Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16908, for Jonah King, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn. Mass.
King, Jonah
NUMBER
S16908
CONTENTS
boarded

1892 Jonah King Connecticut 21 Day
for 1875 per & artif 12 yrs Pr. 0 yr — $400. Artificially. 72 $472.
amt due children to 10 mths 1832 — $225.86 per childrens names on the last sheet.
W. C. Gay Suffield Conn  John C. Gay  Clerk  Hartford Conn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
7th June.
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac King  Wartford Ct Conniet
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist 1775 ~ 7 - priv Capt Parsons Perkins Conna Islebury 80 Years   disch 1776 . 2 Perkins Newbury Henneth Hingham Suffield Traditionary   ~ 1777 . 2 - Parsons Lawrence NYork Connecticut Evidence   ~ 1778 . 2 - Eaton Genl. Gage Rhode Island H. H. Phelps   Enlist 1778 1 0 9 Blacksmith Shadrick Mills Fairfield High certified as credible   Terry Mason Connecticut  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
If the claimant has died, one of his sons is not "in fact entitled to the money" as stated in your letter but a certificate will be issued to all his children, upon their names and the day of the claimant's decease being certified under the seal of a court of Record. It would also appear that there is no interest

28184
Connecticut
Jonah King Dec of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who was a artificer private in the company by Captain Parsons of the reg t command by Col o Perkins in the Hartford Conn. & Mass. line for 1 year & 14 days 1 — — Artificer
Certificate issued to Widow
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 11 2 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March 1834 and 11 6
Gay Suffield
Arrears to the 4th of March 336.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 56.00 Arrear to the 10 March 1833 At time of Pension death $225 88 / 100 292.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan d Boyd Clk. Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 26

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } ss Suffield August 11 th A.D. 1832 Probate Office District of Suffield
On this 11 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before Luther Looning Judge of the court of Probate for the district of Suffield in said County of Hartford now sitting, Jonah King a resident of Suffield in said County & State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 2 nd day of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
In the month of May (I think the 17 th ) 1775, I enlisted into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war as a soldier, in the Company under the command of Capt. Ezekiah Parsons, in Col. Pitkin's Regt. - marched through Milford, Palmer, Worcester & to Roxbury. - The British were then in Boston - was there during the battle on Bunker's Hill - the night after the battle was marched round some distance to Beacon Hill, north of Boston, where we (about 900 men) commenced some works of fortification - we continued there two or three days, when I returned to Roxbury & remained there, until we were marched to King's Bridge, I staid there till the first part of Dec r 1775 when I was discharged, & rec d a written discharge which I have lost or mislaid - I served during this tour of duty at least Seven months.
That in the month of July or August 1776 I was drafted to go to New York & placed under the command of Capt. Daniel Perkins in the Regiment commanded by Col. M'Clure & Maj. Nathaniel Tracy we marched to New Haven, where we embarked on board of a Vessel for New York - was there during the battle that was fought on Brooklyn Heights opposite New York & soon after was marched out of S t N. York to Kings Bridge, while there was taken sick & was carried to the Hospital at West Chester, was there when the battle was fought on Harlem Plains so called & one Col. Morton was killed - soon after I recovered from my illness & was discharged & served was on this tour of duty Two months.
In the month of March 1777 I was drafted to go on a tour of duty to Newport, R d Island - was placed under the command of Capt. Ezekiah Parsons - some of the principal Officers there were Lieut. Green & Lieut. Sullivan, Col. Lawrence & Major Tabbeth. - I was detached as one of a patrolling party to march round about the Island of S t Newport & was at that time under the command of S t Col. Lawrence & Major Tabbeth. - I was there when a Lt. Col. (a Frenchman) was killed in a skirmish with the

Russian troops — I was taken sick on S d Island being much exposed to the storms that prevailed while there & carried to Bristol, where I remained till I was regularly dismissed — my service on this tour was two months.
In the month
That I was drafted for two months to go on a tour of duty to Fairfield Co ty during the months of July & August, 1777 — was marched from home under the command of Serg t David Phelps & placed under the command of Capt. Eaton of Tolland in S d State of Conn ty after our arrival at S d Fairfield & Lt. Col. Wells who was (I think) from East Hartford also in S d State — Our duty while there was to guard the town — was absent on this tour of duty two months.
That I regularly enlisted as a Blacksmith for one year & commenced work on the 1 st day of March 1778 in the service of the United States, under the command of Col. Mason & Capt. Shadrack Ferry of Enfield — was constantly employed in this service, making chains, shoeing horses & oxen, forging bolts & making all necessary articles for the army. — during said time, drove regular rations & I was expected to be called to West Point, S d New York, but did not go.
I was born at Enfield S d Conn ty on the 3 d March 1792 & believe my birth is recorded in the records of S d Enfield as I have been informed — I resided there until I went to learn the Blacksmiths trade at the age of 10 years & have resided in the town of Suffield for about 50 years last past. — My present age is Eighty years.
I have never received at any time received a written discharge (except as mentioned before) and have no documentary evidence of my service & I know of no other person whose testimony I can conveniently procure except those accompanying this declaration, who can testify to my service.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
John F. Parsons
Joseph King mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Sutler Looring Judge

