Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24955, for Remembrance Sheldon, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
or Sheldon Remembrance No 24955 Shelden
Phoebe
CONTENTS

(174) Connecticut
Remembrance Sheldon,
private
Connecticut Sen.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Genl
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April , 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Apr l 1818, and sent to Benj o  W. Williams House of Rep s . No. 2.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818. 4 3/4 mo. $ 39.74
$ 39.74
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Shur Lears
Notification sent to Henry L. Ellsworth
Oct r 1820
soon

Connecticut 336
Order to Pay 20 Sept 1837
Hebe Sheldon
of Hartford in the State of Conn
who was a [blank] in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] on the [blank]
W. H. [blank] (18)
for widow Remembrance Sheldon deceased a private in the Revolution
Entered on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of March 1836 and [blank] [blank] Chariton C. [blank] et
Arrears to the 24th of Sept 1836 $440.00 Semestral allowance ending Feb 27 40.00 $480.00
{ Revolutionary Claim. } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk. Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 89

State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss Windsor
On this 10 th day of October 1836 Personally appeared before the subscribing authority Submit Wilson a resident of said Windsor aged Seventy years a Credible person who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on oath declare That she has been well acquainted with Remembrance Sheldon & with Phoebe Sheldon now his Widow many years I stood up as Bridesmaid with Phoebe when she was married to Sheldon I have no record of the time of their marriage but the age of Mrs Sheldons oldest daughter Sally Fish born after their Marriage is Fifty four years the 10 th of October 1836.
Submit Wilson
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above mentioned.
Before me Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } Is Windsor Hartford County } On this 10 th day of October A D 1836
Personally appeared before the subscribing authority Miss Tryphena Denslow a resident of said Windsor aged 84 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on oath declare She she has been well acquainted with the Widow Phoebe Sheldon a resident of said Windsor for 73 years and more that she is her Sister she is also well acquainted with the children of the said Phoebe Sheldon The deponent has no record of the Marriage of Remembrance Sheldon to her Sister Phoebe but she fully believes her oldest child Sally Fish to be 54 years old the present month of October this is the reasoning she has always made in relation to her said niece & she the said Sarah was born after the marriage of my Sister Phoebe with Remembrance Sheldon
Tryphena Denslow X X her mark
1836 84 2
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above mentioned.
Before me Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } Is East Windsor Oct 13 th 1836 Hartford County } I Henry J Fairley Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of East Windsor in said Hartford County hereby certify that Giles Ellsworth Esq before whom the deposition of Tryphena Denslow was taken and also the Deposition of Submit Wilson

annexed to this was taken is a lawful Justice of and for the said County of Hart ford & has been for four months last past and that the Signatures of the said Justice Giles Ellsworth to each of these certificates of Tryphena Dowsland and Juliana Wilson is the genuine signature of the said Justice Giles Ellsworth
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name and the Seal of said court of pro- bate on this 13 th day of October 1836
Attest Henry S. Kingsley Clerk

No 77. Phoebe Sheldon widow of Remembrance Leon
No 77 Phoebe Silence Sheldon Leon
old base
Adm 2 years pre.
80 00
no deduction - died Febry 1826 (paid up)
Jepe Charlton E. Windsor Connect

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act State of Connecticut } of Congress of July 1 st A 1836 Hartford County } S S
On this 29 th day of August A 1836 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in Hartford County & State aforesaid Widow Phoebe Remembrance Sheldon a resident of Windsor in said Hartford County Aged 75 years a credible person who being at first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on her oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 1 st , 1836
That she is the widow of Remembrance Sheldon late a resident of said town of Windsor but now deceased he served as a Soldier in the Revolution War as is fully proved by the documents sent to the Pension Office in the application of her late husband for a Pension which application was granted and to which she begs leave to refer for all the particulars of his services as by reason of the decay of her memory she cannot particular detail them.
She further declares that she was Married to her said husband before he went into the service the last time before he was of age, and that after his time was out
he had to work to pay his old Master his claims upon him for leaving his service before he was of age she was 16 years old when she was married and not long after her husband ( who came home on a furlough to be  was married) then went back into the service.
And that her husband the aforesaid Remembrance Sheldon died on the 18 th day of February A 1826 and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period

