Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,035, for Benjamin Peck, Connecticut

SERVICE
Peck, Benjamin Mary
NUMBER
W. 3.035 B.L. Mt. 31,557.160.55
CONTENTS

1890 June 9 Henry Hall - history
Prior
story Mary Peck widow of Benjamin Peck who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Hartford agency.
Rate 96. Dollars - cents per annum.
Commencing July 27, 1868.
Deduct payments made since.
Certificate dated 29 December, 187 and sent to Pension Agent. ag. David H. Booth Danbury. Conn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 1 and July 27, 1868 January 3, 1853, Page 202 Vol. 16
Gaudin

Connecticut 22-537
Benjamin Beck.
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Baldwin of the 1st. commanded by Col. Leavitt in the Cont. line for 17. mos & 26 days.
$59 55 / 100
1256
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut. at the rate of 59. Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Oct. 1833 and sent to Edw. Jaynes. Secretary, Cont.
Arrears to the 4th of Apr. 1833. 148.88 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Mar 34. 29.77 $178.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M ss Palmer Clerk, Book 3 Vol. three Page 35

18371 Act March 3/55-
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Mary Peck, mid of Benjamin Peck. deed finis
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Rev Wm
Pensioner act Feb 3, 1833 cert 2198.
-2198
W.D. 160 acs per 21/86 B.P. D.
A. S. Pearce.
P.M.
Balls Pond.
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Vol P. page 57.

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } S.S.
On this 26 th day of July 1882 personally appeared as upon oath before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury now sitting at Danbury in the said District the same being a Court of Records in the said County and State — Benjamin Peck aged seventy years a resident of New Fairfield in the said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 9 th 1872. That he en- listed in the army of the United States & served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Heman Swift in the Connecticut line under the following named Officers —
As wit, On or about the 1 st day of May 1860 he enlisted as he believes for the term of eight months, but it might have been for six or seven months; be that as it may however, he served in the said Regiment in the company commanded by Captain Baldwin from the time of his enlistment until the last of the month of December or first of January then next following — Thomas Starr was then either Lieutenant or Ensign of said Company — On being mustered for service he joined the Army on the Hudson River at Nelsons Point near West Point, thence we marched into the state of New Jersey and was at Tappan when Major Starn was executed and served in the Army with the said Corps in different places in said State of New Jersey until the Army recrossed the

Hudson about the first of December and went into Winter Quarters in the Highlands where he assisted in constructing huts for the accommodation of the Troops, and served until about the first day of January as aforesaid as a private Soldier when he was honorably discharged — but he has lost his discharge and does not recollect how he lost it —
On this term he is confident he served at least, seven months it may have been more — Afterwards on or about the 1st. day of June 1781 he enlisted as a private Soldier in the same Company commanded by Captain Baldwin in Swift's Regiment for the term of seven months, and served therein until the first day of January following when he was again Honorably Discharged, and the last mentioned discharge is also lost — His Corps during the last mentioned period of service was employed in Military operations, and he served therein upon the Hudson River in and near the Highlands in the State of New York: Colonel Johnson had command of the Regiment aforesaid — And Colonel Swift had command of two Regiments; I knew Captain Converse in the same Regiment I served also in the Militia as follows, in the year 1777 I volunteered to serve with the American Army in repelling the incursion of General Burgoyne and impede the progress of the British Troops who it was expected would endeavor to effect a junction with his Army in Albany I left home the 8 th day of October about the time Fort Montgomery was taken: I was in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Hickok — He mustered in Hodgeville in said Dutchess County

I thence marched to Peekskill in the State of New York where we joined the Troops under General Putnam. General Madsworth soon joined us either at Peekskill or a little further up the river. The British Fleet was moving up the Hudson River, and the American Army marched on the East bank of the River northwards as far as Redhook in said State of New York — While there informed the capture of Burgoyne reached us, and we marched back as far as Fishkill where he remained with said Corps until the last of the month of November when he was discharged — on this term he served six weeks —
In the year 1778 in the fall of the year and he believes in the month of October he was drafted into the service of the United States for the term of one month and was mustered in Danbury in the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Packer then of New Fairfield aforesaid now deceased and served at Fairfield in said County the said term of one month —
The said company was stationed there as a guard — it was a Company of Militia and there were no other troops there.
On the expiration of his term of service he returned home — and he has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure, by whom he can prove the said last mentioned term of service —
In the same year 1779 on the 9th day of July an alarm was given that the British Troops had landed in Fairfield, the said Benjamin Lick on the same day volunteered and mustered in the Company of Militia

