Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6856, for Abijah Peck, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Peck, Abijah Sarah
No. 6856. B.L.W. 26993-160-56
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188 Connecticut
Sarah Peck widow of Abijah Peck Con n who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 .
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Nov r 1850 and sent to
Charles B. Phelps Woodbury Conn t
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 64 . Vol. a
July 29 th
Let to J. Beekel Dec 9 th 1850
Certificate Returned and properly Addressed Dec 28 th 1850

Connecticut 31,695
Abijah Peck,
of New-Haven in the State of Conn.
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain E. H. Kimball of the regt. commanded by Col. Meigs - in the M ason on line for 8 months private
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Janu- ary 1840 and sent to Col. B. Phelps, Woodbury Conn t
Arrears to the 14th of March, 1840 $240.64 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept r 13.33
$253.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. S. Elliott Clerk, Book L 2 Vol. 3 Page 35

126.608 } Act. Mar. 31 May 18/55
Sarah Peck, wid of Abijah Peck, M.W.
Revolutionary War.
Willow has been promised
Conn July 48-708
J. Wheeler Southford Conn.
Wm Lloyd Wheeler, Feb 14/56
Vol P. page 55.

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126.608

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, Alfred H. Lury Clerk, of New Haven County, and of the County Court within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
Elisha Wheeler
Esquire was on the 21 st day of April 1851 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 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 the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 1 st day of May A. D. 1851
Alfred H. Lury Clerk.
a six
Cents per annum, Payable at the Maryann... Certificate bears date the 22 nd day of November 1850
That her said husband on or about the ... day of ... A. D. 18... for the term of ... and continued in actual service in said war for the term of ... and was honorably discharged at ... day of ... A. D. ...
She further states that she was married to the said ... in ... on the ... day of ... A. D. ... by one ... a ... and that her name before her said marriage was ... ; that her said husband died ... on the ... day of ... A. D. ... and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.
Sarah Peck
We, Ebenezer Booth, and Maria Euehat, residents of Southbury in the State of Connecticut, County of New Haven upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Peck in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. also that she is now a widow
Ebenezer Booth
Maria Euehat
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Elisha Wheeler Justice of the Peace
The Comm'r of Pensions will please forward the Warrant on the above to James L Wheeler, Southford
New Haven County Connecticut
Sarah Peck

STATE OF CONNECTICUT BOUNTY LAND, ACT OF 1855.
WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR FIRST WARRANT.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss: Southbury COUNTY OF New Haven }
On this Twenty first day of April 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, Sarah Peck aged Seventy nine years, a resident of Southbury County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abijah Peck , deceased, who was a in the company commanded by Captain  the  regiment of  in commanded by in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1812;
Private in the Revolutionary War; that she receives a Pension under the act July 29th 1848 at the rate of twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, Payable at the Hartford Connecticut agency, that said Certificate bears date the 22 nd day of November 1850 That her said husband on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. 18____, for the term of _____, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____
She further states that she was married to the said in _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____, by one _____, a _____ and that her name before her said marriage was _____; that her said husband died at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____ and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.
Sarah Peck
We, Ebenezer Booth, and Maria Enoch, residents of Southbury in the State of Connecticut, County of New Haven upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Peck in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. also that she is now a widow
Ebenezer Booth Maria Enoch
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Elisha Wheeler Justice of the Peace
The Comm'r of Pensions will please forward the Warrant on the above to James L Wheeler, Southford
New Haven County Connecticut
Sarah Peck

Power of Attorney
Know all Men by these presents, that I Sarah Peck of the Town of Southbury in the County of Nuttaven and State of Connecticut, and widow of Abijah Peck deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint James L Wheeler of Southford, in Nuttaven County in said State my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States, under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands to the Officers and Soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done in and about the premises as much so as if present myself.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty first day of April in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five
Sarah Peck (L.S)
acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Nuttaven and State of Connecticut this twenty first day of April 1855 — Elisha Wheeler Justice of the Peace (L.S)

