Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,102, for John Taylor, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Taylor, John Hannah
N. 18, 102
CONTENTS

Connecticut N o 28.267
John Taylor
of Ellington in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Com ty commanded by Captain Ripell of the Reg t commanded by Col. Pitkin in the State Troops line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Apr l 1834 and A. Hendon, Admin or C o
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 129.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep t 21.66 $ 151.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Bendire Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. — Page 41.

Connecticut
947.
Wannah Taylor, widow of John Taylor who was a Private Conn. in the Conn. line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars & 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of July, 1843 and sent to
J. H. Charlton, East Windsor Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4. Vol. 1. Page 78.

State of Connecticut, Tolland County Is Ellington On this 18 th day of May 1843, personally appeared, before me the subscribing authority Mrs Hannah Taylor, now a resi- dent of said Ellington & last of Springfield in Massachusetts, aged 88 years last February, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843  July 7 th 1838 granting Pensions to widows who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of John Taylor, formerly of said Ellington, who served as a private Soldier in the Revolutionary war, in the years 1775 and 1776; for which she received a Pension at the rate of Forty three dollars, and 33 cents per annum, under act of July 7 th 1838..
And she further declares that she still remains the widow of the said John Taylor.
Hannah Taylor Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day & year first named, and I certify that the Declarant is person

ally known to me and I further certify, that on the first page "July 7 th 1838" was erased & March 8 th 1843 inserted.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto affix my hand, & Seal on the day and year first named.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public.

Declaration.
State of Connecticut } Tolland County, } Is Ellington On this 25 th day of August 1838 personally appeared before the court of Probate for the District of Ellington in the County of Tol- land, and State aforesaid Hannah Taylor a resident of said Ellington, aged Eighty four years, who 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 the act of Congress passed July 7 th A 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay, and pensions, to certain widows."
That she is the widow of John Taylor, late of said Ellington who served as a private Soldier in the army of the Revolu- tion and was pensioned for his services therein under the Connecticut agency in the County of Tolland, under the act of June 7 th 1832. as a private Soldier and at the rate of $43.33 per annum
She further declares that she was married to the said John Taylor, her late hus- band at said Ellington on the second day of August Seventeen hundred & Seventy eight by the Rev John Bliss, at that time Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Ellington, she does not know whether there is any public record of it. The record

the sends was copied by her son John Taylor who was a School Master from an old record which is worn out and is wholly lost, and destroyed my said Son died in September A 1810: And the record she now sends is the oldest record she possesses or knows to be in existence.
She further declares that her said husband died at said Ellington on the 13 th day of October A 1832 and she has remained his widow ever since that period.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seven teen Hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
Hannah X  her Taylor mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before said court
Asa Willey Judge
And the said court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the present applicant, is the widow of the aforesaid John Taylor, the revolutionary Soldier. That she was married to him prior to the first of January 1794, And that the said John Taylor died on the 13 th day of October 1832 and the present applicant is that has been known to the court many years, as the wife of the said John Taylor with whom she lived as his wife and

the court would express their full belief that the record sent from the Bible of the Declarant is a true record of her Marriage & of the ages of her children, the court have known some of her children and have not a doubt that their true ages are given in the annexed record.
And the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of Widow Hannah Taylor for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I Moses B Bull do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court of Probate at said Ellington this 31 st day of August 1838
And I would certify that I was personally acquainted with the said John Taylor & with the said Widow Hannah Taylor & know her to be the identical persons who was the wife of the said John Taylor and
I am well knowing to the fact that he died about six years since I knew their son John Taylor Jr and have no doubt he was of the age stated in the family record or justly eight years of age
Attest Moses B Bull Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington

