Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15318, Joseph Bennett, R.I.

SERVICE
R.I.
NUMBER
S. 15318
Bennett, Joseph or Bennet
CONTENTS

Joseph Bennett
N o 32018
Return all other papers
admiral
7 mo. pri
$23.33/100
Hon. A. T. Judson
H R
Return to be made to
Admiral Buel
Brooklyn
Courtsville

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } SS. COUNTY OF WINDHAM, }
On this fift day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, Joseph Bennett a resident of the town of Willimantic in the County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 89 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 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:
That at Scituate in the State of Rhode Island on the 2 d day of May in the year 1775 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. William Cook , Lieut. Gilbert Marchant , Ensign Isaac Church in a Regt. commanded by Col. Thomas Church , Lieut. Col. Colt , and Major Sherburne in the Rhode Island State Troops . for the term of nine months as a private soldier , and immediately after said enlistment he joined said Comp. & Regt. at said Scituate and marched from thence through Barrington to Rockbury in the State of Massachusetts where he was stationed about three weeks, and was then ordered and marched from thence on to Prospect Hill so called in Charlestown in Massachusetts where he was stationed until a short time before he was discharged. When he went to the hospital at Watertown as a private soldier when he was discharged from the said service. The last of October on first of April 1776 having served ten months in the service of the United States as a private soldier , having served one month more than the term for which he enlisted - while he was stationed on Prospect Hill he was under the command of Genl. Mercer . He also states that William Borden of said Scituate was a member of the same company with himself . That they both enlisted and entered the said service in the same Comp. and continued in service together, and were both discharged at the same time together . The deposition of said Borden now accompanying this application, and said Borden is the only surviving member of said service can be found. Bennett further states that he has produced the best evidence, and all the evidence. He 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.
The following interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant, viz:—
1. Where and in what year were you born? I was born at said Scituate on the 19 th day of May 1745 2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have no record of my age 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? When I was called into service I lived at Scituate, I have since lived in Willimantic, State of New York and I now live in Willimantic aforesaid 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? I enlisted as above stated 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 service. such recollection Genl. Washington, Putnam, Green, Warren, Sullivan etc 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? I never recd a written discharge 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 in your services as a soldier of the revolution.
his Joseph Bennett marks

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
Attest Armin Bolles Clerk
We _____ a clergyman, residing in the town of _____ in said Windham County, and residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing 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, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
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  who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of  and that  who signed the same is a resident in the said town of  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Armin Botta & Clarke
Admirin Bolles
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont Connecticut, do
I hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Joseph Bennett for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and  & affixed the seal of said Court this 1 st day of October A.D. 1834
Armin Boller Clarke
and evidence he can procure in support of his claim for a pension
y, Canterbury, Sterling, Brooklyn, Connecticut, and in the town of Vernon in the

30405-
Connecticut
Joseph Bennett of Windham in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Corp s commanded by Captain Cook of the reg t commanded by Col Church in the Rhode Is d 7 months priv a
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Feb y 1886 and sent to Hon ble Judson Paige
Arrears to the 4th of March 1885 116.65 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept r 11.66
$128.31
32018
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan d Boyd Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 3 Page 5

Joseph Bonnell's 2 nd Supplemental Declaration

State of Connecticut Ss County of Windham Zfs.
On this 17 th day of November A D 1835, personally appeared Mr. Joseph Bennett, and after being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration:
That since the last return of his papers from the Pension Office, he has not been able to procure any additional evidence in support of his claim for a pension, excepting the affidavits herunto annexed respecting his moral character.
As to the service of the Rhode Island troops at Prospect Hill he well recollects of being there at the time and in the manner stated in his first Declaration; and from his best recollection at the present time, he cannot add to, or take from that statement. He would respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions to the life & writings of Washington as published by Sparks, in the Appendix to Vol. 3 d page 488, the writer in speaking of the state of the Army at Cambridge when Washington took the command says, "The right wing was at Roxbury under Genl. Thomas, on the left at Prospect Hill was Genl. Greene with part of the Rhode Island troops, having also in his division the New Hampshire Regiment at Medford." and it will be found from the letters of Washington contained in said Vol. that during the winter of

