Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,549, for Samuel Reed, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Reed, Samuel or Reid
S. 33.549
CONTENTS

Connecticut
V Samuel Reed Capt Gibbs Private
Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 1775 - 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 18th of April 1813
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th of Nov 1813 and sent to Calvin Goddard Judge Sup Court Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1813 - 4 mo 17/30 = 36.53 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 - 48.00
$84.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued under Act 18th March 1818 Colchester New London
Notification sent to Calvin Con n 24 July 1820 Jr David Esg. Norwich
Transferred to Massachusetts 23 June 1828 to take effect from death The 1st of March 1828 - Not specified connected to Pensioner, Pension of James Spratt, Sec Tazewell Mass.
Death not on file

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State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 30th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court holden within and for the County of a New London in said State, on the 30th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Read aged sixty two years, resident in the town of Colchester in said County, in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he the said in a regiment commanded by enlisted for the term of Col. Mose Little on the in which I do not know the day of my pay but belonged at first to Genl Lee's Life guard, then to Genl Warner's afterwards to Genl Washington's life guard commanded in the company commanded by Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Capt. Caleb Gilebs in the line of the State of on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until when he was discharged from the said service in in the state of That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the 18th day of April 1818, ; and had transmitted to him a certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No: 4405
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
That I am by occupation a Tanner. but am not able to pursue it for want of property by reason of bodily infirmity. excepting in a very small degree. that I am residing with one Daughter some aged 34 years not able to support herself by reason of sickness. There aged 29 able to support herself
Schedule of Property &c Samuel Read 1820 one cow value $15.00 Old horse & waggon value $25.00 Desk, Do - 5.00 - 6 kitchen chairs, 1 table, 1 pot & 6 knives & forks & old furniture, not worth in the whole $10.00 - Old wooden wheel clock, goes but little 3.00 = $58.00
I owe to Doct Watson & others much more than I am worth, & than the value of said property, & have no debts, excepting perhaps a few shillings at different places due to me
Samuel Read.
Signed Sworn to and declared on the 30th day of June 1820
I, Charles Lathrop Clerk of the County Court for New-London County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is fifty eight dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 30th day of June 1820 Charles Lathrop

Samuel Reed April 18, 1818
Not on Roll JH
Admitted, (for service in the Life Guards.)

State of Connecticut On this day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut personally appears Samuel Reed aged sixty years resident in the town of Colchester — in the state of aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolution- ary war" That he enlisted into the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution in the Town of Barnstable in the State of Massachusetts about the first of December 1775 under Ensign Benjamin Goad into the Life Guard of General Henry Lee & attached to a Regiment belonging to a Massachusetts Line commanded by Col Little best with a promise that he should not be compelled to serve in the Regiment — That he enlisted for one year & conti- nued in service in the service of the United States for one year & about six weeks which last six weeks was at the post at the request of Genl Washington to shore life guard he belonged at the time when his period of service expired — That he was honorably discharged in the Month of July 1776 by Capt Caleb Gibbs but has lost his discharge — He was discharged at Morristown New Jersey therewith a receipt on original receipt for his Musket which was returned a short time before he left the service — That he remained in Boston as a soldier of Genl Washington's Army when the Army retreated from New York & Island The Life Guard of the Commander in Chief remained in

baggage at the time of the battles of Trenton and of Princeton - The armed artillery of his service he secured at the time of its retreat when he removed from the State of Massachusetts into Connecticut - The most of his service was either in the Guard of Genl Lee - Genl Artemas Ward & that of the Commonwealth in Ohio - all that he performed in an Army against the common Enemy - That he is in reduced circum- stances & stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. — Samuel Reid Swomble declared the day of year of service before me Calvin Goodard a Judge of Supr Ct.

