Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36207, for Elijah Patchin, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
SERVICE Conn. Continental.
Patchin, Elijah
S 36207
CONTENTS

10,113
R
Connecticut.
Elijah Patchin
of Fairfield in the state of Conn — who was a Capt — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley of the Conn. line, for the term of six years.
Enscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Apr r 1818 and sent to Pinpoint, Connecticut Bridgeport, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 — $ 89.03 Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st of Apr 1819 48.00
$137:03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Notification sent to the 2nd son, John, in 1822, to inform him of his right to a pension. Fairfield Conn.

Hyah Pathean - Corpl.
Col. Bradley's Connecticut Regt.
1777 - war. cont.
1 st April 1810 -
The certificate of the Lodge, as to record Adm. of the Almanac , is wanting -

District of Connecticut ss
On this first day of April A.D. 1818 Elijah Patten of Fairfield in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which District the declarant now resides and seen since the end of the war of the Revolution. hath resided
That on the third day of May A.D. 1777 the declarant enlisted into the service of the United States as a corporal in Captain Josiah Loomis Company and Colonel Philip B. Bradleys Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment and that he continued in said service in the war of the Revolution against the enemies of the United States in the same line and on the same establishment until the end of said war the term of service for which he enlisted is expired and that in the month of June in the year seventeen hundred & eighty three was from said service honorably discharged by a discharge under the hand of General George Washington which Discharge the declarant hath by time and accident lost but the said Declarant for proof of his said enlistment & service refers the said Judge to the return of said Company now in his possession
And the declarant further saith under oath that he is and was since the declaration of Independence both been a resident citizen of the United States And that his circumstances in life are so reduced that he is in need of his countrys assistance for his support
Elijah Patten
District of Connecticut ss April 1 st 1818 The above named Elijah Patten came before me & in my presence subscribed the above said declaration & made oath that the same is true
Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of the District

I Peasey Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Elijah Patten who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed Schedule May 20 th 1818
Peasey Edwards

District of Connecticut To Stratford April 21 1819 I Present Edwards District Judge of said District do Certify that the within Named Elijah Patchen by reason of his reduced circumstances in Life do stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support Isaac Edwards

District of Connecticut ss
On this first day of April 1818 before me Peter Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Thomas Wheeler and Onesimus Hubbell both of Fairfield in said District respectable citizens there of who being duly sworn do depose & say that the afore- named Sergeant Elijah Patskin is now and for many years each half hath been a resident Citizen of the United States and
that his circumstances in life are so reduced that he is in need of assistance from his country for his support
At the same time came Isaac Odell of said Fair- field who being sworn deposes & saith that he served as a Sergeant in said Captain Hovey's Company of Colonel Bradley's Regiment for the term of three years in the war of the revolution and that the said Elijah Patskin served the said term of three years in company with the defendant and was by him then left in said service as a corporal
Tho s Wheeler Onesimus Hubbell Isaac Odell
April 1 st 1818 Sworn before
me Peter Edwards —
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

Elijah Patchin
(ex p .)
(10.11B)
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Sept 1819

State of Connecticut,
Fairfield County ss.
On the 13 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, the same being the County Court in and for sd. County and for the  County and by the laws of this State a court of record & having a seal, Elijah Patchin aged sixty four this day, a resident in Fairfield in sd. County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted at the commence- ment of the war into the Regiment commanded by Col. Webb into the Company then com- manded by capt. Joseph Hoyt for one year that about six weeks before the expiration of sd. year - that about six weeks before the  expiration of sd. year He enlisted again into the Regiment Com: by Col. Philip B. Bradley into the Company commanded by Capt. John Sial Bacy during the war, and that he served till the conclusion of the war, from the time of his said first enlistment - that the number of his Pension Certificate is No. 113 bearing date the 20 th day of April 1819 & he made his original declaration on that the 1 st day of April 1818 - and I am solemnly swear that I was a resident Cit- izen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 - and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any manner dispose of any property or any part thereof

with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to pro- vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighth day of April March 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or sec- urities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor has I any income - that I have not been in House Keeper since the death of my wife, which was seventeen years ago, that I have no house or land, nor any furni- ture, nor any other personal property whatsoever excepting my necessary clothing that I have been a day-labourer, but am unable to work and that I have five children now living with whom I have lived occasionally for 17 years past and who are all very poor and unable to contribute anything towards my support, except my daughter Anna Jones wife of Peter Jones and that I can get very little from her as she has a family of children, and but a small property - and that I have not been a House Keeper for said seventeen years -
Elizah Patchin
Subscribed, sworn to & declared in open Court. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory,

proof made in Court, of opinion that the said Elijah Patchin has no property except his necessary clothing & his said pension; I doth order that these pro- ceedings be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Burr Clerk
State of Connecticut, ss.
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid case of case of Elijah Patchin is nothing & that the said Elijah has no property except his necessary clothing & his said pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at
Fairfield, this 13 th day of June A. 1820.
David Burr Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield June 13 th 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

State of Connecticut,
State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule of Elijah Patoquin is nothing & that the said Elijah has no property except his necessary clothing & his said pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield this 13 th day of June A.D. 1820.
David Burr Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield June 13 th 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elijah Patchin 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. S. F. 36,207.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ May 3, 1777 nearly 2 yrs. ✓ Corpl. Joseph Hait Josiah Lacey Chas. Webb Philip B. Bradley Conn.   Served to end of war.      
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Fairfield, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, 13 June 13, 1756.
Remarks: Soldier's wife, name not stated, died in 1803. Five children alive in 1820, only name stated being that of Anna, wife of Peter Gould.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

36207 Rev INVALID.
1915, Apr. 7. History to Mrs. Lyman M. Cole. Ex. Letter with cl. Amos Parker, S. F. 43766
File No. 36207
Elizah Patchin Esq Rev M.A.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 316
[Arrangement of 1870.]