Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,307, for Thaddeus Rich, Connecticut

SERVICE
Rich, Thaddeus
NUMBER
Conn.
S. 14.307
carded
CONTENTS

Connecticut
Shaddens Rich
of Cheshire in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Companies commanded by Captains Norton & Hurlburt of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Watt in the Connecticut State line, for the term of One year & 2 Months from May 1776 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 46 2/3 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of March 1890
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of August 1832 and sent to the Hon L. H. Root Cheshire Ct.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $ 46 66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th " 23 33 $69.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act March 18 1818, and March 18 1820. }
7 June 1832
Recorded Book No. vol. 3 page 65 S. B.

Thaddeus Rich
May 1776 - 1 year 6 mo Motts Rest Capt Mott and 20 men Company Cont Del Troop left 1777 - drafted in Col Brig Genl 20th Regt
Admitted
$46.66 per annum Served 1 year & 2 months

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of Connecticut County of New Haven } ss. town of Chester Probate District of Chester
On this 26 day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Chester - said court being a Court of Record and having by the laws of this State a clerk & seat and now sitting - Thaddeus Rich President of said Chester in the County & State aforesaid aged twenty three years - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by 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 - Col Mott Commanding officer of the Reg t - Lieut Colonel Bellamy not recollected - Captain Norton of Farmington Hartford County, Amos Beecher of Wolcott New Haven County Lieutenant a d u Baily of said Wolcott Ensign - Constituted the commission officers of the Company - I cannot say whether this Regiment ought to be called State Troops or Regular Troops - They were not militia but enlisted troops & I enlisted with Lieutenant Beecher in the town of Farmington County of Hartford in the month of May 1776 - for the term of one year - and as near as I can now recollect I was discharged in the Spring following - Cannot exactly say when - Should think latter part of April or first of May 1777 - at the time when I entered the service to wit May 1776 - I resided in the town of Bristol County of Hartford - We were in no battles during this tour - After my enlistment I was marched with my Company accompanied by another Company - marched in same vicinity and commanded by Capt Hooker & belonging I think

to the same Regiment with us - to the town of Skene'sboro as it was then called, now Whitehall - our route from Farmington to Skene'sboro lay thro Bennington - where we halted for a day or two - There was but two Companies of our Regiment at Skene'sboro, there was there no other Regiment that I recollect - We remained in this place thro the summer - and in the fall we were marched to Secondacoga where we remained thro the Winter and built Barracks - by cutting the trees and putting them together in the manner of log houses - That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who was with him as an officer or soldier on this tour - Since his informates past he would probably find them among those who were then his neighbors In the Early part of September 1777 - I then being a member of the Company of militia in the town of Bristol - Commanded by Thomas Hugg- insford - Hotchkiss Lieutenant - a part of this Com- pany among whom I was one was drafted to proceed to the North River to assist in stopping Burgoyne We were led by our Captain and accompanied by our Lieutenant before named - We proceeded to Fishkill where we were quartered at first in Barracks afterwards in Booths or huts erected in the woods Here we lay, until the British Vessels came up the river, with many other American Troops Regular and militia - He does not recollect any of the particular Regular Troops who were there - Tho' He is strongly impress'd with the Idea that Mays Regiment was there - After the British Vessels came up he proceeded to the Trens as far as Rhinebeck - and here learnt that Burgoyne had surrendered - We were then marched back to Fishkill - and here the applicant volunteered in a Company of about

thing to go down to East Chester to be connected - when near the meeting house the Refuge horse came upon us - and after exchanging a few shots we broke - one of our men was wounded his name was Heat of Bristol - He with three others were made prisoners - The remainder of us returned to Fishkill where we were discharged after having been absent from home I should say more than two months - among other things from the fact that it was very cold weather when we got home - my shoes were worn out and my feet bleed on the heels - The Applicant was also called out when being landed at New Haven - when they burnt Danbury and in many other alarms - but there were short tours and he was in waggon service most of the rest of the war But he only makes a claim for the two first named tours - The Applicant 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 - In answer to the interrogatories of the Department - The Applicant says to the first question - That he was born in what is now the town of Bristol - then called Cambridge County of Hartford State of Connecticut - on the 27 th day of July 1759 - 2 nd My age is recorded in Bristol town records - I have ever lived in Bristol until fourteen years since last fall, when I removed into the town of Sheriden County of Sullivan I have ever since resided here - The answers to the fourth & fifth questions I have embodied as far as I am able to give them in the body of my declaration - 6 th I had a written discharge from my first tour for one year given to me by Capt. Norton. This was stolen from me at the City of Hartford in the State house on Election day - about twenty years since. My pocket being pick'd & this being in