as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she has no written record of the date of her marriage but it was as she has stated and that her eldest child is now 54 years old & born since her marriage
Phoebe his Sheldon Luth
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above applicant is the widow of the aforesaid Memorance  Phoebe Sheldon and that they were married before his last period of service in the army expired. That the said Memorance Sheldon has deceased and that the said Phoebe Sheldon remains his widow & that she has never since Mar- ried.
I Henry J. Kinsley, Clerk of the Court of Pro- bate for the District of East Windsor in Hartford County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Phoebe Sheldon for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the Probate Office this 24 th day of August A.D. 1836
Attest Henry J. Kinsley Clerk

State of Connecticut Hartford County Ss. East Windsor
In this 29 th day of August A.D. 1836 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in Hartford County Joseph Gaylord Denslow a resident of Windsor Aged 67 years a cred- ible person who being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law declared under Oath, That he is well acquainted with Widow Phebe Sheldon a Resident of Windsor in said Hartford County, That he has been ac- quainted with her for more than 60 years That in the Revolutionary War she was married to her late husband and after he was married he remembers that he went to the Army and performed a term of duty I saw her often during his absence as we were intimately acquainted from our childhood I have no record of the day of their Marriage but recollect the facts I have stated The widow Phebe Sheldon then lived at my Father's house.
The said Phebe Sheldon died at said Windsor the 18 th day of February A.D. 1826 and the said Phebe Sheldon remain the widow of the said Phebe Sheldon and has never again married
Joseph G. Denslow
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before said Probate Court
Attest Henry V. Hinsley Clerk

State of Connecticut } Hartford County } Is East Windsor
In this 29 th day of August A.D. 1836 Person appearing before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor aforesaid Deborah Wilson a resident of the town of Windsor in Hartford County aged 70 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath declare That she is well acquainted with Widow Phoebe Sheldon a resident of Windsor in said Hartford County the Widow of Remembrance Sheldon late of said Windsor who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, & was acquainted with both Remembrance Sheldon and his said Wife Phoebe Sheldon before he left the service & I well remember the said Remembrance Sheldon going into the Army one time at least after they were married viz the said Remem- brance Sheldon and Phoebe Sheldon I was related to Mrs. Sheldon and saw her a good many times while he was gone I cannot tell exactly the day or Month that they were married
The said Remembrance Sheldon died at said Windsor on the 18 th day of February 1826 and left the said Phoebe Sheldon his Widow & she still remains his Widow & has never Married since
Sub. mt. Wilson
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above men- tioned before said Probate Court Attest Henry J. Kimball Clerk

State of Connecticut } Is Windsor Hartford County }
On this 13 day of September A 1836
On application of Jesse Charlton Esq. Attorney for Widow Phebe Sheldon of Windsor (Leav.) in Hartford County, I, Charles Walker, clergyman & Pastor of the 1 st Congregational Church & Society of said Windsor, hereby certify that the Church Records of this church do not contain regular entries of marriages previous to the year 1777. My immediate predecessor, the Rev. Henry A. Rowland, kept a memorandum of the marriages which he solemnized, & copied his father's record of marriages back to the date above given.
Rev. Theodore Hinsdale was or was her

clained over the North Church in this town Apr. 30 th 1765. This Church, which was originally a part of the 1 st Church, has since been reunited with it; but no records of Mr. Hinsdale have come into my possession, or are known to me. Mrs. Shelden is a near neighbor of mine, & appears to be a credible woman; her statements, that they have no form or manner of records of the marriage of herself, with her husband, or of the birth of their children, is, I think, en- titled to full credit.
State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss Windsor on this 13 th day of Sept r 1836 personally appeared before Elias Ellsworth Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County Rev Charles Walker

