Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36239, for Elias Pond, Connecticut

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Pond, Elias
S36239
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14.454. Connecticut
Elias Doud - of Branford in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Ward of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of November 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of September 1819 and sent to Simeon Baldwin Esqr New Haven Connecticut
  Arrears to 4th of Sep: 1819 -  $ 77.86    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar: 1820  48.    9 mos 22/30  $125.86  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
W. P. Tuttle
W. P. Tuttle New Haven Conn 22/30 1820

Elias Pond
Capt. J. Meigs Coy
Col. A Ward's Regt. 1 year
Connecticut line
Nov. 13. 1818
Not a Continental Collected
Ward's was not a continental regt. — Rejected.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss.
ON this 10 th day of November 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State, personally appears Elias Pond aged 66 years, resident in Mansfield in the said State, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following DECLARATION, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Elias Pond in July 1776 enlisted in Guilford in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Ichabod M'Clay in the regiment commanded by Col. Asa Dyer to serve one year from the 14 th May 1776 - 3 d Reg t being a Continental regiment raised by Connecticut in pursuance of the requisition of Congress of the 14 th & 16 th May 1776 & by them commissioned & paid in pursuance of 2 d resolution & a resolution of the 27 th June 1776 - - - - -
That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 14 th May 1777 when he was discharged from service, in White Plains state of New York - - - - - That he was in the battles of White Plains & other skirmishes -
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
J Titus Hosmer
I, J Titus Hosmer a Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do Certify, that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Elias Pond - - - - - did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding DECLARATION, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. & I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction
NEW-HAVEN,
1818. That the applicant by reason of his reduced circumstances in life needs the aid of his country for support -
J Titus Hosmer
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } NEW-HAVEN COUNTY, ss. }
NEW-HAVEN, Nov 13 th 1818.
I, DYER WHITE, Clerk of the Superior Court of said State, for said County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do CERTIFY that the name Titus Hosmer Titus Hosmer, subscribed to the foregoing Certificates, is known to me to be the proper hand-writing and signature of Titus Hosmer Esq. Titus Hosmer Esq. who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court. & that the name Simon Dyer is a true copy of the name of Simon Dyer Esq. who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court. In testimony whereof, I affix the Seal of said Court.
Titus Hosmer Simon Dyer
Dyer White

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss
On this 18 th of Nov. 1818 before me Simson Baldwin Jns. C. of Penn for County Jns. formally appeared Gen. Eli Fowler of Mansfield in County to me well & personally known a gentleman of unquestionable credibility & being first duly sworn deposes that he well knows Elias Pond the within applicant & his circum- stances - & that he knows of no property in his possession & believes him to be a poor man, who needs the assistance of his Country for support. —
Simson Baldwin

Eliza Pond Casey 14.454
Mark 1820
[Large handwritten signature or mark]

At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 5th 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, Elias Pond a resident in the town of Mansfield in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
Schedule of the Estate of Elias Pond, both real & personal, being the one half of the dwelling house & lot    One half of the dwelling house & lot 3125.00 One Sunday Pension from Elias Pond, Esq. 400.00   Sam & six acres of land adjoining the house 3125.00 Interest on same 170.00   The above property is under the incumbrance of a mortgage in favor of Calvin Trumbull for $225.00 Lois Pond 300.00   Set aside two attachments on the same one in favor of Tim? Russell for 300. days, & one in favor of Mason D. Dorr for 300 days Maria Brach 6.00   15 acres of land the whole of which is mortgaged to Tim? Russell (for four hundred fifty days) at $25.00 per acre 375.00 Giles Backlin 15.00   One House 25.00 Tim? Johnson 10.00   One Wagon & harness 10.00 Abner Tyler 30.00   2 Ploughs 5.00 Henry Pond 75.00   One Cart 7.00 William Bradley 50.00   One ox horn sled 2.50 Roswell Sheldon 15.00   One Sled 0.40 Mansfield Society 100.00   Scythe 0.75 Ralph Blackston 90.00   One Cradle 0.125 Aaron Backlin 40.00   1 Grind Stone 0.75   One Hammer 0.50   15 chains 4.50   Iron Table 0.75   Two Iron Tables 0.75   Two Oak Chest Drawers 1.00   One Trap Miller 1.50   1 Iron Pot 0.75   1 Dish Kettle 0.50   1 P. Anacorn 0.50   2 Shovels 0.87   2 Hoes 0.50   1 Clam Rake 0.10   9 old cranberry, @ 25 c per 2.25   1 Glass Bottle 0.75   1 half Do 0.25   2 Stone Jugs 0.40   Case with 4 Bottles 0.25   6 Sunk Bottles 0.25   1 doz Cans & Saucers 25 c per doz 0.37   2 Pichers 30 c per 3 Tin Coffee Pots 50 c per 0.80   3 Tin Pails $1. 3 Tin Candlesticks 30 c per 1.30   2 Earthen Jugs - 10 c per 6 Tin Pans $1. 1.10   5 Brass Platters 1.25   2 White platters 30 c per 1 old candle stand 25 c 0.55   1 doz Knives & Forks 0.30   3 Iron Chains 3.50   1 Chest 1.00   1703.39 
Calvin Trumbull Note & Interest 3 - 259. 14 Tim? Russell Note & Int. 3 - 444. 75 $1968 89
Elias Pond
Elias Pond

