Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4759, for Joseph Polley, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 16.
Polley, Joseph or Polly Rebecca
N 4759 B.L.M. 3758-160-55
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3739. ✓
Connecticut Roll
Joseph Polly —, 4
private. 77 New Hampshire line Bys In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Oct. 1818 and sent to Daniel B. Coe Esq. Danbury Connecticut
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. — 1818  39.73     Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 Mar-1819  48.00     4 Mo \frac{29}{30}   $87.73  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Danbury Connecticut
Set Hon. S.D. Octy 6 July 1850
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Joseph Polly

Joseph Polly of Danbury in the County of Fair- field State of Connecticut being duly sworn dep- osed say that I served as a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war I enlisted on April 1777 for three years into the first Regiment of the New Hampshire Troops commanded by Col. John Polly in Capt. Ebenezer Fogg's company and served at the expiration of the three years and was regularly and honorable discharged from said service but have lost my discharge. no thing is to be of any value to me I am old, infirm and needy and wants the assistance of my Country for my my support being entirely desti- tute of property and further say not
Joseph Polly
State of Connecticut Fairfield County is Danbury probate District on the 6 th day of April A.D. 1818 Personally came before me Daniel B. Beebe Judge of said Court of Probate. The above named Joseph Polly and made oath in due form to the truth of the above officers by him subscribed in my presence being personally known to me to be entitled full faith; by which affidavit and other exhibits by him made I am fully satisfied that he serves against the common enemy - or offered to in his said affidavit, and that he is poor and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support and that he is justly entitled to a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate District

on the day and date within written in the absence of the Clerk - Daniel B. Cook Judge of Probate Section of the Probate Court and one of the Judges of the Common Pleas for said Hampshire County
Joseph Dolly
Correct
New Hampshire know all men by these presents

Joseph Polley
Ex 2
3/7/39
March 10/19.
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 18 th day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Joseph Polley a resident in the town of Danbury in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Solemn Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz.
  4 Sheep 75 ¢ $3.00   1 swine $4.00 1 table 2.00 4 old Chairs 68 ¢ 6.68   1 Iron pot 75 ¢ 1 Iron Kettle 75 ¢ tea Kettle 50 ¢ 2.00   Wash tub 34 ¢ 4 milk pans 1.00 ¢ 4 Ethan Plates 50 ¢ 1.84   12 Ethan Plates 75 ¢ Water Pail 25 ¢ 1.00   6 old Knives & forks 50 ¢ Set Tea cups 25 ¢ 75   Tea pot 12 ¢ 6 Spoons 12 ¢ 6 Iron Spoons 34 ¢ 58   Bakepan 50 ¢ apr 75 ¢ Doe 25 ¢ 1.50   1 Handsaw 50   1 Looking Glass 1.00   2 Sad Irons 30   Shovel, Tongs & Hand Bellows 75   5 old Chains 83   2 Small chests 2.00   1 Bible & Hymn Book 3.25   1 Coffee pot & Canister 12   1 Iron pot & Skillet 1.50   1 pr of And Irons 50   1 Small Lunk 20   pair of Stilliards 50   Loom and Tackling 4.00   1 Wheel & Reel 1.50   2 old Barrels 20   2 Bags 50   2 Snythes & Cradle 2.00   1 Churn 50   5 Geese 1.67   4 Hens 67   $39.84 
Joseph Polley

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Tanfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 18 th day of July 182 0 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Joseph Polley aged fifty two years, resident in the Town of Danbury in the County of Tanfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: as a private in the first Regiment of the New Hampshire line, commanded by Col: Joseph Silley & in Capt Ebenezer Fry's company, three years - from April 1776 to April 1779 -
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 6 th day of April  1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 3739 And I do further 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 herein annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a day laborer at farming - I am very infirm, & unable to labour but a small part of the time and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife named Rebecca, feeble & sickly, about fifty years old, with two children, one 10 years old the other 7 years old, the former named Minerva, the latter named Maria -
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Polley
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty nine Dollars and eighty four Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court.
Attest David Burr (Clerk)

State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 18 th 1820
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Thirty nine Dollars eighty four cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at
Fairfield, this 18 day of July
1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 18-1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

