Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,430, for Samuel Pease, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Pease, Samuel Sarah
No. 17,430
CONTENTS

Connecticut.
Sarah Pease.
widow of Samuel Pease, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 15 th April, 1828 of Tolland Co in the State of Conn — who was a private in the Comp y : — commanded by Captain Robertson — of the Reg t commanded by Col. Enos — in the Conn. State — time for 2 years —
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut — at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of May 1839 to Jesse Charlton Esq r Windsor Hills, Conn.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar: 1839 $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept r — 40.00
$280.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by M c Stewart — Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 — Page 204

2926 Sarah Pease Wid of Samuel Conn.
Ad July 7 1838 Mar 1786 died 1828
Allou 2y $80 pr ann Coat State Hoop Capt. Robertson Id Enos.
Depe Charlton East Windsor Hill Conn

Declaration State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss Somers On this 8 th day of September A D 1838 person- ally appeared, before the Court of Probate for the District of Somers, in the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Pease, a resident of said Somers, aged 79 — years; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the Widow of Samuel Pease, late of said Som- ers, who was a private Soldier in the army of the Revolution, and served in several distinct periods of that War. And first, that he enlisted into a compa- ny of State troops, in said Somers, in the Spring of the year 1775, That the Compa- ny was under Command of Maj Joel Clark, & that Abiel Pease, was its first Lt: That her said Husband, Samuel Pease, marched with said Company to Roxbury, { near Boston, where he served until Dec- ember, as she believes; a period of Six Months.
And she further declares, that in the month of June 1776, he enlisted into a company of State Troops in said

Somers, Commanded by Captain Abiel Pease, & attached to Col d Erastus Wolcotts Regiment, That he marched to New London, in said State and there performed a tour of duty called seven months: from June 1776, to January 1777.
And again, in the Spring, or forepart of the Summer of 1778, he, the said Samuel Pease, enlisted for the term of one year, in a company. Commanded by Capt d Elyah Robertson which was attached to Col d Roger Enos Reg t , this was a Regiment, she is informed, of minute men, which were to be in service half the time of the year, to be in service but three months at a time & that he was called out twice & served three months each time, making six months in all, this year.
And again, he, the said Samuel Pease, was drafted to go to New London in the year 1779, or forepart of the year 1780 That he served for two months in a company commanded by Capt d Wood or Capt d Felt & the company was attached to Col d Abiel Peases Regiment, And That he was drafted for three months in the summer or Fall of 1780 in Captain Israel Converse Company in Col d Levi Wells Regiment & that they were at Hooseneck, & on the lines, that he returned home in the Winter of 1781.
She has heard he was out more but cannot yet find any living evidence.

She furthermore declares; that she was lawfully married, to the forementioned Samuel Pease, by the Rev d Charles Bachus, pastor of the Congregational Church at said Somers, on the sixth day of July, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Six. That she continued to live with him, as his Wife, down to the period of his death; which took place, at said Somers, on the 15 th day of April 1828. That she has never again intermarried.
That she was not Married to her said Husband, prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, viz at the time above stated. She has no Family record of her Marriage or other documentary evidence.
Sarah Pease
Sworn & subscribed, on the day and year above written
Before said probate Court
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the Declarant is the surviving widow of Samuel Pease a Soldier in the revolutionary War, That he served as is stated in the foregoing Declaration, & That he died at said Somers on the 15 th day of April 1828. And that the said Sarah Pease still remains his widow as has never again inter

married
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Probate Court at Somers aforesaid, on this 8 th day of September A 1838, And I further certify that Walter R. Hibberd, before whom the annexed certificate of Frederick Kibbe was taken & of Samuel Pease as is taken is at this time, & has been for two months last past, a lawful justice of the peace for said Tolland County, in the State of Connecticut that his Commission will not expire before the 20 th day of June 1839, & that his signature to said certificate is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Probate Court, at Somers aforesaid, this 8 th day of September A 1838.
Walter R. Kibbe Judge of Probate
Inasmuch as the said Court does hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the said declaration is true the declarant & witnesses are known to the Court & are credible persons The said Samuel Pease was also known to the court & universally believed to have been in the Army of the revolution
In testimony whereof I, Nholiab Johnson Clerk of the Probate Court before named do hereunto subscribe my name & affix the Seal of said Court at Somers in the County of Tolland in Connecticut on this 18 th day of May A 1839
Nholiab Johnson Clerk