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this 5 day of July 182 2 , the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Elias Dana aged Sixty seven years, resident in the Town of Bransford in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
My One year in Capt. Collins Company in Col. Ward's Regiment in the Connecticut line,
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 13th day of November 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 14.457 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation
is that of a Farmer,
and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a Wife and One child named Isaac, aged twenty,
Elias Dana
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
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
$1703.39 Cents — Dollars and — Cents; and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Henry L. Hagg Clerk

At a County Court held in & for the County of New Haven - in the State of Connecticut on the 5 th day of July 1820. the same being a Court of Record -
Personally appeared James Barker Esq. & Capt. Rutherford Raper both of Branford in said County - both respectable & credible witnesses - & both were known to the Court & being duly sworn, depose & say that they in vintima the Estate of property mentioned in the annexed Schedule of the property of Elias Dorr & that the valuation annexed is in their opinion the fair & just value of the property, They further depose and say - that they assisted the said Dorr in making out the annexed Schedule of his debts - the most of which they personally know to be due from to the several persons therein named particularly the several Debts secured by mortgage & stated in the schedule & the debts of One hundred dollars due to Branford first Society - & from a long & full acquaintance with the circumstances of said Dorr - they only believe that the property of said Dorr would not discharge his debts - & that if his son paid he would not have any property left for his support - & further say not
James Barker Rutherford Raper

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry C. Hagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
17013 Dollars and 39 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
5th day of July 182 0
Henry C. Hagg
I, Isaac D. Williams presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C. Hagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in
this 5th day of July 182 0
Isaac D. Williams Chief Judge of said Court

Hon. H. W. Edwards, Senate.

I Pittsfield  Pittsfield Pond of Mansfield New Haven County State of Connecticut depose and say that in October 1822 I purchased of my Father Elias Pond and Old Horse and  Harness Wagon, and paid therefor the sum of fifty five Dollars & Sixty cents to the Hon David Daggett to take up a note against my Father in favor of one Timothy Frisbe which had been assigned to said Daggett by said Frisbe the note was given by my Father ten or twelve years ago to said Frisbe for a boat which my Father bought of said Frisbe the boat is now decayed and worth nothing the Horse and  Harness Wagon is the same referred to in Elias Pond's pension papers among the changes that have been made in said Pond's property since the exhibition of his first schedule under head of Articles sold as per reference marked H. I know that my Father was indebted to the Ecclesiastical Society in Mansfield he had leased of them for three terms, of seven years each at about three hundred and sixty 75 per year. That for the last part of the time he did not raise scarcely any thing from it and that he had to borrow money of Calvin Frisbe Dorr and others to pay the rent the deponent verily believes that he suffered as to the amount of two thousand Dollars by said lease the deponent says that

his Father is utterly destitute of Property and further says not — Dated at Nutham 13 May 1824 Pitkin Pond
Nutham County (Nutham 13 May 1824) Personally appeared Pitkin Pond and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him now subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth — before me John Hunt Justice

Hon. D. N. Edwards,
for for I enclose to you additional papers, as accompanying documents to the to  in papers of Elias Pond for  the  de  in the War department - will thank you to transmit them I presume they will be abundantly sufficient - but as you know the deponents, it might perhaps be more satisfactory, if you will certify they are respectable & credible men
Very Respectfully yf. M c L t J. B. Beard

O. W. and N. Division.
72-109 24-391 3-525.
Iss. Sur. file 36239 Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Elias Pond , 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Guilford, Conn. May 14 76 1 year. Corpl. Jehiel Meigs Andrew Ward Conn.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Mar 13 1818
Residence at date of application, Branford, Conn.
Age at date of application, 66
Remarks: 1820 son Horace ac 20. 1824 wife — ae 70 - 1824 son Patten Pond
Very respectfully,

Return May 20, 1824 Elias Pond, H. W. Edwards, Connecticut U.S.S.
Elias Pond, Pr. 14:1776,
1 st Schedule, July 1820
The one half of a House, Barn and 6 acres of Land — $1250.
("The above property is under the incumbrance of a Mortgage in favour of Calvin Fribbee Esq. for $220, & likewise two attachments on the same, one in favour of Timothy Russell for $500, & one in favour of Mason Hobart for $300")
15 Acres of Land $375.
("The whole of which is mortgaged to Timothy Russell")
1. Horse $25. Wagon & Harness $10, & some Furniture.
amt of Schedule $1703.39
Amount of Debts due from Pond to sundry persons (names given, two only of the name of Pond, amt due to them $375) is $1968.89.
2 nd Schedule, April 6, 1824.
A little furniture —
amt of Schedule $4.87.
(over)
24.00 4.00 29.00
111
Com: 14. may 1824
The Debts due to Fribbee (for which the 6 acres of Land he was mortgaged March 25, 1817, certified Copy of Deed within, acknowledgement recorded same day) were contracted between July 1812 & March 1817, for dry Goods, Provisions &c — legal proof within.
The debt due to Russell, for which the 15 acres of Land was mortgaged, was for money loaned in March 1812 — the amount due Russell, Dec 27, 1820, was, with interest, $451.70 — and the Land was valued by three freeholders at $385 — the balance still due to Russell — all of which is duly authenticated —
The debt due to Hobart was for articles sold, during the common course of trade, during the term of 8 or 9 years before being a Merchant, which were sold for family & common use — all of which is properly authenticated —
In short, the man is poor indeed — in possession of nothing — except the 5 Respectable Inhabitants of the same town, & the D. Sheriff of the County swear that he is "utterly destitute of property" His age 71 — wife 70 — no family Hon H. W. Edwards, U.S.S.