State of Connecticut } Ss Windsor Hartford County }
On this 13 day of September A 1836
... before Giles Ellsworth Esq a Clergyman pastor of the Congregational Church in Hartford County in said Town a credible person aged 41 years who being duly sworn according to law made solemn Oath to the foregoing certificate being by him subscribed Charles Walker
Before me Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace
... the on her explanatory part of Pro- vision Office late husband Mr Church, the Windsor, as in the memory, she can say of the is that Mrs up with her said went back That her

State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss Windsor
On this 13 day of September A 1836 personally appeared before Giles Ellsworth Esq a Justice of the peace for said Hartford County Widow Phebe Sheldon of said Windsor aged 73 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration explanatory of her declaration made before the court of Pro- bate and now on the files of the Pension Office viz That she was married to her late husband Remembrance Sheldon by the Rev Mr Hunsdale formerly pastor of the Church, the Congregational Church in said Windsor, as early as the year 1782 it was in the Winter — season of the year She by reason of the decay of her memory, tho' age sickness and misfortune, she can not exactly recollect the month, or day of the month, but she well remembers that Mrs Wilson who has testified for her stood up with her as her Brides Maid, and that her said husband after they were married went back into the army and staid sometime That her

said husband and herself were so little in the habit of writing that they did not make any record of their marriage or of the birth of her children that she recollects, and she does not know of any public or private record of her marriage or of the birth of their children.
That her own declaration on oath supported by the affidavit of Mrs Wilson and Joseph  Mr  Dunslow  Guylord is all the positive evidence she can furnish, as almost all her early companions are dead and gone. she will endeavor to obtain some traditional evidence, and she now ascertains that her age is or will be 73 years the 22 nd day of Sept. 1836.
Phoebe Shelburn then Mark
And before the authentication the alteration of 75 to 73 was made & Joseph & Dunslow interlined Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } S. Windsor Hartford County }
I William Howard clerk of the sd town of Windsor and keeper of its records hereby certify That after examining the said records I am of opinion that not one marriage in four has been recorded in the town records since my remembrance and as far as I can judge for a century past, and that no presumption can be raised against the claims made by any person, that they were married at a given time, from the circumstance of its not appearing on the records of said town. Mrs. Phebe Sheldon has not lived in my neighborhood but in the other part of the town but I know nothing against her credibility and think from my situation as town clerk and postmaster she should have heard of it if her character for veracity had not been good.
W m Howard Register
State of Connecticut } S. Windsor } ss Hartford County }

but in the other part of the town but I know nothing against her credibility and think from my situation as Town Clerk and Postmaster I should have heard of it if her character for veracity had not been good. M rs Hannah Lupton
State of Connecticut } To Windsor Sept 13 1836 Hartford County } I Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace for Hartford County hereby certify that William Howard a resident of said Windsor Town Clerk of the same made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certifi- cate & signed it in my presence & the said Howard is 55 years of age and a credible person. before me, Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace
I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Giles Ellsworth Esquire, is, and for more than five months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and author- ity, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to cer- tify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said
Giles Ellsworth in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six —
and at the same date, I further certify that his signature above is genuine — Royal R. Hinman Secretary of State

Remembrance Sheldon
174
Con _____
Sept. 1810
3 years. Sept. 1880 discharged Oct. 83

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD, ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 1 st day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment.
Remembrance Sheldon aged 57 years, resident in Union in the County of Hartford, Connecticut
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: for the term of three years in Capt Morris's company Col Swift's Regt & Jedediah Huntington's Brigade that he enlisted the 1 st Sept 1780 & was discharged on West Point by General Knox & that the discharge as for was sent to the war department that the original declaration for a pension was dated 6 th day of April 1818 & the number of his pension certificate 176.
"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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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."
15 bushels of Rye at 50 c $ 7.50 1 ton of hay 8.00 $ 15.50
the use & improvement of 7 acres of land in right of my wife worth 105. the use is worth about $10 a year 10 25.50 but the land is mortgaged to Edward Chapman for 95 dollars.
owe Samuel Strong $ 50. James Loomis 14 John Sargeant 25 Martin Deno se 4 $ 93
That my family consists of myself & wife aged 53 years of very feeble health unable to do anything for her support. William Sheldon aged 28 years of a slender constitution unable to support himself. Temperance Sheldon aged 23 very nervous & debilitated unable to do any work but that which is very light - by occupation when I am able to work a shoemaker that health is very feeble
Remembrance Sheldon