commanded by said Daniel Hickok and marched to Fairfield where and also at Norwalk we were engaged in several sharp skirmishes with the enemy. There were at Norwalk one Company of Regular Troops commanded by Captain Betts, but he does not know to what Regiment said Company belonged. He was engaged in the skirmishes on this last mentioned town two weeks.
In the year 1782 he was drafted into the Service of the United States for the term of two months: he was mustered for Service on the 1st day of March at Stamford in the said County of Fairfield in the Company commanded by Captain Cook in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield of Connecticut Militia.
He served in said Regiment and Company at said Stamford and in Horseneck a few miles distant during the whole of the months of March and April in said year 1782 and at the expiration of said period of service to wit, about the first of May he was discharged.
The said Benjamin Cook also saith that in the year 1779, in the month of August, he belonged to the Connecticut Militia, and served six weeks as a Private soldier, at Crown Point in the County of Dutchess State of New York, in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Hickok in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Clarke. There was a large body of Militia from Connecticut posted there at the time. He was dismissed and returned home in the month of September of that year. At the expiration of his several terms of Service in the Militia he was nevertheless dismissed but received no written discharge. He would
Benjamin Cook

"in the 2 d Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Heman Swift, on the first page, and these words omitted in information of "on the third page, interlined before signing -
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The said Benjamin Peck hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open Court - Benjamin Peck
We, Uriah Mead a clergyman, residing in the town of New Fairfield and Lepe Scudder Esqr residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Peck who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in open Court Uriah Mead Lepe Scudder
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Uriah Mead who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of New Fairfield and that Lepe Scudder Esqr who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of New Fairfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Edward Saylor Clerk
4. Edward Saylor Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Peck for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my hand this 26 th day of July 1832.
Attest Edward Saylor Clerk

State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss
I Reuben Booth of Danbury in the said County a State Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County and State do hereby certify to all it may concern that Edward Taylor who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of the said Court is clerk of said Court of Probate and was clerk as aforesaid at the time of signing & certifying the same and that the signatures above written which purport to be the signatures of the said Edward Taylor are in truth his proper hand writing, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such clerk
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in said Danbury this 26 th day of July 1832
Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut

Breyt-Beck

I Samuel Laylor of Danbury Fairfield County a State of Connecticut aged Seventy years. being duly sworn doth depose and say. That I am well acquainted with Benjamin Peck of New Fairfield in said County who hath applied for a Pension that said Peck entered the service of the United States in the year 1777 in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Hickok for the term of six weeks, and that said Benjamin Peck marched with said Company to Peekskill, from thence to Fishkill, from thence to Redhook for the purpose of watching the British shipping - we came down the river when the shipping came down - & were stationed at Fishkill the remainder of the term when he the said Peck was dismissed at the lower Barracks about 3 miles below the town -
In the year 1779 said Peck was again in the service of the United States, in the Company commanded by said Capt Daniel Hickok, for the term of six weeks. in the month of August at a place called Brump Pond, in the State of New York when said Company was stationed, & when the said Peck served the whole of said term, when he was dismissed
In the year 1779 in the month of July said Peck was at the Town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut at the time said Town of Fairfield was burnt in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Hickok for the term of two weeks which said Peck served out, - I well recollect

of the said Pecks serving during the term above stated, as I was in the company with him on each occasion, & served the same terms, all of said service was all performed with the State Institution Samuel Taylor.
July 25 th 1832 I sworn & subscribed in open court. and the said Court of Probate hereby certifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
Henry Peck

I said Taylor of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged seventy four years being duly sworn do depose and say that in the month of October 1777, Benjamin Park then of said Danbury now of New Haven in the said County of Fairfield belonged to the Militia of Connecticut, and Company commanded by Captain Daniel Hichcock in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Beardsey - And the said Regiment being called into the service of the United States, the said Benjamin Park served in the said Company from some time early in the month of October 1777 until the month of November in the same year about six weeks - During the said term said Regiment served in the State of New York on the Hudson River - It marched as far south as Red Bank, and here it camped at Red Bank after a service of six weeks - He said Benjamin Park served the whole of said term of six weeks as a Private soldier -
Elihu Gaylord
The opponent adds that it is his belief on reflection that Colonel Gaylord commanded a different Regiment at the time of the service of said Benjamin Park. He said that he had been in the same term serving with the said Regiment.
July 25, 1832
Elihu Gaylord
in open Court - I have said some things that I said Taylor the said opponent maintains a good character for truth & is a credible witness -
Edward Gaylord Clerk

May 18th

I Levi Osborn of Danbury in the county of Fairfield aged sixty nine years, being fully sworn, do on my oath, do state and say, that Benjamin Peck now of New Fairfield in the said county, entered the service of the United States early in the month of May 1780, by enlisting in the Regiment commanded by Col. Roman Swift, in the company commanded by Captain Caleb Baldwin. For how long a term of time he enlisted I am not confident - but he served until the 22 nd day of January following. He enlisted and received a Brevet Commission - and was discharged from the said service at the Highlands in the State of New York about the said first day of January 1781 - I enlisted in the same company about the time he did, and discharged in the Highlands at the same time with him, and returned in his company to said Danbury - He resided at the time he entered the service at said Danbury -
Levi Osborn
July 26 th 1832
Sworn & Subscribed in open court and the said court of Probate certifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness
Albert Edmond Taylor Clerk