1775-6 it was with great difficulty that he (Washington) could persuade the troops under his command, whose term of service had expired to remain longer with him, until the recruits who were to supply their place could arrive at camp. — As to the Captain of the Company under whom he served, he still from his best recollection believes his name was William Cook.
The record furnished by the Secretary of Rhode Island states "that Benjamin Seabury was elected Capt. Gilbert Manchester, Supt. etc." This applicant verily believes that Benjamin Seabury never went into the service of the U.S. with the other officers named as his associates. He might have died, or from some other cause did not enter the service, and his place was supplied by Capt. Cook.
The applicant long delayed his application for a Pension in order to procure the Affidavit of William Borden he being the only survivor, living at the time and known to said applicant, and whether said Borden is now living or not, this applicant has not the means of knowing. — He has furnished the best and all the evidence in his power, in support of his claim for a pension, he is entirely destitute of property and it is through the kindness of his friends that he has been enabled thus far to present his claim at the Pension Office. — And owing to his extreme old age the bounty of his country unless soon received will probably do him no good, He therefore submits his case to the consideration of

Pennies, hoping he will allow him a pension for such length of time as the justice of his case the rules of the Department, and the laws of his Country will permit, and whatever sum shall be allowed him he will gratefully receive, and therewith be content -
Joseph his X Bennell marks
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid. Before me
Almin Bolles Justice of the Peace
I Almin Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Almin Bolles before whom the foregoing Affidavit of S d Bennell was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his handwriting &c.
In testimony whereof the seal of said Court is hereunto affixed at Brooklyn in said County this 18 th day of November, A D 1835.
Almin Bolles Clerk

Dr. Bennett's Supplemental Declaration —

State of Connecticut } ss. Killingly January 12 th 1835 County of Windham }
Then Personally appeared before the undersigned authority, Mr. Joseph Bennett of said Killingly, who is a person well known to me as a credible witness, and after first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - That he said Bennett enlisted in the manner, and at the time and place as stated in his former declaration and served during the period and in the capacity as therein stated, and the reason why he served a longer time than his said enlistment was to comply with the urgent request of Genl. Washington that the troops whose time had expired might remain in service until others could arrive in camp to supply their place - He further states that there is no mistake about the time, place and period of his said service, he well recollects all the facts by him stated in his former declaration, which was made & sworn to by him before the County Court for said Windham County on the 1 st day of Oct r 1834, and which said service he has proved by the only survivor, William Borden, whose deposition accompanies this application, and he said Bennett has been informed that the said Borden is now drawing a pension for the same service for which he the said Bennett now asks of his Government a like favor - The said Bennett further states that he is entirely destitute of property, and for that reason he has never been able to procure the affidavit of said Borden until the 24 th of Sept r 1834, and this he assigns as the reason why his application for a pension has been so long delayed - The said Bennett further states that he has done all in his power, and has furnished all the evidence he can in support of his claim for a pension, and he hopes and trusts that the department will no longer hesitate, but grant him the small pittance now his due -
Joseph his + Bennett marks
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid Before me William Bolles Justice of the Peace

Ammi Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Ammi Bolles before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing in due form -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County This 12 th day of January A.D. 1835.
Ammi Bolles Clerk

10315
Joseph Bennett Madison Co New York
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Peter Marcy Jr Esq. Gazanovia. Madison Co New York

766

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 shew 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, shewing the Service of Joseph Bunnell. Madison Co. New York
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 " 8 " Private Capt Cook Lt Wm Marchant ter - - Lt Col Rich Lt Col Milley Maj Shuy Burn - - None Mess 88 years Rhode Is Declaration   No date 1 6 " Minuteman Not stated Not stated " Not stated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions:
The service of minute man cannot be allowed as continuous. It must specify his term & the line of active service for which alone the law provides, -

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 day 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.
I, _____ 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 (1) 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 enquiry 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 three 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 embodied 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 affix 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 [j] 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.
Joseph Raper Esq

