Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25233, for Thomas Phillips, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Phillips, Thomas Beers, Ann
W 25233 B.Lt 26391-160-55
(Former widow)
CONTENTS
This woman's second and third husbands were also pensioners. See cases of Joseph Mills, Conn., S. 36151; and Samuel Beers, Conn. and Mass., S. 17267

132752 Acers
May 14 55
Ann Bells Widow formerly of Thomas Phillips Joseph Knight Pres.
Ent d May 26 55
Rev d over Rev d of pension Conn Feb 48-2527
W: 160000 May 22 d 78 P. D. M.
W: 1
J. G. Fant
Present
Civ. H. G. Fant. Feb: 20/86
Vol P. page 79.

2527. Connecticut. Ann Beers. widow of Thomas Phillips who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec. 1847 and sent to
Mrs. S. Smith Hartford
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 259 , Vol. 1 .
Repeated Dec. 20/48
Date of death not on file

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County S.S. Town of Westport
On this 3 rd day of May A.D. 1855 before me Bradford Winton a Notary Public in & for the County & State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Ann Burs aged Ninety years soon a resident of Westport in said Fairfield County, widow of Samuel Burs late of Norwalk in said County  who is also the widow of Joseph Mills of Wilton in said County, and also the widow of Thomas Phillips late of Fairfield in said County who who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War and served in said Revolutionary War for more than fourteen days & was honorably discharged but at what time she cannot state
She would further state that under the act of July 7 th 1838 — She made a declaration accompanied with proof of service and of her marriage under the act she thinks of for a pension for the military service of her deceased husband the aforesaid Thomas Phillips in the Revolutionary War a pension was granted her of Sixty dollars per annum, this was for five years. She also drew for one year and and under the act of February 2 nd 1848 She was placed on the Pension list for life on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum and a certificate sent her of Sixty dollars dated December 20 th 1848 Numbered 2527 which she has drawn to the 4 th of March 1855 and now has said certificate in her possession
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Phillips in the Town of Fairfield Norwalk on the 29 th day of May 1782 by the Rev d Mr. Swift a clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Ann. Tuttle — That her said husband died in the Town & County of Fairfield on the ninth day of September 1802 — She would further state that she was again married to Joseph Mills in Wilton in said County in the Months of May or June 1813 by the Rev d Mr. Haight a clergyman and that her name before her marriage to said Joseph Mills was Ann. Phillips That her said husband died at said Wilton in the Month of July

A 1826 the day she cannot state
She would further state that she was again married to one Samuel Beers of the Town of Norwalk in said Norwalk on or about the 24 th day of November A 1829 by the Rev d M c Haight a clergyman and that her name before her said last marriage was Ann Mills & that her said husband died at said Norwalk on the 22 nd day of February A 1843. She has no record of her marriages and she has stated her different marriages & of her husband's deaths from recollection which she verily believes to be correct or nearly so. And that she is now a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled for the military service of her deceased husband the aforesaid Thomas Phillips under the act approved March 3 rd 1855
Ann her  X Beers mark
We Gould Jelliff & George Jelliff both of Westport Fairfield County & State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by the aforesaid Ann Beers by making her cross in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be & that we know her to be a pensioner of the United States
George Jelliff Gould Jelliff
The foregoing declaration & affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the very person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office in the County & State aforesaid on the day & date first before mentioned Bradford Winton Notary Public

The Comm. of Pensions will please forward my land warrant on the foregoing claim to Bradford Winton of Eastern in Fairfield Co. Connecticut who will receive said Warrant transmit the same to me
Ann her  Baus mark
In presence of Gould Telfiff

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency HENRY DUTTON , Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Bradford Hinton was on the 12th day of March A.D. 1855 for the term of two years from and after said date ap- pointed a Notary Public _____
in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer ; and that I believe the signature of said _____
Henry Dutton
Bradford Hinton thereto to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 20th day of April A. D. 1855, and in the seventy ninth  eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
O. H. Perry
Secretary of State.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
On this 21 st day of May 1844 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County and State Ann Beers a resident of Norwalk in said County & State aged 79 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. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain Widows". That she was the Widow of Thomas Phillips who was a private soldier in Capt Thomas Webb's Comp in Col. St. John's Regt. and according to her best knowledge and belief he entered the service of the United States in the year 1780 or 1781 for nine months in each year and service as is stated in the deposition of William Allen Stephen Hadley and Petty Court to which I refer the deposition for the sum of my said late husband Thomas Phillips. She further declares that she was married to said Thomas Phillips on the seventh night of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and three that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Phillips died on the ninth day of September Eighteen hundred and two. That on the ninth day of June Eighteen hundred and four she was again married to Joseph Mills who died July twelfth Eighteen hundred twenty six. That on the thirteenth day of November Eighteen hundred twenty eight she was the third time married to Samuel Beers who died February Twenty first Eighteen hundred forty three and that the said Joseph Mills and Samuel Beers were both Pensioners of the United States until their deaths. She further declares that she was not married to the said Thomas Phillips prior to her leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated and as the former Widow of said Thomas Phillips she now claims a Pension and that she is still a Widow. Sworn to and Subscribed on this _____ day of _____ A.D. 1844 Ann X Beers Mark