587 Connecticut Rebecca Polly widow of Joseph Polly N.H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848. 3 rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of June 1853 and sent to Isaac Sherman Bridgeport Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 20, 1848, Page 64 Vol. a.
1818

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss Bridgeport. In this 17 th day of March A D 1853. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate within & for the District of Bridgeport in said County & State Rebecca Polly of said Bridgeport aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration according to her best knowledge and belief in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 granting half pay and pensions to certain widows whose husbands served in the Revolutionary War and all subsequent acts and resolutions passed by Congress relative to granting half pay and pensions to such widows up to and including the pension act relative to such widows pensions passed by Congress & approved February 3 1853. —
That she is the widow of Joseph Polly late of said Bridgeport an - who was private soldier in the Revolutionary War who was a pensioner of the United States on the Roll of the State of Connecticut under act of 1818 at the rate of Twenty five Dollars per annum. That said Joseph Polly drew his pension at Hartford Connecticut up to the 4 th day of March 1843. and that she drew the balance of his pension from that date up to July 11 1843 that being the day of his death and that she still remains, and is now the widow of the said Joseph Polly.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Polly on the ninth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and nineteen in the town of Danbury in said Fairfield County by Benjamin Hoyt Esq a Justice of the peace in said Fairfield County

that her maiden name was Rebecca Canfield and that at the time of her Marriage to said Polly she was the Widow of James Crawford deceased who was her first husband
That her last husband the aforesaid Joseph Polly died in said Town of Bridgeport.
on the Eleventh day of July in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place subsequent to the second day of January A D 1800. to wit at the time above stated
Also she further states that she petitioned Congress in 1850 by a petition dated November 28 th 1850 to be allowed a pension as the widow of said Polly in which she stated by mistake that she was married to him November 9 th  1817 1819 which mistake she hereby corrects and says the true time of her marriage to said Polly took place the 9 th of November 1819. as above stated. That she does not know what disposition was made of said petition but refers to the Records of Congress relative to such petitions
She further states that the reason that she knows that Nov 9 th th 1819. is the true time of her said Marriage to said Polly is that she was married to him the fall after said Joseph Polly's wife died viz. on said 9 th of November 1819 and she died in June 1819. as will appear by the record from his bible hereto attached - That she had two children by him viz. Oris J. born December 28 th 1820. and Reziah Threl born 25 th 1823. as will appear together with the record of said Polly's death from said bible - That she has no record of her marriage to him - nor has she been able to find any public record of her marriage to said Polly - that Oris J. Polly & Reziah E. Polly aforesaid were her children by said Joseph Polly. I sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before written before said court.
Elishee S. Abernethy. Judge of Probate for Bridgeport. District.
Rebecca his X Polly mark.

J. E. B. Goodsell. Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the doings of said Court in the matter of the application of the widow Rebecca Polly for a pension—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 17 th day of March. . . 1853
E. B. Goodsell Clerk
I further certify that it has been shown to my satisfaction that the said Rebecca Polly is now the widow of the aforesaid Joseph Polly.
Attest. Alpheus S. Abenethy Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Bridgewater. —
I also certify that the above certificate is a true action of said Court— Bridgewater March 29/53. E. B. Goodsell Clerk

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Joseph Polley Record Joseph born July 16 th 1782 John was born Feb. 2 nd 1784 Rebekah born June 19 th 1786 Hannah born June 10 th 1790 Jemima born Feb. 29 th 1791 Burris Born Dec. 28 1828 Maria Born April 25 1823
BIRTHS.
Grandchildren born Samuel born May 22 nd 1806 Rebekah born Feb. 23 rd 1808 Gorg born March 14 th 1810 Clark born Nov. 5 th 1812 Joseph born Aug. 9 th 1814 Orvin born Dec. 24 th 1817 Garris born Nov. 1 st 1820 James born June 24 th 1822
Cornelie Born April 30 th 1810 Hannah Born Mar. 29 th 1812 Polly Born April 29 1814 Hites Born August 26 th 1818 Edmon Born July 31 st 1821
Angelin Born June 24 th 1813 Maria Born Sept 2 nd 1817 Myra Born May 1 st 1818