See Letter to Hon: H. W. Edward H. R., April 30 th 1824.

Edmond Fields of Wallingford in Rut Haven County Depose & Says that he is well acquainted with Elias Pond of Branford in said County and that the said Elias Pond enlisted into the army in the revolutionary war in the year 1776 & served in the Company commanded by Capt. Jehiel Muggs in Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment with me, & served as a Soldier for one year in said Company, Wallingford Oct. 14. 1818 Edmond Fields
Rut Haven County ss Wallingford Oct. 14. 1818 Personally appeared Edmond Fields signer to the above Deposition and made solemn oath that the evidence therein contained is justly True, Sworn before me
Samuel Hall Jus. of Peace

36239 INVALID.
Rev
1907 Jany. 5 History to Charles H. Nichols
File No. 36239
Elias Pond
His Rev Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington April 27. 1824
Dr Sir
I am requested to transmit the inclosed papers to the War Department and request that the certificate of Ponds should be placed on the pension list - may be sent to me -
I have the honor to be Very Resp t
Yours: K. W. Edwards

Charles H. Nichols M. AM. SOC. C. E. CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEER ENGINEER SHELL FISH COMMISSION STATE OF CONNECTICUT 303 EXCHANGE BUILDING, 865 CHAPEL ST. NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
Dec. 26, 1906.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the pension record of Elias Pond of Branford, Conn. who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and whose name is given in the pension list on page 636,- "Connecticut, men in the War of the Revolution". I am,
Yours most respectfully,
Chas H. Nichols

I Mason Hobart of Branford of lawful age depose and say that Elias Pond of Branford gave me note to me for about the sum one hundred and thirty dollars, which note was given for articles sold him during the common course of trade during the term of 8 or 9 years before, being myself a merchant, which were sold to him for family and common use. That I commenced a suit on said note and recovered an execution against said Pond for the sum of one hundred ninety two dollars and sixty two cents. It being the same execution referred to in Elias Pond's Pension papers thereto annexed marked B. And I caused said execution to be levied on land of said Pond's, which is the same land which Calvin Fribbie now has a claim of Branford 5 May A 1824
Mason Hobart
New Haven County ss Branford May 5 th A 1824 Personally appeared Mason Hobart and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me.
William G. Lacy Justice of the Peace

The subscribers inhabitants of Branford are well acquainted with and are neighbours to Elias Pond and his situation as to property and character, and know that he is utterly destitute of property - that he has ever sustained the character of an honest and industrious man, -
Sim d Johnson Roswell Sheldon Giles Barker James Burns Justinhy Beach
Ver Haven County ss Branford May 6 th A 1824. Personally appeared Simoth y Johnson Roswell Sheldon, Giles Barker, James Burns and Justinhy Beach, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed before me
William G. L. Lay Justice Peace
The above affidavits & deposition are taken at the request of Elias Pond to be sent on to the War Department as accompanying documents to his pension papers -
Attest W m M c G h L y Lay Justice of the Peace

I Horace Brach of New Haven having been for more than four years last past a Deputy Sheriff for the County of New Haven, have by that means become acquainted with the situation of Elias Pond of Branford in said County, as to his property, I know him to be very poor and destitute dated New Haven 14 th May 1824 Horace Brach
New Haven County ss New Haven 14 th May 1824 Personally appeared Horace Brach and made oath to the truth of the above deposition ~ Before me John Hemen Justice of Peace

I Cornelius Tuttle clerk of the County Court in and for New Haven County in the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal & Records thereof, do hereby certify that John Hunt 2 d Esquire and Willoughby L. Day (whose names are herein before subscribed as Justices of the Peace) Esquire, are Justices of the Peace in and for said County and have been such for more than one year last past, duly appointed and authorized to act as such, and that full faith and credit are to be given to all their official acts in said capacity. Given under my hand, & Seal of Office at New Haven, this 14 th day of May, 1824.
Attest, C. Tuttle
City of New Haven 14 th May 1824 I hereby certify, that Cornelius Tuttle the person who subscribed the above certificate, is Clerk of the County Court in New Haven County duly appointed & sworn to office as Clerk of said Court. Isaac Mills Chief Judge of said Court

To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know Ye, That I Elias Pond of Branford in the County of New Haven for the consideration of two hundred eleven Dollars received to full satisfaction of Calvin Trumbull said Branford. Do give, grant, bargain, sell, & confirm unto the said Calvin Trumbull his heirs and assigns one un- divided half of six acres of land at Indian Neck in the Branford, bounded East by the heirs of John Willford and land now or lately Isaac Tainton's West by Benjamin R Fowler's wife North on salt meadow, South by the sound — To Have & To Hold the above granted & bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Grantee his heirs and assigns forever to his and their own proper use and behoof. And also I the said grantor do for myself my Heirs, Executors & Administrators, cove- nant with the said grantee his Heirs & Assigns, that at and until the enrolling of these presents I am well seized of the premises as a good indefeasible estate in fee simple and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written; and that the same is free from all incumbrances whatsoever. And furthermore I the said grantor do by these presents bind myself & my heirs, forever to Warrant and defend the above granted & bar- gained premises to the said grantee his heirs and assigns, a- gainst all claims and demands whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 25 day of March Anno Domini 1817
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Orchard Gould Ann M. Harrison
If the Grantor pay the Gran- tee a Note of Hand of two hundred eleven Dollars which he has this day executed to him and the interest thereof from date to be paid one year after date according to the tenor of the same this deed is to be void — Elias Pond, Sec.