1782 18 - 64
1570 53 1217 12
Sworn to and declared by said Remembrance Sheldon on the 10 th day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
fifteen dollars and fifty cents. & the use of said land in right of his wife is worth 10 dollars per annum -
I. Thomas Chesler Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20 th day of Aug t 1820
Thos Chesler Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.
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Phoebe Daughter of Benoni Denslow & Sarah his Wife. Was born Sept r 22 A 1753.
Certified from the records
Attest William Howard Register
Windsor December 1. 1835.
I William Howard Clerk and Register of the town of Windsor in Hartford County Connecticut hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the record of Births in said town of Windsor and that the said Phoebe Denslow is now the Widow of the late Remembrance Sheldon who was a Soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner for said services at the time of her death I do not find under any date her marriage or the Birth of her children in said records.
Windsor Decm r 1. 1835.
Attest William Howard Register
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Windsor December 1. 1835
Personally appeared before me the subscribing attorney on thirty the 1st  29th day of December  November 1836 William Howard Esq Town Clerk and Register & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed as Town Clerk & Register of said town of Windsor which office, I hereby certify that he sustains his age as fifty five years and he is a credible person
Attest Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace N.B. the alteration of the date in the Justice Certificate was made pursuant to signing

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Know all men that I Remem- berance Sheldon of Windsor Hart- ford County and State of Connecticut and of the age of fifty five under oath declare and say that about the year 1780 I enlisted into Capt James Morris company in the second Connecticut regiment under command of Col. Hernan Swift I joined the army at the Highlands State of New York and remained in the army of the revolution under the continental establishment untill the 28 day of Oct 1783 and enlisted for three years and was honorably discharged from the army by major Genl Knox as ap- pears in part by said discharge which I received and have ever since retained in my possession untill the present time although discharge is greatly injured by

time and accident inasmuch that the year of discharge does not des- tinctly appear, but was in 1783. And I further say that I went into the army when I joined it in and behalf of a certain class of men composed of 14 men living in said Mendon three of whom are now alive viz. Isaac Hayden, Ezra Hayden, and Levi Hayden. and I further declare and say that I am by reason of reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from my country for support; all which is sworn to in pursuance of an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. and I further say that I have never received any pension from the United States and am a resident citizen of the United States City of Hartford State of Connecticut - sworn to this 6 April 1818 Witness my hand & Seal of the Court (Permit) Sheldon with other leaf. Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in said State

1815 with other leaf. Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in said State
We Daniel Dorche and Sherman Rowland of Windsor, Hartford County and State of Connecticut of lawful age and soldiers in the continental army do hereby testify and say that we have been acquainted with Rembrandt Sheldon for a long time and ever since the year 1776. That said Sheldon served in the continental army in Capt Somers Morris's company in the second Connecticut regiment under Col Swift. That we all three served in the same company and regiment. That at the time of our discharge said Sheldon was left in the army and was discharged in October 28 day 1783 and then returned to Windsor where all three of us have ever since lived. That said Sheldon is the same person who has signed the above deposition and delivered up the annexed discharge under the hand of Genl Knowles. That said Sheldon