For Evidence and proof of her husband's Service, her Marriage, and her husband's death, She refers to her former declaration on file in the Pension Office, for a Pension under the act of July 29 th 1848, under which act a Pension Certificate was granted her in the following words;
Department of The Interior widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29 th 1848.
Sarah Peck, widow of Abijah Peck, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1848, 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 twenty second day of November One Thousand eight hundred and fifty, Hon W W Stuart, Secretary of the Interior. Examined and Countersigned J. L. Edwards State of Connecticut } Commissioner of Pensions County of New Haven } S. Southbury April 21 st 1855
I Elisha Wheeler a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven, Certify that I have Examined Said Pension Certificate and that the above and foregoing is a true copy of Said Certificate which is in her possession
Elisha Wheeler Justice of the Peace
County of New Haven upon our oaths, declare that we saw Sarah Peck in our presence, and that we believe, from our

Abigail Peck
1701

State of Connecticut,
Probate Court
ss. District of Woodbury Southbury
this 5 day of June 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before
the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury comprising the Towns of Woodbury Roxbury & Ottum in Litchfield County & Southbury in New Haven County now sitting, at Southbury, Abijah Peck a resident of Southbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged fifty two years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
1 Under Capt. Elyah Himmann of Southbury and marched to Shelburne Connecticut and was on duty as a private and furnished one month . I cannot tell the month or year.
2 I was drafted for a tour of duty. I belonged to the Company of Militia in Woodbury Southbury County. I went with Capt. Daniel Himmann when I was drafted and was on duty at Horse Tane Pitts below Nyam River, one month .
3 In the year 1777. as near as I can remember. I was again drafted and furnished as a private in Capt. Himmann Company. Col. Mearns Regiment and was at Horse Neck. and was on duty in said company. three months . I was at Griggs Point and we have a skirmish there.
4 In the year 1781 I was in the service in Capt. Daniel Himmann's company Col. Campbells Regiment. I served two months in this company.

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In the year 1779 1780 I was in the service in Col Campbell Regiment Capt Nathaniel Mitchell's company I was at Fairfield Norwalk & Milford It was the year after Fairfield was burned. I served in this company two months I was a private
2 mo
6 I was in Capt Ephraim Hemenway's company of Coast guards. two months I don't know the year, Abram Thomas was Lieutenant. I served at Milford I was a private.
I was born in Southbury and since then when I went into the service was of duty. and have lived there ever since
I never have any discharge in writing
I have enquired a great deal for further proof and have others to assist me. but cannot find any other proof of service except the enrolled Depositions of Hannah Hemenway. Deborah Knowlton Sarah Merrill. Solomon Minor & Isaac Johnson. I further state that by reason of sickness, old age and consequent loss of memory I am unable to state the with more precision as to the times & duration of my service than above. but am confident I served at each time therein mentioned. being in all nine months. I believe I have served at other times & places than is therein stated. but my

recollection is so imperfect I am advised not to claim any other service than is above stated.
The said Abijah 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.
Thos B Phelps Judge of Probate Dist Woodbury  Abijah Peck
We, Thomas S Shipman a clergyman, residing in the town of Southbury and Edward Hinman residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abijah Peck who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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 day and year aforesaid.
Thos B Phelps Judge of Probate Dist Woodbury  Thos S Shipman , Edward Hinman
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 Thomas S Shipman who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Southbury and that Edward Hinman who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Southbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thos B Phelps Judge of Probate Dist Woodbury
I Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abijah Peck for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Probate Office, this Ninth day of August 183 3
Nathan Preston Clerk

State of Connecticut Probate Court
District of Woodbury
In it remembred that on the fifth day of February 1850 personally appeared Sarah Peck of Southbury in said District and being duly sworn on oath declares for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 and the acts supple- mentary thereto that Abigail Peck late of Southbury did raise a private and as such service in the War of the Revolution as follows
1 st In 1777 in the Regiment of Col Mear Three months
2 nd In 1780 in Capt Mitchell's company in Col Campbells Regiment two months
3 rd In Capt Leavenworth's company in Col Campbells Regiment two months in 1781
4 th In 1781 in Capt Ephraim Hildreth's company, Col Campbells Regiment all which service she believes to have been done in Connecticut and in the parts of New York adjacent.

in the Court quare Francis that his wife on the 21 st day Dec r 1840 and was a prisoner under the act of 1832 and that she was married to said Pick on the 14 th (fourteenth) day of August it was 1796 by Benjamin Stiles to say a further of the same at Southbridge and that she hath not contracted Matrimony since the death of said Pick & now remains his Widow
And that she has no personal knowledge of said Pick since. altho' she has heard him relate anecdotes of his services. she is inclined to make this statement of his services by refusing to affirm made when he obtained his pension
Sarah Pick
Sworn and Subscribed on the day & year aforesaid In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court
Chas D Phelps Judge of Probate District of Woodbury

