Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10408, Daniel Brown, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Brown, Daniel
S. 10408
carded
CONTENTS
1759 at Lyme, New London Co. Conn. res. at enl. Great Meadows, New London Co. Conn. res. in 1762 Pittsford, Monroe Co. N.Y.

New York
Daniel Brown
of Monroe Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Jewett of the Regt. commanded by Colo. Miller in the M st line for 22 m ths
Date of death not shown on A.B.
★ Conn. Line Feb. 7/25. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Oct. 1833 and to E. Goss (Pittsford, Monroe Co.)
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $179.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 m ths 36.66 $216.66
Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. S. C. Miles Clerk,
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 4 Page 89

In the matter of the Application of Daniel Brown
For a Pension.
1803
[Faint, mirrored cursive text bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

State of New York
County of Monroe } ss.
In this 67 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before a Circuit Court held in and for the County of Monroe now sitting, Daniel Brown a resident of the town of Pittsford in said County of Monroe & State of New York aged seventy three 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, & served as herein stated.
1 That he enlisted into a company under the Command of Captain Joseph Smith, attached to Colonel Jabez Hunsdons Regiment of the state Troops of Connecticut, that he entered the service on or about the 13 th day of July 1775, that he left the service on the 31 st day of December Period of the same year, that immediately after he enlisted, he 5 1/2 mo. marched to Roxbury & was stationed there during this Campaign. That his principal duty was to erect redoubts at Lamb's Dam & guard the same & guard the road leading from Boston to Roxbury When he entered the service he resided in the town of East Haddam in the County of New-London & state of Connecticut. That he was a Volunteer. That he served about five & a half months at this time and was discharged & returned home.
2 That he again entered the service as a soldier of the state Troops of Connecticut on the first day of January 1776 having previously enlisted on the 16 th day of December 1775 for the term of one year to commence on the first day of January 1776, that he served in Colonel Samuel Willis Regiment & Captain Levi Wells Company, that he marched from Roxbury to Headfield, that his duty there was to guard the military stores, that he continued there until February 1776 & then returned to Roxbury and formed the Regiment again, that on the fourth of March of the same year he accompanied a detachment of troops to Dorchester Heights & built a breast work.

Period 1 year.
thereon & immediately thereafter the British evacuated Boston, then he marched from Roxbury to New London and from thence took ships & sailed to New York & was there stationed near Governor's Island, that when the British landed on Long Island which was on the 22 d day of August 1776 he was out with a large detachment of troops to prevent the British from reaching our frontier and the day after the battle which took place on the 26 th of the same month on Long Island the Regiment to which he was attached marched from New York to Long Island & on the 28 th of the same month was ordered to retreat to New York at the time the British took possession of New York he was engaged in battle on the retreat. From New York he marched to White Plains from thence was driven by the British to the state of New Jersey & there remained until the second term of his enlistment expired which was on the thirty first day of December 1776. that he served at this time the full term of one year.
12 mo.
The Campaign of 1776 was continued by the request of General Washington during the month of January 1777 and he remained & served about two weeks during said time.
Period 2 mo.
3 That in the year 1778 he was drafted in the militia of Connecticut that it was in July of that year, that he then lived in East Haddam aforesaid, that he marched from East Haddam to Rhode Island. The design of this expedition was to take Newport which the British had held for some time, General Sullivan commanded the land forces & Count D'Estaing the French fleet, that General Sullivan on the 28 th of August ordered a retreat that they retreated & marched to a place the name of which he does not recollect near Providence & there remained until he was discharged which was about the middle of September as near as he can recollect & then he returned home, that he is confident that he is confident that he served about two months at this time.
4
That he was again drafted in the militia of Connecticut