Rev of Sam Reed of Co. A Little Brit one Musquet
Rich. Worthingham Conductor of Artillery
Morristown Feb. 2 10 1883
This is to certify that Saml. Reed has in the service of the United States the full term to the amount twenty four months.
Yours: Reed Chearman of Safford
To whom it may concern
Congress the
I Calvin Goddard Judge & certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Reed did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy & now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress.
Calvin Goddard a Judge of Synod
I certify that the above is a true copy of the original the foregoing application in indigent circumstances Calvin Goddard

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Bristol — ss.
ON this twenty sixth day of May 1828, before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said County of Bristol personally appeared Samuel Read of Troy in the County of Bristol, who, on his Oath, declares that he is the same Person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Caleb Gibles in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little in the Service of the United States; that his Name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State [ District, or Territory, ] of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Massachusetts are that he was born in the state of Massachusetts , and there his few surviving friends and acquaintance prin- cipally reside.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the Day and Year aforesaid.
James Fanch Justice of the peace
NOTES.
The Oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official Character and Signature must be proved by the Certificate of the proper Officer, under his Seal of Office, setting forth that the Person taking the Testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The witness must swear that he well knows the person who has taken the above oath to be the same person described therein, and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted. The magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity. The witness's affidavit must be authenticated in the manner above described.
W. The above named pensioner lives near the Fall River Post office

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss.
I James Sprague, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that James Dorr Esq., whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing Paper, is a Justice of the peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of said Commonwealth of Massachusetts within said County of Bristol, in all faithful service as to his official acts & proceedings.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas, this ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred & twenty-eight.
Ja. Sprague

I Benjamin Church of Troy in the county of Bristol and commonwealth of Massachusetts, do certify that the within named Samuel Read, who has taken the foregoing oath is the same person described therein, and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted, Benjamin Church
I Nathaniel Stillwell of Tiverton in the state of Rhode- Island, do certify, that the within named Samuel Read, who has taken the foregoing oath, is the same person therein described, and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted - Joseph Stillwell
Bristol ss. May 26 - 1820 - Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Church, and Nathaniel Stillwell, and severally made oath that the foregoing certificates by them subscribed, are just and true in all their parts - Before me James Ford Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Church and Nathaniel Stillwell are both persons of good and undoubted veracity - James Ford Justice of the peace

January 25, 1933
Mr. G. A. Taylor P. O. Box 2629 Boston Massachusetts
BA-1/MS Samuel Reid S. 33549
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Samuel Reed, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 33549, based upon the military service of Samuel Reid (pensioned Reed).
He was born in Freetown, Massachusetts, date not given.
While living there, he enlisted in December, 1775, in Colonel Moses Little's Massachusetts Regiment. He was a member of General Henry Lee's Life Guard and of General Artemas Ward's Life Guard, also one of General Washington's Life Guard under Captain Caleb Gibbs. He was discharged in February, 1777. His entire service amounted to twenty-three months but no details other than above noted were given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 18, 1818, at which time he was sixty years of age and was living in Colchester, Connecticut.
In 1828 he was living in Troy (which was near Fall River) Bristol County, Massachusetts.
In 1830 he referred to his daughter, Anne, aged thirty-four years, and to his daughter, Phebe, aged twenty-nine years.
In 1780 at Freetown one Jonathan Read, chairman of committee of safety, certified that Samuel Reid served twenty-three months but he did not state that he was related to him and there are no

further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Deals with on Agency Book

P.S. Incl. Stamped addressed envelope, if required.
P.O. Box 2629 Boston Mass.
Jany. 18/32
To The U.S. Pension Dept Washington D.C.
Gentlemen :- As I do not like to trouble any woman I think than who I know would transmit the request to you - if I write him - I write direct to ask if you will be so very kind as to send me the Revolutionary War-record of { Samuel Read (Reed) pensioner, who died at Fall River Mass Jany 1832 aged 76 said to have been of Genl. Washington's body guard also of Thos. Read (Reed) of Eastern & So Eastern Mass. Thanking you Sincerely yours Geo A. Taylor

33549 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,549
Samuel Reed
Lin New York
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]
James H. 97 His to Miss E. Spencer Duffield Conn J.W. 3
Febry 11-1903
A. Spencer Jr - Hartford Conn
1931 June 2 hist. to Mr. F.C. Bissell M.C.S.
1922 Jan. 25 hist. to Mr. Y.A. Taylor M.C.S.

