Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,866, Samuel Brown, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Brown, Samuel Anna
NUMBER
W. 16,866
CONTENTS
Res. at end. Branford, New Haven Co. Conn. In 1818 aged 60 yrs & res. Durham, Greene Co. N.Y. d. Dec 15, 1832 at Hunter, Greene Co. N.Y.
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4,371.
New York
Samuel Brown, 2 d Private 4 Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to Tho s E. Barker Esq. Judge Greene County N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 - 4 mos \frac{12}{30} = 35.20 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4. March 1819 = 48.00
$83.20
1777. by pay. { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Highland Falls Durham Greene Co. N.Y.
Noted that a bond from 20. 1820 to 1821 for $1000 was sent to Capt. Durhan, Greene Co. N.Y.

Albany 2,558
Anna Brown
widow of Samuel Brown who was a pensioner under act 1818 who died on the 15. December 1832 of Greene Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Meigs in the Conn. line for 2 years Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 1st day of March, 1834. 16. December 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of March 1839 and sent to D. Hosford Lexington Heights, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sept. ..
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 5 }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk.
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 120

Samuel Brown
Private Col. R. S. Megrps. Regt. Connecticut Line Enlisted in the Spring of 1777 - Discharged in June 1783 Date of Declaration April 23 rd 1818
Cornwall

I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Greene and State of New York Do hereby certify that Thomas C. Barker was a Judge of said Court on the Twenty Third Day of April 1818 That I am well acquainted with his Hand writing and that the Signature of the said Judge to the above Affidavit or Declaration of Samuel Brown is Genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 30th Day of May 1818
Wm Van Bergen Clerk of said County
one years law man un y th all is y art

State of New York } Greene County } ss
me On this 23 day of April, 1818 before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Greene in the State of New York. Personally appears Thomas Farmer aged Sixty five years. Resident in the Town of Durham in the said County, who being by me duly Sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration - That he the said Thomas Farmer was well acquainted with Samuel Brown, who is a Resident in the Town & County aforesaid - and is actually now serving to his Service as a Sargent in the Army of the United in the South Regiment of the Continental Line States in the Revolutionary war for at least One year - Thomas Farmer
State of New York } ss Greene County -
Sworn and subscribed the 23 rd day of April 1818 before me Mr. Mathewson of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County

State of New York Greene County ss
On this 23 day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Greene in the State of New York - Personally appears Samuel Brown aged sixty two years. Residing in the Town of Durham in the said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law - doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Provision made by the late act of Congress, intitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - That he the said Samuel Brown enlisted into the Service in the Spring of the year 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt. Jones Prentice of the fourth Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Doughty, who shortly after died - and Col. Denning then commanded, who also shortly after died, the Command then fell to Col. Jonathan Mugg. That he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the Service of the United States, until June 1783 when he was discharged from service at the Highlands opposite West Point in the State of New York - and that he is in Medicated Circumstances and Stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services - Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Thos Barker
I Thomas E Barker, Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Brown did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the Proceedings and Testimony taken and laid before me together with this to the Secretary for the department of war. Pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress -
April 23. 1818
Thos Barker

I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Greene and State of New York Do certify That Thomas C. Barker was a Judge of said Court on the Twenty Third Day of April 1818 That I am well acquainted with his Hand writing and that the Signature of the said Judge to the above Affidavit or Declaration of Samuel Brown is Genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 30 th Day of May 1818
W. Van Bergen Clerk of said County

Sam c Brown 2 nd
continued
no 4371
Return to be forwarded to Arthur Lasher Ducharme France Co. State of Michigan

State of New York
Greene County ss on this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred Twenty personally appeared in a court of common Pleas held in and for the said County of Greene and in open court being a court of Record of unincorporated jurisdiction for the said County of Greene, Samuel Brown L d aged Sixty four years resident in the town of Durham in the said County of Greene, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he entered the service in the regiment raised by Col Douglas in the company commanded by Captain James Purdie, that this Regiment entered the service in the year 1777, which regiment was commanded by Lieut Col Dunning until his death, on whose death Col Return Jonathan Meigs took the command of the said Regiment and which regiment was reduced as in the Fall of the year 1782 at which time this declar- ant was transferred to the regiment commanded by Col Horatio Swift in the Connecticut line and a company commanded by Captain Stephen Potter and that the said declarant remained in the said line regiment until he was discharged in 1783. That the application of the said declarant under provision to and for the benefit of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolution- ary war" passed the 18 th 1818, was made on the 26 th day of April 1818 that he is enrolled on the pension roll of the Honorable the Secretary of war dated the 15 th day of November 1818 and number 43748 I do also swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 interest therefor 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 service of the United States in the revolution- ary war" passed the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities can trust or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
Real property I have none either in land or equity
Personal property are listed one bag & chains one pair of and now one Iron Pot & one Kettle one Dish Kettle one has one barrel one chain one bag two old pails two spinning wheels, one set of drawers two bottles thin milk pans two iron pots three barrels 6 plates six cups & saucers 2 jugs one glass bottle one Razors and hose in one one looking glass one table off flat Iron, which property does not in amount exceed the sum of Forty Dollars
signed Samuel Brown
That this declaration is by occupation a farmer and for two years past has been and still is so much obli- gated as to be unable to work any of consequence that his family consists of a wife and one child dependent on him for their support David Hanson aged 12 years also a grand child (Daughter) of the age of eleven years, which are unable to contribute much of any to their or my support
Signed & declared this (second)
31 st day of Mar 1820
before me in open court
Wm. Van Bergen Clerk
Samuel Brown
The court estimate the value of the property in the personal inventory at Forty Dollars
Abner S. Huntington By J. V. Gage Thos. E. Barker