New Haven County ss. Branford March 25. 1817. Personally appeared Elias Pond signer and sealer of the foregoing Instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free Act & Deed before me. Orchard Gould Justice of Peace.
Received March 25 1817 and recorded. Orchard Gould Town Clerk.
A true copy from the Records of Lands in Branford Book 18 Page 13.
Attest. Samuel Griswold Town Clerk.
Branford May 12 th 1824.
7.
Copy of Elias Pond's Mortgage Deed a true Copy
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Y.
At a County Court holden at New Haven within and for the County of New Haven on the fourth Tuesday of November A.D. 1820 -
On the Petition of Calvin Frosbie of Branford shewing to this Court that at said Branford in New Haven County on the 25 th day of March 1817 Elias Pond of said Branford was indebted to the petitioner in the sum of two hundred and eleven dollars by Note of that date to be paid in one year with interest from said date and to secure the payment of said note did then and there by Deed of that date convey to the petitioner the undivided half of a certain tract of land containing six acres situated at Indian Neck in said Branford described and bounded as follows - East by the heirs of John Willford and land now or lately Isaac Saunders West by Benj m R. Fowler and Wife North on Salt Meadow - South by the Sound with covenants of seisin and warranty and shewing to this Court that there was a condition annexed to said deed in the words following (viz) "If the grantor pay the grantee a note of hand of two hundred eleven eleven dollars which he has this day executed to him, and the interest thereof from date to be paid one year after date according

to the tenor of the same that deed is to be void" And shewing further that said Elias Pond has never paid said Note nor kept the condition of said deed Praying that said Elias Pond's interest and equity of redemption in said described tract of land should be barred and foreclosed as by the petition on file bearing date the 19 th day of November 1820
This Petition was brought to this Court and duly served on said Elias Pond  Respondent and entered in the Docket of this Court and the Petitioner appeared but the said Elias Pond being three times called did not appear and this Court having enquired into the facts stated in this Petition do find them to be true. and do also find now this 23 rd day of December 1820 due on said Note to the Petitioner the sum of two hundred and fifty eight Dollars \frac{41}{100} Whereupon this Court do order and decree that unless said Pond do pay the said sum of two hundred & fifty eight dollars \frac{41}{100} with the interest from this 23 rd day of December 1820 which shall then be due thereon on or before the last Monday in Feb y 1821 together with the cost of this Petition taxed at $13.75 the said Pond his heirs and assigns shall forever afterwards be barred all right title or equity of Redemption in or to the said undivided half of said described tract of land.
A true copy of Original Decree of Court. Attest, C. Tuttle, Clk

Ebenezer Linsley Esq. of Branford of lawful age depon- and says that in May or June 1812 Timothy Russell then of Branford removed into the State of New York and at that time the said Russell consti- tuted the deponent his agent to transact his business, the deponent was well acquainted with the business done between said Russell and Elias Pond, the deponent knows that in the month of March 1812 the said Pond borrowed of said Russell the sum of three hundred Dollars in cash which the deponent then understood was wanted by said Pond to pay several outstanding debts against him, and said Pond gave said Russell his note therefor - the deponent knows that the said Pond was indebted to various persons at that time and that the said Pond had leased land of the Ecclesiastical Society in the Town of Branford for more than twelve years before, at the rent of between three & four hundred Dollars a year and that he was largely indebted for said rents at said time - The deponent believes in this the said Pond suffered great loss - The deponent as agent of said Russell caused a writ of Attachment to be commenced on said note before the County Court for New Haven County

at their November term 1820 and recovered a judgment before said Court for said Deth and Cost amounting to the sum of four hundred and Eighty one Dollars and Seventy cents on a bott out Execution thereon and caused said Execution to be levied on certain stores of land of said Pond and set off to his creditors said Russell and there remains due on said debt now almost one hundred Dollars the Execution mentioned is the same Execution referred to in Elias Ponds pension papers marked C. and the said land levied on is the same as mentioned in said Pension papers under head of "articles sold", among the changes that have taken place in said Ponds property since the publication of his first Schedule as by direction of the war department under review marked f - as follows "fifteen acres of land at twenty five Dollars per acre the whole of which is mortgaged to Timothy Russell for four hundred fifty Dollars" and the deponent knows all said land was taken by said Execution and did not satisfy it - And the deponent says that the said land was mortgaged to secure the payment of the money lent and the reason he did not petition for a foreclosure was because there was not sufficient land to pay the

debt, and he was advised if a foreclosure attached it would discharge the debt - but the deponent residue ways he has been unable to collect any of the said debt out of said Pond on account of his property poverty - he the said Pond has ever been considered an upright and honest man - And further says not - Dated at New Haven 10 May 1824 Ebenezer Linsley
New Haven County ss New Haven 10 May 1824 Personally appeared Ebenezer Linsley and made oath that the above foregoing deposition con- tains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - before me John Hunt Justice of Peace
New Haven County ss New Haven May 1824 The dispositions of Calvin Friske Esq to Ebenezer Linsley Esq, Pittkin Pond and Horace Beach taken at the request of Elias Pond to be sent on to the War Department as accompanying documents to his pension papers - Attest John Hunt Justice of Peace

