Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 750, Isaac Bennett, Mass

SERVICE
Mass
Bennett, Isaac Catharine
NUMBER
R. 750
CONTENTS

Declaration of Mrs. Catharine Burnett

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
On this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty seven personally appeared in open Court before Hon. John P. Cushman Recorder of Troy & Judge of the Mayor's Court now sitting in the City of Troy County aforesaid Catharine Bennett a resident of the Town of Stephenson in the County of Rensselaer & State of New York aged Eighty Nine years who being duly sworn, according to her oath, made the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 that she is now the Widow of Isaac Bennett late of the Town of New Canaan County of Columbia & State of New York deceased
That she was married to said Isaac Bennett in the Month of May the 21 st day in the year 1769 at New Milford Town in the State of Connecticut that they lived together until the 17 th of February 1809 when the said Isaac Bennett died that her husband the said Isaac Bennett as she has been informed and justly believes was born at New Milford in the State of Connecticut on the 15 th day of April 1747 as appears by Bible Record
That she has been informed & believes her husband the said Isaac Bennett served much in the War of the Revolution that in the year 1775 as soon as she can recollect in the Month of August he enlisted as a soldier & went to Boston or Cambridge Mts. that in October in January 1776 Caleb Bennett his brother resided with her in his absence and about the time of Montgomery's defeat he enlisted again & marched to Canada or Lake Champlain which was soon after his return from Cambridge or Boston as she is informed & justly believes he went under Capt. Jacob Parsons of Richmond Mts. that he returned home about June 1776 after the year 1776 he was often called out on alarms and does justly believe he served as a soldier one third of the time for 3 or 4 years but from the lapse of time and age & loss of her husband she is now unable to state any further particular periods of service or offices names under whom he served that he resided in Stockbridge Mts. at the interval of his service at which place he lived until his death a few years before that she has no written documents of any discharge

from said service nor knows of any such documents or papers that she knows of no other persons (except Caleb Bennett & Abraham Taylor who are herewith sent) that can testify to the services of her husband Isaac Bennett that she knows Nathan Howard & Claudius Moffitt Henry Pratt Apollos Noble Stephen S. P. Pills & Calvin P. Sackett and many other persons residing in the neighbourhood who can testify to her character for truth & veracity and the truth of said Isaac Bennett being a soldier of the Revolution and his services as such. She further relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and desires that her name is not on the pension roll or agency of any state that she is still unmarried and widowed and still remains the widow of Isaac Bennett deceased. She further says that the said Isaac Bennett was as sergeant at several terms of his service. 1 That she was born in Newtown on the 19th March 1743
2 That she has a record of her age in a family Bible now in her possession in a Republican affair
3 That her husband Isaac Bennett resided in Stockbridge Mass. since the Revolutionary War to the time of his death
4 That she cannot tell any more respecting the manner of her husband's being called into service than what she has above stated
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 the answers as above stated in her declaration
Subscribed from this day 4 years aforesaid in Open Court Henry W. Bristol Clerk
Catharine F. Bennett mark

We Nathan Howard & Claudius Moffitt residing in the Town of Stephentown County of Rensselaer & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Catherine Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe her to be Eighty nine years of age that we believe her statement above to be correct and that she is a person of truth & veracity and also believe from good authority that Isaac Bennett was married & lived in the neighborhood where he is said to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid in Open Court Nathan Howard Claudius Moffitt Henry R Bristol Clerk
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 said Isaac Bennett was a revolutionary soldier and died as stated in the above declaration and the above named applicant is now the widow of said Isaac Bennett and a credible person as appears to the Court and the Court further certify that it appears that Nathan Howard & Claudius Moffitt who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents as in said certificate mentioned and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
City of Troy N.Y. I Henry R Bristol Clerk of the Mayor's Court of the City of Troy do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the proceedings had before the said Court in the matter of the above application In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court this 7th day of September 1837
Henry R Bristol Clerk