Rev. and 1812 + Section MBE/eel Order
April 11, 1929
P.C.Bissell 1009 West Boulevard Hartford, Connecticut
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 15318 , it appears that Joseph Bennett was born, May 19, 1744 or 1745, in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
While residing in Tiverton, Rhode Island, he enlisted, May 8, 1775, served as a private in Captain William Cook's Company, Colonel Thomas Church's Rhode Island Regiment and was discharged about April 1, 1776.
After the above service he stood as a minute man for at least eighteen months, no dates, details of service or officers names given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, while a resident of Nelson, Madison County, New York, where he had lived for sixteen years, and, previous to that time, he resided in Windham County, Connecticut. In 1834 he was living in Killingly, Windham

County, Connecticut.
There are no data concerning his family.
Due to the very large of requests similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each inquiry pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution.
Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Death not on A. B.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York Madison County } On this 8 th day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison and State aforesaid now sitting Joseph Bennett a resident of the town of Nelson County and State aforesaid, aged Eighty Eight years, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereon stated -
Immediately after the Battle of Bunker Hill he enlisted at Swanton in the Rhode Island State Troops for Eight months in the Company of Capt William Cook - Lieut Colonel Francis Gilbert Manshote (who deserted and was retaken & driven out of camp) then Lieut Israel Church and Ensign Edward Dlocum
The officers of the Regiment were Col Church Lieut Col Miller and Major Shuburne - The Regiment marched immediately to Roxbury in Massachusetts and encamped near that place - and remained there until after the Battle of Bunker Hill when the Regiment removed the encampment to Prospect Hill It was called by way of designation the Rhode Island Regiment and

was immediately under General Nathaniel Greene - And he always fitted his service with the Regiment to which Declarant belonged - Declarant continued in service as aforesaid until the full expiration of his term of enlistment.
Declarant stood as a minut man for one year & six months after his term of service expired at Bristol and was constantly under arms for that time in the militia
He has never applied for a pension and he hereby renounced all claims to a pension but the present -
Declarant was born at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island the 19 th day of May 1844
He has no record of his age
He removed the latter part of the war to Windham County in Connecticut and lived there in different towns until fifteen years ago when he moved to the town of Nelson County of Madison New York State where he now lives
He volunteered in the service
He recalls Genl Washington Genl Sullivan Lieut General of the Regular troops

Declarant received no written discharge from Service and had no documentary evidence of his Service and knows of no testimony he can procure.
He had never applied for a pension and is not on the pension roll of any State and hereby acknowledges all claims to a pension but the present
He is known in his present neighborhood to Simon Haskell Nathan Smith Dr. William Mead James T. Woolley and Luther Smith who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and the belief of his Service as a Soldier of the revolution.
Sworn & subscribed to the 8 th day of October 1832. A. S. Sloan Clk.
Joseph X Bennett Mark We Simon Haskell & Nathan
Smith residents of the town of Nelson County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Bennett who has submitted and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty Eight Years old that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed to this 8 th day of October 1832.
A. S. Sloan Clk. Simeon Haskell Nathan Smith

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he stated and the Court further certify that Simon Haskell & Nathan Smith who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of the town of Nelson aforesaid and credible persons and that the statement is entitled to credit.
I Andrew D Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Bennett for a pension.
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of October 1832
A. S. Sloan Clk.
Joseph Bennett application for a pension
10315

New York
Rev.
Joseph Bennett
Suspended
Subt to P. Mounj
Feb. 7. 1835
N o 33018
Connecticut
Joseph Bennett
Suspended
Let to Hon. A. T. Judson 8 Dec 35
Same 7 January 1836
adm a
Hon. A. T. Judson

Ex'r.
INVALID.
NO. 766
REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Joseph Darnell P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name " HENRY BOWEN " to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law : Wherefore unto his said attestation, full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this sixth
day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four and of Independence the fifty-ninth
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secy

"the Encampment upon Jamaica Plains, in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay:"
That at January session following the adjourned resolution was passed
"It is voted and Resolved, That Col. Thomas Church be directed and fully empowered to pay the Ensigns in the service of the colony now at Head Quarters at Cambridge, and to those who are returned from said service, ten shillings lawful money each per month, from the first day of December September to the thirty first day of December last, being four months: and that he draw a sufficient sum out of the general treasury for that purpose."
Henry Bowen Sccry

