Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23836, for Titus Page, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Page, Titus
S. 23836
CONTENTS

New York 24. 690 Titus Page of Mank in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Col. commanded by Col. Hall _____ in the R. one line for Dms.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4 th April 1838 grossed 4 th March 1838 to 31. Aug. 1838, the day of his death. age 80. filed 6. Oct. 1839
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 7 th Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Feb y 1834 and sent to Hon. J. Page H Rep.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1833. $191. 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31 - 38.32 $229.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 114

33 86 Titus Page
5:11 12:14:16
rejected of returns to Judge ... of ... County of ...
Aug. 10 1832 Oct. 20 1832
P 6
26.66
153.33
38.33
191.16
Hon S Page
A G Ransom
Green
Chenango Co
NY

BRIEF in the case of Titus Page of Trianglo in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the Vice Chancellor of the South Circuit of the State of N. York  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy Seven years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     June In 1775 6 Private Col. S. Hall Militia   Feb'y 1776 3 " " J. Wadsworth do   June 1776 6 " " Human Swift Connect.   July 1777 4 " " Enos Militia   Aug't 1779 14 Substitute " Willis    other military services indefinitely stated — Says that he applied for a Pension under the Act of 1818. which was rejected
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wallingford Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional and living testimony  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct in form and authentication 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Pension Application of Titus Page No. 3380
admd 23 mo pr $76.66

State of New York
Broome County ss. On this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Robert Mound Tice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery held at the House of Paul Orcutt in the town of Lisle in said County of Broome & State of New York now sitting Titus Page a resident of the town of Triangle in said County of Broome aged seventy seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. —
I enlisted in June 1775. at Wallingford Connecticut for six months in a company of Militia under Col. Street Hall in Genl. John Sullivan's Brigade — we went to the City of Boston where stationed the greater part of the time at a place then called Winter Hill & at the end of the six months was verbally discharged. —
In February 1776. I enlisted in a company of Militia or State troops commanded by Capt. Morse in Col. John Noddworth's Regiment, for the term of two months. I went with the Company to Boston & staid there the two months. We had a commanding officer with the British for several days at length on the 17 th of March 1776. the British retreated or evacuated from Boston. I went on Dorchester Hill with Genl. Washington after my two months were out I still remained there one month at request of Genl. Lee until new recruits arrived & then returned home. —
In Jan 1776. at Wallingford in Connecticut I again enlisted for six months in a company commanded by Captain John Thatcher of New Haven in Col. Horatio Swift's Regiment of Connecticut — we marched to Greenborough from thence to Tienderaga where we remained a short time also at Mount Independence

we were in several Skirmishes & one engagement at the time Genl. Arnold was cut off - at the end of the said six months I was discharged & returned home. —
In July 1777. I again enlisted at Wallingford aforesaid for four months in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. James Peck of Wallingford aforesaid in Col. Pico's Regiment - we marched to Fishkill, Peekskill & Crumpond our particular business was to keep the British from landing from their vessels they were then plying up the Hudson to join Burgoyne's Army as it was supposed I continued to serve in said Company till the four months expired & then again returned home. —
In July or August 1779. I went as a Substitute for Abel Frisby Bristol Hartford County in Captain Amos  Abraham Sloper's Company of Militia in Col. Wells's Regiment for four months we marched to Danbury & Horse Neck at the latter place we tarried until the four months expired when I returned home to Bristol where I then resided - during these four months we were in several Skirmishes & scouting parties against the Tories & British. —
I was several times out on duty as a Soldier a few weeks at a time besides what is above stated particularly in April 1779. I was in a Skirmish as a volunteer at the time Genl. Wooster was killed at what was then called Crumpe ridge - I was also out on duty at the time the British burnt Danbury - also when the British entered New Haven - was also out in an engagement when one Capt. Sharp was killed several times shot through with balls. —
I applied for a pension under the Law of 1818 but was rejected as I was informed for want of proper Service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Robt. Merrill Fid. Chancellor Arthur Page
Question 1 st Where and in what Year were you born? At Wallingford Connecticut in April 1755.
Quest n 2 nd Have You any record of your age and if so where is it? No other record except the Town record of Wallingford
Quest n 3 rd Where were you living when called into the Service where have you lived since, & where do you now live? Was living in Wallingford Connecticut - I have lived in Hartford County Connecticut till about 1806 when I moved to Broome County where I now reside
Quest n 4 th How came You called into the Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom? I enlisted & went as a Substitute for Abel Frisby. —
Quest n 5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops where you served. Such Continental And Militia regiments as You can recollect & the general Circumstances of Your Service?
Ans r Genl. Sullivan - Genl. Gates, Genl. Watertown, Genl. Arnold. The Militia Regiments are mentioned in my declaration I do not recollect any Continental Regiments.

