Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2342, for George Pritchard, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Pritchard, George Abigail
W 2342
CONTENTS

3470.
New York
George Pritchard, private, 4
Connecticut line 1777. 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Oct 1818 and sent to Willard Melton Esq. Sherburne N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. A. m d 1/30. 33.06 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th May 1819. 48.00
$82.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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✓ Orchard, Chenango County
Application sent Oct 12 th 1820 to John H. Chamberlain New York

Tilly Lynde, Esquire, Sherburne, Chenango County, New-York.
George Pritchard, Connecticut line, Revolutionary claim.
found on the roll of Col. Chandler's regim t , for 3 years service.
The testimony, on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, proving the inditing the indigent circumstances of the applicant, or the knowledge of the judge to that effect, is required, under the seal of the Court.

George Pritchard's Affidavit for To obtain a pension

State of New York / Erie Co. being duly Chenango County ss Sworn Saith that he knows George Prichard and believes him to be a man of truth and - veracity that he the said deponent is not interested directly nor indirectly in said George's application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & that he - knows the said George Prichard to be in intelligent circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support & further this deponent saith not —
Erie Co. ss
Sworn before me this eighth day of September 1818 before me Billy Lynde one of the Judges of Chenango County Common Pleas
attested

State of New York Chenango County ss Schabed Wolcott - Being duly Sworn Saith that he knowes George Prichard and believes him to be a man of truth & veracity that he the said deponent is not inter- ested directly nor indirectly in said George's application for a pension - under the act of congress of the 18 th March 1818 & that he knows the said George Prichard to be in indigent- circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support & further this deponent saith not -
Sworn this first day of September A.D. 1818 before me Billy Lynde one of the Judges of Chenango County Common Pleas
Schabed Wolcott
State of New York ss: I do hereby certify that I am Chenango County ss: personally acquainted with the above named Deponent Schabed Wolcott & believe him to be a man of truth & veracity - and further I do certify that from the several affidavits hereto annexed I am satisfied that the ap- plicant George Prichard of Oldstock in said coun- ty is actually in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for sub- sistence -
Billy Lynde Judge
State of New York ss This may certify that the Hon- Chenango County ss able Billy Lynde of Sherburne is now & has long time since has been in commission as one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Chen- ango aforesaid - In Testimony whereof the seal of the said court is hereunto affixed this 28 th day of September A.D. 1818 -
M. G. Bright Dep. Clerk

State of New York } Chenango County } ss. Be it remembered that on this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Chenango State aforesaid personally appears George Pritchard, aged seventy one years resident in the town of Puse- lic in the said county of Chenango who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the Provision made by the late act act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War". That he the said George Pritchard enlisted in the 7 Month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven in the then town of New Haven now city of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, in the Company commanded by Captain Theophilus Morrison in Colonel John Chandler's Regiment and that he contracted to serve in said Corps as in the service of the United States until some one of the last days in the Month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty when he was regularly & honorably discharged from service at Haverstraw or Verplank's Point. At Kingsferrey in the State of New York, and that he was in several skirmishes & battles with the enemy one at Verplank's Point at the time of the German town Battle he was left in the rear to guard the baggage in New Jersey - and that he was in the movement Battle - and that he is in reduced circumstances for he is in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except such as is contained in the affidavit of John Pritchard, hereunder written -
George Pritchard
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid Billy Lynde
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chenango

State of New York } Be it remembered that on this first day Chenango County } of May in the year eighteen hundred eighty-two, before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Chenango State of New York aforesaid. Personally appears John Pritch- ard of the town of Georgetown in the county of Mad- ison - State of aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say & make the following declaration: That he the said John Pritch- ard is a brother to the said George Pritchard named in the preceding affidavit and that he the said John was present & saw the said George actually in lost as a soldier at New Haven in Connecticut in the Month of March in the year eighteen hundred seventy-seven in the following in the manner set forth in the affidavit of the said George Pritchard - and that he the said John well knows that he continued in the service of the United States until same time in April eighteen hundred seventy and that he was discharged from said service at the time & place set forth in his said affidavit & that said George Pritchard is actually in reduced cir- cumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid - Tilly Lynde one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chenango }
John Pritchard
I Tilly Lynde one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Chenango State of New York as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said George Pritchard did serve in the Revolutionary as stated as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common Enemy for more than nine months on the continental establishment - and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the Directions