State of Connecticut
In Hartford County
In Southbury
On it remembered that on the 6 day of February 1850 before me Chas B Phelps a Notary Public for State personally appeared Patty F Hiles of Southbury to me personally known more than twenty years who being first duly sworn on oath declares as follows: About eighteen years since I was married to Henry B Hiles of Southbury the son of Benjamin Hiles Esq who has been dead more than twenty years & was as I understood a Lawyer & Magistrate many years at Southbury. I reside in the mansion house of B Benjamin Hiles and among papers were in the house belonging to B Hiles Esq most of which we carried without value and the children have them for their purposes among other papers there is a book of more than one quire (folios) containing entries of payments by him rendered and a list of marriages by him celebrated
Sometimes in the year 1825 Custis Peak the son of Abijah & Sarah Peak came to our house & wished to see Esq Hiles Records as he wanted to obtain a

Inverness for his mother & I should like the book of which the annexed leaf is a part we examined it and found the entry of Mrs Peck marriage to Elijah Peck to be in 1796. Inasmuch as well as Curtis said it was too late she must have been married in 1793 or before to get a pension, Mrs Peck is a neighbor of mine & poor and I felt interested for her & remember I regretted her inability to obtain a pension
I have no manuscript how this leaf became attached & defaced The annexed leaf I cut out of the book this day and have now seen it annexed to this deposition it is marked by my name to the words "Cut out by me on the back" Patty F Stiles
Franklin County N Hampshire 8 th Feb 1850 Personally appeared before me Patty F Stiles and made oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed, is true witness my hand seal - Thos D Phelps Notary Public

State of Connecticut
Hartford
20 April 1850
I Elizabeth Balcom of Woodbury in Litchfield County & State of Con- nected agree twenty five years before that from the General Assembly of Abiyah and Sarah Park, since my marriage in 1844 I have always lived in Hartford. Curtis Park former of Milford is my Uncle. Four years ago last summer at the request of my Uncle Curtis, I went to the House of Henry B. Stiles in Hartford to examine a Record of my Grandparents marriage Mrs. Stiles brought me a Book of containing entries of Marriages I have one, the marriage since made a copy the Record as it then was
The copy, I mean is in my own handwriting and is annexed to this deposition and is marked "B Apr. 20 1850" and signed by me, it is my own handwriting & I never made any other extract or copy of the Record
I have not seen this paper since I enclosed it in a letter to my Uncle Curtis, at my request write to me when it was returned to me by Chas B

Phillip Ely
I have also examined the leaf of a Record Book attached to the disposition of Mrs. Patty T. Hales taken on 6 Feb 1850 before Asa B. Phelps a Notary public
I submit this Record as it was to be the same I made the extract from. I have never seen any other Record of Marriages in Southbury
When I made the copy from this leaf it was not then defaced but was plain, and the marks of my handpunch was plain and cannot be seen with the rest of the entries
I know it was not then blurred & I am certain the paper to which I have referred as annexed is the same I made from the Record before its alteration
August 14 th 1796 Married Nijah Peck of Southbury to Sarah Town of S d Southbury Benj. Liles J. M d Just of Peace
B April 20 1850
Elizabeth Baldwin

Philip Ely
I have also examined the leaf of a Record Book attached to the deposition of Mrs Patty T. Hales taken on 6 Feb 1850 before Col B. Marsh a Notary public
I doubt that Record was made to be the same I made the extract from. I have never seen any other Record of Marriages in Hampshire.
When I made the copy from this leaf it was not then defaced but was plain, and the manner of my handwriting was plain and cannot be read with the rest of the entries.
I know it was not then blurred & I am certain the paper to which I have referred as annexed is the same I made from the Record before its alteration.
Elizabeth Baldwin notary public Hampshire County ss I hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Elizabeth Baldwin to me personally known to be the person described in and who known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition N.P. Phelps Notary Public and Notary

State of Connecticut New Haven County ss Be it known, That before me L. H. Beardsley a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in & for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Gustus Peck and made oath in due form of law, that the within is a true extract (executed by the deponent in 1845.) from the Records of Benjamin Stites Jr. Curtis Peck
Sworn and subscribed this 16 th March  21 st February 1850. Before me - Lucius H. Beardsley Jr.
known to me to be the person described