State of New York Rensselaer County and ss - Township of Stephentown } On this Eleventh day of June A.D. 1847 } personally appeared before me Lehurum Simmons Mrs Lucy Ryan a resident of the State Town and County aforesaid. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath depose and say that she is now fifty nine years of age. And is the daughter of the late Isaac Bennett & Catherine Bennett now deceased and that her said mother was at the time of her decease a claimant for a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary services of her said husband who was the father to this deponent. Whose services were said to have been performed under Captain Jacob Parsons in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Brown of Massachusetts. And under other officers of said State and that her said father joined the American Service in the year 1775 and served under several different requisitions in that & other States during the Revolutionary War. And this deponent as the representative of her said father & mother makes this declaration for the purpose of causing the Revolutionary records of Massachusetts to be searched for proof of the services of her said father and a Certificate obtained for the same in support of her claim for the pension due her said mother at the time of her decease Subscribed and sworn before me Lucy Ryan this Eleventh day of June 1847 Lehurum Simmons Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit is a lady of respectability and her statements are entitled to confidence for truth & veracity
Attest: (Signature) 11/14/47 (Signature) Simmons and (Signature) the Dea
STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Gebulon Simmons before whom the annexed affidavit was made and whose name is there- unto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this fifteenth day of
June
1847
A. H. Sheldon CLERK.
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I do hereby certify the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit is a lady of respectability and whose statements are entitled to confidence for truth & veracity
Elizabethton Tenn June 11 th 1847 Presbyterian Co 1847
John M. Simmons Justice of the Peace
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
the revolutionary records of Massachusetts to be searched for proof of the services

Rolls of Capt Jacob Parson. The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name from the County of Berkshire
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Caleb Bennet of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts being of lawful age on my oath do testify and say - That by the records kept by My father of the birth of his children which are now in my possession - my brother Isaac Bennet was born at New Milford Connecticut April 15 th 1747 - I was born October 21 st 1758 - That the said Isaac Bennet was married to Catherine Dayton in the latter part of April or fore part of May 1769. I was not present at the marriage ceremony but was then residing at my father's house in New Milford where the said Isaac immediately after his marriage brought the said Catherine on a visit - I do know that the said Isaac lived with the said Catherine as man and wife from that time untill his death which I think took place in 1809. - That the said Catherine now resides in Stehenstown New York - That soon after the said Isaac's marriage he moved into Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts - That in August 1775 I went to the said Isaac's house in Stockbridge and resided there untill the January following and took charge of his affairs during his absence - That soon after my arrival the said Isaac enlisted as a soldier into the Military service and according to my best recollection served under Captain Pearl and went to Cambridge in Massachusetts - That he returned to Stockbridge in the fore part of January 1776 at which time I returned to my father, at New Milford.
I make the following statements not from personal knowledge, but from having often heard the said Isaac relate them as services he performed during the Revolutionary War. That soon after he returned from Cambridge, the news that General Montgomery had

been defeated before Quebec and more troops were wanted to strengthen his army he enlisted under captain Jacob Parsons of Richmond and Marched to Canada, that he crossed Lake Champlain upon the ice and arrived at Que- bec and lay encamped there until spring. That he with the army then retreated to Montreal and there returned their arms. That he then returned to Stockbridge and arrived there about the middle of June 1776. That in 1776 or 1777 he served under Col. Brown in an expedition to East Bay, proba- bly near Lake George, where they captured a body of British troops and took a number of Prisoners. The said Isaac has related to me several other expeditions and terms of service he performed during the war, but I do not now distinctly recol- lect when and where they were or how long he was out at any one time. And further Deponent saith not.
Caleb Bennett
State of Massachusetts } Stockbridge Berkshire County ss } July 8. 1837
Then personally appeared the above named Caleb Bennett and made oath in due form of Law that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed, contained the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me
Lawson D. Bidwell Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Caleb Bennett and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Lawson D. Bidwell Justice of the Peace