John Taylor was Born Sept r 20 th 1749
Dannah Taylor was Born Feb y 3 rd 1754
And were Married August 2 nd 1778
Gordon Taylor was Born Apr il 24 th 1779
John Taylor jun r was Born Nov r 28 th 1780
Stephen Taylor was Born Apr il 10 th 1783
& died March 2 nd 1784
Betsy Taylor was Born June 3 rd 1785
& Died Oct r 2 nd 1785
William Taylor was Born Nov r 3 rd 1786
Jemima Taylor was Born Jan y 13 th 1789
Miranda Taylor was Born May 20 th 1791
Elijah Taylor was Born August 10 th 1793
& Died Sept r 14 th 1794
Vernon Jan y 29 th 1809
has Taylor died Sept r 2 1810 John Taylor

U R
Urah or Uriah , the Lord is my light or fire. Uris , God is my light or fire. Urim and Thummim , light and perfection. Uz , counsel, wood. Uzzah , strength, goat. Uzzen-sherah , ear of the flesh. Uzzi , my strength, my kid. Uzziah , the strength of the Lord. Uziel , strength of God.
V
Vasnt , the second. Vahit , that drinks: or thread. Vophi , fragment, diminution.
Z
Abdi , portion, dowry. Zaccheus , pure, clean, just. Zachariah , memory of the Lord. Zadok , just, justified. Zaham , crime, filthiness, impurity. Zair , little, afflicted, in tribulation. Zimmon , his shade, his image. Zalmonah , the shade, the sound of the number; your image. Zalmunna , shadow, image, or idol forbidden.
Z A
Zamzummins , project of crimes, or enormous crimes. Zanoah , forgetfulness, desertion. Zaphnath-paaneah , one who discovers hidden things. Zarah , east, brightness. Zarephath , ambush of the mouth. Zebadiah , portion of the Lord, or the Lord is my portion. Zebah , victim, sacrifice. Zebedee , abundant portion. Zeboim , deer, goats. Zebul , an habitation. Zebulun , dwelling, habitation. Zechariah , see Zachariah . Zedekiah , the Lord is my justice, or the justice of the Lord. Zeeb , wolf. Zelek , the shadow, or the noise of him that licks or laps. Zelophehad , the shade or tingling of fear, fear of being burnt. Zelotes , jealous, full of zeal. Zelzah , noon-tide. Zenus , living. Zephaniah , the Lord is my secret. Zephath , which beholds, that attends, or that covers.
Z E
Zepho , that sees and observes, that expects or covers. Zerah , see Zarah . Zereda , ambush, change of dominion. Zeresb , misery, strange or dispersed inheritance. Zeror , root, that straitens or binds, that keeps tight. Zeruah , leprosy, wasp, hornet. Zerubbabel , a stranger at Babylon, dispersion of confusion. Zerutah , pain, tribulation. Zethar , he that examines, or beholds. Ziba , army, fight, strength. Zibeon , iniquity that dwells. Zibiah , the Lord dwells. Zichri , that remembers, that is a male. Zidon , hunting, fishing, venison. Zif , this or that; brightness. Ziklag , measure pressed down. Zillah , shadow, the tingling of the ear. Zilpah , distillation. Zimran , song, singer, or vine. Zimri , my field, my vine.
Z I
Zin , buckler, coldness. Zion , monument raised up, pulchre. Zior , ship of him that watches. Ziph , this mouth, or mouthful. Zippor , bird, sparrow, crown, or desert. Zipporah , beauty, trumpet. Zithri , to hide; demolished. Ziz , flower, branch, or a lock of hair. Zoan , motion. Zoar , little, small. Zobah , an army, or warring. Zoheith , that creeps, slides, or draws. Zophar , white, shining, dryness. Zophar , rising early, or crown. Zorah , leprosy, scab. Zorobabel , see Zerubbabel . Zuar , small. Zuph , that beholds, observes, or watches; roof, covering. Zur , stone, rock, or that besieges. Zurishaddai , the Almighty is my rock and strength. Zuzims , the posts of a door, splendor, beauty.
F I N I S.

