Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19977, for George Peck, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Peck, George Ann
No. 19977
CONTENTS

2086.
Vermont. Mountpelier
Ana Peck
widow of George Peck who was a Capt & Vgh in the Con. line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Sept. 1843. and sent to C. Swift , Manchester Vt.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1. Page 29.
Rept Sept 25-
Rate of death not m. 43-

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3690 Ann Peck
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act 7. July 38 ..
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No. of p
2. Length
35 3/4
No deduction
S. Swift
Manchester Vt

State of Vermont } On this 30 th day of May 1839, personally appeared Bennington County } Abigail before the Hon. the Probate Court, within & for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington, State of Vermont, being such a Resident of the town of Landgate in said County of Bennington aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "An Act granting half- pay and Pensions to certain Widows." & also the benefit of the Act of Con- gress passed June 7. 1832. & the several Acts passed in addition & supple- mentary thereto. — That she is the Widow of George Pick late of said Landgate, & formerly of Newton in the State of Connecticut deceased who was a Corporal & Sergeant in the Army of the United States du- ring the revolutionary War — That as she is informed & verily believes, her said George in the course of the month of May 1775. enlisted at said Newton, as a Corporal for the term of six months into a Com- pany of Infantry in the line of said State of Connecticut commanded by Capt. Joseph Smith, & Lieut. Abijah Dinsford & Nathaniel Blackman, in the Regiment commanded by Col d David Waterbury Jr. That he march- ed with said Company to Horse Neck so called in said State of Connecti- cut where they joined said Regiment. From thence marched with said Regiment to New York & from thence up the North River so called, through Albany to Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain — thence down said Lake to St. Johns, & thence to Montreal in Lower Canada — At some one of which places they were stationed for a time, & also at St. Johns in said Province of Lower Canada — At which last place her said term of six months service as a Corporal in said Company, which had faithfully completed, expired, & that her said George thereupon, & on the 8 th day of November 1775. received the appointment Regular Warrant as Sergeant in said Company & Regiment. That he afterwards served as such Sergeant for the term of one month longer when the said Company was regularly discharged or dismissed, & that said George returned to his said home in said Newton — That afterwards, as she is informed, & verily believes, on the 23 rd day of March 1776. her said George again enlisted or turned out at said Newton, as a Sergeant in the same Company of Infantry commanded by the said Capt. Joseph Smith, then attached to the Regiment commanded by Col d Gould S. Silliman — That immediately thereafter they marched from thence to New York, where he was stationed & served as such Sergeant, for the term of one month, or until

The 22 d day of April 1776 A.D. when the said Company was regularly discharged or dismissed & the said George returned to his said home in said New Town - that she has not in her possession any documentary evidence to prove the said services of the said George, except his Serjeant's Warrant above referred to, which she forwards herewith - She has also understood & believed that the Roll of the said Capt. Joseph Smith's Company, during the time of the above enumerated services in 1775 is yet in being & in the hands & possession of her son Abel Smith at said Newtown, altho' she has not had access to, or seen the same.
She further declares that she was married at said Newtown, by the Rev. Mr. Beach an Episcopalian Clergyman, to the said George Pick, on the 29 th day of January in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight - that her maiden name was Ann Pick - that she knows of no existing Record of her said marriage, except a Record or entry thereof made by her said husband, about or soon after that event took place in their family Bible, which has since been preserved, attached hereto, & forwarded herewith -
That her husband the aforesaid George Pick died on the 28 d day of March in the year eighteen hundred & thirty one - that since his death unmarried she has & still is his Widow, single & unmarried - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four, (viz.) at the time above stated.
M rs Thomas Pick
Ann her X Pick mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above mentioned before me
Loring Deon Judge of Probate Court We Clark Pick aged sixty years and Thomas Pick aged fifty three years, both Residents of the Town of Sandgate in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, do testify before & say, that we are both the reputed sons of the above named Ann Pick & the said George Pick deceased - That we have seen & known the Record or entry made in the family Bible, of the marriage of our said Hon. Parents, almost from the time of our earliest recollection - that we have always understood & believe that it contains the true date of the time of their said marriage - that the same was detached from the said Bible in our presence, & attached to this sheet by a wafer - & that the same is in the handwriting of our said Hon. father George Pick Esq. & that the entry thereon refers, as we fully believe, to the time of the marriage of our Parents - & the leaf also contains entries of the times of their Births & also the Births of their children - that our father the said George Pick Esq. died on the 28 d day of March 1831. & that our Mother the said Ann has since that time remained, & still is, his widow & unmarried.
Thomas Pick Clark Pick