I Oliver Chapin, a resident of Somers in the County of Tolland, and State of Connecticut in the Eighteenth year of my age, hereby depose and say, that in the year 1778, I enlisted into a Regiment, called Minute men, which was under the Command of Col o Roger Eno, & our company was commanded by Capt. Elijah Robertson of Tolland County. By the terms of our enlistment we were to be in the service but three months at one time; then to be dismissed & suffered to go home; but we were liable to be called for again as soon as we should be wanted. We entered on the service, in the Spring of the year 1778; & in June, I think it was; the weather was some of the hottest weather I ever experienced; we march'd thro Meriden in Connecticut to the White Plains, & from there to Westpoint; we staid at White Plains about four or five weeks; & when we were near West point, it was a little after the Wheat Harvest; after we reached West point we staid until the first three months of our engagement had expired; we then were dismissed till called for: And we were again called for, about the latter part of November: when we were called for the second time, I was unwell, & did not set out until the main body of our company were gone: as soon as I got able, after a few days, I set out with four or five, who had been kept back from the same cause.

we overtook our company, in the South East West corner of Connecticut at a town now called Greenwich then Noorse neck: I have been up & down the stairs where Putnam rode down. While at White Plains we were under the command of Gates all part of his Division had came down from the Capture of Burgoyne, Here. I often saw Baron Steuben, exercising the troops; in my first three months; In my second three months we were mostly in Winter quar- ters, & only maintained our necessary guards; the last three months terminated when the snow was on the ground; I should think in February. This closed my service under this enlistment, making in this engage- ment Six months And with me there served in the first three months & in the last three; making six months under this enlistment Samuel Pease a resi- dent of said Somers, a man with whom I was well acquainted, he married after the close of the War Sarah Root of this Town, & lived with her, as his wife to the time of his death. And I also certify that in the year 1780, I was drafted for the period of three months State troops for a summer & fall campaign, I was drafted either the latter part of August, or forepart of September I did not return home till the winter: & I well remember that the aforesaid Sam- uel Pease served with me in this tour:

about 70 of us, under the guidance of a Serjeant re-conducted us to a place called Quaker Ridge after we joined the army, we were annexed to Col d Levi Wells Regiment: & my Captain was Israel Converse from Stafford, our Regiment was rather a flying camp that moved from place to place; after being a part of the time at Quaker ridge, a little way over the line in the State of New York, we fell back to Hornbeck; where we kept & maintained our guards, Biram Guard; Sherwood Guard; & quarter or Camp guards; & freely went on scouting parties: at the termination of this period we returned home, making as I have Tour of stated a of three months.
Oliver Chapin
Sept 7 th
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss Somers, on this 7 th day of September A D 1838, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton, a Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut Oliver Chapin a resident of said Somers, a respectable & credible man, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, & then & there made solemn Oath to the truth of the same, before me.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix my Seal of Office this day
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public.

I Oliver Chapin 2 nd hereby certify, That in the public records of Marriages, kept in the office of the Town Clerk & Register in the town of Somers, in the County of Tolland, and State of Connecticut, hereby certify, that in said Records in the Volume containing the records of Marriages, I find the following entry, in its regular place, in the series of entries, it being preceded by the entry of Eight marriages, on the same page; and followed by nine entries of Marriages on the same page.
Viz "Samuel Pease, and Sarah Root both of Somers were joined in Marriage July Sixth Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Six."
The foregoing is an exact copy from said record, except that in the original entry in said record, the date is put down in legible figures as follows "July 6 th 1786".
Oliver Chapin 2 nd Town Clerk of Somers
I Oliver Chapin 2 nd , hereby certify that I hold the office of town Clerk and Register for said town of Somers; and have held said office for more than ten years last past, and that the foregoing certificate signed by me, is true.
Attest Oliver Chapin 2 nd Town Clerk of Somers
State of Connecticut Tolland County, To Somers On this 7 th day of September A 1888, personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of

and for the State of Connecticut Oliver Chapin 2 nd a resident of said Somers, a credible person, well known to me, & who is Town Clerk & Register of said Town of Somers, & he then & there subscribed the foregoing certificate before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. in presence
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix my seal of office at this day
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public
Oliver Chapin Town Clerk of Somers
Oliver Chapin Town Clerk of Somers