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Secretary's Office Nov r 6 th A D 1834.
I certify that at the session of the General Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island & held on the first Wednesday in May seventeen hundred seventy five an act was passed entitled "An act for embodying, supplying and paying the Army of Observation ordered to be raised for the defence of the colony." That the men enlisted to serve to the last day of December then next unless sooner discharged. That at said session, Thomas Church was elected Colonel, William Turner Miller, Lieutenant Col. and John Forrest Major of the Regiment to be raised in the counties of Newport and Bristol. That Benjamin Peabody was elected Captain, Gilbert Manchester Lieutenant and Israel Church Ensign of a company in the regiment of Newport and Bristol. as appears of record. I further certify that there is no roll of the men belonging to said army, in this office.
Witness Henry Bowen Secy.
I further certify, that it appears that said Army of observation was encamped upon Jamaica Plain in Massachusetts in June seventeen hundred seventy five, as at that time an act was passed entitled "An act to prevent Desertion from the Army of Observation." the preamble of which is as follows
"Whereas some of the Soldiers of the Army of Observation raised by this Colony, have shamefully deserted from

Affidavit of Isedediah Morse

I Jedidiah Morse of Canterbury in Windham County, Connecticut aged 73 years, do testify and say that for twenty years past I have been acquainted with Mr. Joseph Bennet of Killingly, now here present that said Bennet is a man of fair character, of strict integrity and that his memory is good for a man of his years, and in my opinion the Comt. of Pensions may place full confidence in his statements respecting his revolutionary services — Jedidiah Morse
State of Connecticut } County of Windham } ss. Brooklyn Nov. 17 th 1835
Then personally appeared Mr. Jedidiah Morse who is well known to me as a credible witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him submitted — Before me
Armin Bolles Justice of the Peace
I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby Certify that Armin Bolles before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County that the foregoing signature of the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing &c —
In testimony whereof the seal of said Court is hereunto affixed at Brooklyn in said County this 18 th day of Nov. AD 1835 — Armin Bolles Clerk

William Putnam of Brooklyn in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut aged 52 years do depose and say that I have known Mr. Joseph Bennett now of Stillingly in said County from my childhood, that he is a man of fair character of strict integrity, and that his memory is very good for a man of his years and in my opinion the Commission of Pensioners may place full confidence in his statements respecting his revolutionary services. —
Brooklyn November 30 th 1835. — W m Putnam
State of Connecticut } County of Windham } ss. Brooklyn Nov. 30 th 1835. Then Mr. William Putnam Signer of the foregoing affidavit, who is a credible witness, personally appeared and made solemn oaths to the truth the same Before me.
Armin Bolles Justice of the Peace
I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that Armin Bolles before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing &c
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 30 th day of Nov. 1835
Armin Bolles Clerk

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name "HENRY BOWEN" to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law : Wherefore unto his said attestation, full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four and of Independence the fifty- ninth
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secry

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's Office Sept r 24. A 1834
I certify that at the date of the annexed certificate signed in the proper hand writing of Charles Durfee, he the said Charles was a Justice of the Peace for the town of Tiverton, duly elected and commissioned: as appears of record in this office.
Witness Henry Bowen Secy.

In the matter of Joseph Bennett my Applicant for a Pension
State of New York
Madison County ss Be it known that on the 4 th day of June 1833 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Madison personally appeared Joseph Bennet the Applicant above named to me well known as a man of truth and veracity who being duly sworn doth depose and say that during the period stated in his declaration he stood as a minute man he was not in actual service at all and that he therefore claims a pension only for the period he was in actual service at Boston or near there as stated in his declaration
And Deponent further says that since he made his declaration he has discovered that William Borden a soldier who was in service at the same time with Deponent is still living or was last known of And that the affidavit herewith enclosed was received by him sometime in January or February last Past
And further saith not Joseph his Bennett sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me - Nathan Smith justice of the peace

State of New York County of Madison I Andrew J. Sloan Clerk of the said County do certify that Nathan Smith before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and rightly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signa- ture — Witness my hand & Seal of office this 22 d day of October 1833.
A. J. Sloan Clerk
E. Barnard Dep. Clk