Sworn to & subscribed in open court, the day & year above mentioned. And I do further certify, that it hath been made satisfactory to appear to me, that the above Affiants are all of the first respectability, & are all credible Persons. Attest      Loring Dean Judge of Probate Court
State of Vermont, Probate Office, Manchester. Probate District ss. Bennington County ss. I A. L. Minns Register of the Probate Court in & for Probate District of Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Mrs. Beck for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature & the Seal of the said Probate Court at Manchester in said District this 30 th day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred & thirty nine, & of the Independence of the United States the sixty third.
A. L. Minns Register

George Park's
I was Born December - the 2 nd 1752
Ann Born February - the 26 th 1754
We was Married January - the 29 1778
month Day year Clarke Boy May 15 1778 Abby Da October 24 1779 Betty " March 21 1781 Hezekiah Boy June 15 1782 Mary-Ann " March 7 1784 Thomas Boy April 1 1786 Amos Da March 23 1788 Mary A. Died February 17 1790

T H E N E W TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK: AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared with the Greek
By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
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O X F O R D:
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CUM PRIVILEGIO.

January 18, 1938
George Peck W. 19977 BA-3/AWF
Mrs. Zola E. Scott 214 Oak Street Dayton, Washington
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein relative to George Peck were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 19977, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
George Peck was born December 2, 1752, place not stated. He was the son of Gideon Peck, who was a resident of Newtown, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War; the name of his mother was not given.
While a resident of Newtown, Connecticut, George Peck enlisted early in the month of May, 1775, served as corporal in Captain Joseph Smith's company in Colonel David Waterbury's Fifth Connecticut regiment, was in the expedition to Canada, and in Montreal, he was appointed, 3rd sergeant, November 8, 1775, and continued to serve until the expiration of seven months. He enlisted March 23, 1776 and served one month as sergeant in Captain Joseph Smith's company, Colonel Gold S. Silliman's Connecticut regiment.
George Peck moved to Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont, soon after the close of the Revolution. He died March 23, 1831.
George Peck married January 29, 1778 at Newtown, Connecticut, Ann Peck. She was born February 26, 1754, and was the daughter of Moses Peck; the name of her mother was not given.
Ann Peck, the widow of George Peck, was allowed

pension on her application executed May 30, 1839, then a resident of Sandgate, Vermont.
The names of the children of George Peck, and his wife, Ann, as shown in the claim:
Clerk born May 15, 1778 Seth " October 24, 1779 Betty " March 21, 1781 Hezekiah " June 15, 1782 Mary Ann " March 7, 1784, died February 17, 178- Thomas " April 1, 1786 Amoriles " March 23, 1789.
Their sons, Clerk Peck and Thomas Peck, were living in 1839 in Sandgate, Vermont.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of this pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Ann Peck, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Ann Peck, widow of George Peck Certificate # 2088 Issued September 25, 1843 Rate $35.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Vermont, Montpelier Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County ss. Brookfield. Be it known that before the Subscribers a justice of the peace within & for the County of Fairfield aforesaid, personally appeared Abel Smith a resident of said Brookfield aged Eighty one who having been duly sworn according to law testifies as follows, to wit,
I was well acquainted with George Pugh formerly of Newtown, County & State aforesaid & who, soon after the war of the revolution, moved to Sandgate in Vermont. The said George Pugh in the year 1776 on the 23 day of March enlisted as a Sergeant under Capt. Joseph Smith who was my father, in Col. Gourd & Silliman's Regiment, they marched immediately to New York and were there, in the service of the United States, until the 22 day of April following when they were discharged in New York. I was in the same company a short time, & know that said George Pugh served as a sergeant in said company as above stated.
I also well remember that said George Pugh served as a Corporal under my said father in the year 1775 at the Northward. I saw him in the company when they marched & have no doubt that he served seven months in that time although I was not there myself. Sworn and subscribed the 19 th day of. Abel Smith April 1839.
Before me Theophilus Nichols Justice of peace
I hereby certify that the above named Abel Smith is a credible witness & that his deposition, above sworn to is entitled to credit.
Theophilus Nichols Justice of peace