then he returned home, that he is Confident that he is Confident that he served about two months at this time.
4 That he was again drafted in the militia of Connecticut in the year 1779 & marched in Captain Douglass's Company as he thinks to New London & remained there about two months as near as he can recollect. That he was drafted at this time in the fall of the year, his duty was to be on guard at the fort of New London Point and other adjacent places, that he does not recollect the day nor the month when he entered the service on this expedition nor the time when he left precisely, but is positive that he served two months that this was the last of his service & that he was discharged & returned home. That he was in the Revolutionary War in the whole as above set forth one year & ten months.
To the several Interrogatories put by the Court he answers as follows
To the 1 st Interrogatory That he was born in the Town of Lyme in the County of New London & State of Connecticut in the year 1754
2 That he has a Record of his age & that it is now kept by his Brother Samuel Brown who resides in the Town of Colchester & State of Connecticut.
3 That he has lived a part of the time since the War in East Haddam Haddam aforesaid where he resided when he enlisted that he removed from East Haddam to Lyme aforesaid from thence he removed to Ogden in the County of Monroe & State of New York that he has lived in the Towns of Ogden & Pittsford in the County & State last aforesaid for the term of twenty eight years & that he now lives in Pittsford aforesaid.
4 That he was a Volunteer the two first Campaigns & was in the two last drafted.
5 That he was stationed near Generals Putnam & Col. Douglass some part of the time.
6 That he never received a discharge.
7 Nathan Calkoon, Moses Clark, Joseph Shepard, David Deer & Stephen Lusk can testify to his character for veracity &c.
That he has no documentary evidence that he knows of

two persons who can testify to some part of his service to wit Theophilus Ford & Henry Chapman whose affi- davits are here with sent.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
The word "Haddam" in the second line of the 3 d Interrogatory erased Sworn to & Subscribed { Daniel Brown
the day & year aforesaid { J. Cutler Dep. Clerk
We Thomas Gorton a Clergyman residing in the town of Kennebec in said County & Joseph Beach residing in the town of Bates in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Brown who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the { Thomas Gorton day & year aforesaid { Joseph F. Beach
J. Cutler Dep. Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interroga- -tories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Gorton who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident of the town of Kennebec in said County & that Joseph F. Beach who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Bates in said County & that their state- ment is entitled to credit. { James Smith James Smith
Leonard Adams Clerk of the said Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Brown for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 17 th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
L. Adams Clerk

16037
Daniel Brown Monroe co N.Y.
i.f.
Admitted Paw at 22 mo nths
Ephraim Goss Pinefield N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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 Daniel Brown County of Monroe 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.     15 Feb 1775 aft " 5 15 Priv Capt Smith Col. Huntington none Hudson To Albany Town of East Hudson   Jany 1776 aft 1 " " do Capt Wells Col. Willis New York Connecticut New York to Long Island do Deputy living witness   1777 aft - - 14 -   1778 aft " 2 " do Genl Sullivan none Rhode Island do   2 do Capt Douglass aged 73 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 (l) 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 he 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

April 29, 1939
Esten Mrs. Esten Holton Webster New York
BA-J/ANP Daniel Brown S. 10408
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were found in claim for pension, S. 10408, based upon service of Daniel Brown in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Brown was born in the year 1759, in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of East Haddam, New London County, Connecticut, Daniel Brown enlisted July 18, 1775, served as private in Captain Joseph Jewett's company, Colonel J. Huntington's Connecticut regiment, before his term of service had expired, he reenlisted December 16, 1775, for service of one year from January 1, 1776, served from that time as private in Captain Levi Wells' company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Connecticut regiment until the middle of January, 1777; during this period, he served at Roxbury, Boston, Bowery Lane, Governor's Island, was in the battle on Long Island and the retreat from New York, marched to White Plains, thence to New Jersey. He enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served two months in Captain Douglass' Connecticut company, a part of the time near New London.
After his service, Daniel Brown resided in East Haddam and Lyme, Connecticut, and moved from New London County, Connecticut to Ogden, Monroe County, New York.

