Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,675, Joseph Brabrook, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brabrook, Joseph Cunice
NUMBER
W. 23,675
CONTENTS

New York Albany 792
Eunice Brabrook
Mrs
widow of Joseph Brabrook
who was a Private & Corporal
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 81 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of July and sent to E. H. Edgcomb Cortland Village, New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 101.
Regulation under act of June 17. 1844 sent to Messrs Dickson & Tibbats, Cortlandville, Ny Oct 19. 44

Rec. July 7. 1838
1746 Declaration of Eunice Brabook widow of Joseph Brabook for a pension under act of July 7-1838.
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4265
Admitted
Corporal 3 mo & 17 days
Private 20 mo & 13 -"
2 years
Hm. C. Beers H.R.

State of New York } Tompkins County ss }
On this first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine Before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Tompkins & State of New York came Eunice Brabrook a resident of the town of Groton in said County & State aged eighty years five months & twenty four days, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration 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 & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Joseph Brabrook who as the said Joseph Brabrook her said husband often told her served in the war of the Revolution as a non commissioned officer for three years & which she verily believes to be true That her said husband Joseph Brabrook has often told her that he was in the army of the Revolution with General Putnam & knew him personally & often related anecdotes about him which her said husband Joseph Brabrook could only have derived from a personal knowledge of General Putnam & she verily believes from the information derived from her said husband Joseph Brabrook that he served as said non commissioned officer under General Putnam in the Army of the Revolution - That she has none of his papers if any he had to show his service - or discharge, or any family record of her marriage to the said Joseph Brabrook She further declares that her maiden name was Eunice Johnson & that by such name she was married to the said Joseph Brabrook in the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand

Seven hundred & Eighty seven at near the age of Twenty nine years, That the said marriage took place at the house of a Mr. Brewer in Middletown in the State of Connecticut & that the marriage service was performed by a Presbyterian minister of the name of Sheldon or Selden, who was then a settled minister at Middle Haddam in the State of Connecticut & whom from the best information she can get she believes to be not living. That it is over forty four years since she moved from Middletown aforesaid to the State of New York & that she knows of no living person who was present at her said marriage except her sister Esther Morgan of Hartford Connecticut.
She further declares that at the time of her said marriage she lived at Middletown aforesaid & her said husband at Middle Haddam aforesaid & was as he informed her a native of Lancaster, Worcester county in the State of Massachusetts.
She further declares that her said husband Joseph Brabrook died on the Twenty sixth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & fourteen at Sandus- ky in the State of Ohio of a fever at his own house a few rods from Fort Stevenson at Lower Sandusky & that he was sick but five days That Mr. Harrington, Mr. Post, Mr. Jerome, Mr. Andrews & others whose names she cannot remember were present at her said husband's death. That the Physician who attended him was from the Garrison, but his name if she ever knew she cannot now.

remember but he was not present at her said husband's death - That except herself all the family who were present at his death are dead - She further declares that about two years after said husband death she returned to the Town of Groton in the County of Tompkins & State of New York where she has since resided, -
She further declares that she was not married to her said husband Joseph Brabrook prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the period above stated & that she has never been married to any other person than the said Joseph Brabrook & has ever since his said death remained his widow
Subscribed & sworn to this first day of February 1839 in open court before me
W. Huntington clerk
her
Eunice X Babrook mark
State of New York
Tompkins County
I Writ T Huntington Clerk of said County of Tompkins & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original declaration of Eunice Brabrook for a pension that the same was made in open Court, after the said Eunice Brabrook had been duly sworn, that

She made her mark to the same & That the said Court were satisfied upon due proof made that the said Eunice Brabook was entitled to full credit as a person of respectability & integrity & That her before declaration is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty nine
W. H. Harrison Clerk
Col. July 7. 1838
admitted
Corporal James M. Camp
Private 20 M th B ty — "
2 years
H m . C. Beers H ic .
Declaration of Eunice Brabook widow of Joseph Brabook for a pension in due course July 7-1838 2-2 H. B. G.