December 21, 1937
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Mrs. George Sargent Route # 2 Utica, Illinois
ISAAC BENNETT R. 750 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of the Revolutionary War soldiers, Isaac Bennett who, you state, was born in 1743, lived in Lebanon, Massachusetts, married Kersha Dayton, daughter of Deacon Isaac Dayton of Stockbridge, and died in February, 1808, also, of Isaac Dayton, father of Catharine, who served from Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and died June, 1812, in Kent, Connecticut.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of an Isaac Bennett identical with your description, nor for any Isaac Dayton; however, the record has been found of an Isaac Bennett which answers your description in some respects, and it is furnished herein as shown in pension claim, R. 750, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Isaac Bennett was born April 15, 1747, in New Milford, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
Isaac Bennett married May 4, 1769, in New Milford, Connecticut, Catharine Dayton, who was born March 19, 1745, in Newtown, Connecticut. The names of her parents are not shown. Their marriage was recorded in the records of the First Church and Ecclesiastical Society of New Milford, Connecticut. Soon after marriage, the soldier moved to Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He died February 7, 1808, in New Canaan, Columbia County, New York.
Catharine Bennett, widow of Isaac, applied for pension September 7, 1837, while a resident of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York. She alleged that her husband, Isaac Bennett, while a resident of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, enlisted in August, 1775, and that he served until January 1, 1776, in Captain Pearl's Massachusetts company; that soon after this tour, he enlisted under Captain Jacob Parsons to go to Quebec and

encamped there until spring, then retreated to Montreal and returned to Stockbridge about the middle of June, 1776; that in 1776 or 1777, he served on an expedition to East Bay near Lake George under Colonel Brown and that he assisted in capturing a number of British prisoners and that on several tours he served as a sergeant.
Catharine Bennett's claim was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished in accordance with the requirements of the pension law. She died prior to June 11, 1847, exact date not given.
The only child of Isaac Bennett and his wife, Catharine, whose name was designated in the claim was a daughter, Mrs. Lucy Ryan who, in 1847, was aged fifty-nine years and a resident of the Township of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York. The given name of Lucy Ryan's husband was not shown.
Caleb Bennett, brother of the soldier, Isaac Bennett, was born October 21, 1758, and in 1837 was living in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

I Ephraim Taylor, of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of Lawful age (viz in my Eighty fifth year) on my oath do testify and say That I was well acquainted with Isaac Bennett who lived in Stockbridge in said County of Berkshire. I know of his entering into the military service of the United States and going as a private Soldier to Boston in the year 1775 - I cannot state the time he went to Boston - But he continued in the service until he returned to Stockbridge which I think was in January 1776. Soon after he returned from Boston he enlisted under Capt. Jacob Parsons and went to Canada - How long he continued in the service at that time I cannot state I think and believe he returned in June 1776 - I was with said Bennett under Col. Brown at the time the British army had possession of Tienderoga and served with him in the Northern army - I know that said Bennett was one of the Party that took the Prisoners at Lake George in August 1776 or 1777 Soon after the Prisoners were taken I returned to Stockbridge and I believe I left said Bennett in the army - And further the Deponent saith not - Eph m Taylor
State of Massachusetts } Stockbridge June 8. 1837 Berkshire County ss.
Then the above named Ephraim Taylor personally appeared and made oath in due form of Law that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed was true before me Lawson D. Bidwell Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Ephraim Taylor and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Lawson D. Bidwell Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss:
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Berkshire do certify that Lawson D. Bidwell Esq before whom the foregoing depositions of Ephraim Taylor & Caleb Bennett were taken was on the eighth day of June last several times has been vs now a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & I further certify that the foregoing signatures purporting to be by the said Bidwell & his certificate of the oath taken after of the said Bennett & Taylor are in his own proper handwriting —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of July 1839 — Charles Sedgwick Clerk
W. B. Russell

W. H. Hays
D. S. 7. 48
W. H. Hays D. S. 7. 48

78 Pension Office (Decem. 17 th , 1848
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 10 th Insto. respecting the case of Catharine Bennett widow of Isaac Bennett have to state that no portion of the alleged service of her husband has been satisfactorily established.
Wm H Adypt. Esq New York