Chapin Spencer, Register subscribed before me
sworn to office at
I James Spencer a resident of Somers in the County of Tolland & State of Con- necticut aged 78 & years last March, hereby depose and say, that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution for which I receive a pension; And I further depose and say, that in the year 1776, I enlisted the latter part of May or forepart of June of that year, into a Company of State troops commanded by Capt. Abel Pease of this Town, which Company was attached to Col o Ereustus Wolcotts Regiment; we marched from Somers thro Bolton Webron & Colchester to New London in Connecticut, where we served from the said forepart of June until the forepart of January 1777, & built fort Trumbull when the time of our enlistment expired & we were dis- missed but without any written discharge & returned. There enlisted & went with us and performed duty in our company, as a private Soldier thro the said term Samuel Pease, Then a neighbor of mine, & who lived in this town after the close of the War, and down to the period of his death, & he was husband to the present widow Sarah Pease, who is still living in this town & she has not again intermarried
James Spencer
State of Connecticut
Sept 7 th
Tolland County ss Somers, On this 7 th day of September A 1888, personally appeared

before me Jesse Charlton Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut James Spencer Esquire a resident of said Somers, a credible & respect- ible man, & a Pensioner for Revolutionary services who then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed.
Before me
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my Seal of Office at this day.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public.

and require respect services Truth D. of S affix
I Frederick Kibbe of Torrington in Tolland County in the State of Connecticut. aged 77. years, & Prisoner of the United States, hereby depose & say. that in the year of 1799, or in the first part of the year of 1800, the precise time not now recalled, by the Deponent, he was drafted from the Militia of said Town to perform a tour of Duty at New- London Ct. that immediately after he was drafted. he re- paired to New London, & was placed in a Company, un- der the command of Capt John Wood; & served in said Com- pany the full period of two Months. & was there discharged. & within a period of one year, as a substitute for Sam- uel Kibbe of said Town. I performed a second tour of Duty at New London. in a Company under the command of Capt. Samuel Felt, & performed a tour of Duty at New London. & was there discharged; after serving the full period of two Months - In one of the of said Tours, which I cannot now distinctly recall, Samuel Pease then of said Town, as now deceased, was a private, drafted from the Militia of said Town of Torrington to perform a tour of Duty at said New London; with me & subject to the same command, performed a tour of Duty at said New London for the full period of two Months. & was there discharged at the same time with me - The Regiment to which, Samuel Pease & myself were attached, was under the command, as the Deponent now believes, was under the command Col. Abiel Pease of said Torrington.
Torrington September 8 th 1838
Frederick Kibbe
N.B. Before signing, the word, a tour, after, Capt. Duty at, the said, were introduced, & (thereby) was and is the same was inserted before signing
attest Walter A Kibbe Justice of Peace Sworn & subscribed before me Walter A Kibbe Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut. Tolland County ss
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Frederick Kibbe the of said Dependent, & have known him for more than forty years, last past - & that he sustains a good moral character - & is a credible person -
attst. Walter R Kibbe Sester of peace
Torrington September 8 th 1838

intit of Sam Pease the heir
I Samuel Pease, a resident of Somers, in Tolland County, & State of Connecticut hereby certify, That I am well knowing to the fact That Samuel Pease; my Father, died in said town of Somers, on the 15 th day of April 1828. That he left a Widow, Sarah Pease, who still remains a Widow, & who has never again intermarried.
Dated at Somers, in the County of Tolland, & State aforesaid this 8 th day of September 1838. Samuel Pease.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me, and I certify, that the Said Samuel Pease the deponent is a credible person, whom I have known for more than thirty years.
Walter Atkibbe Justice of peace.