We, Rev. Ebenezer Gay, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Suffield & State of Connecticut, and John F. Parsons residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonah King, who has subscribed the aforesaid declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war; that we concur in that opinion. — Ebenezer Gay, Suffield Sept. 25 th 1832. John F. Parsons
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid — Luther Looning Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. — And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the Rev. Ebenezer Gay & John F. Parsons who have also signed the preceding Certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Suffield & State of Connecticut & that John F. Parsons who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Suffield & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25 th day of September 1832.
Luther Looning Judge of Probate for the District of Suffield State Connecticut

I Alvin Pease Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Suffolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Strong for opinion & testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court the 25 day of September 1832.
Alvin Pease

The Deposition of Ebenezer Jones Lemuel Kingbury and William Chappie all of Bristol in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut taken at the Office of Ebenezer Kingbury in said Bristol on the 24th day of July A.D. 1832 to be used in evidence to substantiate the claim of Jonah King of Suffield in said State to a Pension from the United States for Services rendered during the Revolutionary War
I Ebenezer Jones of Bristol and State of Connecticut County of Hartford of Lawfull Age do depose and say that Jonah King then a resident of Bristol in the month of March A.D. 1777 was a Soldier in Capt. Jeremiah Parsons Company of Connecticut State Troops many times in the Service of the United in which company I was then a Soldier said Company was called to Newport Rhode Island in the month of March 1777 and I there was on duty with the said Jonah King for the term of Two months and further this deponent saith not
Ebenezer Jones

I Lemuel Kingsbury of Enfield in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut of Lawfull age do here and say that in the month of August 1778 I was then a sergeant of the Enfield militia a Soldier in Capt Daniel Perkins company then in the service of the United States in which Company I held a corporate warrant and in the month of August 1779 Company was called on duty to New York where I was on duty with the said Company a term of two months and then upon my return not -
Lemuel Kingsbury
Hartford County ss Enfield July 7 th 1832
Then personally appeared Edward Lewis Lemuel Kingsbury and William Knapp known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of each one subscribed before me
Lemuel Kingsbury Gardner of Dea.

William Chapman of England in the County of Walsall and State of Com- wealth of Lawfull age do depose and say That in the year 1775 Sarah King then a servant of English was a Soldier in Capt. Burroughs Parsons Company There in the Service of the United States in which Company I was then a Soldier and in the Month of May in the year the Com- -any was called to Boston where I was then on Duty with the said Sarah King Seven Month and further this deponent Says not — D. Wm. Chapman

I Ebenezer Prior of Enfield in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut of Lawfull age As you may know that I was before & during the Revolutionary War and am now well acquainted with Jonah King then of Enfield now residing in Suffield in the County that in the year 1778 in the month of March the Jonah King Enlisted for the term of one year to serve in the Continental works under the Superintendence of Col o Mason at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts and that I well recollect that he served the term of the full term of one year that the deponent served with him in the same shop I further he saith not
Ebenezer Prior
State Connecticut Hartford County ss } Enfield Aug t 8 th 1832
Then personally appeared before me Lorain J Pease Esq a Justice of Peace for said County Ebenezer Prior who in my presence subscribed his name to the foregoing Deposition & made oath to the same The foregoing Deposition taken at the request of Jonah King to be used in the hearing of his application for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 before any Tribunal proper to hear the same
Lorain J Pease Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Hartford } Enfield 14 June 1833
I hereby certify that Ebenezer Prindle who subscribed his name to the foregoing deposition is well known to me that he is a Credible Person & that his statements are entitled to full Credit
Sorrain S. Pease Justice of Peace

Jonah King State of Connecticut } 18924 County of Hartford } ss
I David Griswold Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford, do hereby certify;
That Henry Kingsbury, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Ebenezer Terry, Samuel Kingsbury, & William Chaffee were respectively taken, was on the 7 th Day of July (A D 1832) a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hartford, that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
And I further certify, That Lorain T. Pease, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Ebenezer Prior was taken, was, on the 8 th Day of August (A D 1832) a Justice of the Peace for said County, & that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20 th Day of Octo- ber A D 1832
David Griswold Clerk of Co. Court, Hartford Co. Connecticut