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Stephentown Rensselaer County State New York March 12 th 1844
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Sir
I herewith send additional proof of the Marriage of Mr. Mary Horton & a Certificate of Justin Taylor which was omitted at the time of her making oath to her Declaration
I also inclose the claims of Mrs. Catharine Bennett and Mrs. Lucretia Holcomb these two cases as you will see by the dates were made out some years since soon after the date of Mrs. Holcomb's Declaration I handed both those claims to Mr. Ebenezer Wadsworth who informed me that he was going to Washington but failed of going & returned said claims where in my absence they were placed in a bundle of my Justice's papers where I never thought of looking (at least) for Pension papers great search has been made by Mr. Wadsworth as he supposed he had never returned them, and I always supposed he had them until last week they were found I now send them hoping they may prove an advantage to those old Mrs.
Yours Truly
Nathan Howard

W. H. Ways July 3. '47

Pension Office July 3. 1847
Sir
The Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts in the Case of Catherine Bennett also shows that Isaac Bennett served in the Militia of that State some short time, amounting to 1 mo 13 days. Only admitting that this service was all rendered by Mrs Bennett's husband it would fall far short of the amount required to entitle her to a pension.
There is no direct proof of Bennett's alleged service under Capt Paver in 1776. and that claimed to have been rendered by him in 1775 should be specified as required by the regulations and sustained by the records in the office of the Secretary of State at Boston before it can be allowed.
Unless it can be shown to the satisfaction of this department that Mrs Bennett's husband rendered as much as 6 mos service her claim cannot be admitted.
William H. Day Esq. No 667. Federal Street Bost.

James L Edmond Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sir
In the case of Catherine Brimmet late of Hephontown Rensselaer Co in this State, late Widow of Isaac Brimmet, and who was a claim ant for a pension at the time of her decease, and whose claim has been put into my hands by her daughter and N Hoerd Esqrs their former agnts. and in whose case I forwarded a certificate for several short periods of service credited to Isaac Brimmet on the revolutionary records of Massachusetts) On the 25 th June 1827 to the pension department. And recd an answer thereto dated July 3rd 1827, But which answer did not state how much service had been previously been proved in favor of the said claimant. And which I have no means of ascertaining as I do not possess a full copy of the original papers forwarded to the department. Will you do us the favor to let us know how much service of said parole or do commu- tary has been furnished in support of the above claim- And also what service exists of said services on the records now under the control of your department at Washington -
Yours Sir
New York Nov 10 th 1828
Very respectfully
Jas L Edw. Edg. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Yours & Wm H Hoyst

W.H. Woot
July 30-47
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Pension Office 250 May 30 1847
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 5 th inst. respecting the case of Catherine Bennett I have to inform you that we have no rolls of Capt. Parsons Company for 1776 in this Office, nor does the records of this Department furnish any evidence of the service of Mrs. Bennett's husband either in 1775 or 1776.
This Claim should be sustained by such proof as has heretofore been called for before it can be admitted
M. K. Hoyt Esq. N 447 Greenwich Street NY

Nathan Kemand
Sept 24. '44

Pension Office
Sept 24 44.
Sir - The papers in the case of Catharine Bennett widow of Isaac Bennett claiming a pension under the Act of July 4 th 36 have been examined and filed. The proofs of identity and date of the marriage are satisfactory. The service should be established by the certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts in whose keeping the revolutionary rolls of that State now are
Nathan Howard Stephenstown NY
" 6129. Act July 4 th 36 "

New York July 3 rd 1847
Sir
As there are now no records of the alleged service of Capt Jacob Parsons of Berkshire County Massachusetts in the possession of the Secretary of that State. (As belonging to a regiment commanded by Col John Brown) Will the Commissioners of Pensions please cause the revolutionary records of the Mass Service to be examined for proof of either sustaining or discrediting the claim asserted by Mrs Catherine Bennett, for a pension, claimed in part for services alleged to have been performed under Capt Parsons who was said to have commanded a company of Col Browns Regiment. As I am informed that there are much more full records of the Massachusetts Service in Washington than in Boston And if so the proof of the alleged service may yet be within the reach under the control of the pension Department. And if the proof of Capt Parsons Service or otherwise is there to be found, it would greatly assist in establishing the point

Whether the alleged Service was not performed.
I am very respectfully Yours &c
Wm. H. Hoyt.
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions No 667 Greenwich St Washington D.C. M.H.