No 1256 Bury St. R.C.
July 31 1882
Banker
Apprentice
swears a good and credible witness
Attest Edward Langton Clerk
12 July

I Phineas Taylor of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy two years, being duly sworn, do depose and say that, I know and am well acquainted with Benjamin Peck, now of New Fairfield in the said County, and have known and been acquainted with him since since he was of the age of five years: he was born in said Danbury - The said Benjamin Peck entered the service of the United States in the month of May 1781, and enlisted in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Newman Swift in the Continental Army commanded by Captain Holden, in the Connecticut line. He joined the Army in the said month of May and I think, in the early part of said month of May; but it might have been a little later. The said Regiment was then lying at Peekskill in the State of New York; and he continued in the said service in the said Corps as a Private soldier from the time he so joined the said Regiment until the month first day of January 1782 when he was honorably discharged at the Highlands in said State of New York. I am not confident as to the precise period of his enlist- ment, but believe he enlisted for eight or nine months. He served at least seven months, and I believe more, in the said Company. I was a soldier in the same Regiment, but in another Company, and saw him in said service almost every day, during his service. I was discharged on the 25 th day of December and left him in the service, and he returned to said Danbury a few days afterwards. At the time of leaving this town, it was generally understood among the Officers and soldiers of said Regiment of his acquaintance that said Benjamin Peck had served

in the same company the year preceding. I am confirmed in the belief of this fact from recollecting that some recruits were drilled from twelve to fourteen days; while those who had previously served as soldiers in the line of the Army were not drilled at all. The said Peck was not drilled - Afterwards, and in the Spring of the year 1782, I was engaged on a tour of duty in the Militia of Connecticut at Stamford and Housatonic in said Fairfield County; I was out four months; and the said Benjamin Peck served also, in the Militia at said Stamford & Housatonic in the company commanded by Captain Cook, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Canfield - I cannot positively say how long he then served in the said Corps, but I believe at least two months.
In each of the said periods of service the said Peck served as a private soldier - served as a corporal in the same company of Captain Cook, at the time said Peck served therein -
John Taylor
July 26 th 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court and the said court certifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness
Attest Edward Sawyer Clerk
1101256 Benjamin Peck
July 31 1832
Concord Apphus
12 July

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss.
On this 16 th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury, now sitting at Danbury in the said District, the same being a Court of record in the said County and State, Benjamin Peck now aged seventy one years, a resident of Fair- -field in the said County, who being justly and sworn, according to law, with an oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Cor- -rupt passed June 7 th 1832, supplementary to his declaration made for the same purpose before said Court on the 26 th day of July 1832 -
That he has no record of his age other than an entry thereof made by himself in his family bible upon information received from his Parents. That they always informed him during their lives and he verily believes that he was born at Carmel in the County of Putnam and State of New York on the 24 th day of September 1761.
That at the age of four years he removed with his Father's family to said Danbury and thereafter resided in said Danbury until the month of January 1815 when he removed to said New Fairfield.

where he has ever since resided and now resides. And that at the several times when he entered the service of the United States and at the time of his said declaration made before said Board of Probate on the 26th day of July 1832, he resided in Danbury afore said.
That in passing his said declaration he transmitted to the War Department all the evidence which it is in his power to produce; excepting only that he has understood & believes that one John Benedict who served with him in Colonel Haupt's Regiment in the year 1781 is still living in Sherman in said County of Fairfield and might recollect that he the said Benjamin Peak served as he has thereon stated: but as he has obtained the testimony of a credible wit- ness to prove said service and believed that his name would appear upon the rolls of said Regiment as having performed said service in that year, he did not make a journey to procure his testimony. And to his other terms of service all the evidence in his power to produce is annexed to his said declaration made on the said 26th of July. That after the passage of the Act of June 7th 1832 he devoted much time to the effect of procuring testimony in support of his said application: that he applied personally to all with whom he was acquainted who had served in the Revolutionary Army, for the purpose of

advertising like the - they had any knowledge of his said service - but that all his efforts were ineffectual to prove his service at Newfield in the year 1778 under the command of Captain Hildreth and he does not know any person now living by whom he can prove that service. That the time spent in his efforts to prove testimony in support of his said application was more than two weeks.
And he prays that this his supplementary declaration may be annexed to his original declaration of July 26th 1832 and be deemed and taken like a part thereof.
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the day and year afore said -
Benjamin Duke
I Edward Taylor Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings and Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Duke for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my said Court, this 17th day of December 1832 - Edward Taylor Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Hartford
In Benjamin Root District of
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of in the said County and State, residing in Danbury in the said District, do hereby certify hereby certify to all whom it may concern that Edmund Root Esquire who hath signed and attested the foregoing proceedings of the said Court is Clerk of said Court of Probate, and was Clerk as aforesaid, at the time of signing and attesting the same, and that the herein signature purporting to be the signature of the said Edmund Root, is in both his proper hand writing, and that all facts and credit are due to his official acts as such Clerk.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in said Danbury this 17th day of November, 1832.
Benjamin Root Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield
In Nathan Booth District
Judge of the Court of Probate for the Danbury in the said County and State, residing in Danbury in the said District, do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that Deacon Nathan Booth who hath signed and attested the foregoing proceedings of the said Court is Clerk of said Court of Probate, and was Clerk as aforesaid, at the time of signing and attesting the same, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be the signature of the said Deacon Nathan, is in truth his proper hand writing, and that all facts and credit are true to his official acts as such Clerk.
In witness whereof I have caused the same to be sealed this 17th day of November, 1832.
Nathan Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut

The Deposition of John Benedict of Sherman of Lawful age Testifies and Says
In the year 1781 about the first of June Benjamin Tichy and Myself went into the Service in the Connecticut line in Colonel Swifts Regt. Capt. Baldwins Comp. and remained in the aforesaid Service until the first of January 1782 and were discharged at the highlands at that time
John Benedict
Fairfield County ss Sherman March 28 th 1833 Personally appeared John Benedict who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same before me Eli Beardley part of Rev. I hereby certify that the Deposition is a true copy of the original in a man of truth Equal to men in General
State of Connecticut } ss. I Thomas Blobsome Clerk of the County Fairfield County } Court within and for the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Eli Beardley Esquire is now & was on the 28 th day of March A.D. 1833 a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions. I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Eli Beardley Esquire & I verily believe that the signature to the foregoing Certificate purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 3 rd day of April A.D. 1833
Thomas Blobsome Clerk of said County Court

Nathan Gregory of Danbury in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy two years being duly sworn do depose and say that in the month of May 1781 I entered the service of the United States, and served thereafter seven months and until the first day of January 1782 in the Regiment of the Connecticut Line, com- manded by Colonel Dyer, Smith, and in the company commanded by Captain Baldwin. I left home not far from the first day of June - and was discharged at the Highlands in the State of New York on the morning of the 1st of January 1782. I am acquainted with Benjamin Park of said Danbury in said county of Fairfield - He said Park entered the service at the same time I did - and served the same term I did, and was discharged and arrived at his home in Danbury after said two days after I arrived at my home. He served the said term of seven months in the same Regiment commanded by Colonel Dyer, Smith, but in another company, I was in the company commanded by Captain Baldwin. He resided at the time of entering the service at said Danbury - He said Park myself, and Phineas Taylor & others were mustered for service at New Fairfield in said county, and marched thence under the command of Phineas Baldwin, who was then a lieutenant or captain to Park while there the Regiment was then encamped. Here we were distributed in different companies; and said Park, as I well recollect, so I have been almost every day, served in the company of Captain Baldwin until after I left the service as aforesaid on said 1st of January 1782 - He served as a private as I did - Nathan Gregory

Gregory the above named Deponent, and being duly sworn, subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same. And the said board voted to certify that said Gregory is well known to the board, and is a credible witness. Witness my hand & the seal of the board. W. Edward Taylor Clerk
Please direct to Rev. Dr. Taylor - 3rd Dunbury St.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. A.D.
Be it known, that before the Court of Probate, within and for the District of Danbury, in said County and State, on the 26 th day of March 1833. Personally appeared Mr. Nathan Gregory the above named Deponent, and being duly sworn, acknowledged the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same. And the said Court doth certify that said Gregory is well known to the Court, and is a credible witness. Witness my hand & the seal of the Court.
Edward Say to Clerk
Please direct to Edward Say Esq. - Esq. Danbury Ct.
I Nathan Root of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in said County and State do hereby certify that Edward Say Esq. who has testified the captioned foregoing reproduction of Nathan Gregory is Clerk of said Court, and was such Clerk at the time the same supports have been signed & testified by him - that the preceding signature purporting to be his is in his genuine hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10 th day of April 1833
Nathan Root Judge of Probate for the District of Danbury Conn. -

Mary Pick's 1857! application for Bounty bond Post Office address Balls Pond Fairfield Co Conn

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss
On this 8 th day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Peck aged seventy four years a resident of New Fairfield in the county and State aforesaid, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Peck deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war and continued in continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged and was the identical Benjamin Peck who drew a Pension from the United States of the sum of fifty nine dollars and seventy seven cents per annum. Payable at the Pension agency of the United States at Hartford, Connecticut, and she states that she does not know the company or regiment in which the said Benjamin Peck served, but she says that the said Benjamin Peck made all the proof of his said service and presented it to the consideration of the commission of Pensions, at the time of his application for the aforesaid Pension, and that he received his certificate of Pension, and was a Pensioner as aforesaid at the time of his death, And she says that he died at said New Fairfield on the 2 nd day of December A.D. 1843.
She further says that she was lawfully married to the said Benjamin Peck at said New Fairfield by Reverend Melad Rogers a minister of the Gospel on the 16 th day of May A.D. 1819, and she states that she does not know of any record of her said marriage, and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Estelle and that she has not again married, and is now the widow of the same identical Benjamin Peck who was a pensioner as above mentioned. She further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States, and is the identical person named in an original certificate of Pension now in her possession of which I certify the following is a true copy.
Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the 2 d Section of the act of February 3, 1853, Mary Peck, widow of Benjamin Peck, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty nine dollars and fifty five cents per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again

many; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage,
{ L S }
Given at the Department of the Interior, this thirtieth day of September One thousand eight hundred and fifty three. R. M. McLelland
Examined and Countersigned L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Which certificate is numbered 2198 and is recorded in the Pension office on the roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd 1853. Page 64 vol 17
And she further says that she made satisfactory proof of her said marriage, and of the death of the said Benjamin Peck, and of her widowhood, at the time of her application for her said Pension, which is on file in the Pension department to which she refers, in support of this declaration. And she says that she has never received any bounty lands from the United States.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855
Mary Peck
We Ira Hodge and Caroline G Ingalls residents of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Mary Peck in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the person she  identical person she represents herself to be —
Ira Hodge Caroline G Ingalls
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
Abiah S Pearce Justice of the Peace

I certify that I find on the records of the of marriages of the Congregational Church of New Fairfield Ct. recorded the marriage of Benjamin Peck and Mary Osborn by Rev. Medad Rogers in the following words to wit - "Benjamin Peck and Mary Osborn May 16th 1819"
Attest Seth P. Barnum - Clerk of said Church - New Fairfield June 22, 1855.
State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss
On this 22 nd day of June A. D. 1855. Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Seth P. Barnum aged Sixty three years and Amzi Rogers aged sixty one years both of New Fairfield Connecticut , who being duly sworn according to law depose and say, that they know Benjamin Peck who was a revolutionary pensioner, that said Benjamin Peck died at said New Fairfield on the 2 nd day of December A D 1843 - That they know Mary Peck who is the foregoing applicant for bounty land And they say that the said Benjamin Peck and the said Mary Peck lived together as husband and wife in the same neighbourhood with the deponents from the time of their reputed marriage in A D 1819 until his death aforementioned in A D 1843 - That the said Mary Peck is now living and is a widow, and reputed to be the widow of the aforementioned Benjamin Peck, and is the identical Person who is now urging her claim for bounty land - The words "Connecticut" - and "and wife" interlined above were inserted before signing
Seth P. Barnum Amzi Rogers
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and worthy to be believed Hiram S. Pearce Justice of the Peace

Many thanks for the kind application for the Post Office, which I shall send to you soon
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I, Amos S. Dyer Clerk
of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify—THAT
Abah S. Peayce ESQUIRE,
was on the 8 th day of June 185 8 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates there- of; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and know that the signature to the instru- ment hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport, in said County and State, on this 25 th day of June A. D. 185 8
Amos S. Dyer Clerk.

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss
Be it known that on this Twenty second day of March A D Eighteen hundred and fifty three Before me Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mary Peck a resident of New Fairfield in said County and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Benjamin Peck who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of Fifty Three Dollars and Seventy seven cents per annum, that she was married to the said Benjamin Peck on the Sixteenth day of May A D Eighteen hundred and nineteen in the Town of New Fairfield and State of Connecticut, that her said husband died on the second day of December A D Eighteen hundred and forty three, That she makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining such amount of Pension as may be due under any of the

Laws Regulations or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted, and she requests that her certificate of Pension may be sent to Aluah S Pearce Esq of said New- -Hampshire
Mary Peck
I Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for Fairfield County and state aforesaid do here- -by certify that Mary Peck above -named is a respectable resident of this County, and that she is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I believe, and that she has on the day and year aforesaid per- -sonally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the fore-
her subscription age of the said County
STATE OF CONNECTICUT COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss. Bridgeport William H Nott CLERK.
I, of the Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify—That
Edward Taylor Esquire, was on the 22 d day of March 1853 and now is, Judge of the County Court within and for said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to administer Oaths; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State, on this 23 d day of March A. D. 1853 W. H. Nott Clerk.

Laws Regulations or decrees that have been or may hereafter be adopted, and she requests that her certificate of Pension may be sent to Aluah S Pearce Esq. of said New- -Fairfield
Mary Peck
I Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for Fairfield County and state aforesaid do here- -by certify that Mary Peck above -named is a respectable resident of this County, and that she is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I believe, and that she has on the day and year aforesaid per- -sonally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the fore- -going Declaration by her subscribed Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County

New Fairfield March 1 st 1853
I hereby certify that I am Clerk of the Congregational Church in the town of New Fairfield, County of Fairfield State of Connecticut and have the keeping and custody of the records of said Church, and find in the records of Marriages, recorded on said records, the Marriage of Benjamin Peck and Mary Osborne of which the following words and figures are a true copy (to wit)
Marryed by Rev d Medad Rogers Benjamin Peck and Mary Osborne May 16 th 1819,
Attest Seelye Barnum Church Clerk
State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield ss
New Fairfield March 1 st A D 1853. Be it known that before me Noah S Pearce a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Fairfield aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Personally appeared Seelye Barnum to me personally known and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed, before me
Noah S Pearce justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
{ ss. Bridgetown I, William H Noble CLERK
of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify—That
Alvah S Pearce ESQUIRE,
was on the 1 st day of March 185 3 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgetown in said County and State, on this 23 rd day of March A. D. 185 3
W H Noble Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
July 18 1839
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Benjamin Pack
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     7   7 14   2   1 12   17 26  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