The deposition of Daniel Lane of Suffield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut taken at the Office of Henry Kingbury in Enfield on the 11 th day of January A.D. 1834 to be used in evidence to substantiate the claim of Jonah King of Suffield in said State to a pension from the United States for services rendered during the Revolutionary War.
I Daniel Lane of Suffield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of lawfull age do depose and say that in the year 1775 Jonah King then a resident of Enfield in said State was a Soldier in Capt. Archibald Parsons Company then in the service of the United States and in the month of May in said year, was called on duty to Boston and there remained on duty in said Company until the latter part of June until the latter part of June in said year Capt. Parsons company were then ordered to Hingham & I did not see Jonah King afterwards until his term expired and I rather than depose and saith not. Dan Lane
State of Connecticut Enfield January 11 th 1834. Then personally appeared Daniel Lane a credible man known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the facts therein stated before me Henry Kingbury Justice of the Peace

The deposition of Ebenezer Terry of Enfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of Lawfull age taken at the Office of Henry Kingsbury in Enfield on the 11 th day of Jan y A D 1834 to be used in Baccam vs. Substonah the claim of Jonah King of Suffield in the State to a portion from the Estate of the late deceased deceased The Revd. Ebenezer Terry
I Ebenezer Terry of Enfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of Lawfull age do depose and say that in the month of August A D 1776 Jonah King then a servant of Enfield in the State was a Soldier in Capt Daniel Parker's Company then in the Service of the United States and in the Company was called on duty to New York in the month of August 1776 and there in the same company with myself did the duty of a Soldier for the time of two months Enfield Jan y 11 th 1834 and further the deponent saith and Ebenezer Terry
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Enfield Jan y 11 th 1834. Then Personally appeared Ebenezer Terry a credible man to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing deposition and made the following oath to the facts therein stated before me Henry Kingsbury Justice of the Peace

The Disposition of Oliver King of England in the County of Warwick and State of Court of Lawfull Lawfull age

St. Connecticut
Probate Office District of Suffield—
This will certify that I was well acquainted with Jonah King (whose declaration is hereto annexed) late of Suffield within the District, deceased — and that the said Jonah King died on the 10 th day of March 1833 — and also from my own personal knowledge of his children as from due inquiry made, I feel satisfied, that at the time of the decease of the said Jonah, there were then living five children, whose names are as follows: viz — Jonah King, Susannah who married John Howler, Betsy who married Abijah Curtis, Alphonsus King, & Eli King. — Also from due inquiry made, I am satisfied that the late wife of said Jonah King, deceased, died about 12 years since — Given under my hand and seal of office, this 15 th day of January A.D. 1834 —
Luther Loonig Probate Judge

October 10, 1932
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BA-J/ANF Jonah King S.16908
Mrs. William Hutchinson 1040 Berkeley Avenue Pueblo, Colorado
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jonah King, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.16908, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Jonah King.
He was born March 3, 1752 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.
While residing in said Enfield, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows- from May, 19, 1775 until in the early part of December, 1775 in Captain Hezekiah Parsons' company in Colonel Pitkin's regiment; from in July or August, 1776, two months in Captain Daniel Perkins' company in Colonel Newberry's regiment; from in March, 1777, two months on an expedition to Rhode Island under Captain Hezekiah Parsons and Colonel Lawrence and was in a skirmish; from in July, 1777, two months in Captain Eaton's company, Colonel Welles' regiment, engaged in guarding the town of Fairfield.
He served from March 1, 1778 one year in the Massachusetts troops under Captain Shadrack Terry and Colonel Mason at Springfield, Massachusetts in the shops there, and was employed in making chains and other necessary articles for the army.

August 11, 1832, then a resident of Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, where he had lived fifty years.
The soldier, Jonah King, died March 10, 1833, his wife whose name is not stated having died about 1822.
The following children survived their father- Jonah King Susannah, who married John Fowler Betsey, who married Abijah Curtis Alpheus King Eli King
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1932, Oct. 7-Heir to Mrs. Hm. Hutchinson - M.L.B.
16908 INVALID.
No. 16908
Jonah King Pr. & Wife Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pueblo Colo. Sept 24, 1932
Mr. L. D. Hiller, Administrator, Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please furnish me with all information contained in the pension papers of Jonah King who received a Re- -solutionary War Pension while residing in the County of Hartford, State of Connecticut.
With appreciation,
Mrs Wm Hutchinson 1040 Berkeley Ave Pueblo, Colorado.