New York June 25 th 1827
In accordance with the requests of Nathan Howard Esq. the foreign agent of Mrs Catherine Bennett of Stephentown Rensselaer Co. and also by her daughter Miss Lucy Bryan to represent them as regards for the present allowance for what time was due Mrs Bennett at the time of her decease. Who had asserted her claim for a pension in virtue of the services of her husband. David Bennett in the Revolutionary War. The above claim was asserted and recorded at the pension office Sept 24 th 1814. I have under the authority of the above named parties procured a Certificate from Mass showing several short periods of service - Though it is presumed there is already proof of the services of the said Bennett in the Department But in accordance with the custom and requirements in like cases have procured the within Certificate.
W m H. Woyt Jno 66 y Grand St Jas Edwards Esq. Respectfully yours Commissioner

6129 Catharine Bennett
N.Y.
Act 4 th July 36
Book of Marriages 3
52 3

Noah Porter Jr. Pastor of the first Church & Society in the Town of New Milford State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the Records of said Church kept by my predecessors in the Pastoral office, are now in my keeping & possession: upon which are the only minutes of the marriages by them solemnized, with the names of the persons joined in marriage, and  with the dates of their respective marriages. And in that part of said Record Book purporting to have been kept by the Rev. Nathl Taylor formerly a Pastor of said Church & Congregation I find an entry in the words & figures following to wit. "May 4 th 1769 Isaac Bennit married Catherine Darton" which entry is in the usual form of marriage entries, as made by the Rev. Nathl Taylor in said Book, and apparently in the same hand writing with the other similar entries purporting to have been made by the Rev. Nathl Taylor
Noah Porter Jr.
State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield ss. New Milford On this 25 th

day of May 1837 personally appeared Rev d Noah Porter Jun d being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing depo- -sition by him subscribed in my presence. And I certify that the s d Porter sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness. Sworn and subscribed Before me Nathaniel Pomeroy Justice of Peace
I William Taylor of New Milford County of Litch- field and State of Connecticut being duly sworn do testify & say that my Father the Rev d Nath l Taylor was on the 4 th day of May 1769. For many years before & after that day, the Pastor of the Church & Congregation in the first Ecclesiastical Society in the Town of New Milford aforesaid; that I have this day examined the Church & Society Record Book kept by him while such Pastor; that in said Book in the part thereof appropriated to the entries of marriages by him solemnized is an entry in the words & figures following "May 4 th 1769 Isaac Brinnit married Catherine Dorton" which entry I know to be in the proper handwriting of my said Father, being well acquainted therewith, from hearing

seen him write many times for a long course of years - Wm Taylor -
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss: New Milford On this 25 th day of May 1837 personally appeared William Taylor & being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing deposition & I certify that the said Taylor sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness - Sworn to & subscribed before & certified by me Nathaniel Perry Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield I Origen S. Seymour, Clerk of the County Court in & for said County, hereby certify that Nathaniel Perry Esq. is & for more than a year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned &c and that the signatures purporting to be his to the foregoing certificates are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 26 th day of May A.D. 1837 Origen S. Seymour Clerk