I hereby certify, depose and say, that I am a native inhabitant of the Town of Somers, in Tolland County, Connecticut. That I am a Soldier of the revolution, and receive a pension for my services therein. At the breaking out of the War in 1775, a company of men were raised in Somers; and my uncle, Abial Pease, was a first Lt, and afterwards a Captain: many of the men were from this Town, my Brother Robert Pease, I well remember went and served thro the season, from June to December or January; we had a neighbor Samuel Pease, who was gone several times in the War, and I have not the least doubt that our neighbor Samuel Pease, was the Identical Samuel Pease whose name is found on the list or Roll of this Company; There is no other Samuel Pease from this Town that was in the service and the next year, I was serve with him, in said Abial Pease company at New London, I went down to New London, after the rest of the company had been there some Months, I had a Brother, Erastus; a regular member of the Company who marched down with them he was so much wanted at home on the Farm that the captain consented to receive me, as a substitute, I went down, and my Brother Erastus returned, home The said Samuel Pease I found there in service the said when I joined the company

and he served to the end of the war Till early in January 1777: The said Samuel Pease, after he returned from the Service Married married Sarah Root of this town, & lived with her, as his wife, down to the pe- riod of his death, which took place, in this town several years since.
And his widow still remains with us, & She has never again intermarried.
Charles Pease
State of Connecticut
Tolland County } Is Somers, On this 7 th day of September A 1838, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public, of & for the State of Connecticut, Charles Pease a resident of said Somers, well known to me; a credible & respectable man, & a pensioner for his services in the Revolutionary War: who then & there subscribed the foregoing deposi- tion, in my presence & then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix my Seal of Office this day
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

I hereby certify that on this 8 th Day of September 1838, I called at the House of the Reverend Rodney C. Dennis, who is at this time pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in said Somers, as is well known to me, I called to procure, from him, a certificate of the Marriage of Samuel Pease and Sarah Root, both of said Somers, but I found, that he was absent on a journey. Whereupon at my request his daughter presented the Book of Records of Marriages solemnized by the Rev. Charles Bachman a former pastor of the Church & Society in said Somers, on which on the 159 th Page of the Volume lettered Sommers Church Records the last entry on said page & preceded by 31 entries on the same, page is the following the heading at the top of the page being
Marriages.
Married
Seventeen Hundred & Eighty six, July Sixth Samuel Pease & Sarah Root both of Somers.
I certify that the foregoing is an exact copy from said record with the exception that in the original records, the date is put down in legible figures, as follows 1786 July 6 th
And I certify that the volume from which I copied the foregoing is the same volume from which the said Rodney

I Dennis copied the certificate of marriages he has given me heretofore.
Attest Jesse Charlton
On this 8 th day of September 1838, personally appeared before, the Court of Probate for the district of Somers aforesaid Jesse Charlton who has signed the foregoing certificate & made solemn oath to the truth of the same, & he is a credible person, to me well known to be
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Somers, aforesaid this 8 th day of September 1838
Walter R. Kibbe Judge of Probate
I Rodney G. Dennis do hereby certify that the foregoing & within written certificate signed by Jesse Charlton & Walter R. Kibbe Esq. is a true & exact transcript from the Parish records of Marriages made by the Rev. Charles Backus D.D. a former Pastor of the Congregational Church in this Town of Somers & I further certify that I am pastor of said Church & Society & have the keeping of its records & that the above is true
R. G. Dennis, Pastor.
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss Somers
On this 18 th day of May 1839 personally appeared before me Walter R. Kibbe Justice of the Peace Rodney G. Dennis a credible person & known to me as pastor of the Congregational Church & keeper of its Marriage Records & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed. Before me
Walter R. Kibbe Justice of the Peace for Tolland County

I Isaac Porter of Berlin in Hartford County & State of Connecticut, now in my Eighty-fourth year of age, Do depose & say that in the Summer of the Year 1775 I enlisted for five months, in the Revolutionary service, in a Company commanded by Maj. Joel Clark attached to Col. Huntington's Regt. we marched to Roxbury near Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, we marched by the way of Somers in Tolland County, where we were joined by the balance of said company, I at that time well knew Mr. Samuel Pease of said Somers, who joined our company & marched on with us, to Roxbury, where we remained, until our time expired, & were regularly dismissed; Mr. Pease served his full time of five months out, as I have always believed.
Isaac Porter
State of Connecticut } ss. Berlin October 20 th 1838. Hartford County }
Personally appeared Mr. Isaac Porter, well known to me as a man of truth & strict veracity, who in my presence subscribed the foregoing affidavit, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same, Before me. Luther Beckley Just. of the Peace
State of Connecticut } ss. County of Hartford }
James H. Hotchkiss Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford hereby certify that Luther Beckley who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County that full faith & credit are due to his official acts & that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 22 d day of October 1838. James H. Hotchkiss, Clerk.