I Stephen Godfrey of the Town of Westport County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age depose & say that I am seventy two years old that I was born & brought up in the Parish of Greens Farms within the Town & County aforesaid and have resided there ever since I was well acquainted with Thomas Phillips from his youth until his death we always lived Neighbours in the same Parish until his death he enlisted into the Shore Guards to serve on the shores of Long Island found in the Parish of Greens Farms under Capt. Thomas Nash two years in succession My impressions are it was in 1780 & 1781 I know it was not until after the Meeting House was burnt in Greens Farms in 1779 for Nine Months in each year & served his time out faithfully the first year he enlisted in the fore part of July he together William Allen Stephen Allen Benjamin Allen Abraham Elwood Isaac Elwood & Nathaniel Johnson were taken Prisoners by the Enemy & were gone a Number of Months until very late in the season & then they returned Home & Again the next Season went on Duty I will recollect when they were taken it produced quite an excitement & a regret in the Parish & in the Neighbourhood & more especially among their Parents & connections they all belonged in the Parish & in the Vicinity of the Guard House their loss was severely felt by the Guard and they regreted very much the loss of so many young men at once I still recollect the year after they were taken Prisoners there came over a Marauding Party from the Island & there was a Refugee taken Prisoner & brought up to the Guard House Gershorn Wakeman was killed at the same time by the enemy a ball struck him in the forehead & split his head open I lived but a very short distance from the Guard House My Father was sergeant of the Guard at the time
Stephen Godfrey
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss Westport March 14 th 1844
Personally appeared before me this day Stephen Godfrey aforesaid who is personally well known to me & whose signature above affixed is also known to me to be genuine & Made solemn Oath in due form of law to the truth of the facts stated in his said Deposition
I do hereby further certify that the said Stephen Godfrey is a man of credibility and I do also hereby certify the words by him in the twentieth line of the above deposition were interlined before the execution of the aforesaid deposition
Elizabeth Swift Justice of the Peace

Patty Couch of the Town of Westport County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut Widow of Solomon Couch late deceased of lawful age depose & say that I am Eighty two years old I was born & brought up in the parish of Greens Farms where I have resided ever since during the War of the revolution I lived very near the Guard House not but a very few rods of distance to here the roll called frequently I was mostly well acquainted with the Guard I was particularly acquainted with Thomas Phillips he was born & brought up a near neighbour to me I recollect with that Thomas Phillips was in the Guard under Capt. Thomas Nash to guard the shores of Long Island Sound in the parish of Greens Farms My impressions are it was two seasons but so how long I now cannot say I know he went on duty early in the spring & stayed until late in the fall the first year he was in the Guard he together with Stephen Allen Benjamin Allen Isaac Elwood Nathan Elwood Nathaniel Johnson & William Allen were taken prisoners by the Enemy & were gone a number of months & they again returned home & went on duty again the next season I well recollect when they were captured it produced quite an excitement in the parish & a gloom was diffused among the people generally & in the neighbourhood & more particularly among the parents & connections they were all young men & lived in the vicinity of the Guard House I recollect well of slipping into the house of Mr. Allen further of William Allen & there I found them all in tears & saw the vessel make sail that had them on board
In presence of Elizabeth Swift Grand Jury
Mr Patty Couch Mark -
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss to Westport March 5 th 1844 Personally appeared before me this day Patty Couch of said who is personally well known to me & whose signature above listed is also known to me to be genuine & made solemn oath in due form of law to the truth of the facts stated in his said deposition & I also do hereby further certify that the aforesaid Patty Couch is a woman of creditability
Elizabeth Swift Justice of the Peace