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County ss. Brookfield Be it known that before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Eunice Blackman a widow of said Brookfield in the seventy eighth year of her age, who being first duly sworn according to law testifies as follows, to wit
I was a native of Newtown & when I lived at my father's was a near neighbour to George Peck, & his father's when he lived at Newtown - I attended, as a guest the wedding when he was married to Ann Peck, daughter of Gillopes Peck and. He was the son of Gideon Peck and. They were married to the best of my recollection & belief in the year 1777 by the Rev. Mr. Beach, then the Episcopal clergyman in said Newtown. I think I have a faint recollection of seeing them stand up to be married: but am not positive whether I did, or whether I arrived just after the ceremony was performed, one or the other I am sure of - Her father had a short time previously lost a daughter & we all went to a neighbours to hold out the wedding - There can be no doubt that they were married at the time whether I was present & saw the ceremony or not. And George Peck moved to Kennebec in Vermont soon after the war, & raised a family of children there as I have understood; S. Mr. Beach died I should think in the year 1780. Eunice Blackman
Sworn & subscribed to this 19 th day of April 1839
Before me Theophilus Nichols Justice of peace
I hereby certify that Eunice Blackman above named is a credible witness & her statements are entitled to credit
Theophilus Nichols Justice of peace

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County ss. Huntington Personally appeared, before the subscribers a person of the years in & for said Fairfield County, Agur Tomlinson, a resident of said Hunting- ton, aged Eighty two years, who having been duly sworn according to law, testifies as follows, to wit.
In the year 1775 on the first Monday in May I enlisted under Capt. Joseph Smith, then of Brookfield, County & State aforesaid, Jacob Botsford & Nathaniel Blackman were Lieutenants & George Pugh then of said Newtown in said County was enlisted and served as corporal in said Company - The Company including said George Pugh was in the service of the United States for seven months commencing early in May in the year 1775 at the Northward, we were under Colonel Watrous. General Montgomery commanded. We joined the Regiment at Hoosick as it was called, in Connecticut, from thence we marched to New York, from thence through Albany to Ticonderoga, we were at St. Johns and also at Montreal. I remember George Pugh was always at his post never failed to answer to his name as far as I recollect. We were discharged soon enough to get home in the month of December after serving out the term months Agur Tomlinson
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9 th day of April A.D. 1839
Theophilus Nichols Justice of peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Agur Tomlinson who subscribed & made oath to the foregoing deposition that his character for truth & veracity is good and his statements are entitled to credit
Theophilus Nichols Justice of peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
¶ I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Theophilus Nichols Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County was and was on the 9 th day of Instant April a Justice of the Peace in and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths and take Depositions &c and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Theophilus Nichols Esq & that I verily believe the signature to the Certificate on the other side hereof purporting to be his, is genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 11 th day of April A.D. 1839. Thomas B Osborne Clerk

My Warrant Recived of Col. Waterby. at Le Pavin

To George Lick Esq. Greeting
By Virtue of the power and authority to me given.
I Do by these presents, repose especial Trust, and confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, & good Conduct, constitute, and appoint you the said George Lick, to be third Serjeant, of the Eighth Company in the Fifth Bridgement of Connecticut Troops, raised for the Defence of the same, and Commanded by David Waterbury Jun. Esq. Colonel of the said Bridgement
You are therefore carefully & Diligently to discharge the Duty of a Serjeant to yourself to Observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from me or any of your Superior Officers according to the Rules of War.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at the Camp in Le-prairie the 8th. Day of November 1775. David Waterbury Jun.

5378 June 6. Paid 18 3/4 7 1/2
The Hon. James L. Edmonds,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington. D. C.
for
Ann Cook Miss of

Manchester
To the Hon. S. D. Edwards,
Hon. Sir, England. I forward you the Pension Declaration I have here to support the claim of the Widow Anna Peck. It will be perceived in the statement in the Declaration that the Rolls of the Company in which her husband, Geo. Peck, served in 1775 is said to have been preserved, & as supposed in the hands of Mr. Smith of Newtown Conn. (where I effect it is in England) — Sam l C. Blackman Esq r who was applied to, to procure the proof in favor of Esq r Peck, survivor, & also the Roll of the Company &c. writes, that in Dec r . 1836 he procured an attested copy of that Roll, & forwarded it to the Pension Department, to support the application of the Widow Anna Peck, for a Pension. That he afterwards sent the original Roll upon the requisition of the Department, which was there ex- amined & compared, & its genuineness satisfactorily approved. That he convinced it wholly unnecessary now to send it again, as the au- thenticity of the copy in the possession of the Department had been sufficiently made to appear, & to which I would now refer. It does appears that Esq r Peck lived 19 days after the Pension law of 1832 had operation, for which time, as I suppose, his widow would be entitled by law to the rate of Pension to which he would have been entitled under that law had he lived, & I have referred to the law, & the claim under it, in her Declar- ation. The sum to which she would be so entitled would be small. I believe it can be so allowed I know not, & very much doubt.
Very respectfully, I am Hon ble Sir,
Yours &c
S. Swift.

