Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 73547-160-55, for Zephaniah Preston, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Preston, Jephaniah Mary
B.L. VA 73547-160-55
CONTENTS

281,734
Act March 3/90
Sept 25/57
Mary Preston widow of Johannick Preston priv
Col A. C. Hark } Com Col M c Clellan } Mil
Revolutionary War
173 Cott John Original Ch. Mus.
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Spec 13,
Horace Snyder Ashford Conn
E. A. Bull
Vol P., 150.

Be it hereby known that I, Esek Preston of Eastford in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut aged eighty eight years do testify and say that I was brother of Lephanah Preston late of said Eastford deceased, that I very well remember that my said brother was drafted in the fall of 1781 soon after New London was burnt by the traitor Arnold, for two months service that he went from home with the intent of joining or entering the service at New London in said State, that he was absent from home a little more than two months and returned and said that he had served in the Revolutionary War at said New London & Groton that he was stationed at the fort on the Groton side of the river under the command of Colonel Samuel McClellan of Woodstock that my said brother died at Eastford on the 16 th day of March A.D. 1849 that I saw his body after his decease that he left a widow whose name is Mary Preston formerly Mary Bishop that she is still alive still single and unmarried and still the widow of the said Lephanah Preston deceased that my said brother and Josiah Spalding a neighbor of ours went into the service together and returned together as my brother said Esek Preston

State of Connecticut { County of Windham {
On this twenty third day of september in the year 1857 Personally appeared the within named Cook Boston and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the statement by him subscribed and I certify that am well acquainted with deponent and that his testimony is entitled to implicit confidence
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
Mary Boston Born by Lord 21st Oct 1833 Revs testimony 281.734
Agent Horace Gaylord Ashford Ct.

Mary widow of Stephanah Poulton 2811,735 Bounty Land Act March 3 1855 Revolutionary
Agent Horace Gaylord Wolfport Ct.

Be it hereby known that I, Lucy Preston of Eastford in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut aged sixty two years do depose testify and say that I lived in the house with Lephanah Preston at the time of his decease, that he died in my presence on the sixteenth day of March in the year 1849 that he left a widow whose name is Mary Preston who is still alive still single and unmarried and still the widow of the said Lephanah Preston deceased Lucy Preston
State of Connecticut Windham County ss
On this twenty third day of September in the year 1857 personally appeared Lucy Preston above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed and I certify that I have long been acquainted with deponent and that her testimony is entitled to credit
Horace Gaylord Notary Public

Mary Paiton Bounty Land Det. March 1855 Revolutionary 281,734
Agent Horace Gaylord Ashford ct.

Be it hereby known that I, Reuben Preston of Eastford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged sixty five years do testify and say that I was son of Zephaniah & Mary Preston that I was present and witnessed my father's death, that he died on the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1849 aged eighty four years the December before his death, that he left a widow whose name is Mary Preston formerly Mary — Bishop that she is still alive & still single and unmarried and still the widow of the above named Zephaniah Preston deceased Reuben Preston
State of Connecticut } County of Windham }
On this twenty third day of September in the year 1857 personally appeared Reuben Preston above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I certify that I have long known deponent and that his testimony is entitled to credit
Horace Gaylord Notary Public

Mary Boston Bounty Land Act March 1855 Revolutionary 281,734
Agent Horace Gaylord Ashford Ct.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } COUNTY OF Windham } ss.
On this 21 st day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven personally appeared Mary Weston before me, a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid, aged ninety one years, a resident of Eastford in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Dephaniah Weston deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by not known in the regiment of  Mitche's commanded by Col. Samuel McLellan in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, that her said husband was drafted at Ashford on, or about the 1 st day of November A. D. 1781 for the term of two months and was honorably discharged at New London on the  day of  A. D.  as will appear by the muster rolls of said  . She further states that she was married to the said Dephaniah Weston in Ashford on the twenty fifth day of May A. D. 1786 by one Andrew Judson a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Bishop that her said husband died at Eastford on the sixteenth day of March A. D. 1849 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. 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.
Mary Weston
We, Reuben Weston and Rhoda Sibley  Lucy Weston residents of Eastford in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Weston 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.
Reuben Weston
Rhoda Sibley
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.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
Notarial Commission on file Dated March 20 th 1856 Expires March 20 th 1858

Mary Preston Claim Bounty Land 1855 Revolutionary 281,734
Agent Horace Gaylord Wolford ct.

Stephaniah Lustin and Mary Bishop joined in marriage May 25 th 1786
The foregoing is a true extract from the Records of Marriages, Births &c. of the Town of Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut
Attest, Benjamin C. Simmons Ashford Sept r 23 rd 1857 Clerk of said Town

Revolutionary Claims
281,734
Official Business
Hon. George C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

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Mary Boston Bounty Land Act March 3 1838 Revolutionary 281,734
Agent Horace Gaylord Ashford Ct.

Be it hereby known, that I Josiah Spalding of Eastford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged Ninety two years & six months do depose testify and say that in the fall of the year 1781 I was drafted to serve in the Revolutionary War and did serve at New London in said State of Con- necticut a period of a little more than two months under the command of Col. Samuel Mc'Callan of Woodstock - Zephaniah Foster also of said Eastford was drafted at the same time also Stephen Simmons that we three, marched from said Eastford to New London together and served together in the same Regiment & Company - I cannot recollect the Captain's name as he was a man I was not acquainted with - That Colonel Mc'Callan's son was Adjutant of the Regiment - that in the same company was a Sergeant Cotton from Pomfret also a man by the name of White also one Silas Dexter from Mansfield that we were stationed at Fort Griswold on the East side of the river - that I recollect that there were stains of blood about the Fort - I also recollect that I saw one Capt. Rathbone who was Capt of Artillery who had been in the battle a short time before and was wounded and thought to be dead, but finally recovered and when I was in the service frequently saw him

I have a very distinct recollection of the above named Lephaniah Preston having served with me as above stated full two months. I think the months of November and December as it was very cold weather before we left so that the river was frozen over. That I have been well acquainted with the said Lephaniah Preston since that time to the day of his death that he died at said Eastford on the 16 th day of March A.D. 1849 and left a widow whose name is Mary Preston formerly Mary Bishop with whom also I am well acquainted and have been since before their marriage that she is still alive and still single and unmarried and still the widow of the identical Lephaniah Preston who served as above stated. I also recollect that in the same company in which I served was a Sergeant Clark I believe from Lebanon. Josiah Spalding
State of Connecticut
Windham County } On this twenty third day of September in the year 1857 personally appeared Josiah Spalding above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of foregoing deposition by him subscribed and I certify that I have been acquainted with deponent more than fifty years and that his testimony is entitled to credit. Horace Gaylord Notary Public