of the aforementioned act of of Bangor. Dated this 1 st day of May in the year 1848
Silly Lynde Judge
State of New York } ss: To the Secretary for the War De- Chenango County - partment at the city of Washington and to all others whom it may concern
This may certify that the Hon: Tilly Lynde of the town of Sherburne in said County, to me personally well known as is also his hand writing & signature, now in the the space of more than one year last past con- tinually has been one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the said county of Chenango, by law duly commissioned as such by the proper Authorities of said State & authorized to take affidavits to be read in any court of Record in said State where affida- vits are by law usage allowed: and that the name of the said Judge subscribed to each of the foregoing affidavits & certificate as such Judge as aforesaid appears to me to be in the proper hand writing of the said Tilly Lynde.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto caused the seal of the said court of Common Pleas of said County, to be affixed this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & forty eight.
David G. Bright Clerk of said County

George Pritchard Dutcher
3470 March 1819
Em
Nathan Chamberlin Sonach Nov. 15. 1820
Chamberlin

State of New York & } Chenango County } p
On this 18 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record in and for said County being the Court of Common Pleas of the same County George Pritchard aged seventy three years the 12 th day of April last past resident in Otsego in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows (viz) he served in the Connecticut line in Col. John Chandler Regiment and Captain David Smith's Company of Infantry that the date of his original declaration for a pension is the first day of May 1818 and that the number of his certificate is 3.470 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen 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 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 to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutiona- ry war passed on the 18 th 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 herewith annexed and by me subscribed And further the said George on his oath aforesaid declares he was a forsook but is now from age debility unable to perform any labour that he and his wife Hannah who is of the age of sixty eight years and who from debility and age is unable to perform any labour live with their son Asa Pritchard aged 26 years and are dependant

~ him for support and further that his said son is not in a situation to contribute much to the support of this deponent
George Pritchard
Sworn to and declared on this 14 th day of June 1820 before Wm Tracy, Casper M. Rouse and David Buttsall Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Chenango County -
Schedule of all the property and Estate of George Pritchard and of Chenango County and state of New York aforesaid under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818
1 Cow 1 Ox 1 Hoe 1 Scythe 1 Spath & Forkling
George Pritchard
Chenango County, ss. I Nathan Chamberlain Clerk of the Court Clerk's office of common pleas in and for the County of Chenango do hereby 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 said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eighteen Dollars and fifty cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 30 th day of June 1820. -
N. Chamberlain Clerk &c.

2,240 New York Albany, Abigail Pritchard widow of George Pritchard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Conn Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of October 1853. and sent to
Alfred G. Wudge Rochester N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 3, 1853, Page 85 Vol. A

Version claim Set February 3. 1883
Abigail Pritchard widow of George Pritchard deceased.
Alfred G. Mudge Attorney Rochester N.Y.

State of New York.
Monroe County ss: On this 28 th day of June 1833. personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Sessions in and for the said County. said Court being a Court of Record. Abigail Pritchard a resident of Perinton in the said County of Monroe aged 84 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1833. That she is the widow of George Pritchard, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, of the United States and who as such pensioner drew the Annual Sum of Ninety Six dollars. That he resided at the time of his death in the town of Smyrna in the County of Chenango in said State and that he resided there for about two years previous to his death. That his Pension was payable either at the city of Albany or the city of New York, but at which of these places deponent does not now recollect.
She further declares that she was married to the said George Pritchard on or about the 23 rd day of January A. D. 1823 in the town of Otsego in the County of Chenango in said State of New York by one Jonathan Brown a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her marriage aforesaid was Abigail Munger: That her husband the aforesaid George Pritchard died in Smyrna aforesaid on the 12 th day of March 1828. That there is

no public or private Record of her said marriage. She further Swears that her said husband drew his Pension up to March 4 th 1826, through the Agency of Harvey Talcott Engraver of Smyrna aforesaid but what has become of the Pension certificate she is unable to say. That the said Talcott is dead as she is informed & believes. She further Swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act aforesaid and is still a widow and has remained unmarried since the death of her husband aforesaid and that she has never before applied for a Pension.
Attest. Joseph Dewey S.D. Walker Abigail her Pritchard mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written and I certify that I am not interested in the result of this application nor concerned in its prosecu- -tion. and that the said Abigail Pritchard is unable to attend in open court to make the foregoing declaration by reason of great bodily infirmity and debility.
Joseph Dewey Justice of Sessions