2198
Connecticut.
Mary Peck
widow of Benjamin Peck
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
59 Dollars 55
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Sept r 1853. and sent to
Edward Taylor Dunbury Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 64 Vol. A.
183171
1832

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
Whereas, I, Mary Peck widow of Benjamin Peck late a female in Company _____, of the _____ Regiment of Revolutionary War Volunteers, war of 18 _____, having made application for Pension, under the laws of the United States,
Now, this agreement witnesseth, That, for and in consideration of services done and to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my attorney, David B. Booth, of Danbury, Connecticut, the fee of _____ dollars, or such sum as the Commissioner of Pensions may direct, _____ dollars, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim, and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said attorney, or others, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pensions, and then the same shall be paid to them in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 8, 1870.
In presence of _____ Mary Peck mark William B. Hawley Frank J. Sears
State of Connecticut, } Fairfield County. }
Be it known, That on this the 10 day of December A. D. 1870, personally appeared the above named Mary Peck, who, AFTER HAVING HAD READ OVER TO her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses, the contents of the foregoing articles of Agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
Benzet A. Hough Clerk of the Probate Court for District of Danbury in said County
And now, to wit: This 10 day of December A. D. 1870, I accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will, to the best of my ability, endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises.
Witness my hand the day and year first above written.
David B. Booth
State of Connecticut, } County of Fairfield. }
Personally came David B. Booth, whom I know as the same David B. Booth above mentioned, and who, having signed the above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same as his free act and deed.
I am not interested.
Benzet A. Hough Clerk of the Probate Court for District of Danbury in said County

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
Whereas, I, Mary Peck widow of Benjamin Peck late a Private in Company _____, of the _____ Regiment of Revolutionary War Volunteers, war of 18_____, having made application for Pension, under the laws of the United States,
Now, this agreement witnesseth, That, for and in consideration of services done and to be done in the premises, I hereby agree to allow my attorney, David B. Booth, of Danbury, Connecticut, the fee of ten dollars, or such sum as the Commissioner of Pensions may direct, ten dollars, which shall include all amounts to be paid for any service in furtherance of said claim, and said fee shall not be demanded by or payable to my said attorney, or others, in whole or in part, except in case of the granting of my pension by the Commissioner of Pensions, and then the same shall be paid to them in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 8, 1870.
In presence of
William B. Booth John S. Pease
Mary Peck mark
State of Connecticut, } Fairfield County. }
Be it known, That on this the 10 day of December A. D. 187 0 , personally appeared the above named Mary Peck , who, AFTER HAVING HAD READ OVER TO her in the hearing and presence of the two attesting witnesses, the contents of the foregoing articles of Agreement, voluntarily signed and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed.
Benezet A. Hough Clerk of the Probate Court for District of Danbury in said County.
And now, to wit: This 10 day of December A. D. 187 0 , I accept the provisions contained in the foregoing Articles of Agreement, and will, to the best of my ability, endeavor faithfully to represent the interest of the claimant in the premises.
Witness my hand the day and year first above written.
David B. Booth
State of Connecticut, } County of Fairfield. }
Personally came David B. Booth, whom I know as the same David B. Booth above mentioned, and who, having signed the above acceptance of agreement, acknowledged the same as his free act and deed.
I am not interested.
Benezet A. Hough Clerk of the Probate Court for District of Danbury in said County.

I Mary Peck of New Fairfield County of Fairfield state of Connecticut aged seventy two years, having been Cautioned and sworn, do depose and say that I am the identical Mary Peck who made declaration before Hon. Edward Taylor, Judge of the County Court in and for the County of Fairfield state of Connecticut, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, which I claim as the identical widow of the identical Benjamin Peck who was a revolutionary soldier and of the state of Connecticut  enslaved  in addition and supplementary to my said declaration do further depose and say that my maiden name was Mary Osborne that I was lawfully married to the above mentioned Benjamin Peck at said New Fairfield on the 16 th may 1819. by Medad Rogers a minister of the gospel, that I lived with him as his wife and was never divorced or separated from him until he died Dec d 1843. that I have never intermarried since his decease but still continue to be his identical widow
Sworn to and subscribed this 14 th day of September 1853 at said New Fairfield Mary Peck in Presence of
Noah S Pearce
Isaac H Daley
State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield ss New Fairfield September 14 1853. Be it known that before me a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fairfield, duly authorized and commissioned to administer oaths, Personally appeared Mary Peck above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of all the particulars by her above stated and I hereby certify that she is to me personally known, and worthy to be believed. Attest Noah S Pearce justice of the Peace