State of Connecticut } } Hartford County } Is East Windsor
I James Moore, town clerk & register for the town of East Windsor aforesaid hereby certify, that I do not find the marriage of John Taylor and annah Pimber under any date & I further certify, that the record of Marriages in the Town East Windsor of which what is now the town of Ellington formed a part, is very imperfect previous to the year 1820, when a new law went into operation enjoining upon all persons uniting others in marriage to cause it to be entered in the town records, in the town where such mar- riage took place. previous to which I find that under letter S. there was but six marriages recorded in 50 years and under letter T. there was but none recorded in the lapse of 50 years And I certify that Ellington was part of the town East Windsor in the year 1778.
Attest, James Moore Town Clerk.
State of Connecticut } } Hartford County } Is East Windsor.
On this 24 th day of August 1838, Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford aforesaid James Moore who is Town Clerk & Register of the town of East Windsor & a credible person, & made solemn attesta- to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed & the town of Ellington was a part of the Town of East Windsor in 1778.
Before me Jesse Cheetham Justice of the Peace.

I Diodate Brockway hereby certify That I am now Senior Pastor of the Congregational Church in Ellington in Tolland County Conn has That I was ordained & settled there in the year 1799 That on my entry on the Ministry I did not find nor have I ever since found any record of the Marriage Solemnized by the Rev John Bliss a former Pastor of this Church & whose Ministry here commenced in the month of October 1764 & who dismissed in Dec r 1780. Diodate Brockway Sen d Pastor
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss Ellington On this 31 st day of August A 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut Reverend Diodate Brockway who is now the Senior Pastor of the Congregational Church in Ellington aforesaid a credible person & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me the day and year above named & in the date of the year 1799 the 9 was altered from an 8 before the signing & oath
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Probate Court as Notary Public this day.
M rs Jesse Charlton Notary Public

I Rachel Crane Widow of Rufus Crane depose & say That I was born & brought up in what is now the Town of Ellington but which was formerly a part of the Town of East Windsor and was called Windsor Goshen. I was well acquainted with John Taylor then of said Windsor Goshen I well remember his being gone into the army and after his return, I should say the next year I well remember that the said John Taylor married Hannah Chamberlain who was brought up at the next house to my fathers I rem- ember that when she was married my sister Grace Grant who was expecting to be married soon, had a desire to see somebody married that she might see how they behaved & she said she meant to beg an invitation as it was understood they did not mean to make much of a wedding my said sister went to the wedding & I then heard that they were married by the Rev John Bliss then a Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Windsor Goshen now the town of Elling- ton my said sister Grace was married to Asahel Greene of East Windsor. I nursed my said sister Grace Greene with her first child Eunice Greene I was then sixteen years old I am now now 76 years two months & 11 days
old In presence of Henrietta Crane
Rachel Crane Rachel Crane

State of Connecticut
Hartford County } Is East Windsor
On the 31 st day of August A D 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut Widow Rachel Crane a credible person & made solemn Oath To the truth of the within certificate by her subscribed Before me In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my seal of office..
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public.

State of Connecticut } Hartford Hartford County }
Secretaries of State office
I Royal H. Newman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut Hereby Certify That Jesse Charlton before whom the certificate of James Moore was taken is a lawful justice of the Peace for said Hartford County & has been for three months last past & that his commission will not expire before the 20 th day of June 1839. & that his signature to said certificate is genuine & I also certify That he the said Jesse Charlton is a Notary public commissioned by his Excel- lency the Governor & that his commission will not expire previous to June 1840 And I certify That the Seal on these papers bear- ing his name is his true Seal of said office
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said State of Connecticut this 1 st day of September 1838
Royal H. Newman Secretary of State

