Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,588, for Abijah Prindle, Connecticut

SERVICE
born
Prindle, Abijah
NUMBER
8.35.588
CONTENTS
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(2430)
Connecticut
Majah Brindle, Private Capt Comstock Connecticut Line Six Years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of Septem r 1818 and sent to the care of William Edmond Esquire Fairfield Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 $ 43.12 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 91.12
5m o 12
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 48th March, 1818. }
Connecticut
And by mistake to Jonathan Brace
Newtown, Fairfield County
Certificate issued by the on the day next to the day next from the to the No. 10 in the Darius Brindle Fairfield Conn.

Certificate returned by Judge Dyer and this day sent to Judge Wm. O'Connell Pension Agent Fairfield Conn.
Notifiaction sent the 27 th June 1820, to David Burr Esq., Fairfield Conn.
(2430)
Connecticut
Elijah Brindle, Private Capt. Comstock Connecticut Line
July 1818
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of September 1818 and sent to the care of William Edmund Esquire Fairfield Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 $43.12 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 March 1819 48.
$91.12
5m o 12
Revolutionary claim, } Act 48th March, 1818. }
Connecticut
And by mistake to Jonathan Brace
New Haven, Fairfield County

Abijah Prindle
Correct
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State of Connecticut.
Fairfield County ss. Newtown March 24 th 1818.
Before William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court in said State came Abijah Prindle of sd Newtown & claimed that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution from some time in the year 1777 until regularly discharged in 1783. & that he as such is entitled to the provisions of the Law of the United States entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." and in support of his said claim the said Abijah Prindle who is an inhabitant of sd Newtown well known to me, being first duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth, declared on Oath, that at said Newtown in the Month of March One Thousand seven hundred & seventy seven he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Samuel Constock's Com- -pany, in a Regiment in the Connecticut Line, then commanded by Colonel John Chandler of sd Newtown (who is since deceased) that from the time of his sd enlistment as aforesaid he served in the war of the revolution in sd line against the common enemy until the end thereof, when he was regularly discharged, together with the com- -pany to which he belonged, it being on or about the 8 th of June A.D. 1783 near Westpoint the Regiment being at that time under the command of Col. Herman Swift. That at that time he received a regular discharge in the same form that other soldiers did which he has since lost. That immediately after his sd discharge he return- -ed to sd Newtown where he has resided ever since. That he has seven children, is in very reduced circumstances in life, being destitute of property & in need of Assistance from his country, and that he never has had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States sworn before William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court

And in further support of his sd claim the said Brindle produced Peter Garfield of sd Newtown who is well known to me & a person of good repute who being duly sworn & cautioned to speak truth made oath that he was a soldier in the service of the United States during the whole of the revolutionary war, that he was and still is well acquainted with Abijah Brindle the before named applicant & that to his personal knowledge the sd Abijah Brindle the applicant served as a soldier during the war of the revolution against the common enemy and until the close of it. That after the army was disbanded he returned to Newtown Fairfield County & State of Connecticut where he has resided ever since and that sd Brindle is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of assistance from his country from before me William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court.
Being satisfied from the testimony aforsaid that the sd Abijah Brindle served as a soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy in the manner & for the term as by him testified in his declaration on oath before me herein before recited I certify the same together with the evidence by him exhibited in support of his claim & allowed to before me. William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court.

State of Connecticut ss. Fairfield County Aug 10 th 1818 I William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court in sd State certify that I am fully satisfied from the testimony of Mr. that sd Abijah Prindle the claimant served as a soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy on the conti- nental establishment nine months & more at one period & that he is in indigent circumstances & stands in need of assistance & I do accordingly certify the same together with the undersigned him exhibited in support of his claim & attested to before me and hereto annexed — William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court
State of Connecticut. Fairfield County ss; —
I David Burr of Fairfield, in the County of said Fairfield, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County — Do certify, that the Honorable William Edmond is a Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature in the said State of Connecticut — And that full faith and credit is given to his Official Acts and proceedings —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and the Seal of said Court, in said Fairfield, this 24 th Day of April Anno Domini 1818
State of Connecticut Fairfield County August 12 th 1818 — David Burr — I David Burr Clerk as aforesaid, further certify that the Name of William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court, annexed to the foregoing certificate, and whenever the same appears on the annexed Papers and Documents was signed or subscribed by the said Judge, with his own hand, and was and is the proper Official signature of the said Judge —
Attest David Burr Clerk of S. Supr. Court —

Abijah Windle
passed (Ex 2 )
(240)
March 1819
Contine

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 14 th day of June 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Elijah Prindle - a resident in the town of Newtown in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath - that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz.
One jack knife & a Tobacco box
A. Prindle

District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County County
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 14 th day of Febru 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in
open Court, Abijah Prindle aged 80 years, resident in the Town of Newtown in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly  sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: That is to say after serving in the Northern Army in 1775 as a volunteer until the month of April 1777 he enlisted in the into the Company com- manded by Capt. Saml. Rootstock , in the Regiment com- manded by Col. Chandler in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment and served under said Chandler until he said Chandler was discharged at Valley Forge . when said Regiment was commanded by Major Hart & was af- terwards transferred to the Regiment under the Command of Col. Heman Swift , in the Company of Capt. Monson in the Connecticut line on the same establishment & that he faithfully served until the termination of the war when he was honorably discharged, which discharge he has lost that he was in Monmouth battle & several other battles
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 24 th day of March 1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 25430 And I do further solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herein annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a
Carpenter ; that in consequence of my infirmities & age I have not been able to do any work for several years past having lost the use of my left hand and that I have - no - family residing with me
A. Prindle
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
A. Prindle
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is Dollars and Eighteen Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court.
Attest David Rootstock

State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State; do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
eighteen Cents
Dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 14 th day of June A. — 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield June 14-1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

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35 588
Rev INVALID.
May 22, 1903 - His to Rear Admiral Franklin C. Price C/S
File No. 35,588
Abijah Linsley
His Rev. Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 881
[Arrangement of 1870.]

35,558
3-068. (Old No. 3-619.)
6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
Nbijah Prindle
March 24. 1818 - 78
Shelton Conn.
77 - Shelton Conn
Capt Samuel Constock
Col Mrs. Chandler
" " Swift Pet to Jan 8, 1783
7 children
Monmouth battle & several others