I the undersigned, having taken testimony before me in the application of Widow Mary Beck for a pension, Do hereby certify that I have no interest in her claim or its results either direct or indirect, by fee advance or expected or otherwise New Fairfield September 14-1853
Noah S Pearce Justice of the Peace

I widow Mary Peck of New Fairfield, County of Fairfield State of Connecticut, Claimant of a Pension under the act of February 3 d 1853. Do depose and say, in addition my former declarations and affidavits, for the purpose of obtaining said Pension, made under oath before Hon. Edward Saylor Judge of the County courts within and for said County of Fairfield and also before Noah S Pearce a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Fairfield aforesaid, do further depose and say, that I am the identical Mary Peck widow of the same identical Benjamin Peck of Connecticut who was a revolutionary soldier and a pensioner, who drew his pension at the Pension agency at Hartford State of Connecticut, and I am now his widow - Sworn to and Subscribed this 22 d day of September A D 1853 -
Mary Peck
in presence of Sarah M Drowbridge Noah S Pearce
State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield ss New Fairfield September 22 d . A D 1853 - Be it known that on the day and year last above mentioned personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fairfield, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, the above named widow Mary Peck, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed - and I hereby Certify that she is to me personally known and is a person of Respectability and worthy to be fully believed
attest Noah S Pearce Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut }
County of Fairfield } ss New Fairfield September 22 d 1853
I the subscriber do hereby certify that I am the same justice of the Peace within and for said County of Fairfield, before whom the testimony of Abiah Trowbridge was taken, whose affidavit is filed in the Pension office at Washington, as a witness in the case of the afore mentioned Widow Mary Peck - The said Abiah Trowbridge is to me personally known to be a reputable witness and worthy to be believed -
Attest - Abiah S Pearce Justice of the Peace within and for, said County of Fairfield

I Amzi Rogers of New Fairfield, County of Fairfield State of Connecticut aged Sixty years having been duly sworn do depose and say that I am a neighbour of Widow Mary Peck who claims a pension under the act of Feb; 3 d 1853 and I have personally known her and her late husband Benjamin Peck of said New Fairfield, who is now dead, and I know him to be the same identical revolutionary pensioner Benjamin Peck of Connecticut who drew a pension and that she the afore mentioned Mary Peck is his identical widow, that I have known her from the time of her marriage to him the said Benjamin Peck until now, and that I knew him from the time of his marriage with her until he died. I have resided during my acquaintance with them within the distance of two miles of the house where they lived in said New Fairfield -
Sworn to and subscribed this 22 d day of September A D 1853
in Presence of
Amzi Rogers
Emily L. Rogers Abiah S. Pearce
{ State of Connecticut, Fairfield County, New Fairfield Sept: 22 d , 1853. Be it known that on the day and year last above written, Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said county of Fairfield duly authorized to administer oaths the above named Amzi Rogers and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. And I hereby certify that he is a person of credibility and worthy to be believed
Attest. Abiah S Pearce Justice of the Peace

Balls Pond Conn Sept 14 1853
Hon L P Waldo
Sir
I received a note from you regarding the claim of Mrs Mary Peck for a pension, dated May 27 1853, in which you stated that it did not appear by the certificate of the judge that her declaration was made in open Court, also requiring her to more clearly identify herself as the widow of the identical Benjamin Peck who was a soldier and Pensioner of the revolution of the state of Connecticut &c
and requiring a certificate from me that I am in no wise interested in her claim or its results —
I herewith send you the judges Certificate — and Mrs Pecks deposition supplementary to her declaration to identify herself as required
and my Certificate of having no claim in the results of her application —
which I hope will be satisfactory
Please attend to her case as soon as convenient
Very Respectfully yours
Abiah S Pearce

Danbury July 13 th 1853
To Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
I Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for Fairfield County State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the Declaration of Mary Peck the widow of Benjamin Peck late of New Fairfield wife was a Pensioner of the United States in said County deceased, was made before me in open Court held at Danbury in said County specially for that purpose,
Edward Taylor Judge

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Peck, widow of Benjamin Peck, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Fifty Nine, dollars and fifty five cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Mary Fleck, Widow of Benjamin, Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, act 3 d Febry. 1853.
Claim, ("original," 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 7 June, 1832.
Record evidence of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Edward Taylor, Esq., Danbury, Newfield Ct.
Name and residence of Agent
J. B. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Bally Pond Sept 24 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir
I rec d your note stating that additional testimony was required regarding the identity of Widow Mary Peak. I have taken her affidavit & the affidavit of Col: Amzi Rogers on that point & hope it will be satisfactory. Very Respectfully Abiah L. Pierce

Increase Brief in the Case of Mrs. Mary Peck Widow of Benjamin private Rev War. Wall's Pond Fairfield County and State of Connecticut,
She is the Act 2 o Sec Feb 3. 1853 Act June 13. Act July 27, 1868.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension on the Roll of Connecticut at $59.55 pr. Annuum. Certificate surrendered.
The application for increase is allowed by the Act of July 27 1868. Identity and continued widowhood properly shown.
Admitted Dec 23. 1870 to a pension at $90.00 pr. Annuum to commence July 27, 1868 Deducting payments since.
Name and residence of Agent.
David W. Booth
Danbury
W. E. Brack
Examining Clerk.
Approved D. Wilson
Can
Contract Filed
1888 $10.