(above the debt of Branford in New Haven County deposes and says that on the 25 day of March 1817 Elias Pond gave me his note for the sum of two hundred & eleven Dollars payable one year from date with interest that the debt for which the note was given originated in the following manner - on the second day of July 1812 the said Pond purchased of me 111 Gall s Third proof Spirits at $1.40 per Gall s $155.40 amounting to the sum of $155.40 - Interest on this amount up to the 25 day of March 1817 44.6
In addition to this at the date of said note and at the request of said Pond I agreed to pay and did pay a debt due from said Pond to Oliver D Squires a merchant of said Branford for articles of dry goods groceries &c sold to said Pond for his family use during the course of some time the previous amounting to $211.54
for this amount the said Pond gave me his note on said 25 day of March 1817 above stated and to secure the payment of said note the said Pond mortgaged to me a certain piece of land described in said Mortgage Deed being "one undivided half of six acres of land at Indian neck in said Branford bounded east by the House of John Willford and land now or lately Israel Saunders west by Benjamin B Fowler

and wife north on Salt meadow south by the sound which mortgage deed was executed on the same day of said with a copy of which Deed attested by the Lawer Fletcher is herunto annexed marked L and the deponent says that the said land mentioned said Deed is the same land referred to in the said Ponds Jemian papers among the changes that have been made in said Ponds property since the execution of his first Schedule as per direction of the War Department by reference marked J as follows "the one half of the dwelling House back Kitchen Barn and six acres of land adjoining the House the above property is under the encumbrance of a Mortgage in favor of Calvin Fisher for $2200 The deponent says that afterwards the said Pond failing to pay said note according to the condition of said Mortgage Deed he commenced a petition of foreclosure against him and before the County Court held in for New Haven County at their November Session 1820 he obtained a decree against said Pond that unless the said Pond should pay the amount of said note and interest being on the 23 day of December 1820. $258.41 and the cost of said Petition — 13.45 Amounting in the whole — $271.86 on or before the first monday of February

1821 he should be foreclosed of all rights in and to said premises the Copy of which Decree is herunto annexed marked G and the de- ponent says that said Pond did fail to pay said sum as decreed. The deponent further says that subsequent to the giving said note the said Pond became further inde- ted to the deponent for monies lent him at various times amounting in the whole to $226 and on the 25 day of April 1821 the deponent demanded of the said Pond the peaceable possession of said property pursuant to said Decree or he should sue for it and the deponent then agreed with said Pond and did give up and cancel said Demand of $226 which together with the amount due on said decree amounted to five hundred Dollars and the said Pond in consideration thereof did give the deponent peaceable possession of said land and execute his quit claim deed of the same for the consideration of $500 it is the same deed referred to Marked A in said Ponds Petition papers under the head of changes that have been made in said Ponds property since the exhibition of his first schedule by reference f. And the deponent says at that time said land in consequence of rapid depreciation of real estate was not

worth $500 and the deponent now will sell it for less - The deponent says that the monies lent to said Pond as herein before stated were wanted by said Pond to pay outstan- ding debts against him. And the deponent knows that he is largely indebted to the Ecclesiastical Society in Branford for rents of land which had been leased by said Pond and the deponent very likely believes the monies he lent said Pond were applied towards the discharge of those Debts The deponent says he is well acquainted with said Pond and his circumstances and knows that he is very poor and sustains a good character for honesty and integrity and further says not I believe at New Haven 14 th May 1824 Calvin Fiske
Suffolk County ss New Haven 14 May 1824 Personally appeared Calvin Fiske Esq r and made oath that the foregoing deposition contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth Before me John H. Knight Justice of Peace

Eliza Pond Pension papers

Declaration
In order to be restored to the Pension List under the Act of the 1 st of March 1823 - State of Connecticut, County of New Haven p New Haven -
On the 8 th day of April 1824 Personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record, for the City of New Haven (expressly made a Court of record by the Statute laws of the State of Connecticut, & keeping a record of their proceedings) Elias Pond Resident in Branford in sd County of New Haven aged Twenty one years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the 1 st of May 1820 that he the sd Pond en- listed for the term of one year on or about the month of April or May A D 1775 - in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Jehiel Meigs in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establish- ment that he continued to serve in the

said corps until the summer of 1776 - when he was discharged from the sd service at Voluntine, Hill near Kings- bridge in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropt therefrom on account of his property -
And in pursuance of the Act of the 10 th of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, & 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 to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th 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 is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz -

  One Grindstone 25-   6 Chairs 75-   2 Tables 25-   2 old Cases of Drawers 50   1 Iron Pot 25-   1 Shovel 75-   1 Case & Bottles 25-   3 Pewter Plates 25-   6 Knives & forks 15-   1 Iron Chain 1.00   1 doz Knives & Forks 25-   1 old Stand 10   1/2 doz Cups & Saucers 12   4.87 
And I do further declare that my occupation since my discharge has been a portion of the  my time that of a Farmer, & that I am now a day-labourer that I have a wife aged 70 living with me & entirely dependant on me for support, that I am unable to support myself without the assistance of Government except by private or public charity - That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property

