Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17490, for Azariah Prior, Connecticut

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Prior, Agariah Alice
W 17490
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4069. Connecticut
Alice Prior widow of Asariah Prior who served in the Revolutionary war, as a (Conn.) private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Febry 1849 and sent to
Henry Fowler Hartford Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 326 Vol. 1

See no 6705 Prior Com.
Act 7 July 1838

State of Connecticut
Wartford County.
On this Ninth day of January A.D. 1840. personally appeared, before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor, in said Wartford County; Alice Prior a resident of Enfield in said County aged Seventy four years. Who being first duly sworn according to Law; did on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 Azariah Prior late of said Enfield who served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War.
That in the Spring of the year 1776; she enlisted into a Company of State Troops which were raised for the term of seven months, that the company was commanded by Captain John Woomore, & attached to Colonel Mott's Regiment that they marched to the neighborhood of Tienderoga where that region served as she understood thro' the campaign; her information is, that he the said Prior served for the period of seven months.
She furthermore declares that she was married to her said husband, the said Azariah Prior on the 20 th day of May Seventeen Hundred Eighty nine; and that he died on the 18 th day of December 1820. And she has never again married.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred Ninety four, V z , at the time above stated.
Supervisor of W m Barnes. Benjamin Richardson
Signed Alice her Prior mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first named before said Probate Court

and I certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of Miss Prior aforesaid for a Pension
In testimony whereof I Bezalel Sexton Clerk of said Probate Court do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court at said East Windsor on the day and year first named
Bezalel Sexton. Clerk.
Miss Prior

Lower alk in Wedel Prior Lower Second

I Jabez I Taylor of Enfield Connecticut Do hereby certify, That in the Town records of the Town of Enfield, in the County of Hart- ford & State of Connecticut, I find in its reg- ular place, in the series of entries, the following entry; Viz. "Azariah Prior and Alice Pease were joined in Marriage May Twentieth Seventeen Hundred and Eighty nine.
The above is a true copy of the record, with the excep- tion of the date; which is expressed on the record in fair and legible figures as follows. May 20 th 1789.
And I the above named Jabez I Taylor, do further Depose & say, That I have the custody of said town records at this time & that the above is true with the exception above expressed by me,
And there is also in the Town Record of Deaths the following entry
Azariah Prior died Dec r 18 th 1820, in fair legible figures like the above.
Given at said Enfield on this 11 th day of December A 1839
Jabez I. Taylor Town Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed before me, at said Enfield, on this 11 th day of December 1839, and I certify, that the deponent is a credible & respectable man, and at this time is clerk of said town of Enfield, and keeper of its records.
Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace

I John Pease a resident of Enfield, in Hartford County Connecticut do hereby Depose and say, That a Company of men was enlisted in this Town, & the neighboring town of Suffield, (across the River) in the month of May 1776; The company was commanded by Capt John Hearnman of Suffield, I enlisted to go, but my brother Thomas went at first, & staid until some time in October, when I went up to take my place; he had answered to my name, until I came, as was agreed upon, I drew the adages: I did not get home until the last of January 1777; And in my pension I understood it was allowed Seven Months. There enlisted with me into said Company, and marched when the Company marched; Azariah Prior of this Town, when I went up, and joined my Company I found the said Azariah Prior, there doing duty, as a private soldier, in the neighborhood of Ticonderoga: And the length of the period I have always considered to be Seven months. And I am well knowing to the fact, that the said Azariah Prior is the identical person, who married Alice Pease, several years after I remember, well their being married: She used to live in the same house with me, in my Father's family, & she lived with him to Azariah Prior to the period of his death & is still living, she has not again intermarried, but lives a widow in this Town.
John Pease
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Enfield in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut on this 11 th day of December A 1839 And I certify that the deponent is a credible witness well known to me & a man of sound mind & memory for

one of his years being over Eighty years of age, I believe 85 or 86. And is father of Judge Pease of Connecticut
Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
John Pease for Amos A. Pease

I Royal R. Hinman, Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut do hereby certi- fy, That Jesse Charlton Esq., before whom the annexed Depositions, of John Pease, and Jabez T. Taylor, and Oliver Prior, and Samuel Prior, were taken; was at the time of the taking said depositions, and had been for more than six months last past, a law- ful justice of the peace, for the county of Hart- ford in said State of Connecticut; and that the signature of the said Charlton to each of the said depositions, is his genuine signa- ture well known to me.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of said State, at Hartford in said State, on the day of,
And I further certify That in the Colony records of Connecticut I find the following entries viz June 14 th AD 1776 This Assembly do appoint the persons hereafter named to the respective offices herein after mentioned to take the command of the two Battalions ordered by this Assembly to be raised to join the Continental Army in the Northern Department, And his Honor the Governor is hereby desired authorized & empowered to give Commissions accord- ingly to the form to such as are appointed on the Staff. viz. After several others This Assembly do appoint John Warman Jr Captain of the second company in S. Battalion (viz in the first Battalion
Dated at Hartford Jan y 14. AD 1840
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix my name & the Seal of said State the day & year last named
Royal R. Hinman Secretary

ad July 7 / 6 th 05. 1838
Alice Prior
widow of Azariah.
see let. to Jesse Charlton Esq 22 Aprie 1840.
" " Hon: J. H. Brockway May 1. 1840. Jesse Charlton May 5, 1840.