ever since then.
The same person who has signed the above deposition and delivered up the annexed discharge under the hand of God knows that said person
is a man of good character but by reason of misfortune and reduced circumstances in life is in need of support from his country — and further say not dated city of Norford April 6 1818
Daniel Porter
Sherman Rowland
State of Connecticut / County of of Hartford, April the 6 th 1818
Personally appeared Daniel Porter & Sherman Rowland the signers of the foregoing deposition & made solemn Oath that the facts therein contained are true before me
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in said State —
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January 18, 1936
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Mrs. Ellis F. Clark Box 67 Woodbury, Connecticut
REMEMBRANCE SHELDON W. 24955 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Remembrance Sheldon, of Windsor, Connecticut, who served from that state and whose widow, Phoebe, received pension under File No. W. 24955.
The record of Remembrance Sheldon (whose name appears also as Shelden) follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 24955, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of parents are not given.
While residing in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, he enlisted September 1, 1780, served as corporal in Captain James Morris' company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged October 23, 1783.
Remembrance Sheldon was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-five years and residing in Windsor, Connecticut, where he died February 18, 1826.
The soldier married in the winter prior to the year 1782, in Windsor, Connecticut, Phoebe Denslow, born September 22, 1763, place not stated. She was the daughter of Benoni Denslow and his wife, Sarah.
Soldier's widow, Phoebe Sheldon, was allowed pension on her application executed August 29, 1836, while a resident of Windsor, Connecticut. She died August 22, 1839.
In 1820, the soldier stated that his family then consisted of his wife, and William Sheldon aged twenty-eight years and Temperance Sheldon aged twenty-three years. Their oldest child, Sally Fish,

was born October 10, 1782, place not given.
In 1836, Miss Tryphena Denslow, sister of soldier's wife, was eighty-four years of age, and Joseph Gaylord Denslow, their brother, aged sixty-seven years, were both residents of Windsor, Connecticut.
In 1836, one Submit Wilson, a widow whose husband's given name was not stated, and who was aged seventy years, was living in Windsor, Connecticut, and stated that she was a relative of soldier's wife, Phoebe, but did not state the relationship.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1923. Oct. 24 - Heir: to Arthur A. Churchill mm 25 1928. June 4 - Heir: to Mrs. M. C. Roberts See also ( ) 1936. Jan. 18 - Heir to Mrs. Ellis H. Clark - m. 18
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24255  Phoebe Wilson  wid. of  Rembrandt Sheldon  Phii. Nov. 11. 1881 Act June 7 th 1856 Index: Vol 5 , Page 209 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1923. Oct. 24 - List: to Arthur G. Churchill mm 1/2 1728. June 4 - List: to Geo. W. C. Roberts Dec 18 - List: to Mrs. E. J. Clark - 1936. Jan. 18 - List to Mrs. E. J. Clark - Mph 13
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24955  Phoebe Holden  wid. of  Benjamin Holden  Phii Rev. War Act June 7 th 1856 Index: Vol 5 , Page 209 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Let. to J. Charlton 9 Sept. 36
" H. H. Ellsworth 15 " "
" J. Charlton 28 " "
" " Nov. "
" " " " 36
" " do - 9 Dec. 36

Remembrance Sheldon pri. 8 pp mo. Conn. act. 1818 when last paid? Nov. 6.
Nov. 23. 1836
Recd 10 Feb 1826 for rent of house, Scituate 14

Conn.      1      Sheldon, Remembrance W. 249 65
Mutilated discharge certificate /

Remains of a shell (arm) 11.2.1953

By the Major General Thomas Garrison of West Point & its district
166. Handwritten text 28.

East Windsor Dec 16
free
4 July 1866 to
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
Miss. Shelton Conni

East Hinston Dec 13 th 1836
Sir
Yours of the 9 th respecting the age of Phoebe Sheldon & enquiries after the record of the age of her eldest daughter Sally Fish, is received.
Previously to sending the certificate first given by the Town Clerk, & by Mr Walker the Clergyman I went with Mr Walker to the house of Mrs Sheldon, & he & myself searched what few papers & fragments of Books they had, to find some entry of record, but could not find the least evidence.
I have searched the town records of Hinston, with the town Clerk, & we could find nothing touching the ages of any member of Remembrance and Phoebe Sheldon's family except their own ages, viz the age of Remembrance Sheldon, & of Phoebe Denslow. I think the last certificate of the town Clerk declares that he finds no other entry respecting the ages of any of the family, than that above stated the old lady is a very weak minded

and ignorant woman, I never had any acquaintance with her "till the time she wished me to present her case to your office. The Clergyman, and the Town Clerk of Windsor, by their first certificates express their confidence in her integrity. Windsor is a town separated from East Windsor by the Connecticut river, but as there is no bridge over it there is but little intercourse between the places, so that tho' I had lived for 38 years within 3 miles of her present residence I never heard of her, or her husband until about the time of making her papers.
I do not believe it possible for the woman or her children to produce any record evidence of her marriage or their birth, and here I leave the case. With great respect
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir I am yours, Jesse Charlton