SWP O. W. & N. Div.
ad. 4405
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Dec 9 1896
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
John Schofield Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Samuel Riv
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Fall River Mass.
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Fall River Mass - Alchesters Conn
Date of death (as near as possible):
29 Dec 1832
Christian name of widow:
His wife died first.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
I think he did
Remarks:
Your name and address:
Carmel Espacio Suffield Conn

33547 Samuel Read
Sept 18 1845 - 60 Calahester Conn
See Cambridge Mass Conn
75 Cpt Caleb Giddings
Cal. Little
Out - 1 yr
Served most of the time in the Life Guard of Gen. Right Hy Lee Gen Ward upon Washington
Mentions daughter Anna Phebe
1820
Buell Arminway Watertown Conn

June 2, 1931
Mr. F. C. Bissell 1009 West Boulevard Hartford, Connecticut
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 33549, that Samuel Reid was born in Freetown, Massachusetts, date not given.
While a resident of Freetown, Massachusetts, he enlisted in December, 1775, in Colonel Moses Little's Massachusetts regiment. He was a member of General Henry Lee's Life Guard and of General Artemus Ward's Life Guard, also one of General Washington's Life Guard under Captain Caleb Gibbs. He was discharged in February, 1777. His entire service amounted to twenty-three months but no details other than above noted were given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 18, 1818, at which time he was sixty years of age and was living in Colchester, Connecticut.
In 1820 he referred to his daughter Anne aged thirty-four years, and to his daughter Phebe aged twenty-nine years. There are no further date relative to his family.
In 1828 he was living in Troy (which was near Fall River), Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
December 9th, 1896.
NY
Madam:-
In compliance with a request that you be furnished information concerning the military record of Samuel Reed, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that there were several Revolutionary pensioners bearing that name and, for purposes of identification, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for in the enclosed slip, when an effort will be made to comply with your request.
Very respectfully,
D. J. Murphy Commissioner.
Miss Carrie E. Spencer, Suffield, Conn.
(1 Enc.)

Jan. 24, 1903.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:- Please accept from the Secretary of War transmitting the records of the names, rank and line of every person placed on pension list under Act of March 18, 1818, including under Connecticut head Samuel Reid, private, Washington Life Guard. Will you kindly send me certificates covering facts connected with his services as shown by said record, and greatly oblige Yours very truly,

THE AETNA NATIONAL BANK OF HARTFORD.
A. SPENCER, JR., PRES. A. R. HILLYER VICE PRES. W. D. MORGAN, CASHIER.
4405
HARTFORD, CONN. Jan. 24, 1903.
To the
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
Page 275 Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the records of the names, rank and line of every person placed on pension list under Act of March 18, 1818, includes under Connecticut head Samuel Reid, private, Washington Life Guard. Will you kindly send me certificate covering facts connected with his services as shown by said record, and greatly oblige
Yours very truly,
A large, cursive handwritten signature that reads "A. Spencer Jr." in dark ink.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 33549.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 4, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Samuel Reed, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 18, 1818, at which time he was 60 years of age and residing at Colchester, Conn., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Caleb Gibbs and Col. Moses Little. He enlisted at Cambridge, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Carrie E. Spencer, Suffield, Conn.