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Joseph Married Sept 4 th 1804 To Mary Johnson Ag 16 yea r 6 mos 26 Day
Rachel Married July 20 th To Emily Polly 1851 20 day
Francis Crawford Fanny Crawford Martha Crawford Nancy Crawford Catherine Crawford Lucille Decker

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
1808 Allmyra died April 29
DEATHS.
1819 June 18
My wife died June 18
Joseph Polley died July 11 th 1823 aged 88 years 11 months
Grand Child died 1818 Allmyra April April, 1827

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
Died November 9 th 1855 George W. Crawford aged 27 years

Jonathan Cook of Danbury in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of Twenty three years of age and Sydia Cook his Wife of said Danbury of Twenty years of age testify & say that we have resided in said Danbury many years & were acquainted with Rebecca Polly while she was the Widow Rebecca Crawford & a time previous to her marriage to Joseph Polly late of said Bridgewater in said County and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & that the said Joseph Polly & Widow Rebecca Crawford were united in marriage in said Town of Danbury by Benjamin Hoyt Esqr a Justice of the Peace in said said County according to the best of our recollection on or about the Ninth day of November 1819 that they were married at our House & we saw them married & according to the best of our recollection it was on or about the day & date aforesaid & they staid at our house all night after  the wedding The said Joseph Polly & Rebecca Polly lived in said Danbury a number of years after they were married & then moved to Bridgewater in said County where he lived & died a number of years ago. The said Rebecca Polly is now the Widow of said the Joseph Polly & has been widowed since his death and now resides in said Bridgewater  Jonathan Cook his Sydia X Cook mark
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Danbury On this 23 rd day of March 1853 before me Bradford Winter a Notary Public in said the State of Connecticut Residing in Easton in said Fairfield County duly authorized by law to administer Oaths Personally appeared Jonathan Cook & Sydia Cook his Wife both of said Danbury who signed the above Deposition & made oath to the truth of the same. Who I also certify are credible

are credible witnesses & their Deposition is  as entitled to full credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial Seal of Office in the County and State aforesaid on the day & date last before mentioned      Bradford Winton Notary Public

I hereby certify that having searched the Record Book of Marriages in this office - to ascertain the Marriage of Joseph Polly to Rebecca Profit - I do not find said Marriage recorded -
W. F. Olmstead
Town Clerk
Town Clerk's Office } Wintbury March 3 rd 1858 }

J. Burr Goodell of Bridgeport in Fairfield County State of Connecticut 49. years of age and Maria Goodell his wife of said Bridgeport 40 years of age testify and say that Rebecca Polly the widow of Joseph Polly late of said Bridgeport & who is now applying for a pension is now living in their family in said Bridgeport. That said Joseph Polly was, a pensioner of the United States on the Roll of the Connecticut agency at the rate of 96 Dollars per Annum. and that said Joseph Polly died at said Bridgeport on the Eleventh day of July A 1843 That said Rebecca Polly has not been married since the death of said Joseph Polly but is now living with us in said Bridge port , as his widow That the family record attach d to her Declaration for a pension is taken out of her bible which bible has been in our house & used by her and all the records it contains we have no doubt are true Records - the births thereon recorded of Orros J. Polly & Rebeccah Polly are the children of said Rebecca Polly by said Joseph Polly and that said Orros J. is half brother & said Rebeccah is half sister to said Maria Goodell - That said Burr Goodell has known said Rebecca & Joseph Polly as living together as man and wife for about twelve years before said Joseph Polly died - and has no doubt that they were lawfully married in Danbury Connecticut as she has stated in her Declaration & that said Maria Goodell has known her mother the said Rebecca & said Joseph Polly living together as man and wife ever since they were married up to the time of his death. That said Maria was a child of about 7 years of age at the time her mother the said Rebecca was married to said Joseph Polly That she has no