Letter to S. Smith 28. June 1843.
Number 3690
Ana Peck widow of George Peck,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 23 d March 1831 of Berkshire in the State of Vermont who was a Cor. & Sgt in the County commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Waterbury in the C y line for 7 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of outpensioners at the rate of 15 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Aug t 29, and sent to S. Smith Manchester, Vt.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. - $105.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 19.50 $122.50
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Bussey Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 - Page 2.

75. 5mo Corp. 1mo Serf? Capt Smith 76 1 u Serf
18.53 15.11

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
1933 June 1 - list - to Mrs. Dorsey C. Malin avd 1938 Jan 18 - list to Mrs. Zola E. Scott - see her letter in Moro Peak - S. Mt 159 sq
File No. 19977 Ann Peck wid of George Peck capt Row war Act March 30  1/13 Index: Vol. M , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Neosho, Mo., May 23, 1933
Director of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I wish to inquire if you have records that would prove the Revolutionary War records of: not William or double Nicholas Smith of or near Petersburg Virginia, Braddock or all of all Hoodwyn of Petersburg Virginia and George Peck of Newtown Conn. or Sandgate Vt.
Very sincerely,
Mrs. Dorsey C. Mahin Phillips Pet. Co. Neosho Missouri

January 18, 1938
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BA-J/EL
Mrs. Zola E. Scott 214 Oak Street Dayton, Washington
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of George Peck, born in December, 1752, at Newtown, Connecticut, and died in March, 1831, at Sandgate, Vermont; also, record of Moses Peck, Revolutionary War soldier of Connecticut.
The records of those soldiers are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
See her letter re Moses Peck-S.14159

June 1, 1933
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George Peck-W.19977 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Dorsey C. Mahin Neosho Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Braddock Goodwyn, William Nicholas Smith and George Peck.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of Braddock Goodwyn (Goodwin), and William Nicholas Smith. If you wish the name William Smith searched, you will please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him- approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
The data given below were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19977, based upon the Revolutionary War service of George Peck.
He was born December 2, 1752, place not stated, and was the son of Gideon Peck, who lived in Newtown, Connecticut, during the War of the Revolution, name of mother not shown.
While residing in Newtown, Connecticut, George Peck enlisted early in May, 1775 and served as corporal in Captain Joseph Smith's company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment, was in the expedition to

Canada; was appointed, November 8, 1775, sergeant and continued to serve until the expiration of seven months. He enlisted March 23, 1776 and served as sergeant one month in Captain Joseph Smith's company, Colonel Gold S. Silliman's Connecticut regiment.
George Peck moved to Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont, soon after the Revolution. He died March 23, 1831.
George Peck married January 29, 1778 at Newtown, Connecticut, Ann Peck, the daughter of Moses Peck, the name of her mother is not given. Ann Peck was born February 26, 1754.
Ann Peck, the widow of George Peck, was allowed pension on her application executed May 30, 1839, then living in Sandgate, Vermont.
The children of George Peck and his wife, Ann-
   Clerk  born May  15, 1778, residing in 1839 in Sandgate, Vermont    Seth  " October  24, 1779    Betty  " March  21, 1781    Hezekiah  " June  15, 1782    Mary Ann  " March  7, 1784, died February 17, 179-    Thomas  " April  1, 1786, residing in 1839 in Sandgate, Vermont    Amoriles  " March  23, 1789.   
Very trulyyours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

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M rs Ann Cook
$35 per an
S. Swift Manchester Vt.

State of Vermont } Bennington County }
On this 30 th day of March 1843. personally appeared before the subscriber, a Magistrate within & for the County of Bennington aforesaid, Ann Peck a resident of the town of Sandgate in said County, aged Eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the Widow of George Peck late of said Sandgate deceased, who was a Sergeant & Private in the Army of the United States during that war, & has enjoyed a Pension therefor during for whom said services, she has received, & enjoyed a Pension of thirty five Dollars, or about that sum per annum, under the Act of July 7. 1838 — She further declares that she is still a Widow Witness Desmond Prindle Ann her Peck Mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written, before me, Desmond Prindle Justice of the peace And I do hereby further certify that the above Declarant, Ann Peck, is personally well known to me, Desmond Prindle Justice of the peace
State of Vermont } Bennington County }
I Sam l H. Blackmer Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Bennington do hereby certify that Desmond Prindle is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified — that his commission bears date from the 1 st day of Dec r . 1842 & will expire on the 30 th day of Nov r . 1843 — & that his signature above written I believe to be genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & the seal of the said Court at Bennington this 6 th day of April A. D. 1843. & of the independence of the U. S. the 67 th
Sam l H. Blackmer Clerk