1914 Jan'y 29 Hist. to Mrs. B. Browne, letter in W.F. 23.595- Isaac Bennett V.L.M. 1937 Dec. 21- Hist. to Mrs. Leonard 1938 Nov. 3- Hist. to Mrs. M. B. Helen M. Bennett vacat. on notified by C.O. H. rejoining 1945 in class R. 750 of (Pilas Bronson) M.B.
Ex'r.
INVALID.
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
Catharine Bennett
P. O. _____
Printed list of 1852 Rejected & Unpaid service: shows following cause of suspension:
No proof of service - no petition of it established, 18
discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD OF ISAAC BENNETT. COPIED FROM "MASS. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE REV"
Private--Capt Thos Willington's Co--Col Asa Whitcombs Regt muster roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga Nov 21- 1776 Enl. Oct 1- 1776.
Seargent--Capt Ezra Whittlesey's Co Col John Brown's Regt. Enlisted Sept 7a 1777 Disc. Sept 26- 1777. Also enlisted in same Co and Regt Oct 20-Oct 22-1780. Berkshire Co. Mass.
Private--from town of Pelham. Capt David Cowdens Co. Col Woodbridgs Regt. Co. return dated Sept 28-1775. Enlisted Apr 19-1775. Also list of men raised for 6 mos service returned by Brig. Gen Paterson as passed muster. Dated Camp Totoway Oct 25 1780. Age 22 Years. Farmer. Residence Pelham. Enlisted Apr 20- 1881 for 3 yrs.
Private--from Middleboro. List of men mustered in Plymouth Co. as returned June 10 1777. in Capt John Porters Co, Col Michael Jacksons Regt. Ae 44. Residence Middleboro. Enlisted for 3 Yrs.
Private--Capt David Cowdens Co Col Woodbridges Regt, Company return dated Apr 19 1775.
Corporal Capt Danl Shays Co. Col Rufus Putnamms Regt dated Albany Feb 9 1778. Residence Pelham. Mustered by Col Woodbridge.
Private Capt Bensons Co. Col Putnamss 5 Regt Continental Army Pay Acct Jan 1---May 14 1780. Enl. 3 Yrs.
Private from Middleboro. Return of men enlisted in Con Army from Capt Abishai Tinkhams Co Col Sproats Regt Feb 19-1778. Joined Capt Bensons Co. Col Putnamss Regt. Enlisted 3 Yrs. Age 41 Mustered at Albany. Also Corporal Col Putnamss Regt Jan 1--Mar 3 1780.
Private in return of men in Cont. Army from Capt Thomsons Co 4th Hampshire Co Regt South Hadley May 28-1777. Joined Capt Shaps Co Col Putnamss Regt Enlisted 3 Yrs. Age 41. In Cont Army Pay Acct May 15-Dec 31-1777/1779.
Corporal Capt Shays Co. Col Putnamss Regt Credited Town of Middlebore. Mar 3 1777--Dec 31 1779.
Isaac Bennitt of Stockbridge Corporal Capt Job Woodbridges Co Col John Browns Regt Enl July 8 1777 for 19 days. Sargeant Capt Ezra Whittleseys Co--3rd Berk. Co. Regt enlisted Nov 5 1780.

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Blackinton, Mass.,.....Jan 23.....1914
Gentlemen;
I enclose what record I have of Isaac Bennett (Benit-Benitt- Benett-Bennett etc) Whether more than two of the name are here recorded I cannot determine. Am anxious to see if there are not on record pension papers of these services which may aid in identifying them and giving some idea of their families. Such information has been sent me before from your records.
The name of the wife of one Isaac Bennett was Zilpha.
Very Truly
WM B Browne.

No 6129
Catharine Bennett
wid
6129
Catharine Bennett
N.Y.
Unhanded
Set forth hereinafter
at the 24th
Set forth with the 1st July 36
to same July 36
Set forth Dist. 48
750
Act 4 July 36
Act 4 July - 1836

Utica Ills Nov 27 1937
Pension Bureau, Washington D.C. would you kindly tell me if you have a record of one Isaac Bennett born 1743. Lived at Lebanon Mass, died at Kent Conn. Feb. 6 1809. He married Kerria Dayton of Stockbridge Mass. (I think Isaac Bennett was a minute man) Or have you a record of Deacon Isaac Dayton lived at Stockbridge Mass, died at Kent Conn. June 1812, (Dayton's came to America 1629) He was the Father of Kerria Dayton who married this Isaac Bennett. I think
Yours Respt
Mrs George Sargent
P.S, I would like to be Utica a D, A R, please R-2. Illinois. Give me information.