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss. Bridgeport I, Wm H Noble
CLERK
of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said
County, hereby certify—That Benjamin Hovey was in 1819 Stephen Hawley Esquire,
was on the 29 day of March 1853 and now is
a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State, on this 29 day of March A.D. 1853
Wm Noble Clerk.
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Bridgeport March 29 th 1853 Personally appeared Burn Goodall & Maria Goodall husband and wife and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deed before me this day Before me who Stephen Hawley are entitled witnesses with Benjamin Hovey — Stephen Hawley Justice of the Peace

doubt & fully believes that they were married in said Danbury in the year 1819 as she has stated in her declaration for a Pension and that they both saw the said Joseph Polly after he died in said Bridgeport as aforesaid and both attended his funeral in said Bridgeport and the reason that we can fix the day of his death is from our connexion with him and having seen the Record of his death taken from his Bible and attach to her declaration as aforesaid further deponents saith not
Dated at said Bridgeport March 29 th 1853
Burr Goodsell Maria Goodsell
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } ss } Bridgeport March 29 th 1853 Personally appeared Burr Goodsell & Maria Goodsell husband wife and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition & subscribed the same Before me who I certify are credible witnesses well known to me —
Stephen Hawley Justice of the Peace

Conn July 53 - no 587
Vol R page 109.
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March 31/53-
Act
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Rebecca Polly Widow of Joseph Polly Prov.
Revolutionary Pension Act 1818
Applicant is a Pensioner under Act of July 3 d 1833 at the rate of 96. $ per annum
Capt. Ebenezer Frye, Col. Joseph Cilly, N.H. Cont. Line
Adm te H. G. Ac, Aug 13/53
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Isaac Sherman Bridgeport
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I, Amos S. Inab Clerk
of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify—THAT
Samuel Brewster Esquire,
was on the 27th day of March 185 8 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his Amos his genuine official signature, and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport, in said County and State, on this 29th day of March A. D. 185 8
Amos S. Inab Clerk.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County - ss Trumbull March 27 th 1855 we the subscribers husband & wife of said Trumbull both of lawful age depose and say that Rebeka Polly who has made the foregoing application for Bounty Land is now the widow of said Joseph Polly and that said Joseph Polly died at Bridgeport in said County on the 11 th day of July 1843 - That said Rebeka & Joseph lived and cohabited together as man and wife until he died - and that we have no doubt that they were married as she has stated in said application - we were both present at his funeral - That Rebeka lives with us and has always reputed to be the wife & Widow of said Joseph Polly.
Burr Goodsell
State of Connecticut : Mariah Goodsell Fairfield County - ss Trumbull March 27 th 1855 personally appeared Burr Goodsell & Mariah Goodsell his wife who signed and made oath to the truth of the above deposition before me a Justice of the Peace duly qualified by Law to administer oaths in said County - who I certify are credible persons well known to me and that I have no interest in the claim of said Rebeka Polly for Bounty Land
Samuel Brainerd Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF Hartford
} ss. Trumbull
On this 12  14  27 day of March A. D., 1855
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County aforesaid, Rebecca Polly
aged 74 years, a resident of Trumbull in said County in the State of Connecticut who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joseph Polly of Trumbull in said County deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner of the United States under Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 — and to her application for a pension at the Pension office in Washington City she refers for proof of his service —
And that she is now his widow and a pensioner of the United States on the Roll of the Connecticut agency under the Section of the Act of Congress of February 3, 1853 that her pension certificate is dated June 4 th 1853 No 587. at the rate of 96 dollars per annum — and for proof of her marriage to said Polly & of his death she refers to her application for a pension at said Pension office — and that she believes said Polly
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of Several Years and was honorably discharged at  on the
day of A. D.
She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Polly in Danbury in said County on the 9 th day of November A. D. 1819 by one Benjamin Hoyt In a justice of the Peace of said Danbury and that her name before her said marriage was Rebecca Crawford widow of James and that her said husband died at Trumbull in said County on the 11 th day of July A. D. 1843, and that she is now a widow.
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
Rebecca Polly mark
WE Burn Goodsell and Mariah Goodsell residents of Trumbull in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Rebecca Polly in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Burn Goodsell Mariah Goodsell
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Samuel Brainerd Justice of the Peace.

No. 29827
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 31 st 18 55
Rebecca Polly wid of Joseph " pr. Capt Ebenezer Gray. Col. Jos. Gilley, Rev. War
Warrant 3758. 160.55
Isaac Sherman Bridgeport Ct.