The circumstances of my Service are mentioned in my declaration above. -
Ques t 6 th Did You ever receive a discharge from the Service if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
I received a written discharge from Genl Sullivan but have lost it with my Packet book.
Ques t 7 th State the names of persons to whom You are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of Your Service as a soldier of the Revolution. Jason Hawes, Thomas Whitney, James Stoddard Jr. Asahel Olmsted Joseph Sandford. -
Petition Application
We Thomas Whitney a resident in the Town of Mauger in the County of Broome & State of New York and Jason Hawes - of the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Titus Page who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Seven Years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution. And That we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Robt. O'Callaghan Vice Chancellor
Jason Hawes

And, the said Court does here by declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the 10th Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Deserved as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to him that Thomas Whitney and Jason Hews who have signed the above certificate are residents in Tiough Broome County and that they are both credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Robt Morell
Vice Chancellor
I Jonathan S Woods, Clerk of the Court of Equity of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Titus Page for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this 31th day of August A.D. 1832.
Jonathan S Woods Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 4 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Prudence Page, widow of Titus Page, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Seventy six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 31 st August, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Purdie Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

February 3, 1932
BA-J/EEL
Mrs. F.H. Sheppard 703 Fifth Street Liverpool, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Titus Page, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.23836, based upon the military service of Titus Page in that war.
Titus Page was born in April, 1755, at Wallingford, Connecticut.
While residing in Wallingford, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows: from June, 1775, six months in a company commanded by Captain Street Hall; from February, 1776, three months in Captain Morse's Company, Colonel Wadsworth's Regiment and was at Boston when that city was evacuated by the British; from June, 1776, six months in Captain John Thatcher's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Regiment; marched to Ticonderoga, was in several skirmishes and in one engagement "at the time General Arnold was cut off"; from July, 1777, four months or from the spring of 1777, eight months (both statements appear in the claim) in Captain James Peck's Company, Colonel Eno's Regiment; while residing in Bristol, he served from July or August, 1779, four months in Captain Ambrose Sloper's Company, Colonel Willis' Regiment and was in several skirmishes. He stated that he was also out of several other tours of a few weeks at a time, particularly one in 1777, when General Wooster was killed and also when Danbury and New Haven were attacked, and that on one tour he served under Colonel Cook, other officers' names not given.
After the Revolution, he resided in Hartford County, Connecticut, until 1806, then moved to Broome County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, while residing in Tiangel, Broome County, New York.

He died August 31, 1838, leaving a widow Prudence. There are no particulars in regard to her and no reference is made to children.
A careful search of the War of 1812 records has been made in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension having been made on account of the services of any William Stroup, searched under all spellings of the surname, in that war.
Your letter has been referred to the proper division of this office relative to Waterman P. Shares, a soldier of the Civil War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Revolutions
23836 INVALID.
1932 Feb 3 - Hist to Mrs F. H. Sheppard EEL
File No. 23,836
Titus Page
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Rev. Col. Titus Page Suspended
See letter to A. G. Ransom 8. August 1833.
Act 7. June '32

Abel Grisbie of Bristol in the County of Hartford & in the State of Connecticut of lawful age doth depose & say, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine he became personally acquainted with Titus Page - then of the place where he the deponent now resides but now of the town of Triangh in the County of Broome & State of New York; that on the same year A.D. 1879 at said Bristol then belonging to the town of Farmington, he the deponent hired said Titus Page to perform a tour of duty which the deponent was under obligation to perform under a detach- ment made out from the Militia of the State of Connecticut, that the said Page actually perform- ed a tour of duty under the command of Capt. Ambrion  Stanton Slocum who then resided in Southington in said County of Hartford, that the said Titus Page, did, according to the best of the de- ponent's knowledge & recollection, serve the full term of four months under the above named Captain in the above mentioned year, and the deponent further says, that he understood & verily believes the said Page was in the service of his country at other times & that the tour was performed at or near a place called Goose Neck & further the deponent saith not
Abel Grisbie
State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } Is Bristol Probate District Nov 15 th 1883 Personally appeared before me Henry A. Mitchell Judge of Probate for said District Abel Grisbie who is known to me, & being duly examined cautioned & sworn agree- able to law, made solemn oath that all the facts

contained set forth in the foregoing deposition or affidavit by him signed & subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth, the said deposition or affidavit was taken at the request of Peter Page of said Triangle, to be by him im- =proved in an application by him made for a pen- =sion from the United States of America in such case made & provided -
Given me
Henry Mitchell Judge of Probate for the District of Bristol do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Abel Frisbie the deponent herein named - that he is a disinterested person & that he sustains a reputable character for truth
Henry Mitchell Judge of Probate for the District of Bristol State of Connecticut. Hartford County ss. Bristol Probate District do hereby certify that Henry Mitchell who has signed the above certificate is the Judge of Probate for the District of Bristol duly-commissioned & satisfy that the certificate aforesaid was signed by him in my presence In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court the 15th day of December A.D. 1833
Charles G. Ives Clerk of Probate for the district of Bristol