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
President DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE 58 Waverly St., New Haven Vice-Presidents Maj. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE Bridgeport WILBUR F. TOMLINSON Danbury FRANK E. SANDS Meriden Secretary ROBERT F. BRADLEY 306 Meigs Bldg., Bridgeport Treasurer HARRY H. PRITCHARD 886 Main St., Bridgeport
Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford Historian PAUL B. GODARD 18 Asylum St., Hartford Chaplain REV. ANTHON T. GESNER Waterbury Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP P. O. Box 734, Hartford Trustee to National Society GEORGE S. GODARD State Library, Hartford
F. CLARENCE BISSELL, Registrar 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
April 1931
DELEGATES
COL. TRACY B. WARREN (at large) WILLIAM G. BAXTER CLARENCE BLAKESLEE WILLIAM H. BURR ARTHUR W. CHAMBERS JOHN A. COE FRANK A. CORBIN EDMUND E. FREEMAN WILLIAM H. HART ARTHUR R. KIMBALL ARTHUR C. KLOCK ARTHUR S. LANE A. MCCLELLAN MATHEWSON FREDERIC T. MURLLESS, JR. REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY ARTHUR V. PILLSBURY EDGAR L. POND SEYMOUR N. ROBINSON ERNEST E. ROGERS CHARLES E. P. SANFORD WILLIAM A. SCHENCK ROBERT SCOVILLE ALFRED SPENCER, JR. MARTIN WELLES HERBERT H. WHITE CLARENCE H. WICKHAM J. ALLEN WILEY ARTHUR E. WOODRUFF
OTHER MANAGERS
WILLIAM H. ALLEN JOHN C. BRINSMADE ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL MORRIS L. BURR ALBERT F. CORBIN WILLIAM H. CORBIN FRANK B. GAY WILSON H. LEE ROBERT W. LOVELL EDWARD J. MORGAN JOHN M. PARKER, JR. CHARLES PHELPS EARNEST C. SIMPSON DR. GEORGE C. F. WILLIAMS HARRY R. WILLIAMS Secretaries of Local Branches, ex-officio F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON, New Haven WILLIS N. BARBER, Meriden SAMUEL F. BEARDSLEY, Bridgeport EARLE M. WOOD, Norwich CHARLES A. QUINTARD, Norwalk ELMER H. SPAULDING, New London HARRY L. HILTON, Hartford MALCOLM D. RUDD, Salisbury HARRY E. TARGETT, Danbury RUSSELL H. POPE, Waterbury EARLE F. SCHOFIELD, Greenwich
Duncan P....
I have sent pension record of Samuel Reid, Fall River, Mass. Respectfully F. C. Bissell Regt.
Rev

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 President DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE 58 Waverly St., New Haven  Vice-Presidents Maj. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE Bridgeport WILBUR F. TOMLINSON Danbury FRANK E. SANDS Meriden  Secretary ROBERT F. BRADLEY 306 Meigs Bldg., Bridgeport  Treasurer HARRY H. PRITCHARD 886 Main St., Bridgeport
 Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford  Historian PAUL B. GODARD 18 Asylum St., Hartford  Chaplain Rev. ANTHON T. GESNER Waterbury  Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP P. O. Box 734, Hartford  Trustee to National Society GEORGE S. GODARD State Library, Hartford
F. CLARENCE BISSELL, Registrar 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
April 1931
DELEGATES
 COL. TRACY B. WARREN (at large)  WILLIAM G. BAXTER  CLARENCE BLAKESLEE  WILLIAM H. BURR  ARTHUR W. CHAMBERS  JOHN A. COE  FRANK A. CORBIN  EDMUND E. FREEMAN  WILLIAM H. HART  ARTHUR R. KIMBALL  ARTHUR C. KLOCK  ARTHUR S. LANE  A. MCCLELLAN MATHEWSON  FREDERIC T. MURLLESS, JR.  REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY  ARTHUR V. PILLSBURY  EDGAR L. POND  SEYMOUR N. ROBINSON  ERNEST E. ROGERS  CHARLES E. P. SANFORD  WILLIAM A. SCHENCK  ROBERT SCOVILLE  ALFRED SPENCER, JR.  MARTIN WELLES  HERBERT H. WHITE  CLARENCE H. WICKHAM  J. ALLEN WILEY  ARTHUR E. WOODRUFF 
OTHER MANAGERS
 WILLIAM H. ALLEN  JOHN C. BRINSMADE  ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL  MORRIS L. BURR  ALBERT F. CORBIN  WILLIAM H. CORBIN  FRANK B. GAY  WILSON H. LEE  ROBERT W. LOVELL  EDWARD J. MORGAN  JOHN M. PARKER, JR.  CHARLES PHELPS  EARNEST C. SIMPSON  DR. GEORGE C. F. WILLIAMS  HARRY R. WILLIAMS  Secretaries of Local Branches, ex-officio  F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON, New Haven  WILLIS N. BARBER, Meriden  SAMUEL F. BEARDSLEY, Bridgeport  EARLE M. WOOD, Norwich  CHARLES A. QUINTARD, Norwalk  ELMER H. SPAULDING, New London  HARRY L. HILTON, Hartford  MALCOLM D. RUDD, Salisbury  HARRY E. TARGETT, Danbury  RUSSELL H. POPE, Waterbury  EARLE F. SCHOFIELD, Greenwich 
Bureau Pension
 Plans and pension record of  Samuel Reid , Full River, Mass. Respectfully F. C. Bissell Regt.
Rev