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State of Connecticut Fairfield County Bridgeport March 29 th 1855
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm. of Pensions & Bounty Land
Sir I. send you the application of the widow Rebecca Polly for Bounty Land under an act of Congress approved March 3 1855 Please send her Warrant to me
Yours, Respectfully Isaac Sherman

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
4759
Rebecca Polly Wid.
Joseph Polly Pvt. Rev. War
Act: _____
Feb. 3 1/2/68
Index:—Vol. _____
Me
Page _____
109
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency THOMAS H. SEYMOUR, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Bradford Tinton was on the 3 rd day of February, AD 1853 appointed for the term of two years a Notary Public, in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court: that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signature of said Bradford Tinton thereto, to be genuine.
Thos H. Seymour
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 14 th day of June A. D. 1853. and in the seventy seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By his Excellency the Governor
Thos. P. C. Matteson, Secretary of State.

Pally

Brief in the case of Rebecca Polly, widow of Joseph , Fairfield County and State of Connecticut , act 3 rd , February, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under act 18 th March, 1818, & continued. Marriage proven by Circumstantial record evidence, parole proof, Certificate to be credible.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Isaac Sherman, Esq., Bridgeport, Conn. Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Baynton, Examining Clerk.

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L. P. Waldo Esq Comt. of Pensions & Bounty Land Washington City D. C.
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County
Bridgewater June 6 th 1853
Dr. P. Waldo Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Sir having been informed that you require proof of the official character of a Notary Public before whom Depositions in Pension applications are sworn to and having sent you the application of Rebecca Folly the last of March 1853 and a part of the Depositions in her case having been sworn to before Bradford Winton a Notary Public I now send you such proof — Also on the 21 st of May 1853 I sent you Extra certificates of the Judge & Clerks of Probate, B Winton as Notary Public & S. Hawley as a Justice of the Peace who all severally authenticated the papers in her case — That they had no interest & are not concerned in the result of her application — Please send her certificate to me —
Yours Respectfully Dear Sherman

State of Connecticut Fairfield County. I. Bradford Winton a Notary public of the State of Connecticut do certify that in the matter of the application of the widow Rebua Polly for a pension (which application was dated March 17 th 1853) that I have no interest in the result of said application and am not concurred in the prosecution thereof — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office This 16 th day of May A 1853
Bradford Winton Notary Public
State of Connecticut, Fairfield County Probate office for the District of Bridgeport in said County — we hereby certify that in the matter of the application of the widow Rebua Polly for a pension, that we have no interest in the result of said application and that neither of us are concurred in the prosecution thereof. and that it was proved to the satisfaction of said Court at the date of said application (which application was dated March 17 th 1853) that said Rebua Polly was then a widow — Witness our hands and seals of said Court at said Bridgeport in said County & State this 21 st day of May A 1853 — Elisha S. Mershy Judge of Probate.
E. S. Goodsell. Clerk of said Court

State of Connecticut Fairfield County -
I. Stephen Hawley a Justice of the peace for said County do hereby certify that I have no interest in the result of the aforesaid application of Rebecca Polly for a pension and am not concerned in the prosecution thereof - which application was dated March 17 th 1853 -
Witness my hand at Bridgeport in said County and State aforesaid this 18 th day of May A D 1853 Stephen Hawley Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Bridgeport March 30 th 1853
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm r . of Pensions Washington City.
Sir I send you the application of the widow Rebeka Polly for a pension Please acknowledge the receipt of this and send her certificate to me — Yours Respectfully Isaac Sherman

State of Connecticut Fairfield County Bridgeport May 21 st 1853
L. P. Waldo Esq. Com te of Pensions
Sir I. sent to the Com te of Pensions the application of Rebecca Pelly for a pension dated March 17 th 1853 - since sending said application I learn that you require the officers before whom such applications are sworn to - to certify that they have no interest in the result of such applications and that they are not concerned in the prosecution thereof - To meet such requirement I herewith send you such certificates - Please Send her certificate to me -
Yours Respectfully Isaac Sherman