   Articles sold. Time of sale. To whom sold. amt of money or description of property received in return.     "The one half of the dwelling house & kitchen & barn & six acres of land adjoining the house." $1250. The above property is under the encum- brance of a short gap in favor of Calvin Fribbie for $220 likewise two attach- ments on the same one in favor of Timothy Russell for $500. & one in favor of Mason Hobart for $300.- 1821. April 25 th by deed of conveyance of this date hereto annexed marked A . also on the 30 th April 1822 an Ex n in favor of Mason Hobart against o d Pond was levied on this property for the sum of $192.62 which is hereto annexed marked B duly certified. Calvin Fribbie see deed hereto annexed marked  A . Also taken by Mason Hobart by virtue of an Ex n in his favor against o d Pond hereto annexed marked B . Amt of Ex n Debt & cost $192.62) In payment of demands due from Elias Pond to Calvin Fribbie, by note & book debt to the amount of $500. & demands were cancelled by the same. In satisfaction of an Ex n in favor of Mason Hobart against Elias Pond as per Ex n hereto annexed marked B .   15 acres of land $25. per acre $375 the whole of which is mortgaged to Timothy Russell for four hundred & fifty Dollars 1821. March 30 th Ex n levied on the whole piece it being a short one used by admeasure- ment & see Ex n hereto annexed marked  C duly certified Taken by Timothy Russell by virtue of Ex n in his favor against o d Pond hereto annexed Debt & cost $481.70 vide same marked  C . In part satisfaction of an Ex n in favor of Timo y Russell against Elias Pond, as per Ex n hereto annexed marked C .   one horse $25. one old waggon & harness $10, $35. October 1822. Mr Pitman Pond. In payment of a debt due from Elias Pond to Timothy Fribbie by note which was transferred by said Fribbie to the Hon. David Daggett, & paid by o d Pitman Pond, the o d Pitman Pond having paid the sum of $45.60 towards the satisfaction of said note  
   2 ploughs $ 5. worn out   1 old cart 7. ditto   1 old one horse sleigh - 2.50 ditto   1 old sled - 40 ditto   1 scythe .75 do   1 old cradle .25 do  

   1 old harrow  _____  .50  _____  ditto    9 Chairs  _____  _____  _____  ditto    1 long table  _____  .75  _____  do    1 old brass Kettle  _____  1.50  _____  ditto    1 Dish Kettle  _____  .75  _____  ditto    1 pr of Andirons  _____  .50  _____  ditto    2 Shovels  _____  .87  _____  lost    2 hoes  _____  .50  _____  ditto    1 clam rake  _____  .10  _____  worn out    1 old Cider Barrels  _____  2.25  _____  - unfit for use & burnt up    1 Gallon bottle  _____  .75  _____  lost    1 half do  _____  .25  _____  ditto    2 Stone jugs  _____  .40  _____  broken    6 Junk Bottles  _____  .25  _____  broken    1/2 doz cups & saucers  _____  1 2 1/2  _____  ditto    1/2 doz Spoons  _____  .12  _____  worn out    3 tin pail  _____  1.00  _____  worn out    3 tin canisters  _____  .30  _____  worn out    2 earthen jugs  _____  .10  _____  broken    2 pewter platters  _____  .50  _____  worn out    2 white platters  _____  .30  _____  broken    2 Iron chairs  _____  2.00  _____  lost    1 Chest  _____  1.00  _____  worn out   
Elias Pond
Sworn to and declared on the 6th day of April before the City Court held at New- Haven, in the County of New Haven, within and for the City of New Haven. J. Cornelius

Tuthill Clerk of said City Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Elias Pond did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment, I also certify that the foregoing oath and the 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 Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is Four dollars & Eighty seven cents—In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 6 th day of April 1824
C. Tuthill. Clerk
I, George Hoadly, Mayor of the City of New Haven and presiding Judge of the City Court of said City of New Haven, do hereby certify that Cornelius Tuthill, whose signature is written above, was at the time of making the same, & is now, the Clerk of said Court and the keeper of the Seal & Records thereof, and that full faith and credit are to be given to all his official acts in said capacity. In

Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6 th day of April A.D. 1824.
Geo. Hoadly Mayor
Documents: - A.
To all people to whom these presents shall come - Greeting
Know Ye, That I Elias Pond of Branford in the County of New Haven, In considera- tion of Five Hundred Dollars, received to my full satisfaction of Calvin Frisbie of Branford do remise, release & forever Quit Claim unto the said Calvin Frisbie & unto his heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, as I the the said Releasor have or ought to have in or to the undivided half of one certain piece of land lying at Indian Neck, & containing six acres, more or less, and bounded North on salt meadow, West on Benjamin R Fowlers & wife's land, South on sea shore, East on John Willford's land, together with one half of the buildings thereon.
So Have I to Hold the premises with all their appurtenances unto the said Releasee and his heirs & assigns forever, so that neither I the Releasor nor my heirs, nor any person under me or them shall hereafter have any claim Right or Title in or to the premises

or any part thereof; but therefrom I & they are by these presents forever barred & secluded. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25 th day of April A.D. 1821. Signed sealed and delivered Elias Pond
in presence of Orin D. Squire
Loring D. Morley
New Haven County ss.
Branford April 25 th 1821.
Personally appeared Elias Pond signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument and ac- knowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me Orin D. Squire Justice of Peace.
Received April 30 th 1821 and recorded
Pr Samuel Frisbie Town Clerk
A true copy from the Record of Lands in Branford. Book 19. page 326
Attest Samuel Frisbie, Town Clerk
Branford March 31. 1824.
B.
To the Sheriff of New Haven County, or his Deputy, or either of the Constables of the Town of Branford within said County - Greeting, Whereas Mason Hobart of Branford aforesaid recovered judgment against Elias Pond of Branford aforesaid before the County Court

