Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37,767, Frederick Bigelow, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bigelow, Frederick
8 37 767
CONTENTS

Connecticut
Frederick Bigelow
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Beebe - of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley , in the Connecticut line, for the term of nine months , from 15 March 1776 to January 1777 .
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th day of April 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of April  1832 - and sent to C. S. Seymour  Esq. Litchfield, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832  39.06 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$ 39.06
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec. Book S. vol 13. fol 32

21.907
Frederick Bigelow's pension App t .

Original Claim.
Declaration, in order to be placed on the Pension List, under the Act of the 18th of March, 1818.
State of Connecticut - County of Litchfield ss. County Court September term A.D. 1831
On this 28 th day of September 1831, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, Frederick Bigelow resident in said County, aged eighty - years; who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, 1st of May, 1820, and 1st of March, 1823; and that the said Frederick Bigelow enlisted for the term of nine months - on or about the 15 th day of March in the year 1776, in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by captain Bezaleel Beebe in the regiment commanded by colonel Bradley in the line of the State of Connecticut - on the
continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until the day before the taking of Fort Washington in the fall of 1776 when he was discharged from the service, in or near Trenton in the State of New Jersey; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State, except the State of Connecticut; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension; that he made application in 1818 which failed because he could not then find proof of his service aforesaid and that then & since on account of infirmity & extreme poverty he has not been able to make the journeys necessary to find witnesses & that the difficulty of finding witnesses has been much increased by the fact that Capt Beebe's company was almost entirely cut up at the taking of Fort Washington.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st 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 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
That as it relates to my occupation, my ability to pursue it, the number and names of my family residing with me, their ages and their capacity to contribute to their support, I declare as follows, viz. that my occupation is that of a day labourer that I am quite infirm the only member of my family residing with me is a daughter aged about thirty two who has no property & is unable to contribute to my support.
The following schedule contains each article of real and personal estate now owned by the subscriber (except necessary clothing and bedding), viz.
I own no property of any kind excepting necessary clothing & bedding. The house I live in belongs to Mr. Annie Baldwin of Goshen who furnishes me with the use of it from motives of charity.
This Frederick Bigelow mark

Since the 18th of March, 1818, the following changes have been made in my property.
   Description of property. Names of persons to whom disposed of. Time of sale. Amount of money or description of property received in return.     No changes have taken place since 18th March 1818 excepting changes in clothing and bedding & excepting that a cow given me by a subscription has died — in my property since 18th March 1818 excepting changes in clothing and bedding & excepting that a cow given me by a subscription has died — Frederick Bigelow his mark  
Sworn to and declared, on the 28th day of September 1831 before the said County Court.
Certified by Frederick Wolcott Clerk —
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Frederick Bigelow did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the 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 nothing dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 28th day of September — A. D. 1831.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the  Clerk of  County County Court, County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut. —

37767 INVALID. Rey
File No. 37767
Frederick Bigelow His Rev War
Act: 18 m March 18 m
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edward Esq. of the Pension Office War Department

December April 10th 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I have just received a line from O. S. Seymour Esq. of Litchfield Conn te saying that he had forwarded papers to your office in relation to Pensions & suggesting that the Rules of your Office require a certificate of Character.
O. S. Seymour is well known to me he is a man of fair reputation & irreproachable character.
very respectfully
Your Obed t Serv t
Horatio Seymour

Free J. M. Huntington
J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office

House of Rep April 9.
Sir,
As S. Seymour Esq., of Litchfield, who has transmitted to Your office, the petition of Nathl. Bigelow, for a pension, is a gentleman well known to me, I sustain the and his respectable character:— as does also James Birge Esq., whose deposition, I understand, accompanies the petition,
(very resp. Yr obed. Serv.)
J. M. Huntington
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Litchfield Sept 28 th 1831.
To the Hon the Secretary of War,
Sir, If a certificate for a pension should be granted to me I wish you to send the same directed to Origen S. Seymour, Litchfield. Conn! he being my agent & attorney
Respectfully
your obedient servant, his Frederick X Bigelow mark