I William Allen of the Town of Westport County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut of Law- ful Age depose & say that I am in my eighty sixth year of my age that I was born & brought up in the Parish of Greenspurs within the Town & County aforesaid that I was well acquainted with Thomas Phillips during the War of the Revolution & until his death I enlisted in the War of the Revolution into the Shore Guard as a Private to serve on the shores of Long Island Sound in the Parish of Greenspurs under Capt. Thomas Nash two seasons in succession that is I enlisted in 1780 & 1781 for Nine Months in each year & served my time out faithfully each year I was taken on the 5 th day of July 1780 the first year I enlisted for a Prisoner by the enemy together with Benjamin Allen Stephen Allen Thomas Phillips Abraham Elwood Isaac Elwood & Nathaniel Johnson & we were taken to Long Island & there confined in Prison for five days & from thence we were taken out & taken to New York & there again confined in the Prison called the Sugar House until some time in the following fall & then we were exchanged & returned home we were landed at Elizabeth Town Point & again went on duty Thomas Phillips aforesaid en- listed into the Shore Guard as a Private to serve on the shores of Long Island Sound under Capt. Thomas Nash at the same time & for the same term of time that I did two seasons in succession that is he enlisted in the years 1780 & 1781 for Nine Months in each year & served his time out in each year faithfully in 1781 in the for- season that came over from Long Island a Marauding party landed on the beach there was an alarm given & the Guard was immediately assembled Thomas Phillips & myself were going through the lots to join the Guard we saw a Refugee running a- cross the lots we ran & headed him & took him prisoner & conveyed him to the Guard House & from thence we joined the Guard & moved down towards the shore after we had joined the Guard through the lots we came getting over a Rail fence there came a ball from the Enemy & struck a post & then glanced & struck Gershon Wakeman in the forehead & killed him dead he was not more than five or six feet from us.
William Allen
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } for Westport March 2 nd 1844
Personally appeared before me this day William Allen aforesaid who is personally well known to me & whose signature above & hand is also known to me to be genuine & made solemn oath in due form of law to the truth of the facts stated in his said Deposition.
and I also do hereby certify that the aforesaid William Cor. 1844

Allen is a Man of Credibility —
Old Whaler Swift Justice of the Pearl

State of Connecticut. Fairfield County ss
November 4. 1843. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Catherine Sherwood who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is seventy two years of age and was well acquainted with Thomas Phillips and Ann Smith before they were married and well remembers that said Thomas Phillips and said Ann Smith were married by the Rev. Isaac Lewis at the time. a settled clergyman in Wilton and they were married on the 29th day of May 1783 it was on a tramping day and was performed and since then married. and since Thomas Phillips and the said Ann lived together as Man and Wife until the death of said Thomas Phillips and after the death of said Phillips she married Joseph Mills who died in 1824 and the said Married Samuel Penn who died in Feb. 1843. and that she is now the Widow of said Sam. Penn. and the deponent always lived in the same neighbourhood with the said Ann Penn and knows that she is the identical person who was married to said Thomas Phillips and that they lived together as Man & Wife until the death of said Phillips and that said Mills & Penn were both Revolutionary Patriots of the United States.
Sworn and subscribed on the _____ Catherine her Sherwood (mark)
day and year above said that I am acquainted with said Catherine Sherwood and that she is a credible person and Witness
Benj. Isaac Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss No. 47343 Personally appeared before the Subscribers Justice of Peace in and for said County. Elizabeth Lockwood of said Norwalk who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is seventy six years of age and was well acquainted with Thomas Phillips and with Ann Little before they were married and well remembers that they were married by the Rev. Isaac Levi at that a little Congregational in said Norwalk in the Parish of Wilton and said Marriage took place on the 29 day of May 1793 and the deponent was present and saw them married. And Ann been now the Widow of Second Barn. in the United States person that she saw married to said Thomas Phillips and they lived together as Man and Wife until the death day Sept. 1802 at which time said Phillips died after the death of said Phillips said Ann was married to Joseph Mills in about the year 1824 and said Mills died in about the year 1826 after which said Ann married Second Barn about the year 1828 and said Barn died in Feb. 1843 said Mills and Barn were both Persons of the United States and the deponent knows that said Ann Little is the same person that was married to said Thomas Phillips and that they lived together as Man and Wife until the death of said Phillips. The deponent has always lived in the same Neighborhood with said Ann Barn Sworn & subscribed on the Elizabeth her Lockwood day and year above that I am acquainted with said Elizabeth Lockwood and that she is a credible person and Witness
Benj. Lucas Justice of Peace