holden at the City of New Haven, within & for the County of New Haven on the third Tuesday of March A.D. 1822 for the sum of 182 Dollars 10 cts debt; and for the sum of 10 Dollars 52 cts costs of suit, as appears of record - whereof execution remains to be done: -
These are therefore, by authority of the State of Connecticut, to command you that of the goods, chattels or lands of the said debtor, within your precincts, you cause to be levied, (and the same being disposed of or appraised as the law directs) paid and satisfied unto the said creditor, the aforesaid sums being 192 Dolls. 62 Cents in the whole; with 17 Cents more for this Writ, and thereof also to satisfy yourself your own fees. And for want of such Goods Chattels or lands of the said Debtor to be by him shown unto you, or found within your precincts, to the accept- ance of said Creditor for the satisfying the aforesaid sums, you are hereby commanded to take the body of the said Debtor, and him commit unto the keeper of the Goal in New- Haven in the County of New Haven aforesaid, within the said Prison, who is likewise hereby commanded to receive the said debtor, and him safely keep, until he pay unto the said creditor the full sums above mentioned, and be by him released, and also to satisfy your own fees. Hereof fail not but make due return of this Writ with your doings thereon according to

law, within sixty days next coming. — Dated at New Haven this 30 th day of April Anno Domini 1822
C. Luthill, Clerk
New Haven County ss. Branford June 8 th 1822 Then by virtue of this execution I repaired to the usual place of abode of Elias Pond the debtor in said Town and there made demand of the sum due on this execution, with all necessary charges of executing the same and the said debtor having neglected to make payment thereof and for want of personal estate of the said debtor shown unto me or found within my precincts to satisfy this execution and necessary charges of executing the same by direction of Sharon Hobart the creditor within named I levied this execution on a certain piece of land lying and situate in said Branford containing six acres more or less bounded Northerly on Salt Meadow owned by Elias Gould and Jacob Palmer, Easterly on John Willford's heirs & Reuben Sanger Southerly on the Sound & Westerly on Benjamin R. Fowler & Wife's land, together with the buildings thereon that is to say I levied this execution on the debtor's right interest in and to the above described premises, being an undivided half of the same.

And the said creditor chose James Blackstone an indifferent freeholder, & the said debtor neglecting & refusing to choose an appraiser I applied to Orin D. Squire Esq, the next Justice of the Peace who by law may judge between the parties in civil cases which said Justice appointed Samuel Frisbie and Eber Beach all indifferent freeholders of said Branford appraisers of the estate aforesaid levied on by virtue of this execution. And Orin D. Squire, Justice of the Peace for said County then and there administered the oaths by law prescribed for appraisers of land taken on execution, to Samuel Frisbie, James Blackstone & Eber Beach. And the said appraisers did then & there upon their oaths appraise all the estate, right, title & interest of the said debtor in and to the said premises at the sum of nine hundred dollars as the then present true & just value thereof. And the debtor's right & interest being an undivided half of the aforesaid premises, which undivided moiety is subject to a mortgage to one Calvin Frisbie of said Branford amounting together with the interest and cost thereon to the sum of $295,60 which last mentioned sum being

deducted from the sum of $900, leaves the sum of $604.40 as the amount of the debtor's interest in & to said premises being the debtor's right in the equity of redemption. And the sum mentioned in this execution being $192.79 and the lawful charges of executing the same execution being $9.91 both which last mentioned sums amount to the sum of $202.70. I on this 5 th day of June 1822 set off to the said Mason Hobart the creditor in this execution an un- divided estate and interest in & to the debtor's equity of redemption to the amount of $202.70 that is to say I then & there set off to said creditor an estate, right, title & interest in & to said equity of redemption in propor- tion to the whole of said debtor's equity as the sum of $202.70 bears to the sum of $604.40 in full satisfaction of this ex- ecution and all legal costs, charges & fees for executing the same.
Attest Chs H. Pond, Sheriff.
Fees
  Travel to serve & return 22 miles -  $1.10    Commissions 3.85 Indorsement 87 1/2  4.72    Cash paid Town Clerk $1.60 & Justice 25  1.25    Cash pd up prairie $1.50. Owing to be recorded 34  1.84    Time spent in looking up & attending appraisers  1.00     $9.91  

New Haven County ss. Branford June 6 th 1822. Then and there I administered the oath provided by law for appraisers of land taken on execution to Samuel Frisbie, Eber Beach & James Blackstone all indifferent freeholders of said town the two first named were appointed by me, and the last named chosen by the creditor
Orin D. Squire Justice of Peace New Haven County ss Branford June 6 th 1822 Then and there we the subscribers appraised the place now occupied by Elias Pond & Pitman Pond being six acres more or less & the buildings at the sum of $1800, and we appraised Elias Pond's right and interest being an undivided half of the premises at the sum of nine hundred dollars.
Samuel Frisbie } Appraisers James Blackstone } under Eber Beach } Oath.
C.
To the Sheriff of New Haven County, or his Deputy, or either of the Constables of the town of Branford within said County Greeting - Whereas Timothy Russell of Canisteo, County of Steuben & State of New York recovered judgment against