I William van Bergen Clerk of the County of Greene in the State of New York and of the Court of Common Pleas in said County. Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 prop- erty described in the Schedule is Forty Dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed the seal of the said Court this first day of June 1820 - H. Van Bergen

K 2987 Anna Brown mother of Saml. 2 nd
William James S. Edwards Esq re Act g July 1835 Commissioner of Pensions
City - Washington
Admiral assumed to be his father Husband's friend Admitted Pardon 2 years
R. Horford Esq re John J. Pratt Lexington Heights N.Y. H.R.

Declaration
In Order to Obtain, the Benefits of the 3 d Section of the Act of the 4 th of July 1836
On the Seventh day of November 1837 personally appeared Before me Henry Foslee Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York, Anna Brown a widow of the Town of Hunter in the County of Green and State of New York aged Seventy Six years Old who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration In order to Obtain the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 she says that she is now the Widow of Samuel Brown deceased, in his discharge called Samuel Brown Second of the Town of Hunter in the County of Green and State of New York, who was a Soldier in the Service of the United States In the Revolutionary War and believes that He was In the Service from almost the beginning to the End of the Revolutionary War, that she believes that In the first part of His Services he was In the Regiment Commanded by Col. Douglass and after that Service Ended he Enlisted into the Company Commanded by Captain Stephen Potter In the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Higgs In the Regiment Called the Cather Caps, believes that he Enlisted for during the War That when He Enlisted he Lived In the Town of Branford In the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut and she further says that He Continued In Service until the Month of October or November the year 1783 when he was discharged at West Point or Fishkill, of which she was rightly informed and has not forgot, And she further says and declares that she was married to the said Samuel Brown on the Seventieth day of October In the year one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two, at the Town of East Haven In the County of New Haven In the State of Connecticut married Him while He was a Soldier In the Service of the United States, more than two months before he was discharged with His Regiment, that he was home on a furlow when I married Him, And she further says that the Reverend Nicholas Street Minister of the Gospel In said East Haven, married us And she further says that the said Samuel Brown her aforesaid Husband died on the fifteenth day of December 1832 at the Town of Hunter aforesaid, that His death was caused by an Inflammation In the Hand, And she further says that she is now His Widow

and has never been married to any person since His death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof Hereto annexed and She further says that Her maiden name before Her Marriage to Her said Husband Samuel Brown was Anna Hews, and She further says that She has no record of Her marriage, and She further says that the Reverend Nicholas Sheed who married them as aforesaid was then a very Old Man and soon after our marriage he died and She further says that She believes He kept no record of marriage and She further says that Her Husband aforesaid has for many years been a pensioner as a Revolutionary Soldier and always drew His pension until the last drawing before His death and the remainder due Him at the time of His death as His Widow have since drawn, and She further says that at that time She believes that His pension Certificate was returned to the board of War, and She further says that She is a very poor Woman and has had a family of Children a number of them are now living but none of them were under the age of sixteen at the time of my said Husband's death and She further says that She humbly prays the Honourable the Commissioner of Pensions to allow Her deceased Husband's application and Evidence to this Her application and His Certificate In proof of her Claim as the Widow of Samuel Brown the Second so called in his pension Certificate.
Anna Brown
Sworn and Subscribed this 7 th day of November 1837 Before me Henry Porlee one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York.
Certificate of the Judge
I the said Henry Porlee Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to me that after hearing the testimony of the said Anna Brown and others I do believe that the said Anna Brown to be the Widow of Samuel Brown a Revolutionary Soldier who died at the Town of Hunter aforesaid on the 15 th day of December in the year 1832 and that she still remains His Widow and I do further certify and declare that my opinion is that