11060
Ann Beers.
Con:
Act 7. July '38
2 u. died 1802

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of Fairfield COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss. Bridgeport
I, Wm H Noble Esq., Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Fairfield and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:—
THAT, Eliphalet Smith and Benjamin Bruns Esquire
and so continued until the 20 th  were day of June 1828 1844 and now are Justices of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commis- sioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowl- edgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his their hand writings, and that the signatures to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his theirs are his their genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 24 day of May 1844
Wm H Noble Clerk.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
Be it Known That. before me Benj: Isaacs Justice of Peace within and for the County of Fairfield, personally appeared Gershon Lockwood of Ansonia in said County who being duly sworn, according to law deposes and says that he is 53 Years of age and that Ann Bean is Sifter to his Mother that he will remember that his uncle Thomas Phillips died and was at his house the Year and time of his death can not now remember was but a boy at the time. and knows that said Phillips and my said Aunt lived together as man and wife as long as I can remember until said Phillips death and afterwards will remember said Ann Maria Joseph Mills and Samuel Bean and that said Mills died and that said Samuel Bean died. February 21 Eighteen hundred and forty three and that said Ann Bean has continued his Widow since that time and is now his Widow. And the deponent further says that he has faithfully expressed the Four Records and also the Church or Society Records, and can not the Marriage of said Thomas Phillips to the said Ann Bean formerly Ann Little recording giving where
sworn and subscribed this
Gershon Lockwood
21 day of May 1844 that I am well acquainted with said Gershon Lockwood and that he is a Credible Person & Witness
Benj. Isaacs Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut. Fairfield County ss I Thomas B. Butler Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County as State do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the Matter of the Application of Anna Beers for a pension and that I am well acquainted with the hand Writings of Benj. Loasey and Eliphaleet Swift who are Magistrates and that the Depositions hereto annexed are their genuine Depositions In testimony whereof I have set my hand and Seal of said Probate Court this 22 day of May 1844
Thos B Butler Clerk

November 28, 1933
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Mrs. L.L. George 542 Detroit Avenue Youngstown, Ohio
BA-J/EEI Joseph Mills-S.36151 Thomas Phillips-W.25233 Samuel Beers- S.17267
Dear Madam:
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joseph Mills are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted at Fairfield, Connecticut, in April, 1777, served in Captain John Mills'(no relationship shown)Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and in several other battles(names of these engagements not given) and served two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was seventy-two years of age and resided in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
In 1820, Joseph Mills referred to his wife, Ann, as aged fifty-nine years; there are no further data in regard to her in the papers in this claim and no reference was made to children.
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Thomas Phillips W.25233
Thomas Phillips was born in the parish of Green Farms, Connecticut. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted at Greens Farms, Fairfield County, Connecticut, early in July, 1780, served as a private in Captain Thomas Nash's

Company, Colonel St. John's Connecticut Regiment, and acted as a shore guard for the shores of Long Island Sound; was taken prisoner on July 5, 1780, conveyed to New York and held in the Sugar House until late in the fall of same year; he returned home after his release and in 1781, enlisted again in the same service under same officers: length of service, nine months in each year.
He died September 9, 1801 or 1802 (both dates were given by his widow).
Thomas Phillips married May 29, 1782 or 1783, in the parish of Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Ann Tuttle; his widow married June 9, 1813 or 1814, at Wilton, Connecticut, Joseph Mills, who died July 12, 1826; she married again November 17, 1827, November 13, 1828 or November 24, 1829, Samuel Beers, of Norwalk, Connecticut, who died February 21 or 22, 1843, at Norwalk, Connecticut. All of the above dates appear in the papers in the pension claim.
Ann Beers was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, Thomas Phillips, on her application executed May 21, 1844, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Norwalk, Connecticut. There is no reference to children.
In 1844, one Gershom Lockwood, aged fifty-three years and a resident of Fairfield County, Connecticut, stated that his mother was a sister of the widow, Ann Beers, but he did not give the name of his mother. In 1844, one Elizabeth Lockwood, aged seventy-six years and a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, made affidavit in behalf of Ann Beers' claim for pension: no relationship was shown.
There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ann Beers, former widow of Thomas Phillips (W. 25233), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Ann Beers, former widow of Thomas Phillips, Certificate No. 2527, issued December 20, 1848, rate $60 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Connecticut Agency.
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Samuel Beers S.17267
Samuel Beers was born November 18, 1759, in Norwalk, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted about the middle of January, 1776, in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, served in Captain Jabez Hall's Company, Colonel Warner's Regiment, went on an expedition to Montreal and Quebec and was discharged about the middle of June of same year; he enlisted in December, 1776, served in Captain David Wheeler's Company, Colonel Simons' Massachusetts Regiment, marched to Ticonderoga and served over three months; in June, 1777, he moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, and enlisted there in August, 1777, and served six months as a shore guard under Captain Ozias Marvin in the Connecticut Troops; again enlisted March 1, 1778, and again served as a shore guard under Captain Ozias Marvin and Colonel John Head; length of this service, one year; in September, 1780, he served one month during shore guard duty under Captain Eliakim Smith and Colonel Stephen St. John in the Connecticut Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832, while residing in Norwalk, Connecticut.
There are no data as to wife and children in the papers in the pension claim.
In 1833, soldier's sister soldier, Mary De Forest, was aged seventy-six years and resided in Wilton, Connecticut. There are no further family data.
*****
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