26.589
Aljula Peds
E. K. Phelps Esq. Moadleury

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those 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 Abijah Peabody
   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.     Mch 1777 - 3 - Priests Col Mese Bethlehem { Isaac Pearson Dep P 6 Comptable certificate Fishkill Nov P 7 { Joshua Knowlton's Dep P 7 at Rigg Point   1780 2 do Col Campbells Nath Mitchell's Comp do { Adonai Hinman's Dep P 12 Comptable certificate P 7 { charge upon oath 12 May 1781 to Col Campbell and Nath Mitchell P 8 Adonai Hinman's Dep P 11   1781 2 do Col Campbells Capt Lewis's Comp do { Samuel Merton's Dep P 10   1781 2 do Capt Ephr Hinman's Co do { Jonathan Hinman's Dep P 14 Comptable certificate P 8   9 months.  
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.
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

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  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 very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about here or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an organized corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
If service can neither be specified nor proved they cannot be allowed

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S. H. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., February 5, 1896.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Abijah Peck --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. 1777 3 mos. Pvt. Hawley Head Conn. 1780. 2 mos. Pvt. Nathaniel Mitchell Canfield Conn. 1781 2 mos. Pvt. David Leavenworth Canfield Conn. He also served a tour of one month under Capt. Elijah Hinman, and another tour of two months under the same captain; also one month under Capt. David Hinman. The dates of these last mentioned services he was unable to give at the time of making his application for pension.
Battles engaged in, Skirmish at Griggs Point, and burning of Fairfield.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension. June 5, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Southbury, Conn.
Age at date of application, 72 years. Born at Southbury, Conn.
Remarks: He married Sarah Lum, Aug. 14, 1793, and died Dec. 21, 1840. Both he and his widow were pensioners.
Very respectfully,
Mr. George F. Burgess, 20 Brown St., New Haven, Conn.
Commissioner.

No 828
Sarah Pick, widow of Abijah, Ct
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1796 Hus d died 1840,
Adm rs mo ri p er bill for annu ty com g 4 March 1848
Charles B. Phelps Woodbury Ct,

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, Robert H. Osborn Clerk,
of the County Court, within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
Lucius M. Beardsley Esquire
was on the 16 th day of March 1850 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 well acquainted with his hand writing, and 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 the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 5 th day of August A. D. 1850
Robert H. Osborn Clerk.

5.
Wm C. B. Phelps Woodbury Conn.

Milford, March 16, th 1850
Dear Sir
Enclosure you will find the paper referred to by Peck, purporting to be a transcript of the Records of Mr. Niles with Peck's deposition thereon —
In my own deposition I have said what I could conscientiously, to corroborate the statement of Peck
I am Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt J. C. Richards
P.S. I should have sent it before — but Peck neglected to call and sign until to day
C. B. Phelps Esq Woodbury Conn

State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss—
I L. C. Beardsley of the town of Milford, County and State aforesaid— do hereby and say That according to the best of my recollection, Curtis Pick of this town called on me in the year 1845, and requested me to assist him, in establishing a pension claim for his mother Sarah Pick under the Act of 7 th July 1838.— that I stated to said Pick that documentary evidence of the date of the marriage would be important in this case — and that subsequently he informed me that he had examined the Records of Mr. Stites — and as I then learned that the marriage took place after 1 st May of January 1796. — I informed him that there was no claim under any pension Acts then existing — and the case was then dropped, entirely on that ground.
L. C. Beardsley — March
Sworn and subscribed this 16 th day of February 1850.
Before me
William E. Darrow Justice of the Peace

Clerk's Certificate.
Sold by Skinner & Sperry, 154 Chapel Street, New Haven.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, Robert H. Osborn Clerk,
of the County Court, within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
William E. Dorrance
Esquire
was on the 16 th day of March 1850 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 well acquainted with his hand writing, and 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 the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 5 th day of August A. D. 18 50
Robert H. Osborn
Clerk.