the Said Annis Brown the above Applicant by reason of Bodily Infirmity cannot attend Court to make Her application and I do further Certify that the Said Annis Brown is by all highly respected as a Woman of respectability of truth and sincerity and fully Entitled to Credit as a Witness under Oath or otherwise this is her general Character among Her Neighbours and by all who know Her as I am informed and believe the same to be true
Henry Gorlee Judge as aforesaid State of New York
Joseph Goodell of the Town of Hunter In the County of Green and State of New York being duly Sworn according to Law on his Oath deposes and Says that He was born and brought up in the Town of East Haver In the County of New Haven In the State of Connecticut was there Well acquainted with Mr Samuel Brown and Anna Brown His Wife Now His Widow Well knew them both before and Always Since their Marriage Lived a Neighbour within a few rods of the parents of the Said Anna Brown then Anna Hews when the Said Samuel Brown and Anna Hews were Married Well Remembers that on or about the Seventeenth day of October in the Year one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two will knows for Certain that It was Some day In that Month for Certain It was Not at the Wedding but the time of the Wedding was Well known all over the Neighbourhood the Next Morning and After and he further Says that the Said Samuel Brown at this time was a Revolutionary Soldier In Col Meigs Regiment then on furlow from the Army as He was informed to get married before and after the Marriage He was dropped In his Regimental draft and that after a few days after His Marriage he returned to his Regiment as I was I was informed and Continued In the Service untill the War Closed Some time in the fall of the Year 1783 I do further State that I do positively know that they were married more than one year before the War

Closed for I see him when he returned from His Service In his Regimental Arch and Came to His father In Law's to see His wife and that he has well known Ever Since has Lived not far from them knows that they always Lived together as Man and Wife and Had a number of Children that the said Samuel Brown died at Hunter aforesaid on or about the fifteenth day of December 1832 and that the said Anna Brown now remains His Widow that they were very respectable people and I do further say that the said Anna Brown is now a very respectable woman a person of truth and veracity and I do further say that
Yesse good dell
Sworn and subscribed this 7 th day of December 1837 Before me Henry Grolee
Judge as aforesaid
State of New York
Green County ss Anson Malary of the Town of Hunter In the County of Green and State of New York being duly sworn according to Law on His oath deposeth and saith that he has been well acquainted with Mr. Samuel Brown and Anna Brown his wife now his Widow for more than twenty years Lived a Neighbour to them well knows that they always Lived together as Man and Wife until the said Samuel died, well knows that the said Samuel Brown died on the fifteenth day of December 1832 at Hunter aforesaid and that the said Anna now remains His Widow Have a number of Children and that the Complaint that Caused his death was from an Inflammation In the Hand, And he further Says that during this twenty years He believes he has Heard the said Samuel Brown go on and give a full History of all His Revolutionary Services from first to Last more than fifty times that the said Samuel Brown always informed Him that He served more than Eight years as he said Eight years and Eight Months

Sworn and Subscribed This 7 th day of November 1831 Before me Henry Goslee Judge as aforesaid
Amson G. Mallory
State of New York } Greene County } ss.
I hereby certify that Sepe Goodell & Amson G. Mallory who have sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavits, are reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where they reside to be persons of truth and veracity and further that I am well acquainted with them and fully concur in that opinion.
Henry Goslee Judge as aforesaid.

New York - Albany
Samuel Brown 2 d on roll act 1818 to what time paid?
PL
John Hany Esq.
Died 15 th Dec. 1832 paid to that period
SH

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16866  own
Anna Brown
Wid of
Samuel Brown
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. York
Anna Brown
Letter to Hon. J. Pratt 2. Jan' 38 To same. May 31, 1838.

State of New York . Greene County ss.
I William T. B. Keermance Clerk of the County of Greene aforesaid . do certify that Stephen Renne Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of Mary Lindsey was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that his signature thereto is genuine - I further certify that Henry Gooker Esq before whom the annexed declaration of Anna Brown was made & sworn to, who subscribed the certificate thereunder written . and before whom the annexed affidavit of Jesse Goodsell and Anson G. Mallory were sworn . and who subscribed the certificate under the said affidavits written . was at the date thereof . one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County . that his signature to said declaration . certificate and affidavits is genuine .
Witness my hand & seal of office this fifth day of December 1837.
William T. B. Keermance Clerk