I William Borden of Newton in the County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island aged eighty years, after first being sworn according to law do depose and say that I have known Joseph Bennett now of Wickwight in the County of Windham State of Connecticut for more than sixty years past, and that in the month of May in the year 1775 the said Joseph Bennett enlisted with me in a company of militia commanded by Capt William Cook in Col Thomas Church's Regiment in the Rhode Island State Service for nine months. The said Joseph Bennett with the company into which he enlisted were ordered to Boston immediately after said enlistment and was stationed with said company in Roxbury the town adjoining Boston on the South East as a guard to watch the movements of the enemy and prevent them from crossing over to Boston-neck so called. There the said Bennett continued but a few weeks, when he with the company in which he was enlisted were ordered to Prospect Hill, so called in Charlestown in the State of Massachusetts, where the said Bennett with others was employed in building a Fort until the last of March or the beginning of April in the year 1776. The said Joseph Bennett was in the said service at the time above mentioned in the war of the Revolution ten months being one month more than the time for which he had enlisted. I well recollect all the above facts as I have stated them the said Bennett and myself served in the same company sure both dismissed at the same time.
William Borden
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Newport ss at Newton in said County of Newport on this 24 th day of Septem r in the year 1834 S. Hereby Certify That the above named William Borden then appeared before me subscribed the above Deposition and gave oath to the truth of the same and I further certify that the said William is a credible witness
Charles Durfee Justice of the Peace

cur. born. F.S.
Mrs. Frank B. Brooklyn, N.Y.
P
15318
INVALID.
File No. 15318
Joseph Bennett Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1893, Mar. 10.
Hist. to Gideon See Hartford, Ct.
Feb. 17/99 Mil. Hist. to Warland, 66 Willow St.
1916, Jan. 8. History to T. D. Huntington. F.W.
1929-April 11, Hist to H. C. Bissell, M.E.E.

O. W. and N. Div. DIVISION.
F. S. Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan. 11, 1894.
Respectfully returned to Mrs. Kate L. H. Haviland, #66 Willow St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Please furnish for purposes of identification, the soldier's place of residence after the war and the Christian name of his widow if one survived him.
Return all papers with your reply.
Joseph Bennett granted a pension Oct 1 st 1834 while residing at Killingly Conn. Wife Bathsheba Turner. J. W. Lockhorn
Commissioner.

To William Lockman Commissioner.
These facts are given me by Dr Eiden C. Segur of Stamford Conn. my first cousin - in same line of descent as myself. who says he procured a letter from Pension Office last March. estab- lishing proof of same. But mere statement of facts will not admit me to the Society in New Jersey or Brooklyn - without I have some paper - Or the Registrar General of Society Mrs M. C. M. Carey could herself find some proof in Vol. — Please in answer
give me amount of charges for in- formation - which I will forward at once -
Mrs Frank Hainland 66 Hillside Street Brooklyn. N. Y.

(3-464.)
W.P.W. DIVISION. B.
McG Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Nov. 2, 1892.
Respectfully returned to Dr. Gideon C. Segur 1566 Broad St. Hartford Conn. for name of State from which the soldier enlisted and where he resided at date of death.
NOV 10 1892
Ebenezer D. Lincoln Commissioner.
3142 b-100m
(o 6-059)
L.L.

Harford - Nov. 4. 1892
Am sorry to say that my knowledge is very limited respecting my mother's grandfather upon her mother's side. There are no family records that I can find which give any of the facts.
My mother from memory states that her mother died 55 years ago and that her grandfather Joseph Bennett died at their home in West Killings by about two years earlier which would make the date about 1835.
Said Joseph Bennett was in receipt of a pension from the U.S. Government at the time of his death which he had been receiving but a few years, at most, to the best of her (my mother's) recollection. Joseph Bennett's son residing in Brooklyn Conn. was instrumental in getting the pension for his father. Yours Respectfully Gideon Pease

CH FRANK HAVILAND, FIFTH AVE. COR. 26TH STREET NEW YORK.
To Pension Dept. Washington D. C.
Wishing to procure letter as proof of eligibility to membership of the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution. Would be glad if there could be sent me what- is known of Joseph Bennett of Tiverton R. I. (from whose daughter I am descendant.) and who for a short time served in the Revolutionary War. Address and oblige Mrs Kate Leavens Hyde Haviland 66 Willow St. Brooklyn N. Y.