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WIDOW, &c.
1933 Nov. 28/33. List to Mrs Ld George - Letter in case Joseph Mills, D 36151 - 8th
File No. 26283
Ann Beers formerly Wid of Thomas Phillips Prin Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol. A , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15 Rip?
Connecticut 7103
Ann Beers, formerly widow of Thomas Phillips who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of June 1845. and sent to Thomas F. Rowland West Port, Connecticut
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1 st June 17, 1844 Vol. 2. Page 50

9099
un
Connecticut
Ann Bairs, formerly widow of Thomas Phillips who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 9 Septem, 1802 of in the State of Conn who was a Pri. in the commanded by Captain the Rev. commanded by line for 18 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Mar. 1845 and sent to the F. Rowland Esq Westport, Conn.
Total amount, $ Conn. [Act July 7, 1835.]
Recorded by F. G. Swann Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 77

See let. to Bery l Isaac October 2 d 1844 -

26,391
160 acres

11060
Ann Beers. formerly Thomas Phillips
Act July 7 th 38
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$60 m an
Thomas F Rowland Esq.
Westport
6 th

Westport January 30 th 1845 —
J. L. Edwards Esq a —
Sir
For the case of Mrs Ann Beers for a pension sent to the department by Mr. Hayes of Norwalk some time since in being filed & unable to attend to business the papers were handed over to me requesting I should attend to it. I therefore find the enclosed as required & if satisfactory you will please enclose the certificate to me —
Respectfully Your O bt servant Thos. H. Rowland

Thomas F. Rowland Esq. Westport Conn

Comptroller's Office, Connecticut. Hartford 27 January 1845.
I Certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Cap. Thomas Wash, in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office relating to that War, and find the following entries in the accounts of the late "Pay Table Office" —
   "War . . . . . D r       "1781 April 6 — To order on Treasr: for Cap. Thos: Wash, Pay Roll his Company Coast Guards, . . . . .  } £144. 13. 7    "1782 Jan y 28 To order on Treasr: for Cap. Thomas Wash, additional Pay Roll, Note m o : . . . . .  } 180. 13. 7    " " " To order on Treasr: for Cap. Thomas Wash, Pay Roll Guards at Fairfield, 2 nd Tax . . . . .  } 1396. 2. 8    "1783 May 15 — To order on Treasr: for Cap. Thomas Wash for Pay Roll Militia Fairfield . . . . .  } 45. 8. 10    " " " To order on Treasr: for Fairfield S er Men Allow ce for Guards in 1782 . . . . .  } 952. 10. 0"     And find in "Haskells Receipts", entries corresponding to the above. — — — — —
A Harrington Comptroller

State of Connecticut } Office of Secretary of State }
I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records in this Office for the appointment of Captain Thomas Nash , and have not been able to find it.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford this 15 th day of January A.D. 1845- Dana P. Dyer Secretary of State

Yr Aff 28
Wm Lloyd, Edwards Commissary of Pensions Washington D.C.