Daniel Brown was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Pittsfield, Monroe County, New York, and had lived in that county twenty-eight years.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of Daniel Brown; his brother, Samuel Brown, was living in 1832 in Colchester, Connecticut.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnishing the following data:
Daniel Brown 20952 Certificate #20952 Issued October 23, 1833 Rate $73.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 9, 1938.
C. E. Rohrer Historical and Grave Registrar 34 Court Street Rochester, New York.
BA-3/ILL Daniel Brown S. 10408
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Daniel Brown, whose certificate for pension was issued October 23, 1833, rate $73.33 per annum; Act of June 7, 1833.
The data which follow are found in pension claim, S. 10408, based upon service of Daniel Brown in the Revolutionary War. He was the pensioner cited by you.
Daniel Brown was born in the year 1759, in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of East Haddam, New London County, Connecticut, he enlisted July 15, 1775, served as private in Captain Joseph Jewett's company, Colonel J. Huntington's Connecticut regiment and, before his term of service had expired, reenlisted December 16, 1775, for service of one year from January 1, 1776, served from that time as private in Captain Levi Wells' company, Colonel Samuel Wylls' Connecticut regiment until the middle of January 1777; during this period, he served at Roxbury, Boston, Bowery Lane, Governors Island, was in the battle on Long Island and the retreat from New York, marched to White Plains, thence to New Jersey. He enlisted in July 1778, served two months in a company of Connecticut militia on General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island; he enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served two months in Captain Douglass' Connecticut company, a part of the time near New London.
After his service, Daniel Brown resided in East Haddam and Lyme, in New London County, Connecticut, and moved from that county to Ogden, Monroe County, New York.
Mrs. Finch wrote this Service -

Daniel Brown was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he resided in Pittsford, Monroe County, New York. He had resided in that county for twenty-eight years. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
In 1832, the soldier's brother, Samuel Brown, resided in Colchester, Connecticut.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Daniel Brown Certificate #20952 Issued October 23, 1833 Rate $73.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of March 4, 1831 ✓ New York Agency.
Act of June 7-1832 C.W.S April 29-39
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Isb.
Sur File 10408
Rev. War.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Daniel Brown , 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.     July 15, 1775 5 1/2 mos Joseph Jewett Jedidiah Huntington Conn.   Jany 1. 1776 1 yr + 2 mos Levi Wells Samuel Myles   July 1778 2 mos. — Sullivan's Exped.   Fall 1779 2 " Douglas —          
Battles engaged in, L. I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Haddam, New London Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 17, 1832
Residence at date of application, Pittsford, Monroe Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, Born 1759 at Lyne, New London Co., Conn.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,

Webster N.Y.
March 1939
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Sir: -
Do you have any information in your Revolutionary war files concerning Daniel Brown Jr? He was born March 9, 1758 and married Susanna Avery June 16, 1793 He lived in New York State when he was married. I think he was born in Conn. I do not know from which State he enlisted
Sincerely
Mrs Eston Holton.

MONROE COUNTY VETERANS' SERVICE BUREAU
THIRD FLOOR, CITY HALL ANNEX, ROOMS 323 - 325 - 327
34 COURT STREET :: ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
TELEPHONE, MAIN 3105
May 24, 1938
E. L. Bailey, Director, Dependents Claims Service, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Re: BROWN, Daniel
Dear Mr. Bailey:
Inclosed you will find a copy of a Revolutionary claim certificate of the above captioned veteran.
Will you please advise the military record of this veteran?
Your courtesies in this matter will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "C. H. Rohrer".
C. H. Rohrer, Historical and Grave Registrar.
CHR:WJ Inc. 1 Handwritten initials "WJ" and a checkmark.

C O P Y
WAR DEPARTMENT Revolutionary Claim
I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Brown of the State of New York, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy-Three Dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
(SEAL)
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty Three.
L. W. Cap,
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
Geo. Wm. Crump actg. Commissioner of Pensions.

OQUAGA LAKE HOUSE. R. J. SCOTT, PROPRIETOR.
Oquaga Lake, N. Y.,
191
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, -
Please find enclosed a copy of Pension list on my father's roll. I believe he is my grand- father. Will you please send me what information you have of his family etc?