IN REPLY REFER TO
3-2562
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. MCS:MLB
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
May 13, 1931
Mr. F. C. Bissell 1009 West Boulevard Hartford, Connecticut
Dear Sir:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow Chairy (Bourne) (1754-1816) } died at Chester, Conn. Jan. 5, 1816 Full name of soldier Samuel Reid Born + died at Fall River, Mass. Residence of soldier at enlistment at Cambridge, Mass. 1/1/76, 1 yr. priv. 12-Regt. Cont. Infantry - Residence of soldier after service Fall River, Mass. Name of state from which he enlisted, presumably Mass. ? Approximate date of birth Aug. 4, 1756-7 Approximate date of death Dec. 29, 1832
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
above information taken from "The Commander-in-Chief's Guard", (Quincy, 1904) p. 236, F. C. Bissell.

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 President DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE 58 Waverly St., New Haven  Vice-Presidents Maj. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE Bridgeport WILBUR F. TOMLINSON Danbury FRANK E. SANDS Meriden  Secretary ROBERT F. BRADLEY 306 Meigs Bldg., Bridgeport  Treasurer HARRY H. PRITCHARD 886 Main St., Bridgeport
  Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford  Historian PAUL B. GODARD 18 Asylum St., Hartford  Chaplain Rev. ANTHON T. GESNER Waterbury  Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP P. O. Box 734, Hartford  Trustee to National Society GEORGE S. GODARD State Library, Hartford 
F. CLARENCE BISSELL, Registrar 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
May 4-1931
 DELEGATES COL. TRACY B. WARREN (at large) WILLIAM G. BAXTER CLARENCE BLAKESLEE WILLIAM H. BURR ARTHUR W. CHAMBERS JOHN A. COE FRANK A. CORBIN EDMUND E. FREEMAN WILLIAM H. HART ARTHUR R. KIMBALL ARTHUR C. KLOCK ARTHUR S. LANE A. MCCLELLAN MATHEWSON FREDERIC T. MURLLESS, JR. REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY ARTHUR V. PILSBURY EDGAR L. POND SEYMOUR N. ROBINSON ERNEST E. ROGERS CHARLES E. P. SANFORD WILLIAM A. SCHENCK ROBERT SCOVILLE ALFRED SPENCER, JR. MARTIN WELLES HERBERT H. WHITE CLARENCE H. WICKHAM J. ALLEN WILEY ARTHUR E. WOODRUFF
U.S. Pension Office
 Please send me pension record of Samuel Reid, born Fall River, Mass., 4 Aug. 1758, died 29 
Dec. 1832,
 Respectfully F. C. Bissell. (Tracy) 
OTHER MANAGERS
WILLIAM H. ALLEN JOHN C. BRINSMADE ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL MORRIS L. BURR ALBERT F. CORBIN WILLIAM H. CORBIN FRANK B. GAY WILSON H. LEE ROBERT W. LOVELL EDWARD J. MORGAN JOHN M. PARKER, JR. CHARLES PHELPS EARNEST C. SIMPSON DR. GEORGE C. F. WILLIAMS HARRY R. WILLIAMS
Secretaries of Local Branches, ex-officio
F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON, New Haven WILLIS N. BARBER, Meriden SAMUEL F. BEARDSLEY, Bridgeport EARLE M. WOOD, Norwich CHARLES A. QUINTARD, Norwalk ELMER H. SPAULDING, New London HARRY L. HILTON, Hartford MALCOLM D. RUDD, Salisbury HARRY E. TARGETT, Danbury RUSSELL H. POPE, Waterbury EARLE F. SCHOFIELD, Greenwich
 Answered Jan 2, 1931 