November 3, 1938
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Mrs. Helen M. Bennett Route # 1, Box 34 Santa Ana, California
R.T.S.O Isaac Bennett, W. 17365 Silas Bronson, R. 750 BA-J/MLB 2:17365 went out as typed
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Isaac Bennett of Connecticut who had a daughter Lucy who married a Ryan, and Silas Bronson of Kent, Connecticut, and for whose records you enclosed cash in the amount of $1.00 to cover cost.
The records of Isaac Bennett and Silas Bronson follow as found in the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
ISAAC BENNETT R. 750
Isaac Bennett was born April 15, 1747, in New Milford, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
Isaac Bennett married May 4, 1769, in New Milford, Connecticut, Catharine Dayton who was born March 19, 1743, in Newtown, Connecticut. The names of her parents are not shown. Their marriage was recorded in the records of the First Church and Ecclesiastical Society of New Milford, Connecticut. Soon after marriage, the soldier moved to Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He died February 7, 1809, in New Canaan, Columbia County, New York.
Catharine Bennett, widow of Isaac, applied for pension September 7, 1837, while a resident of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York. She alleged that her husband, Isaac Bennett, while living in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, enlisted in August, 1775, and that he served until January 1, 1776, as private in Captain Pearl's Massachusetts company; that soon after this tour, he enlisted under Captain Jacob Parsons to go to Quebec and encamped there until spring, then retreated to Montreal and returned to Stockbridge about the middle of June, 1776; that in 1776 or

1777, he served on an expedition to East Bay near Lake George under Colonel Brown and that he assisted in Capturing a number of British prisoners and that on several tours he served as a sergeant.
Catharine Bennett's claim was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished in accordance with the requirements of the pension law. She died prior to June 11, 1847, exact date not given.
The only child of Isaac Bennett and his wife, Catharine, whose name was designated in the claim was a daughter, Mrs. Lucy Ryan who, in 1847, was aged fifty-nine years and a resident of the Township of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York. The given name of Lucy Ryan's husband was not shown.
Caleb Bennett, brother of the soldier, Isaac Bennett, was born October 21, 1758, and in 1837 was living in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
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SILAS BRONSON W. 17365
Copy of history by E. E. L.
Silas Bronson was born in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The date of his birth and names of parents are not shown.
While residing in Kent, Connecticut, Silas Bronson enlisted about May 1, 1775, and served seven months as a private in Captain Measer Curtis' company, Colonel Hinman's Connecticut regiment. Later, he served on a tour of two or three months, details of this service not given.
It was stated that after the Revolution, Silas Bronson belonged to the Society of Friends and because of his religious convictions refused to apply for a pension on account of his Revolutionary War service. He died in Kent, Connecticut, March 9, 1841.
The soldier married September 6, 1782, in Kent, Connecticut, Sally Tyler; date and place of her birth and names of her parents not stated. Their marriage was recorded on the town records of Kent and soldier's name was borne on that record as Brownson.
Soldier's widow, Sally, was allowed pension on her application executed January 23, 1845, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and resided in Kent, Connecticut. She signed by mark Sally Bronson and her name was borne on the pension rolls as Sally Bronson.

There are no data in the claim as to children of Silas Bronson and his wife, Sally.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, Sally Bronson, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Sally Bronson, widow of Silas, certificate #4064, issued February 28, 1849, rate, $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 8, 1848, Connecticut Agency.
No charge is made for these two reports. One dollar, the amount of your remittance, will be refunded in due time.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Ref. 450
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Bennett a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1775 July 1776 Lt. Peel Mass.   From after 1776 June 1776 Jacob Parsons   1776 or 1777 in Expedition to East Bay Brown  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stockbridge Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 7. 1837
Residence at date of application, Stephentown, Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 89 yrs.
Remarks: He was born at New Milford, Conn. Apr. 15. 1747 + Mar. May 4. 1769 at New Milford, Conn. Catherine Dayton b. at Newtown Conn. Mar. 19. 1743. He died Feb. 7. 1809. A daughter, Mrs. Lucy Ryan was a resident of Rensselaer Co. N.Y. in 1847. The claim was rejected on the ground that the alleged service was not proven, as required by the act of July 4, 1836 under which the widow applied.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
brother Caleb Bennett b. Oct. 21. 1758
An application book is "No proof of service - no portion of it established."