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
Passed June 19th 1832
State of Connecticut
County of Tolland
District of Ellington
Probate Court August 15th 1832
On this 15th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before said Probate Court now sitting John Taylor a resident of said Town of Ellington which was formerly a part of East Windsor in Hartford County in said State aged 83 years who being 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 June 19th 1832 - That on or about the 1st day of May 1775 he enlisted as a Private Soldier with the service of the United States as a Militia Man or State Troop and served for the term of 7 months under the following named Officers viz Capt Elias Bissell of East Hartford in said Hartford County Lieut David Johnson then of East Hartford Windsor in said County Ensign Samuel Smith of East Hartford in the Regiment commanded by Col George Pitkin then of East Hartford - That I joined the Company at Bolton then belonging to the County of Hartford now set to Tolland County & marched with said company from said Bolton to Asbury and then said Company joined the Regiment commanded by Col George Pitkin then we had several small skirmishes with the British we were joined at Asbury by Col Huntington's Regiment our General was Spencer according to the best of my recollection we tarried at Asbury about 5 or 6 weeks according to the best of my recollection then by the Order of General Washington we marched from Asbury to a place called Cohasset. we remained at Cohasset to guard and watch the movements of the British until the term of my enlistment expired at the expiration of the said 7 months enlistment by the Order of General Washington not to leave the place until our places could be filled with new recruits I served 1 month longer after the expiration of my time of enlistment - My enlistment expired on or about the 1st of December 1775. I was discharged at Bolton Cohasset I have no recollection of receiving a written discharge if I did I have lost it - I know of none of my former living excepting Heretical Munroe of East Windsor who served with me during the aforesaid term of service -

I further declare and say that on or about the 18 th day of June 1776 as a Corporal I entered the service of the United States with a Company then commanded by Capt Jonathan Wells then of East Hartford in Hartford County for the term of 9 months and served under the following Officers viz Capt Jonathan Wells Lieut David Johnson Col Ezekiel Woolcott my Corporals Warrant I have lost we marched through the Town of Colchester to New London and were encamped in New London a few days and were ordered to cross over to Groton, we were employed at Groton in keeping Guard and erecting the Fort called Groton Fort Col Ledgard of Groton was then our Commissary. I served at Groton until the 9 months the term of my enlistment had expired and was discharged on or about the 18 th of January 1777. whether I had a written discharge or not I do not recollect but if I had I have lost it I know of two persons living who were with me in this last tour at New London and Groton. And that I have no documentary evidence -
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Answer to the Questions proposed by the Court I was Born September 20 th 1749 in East Windsor now called Ellington I do not know that there is a Record of it it is in East Windsor I then lived in East Windsor now called Ellington and am since and now live there - I enlisted as a volunteer I have no recollection of any other Officers or circumstances attending my service other than those already specified in my declaration -
I do not recollect whether I ever had a written discharge and if I have lost it. my Corporal Warrant is lost -
I am known to the following persons in my Neighborhood Samuel Chapman and Lemuel Pinney John Payler
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Asa Willey Judge
We Samuel Chapman and Lemuel Pinney of Ellington in the County of Tolland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Payler who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be 83 years of age that he is respected and beloved in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Samuel Chapman Lemuel Pinney

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Asa Willey Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel Chapman and Lemuel Limney who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the Town of Ellington in the County of Tolland are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Heman Knapp who has signed the Deposition enclosed herewith and accompanying this Declaration sustains a fair character for truth and that his statement is entitled to credit the Court further certify that Oris Bissell who is now dead did while in life sustain a fair character for truth and was entitled to credit -
Asa Willey Judge
I Mores B Bull Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Taylor for a pension - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 15 th day of August 1832
Mores B Bull Clerk
State of Connecticut Second County of Tolland September 2 nd 1833 I Calvin Willey late a Senator of the United States certify that, I am well acquainted with Mores B Bull whom Certificate as Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington is affixed to the foregoing proceedings, and with his hand writing & that he was on the 15 th day of August 1832 Clerk of said Court & that the signature to said Certificate purporting to be his is his own proper hand writing and that the seal purporting to be the official seal of said Bull is the genuine seal of said Court of Probate and the only seal used by said Court to authenticate the records thereof.
Calvin Willey