Warklepl
Pen. off
Nov. 3 rd 36
Sir
The certificate of the Town Register is satisfactory as to the age of Mrs. Phebe Sheldon which corresponds with the fact stated in her original declaration that she was 18 years old in 1782 at the alleged date of her marriage. Her sister estimates the age of her child Sally Fish at 54 years. If that could be established by the  any record of births it would be satisfactory.
Depe Charlton Esq. East Windsor Connect.

War Dept.
Pen. Off
Nov. 31 st
Sir
The evidence respecting the marriage of Mrs. Phebe Sheldon has been again examined & is deemed insufficient. The deponents appear to have designated the year 1782 upon a general recollection without furnishing any striking facts which might shew its accuracy. In her declaration she asserts that she is now 75 years old being born in 1761. While her late husband's declaration on 1 Aug 1820 asserts that he was at that time 57 years old and his wife 53 years old. Consequently she was born in 1767 which would make her less than 15 years old in 1782 the alleged date of her marriage. She also alleges that she was 18 years old at the date of her marriage in 1782 and consequently was born in 1764. These discrepancies involve her own age & the date of her marriage in considerable obscurity which can now be removed only

be removed by a satisfactory amount of a new grade of evidence c
John Shattuck
Nov 24: 36
26
The vol 39 page 273
Leke Charlton Esq East Windsor Conn.

Hope Charlton Sept 28. 1836
A.C.
Rec vol 39 Page 71

War Dept. Pension Off Sept 36
Sir
The add d evidence in the case of Phebe Sheldon widow of Remembrance Shel- don dec d has been examined
It appears that there are no church or family records of the marriage, but the town or County Clerk in all probability kept a register of the licences which would establish the date & legality of the marriage. She asserts that her oldest child is 34 years old but it does not appear from what grounds the al- legation is made by one who appears to have never had a record of births and is altogether doubtful as to the date of the marriage & of her own age  marriage
If the age of this child be clearly establish- ed it would give a date to the marriage prior to the termination of the service
The testimony is not deemed sufficient upon the point of marriage
Jesse Charlton Esq E. Windsor Conn. D.

Williamstown
Sept 11 1836
.06
MS Vol 39 Page 35

War Dept. Penson H. 15 Sept 1836
Sir
I have the honor to return you the letter of Mr. Charlton enclosed with yours of 12 inst and in reply to state that the claim of Mrs. Patience Sheldon widow of Remembrance Sheldon dec d under the act of 4 July 1836 was examined on 9 inst & the result communicated to Mr. Charlton by letter of that date. He was also informed by a letter of 12 inst of the action of the Dept t on the case of Mrs. Catharine Bower widow of John Bower dec d .
As the object of this letter to you seems to have been written solely with the view of expediting a decision upon the designated cases it is not deemed necessary to furnish you with copies of the letters above referred to. If desired they will be furnished.
H. L. Ellsworth Esq.
Comm t of Pensions
act 4 July 1836

State of Connecticut Hartford County, "East Windsor Sept 14 th A 1836
Sir I herewith forward some further proof in favor of the claim of Widow Phoebe Sheldon of the town of Windsor Connecticut for a pension under the act of July 4 th A 1836. which application is on file in your office. She is an ignorant and feeble minded woman, and did not seem able to state with any more definiteness than she has done. The clergyman & myself searched what few books they had to try to find some kind of record, but found no vestige of any. As it is very certain there is no record attainable either to confirm or contradict her declaration, and as her declaration, as to the principal facts is confirmed by two credible witnesses, I doubt not, you will see light enough to guide you to a right decision.
With great respect Sir I am your Obdt Servt.
Jesse Charlton Hon J. L. Edwards,