Mem: to com: 2 d April 1832
Send Cert: to O. S. Seymour

April 9, 1832
London Office 3

(Contd.) Litchfield, April 5. 1832
To the Hon Secretary of War
Inclosed are papers relating to Frederick Bigelow's application for a pension part of the papers were returned a short time since (having been presented by the Hon J. W. Huntington of House of Representatives) on the ground that two witnesses were necessary. Since the papers were returned Mr. Bigelow has found that Mr. Brige whom affidavit is enclosed was acquainted with the facts necessary to be proved. Mr. Brige is a man of the first respectability & I have requested Mr. Huntington to send you a certificate to that effect and have also requested Mr. Huntington and the Hon Horatio Seymour of the Senate to certify whatever is proper concerning myself as I understand that under a very proper regulation of the Department the character of the agent must be vouched for by responsible persons. your ob t servant,
A. S. Seymour

I John Strong of Norfolk in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy years being duly sworn do depose & say that I was a private in Captain Bezaleel Beebe's Company in Colonel Bradley's Regiment in the war of the Revolution and that I was then well acquainted with Frederick Bigelow now of Goshen in the County of Litchfield aforesaid while I was a member of said Company in March 1776 the said Bigelow enlisted into the same for the term of nine months from his enlistment said Bigelow joined the Company immediately upon his enlistment and continued to serve in it as a private through the whole term for which he enlisted. My book was during the above period was Lieutenant of said Company and Wait Beach was Ensign thereof. I do not know to what line We belonged otherwise than that We were in General Green's Brigade who took his Guard in part from our company said Bigelow was for a period in General Green's guard but just before

the time of his enlistment expired he joined his company. Said Bigelow's time expired the same day that mine did to wit on the 25 th day of December 1776 I recollect distinctly that early the next morning Bigelow and myself set out together for home from a place opposite Trenton New Jersey Our regiment & especially Capt Beebe's company was very much cut up at Fort Washington. Capt Beebe & Lieut Cook were taken prisoners there & continued prisoners a year or more Ensign Beach was absent and the company was thus entirely broken up and was not reorganized at the time I left it as aforesaid, — Until I saw said Bigelow a year or two ago I had not seen him for a period of about thirty years but I recollect him now with perfect distinctness & certainty. All the above facts I testify to from personal knowledge John Strong
State of Connecticut. Litchfield County ss Litchfield October 31. 1831. Be it remembered that on said day came before me the subscribing authority — John Strong to me known and who sustains a fair

character for truth & integrity & is a witness entitled to credit and subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated.
Before me Origen S. Seymour, Justice of the Peace,
State of Connecticut } Office of Clerk of County Court I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield hereby certify that Origen S. Seymour Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is & was at the date of said affidavit a Justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield & as such is by law authorized to administer oaths & that the signature above is his hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 16th day of February A.D. 1832.
Frederick Wolcott.

I James Biage of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do hereby duly sworn testify, and say that I am acquainted with Frederick Bigelow, now of Goshen in said County. I was a member of during the year 1776 of Capt. Benjamin Beebe's company in Col. Philip Burr Bradley's regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army. The said Bigelow enlisted into said Company in the spring of 1776 for the period of nine months, he served his time out and was discharged opposite Trenton. Simeon Cook was Lieutenant of said company and Walter Beach Ensign - At the time when said Bigelow was discharged the Ensign had the command of the company, the Captain & Lieutenant having been taken prisoners at Fort Washington or at about the time of the capture of Fort Washington. The above facts I testify to from my personal knowledge -
James Biage
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Apr 29 th 1832 Personally appeared James Biage who signed the foregoing affidavit in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. Keep no more The said Biage is personally known to me & is a witness entitled to full credit, Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } Office of the Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield.
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of said Court hereby certify that Origen S. Seymour Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is & was at the date of said affidavit a Justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield and as such is by law authorized to administer oaths & that the signature of his name is his hand Writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 2 d day of April AD 1832
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
James Birge's Affidavit.