I Chas D Phelps Mayor of Probate and Notary Public certify that Patty F Hiles whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Deposition is a credible & respectable Witness and has been known to me twenty years Elizabeth Baldwin. Curtis Peck and L N Brainerd are known to me & are mature respectable Characters & are credible Witnesses
Chas D Phelps

Love and Kisses
(Cut out by me)
Patty Stiles

1794 Sept 9 Married Mel. Henson of Southbury to Comfort Mann of Southbury by me Benj Stiles Just Peace
1794 Nov 20 Married George Bodd to Dorcas Johnson of Southbury Benj Stiles Just Peace
1794 Nov 27 Married Calvin Booth of Southbury to Sophrona Perkins by me Benj Stiles Just Peace
July 17 1796 Married Charles Munson of Derby to Rebecca Wooden of S. Derby at the house of Adam Sams by me Benj Stiles Just Peace
August 14 1796 Married Abijah Peck of Southbury to Sarah Loomis of S.bury Benj Stiles Just Peace
Sept 4 1796 Cyrus Pong of Derby in New Haven County was married to Anne Bartholomew of Southbury in Litchfield County by me the Subscriber Benj Stiles Just Peace
Dec 22 1796 David Henson of Southbury was married to Sarah Henson of S.bury by me the Subscriber Benj Stiles Just Peace
January 18 1797 Married John Henson of Southbury in Litchfield County to Molly Winter of S.bury by me Benj Stiles Just Peace
March 26 1797 Married Wait Downs of Southbury to Phoebe Henson of S.bury Benj Stiles Just Peace
Dec 5 1797 Married Gad Austin of Southbury to Anne Sabreque of S.bury by me Benj Stiles Just Peace
Nov 28 1800 Amos Tuttle of Southbury was married to Elizabeth Rayman of S.bury by me the Subscriber Benj Stiles Just Peace
1803 Feb 15 Married by me Benjamin Hart of Southbury to Esther Wheeler of S.bury Benjamin Stiles Just Peace

26.589- Hijah Peck Con:
Act 7. June 32
Wetmore says service in 1780 was 1 mo -
Adm Shapri 26.56
Ch. B. Phelps Woodbury Con

State of Connecticut
New Haven County
Page 4
of Southbury
July 25 1832
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally appeared before William Hemenway, a brother of Peter within and for New Haven County only commissioner and qualified Hannah Dink of Southbury in said County to me personally known and who is a credible witness whose being put under oath upon and says she uses family three years past and she was an Eliza sister of Elijah Dink of Southbury and remembers that said Elijah was a soldier in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Elyah Hemen, Capt. Dink's Capt. Ephraim Hemen and others especially one Capt. Howbridge said Dink went to New pits in the forest but cannot say for how long a person a man whom. This deponent says remembers that during the whole War there was a secret in Southbury and until the year 1777. moved in her father's house and that she well remembers that in the spring of that year the father of her first husband Reuben Curtis came to the house of the deponent's father and asked consent to her marriage with said Reuben and that said Elijah was then fitting up his clothes and

P 5 encouragement to go into the army and soon after left home and joined the army but when what offers the opponent cannot say
The opponent is unable to say with certainty as to the exact period of said Parks service in the army but knows was as much as two years never more than two
Herbert L. Dunn
From L. M. [unclear] this day 2 years ago William Hinman Justice of Peace

I Pasy 6 Isaiah Johnson of Rensselaer County of Herkimer & State of New York late a Pensioner of the United States and of lawful age do testify & say that I was formerly of Connecticut and acquainted with Abijah Pick of Southbury New Haven County and was knowing to his being in the Service of the United States as a Militia Man or Corporal but do not know how long he was in the army but think I was knowing to his being on the Hudson river at the time the British shipping retreated down the river in the year 1777 and and at Hornbrook in the year 1778 at the time there was a number of Loyalists or Cowboys taken and sent on to Hartford Isaiah Johnson
Southbury New Haven County June 14 th 1833
Personally appeared Isaiah Johnson signer of the above deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same before me William Hinman Justice of Peace
I further certify that the aforesaid Isaiah Johnson is personally known to me and that he is a creditable witness William Hinman Justice of Peace

2 P.M.

I Joshua Knowlton of Ashford in Windham county and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify & say that I am acquainted with Abijah Pick of Southbury New Haven county and State of Connecticut and was in the service with him three Months at Hornbeck I was in Col. Holdridge's Regiment & Capt. Ely's company & I think that Said Pick belonged to Col. Mead's Regiment and Hawley's capt's company the year that I was acquainted with Said Pick I do not recollect the date but I recollect that the next year I marched to Peekskill & from there to White Plains I think that I was acquainted with Said Pick being in the service on the Hudson river but cannot say for the certain I recollect while Said Pick was in the three Months service mentioned above was in a skirmish with him at Gregg's Point further the deponent saith not Joshua Knowlton
New Haven county / Southbury May 6 th 1833 Personally appeared Joshua Knowlton signer of the above disposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me. William Hinman - Associate Judge New Haven county
Page 7 Probate Court District of Woodbury 5 June 1833. I certify that the above named Joshua Knowlton contains a fair statement of truth & is a credible witness
EL B Phelps Mayor of Probate District of Woodbury