Elias Pond of said Branford before the County Court holden at New Haven within the County of New Haven on the 4 th Tuesday of November A.D. 1820 for the sum of 457 Dolls. 95 cents debt and for the sum of 11 Dollars 39 cents costs of suit, as appears of record -whereof execution remains to be done, These are therefore, By Authority of the State of Connecticut to command you, that of the goods, chattels or lands of the said debtor within your precincts you cause to be levied (and the same being disposed of or appraised as the law directs) paid and satisfied unto the said creditor. the aforesaid sums being 469 Dollars 34 cent in the whole, with 17 cents more for this writ, and thereof to satisfy your own and your own fees. And for the want of such goods chattels or land of the said debtor to be by him shewn unto you, or found within your precincts to the acceptance of said creditor for the satis- fying of the aforesaid sums, you are hereby commanded to take the body of the said debtor and him commit unto the Keeper of the Gaol in New Haven in the County of New Haven aforesaid within the said prison, who is likewise hereby commanded to receive the said debtor and him safely keep until he pay unto the said creditor the full sums above

mentioned, and be by him released, and also to satisfy yourself your own fees — Hereof fail not but make due return of this Writ with your doings thereon according to law within sixty days next coming — Dated at New Haven the 27 th day of December A.D. 1820 —
Henry C. Flagg, Clerk.
New Haven County p. Branford March 30 th A.D. 1821 By virtue of this Writ of Execution to me directed I repaired to the usual place of abode of Elias Pond the debtor within named in said Branford & there made demand of the debt, or sum of money due on this Execution with all necessary charges of executing the same and the said Elias Pond having neglected to make payment thereof, and for want of personal or moveable estate of said Pond shown unto me or found within my precincts, to satisfy this Execution and necessary charges of executing the same by direction of Ebenezer Linsley Junr. Attorney for Timothy Russell the creditor within named, I levied this execution on one certain piece of land lying & being in said Branford by the name of Quarter Gate so called, containing fourteen Acres, more or less, bounded as follows, Northerly on land of Ephraim Foot, Ephraim Beach and Phinehas Foot — Easterly on land of Phinehas Foot — Southerly on land of John Will-
men, ... ..

ford and Westerly on a peat highway; the proper estate of said Elias Pond in fee, and the said Ebenezer Linsley Junr as Attorney for the said Timothy Russell, the creditor, chose Timothy Bradley, and Elias Pond the debtor chose Rutherford Russell, and the said Ebenezer Linsley Jr. for the said creditor and the said debtor agreed in choosing Orin D. Squire, all to be appraisers of said piece of land, all indifferent freeholders of the town of Branford, wherein said land lies, and James Barker a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of New Haven, then and there administered to the said Timothy Bradley, Rutherford Russell & Orin D. Squire the Oath required by law for appraisers of land taken on Execution, and the said appraisers then and there on view of said described premises on which this execution had been so levied did upon their oaths appraise the same premises at the sum of Twenty seven Dollars and fifty cents per Acre as the then present true and just value thereof to the creditor in this execution, and the sum mentioned in this execution being 459 Dollars 57 cents and the lawfull charges of executing the same execution being 12 Dollars 19 cents, both which last mentioned sums amount to the sum of 481 Dollars 70 cts. I on this 27 th day of March 1821 set off

to the said Timothy Russell the creditor in this execution of land fourteen acres more or less, the said appraised premises, butted and bounded as afore described, at 27 Dollars 50 cents per acre, amounting to the sum of 385 Dollars in part satisfaction satisfaction of this execution and my fees and charges thereon, and there being no other property of the said debtor shown unto me nor could I find by the most diligent search throughout my precincts any estate whereupon to levy and satisfy the remainder of this Execution being 96 Dollars 70 cents —
And on the 30 th day of March 1821 I caused this execution and my endorsement above thereon to be entered on the Records of land in said Town of Branford where said land lies —
Test Chalachi Linsley, Constable Fees Travel 14 mile 70 cents Toll 9 cts. Levying execution 17 cts fee on the amount secured to the creditor $7. 64. Appraisers $1. 50 endorse- ment 45 cts. Attendance on Justice of Peace 30 cts. Recording One Dollar causing to be recorded 34 cents. Total amount 12 Dolls. 19 cts.
Branford March 27 th 1821 —
We the subscribers being appointed by Eben- ezer Linsley Jun r Esq h & Elias Pond of Branford to appraise one certain lot or tract of land situated in said Branford containing fourteen acres, more or less, have appraised

said lot of land at twenty seven dollars fifty cents per acre - Total valuation $385. The above land being mortgaged to Timothy Russell by Elias Pond as appears of record
Attest Orin D. Squire Received March 30 th } Rutherford Russell } Freeholders A.D. 1821 & recorded by } Timothy Bradley } Samuel Fribbie Town Clerk
A true copy from the Records of Lands in Branford Book 19, pages 480, 481, -
Attest Samuel Fribbie Town Clerk Branford March 31 st 1824.

Please direct to Mr. Bridges Shelburne VA

Andrew Ward Esq.
Col. of Reg t raised in the state of Connecticut, in the service of the United States of America.
To Elias Pond Greeting
Reposing special Trust & Confidence in your Prudence and good Conduct, I do by these Presents appoint you a Corporal in the Reg t under my Command. You are carefully & diligently to Dis- charge the Duty of a Corporal in the f t Reg t by doing and performing all such Duty thereunto belonging, and I do strictly charge and require all Non-Commissioned Officers & Soldiers under your Command to be obedient to your Orders, as a Corporal, & you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time, as you shall receive from me, or any of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, Pursuant to the trust reposed in you. —
For which this shall be your sufficient Warrant. —
Aug t 26. 1776
Given under my Hand Andrew Ward Col.