State of Connecticut } S. County of Fairfield }
On this 10 th day of December A.D. 1870, personally appeared before me Perez A. Strong, clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in said County and State. Mary Peak who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of section 13 of an act of Congress relating to pensions approved July 27, 1866; That the pension on account of her deaths deceased husband Benjamin Peak who was a private in the revolutionary war is her. Regiment that the pension certificate numbered — and bearing date September 30 th 1853 is herewith returned. Claimant further says that she has not remarried since the death of the said Benjamin Peak, but still remains his widow; that claimant appoints David B. Boote of Danbury, Connecticut, her attorney to prosecute the above claim, and

that her residence is in the town of New Fairfield, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and that her post office address is Balls Pond, Connecticut.
In presence of Mary her X Peck William B Hawley, mark Noah S Pearce
Also personally appeared Noah S. Pearce and William B. Hawley both residing in said New Fair- field, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say they were present and saw Mary Peck the claimant make her mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with Mary Peck, that she is the identical person Mary Peck represents herself to be and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
X Noah S Pearce X William B Hawley J

I was sworn and subscribed before me this 10 th day of December A.D. 1870; and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration to me fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
Benjamin A. Hough
Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut

Balls Pond Ct June 30 th
Official Business
Free A. S. Pease P.M.
Hon.
J. P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
1837

✓ 31557
J New Aug

12 36
Benjamin Pack
Adm 1. yr 5 months 8
24 days —
40. 00
16. 86
2. 89
$59.55
Edward Taylor Esq Danbury Conn.

3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed...

March 31 1853
App d of Mary Peck widow of
Benjamin Fairfield Conn t
22557 Act 3 d Seleg: 1853 $ 59. 55 / 100 Per An Adm. Feb. 3 d 1853 Rearg:
Edward Saylor Danbury Fairfield Co Ct.
Denson Office, Official Business
Commissio

Pension Office. 28 th Sept. 1853.
Sir.
Please certify the time to which the within pension was paid, on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
J. Cale
For the Commission.
Benjamin Peck,
act 1832, $59.55 p. an. -
Died 2 d Dec r 1843. Paid to his death.
J. Burt Auditor.
Francis R. Edg er , Chief Auditor. Quasimodo }

183171

Post Office Bally Pond Ct June 30 1855
Wom L. J. Walker
At the request of Mary Peck I forward her claim - for Bounty Land. Communication regarding it can be made either to her direct at this Office or to me -
Respectfully your obed't servant, A. S. Pearce P. M.

WIDOW, &c.
File No.
Mary Peek, Widow Benjamin Peek, Pres. Rev. War.
Act:
Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol.
M
Page
108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WIDOW, &c.
File No.
3035
Mary Peck
Widow
Benjamin Peck
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb'y 3 rd 1853 & July 27 th 1868.
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
119.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I John Benedict of Sherman in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy two years, being fully aware, do hereby certify that I was a Private and am acquainted with Benjamin Root of New Fairfield in the said County who has applied for a Pension. The said Benjamin Root enlisted as a Private soldier in the Continental Army in the Connecticut Line in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Root and in the Company commanded by Captain Baldwin, in the early part of the year 1781, and at least as early as the 1st day of June in that year. It was probably in the month of May, but I am positive it was as early as the 1st of June. He enlisted as aforesaid for the term of twelve months, joined said Regiment and entered the service at Peekskill in the State of New York as early as said 1st day of June, and thereafter continued to serve as such Private soldier in the said Company and Regiment until the 1st day of January 1782, when he was honorably discharged at the Highlands in the said State of New York.
I then resided in Danbury in said Fairfield County, and did also the said Benjamin Root, and enlisted at the same time he enlisted, and in the same Company, and served therein with him the whole of said term - and I have known, and been acquainted with him ever since.
John Benedict

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. d. d.
On this 24 th day of
July 1833 at Sherman in the said County, personally appeared John Benedict, well known to me to be a man of good character for truth & credible witness, and subscribed the foregoing deposition; and being duly sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the same — before me — Eli Beardsley Justice of Peace.
State of Connecticut } ss. I Thomas Bloorne Clerk of the County Court within Fairfield County } and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Eli Beardsley Esquire is now and was on the 24 th day of July last, a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths, take Depositions &c. I further certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the R. Eli Beardsley Esquire and verily believe that the official signature to the above Certificate purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 3 rd day of August A D 1833.
Thomas Bloorne Clerk of said County Court