Waltham Crn d Sept 28 th 1848 -
Dear S r L. Richards - Sir
I send enclosed three applications for renewal of pension certificates by widows who have chosen pensions under the act of the 13 th June 1844 and who are entitled to a continuance of their pensions under the act of 2 nd Feb y 1848. The Declaration of Ann Mearns is probably more full than was necessary, yet as it contains all which was necessary, the rect d it is preferable will do no harm - Please attend to the business & remit me the certificates -
Very respectfully
Yours
D. Swift

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of February 1844, entitled an Act making further provision, for rewarding widows & children of the Revolution —
State of Connecticut, Fairfield County ss.
On this 31 st day of August 1848, personally appeared before me Benjamin Swift a magistrate in the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths Ann Meers of the town of Milton in the County of State aforesaid aged eighty three years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd of February 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That on the 29 th day of May 1782 she was lawfully married to Thomas Phillips of Fairfield in said County who was a private in the army of the revolution; that said Phillips died on the 9 th day of September 1801 leaving his declarant his widow; that she continued his widow until the 19 th day of December 1824 when she married Samuel Meers of Lanesville in said County; that said Meers died the 21 st day of February 1843, leaving her declarant a widow and that she has continued a widow ever since the death of said Meers: That under the laws of the United States she is due a pension of forty dollars per annum from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th of March 1841. & from the 4 th of March 1843 to the 4 th of March 1844 on account of the services of the said Thomas Phillips her former husband in the war of the revolution, as will fully appear by her declaration & evidence & certificates in the pension office at Washington. She further declares that she is still a widow. Ann Meers X Meers Mark - Benjamin Swift - oaths added the 31 st day of August 1848

Subscribed to & acknowledged on the day & year within hereafter written before me Deborah Swift Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within foregoing declaration & know that she is awidowed & the forsoe individual who drew a penfion as stated in the foregoing declaration
Deborah Swift Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss
Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in & for the County aforesaid, and keeper of the Seal thereof & of the Commission of the Justices of the Peace for said County, do certify that the foregoing instrument, whose true proper signature known to me to be genuine, as above written, is now, and on the 31 st day of August 1848 the date of the foregoing instrument or Declaration, was a Justice of the Peace for said County duly qualified & qualified as such, duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths - that her Commission is dated June 24 th 1848, & will expire on the 19 th day of June 1849
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County Court in New Britain this 26 th day of September 1848 Thomas Robinson Clerk

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Peace
Washington

Westport June 10 th 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Sir
I send enclosed the application of Mrs. B. Cross requesting to be put on the pension list under the act of Congress passed March 3 d 1843 which I presume you will find correct.
I am with the greatest respect of respect y r Ob t Servant
Thos. H. Rowland

7905
Ann Beers, formerly widow of Thomas Phillips.
Act 3 rd March 1843
17 June, 1844
ad'44. 711.
Adm d: c $60 per ann:
Thomas H. Rowland Esq West-Port, Connecticut.

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield } ss Westport
On this the 30 th day of April 1845 personally appeared before Eliphalet Swift Esq o a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Fairfield Ann Beers now a resident of the Town of Watertown in the County of Fairfield aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of Soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Samuel Beers but formerly widow of Thomas Phillips who was a private in the Penn s ylvania Key Stone Battery in the War of Rebellion and the annual amount of Pension which she received under the Act of July 7 th 1838 was fifty Dollars and she further declares that she is still a widow
In presence of
Richd. F. Rowland
Ann A. Beers mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written
before me Eliphalet Swift Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court within and for Fairfield County in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Eliphalet Swift Esq o is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and acting as such and duly authorized to administer oaths, I take the acknowledgment of said that his commission is dated the 6 th day of June

AD 1844 and will expire with the 19th day of June AD 1845 - and I further certify that the signature on the other side hereof purporting to be his is his genuine official signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court in Fairfield this 9th day of June AD 1845 - Thomas Robinson Clerk

Newark June 6. 1844
Hon: J. S. Edwards
Dear Sir
enclosed is further proof of Marriage of Lord Raymond due to Esther Raymond who has applied for a pension. I believe this places her claim beyond a doubt
Also the application of Ann Beers the former Widow of Thomas Phillips which I hope you may find correct Please let me know from Esther Raymond and others I have sent you soon
Yours with great respect Benj. Ladd

November 28, 1933
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Mrs. L.L. George 542 Detroit Avenue Youngstown, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joseph Mills, who was born in Norfolk, Connecticut, February 6, 1728, and who was granted a pension under the act of 1818.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service of a Joseph Mills, who was born on the date which you state. The pensioner, Joseph Mills, of Connecticut, was seventy-two years old in 1818. His record is furnished herewith as found in pension claim S. 36151, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. Additional records of Thomas Phillips and Samuel Beers are furnished also as found in pension claims W.25253, and S.18267, based upon their services in the Revolution. These records are furnished because of their bearing upon the other claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.