07
Comptrollers Office June 20 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that under date, February 3 rd 1778, there is charged, upon the journal of the Pay Table, to the United States, viz To order on Treasurer for Capt. "Enos Hawley's pay roll Fairfield Alarm July "77 £10. 2. 6; also, To do. Capt. D. Scavenworth "do. do. M ch & July £86. 3. 11. There is also charged under the same date, To do. Capt. Enos Hawley "for wages £23, 15. 8 bittting & rations £5, 0. 9, "transporting baggage £12, 0. 0 for his company "militia to Fishkill £53. 12. 11; To do Capt. "David Scavenworth pay roll do £55, 13. 11. Also, under date Aug. 27 th 1779 there is charged to the United States, To order on the Treasurer for Capt. Enos Hawley's N. H. Alarm "£730, 10, 0.
"Also, under date May 22 nd 1781 there is charged to the United States To order on Treas "for Col. Samuel Banfield's pay roll field & staff "officers his regt £84, 7. 7; & a similar order for

"Capt. Nathaniel Mitchell, pay roll Canfield "Aug. 24/4, 16, 6."
Also, under date February 12 th 1782, there is charged to the United States, To order on "Treasurer & Capt Ephraim Hinman pay roll "at Norwalk 2174. 13, 6."
I also certify, that there is nothing in the Office, yet discovered, by which I can ascertain the duration of their services, or the names of the privates & subalterns.
E. Phelps
80
89 Shunk that day

P10
State of Connecticut } District of Probate Court } Woodbury
Be it remembered that on the 5 th day of June 1833 personally appeared in said Court then Samuel Merwin of Woodbury agree twenty one years to the Court personally known to whom the Court certify to be a credible witness who being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and says as follows
"In the year 1781 I was a private in Capt Daniel Davenport's detachment of militia that served at Hornbrook near the line between Connecticut and New York I left Woodbury in May on the 10 th as I think, with James  Ebenezer  Stearns  Stearns Thomas Housden & others and joined said company of Davenport in a the next day. said Davenport commanded a company of militia at Woodbury and Southbury was then a part of Woodbury & his detachment at Hornbrook was made up of drafted men from the Woodbury companies & some others Jacob Glazier David Wagoner Adair Wagoner Abijah Peck Elijah Hinmans were privates in said detachment from Southbury & some others. I remember Abijah Peck of Southbury was in said detachment at Hornbrook under Capt Davenport doing duty as a private on my arrival Abijah was then fitting up his eloxon and

111 40 ... in Windham County ... at Home Peck. on the 12 of May or thereabouts 11 I remained in said settlement doing duty daily until the 10 or 12 July 1781 and said Peck was also in said settle- ment doing duty as a private all the time I was there. I left Peck there I believe. Most of the men came home with me as did Cyrus Hosford  James Hudson and others. Several private from Roxbury returned. I do not know that any are now alive that I knew in battle company but Peck.
Jas Moulton
Norwich County Atty General of Probate Dept of Woodbury

State of Connecticut
ss Probate Court District of Woodbury
P 11
Be it remembered that on the 1 st Day of August 1833 personally appeared before said Court Adoniram Minor of Woodbury to the Court personally known and whom the Court certify to be a credible witness and being first duly sworn according to law. On his oath declares that in the year 1780 in the months of March and April then Deponent was a private in Capt Nathaniel Mitchell company of militia drafts whereof Tharp was lieutenant. before Franklin was Ensign. This company belonged to Col Samuel Campbells Regiment and was in service at Fairfield Stamford and Milford I was in said company six weeks and know that Asaph Peck then of Southbury was a private in said company and did duty therein during said six weeks. I was discharged at Fairfield Peck was not then discharged but was detached with a part of the company to Milford my service in said company was commenced early in March but the precise day I cannot say & continued six weeks Sworn & subscribed A. Minor
R. D. Phelps Mayor of Probate at Woodbury