Connecticut's city of Norwich Oct. 28 th A.D. 1818
Joseph Stillwell of Tiverton in the county of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island of the city of New Bedford do hereby certify that I have been sworn to the law and that on oath years being duly sworn as the law directs on oath declares that he well knows the same and now of Colchester in the State of Connecticut for thirty years in the commonwealth of Massachusetts who is now personally present. That in the autumn of the year 1813 this Deponent was at Cambridge in the commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Army of the United States. That the said Samuel Reed from time to time embarked into the said Army at the town of New Bedford for the purpose of being assigned to one year under the sign Benjamin Gook who commanded the life guards of Genl. Henry Lee to which guard this Deponent had been previously attached. They were encamped as I believe to be at Brandywine, but never did duty there. That I knew said Samuel Reed in said service during said year. That this Deponent accompanied Genl. Lee to the South but a little beyond Philadelphia.

When he had the small pox - that he well recollts to have seen the said Reed at the time when the Army was at the Delaware and the British were near the or early in 1777 - That he saw the said Simon Reed at Genl Washington's quarters when the Defendant went to carry express from himself to Genl Washington. That he has no doubt that the Defendant found out the time of one year for which he enlisted & some time after his time expired - That Defendant well recollts to have seen said Reed a very short time before he left Camp with the Army in early January 1777 - That Reed obtained some more enlist- ments some time after Defendant had no else at all was honourably discharged - I was present at the gossip that will
happen the day after our adjournment Bye me Calvin Goddard Mayor Norwich City

I certify that the aforesaid Joseph Stetson appears to me like a credible witness & have no doubt of the truth of his testimony Calvin Goodwin Mayor

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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO NOV 4 CONC. Hon. Secretary for Department of War Washington
Old paper
Admiral

Benjamin Church, Esq.
additional widow for M c Kus.

I Benjamin French of Holland, County of Hampden & State of Massachusetts Gentlemen are aged sixty two years, do hereby testify and say, That I am personally acquainted with Samuel Reed of Colchester in the State of Connecticut and have been for a great number of years - that he was in the Service of the United States as a soldier during the Revolutionary War - That we were brother soldiers together - First in the Life Guard of General Henry See in the Second Campaign and were stationed between Winter and Prospect Hills - near Boston - After Boston was evacuated by the British troops we were ordered into Boston, where we were fellow soldiers in the Life Guard of General Ward - From Boston we were ordered to New York where we joined the Life Guard of General Washington and in his Guard we finished the campaign together - which was a campaign of twelve months - I then left the Army - being discharged on account of ill health - and left the said Samuel Reed still engaged in the Service - I further testify and
declared That the said Samuel Reed and myself enlisted into the Service of the United States about the same time, which was in December A.D. 1775.

and that he and I served together as fellow soldiers for one year and a little more, to wit, from Oct. 1875. to January 1877. Further say that we were both attached to a Regiment belonging to the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. Little, - but did no duty in that Regiment our duties being confined to the active life guards. Further say that the Native plan of the said Red myself is from here in the State of Massachusetts - where we were brought up and lived till we joined the Army. — Benjamin Church
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden ss. Oct. 31 1878. personally appeared the above named Benjamin Church the above subscriber to the foregoing Affidavit with whom I am personally acquaint- ed & whose character for truth and credibility I know to be good, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition or Affidavit by him subscribed, before me Stephen Pynchon
Justice of the Peace

I certify that I know Stephen Pymchan Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken I have no doubt that he is an acting Justice of the Peace Calvin Goddard