5517 Connecticut
Alice Prior widow of Azariah Prior ,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 18 December 1820 at Hartford in the State of Conn. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Harrison of the regt commanded by Woolcott in the Conn. Militia line for Concord .
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1840, Issued to J. Chandler East Windsor Hill, Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $ 80.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Sep 40 10.00
$ 90.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Gandy , Clerk, Book 4 , Vol. 1 , Page 205

Connecticut 3435
Alice Prior widow of Asaiah Prior who was a private in the Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Decr. 1843 and sent to J. Chalton East Windsor Cont
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 74

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17490
Alice Price
Widow of
Arganish Price
Pris Rev War
Act: Feb 29/48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6705 Alice Prior wid of Alzannah Conn.
Ad July 7. 1838
Married 1789
died 1820
Allow 6 mo. Cape Hatteras Id.
Modest Conn
Melita
Charlotte E East Windsor Hill Conn

Azariah Prior d. 1820
Alice m. 89. S
Spg 76 7 mo. Dr. Haiman. Mott

East Windsor Hill Hartford County
June 5 th 1840.
Sir,
I wish to be heard a little further in relation to the claim of Mrs Alice Prior widow of Azariah Prior.
If you will turn to a list of the officers appointed for the Six battalions raised in May Session 1776, & commissioned the 20 th of June, you will find that Capt Harman was not one of them he was in service before but you have not rejected any claims to my knowledge, for services in the Six Battalions you have allowed Six months; but it was truly from the 20 of June 1776 to the 25 th of Dec r , & as they were allowed pay for several days after they were dismissed it would seem reasonable that in computing for their pension the same rule should be adopted a few days more allow . You say, "if he belonged to the troops raised in June 1776, it is clear that he did not serve much if any over five months", here by a little examination you will find that you are mistaken, you will find by examining Capt Simon Wolcotts Roll sent by me in the case of Sarah Meason Widow of Isaac Meason # that their pay & services commenced June 20 th and by looking at Andrew Kingsbury's Declaration
# Mr Meason himself did not go until Aug an officer Lt. May Wells was sent up for more men & the Roll will show you when

at Kezchiah Munsells that they were not dismissed until the 25 th of December, & from the 20 th of June to the 25 th of Dec r you will perceive is more than six months.
The widows of John Johnson & Stone Pease who were both of this Corps; the one in Simon Wolcotts company & the other in Kezchiah Parsons were allowed for six months. It must therefore be a mistake of the examining clerk the counting it but 3 Months from the 20 th of June to the 25 th of Dec r
I have procured the Deposition of Simeon Pease a Pensioner & forwarded it
I will not press any bodys case where I do not think they have Right & Justice on their side but if I feel sure they have as in this case, I feel it wrong to abandon it.
Most respectfully Sir
I am yours
Jesse Charlton
Wm J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington

McNooa Lam
No. 1099

Hartford Octo. 13. 1848
Sir I transmit herewith the Declarations of Alice Prior, Abigail Doake and the Conservator of Kezia Hopkins - in order to obtain pensions under the Act of 2 o Feb 1848. if found to be correct Please forward their pension certificates to my care
I am Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt Henry Fowler
J. B. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

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May 4. 1840
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
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East Windsor Hill Hartford County
Conn. April 30
Sir.
1840
Yours of April 22 nd is before me; in relation to the application of Miss Prior, for the services of her husband, Azariah Prior, in Captain Hearnmans Company, on the Campaign with the Northern Army in 1776.
I am induced from the following circumstances to believe that Captain John Hearnmans company, served Six months, at least. In some applications I have made, heretofore, where the services under Hearnman formed a part of the claim, you did not hesitate to allow Six months according to my full & sincere belief.
And further, such was the state of the Treasury that the Paytable rarely advanced much, if any thing, to a Captain until his company was enlisted & about ready to March. The charge on the paytable Books, to Capt John Hearnman, is under date of June 19 th D 1776. the Sum of £852 " 00
If they were dismissed the 25 th of December they could not reach home until the first of Janry or later; & the pay continued until they had time to get home. To compute the time for amount of Pension, is it not right, to call it what it would shew, on the pay Roll.