1836 54 1782

Connecticut Hartford County East Windsor
Sir I herewith forward the certificates procured by Widow Rachel Sheldon of Windsor in support of her claim:
And as you suggested that perhaps the person who granted licenses for marriages might perhaps have kept some record or memorandum. I spoke to Mr W Ellsworth Esq late member of congress from Hartford on the subject, and he wrote a line or two which I transmit herewith.
Suffer me to remark that in most cases the persons who most need the pension are the persons those who have passed thro life without order or economy, poor and ignorant, and who are least able to substantiate the fact of their marriage by any records, for they generally keep none of anything.
This is the woman of whom I wrote to Mr L Ellsworth Esq

as being in a most wretched condition her house without a floor or fireplace, not quite in the almshouse but in a much worse condition.
I suggest this from the desire that her case may be decided as early as possible.
I understand the services of her husband were long and faithful & that, in connexion with her present helpfulness makes it desirable that her case should receive an early decision.
I am Sir
Most respectfully yours!
James L. Edwards Esq. Miss Charlton

Jesse Charlton Sept 9. 1836
A.C.
Ms. A. 1. 1 v. 39 Page 28

War Dept Pension Off 9 Sept 36
Sir
The papers in support of the claim of Mrs Patience Sheldon widow of Remembrance Sheldon decd have been examined & placed on our files.
Her statement is defective in relation to the date - name of minister - & witnesses of the marriage - and the proof vague & unsatisfactory - Before parol testimony can be recd as satisfactory it should distinctly appear that no records of marriages were kept at that time by the Church or town in which the marriage took place.
See Charlton Esq C. Windsor Count

East Windsor August 29 th D r 1834 Hartford County, Conn
Sir I herewith forward the application of Widow Phoebe Sheldon of Windsor in Connecticut for a Pension. Her husband was a pensioner of the United States probably under the Act of 1818 and then a resident of said Windsor.
There appears to be but a very few marriages recorded in the public Records previous to the passage of the law of the State of about 1826 requiring clergymen & others to have all the Marriages which they ratified entered in the Town Records. The family are miserably poor & illiterate & had no record of Marriages nor births. The most respectable neighbors entertained no doubt of the truth of her statement & she has lived there in Windsor ever since she was married.
I L Edw ds Esq r S r Inver Yours Jesse Charlton

Letter in the W.H. of Widow Phoebe Sheldon

East Windsor Nov 29 th 1836
Sir
I herewith transmit some further evidence in support of the application of Widow Phoebe Sheldon, of Windsor, in Connecticut for a pension.
The true age of Mrs Sheldon is now established from the record:
I have requested the commission of Points to drop you a line respecting the credibility of her witnesses, (if he is acquainted with them, and as he is himself a native of Windsor I believe he is.) And I apprehend he is so well acquainted with the justice, who certified to the credibility of the witnesses that he will say what will be fully satisfactory on that head.
The certificate of the court of Probate & also of the Secretary of State respecting Giles Ellsworth Esq being a justice of Peace at this time, & also in relation to the genuineness of the signature having been presented in the former documents in this case, I refer to them in proof of this fact. Most respectfully yours James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington Abel Root Jesse Root

To Hon. Comr. than
Henry L. Ellsworth Esq. Commissioner of Patents Washington City

East Windsor Conn
Nov 25 1836
Dear Sir
In the application of Widow Rachel Sheldon, for a Pension, She was so uncertain in regard to her own age & the exact period of her Mar- riage, that Mr Edsards is still unsatisfied: I have now ascertained her true age from the record & have sent the certified copy.
I trouble you again for this pur- pose Sir.
That if you are acquainted with Mr Gaylord Denslow, & his Sister Miss Denslow & the widow Wilson allow from yourself that they are cre- dible persons (if such is the fact) would be a help to the poor old woman.
The deposition of two of them viz of Miss Denslow & Mrs Wilson were taken before Giles Ellsworth Esq, of Windsor, he certified that they were credible persons. I am but little acquainted with either of them, but Esq Ellsworth viz Giles Ellsworth I confide in as a man who would not testify to the credibility of any person unworthy of that recommendation. If you are willing Sir to drop a line to the commissioners of Pensions, touching this point.