State of New York Monroe County ss. On this 28 th day of June 1833. personally appeared
before the undersigned, John Walker and Hannah Walker residents of Penion in said county. Who being duly sworn accor- -ding to law doth depose and say.
That Abigail Pritchard of Penion aforesaid is the widow of George Pritchard, deceased. Who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That the said George Pritchard died in Smyrna Chenango County in said State. on the 12 th day of March A. D. 1826.
That he died at the residence of John Walker one of these deponents and that both of these deponents were present at the time of his death and also attended his funeral. That they were well ac- -quainted with said George Pritchard and with the fact of his receiving a Pension and that we have ever since been well acquainted with the widow aforesaid and that she has ever since remained a widow
And they swear that they are disinterested witnesses
John Walker Hannah Walker
Subscribed known to before me the day and year first above written and I certify that John Walker and Hannah Walker are credible wit- -nesses and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution. Joseph Dwyer Justice of Sessions

State of New York Madison County ss.
July
July
On this 13 th day of 1853, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths within the the County of said, personally appeared Jonathan Moron a resident of George town in said County, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith: That Abigail Mitchell is the widow of George Mitchell, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and that the said Abigail Mitchell was married to the said George Mitchell at the town of Otsego in the County of Chenango in said State at the residence of Jonathan Moron Esquire the father of this deponent. That said marriage took place between the 16 th day of January 1823 and the close of that month. That this deponent was present at their said marriage and witnessed the ceremony of marriage. That they were married by the said Jonathan Moron the father of this deponent, who was then a Justice of the Peace.
That this deponent was married on the 16 th day of January 1823, and recollects that the marriage of the said George Mitchell was immediately after- wards but deponent is unable to state the precise day. And he swears

that he is a disinterested witness.
Jonathan Brown
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I certify that the said Jonathan Brown is a credible witness and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution. Asa Ellis. Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Clerk's Office, Madison County, }
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Asa Ellis Esqr., whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquaint- ed with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and ac- knowledged according to the laws of said State. I that I have no
interest in the within claim. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 20 th day of July 1853. Lucius P. Clark Clerk.
no copy is necessary when the is but one sheet.

State of Ohio
Geauga County ss: On this 6 day of
July 1833, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Alonzo Brown a resident of Parkman Geauga County Ohio who being duly sworn, deponeth and saith: That Abigail Mitchell is the widow of George Mitchell deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; That the said Abigail Mitchell was married to the said George Mitchell in Otsego County in the State of New York in the latter part of January 1823, by one Jonathan Brown the father of this deponent who was then a Justice of the Peace. That the said marriage was solemnized at the residence of the aforesaid Jonathan Brown and that this deponent was present at said marriage and witnessed the ceremony of marriage.
And he swears that he is a disinterested witness
Alonzo Brown
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written And I certify that Alonzo Brown is a credible witness and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution.
Ebenezer Elias Haight Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio, ) ss. GEauga COUNTY, )
A. H. G.
Botham Clerk of the court of Common Pleas,
within and for the County of Geauga, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that
Elias Haight And foregoing affidavit
Esq., was at the date of executing the annexed
and now is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Statutes of said State of Ohio, to all whose Official acts as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given,
throughout the United States, and elsewhere, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Elias Haight
and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine
WITNESS my hand and Seal of Office, at Chardon, in said County,
this 18th day of July Anno Domini
185 3
A. H. Botham
CLERK.
Fee $0.50
Recd 25 cents
send the ballance on receipt of this - Yours A.H.G.