My Mother - Cathrine A. Cundall Grandmother - (Ephraim's galled) Clarissa Bennett daughter of Joseph Bennett and Bathsheba Turner his wife. Joseph Bennett Born Tiverton R.I. 19 of May 1745 - Died Killington Conn 26 of April 1836 - Enlisted at Tiverton R.I - as private - under Capt - William Cook - Col Thomas Church served - 10 months - Applied for pension Oct 1 st 1834 in his 90 th year - which was granted by the U.S. Gov. Katie L. Hyde Harland

L. L.

Dr. Segur's Private Sanatorium, 1566 Broad St., Hartford, Conn.
Oct. 29-1892
U.S. Pension Commissioner. Dear Sir.
My grandfather Joseph Bennett died in Killingly Conn. in 1836 or 37 and at the time of his death was in receipt of a pension. Please inform me from the records of your office the grounds upon which the pension was granted. I am desirous of establishing my eligibility to membership in the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Respectfully Yours Gideon Segur

SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HEADQUARTERS 220 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
For the purpose of proving the service of a revolutionary ancestor of a candidate will you please send me a copy of the service of JOSEPH BENNETT, who enlisted in the Rhode Island Militia at Tiverton, R.I., May 2nd 1775 and served 10 months in Capt. Wm. Cook's company, under Col. Thomas Church.
The said JOSEPH BENNETT was allowed a pension, but am not able to give date. He died in Danielson, Conn. in 1836.
Yours very truly,
Registrar

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THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 President GEORGE S. GODARD State Library, Hartford  Vice-Presidents Maj. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE Bridgeport DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE New Haven FRANK E. SANDS Meriden  Secretary ROBERT F. BRADLEY 306 Meigs Bldg., Bridgeport  Treasurer HARRY H. PRITCHARD 886 Main St., Bridgeport
 Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford  Historian FRANK A. CORBIN 185 Church St., New Haven  Chaplain Rev. ORVILLE A. PETTY 395 Englewood Ave., New Haven  Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP P. O. Box 734, Hartford  Trustee to National Society WILLIAM W. BUCKINGHAM 444 Humphrey St., New Haven
F. CLARENCE BISSELL, Registrar 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
Apr. 3. 1929
DELEGATE AT LARGE TRACEY B. WARREN
DELEGATES
WILLIAM G. BAXTER ELI BIRDSEY DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE CLARENCE BLAKESLEE WILLIAM H. BURR F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON FREDERICK A. DOOLITTLE ARTHUR C. KLOCK ARTHUR S. LANE A. MCCLELLAN MATHEWSON FREDERIC T. MURRLLESS, JR. HANS C. OWEN JOHN M. PARKER, JR. EDGAR L. POND SEYMOUR N. ROBINSON ERNEST E. ROGERS FRANK E. SANDS CHARLES E. P. SANFORD WILLIAM A. SCHENCK JOHN A. SPAFFORD ALFRED SPENCER, JR. MARTIN WELLES HERBERT H. WHITE CLARENCE HORACE WICKHAM ARTHUR E. WOODRUFF
OTHER MANAGERS
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WILLIS N. BARBER, Meriden F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON, New Haven FREDERICK A. DOOLITTLE, Bridgeport EARLE M. WOOD, Norwich ADRIAN L. MULLOY, Waterbury CHARLES A. QUINTARD, Norwalk MALCOLM D. RUDD, Salisbury ELMER H. SPAULDING, New London CHARLES G. STONE, Hartford HARRY E. TARGETT, Danbury
U.S. Pension Office
Have you a pension record for one Joseph Denault of Farmington R.D. - 1745-1836. or his widow? He is said to have served under Capt. Cross & Col. Thomas Church, 10 mos. from May 2. 1775 Did either of these men come to hand? as being for Record of Josiah Hallister and as a descendant? I do not find an answer.
Respectfully F. C. Bissell - Reg

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ statement of the military history of Joseph Bennett of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 15,318.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 2, 1775 10 mos Pri. Wm Cook Thomas Church R. I.                                     
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Liverton, R. I.
Date of application for pension, Oct 8, 1832. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Nelson, Madison Co. N. Y.
Age at date of application, B. May 19, 1744 & 1745, at Liverton, R. I.
Remarks: In 1834, he was a resident of Killingly, Windham Co., Conn.
There is no data relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.