Samuel Pease by Isaac Porter

I Henry Hulbourn Comptroller of Public accounts for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that in the Books & files remaining in this office I find credited the following services in the Revolutionary War
In Major Joel Clark's company called the 3rd company of which Abel Pease was first Lt Samuel Pease is credited for services performed as a private Soldier from July 7 th to Dec 16 th a period of five months & Nine days Noch 42
And in the year 1776
Captain Abel Pease is credited for services performed at New London from June 10 th 1776 to 3 rd January 1777 a Period of two months & 24 days Square B
And in 1778 Colo Roger Eno is credited in the following Manner Jan y 22 nd - 78 To order on Treasurer Leg A page 5
  1778 Ap l 7 To Do 659 11 10 3/4   Oct 21 To Do 300   500   1779 May 29 Do 126   June 5 Do 638 6 11 8 
And the acct is Balanced by his accts rendered
And Captain Israel Converse is credited in the following Manner Leg C 109
  1781 Ap l 13 To order on Treasurer 700 00 00   Dec 21 To cash received of Colo Wells 145 6 7 5   1782 Jan 26 To Do 14 0 10   Feb 28 To order on Treasurer 400 0 0   March 12 To Do 544 11 13 2 
And Capt Samuel Felt is credited for Militia services performed from April to Nov 1779
1779 Sept 8 Computed Value of Service £ 155 11 8 = 3 Cash 73
And Capt Elyah Robinson is credited in the following Manner A 209
  1777 Feb 6 By his acct rendered 970 May 14 By Maj Ripley's acct 96   1778 Jan 7 By acct rendered 2171 " 11 " 5 1779 March 2   By Do Do 2575 " 16 " 6 
And I certify that there

are no names of the Private Soldiers who served in either of the terms & period named under the foregoing or forenamed officers except the first period under the said Maj. Joel Clark.
Henry Kirbourn Camp

Declaration State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Somers. On this 8 th day of September A D 1838 person unto subscribed before the Court at Probate
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 Walter R. Kibbee Esq r is
and for more than two months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify 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 Kibbee 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 27 th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
And I certify that the signature of said Kibbee hereto annexed is genuine.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Pease a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
N. 17,430.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 17 1775 5 mo. 9 das Pvt. Maj. Joel Clark Huntington Conn.   June 1776 7 mos. " Abiel Pease Erastus Wolcott "   1778 + 1779 6 mos. " Elijah Robinson Roger Enos "   1779 or 1780 2 mos. " or Wood or Felt Abiel Pease "   Fall 1780 3 mos. " Israel Converse Levi Wells "  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Somers, Tolland Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 8, 1838 - His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Somers, Conn.
Age at date of application, 79 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier married Somers, Conn. July 6, 1786 Sarah Pease. He died at Somers, Conn. Apr. 15, 1828. No further family data.
Very respectfully,

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1911, July 27 ~ Hist. 15 Mrs. Leonard G. Trumbull
File No. 30 174 30 Sarah Pease widow of Samuel Pease Pr. Rev. War
Act: July 1 st 88 Index:—Vol. M , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Department of the Interior Washington, D. C.
Can you supply me with a military record of Samuel Pease of Enfield Conn., thought to have been in the Vermont service.
Very truly yours Mrs. Leonard H. Cumbell
Hartford Vermont July 19, 1911
see letter 15-11

Department of the Interior Washington, D. C.
Can you supply me with a military record of Samuel Pease of Enfield Conn., thought to have been in the Voluntary service.
Very truly yours
Mrs. Leonard H. Grumbull
Hartford Vermont
July 19, 1911
ack. July 25-11