. Miesg's Regt. that he now well recollects that the Regt. was Comd. by Col. Sherburne, but that Lieut. Col. Miesg was the active officer, and that Col. Sherburne was more or less with the Regt. that he was hardly known to the soldiers as having any command in the Regiment.
Isaac Steeman
Sworn to and subscribed the 13 th of Feb y 1822 before me John H. Jones Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Sir
Leicester November 26. 1821.
Inasmuch as the affidavit of Joseph Morgan, to prove the identity of Isaac Lewis - I have known Joseph Morgan about thirty years - he is a man of good character, and also a man of property - I call on him at his own house for the purpose of taking his affidavit, as he was too indisposed to appear before me - I hope I shall not be thought too solicitous in behalf of Isaac Lewis, as I have no doubt myself of the correctness of his claim for a pension, as a private soldier - During ten years acquaintance with him, I have never had reason to believe he would make an incorrect statement internally - Should his application ultimately fail, it is his desire that his papers be returned -
Respectfully
John H. Lewis

Moscow 26 Nov
Free
1872
ms. B. 1. 6 v. 3 p. 23
Henry J. E. Calhoun
Washington

Isaac Lewis Pension
Mr. Spence Will Washington Pa N. H. R.
Hon. M. Hayden, H. R. Dec. 13. 1823

State of New York Livingston County } Solomon Fisk of the town of Genesee in the county aforesaid and lot of the town of Southington in the county of Hartford state of Connecticut being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Isaac Lewis and has been since the boyhood of the said Isaac that he was born within a hundred rods of this deponent and frequently lived in the family of this deponent until he enlisted into the service of the United States in the early part of the year 1777 when the said Isaac enlisted into Captain Elijah Hough's company of Middlestown in the said State of Connecticut and Col. Henry Sherburne's regiment - otherwise called Col. Muzzey's Regt. in which this deponent several times saw the said Isaac doing duty as a soldier and so continued to do duty for upwards of three years in the company aforesaid. when the said Isaac was transferred to a Regt. commanded by Samuel B. Webb - in Captain Samuel Williams company. that the said Isaac continued in the service of the United States until the close of the war - after which he returned into the neighborhood of this deponent where he continued to reside until he removed to the place where he now resides, to wit, in the town of Genesee first above mentioned - and this deponent further says that the Isaac Lewis above named is the identical Isaac Lewis who enlisted and served as above mentioned. I further add not
Solomon Fisk
Subscribed before me 15 th Nov. A.D. 1823
before me A. Bennett J.P.

State of New York } ss. Livingston County
Sylvester Brown Clerk of the County of Livingston, do certify that Andrew Bennett Esquire before whom the within deposition was made, was at the time of taking the said deposition and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County Livingston; and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature of A Bennett subscribed thereto to be the proper hand writing of the said Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County this Fifth day of November A.D. 1823.
Sylvester Brown Clerk of the County of Livingston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County

State of New York Is! Solomon Fisk, whom I know to be a credible and disinterested witness, being by me duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Isaac Lewis of Genesee in the County of Livingston (late Ontario). That he knew s d Lewis from his infancy; that he well recollects, that the s d Lewis entered into the United States service, in Capt. Savage's Comp y and in Col. Sherburne's Reg t although this Deponent had forgotten that Col. Sherburne commanded the Reg t by reason that he was rarely with the Reg t and that Lieut. Col. Mies was the active officer, but on reflection, he now well recollects, the Reg t was commanded by Col. Sherburne. This Deponent further saith, that he saw the s d Lewis occasionally, until he went with the army to the southward - and that he well recollects the s d Lewis, when he return- ed from the southward, at the close of the war; as the father, and families of this Deponent and the s d Lewis, lived in the same neighborhood -
Solomon Fisk
Sworn to and subscribed the 13 th of Feb y 1822 - before me John H. Ferris first Judge of Genesee Com. Pleas

Corners Nov 5. 1823.
Hon. Mr. Houghton
Sir I herewith subjoin an account of my military service during the revolutionary war - I first enlisted in Capt. Abijah Savage's company in Col. Henry Shaborn's Regt - in which I served upwards of 3 years - after which I was transferred into Capt. Samuel William -ms company in Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regt - in which I served about a year then I was drafted into Marcus Dula's Brigade, Division in Col. Samuel Regt. & Capt. Bates company in which I served at the taking of Saratoga - after which I volunteered in into Col. Arny's corps and served until I was discharged at the close of the war
Respectfully
Your Hble. Servt.
Isaac Livers

Enclosed is a schedule of Isaac Lewis' prop- -erty - I have only to repeat, that if a further is allowed it may have reference to his original application, which was May 25. 1810 -
Yours Truly & Obedt.
Lynchburg Feb. 27. th 1821 - John B. Lewis
Wm. H. G. E. Calhoun - Secy of War

17. 624 old card
Isaac Lewis services as a private in the Connect. line Col. Meiggs Feby 1777. - war
Isaac Lewis
This declaration is not correct. Capt. Abijah Pratt did not belong to Col. Meiggs's regim. Isaac Lewis was not commissioned by Congress, or by any authority. He cannot be entitled to a pension.
77

State of New York ss:
Gerrit Smith On the 20 th September 1819 came before me Isaac Lewis, of Gerrit Smith , County of Ontario, aged 55 years, to me well known, to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit, and being by me duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he enlisted into the service of the United States as a private for the war in February 1817 in a company com d by Capt. Abijah Savage, in a Reg t com d by Jonathan H. Kings of the Connecticut Line, that he continued in service until the close of the war; when he was dismissed from service at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania - That he was in the battles of York Town, and various skirmishes with the enemy - That he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of the United States for support -
Sworn to and subscribed the date above before me
Isaac Lewis
John H. Jones
first judge of Gerrit Smith County Court

State of New York - Greene County - ss:
On the 20 th September 1819 came before me, and being duly sworn, both before and after  Isaac Stedman, and Solomon Fisk, who being by me duly sworn, both before and say that they are well acquainted with the within described Isaac Lewis, than they knew him during the Revolutionary War In v o Isaac Stedman saith that he served in the Vermont Key Stone Battery with the v o Lewis for  the term of three years, from May 1777 till Oct r . 1780 - And the v o Solomon Fisk saith that he was a near relation nephew of the v o Lewis and well recollects that he entertained early in the year 1777. that he saw him from time to time through the war, and well recollects of the v o Lewis returning after the close of the war, and in military dress -
Sworn and subscribed the date above to me John H. Jones
Isaac Stedman Solomon Fisk
First judge of Greene Co. N.Y.
I John H. Jones said judge do hereby certify that the above Isaac Stedman & Solomon Fisk, are credible and disinterested witnesses -
Present September 20 th 1819 -
John H. Jones

I do hereby certify, that from the within declaration and affidavits I am well satisfied that the within described Isaac Lewis did serve in the Revolutionary War as set forth in his P. Declaration - And from my own knowl- edge, that he is in such reduced circumstances as to be unable to meet the expenses of the family for his support - June 20 th 1819 - John H. Jones First Judge of Sumner Com. Pleas
I have thought it advisable to send Isaac Lewis' application as an officer, hoping that should he be found entitled to a pension or a gratuity, it will be allowed from the date of their application, which was the 25 th May 1818 - From the circumstance of Isaac Lewis having resided in Connecticut, and of his having been appointed a Lieut. in a French Reg t at the Southward, he has not as yet been able to discover any person who could testify to the fact of his having held a Commission or set forth in his Declaration of last year, that he has no doubt he should be able to obtain some proof - Yours Humb. Serv t &c -
June 20 th 1819 - J. H. Jones