Ichabod Ives, of Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, of lawfull age depose & say. That I am well acquainted with Titus Page of Triangl - County of Broome State of New York - formerly of Wallingford aforesaid - That in the year 1777 deponent enlisted into the United States Troops Connecticut line - for the term of Eight months - in a company commanded by James Peck - Colonel Eno's Regiment - That the said term commenced in the spring of the year & ended the latter part of November of the year of December when the company was verbally discharged - & returned home - & the said Titus Page & Charles Ives of said Wallingford enlisted into the same company at the same time - & continued untill the end of the term of Eight months. — and further the deponent saith not. — Ichabod Ives
Charles Ives, of said Wallingford, of lawfull age depose & say. That I have heard read the foregoing deposition of Ichabod Ives & deponent that he was enlisted at the same time - & also the said Page & continued there for the same length of time - & further the deponent saith not. — Charles Ives
New Haven County State of Connecticut } ss } Wallingford November 19 th 1833
Personally appeared Ichabod Ives & Charles Ives, subscribers of the fore

Before me A.B. Chapman - Notary Public for the County of New Haven - -going depositions - and made solemn oaths to the truth of the same - before me - and likewise certify that the said deponents are credible persons and that their story is entitled to credit
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office of Notary Public - (by the laws of the State of Connecticut authorized to administer oaths) - This nineteenth day of November one thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty Three
A.B. Chapman - Notary Public for the County of New Haven

Chenango County ss
Came personally before me Ichabod Merriam of the Town of Smithville in the County of Chenango and being duly sworn Saith that in the year 1775 I enlisted for Six month under Col Street Hall at the Town of Wallingford in the County of Newhaven and State of Connecticut and Titus Page who is now a Resident of the Town of Triangle and Oregon County, in the State of New York in listed at the same time and place and under the same Colonel Street Hall for Six month and I know that the above named Titus Page and my Self went with the Regiment to Boston and served Six months
Subscribed and sworn at Smithville this 27 day of July 1832 before me
Ichabod Merriam
Abraham Pillsbury justice of the peace

Chautauqua County ss. I certify that the within deponent  affidavit who made oath to the within affidavit is a respectable man that his affidavit is entitled to credit which December 11 th 1832.
State of New-York      Abraham Tillotson      Justice of the peace County of Chautauqua ss. I, Lewis H. Pike, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Abraham Tillotson before whom the within Affida- vit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said Coun- ty and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & further believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the preceding Certificate of character to be his genuine handwriting & signature
Witness my hand and seal of office the 17th day of December 1832
J. B. Prindle Dep Clerk
Abraham Tillotson Justice of the peace
1832 12/17

In the Matter of Titus Page - Pension Appl n Amended declaration

State of New York
Broome County B. Personal appearance before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the said County of Broome, Titus Page of Triangle in said County who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of that part of his service set forth in the last clause of his declaration as made before the Hon. Robert Mowll Vice Chancellor on the 6 th day of August 1832. and he again repeats that he was several times out on duty as a soldier a few weeks at a time besides what is above stated but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades - I was out & done duty as a soldier at the different times at least one month the officers now I cannot now recollect except one Col. Cook of New Haven County the reason why no Clergyman was procured to certify for me on the hearing before Judge Mowll was because he could not then be procured -
Sworn & subscribed
Titus Page
this 18 th day of Febry
1833 before me
James Laddow 2 d Justice.

State of New York
Broome County ss. I Timothy Sheppard of the town of Triangle in said County of Broome a Clergyman being sworn do state that I reside in the vicinity of Titus Page an Applicant for a pension under the laws of Congress of 1832. That I have known said Page for more than twelve years last past that I am well acquainted with him that I believe him to be seventy seven years of age. That he is reputed skilled, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion that said Page is a respectable man & a man of veracity -
Sworn & subscribed this 19 th day of February 1833. before me
Timothy Sheppard
James Stoddard Justice Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Timothy Sheppard & that he is a respectable man & a Clergyman also a man of veracity - Feb y 19 th 1833.
James Stoddard Justice Peace

State of New York
Broome County ss I V. B. Marvin Clerk of said County do
Certify that James Stoddard Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been sworn and also who made & signed the within certificate was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Broome - also that I am acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe the three above signatures to the said two affidavits & certificate to be the genuine same writing of the said James Stoddard Esq -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28th day of February 1833.
V. Marvin Clerk
Single 3
James Stoddard Esq Branchville
W. H. H. H. Hanson Esq. Clerk Hoback
James Stoddard Esq
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