my pocket book - The thief was convicted - But I never recd my discharge - The other discharge was verbal - 4 th Deacon Hooker - Nathaniel Matthews and Aaron Norton of Bristol know that I was out in the Revolutionary War - Samuel A. Grafton Esq. Chairman of Pension Committee in Senate - That L. Gaylord - Benajah Grew - Burrage Beach - Eli Stone Charles Shetter Alfred Goolette & Nathan W. Rayns Engravers of the Peace in the town of Cheshire - I refer to as to my character for veracity thereby  and hereby He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present - and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We David Bradley a Clergyman residing in the town of Hamden - a near neighbor to Capt. Thaddeus Rich of said Cheshire who has subscribed the above declaration and Peter L. Gaylord resident in the South part of the town of Cheshire & also a near neighbor to said Rich - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thaddeus Rich who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter L. Gaylord David Bradley
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states; and from an acquaintance with the general and private character of Captain Rich the Court have the fullest confidence in his veracity, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Bradley who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hamden and within a short

distance of said Rich, and that Peter L. Gaylord Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Cheshire, and a neighbor of said Rich and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Silas Hitchcock Judge of Probate for the District of Cheshire
I Clement Peck clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Cheshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Maudine Rich for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Probate Office this 9th day of August A.D. 1832 —
Clement Peck clerk

November 24, 1939.
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Mrs. Albert H. Chase, /1 Sachem Terrace, Norwich, Connecticut.
BA-J/CC Thaddeus Rich S.14307
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thaddeus Rich of Bristol or Cheshire, Connecticut.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.14307, based upon service of Thaddeus Rich, in the Revolutionary War.
Thaddeus Rich was born July 27, 1759, in Cambridge (later Bristol), Hartford County, Connecticut. Names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Bristol, Connecticut, he enlisted in May, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Norton's company, Colonel Mott's Connecticut Regiment; enlisted in the first part of September 1777, served more than two months as private in Captain Thomas Hungerford's Connecticut company; was on the alarm at the time the enemy landed at New Haven when they burned Danbury; was also in wagon service and other alarms, details of this service not shown.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed July 22, 1832, at which time he was residing in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, where he moved about 1818. At that time he was referred to as Captain Thaddeus Rich, no explanation of this rank given.
No family data are shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of

death of Thaddeus Rich, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Thaddeus Rich Certificate #381 Issued August 25, 1832 Rate $46.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev. War
14307 INVALID.
1939-Nov. 24 - Visit to Mrs. Albert H Chase (Ada R Chase) cc
File No. 14307
Thaddeus Bick Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Thaddeus Rich
May 1776 - for one year lot
Molts Nest Capt Norton
due 20 Apr 1777 -
Sept 1777 - draft Capt Huns
Guards Co. 2 months
860
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TOWN FOUNDED, JUNE 6, 1659
The Society of the Founders of Norwich Connecticut
Rev. 7/8/12
REGINALD REYNOLDS, President
GILBERT S. RAYMOND, Vice President
HERBERT W. GALLUP, Secretary
MRS. HEZEKIAH PERKINS, Treasurer
MRS. ALBERT H. CHASE, Registrar
SOCIETY ORGANIZED, OCTOBER 10, 1901
Norwich, Conn., 3 November, 193 9
1 Pacheco Terrace
United States Pension Office Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me what you have relating to Captain Thaddeus Rich of Bristol, or Cheshire, Connecticut, whose pension number is S 143 07 recorded in your Index (1917) on page 252. I am hoping to find the names of his parents, but any information about him will be appreciated.
I enclose a stamped, addressed envelope for a reply.
Very truly yours,
Ada R. Chase
Registrar
Ret. Nov. 6
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