Be it remembered that on this 11 th Day of January A.D. 1839 at Hartford County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut before me Isaac Perkins of said Town of Hartford, Justice of the peace within & for said County of Hartford personally appeared Esther Morgan, widow of said Town of Hartford, well known to me as a credible witness & who by me being duly sworn according to law to relate & testify the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth did relate & testify. That she is in her seventy seventh year of her age - That she is sister to Eunice Brabrook, widow of Joseph Brabrook deceased, who now resides in the town of Groton (County not recalled), in the State of New York. That her said sister, by her maiden name of Eunice Johnson, was married at about the age of twenty nine, to the said Joseph Brabrook, at Middletown, in the County of Middlesex, on or about the 7 th Day of August 1787 by the house of Michael Cramer in said Middletown by the Reverend David Sheldon, then a settled Minister in the town of Middle Haddam, in said County of Middlesex. And the deponent adds that she is able to recite the time of said marriage more especially on account of her eldest son, then being an infant at nurse. And further deponent saith not except that she was present at said Marriage & was an eye witness to the solemnization of the ceremony thereof.
Sworn before me at
Hartford aforesaid on the day
of year first above written, &
I certify that the said Esther Morgan
is a credible witness. That she made her mark to this deposition, & that I wrote her name to her said mark & the reason of her so making her mark is, that by reason of her great age & infirmities, especially the trembling of her hand is so great as to disable her from framing with a pen the letters of her name
Isaac Perkins Justice of the peace

I Royal A. Hinman, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify
That Isaac Perkins Esq., is and for more than six months last past, has been a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Perkins in Court and country, and that the signature of said Perkins hereto annexed is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of said State, at the City of Hartford in said State, the 11 th day of January 1839
Royal A. Hinman Secretary
Affidavit of Ethics charges, proving the marriage of Eunice Johnson to Ephraim L. Webb
August 7-1787
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23675
Emmice Brabrook
widow of
Joseph Brabrook
Corp Rev War
Act March 3 d 43
Index : Vol A , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany 1796
Eunice Brabrook widow of Joseph Brabrook
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 26. August 1814 of Tompkins Co. in the State of N. York who was a P. & Corporal in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Troop, commanded by Genl. Putnam in the line for 3 months & 17 days Corp l . 2 p. " 13 " Pr.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 81 Dollars 33 1/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Feb. 1839 and sent to Hon. C. Beers H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 38 203. 33 1/3 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. 39. 40. 66 2/3 $244.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 67

Oct 1 '44
N.Y.
Mar 3 '43
June 17 1844
Eliza Prather
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Elizabeth Cady
Comr. Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Portlandville N.Y. Sept 26 1844
J. L. Pland. Esq
Sir in clouds is Eunice Brabrook. Application for a new certificate of Pension. She has directed me to forward the inclouds. I request you to forward as the certificate
Yours & Dickson & Hibbard

Incl NY 4265 7 July 38
Hon. J. S. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Am. C. Beers NR

House Rep d . Feby. 7 th 1839- Hon. J. L. Edwards, Com. of Pensions Sir
Enclosed are the papers of Sarah Brabrook asking a Pension as Widow of Joseph Brabrook deceased a Revolutionary Soldier, under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay & Pensions to certain Widows-
1 st The Certificate of the Secy. of the State of Massachusetts as to Brabrook's Service
2 nd The affidavit of the Widow of her Marriage to Brabrook - his Death and that she now remains his Widow-
3 rd affidavit of Esther Morgan as to the Marriage &c
4 th The affidavit of Philip Southwick, William S. Clark - Eben Pettis, John Benedict, Simon Castle and Samuel Britten as to Identity Character &c
5 th Certificate of the Town Clerk of Middletown certifying that there was no record of the Marriage &c
Your attention to it at the earliest convenient day will be duly appreciated by
Your Obed t & Humble Serv t
Agnes Bend

Certificate of Secretary of State of Massachusetts to Service of Joseph Bralock
1 st

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Dec. 19. 1838.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Joseph Brabrook served as a corporal in Gardner's company, Putnam's Regiment from April, 17, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779, thirty two months, 14 days & that said Brabrook also served as a corporal in the "Colonel's company" Putnam's Regiment from Jan. 1. 1780 to April, 17. of the same year.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

643
Oct 29 43
NY
Mar 3 rd 1843
Eunice Prather
Hon. J. L. Schwellen Memorandum of Services Washington 26.
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Cortland Village Cortland Co. N.Y. April 24 th 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I Enclose you the application of Eunice Prabrook for a Pension I wish you would pass on it as soon as convenient -
Will you have the goodness to send me by the Return of Mail the Joint Resolution of both Houses of Congress on the subject of Pensions of the 16 th & 23 rd of August 1842
I Remain Sir Yours With Respect
E. W. Edgcomb

Adms, prin & Corp $81.33
Albany Agency
Send to E. H. Edgecomb Coatland Village N.Y.
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Certificate of John Fish Town Clerk of Middletown That his records show nothing of Marriage of Eunice Brabrook
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State of Connecticut Middletown Jan'y. 9. 1839
I John Dike of lawful age depose & say that I have been for more than forty Years past have been the Town Clerk of said Town of Middletown & Register of Marriages &c. that I have carefully examined the Records & cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Joseph Brabrook to Eunice Johnson Further the Deponent saith not.
J. Dike
Subscribed and sworn this 9 th day of January 1839,
Before me,
Stillman K. Wightman, Justice of the Peace.
State of Connecticut
Middletown County
I John Dike Clerk of the County Court of P. County of Middletown do Certify that Stillman K. Wightman Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middletown as per Commission on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certificate is his proper Hand Writing & signature - In Testimony whereof I have here set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 9 th day of Jan'y 1839. J. Dike Clk