OQUAGA LAKE HOUSE, R. J. SCOTT, PROPRIETOR
Oquaga Lake, N. Y.,
191
Thanking you for your kindness
Yours Respt.
(Miss.) Augusta E. Brommer
Aug. 6- 13.
Please return this copy of Pension -

File 3
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Oct 27 1898
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Madam:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully, Miss Emma P. Hascall 313 Lincoln Ave Goshen, Indiana
J. L. Daughort Acting Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, Daniel Brown  Place of residence before service, Norwich Windsor Co Vermont (Town, county, and State.)  Place of residence after service, Benton Gates Co NYork Penn Can P.O. (Town, county, and State.)  Approximate date of death, March 7th 1849  Given name of widow, have forgotten, but do not think his wife survived him  Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Soldier recieved a pension  Additional information, family history says served with Ethan Allen as one of the "minute men" during the first year or so of the war, then enlisted in regular service & served through the war,  Signature, Mrs Emma P. Hascall (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)  Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, Goshen, Elkhart Co Ind 313 Lincoln Ave.

Nov 2nd 1898
Messrs
As to the name of Titus Hammond on the pension roll for revolutionary services Titus or Elijah Hammond I am not certain which name, as we always called him "Uncle Hammond"
He was born in Tolland Conn. and the family removed to Norwich Vt where my grandmother his sister was married
He received a pension for Revolutionary services His home was near Penn Yan, town of Benton Gates Co New York.
He was living in 1834, and about that time the paralytic old man near 80 years old married a young woman & she may have received a pension after his death which must have occurred before or soon after 1840 In 1834 my father Ebenezer Brown moved from Gates Co N.Y. to Indiana & dying in 1852, his children lost all track of the old soldiers, his uncles My object in making these enquiries is to establish a revolutionary record for my children
Yours respectfully Mrs Emma P. Haskell
313 Lincoln Ave
Goshen Elkhart Co Ind

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10408 INVALID.
Nov. 14/98 Miss E. J. Ho Goshen, Ind
File No. 10,408
1906 Aug 30. History to Arthur N. Kaley, letter in W. File 20.782 Daniel Brown
Daniel Brown
1913. To Augusta E. Browner 939 - apt 29 H.W. Mrs. Elston Horton City
Dis. Rev. War.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
b. Lynde Com N.E. Co. " 1841

State of Connecticut } County of New London } ss. Theophilus Lord of Gyme in said County being duly sworn deposed saith that in the year 1776 he was personally acquainted with Daniel Brown, then of East- Haddam in the County of Middlesex and that the said Brown was then a soldier in the State Troops of Connecticut in Samuel Willis's Regiment I was well acquainted with the said Brown at that Time. I was a soldier in Col. Huntington's Regiment and said Huntington & Willis's Regiment were at that time stationed in & about New-York I have no doubt but that the said Brown served out the term of his enlistment which was for the term of one year & further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this 10 day of June 1833 } Theophilus Lord
Before me Oliver Raymond
Justice of the Peace
I Certify that Theophilus Lord who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a resident of Gyme in the County of New London & that I am well acquainted with him & that he is a credible witness. Given under my hand at Gyme in said County this 10 day of June 1833.
Oliver Raymond Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut To County of New London I John D r Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby certify that Oliver Raymond esq before whom the within deposition of Theo philus Lord was taken is a Justice of the peace in and for said New London County and that his signature thereto affixed I believe to be in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 19 th day of June A d 1833
John D r Witt Clerk
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State of New-York Albany County } ss. Henry Champion of Colchester in the County of Middlesex & State of Connecticut being duly sworn makes oath & says that Daniel Brown then of East Haddam in the State of Connecticut now of Pelsford in the County of Albany & State of New-York on the 16 th day of December 1775 enlisted into Captain Levi Wells's Company in Col. Sam l Mylly's Regiment & serve until the 31 st day of December 1776 of which Company I was first Lieutenant, the enlist- ment I have in my possession. That said Brown was duly mustered & joined the Regiment and did duty - and I fully believe said Brown served out his term of one year until the 31 st day of December 1776 & that he was regularly discharged.
Subscribed & sworn this 14 th day of June 1833 before me Henry Tilton D.O.
Henry Champion
State of New-York Albany County } ss. I hereby Certify that on the 14 th day of June 1833 General Henry Champion to me personally known appeared before me & took & subscribed the above affidavit & that he is a respectable man & a credible Witness. Given under my hand at Pelsford in said County the day & year aforesaid. Henry Tilton Justice of the Peace -

State of New York
Mourne County ss: I certify that Henry Fellows Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of July 1833 -
Leonard Adams clerk