Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1286, Daniel Brown, Conn. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Sea Service Brown, Daniel
R. 1286
CONTENTS

1286
RECEIVED
P. O. Daniel Brown
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

George Latham Daniel Brown
Rejected —
Orig Resistance not on Cont l estab l
1286
Vid. letter to G Wilson 20 Jan y 1821

In the matter of Daniel Brown a pensioner —

New York Mayors Court.
In the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court of the City of New York, held at the City Hall, in and for the said City before the Judges of the same Court, of Sep- tember term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty-
Present the Honorable Peter A. Jay Recorder of the City of New York City of New York Yr. Be it Remembered, that on the Twenty- third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally ap- peared in the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court of the City of New York, in open court, the said Court being a Court of records for the City and County of New York, according to the charter of the said City and the laws of the State of New York Daniel Brown aged sixty seven years resident in the City of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of July 1820 that he the said Daniel Brown shipped on board the Brig Resistance at New London in the year 1777 mounting 16 guns and commanded by Captain Samuel Chase as a Midshipman bound on a cruise to the windward Islands, in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Connecticut Continental Estab- lishment, that he continued to serve in the said vessel until the year 1778 when he was honorably discharged from the said service in Boston by the Dishon agent of the Navy Department of that place they proceeded from Connecticut to Martinque and previous to their arrival there took four prizes

and sent three of them into Martinique; after having touch'd there with their fourth prize they fell in with and had an engagement with the balamut Packet mounting 22 guns when Captain Llew was killed and the brig hauled off, and the sailing master took command the first Lieutenant having been wounded & the 2 nd Lieutenant lay sick with a fever they went into Martinique, and was ordered home from there by the American Consul and came home to Boston where he was discharged as aforesaid - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except the affidavits of William Davis, Gary Latham and John Wood herewith annexed -
Sworn in open court this 23 d Sept 1820 -
Daniel Brown
Benj: Ferris Clerk -
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 - I do 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 to diminish it as to bring my- self 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 one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or secu- rities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any in-

either, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any in
income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit: - Real Estate None - Personal Estate (necessary clothing excepted) None Declarant has no trade or occupation, he was brought up a Sailor, he has almost lost the use of his right hand and arm by a fall, he is through age and its consequent infirmities rendered unable to do any thing towards his support he saith he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the Assistance of his country, that is to say without the aid of the general government except by private or public charity, what he could do with his left hand, together with private charity has heretofore supported him -
Sworn in open Court the 23 d Sept. 1820 - 3 Benj m Ferris Clerk -
Daniel Brown
City and County of New York H: William Davis of the city of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he well knows Daniel Brown in the annexed deposition named and also knows that he is the same person who served as a Midshipman in the Revolutionary war on board the Brig Resistance deponent also knows that he sailed with and returned with said Brig, deponent saith that he was a Marine on board of said Brig and was in her during her whole cruise, which was upwards of sixteen months deponent further saith that the

said Daniel Brown bears a good character and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his oath Sworn before me this } William his X Davis 23 d day of Sept. 1820 } mark in open Court Benj. Ferris Clerk
City and County of New York } Garey Latham being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Daniel Brown in the annexed deposition named and knows that he served as a Midship- man on board of the brig Resistance on her cruise to Martinique in the Revolutionary war, and knows that he was on board of her during the whole cruise, from the time of her departure from New London until her return to Boston in the year 1778, deponent was a Mariner on board of the same Brig during the whole voyage he further saith that the facts set forth in the affidavit of said Brown are in all respects true — Sworn before me this } Garey Latham 23 day of Sept 1820 in open Court Benj. Ferris Clerk
State of Connecticut } County City of New London On this 21 st day of August in

the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty before me Elias Perkins Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of New London personally appeared Capt. John Wood of said City of New London who being solemnly sworn deposed and said that Daniel Brown formerly of Groton in said County but more lately of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania in the year 1777 or 1778 as the deponent believes, sailed as a Midshipman on board the armed Brig Re- sistance Samuel Chew Esquire Commander from New London bound on a cruise against the British & that said Brig was absent on said cruise for a period of more than a year & the deponent verily believes that said Brown was attached to said Brig and performed his duty on board thereof as a Midshipman against the common enemy during the Revo- lutionary war for a period of more than a year and the deponent swears that he was personally acquainted with said Daniel Brown from of his going out in said Brig Resistance as a Midshipman & he believes him now to be totally destitute of property & not worth one cent - John Wood
My proceedings and previous to their arrival there took four prizes

In testimony whereof the said John Wood has signed the foregoing affidavit & I have hereunto subscribed my name the day month and year first herein before written —
Sworn to before me
Elias Perkins Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for New London County.
I Benjamin Ferris Clerk of the City and County of New York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, cal- led the Mayors Court of the City of New York, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration and Depositions and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do hereby further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property ex- hibited in the aforesaid schedule is Nothing —
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hands, and affixed the seal of the said Court this thirty first day of October 1820
WM. FERRIS Clerk

G. Wilson, Esq. City of N. Yk.
War Dept. Pension Office Jan. 20, 1821.
Sir:
The documents in the claims of Daul. Brown + + + + +, are inadmissible, as the Brig Resistance, on board of which they state themselves to have served, did not belong to the Navy of the U. States on the Continental Establishment.
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The documents in each case are re- tained on file in this Office.
I am &c.
J. L. E.