Abijah Peck
60n Militia
26. 589-
Reply to
Dr. Phelps Esq
Woodbury
60n

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Charles B. Phelps Esq is a — Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that his commission was dated on the 27 th day of May A. D. 1839 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1840 and the signatures to the an- nexed certificates which purport to be his are genu- ine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 1 st day of Nov r A. D. 1839
Geo. C. Woodruff Assist Clerk
enclosed is a report of our meeting and being first duly cautioned and sworn. On both orders as follows
I am now twenty eight years of age and was born in Litchfield and have always been acquainted with Stephen Peck of said Litchfield In the spring of the year 1780 I was drafted from the militia in Litchfield then a part of Woodbury to perform a tour of duty on the New York front in Fairfield County Stephen Peck belonged to the same company and was drafted at the same time. Joseph Wheeler was another draftsman at the

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Woodbury
Be it remembered that on the 20 day of October 1839 personally appeared before me Charles B. Phelps a Justice of the Peace within and for Litchfield County to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and being first duly sworn, I certify to be credible & impartial witness and being first duly cautioned and sworn. On being asked, as follows:
I am now forty eight years of age and was born in Litchfield and have always been acquainted with Housatonic Park opened Litchfield In the Spring of the year 1780 I was drafted from the militia in Litchfield then a part of Woodbury to perform a tour of duty on the Housatonic in Litchfield County Housatonic Park belonged to the same company and was drafted at the same time Joseph Wheeler was another draughted at the

Stephen Beck Turner with me in said company the whole time of Turner He went with me to Fairhaven and left him there at Fairhaven. He acted as corporal with I don't know that he had a warrant
This place was, after the burning of Fairfield for lack of timber the appearance of the chimney of the house burned down & the black ruins scattered & went I am sure Dick found one month later said nothing with me Dear Friends

Sworn before me by a solemn Hirren who subscribed the foregoing deposition this 30 day of Oct 182
W. D. Phelps Minister of Gospel
I certify that Jonathan Hirren who has subscribed the annexed Deposition is a credible & respectable witness
I have known his reputation
for twenty years
W. D. Phelps Minister
of Gospel

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Page 14
Woolsey
Oct 30 1834
Be it remembered That on the very aforesaid personal appearance Jonathan Himmann of Southbury in said New County before me Charles B. Phelps Justice of the Peace within and for said County and being duly sworn the said Jonathan Himmann declares on oath as follows.
I am forty four years of age and reside in Southbury. I have been acquainted with Abijah Peck from infancy.
In the year 1787. I was liable to duty as a militia man in the South Berrien Company for the Berrien being a parish of Woolsey and was drafted to perform a turn of duty in guarding the coast for how long a term I do not remember I went to New York at a place called New Rochelle I was

private and private in a company where Ephraim Himmann was Captain and Abram Thomas was a lieu- tenant.
I left home as near as I can recollect soon after which I believe by the 15th of 1787. once continued there some time & said a few weeks and returned & private out the time which I believe was for two months at least
Abraham Peck was a private in said company under said captain Ephraim Himmann once was there with me. at Myerle He remained with us more all discharged
I think full two months elapsed from the time we were once private until our discharge I am sure that said Peck private as a private in said company at that time in the whole time
Sworn before me Jonathan Forman
Chas B. Phelps Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss.
I J. H. Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County, hereby certify that William H. Sherman is & was on the 25 th July 1832 & on the 14 th June 1833 a Justice of the peace in & for said New Haven County, duly qualified to administer Oaths; and that he was also on the 6 th May 1833 Associate Judge for said New Haven County, duly qualified to administer Oaths, & that his name by him written & subscribed to the papers hereto annexed, is respectively his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this 3 rd day of August A D 1833
J. H. Beach Clerk

J. L. Sommers
Washington

Woodbury Conn
19 Nov 1859
J L Cameron Esq
The papers of Abijah Peck are again transmitted to your office, so long an absence requires explanation. When returned in 1833 or 34 I cannot tell which Peck was sick and in some he was a long time recovering his health and his mental powers are not yet entirely restored. The papers were laid aside by me with a brood of separate applications and forgotten - about a year since his son and daughter called on me regarding his pension. I stated the papers were in Washington under the standing practice of the office. I had some imperfect memoranda but nothing could be made of them beneficial. They dissuade me along while. I sent them for further evidence. By and out I found the original appl- lication. This gave me so much information that I thought it not hopeless. They succeeded in finding the late taken depositions all.