State of Connecticut } S. S. Tolland County of Tolland }
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court certify that Asa Willey Esq. before whom the accompanying deposition of Hiram Bissell was sworn on the 15 th day of August 1832 then was & still is a Justice of Peace in & for Tolland County also that Phinehas D. Cott Esq. before whom the accompanying deposition of Hiram Bissell was taken & sworn on the 1 st day of May 1818 then was a Justice of Peace in & for sd Tolland County & both sd Justices were at each of sd times legally authorized to administer oaths & take depositions & that the signatures purporting to be sd Justice D. Cott & Willey are genuine signatures — and that Moses B. Ball Esq. on on the 15 th day of August 1832 was the Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Ellington at that time & during the whole of the year 1832 & that the seal by said Clerk affixed to the foregoing certificate of sd Clerk was the only proper seal used by sd Court at that time.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal at said Tolland this 3 rd day of September 1832.
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
John Taylor Deputy Clerk

Aias Bissell D.D. for John Taylor Phineas Sateeth Justice

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The Deposition of Captain Oliver Russell taken this 1 st day of May A.D. 1818 to be used before the Hon. John Bruce, on a petition of John Taylor praying for an injunction from the Government of the United States. And sealed up by me.
Phineas Fales Justice of Peace

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The deposition of Capt. Elias Bissell of Vernon in the County of Tolland a Revolutionary Officer, he testifies and says — That he received an appointment of Capt. Lieut at the commencement of the Revolutionary War in the Spring of 1775 under Col. George Pitkin and that he well remembers that the John Taylor now of Ellington in said County of Tolland was at that time enlisted in his Company at that time and that he marched and formed the at Groton near Boston, according to his recollection about the forepart of May the same Spring, That he the said Taylor did his duty faithfully as a soldier during the whole time of his enlistment as far as he had knowledge of him, although he was part of the time out on a detachment. The time of his enlistment as he thinks expired about the forepart of December the same year, and that they continued in service at the request of General Washington a month or after the expiration of their enlistment until other troops were brought in to supply their places when they were honorably discharged — And further the Deponent saith not Elias Bissell
Tolland County ss Vernon May 1 st A.D. 1818 — Personally appeared Capt. Elias Bissell signer of the foregoing Deposition and having been sworn  affirmed made solemn Oath to the matters therein contained — before me
Phineas Fales Justice of Peace
6/28/18 m

State of Connecticut County of Tolland
s.s. Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court, do certify that Phinehas Tuttle Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Capt. Oziel Bissell of Vernon was on the first day of May 1818 taken and sworn was at that time a Justice of Peace within and for Tolland County legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths & take depositions, his name at that time was duly inrolled in the commission for justices of Peace for Tolland County & lodged in the County Clerk's office in Tolland as such - and I believe his signature to the above Certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of August 1832 Jeremiah Parish Clerk

Rev. Munsell, Dep. for John Taylor A. Willy Justice 17 Oct 28.

I Herewith Murrell of East Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut aged 79 years before I say That for many years I have been acquainted with John Taylor now a resident of Ellington which was formerly called East Windsor that on or about the 1 st day of May 1775 said Taylor enlisted as a private soldier as a militia man or State Troops into the service of the United States for the term of 7 months and served under the following named Officers viz Capt Oliver Bissell of East Hartford in the Hartford County Lieut David Johnson then of East Windsor in the County in the Regiment com- manded by Colo George Pitkin then of East Hartford the he joined the company at Bolton then belonging to said Hartford County now set to Tolland County that he marched with said company from the Bolton to Roxbury and then joined the Regiment the Generals name was Spencer according to the best of my recollection there were other Troops who joined us at Roxbury the names of the Officers I do not recollect we tarried at Roxbury 5 or 6 Weeks or longer according to the best of my recollection we were then ordered to march from Roxbury we marched to a place called Cohasset and remained at Cohasset Guard and watch the movements of the British until the term of said enlistment  Taylor's and my own expired at the expiration of the said 7 months enlistment at the Order or by the request of General Washington not to leave the place until other recruits could be brought in said John Taylor served 1 month longer after the expiration of his term of enlistment the term of his enlistment expired on or about the 1 st of December 1775 he was discharged at Cohasset he served 8 months the means which I have of knowing the facts are that I enlisted at the same time as