it may present her case in a less dubious light than now rests upon it. The woman is extremely ignorant and did not appear to know her own age, & had no sort of records of any thing. The Rev Mr Walker & myself went to her house, & carefully examined the very few papers and books she had, in hopes of finding something like a record but found nothing.
I thought, Sir, under these circum- stances, that the poor woman was entitled to have the character of her witnesses known, & duly appreciated; And I could not conceive a readier method to effect it than than to ask the favor from yourself.
Your known readiness to oblige your friends makes them sometimes trespass on your time & attention when they ought not to do it.
With sincere esteem and friendship Sir I am your Obedt Servant.
Jesse Charlton
Hon H L Ellsworth Commissioner of Patents Washington

Patent Office
Dec 6 W. 36
I cheerfully certify to the credibility of the within named witnesses whom I know and who live in my native town - The magistrate is also highly respectable
H. L. Smith
to tr

Mrs Sheldon Case
James L Edwards Esq City of Washington D C

Hartford Octt 5 th 1836
Col L Edmonds Esq
Sir
At the request of Mr Charlton of East Windsor, I certify that there is no law of this state requiring a license from any person for money unless it is a parent.
Your Most obed t Serv t M c Ellsworth

Veterans Administration Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: -
Rev. 4/18/12
Please send me all information that your records may contain of the Connecticut Rev. War Soldier, Remembrance Sheldon , His widow, Phebe, received a pension. Widow Phebe P. 2495-5.
I have no record of his service. To help. I believe.

he was from Windsor, Conn. and he fought with Conn. troops and was an ancestor of my father.
Pension claim of widow of Remembrance Sheldon may help prove my ancestral lines back to Rev. War which is desired.
I shall appreciate as early a reply as possible.
Reply postage is enclosed.
Very Truly yours
Dea S Clark,
(Mrs. Ellis F.)
Woodbury,
Conn.
Woodbury, Conn.
Nov. 26, 1935
Box 67.

ARTHUR H. CHURCHILL
6 WESTOVER ROAD
MONTCLAIR, N. J.
September 13, 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir;
Please furnish me with the military history and whatever additional information your files may contain, of the following soldiers of the Revolutionary War who are believed to have been pensioned;
✓ Remembrance Sheldon of Windsor, Connecticut.
○ Enos Baldwin of Woodbury (or Washington,) Connecticut.
✓ Samuel Hatch of Newport, Rhode Island.
If there is any fee required for furnishing this information, let me know and I will send you my check to cover. I also wrote you on August 18th. asking for this data, but receiving no response, I presume that my letter went astray.
Yours truly,
Arthur H. Churchill

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON
January 4, 1936.
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:
IN REPLY REFER TO: BA-G
Mrs. Ellis F. Clark, Woodbury, Conn. Box 67.
SHELDON, Remembrance #24955
Dear Madam:
The postage enclosed with your letter of recent date is herewith returned. No postage is required on replies to official inquiries.
Your communication is being given attention.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk. cm rlp
Enclosure: (1) three-cent stamp
Veterans Administration Form 3158 Return of Postage.

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October 24, 1922
Arthur H. Churchill 6 Westover Road Montclair, New Jersey
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim 24955 it appears that Remembrance Sheldon, or Shelden, while a resident of Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut enlisted September 1, 1780, served as a Corporal in Captain James Morris' Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged October 28, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818 while a resident of Windsor, Connecticut aged fifty-five years.
In 1820 he stated that his "family" consisted of his wife and William Sheldon aged twenty-eight years and Temperance Sheldon aged twenty-three years. He died February 18, 1826 in Windsor, Connecticut.
Soldier married Phebe born September 23, 1763, daughter of Benoni and Sarah Denslow. She was allowed

pension on her application executed August 29, 1836 while a resident of Windsor, Connecticut at which date she stated that she was married in the winter when she was eighteen years old. Her oldest child Sally Fish was born October 10, 1782.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Widow's sister Tryphena Denslow)