together I think he has made a case for about some months and hope you may be of the same opinion
I return all the papers sent me that you may know the grounds on which it was postponed
I have made an abstract Rich is totally unable to avoid it by any thing he can say, he is utterly useless
Respectfully yours
Thos P. Phelps

Hon J L Edward Com d Pensions

Woolwich Common
12 Aug 1850
Hon J. D. Richards
The accompanying papers of Sarah Peck perhaps require an explanation.
My attention was called to this case before the passage of the last act extending the time to the 1 st Jan 1800
I advised her she could not be a pensioner as her marriage was too late the date her marriage to be after 1 st Jan 1794
After the passage of the late act a Mrs. Bricker her daughter called on me again and desired me to procure with the application a call at Mr. Stiles since obtain the remainder of marriage
I made the call & examination and found the Record in its present condition
I am satisfied Mrs. Peck the applicant is innocent of any tampering with the record, as she was wholly ignorant of it when I disclosed it to her. She is a woman

once too unenformed & illiterate to profit any such practice
There not notice to any evidence of marriage by reputation They had some son & children and have always been regarded in society as married. I have known them more than thirty years
I believe some prison not Mrs. Park before the last act concluded The intention of obtaining a pension on them by a mutilated record
If evidence of reputation of marriage is required it shall be furnished
Respectfully yours
Chas B Phelps

Bath N.H. Decr. 13 th 1857
Sir
In accordance to the request in your letter to me of the 9 th Inst. I have the pleasure of returning to you the Certificate of Sarah Peck Widow of Abijah Peck, sent to me erroneously, which please find enclosed herewith
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob dt Serv t
John Bedel
Hon. W. E. Heath Com r of Pensions Washington D.C.

20 Brown Street 14153-2
New Haven Conn.
Dec 16 1895
To the Pension Department Washington D.C.
In order to become a member of the Sons of the Revolution the writer wishes to know of Abijah Beck of Southbury Conn. who was in the Second Company of Gen. Joseph Spencers regiment Enlisted May 9 1775 and was discharged Oct 24 1775 and was said to have been a pensioner in 1840 at the age of 83 - As I understand it a Pension office statement is needed by me to go with my application.
Yours Respectfully George F. Burgess

20 Brown Street
New Haven Conn.
Jany 2 1896
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Will you kindly send me certificate or necessary paper showing service of Abijah Peck of Smithbury Conn in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted May 9 th 1775 in Capt Samuel Myllys Co. Gen Joseph Spencers Regiment and was discharged Oct 24 1775 was a pensioner and died at Smithbury Conn Dec 21 1840.
I need this record of service in some official way for my entrance to the Sons of the Revolution and understand it is proper to apply to you.
Yours Very Respectfully
G. F. Burgess

Wills copy to engross New Haven, Conn.
Ray WIDOW, &c.
Feb. 5, 1896, Geo. F. Lu
File No.
6856
Sarah Peck
Wid
Abijah Peck
Print Rev War
Act:
July 27
1848.
Index:—Vol.
16
Page
12
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 26,993
S Mer Ans

John "Horton"
Commission of Honor
Washington
160
26993
26993
160
Additional Evidence

Commissioners of Pensions
Washington D.C.
26993 160
Additional Evidence
26,993
160
Joseph [unclear]
[Large, faint, illegible signature or scribble]
[Faint, illegible text]

Southford, Connecticut May 16 th 1856
Commissioner
of Pensions
Sir
In reply to your letter of February 4 th relating to the claim of Sarah Peck for Bounty land No 126,608. I herewith enclose the certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut to prove the Record Evidence of service of Abijah Peck a private in the Revolutionary war. You state in your letter, that upon the production of such Evidence the claim would be favorably considered.
Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt James L Wheeler

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford May 14 th 1856
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Abijah Peck, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office and find the name of Abijah Peck, on a pay roll under the following heading, viz. "A Pay Roll of the 2 d Co. in the 2 d Regt. raised by Order of the General Assembly Connecticut 1775," where the said Abijah Peck is credited with service as a private, from "May 9 th to October 24 th 1775" = "5 months 15 days." Said 2 d Company was commanded by Ezekiel Scott as Captain, and said 2 d Regt. by Samuel Wyllys as Colonel.
Edward Prentiss Compt. by Geo. Robinson Clerk