a Soldier with the said John Taylor into the same Company commenced by the same Officers accompanied him to the same Places stated in this deposition and served with him during the whole term of his enlistment and also the one Month after his enlistment expired at the Request of General Washington and was dis- charged at Cohasset we received no written discharge and further the Department said not. Dated at Ellington this 15 th day of August 1832. Neriah Murrell
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. Ellington August 15 th 1832. Personally appeared Neriah Murrell the person named Dependant and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the above Deposition by him subscribed are true before me Asa Whitney Justice of Peace
I further certify that the sd Neriah Murrell who subscribed the above Deposition sustains a fair character for truth and is entitled to full credit.
Asa Whitney Justice of Peace State of Connecticut
Tolland County ss. Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County do hereby certify that Asa Whitney Esq. sign of the above Certificate was on the 15 th day of August AD 1832 was & now is a Justice of Peace within & for sd Tolland County legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that the signature to sd certificate purporting to be his I believe an genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 22 nd day of August AD 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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, deposeth 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."

East Windsor Hill Hartford County Connecticut
Sept 1 st 1838
Sir
I herewith transmit the application of Hannah Taylor widow of John Taylor of Ellington Conn for a Pension under act July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows!
The widow is a worthy woman a Professor of Religion & is in the Poor house or public alms house
Respectfully your Obedt Servt
Jesse Charlton
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

His en- his offi- also the
Hebron Ct Dec 3rd Attucks Eng Present
Dec. 10. 1833
Hon James L. Edwards Pension Office Washington
43.33
Br. Minute
John Taylor

Hebron Conn t
December 3 rd 1833.
Sir
Your Letter of Nov. 8 th 1833 is before me stating. The claim of John Taylor is suspended until the original declaration made by him on the 15 th August 1832 shall be transmitted agreeable to the regulations of under the act of 1810 his original declaration should also be transmitted . Respecting those papers I have to say that the declaration made by John Taylor of Hebron before me as judge of the Probate Court on the 15 th of Aug 1832 was granted & his certificate was dated in June last according to my recollection. He says his old papers under the act of 1818 were returned that the the service was State service & the papers are lost or destroyed.
The claim now suspended is the claim of John Taylor of Ellington or some other town in Ellington Probate District he made his declaration before the Hon ble Asa Willey then judge in that Probate district and Chief judge of the County Court for Tolland County. The Legislature of this state removed Judge Willey from his office of judge of the Probate Court last May but continued him Chief judge of the County Court. Therefore as Underwood were returned to him after his removal with an objection to the same & perhaps something else (as I write from recollection)

recollection only, as his Office was gone he came to the County Court at last term & had the papers authenticated by the Court & seal & certificate of the Clerk and also a certificate from his brother Calvin Willey late a Senator from this State in the Congress of the United States that the former seal was the seal of his Probate Court - He then asked me to forward the papers to your Office which I did in Sept last by Marvin Curtis Esq.
I have seen Judge Willey since the receipt of your letter he stated there was never any other papers for this claim than those now in the Office I asked him to give a certificate to that effect - He declined & said he cared not whether any Pension were allowed or not His charges and modification at the loss of his office are such I think he will do nothing about it - Thus I have given you a statement of facts according to my best recollection as I have no data to refer to But I assure you upon my official character that this claim has nothing to connect it with the claim of John Taylor of Hebron whose case was decided in June last - I hope therefore you will order the claim reexamined and allow the claimant such a Pension as you think him entitled to & when granted enclose it to me as by this time

time I think you are satisfied judge Willey will trouble himself but little about it
I have the Honor to be with great Respect Your obe Servant
Abner Hovey
Hon James L. Edwards Commissary General Washington
papers
noed suspended all time or

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Hannah Taylor widow of John Taylor Sci. Stev. Mar.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Born in E that part of E Windsor Now Ellington

Connecticut 687
Hannah Taylor widow of John Taylor
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 13. October 1832 of Tolland Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bissell of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Pitkin in the Conn. line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 14 3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Oct. 1838 and sent to Jesse Charlton, East Windsor Hill, Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '38 108. 33 1/3 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar '39. 21. 66 2/3
$130.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1 Page 214