I believe that Warmans Company, might have served the fore part of the time under some other field officer, beside Mott: For Mott took the command of the second Battalion of the Conn State Troops at New York after Col Selah Hart was taken: as you will see in the Declaration of Serj John Wood of Hartford County, under act of June 7 th 1832.
If you have discoverd evidence that Captain Warmans Company, did not serve six months; & that you have been under a mistake in allowing that amount of time; I do not ask you to repeat it:
But, if you have not discoverd any evidence of this sort; I believe you would but do justice to a poor, & very worthy woman, to give her the pittance she asks.
I know not where they can find another surviving Witness. There is now the greatest difficulty in proving even the fairest claims, so great a proportion of the witnesses are dead
Most respectfully I am Your Obdt Serv t
Jesse Charlton
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

East Windsor, Hartford county, Ct. August 16 th 1843
Sir.
I herewith send the application of Alice Prior of Enfield in Conn, Widow of Azariah Prior deceased, for a Pension under act 3 rd March 1843, And am Sir,
most respectfully,
Yours Jesse Charlton
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County Conn.
Jan y 15 th 1840.
Hon d Sir,
I herewith transmit the applica- tion of Miss Prior, of Enfield, in Hartford County Conn.; Widow of Azariah Prior late of said Enfield, for a pension under Act of July 1838. and am, Sir, most respectfully,
Yours obedt Servt Josse Charlton.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

Alice Prior Declaration Corresp

I Henry Kilborn Comptroller of Public accounts for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that in the books of the payables of the revolutionary war remaining in this office I find the following evidence of the services of Captain John Harnan in Col o Mott's Regiment in the year 1776 &c. etc.
  Vol 1  Captain John Harnan Dr     200  1776 June 19 To order on Treasurer  £ 852 " 11 " 11    "  " Aug. 7 To Ditto Do  75 " 11 "    "  " To Ditto  136 10 =    "  April 22 To Ditto  59 = 8 " 11     Credited Mott's Reg t      By acct rendered April 22 nd 1777  £ 1107 " 2 " 11  
I know of no Rolls in this office of Captain Harnan's company or of any part of Col o Mott's Regiment Hartford Conn Jan y 3 rd 1840
Henry Kilborn Compt

I Simeon Pease of Enfield in Hartford County Connecticut do hereby depose & say, That I served as a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution; then And that I now receive a pension for my services: I enlisted early in May 1776, in Captain Zechariah Parsons company, & in Col Sages Regiment; Captain Parsons told us if we would enlist at that time we should draw our pay from the time of enlisting we did not go away until June but we received our pay as the Captain promised.
And at this time I was well acquainted with Azariah Prior of this town, we were intimate from our youth, and I well remember that the said Prior enlisted into Captain John Warmans company just about the same time that I enlisted, but did not go until June; I returned home in the last of Dec or 1 st Jan we were dismissed at Crompond, And I well remember that Prior & the men who went in the same company got home just about the same time: it was surely between Six and Seven months some of our companions called it Eight months from the time they enlisted May 1 st to the last of January of the same year but it was surely something more than Six months
Simeon Pease
State of Connecticut, Hartford County, Ss Enfield.
On this 5 th day of June A 1840, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton, Notary Public, in & for the State of Connecticut Simeon Pease, a credible person, well known to me; who then & there signed the foregoing certificate in my presence, & then and there, made solemn Oath to the

same truth of the same before me.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my Seal of Office on the day and year last mentioned.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

3870
Alice Prior
$20 per an
Jeph Chailton East Windsor Conn.

State of Connecticut Hartford County, ss Enfield
65
In this 12 th day of August 1843, personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Alice Prior a resident of said Enfield, aged 78 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the Widow of Azariah Prior who was a private Soldier in the army of the Revolution, and that she was pensioned for his services under the act of July 7 th 1838, at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a Widow
Alice her Prior mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first written and I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me and is the identical person who was pensioned as she has stated & that she is still a Widow
Attest Hiram S. Belcher Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut ss. Office of Secretary of State.
I do hereby certify that Hiram S. Beecher Esq. is & on the 12 th day of August 1843 was a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears of record in this office. I further certify that the said Hiram S. Beecher signed the within certificate as a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said State this 15 th day of August 1843.
Noah A. Phelps, Secretary of State.

AP au 3035

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1848 entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution" (State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ) ss.
On this 9 th day of October 1848 before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid personally appeared Alice Prior a Resident of Enfield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut. Aged 83 years; who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pension to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the Widow of Asahel Prior who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army
That she received a pension under the act of June 1844 at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum
She further declares that she is still a Widow
Sworn to and subscribed as Alice Prior marks the day & year above written Before me
Jabez T. Taylor Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named declarant and she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration
Henry Thompson Jabez T. Taylor Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, 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 Jabez S. Taylor is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, 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 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 his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Jabez S. Taylor to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 13 th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
John B. Robertson Secretary of State.