In the Matter of the application of Eunice Brabrook widow of Joseph Brabrook for a pension, under act of July 7. th 1838
Aff d of witnesses to her identity & character
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Town of Groton } I Alpheus West The Justice of the peace before whom Tompkins County } the underwritten affidavit was taken hereby certify State of New York ss } at - - - - -
John Benedict, Simeon Castle, and Samuel Britton whose names are thereto subscribed as by me personally known are each & every of them entitled to full credit as witnesses of good character, as is also Eunice Brabrook therein named who I have known personally for thirty three years - Alpheus West Justice of the Peace
Town of Groton } Tompkins County } State of New York ss } I find that John Benedict, Simeon Castle, and Samuel Britton
all of the Town of Groton in said County of Tompkins being each duly sworn before me Alpheus West of the said Town of Groton a Justice of the peace therein in & for the County of Tompkins each deposes & says for himself severally, that they were acquainted with Joseph Brabrook in his life time & also with Eunice his wife - That said Brabrook lived with his said wife & family in said Town of Groton for about Eight years next preceding the late war, at about the commencement of which said Brabrook emigrated with his said wife and family from Groton aforesaid professedly for the State of Ohio That about the close of said late war the intelligence of said Brabrook death came to Groton aforesaid & has ever since been confirmed - That soon after the close of said War the said Eunice Brabrook wife of said Joseph Brabrook returned to Groton aforesaid & has since & does now reside there That she is a person of undoubted truth integrity & respecta- bility & that during the residence of Joseph Brabrook in Groton lived with him & was his reputed wife & hath ever been since his death the reputed widow of said Joseph Brabrook, & That We are personally acquainted with her & have no doubt that she has never been married since the death of said Joseph Brabrook
Subscribed & Sworn
Alpheus West

this 25 th day of January A.D. 1839 Before me Alpheus West Justice of the Peace
William Clark Ebenezer S. Dyer John Benedict Lincoln Castle Samuel Britten
State of New York } Pomkins County } I, Walter Huntington Clerk of the County of Pomkins in the State of New York hereby certify that Alpheus West whose name is above subscribed as a Justice of the Peace, is a Justice of the Peace in for said County & was such Justice on the 25 th day of January 1839 & that the signature of said Justice both to the Certificate of the credibility of the witnesses & to their being sworn is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County & subscribed my name this first day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred & thirty nine.
W. Huntington Clerk.

State of New York Tompkins County 3 d .
On this Eighth day of April 1843 Personally appeared before the Subscriber Harvey Holden Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Tompkins Eunice Brobrook Resident of Groton Tompkins County aged Eighty four years Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 Granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Joseph Brobrook who was a Corporal in Massachusetts Line but she can't state in what Company or Regiment he served in She further declares that she received a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 & draw a pension under said act of Eighty Two dollars & Sixty Six cents per annum under said act She further declares that she is still a Widow -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above Written before -
Mr Harvey Holden Justice of the Peace
Eunice Brobrook
I hereby certify that the above named Eunice Brobrook is Personally known to me -
Harvey Holden J. P.

State of New York } County of Tompkins } ss
I Willet B. Goddard Clerk of Tompkins County do hereby certify that Henry Holden whose name is subscribed to the within certificate was at the time of making said certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County dwelling in said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 21st day of April 1843
W. B. Goddard Clerk

State of New York Tompkins County ss
On this 29 th day July 1844 personally appeared before the Subscriber Harvey Holden a Justice of the peace in said County Eunice Brabrook a resident of Groton in the said County of Tompkins aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 and the 17 th of June 1844 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the widow of Joseph Brabrook who was a private and Corporal for three years in the Continental Army in the Massachusetts Line and that she is a pensioner under the Acts of July 7 th 1838 and March 3 rd 1843 at the rate of Eighty one dollars thirty three cents and one third of a cent per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow — sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Harvey Holden Justice of the peace
Eunice Brabrook
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me
Harvey Holden Justice of the peace

State of New York } Seneca County } I Henry B Weaver Clerk of the said county of Seneca do hereby certify that Harry Holden esquire before whom the within declaration was subscribed and sworn to whose name is subscribed to the jurat thereto to the certificate thereon written was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said county commissioned & sworn & duly authorized to take the same & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice & verily believe his signature to there- to is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county at Ithaca this 21 st day of August A D 1844 Ezra Weaver Dist Clerk