Know all men by these presents that I Abigail Pritchard of Penion Monroe County N. Y. do hereby make constitute and appoint Alfred G. Mudge of Rochester in said County my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the proper department of the United States the Pension Certificate to which I am entitled as is mentioned in the foregoing declaration. I hereby waiving any and all other powers of Attorney or other authority I may have given for any such purpose and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said Attorney, said Alfred G. Mudge.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal this 28 th day of June 1833
Attest Joseph Dewey J. D. Walker
Abigail her Pritchard mark
State of New York
Monroe County ss: On this 28 th day of June 1833. before me personally appeared Abigail Pritchard Subscribed to the foregoing and acknowledged that she executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned. Joseph Dewey Justice of Sessions

Thomson Solon Feb February 3. 1853 Obliged Friend under of George Tutshand Cleared.
Alfred G. Mayhew Attorney Pochester N.Y.
State of New York Monroe County ss. On this 22 d day of July 1853.
State of New York Monroe County ss. I W m Baron Williams Clerk of said County and of the Court of Sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that Joseph Dewey before whom the foregoing declaration affidavits and acknowledgments were made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Sessions in for said County duly commissioned and sworn: That I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe that the signatures to said papers & acknowledgment are genuine and that said Court is a Court of Record In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County & Court this 22 d day of July 1853.
W m Baron Williams Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Dea. Pritchard a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 Apl. 1780 Cot. Theophilus Munson David Smith Jno. Chandler Conn.                                     
Battles engaged in, Monmouth - several skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. New Haven, Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 1, 1818 at al
Residence at date of application, Otselic, Chenango Co., NY
Age at date of application Apl. 14, 1747
Remarks: In 1820 Sol. refers to his wife Hannah aged 68 & 1/2 Born Aisa aged 26 yrs. with whom I was then living. He again married Jan 23 1823 in Otselic, NY Abigail Munger. He d. Mar 12, 1826 in which he was al. pen. in an ap. ex. June 28, 1853 while residing in Persington, Monroe Co. NY aged 84 yrs.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev 2-20
Oct 25-1920
War Dept -
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Gentlemen -
Will you please send me a copy of the revolutionary service of George Prichard - or Pritchard - he was a resident Litchfield Conn. of Smith Co., and enlisted May 20 - 1777, served 3 yrs.
Also send me please information of one Jesse Haines

(M E I G S), who was born in Litchfield, and served some three years, I think.
Sincerely
Mrs. W. G. Middleton
Emmetsburg Ia.

Mich. 9/90 Ex 1 by Mr. Aspinwall B. G. Rev.
1920, No. 27 Hist. to Mrs. W. G. Middleton - Ev
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2342 Abigail Pritchard, Widow, George Pritchard, Rev. Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index :—Vol. M. Page 139
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office, October, 1. 1853.
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid; and (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully
(Your Obs. Servt.
J. Mulcahy
XXXX Lemmings
F. Burt Esq. 3 d Auditor, Present
George Pritchard, act 1818. $8.00 p. m. - Paid to 4 th Mar. 1826, no date of death on our Books.
F. Burt Auditor.

No 2751 July 25, 1853.
App. of Abigail Pritchard, widow of George Pritch- ard,
Monroe co., N. York.
n. 19
Act 3 d Feb. 1853. Admitted $96 per annum Commencing 3 d Feby 1853. Rev.
Alpheus G. Mudge, Rochester, N.Y.
Commissioner.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Brief in the case of Abigail Pritchard, widow of George Monroe County and State of New York act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818. at $96 per annum
Marriage proved by Jonathan Brown and Alonzo Brown, who swear they were present at the ceremony — (If for increase.) They are only certified to be credible witnesses Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Alfred G Mudge Esq, Rochester, N.Y. Name and residence of Agent
R. D. Deder Examining Clerk.

1872
Announcement of Sessions Washington D.C.

Shoreham
Free
28 Sept
Hon
John
Admired
C Calhoun Esq
Secretary of War
Washington

Thurburne Sept: 28 th 1818
Hon Sir
I inclose again the affidavit of George Pritchard for a pension together with such additional Testimony as appeared to the judge conclusive as to the Redued Privileges & circumstances of the said George. The judge has certified the same & has also caused the seal of the court to be affixed to his certificate. I conclude that the additional proceedings now sent of Rev Cobb John Good Malcott & the judges certificate of the blue Mr certificate under the seal of the court together with the affid t of Geo. Pritchard & John Pritchard and family sent will be sufficient to substantiate the claim to a pension under the late act - Be so good as to forward the pension certificate to me - also any other communication on the subject.
With congratulations of Easter I am Sir
Yours Ob l Serv t Willard Welton
Hon John C Calhoun Esq r Secretary for the War Department,