State of New York & Mary Lindsley wife of Joel Lindsley Green County ss of the town of Durham in the county of Green and State of New York aged sixty eight years old who being duly sworn according to law on her oath deposeth and saith that she has been well acquainted with Mr Samuel Brown now deceased and Anne his wife now his widow well knew them in the revolution war before they were married and always since knows that they reside remained at the town of East Haver in the county of New Haven in the state of Connecticut and that they have lived together as man and wife ever since till the death of the said Samuel Brown who died on the 17 day of December 1832 and that the said Anne Brown now remains his widow and I believe according to the best of my memory that she was married to the said Samuel Brown in the year 1792 and that the Samuel Brown was a soldier in the revolution war and in the service during most of the war and that he was a pensioner some years before his death.
Green County ss. Sworn and Subscribed
Mary Lindsley
before me this 22 d day of November 1837 And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent Mary Lindsley and I believe her to be a person of truth & veracity. Stephen Rennie Justice of the peace

NY Nov 15 add: proof Anna Brown
4 July 2987
Miss Frances S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Business City Washington

Livingston Heights Feb. 3. S. York Dec. 11 1838
Honble James S. Earle Esq. Sir
In my last Letter written to your Honour I mentioned that I should shortly make a visit to the City of New Haven which visit I made in the course of the last week and during my stay there I made a visit to East Haven for the purpose of procuring witnesses to prove the marriage of Mrs. Anna Brown widow of Mr. Samuel Brown a Revolutionary Soldier deceased previous to this since I had received a Certificate that there was no record of their marriage. Your Honour's Letter to me of the Second of January 1838 states that the evidence in regard to the marriage of the claimant is not satisfactory if no record of it can be found the affidavit of a credible witness present on the occasion should be produced. In order to sustain the claim, I have procured that and other which I think will be very satisfactory to your Honour, your Honour will make your return to me as soon as convenient as the old Lady is very poor and has long been out of her usual health.
I remain Sir Very respectfully yours &c Reuben Hosford

Lexington Height Feb 14 th
Free
Job S Miller Jun 1844
James S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City
Washington D.C.
Ann B. Brown widow of Samuel Ann B. Brown to what time paid

Simsbury August 31 st June & State N York 1839
Honble James S. Edwards Esq.
(Sir)
This is the first time that I have taken my pen Instead to write one word since I last wrote my last word Letter to you Honble having experienced a very severe fit of sickness and am now unable to write but necessity seems to require it. In the Case of Mrs. Anna Brown widow of W. Samuel Brown whose Case has long been pending you Honble informed me In your former Letter that the Evidence the first sent for respecting her marriage was not satisfactory that she must prove by the Church records her marriage if there was no record it must be certified and then it might be proved by some person who was present and see them married. The Rev d Doctor Dood Minister of the Gospel In the Presbyterian Church In East Haven who has the records of the Rev d Nicholas Street who married them has made his affidavit that there is no record of their marriage Mrs. Brown In her former affidavit swears that she was married to the said Samuel Brown on the 15 th day of October 1832. Mr. John Goodrich who lived the next neighbour swears that he be the Woodman at that time and saw the said Samuel Brown and Anna his wife the next morning after their marriage was Informed by them and the neighbours that they was then married. In Compliance with your Honours direction I have procured the affidavit of the Rev d Doct r Dood, the affidavit of Mrs. Ruth Smith who swears that she was present at the marriage and saw them married at or about that day also another Mrs. Stur and a Mr. Joseph Stur who swears to their marriage at that time all are members of said Dood's Church as he informed me persons of the first respectability. Some weeks ago I entered all these affidavits In a large bundle accompanied by my Letter to you Honble and In that bundle I enclosed In the proceedings of Mrs. Emily Hartland I have enclose your letters respecting Mrs. Hartland but have received no returns from you Honble respecting Mrs. Brown whose Case is so fully

Hon ble James S t Edwards Esq s Comm r ssioner of Pensions City Washington

Tunbridge Heights, P.O. S. H., June 1838 Honble James Edwards Esq. (Sir)
Enclosed I send to your Honour the applications of Messrs Abraham Maye Adam Sagendorph and Truman Smith I do think them all well entitled to pension
I remain Hon Sir
Very Respectfully your O ff
Richard H. St. John
I have received no intelligence from your Honour respecting the Claims of Mrs Anna Brown, Anna Brown, and Sophia Hartland since I last sent one, I am Correctly informed that the Reverend Nicholas Street House was burned to ashes In something like one year after the War and the probability that if he ever kept a record it was consumed at the time will not the testimony of Mrs Anna Brown with her Old Neighbour Jesse Goodell who lived but a few rods from her father's House, and knew the time of the Wedding and swears to its reality your Honour, if not some of her family will find the place to obtain further testimony In the Month of May, they then commenced living together and sleeping together at her father's House and was well known not only to the family who see them married but to all the Neighbours should your Honour upon reflection be satisfied with Mrs Brown's Mrs Simles and Mr Goodell's testimony Will your Honour send me her pension certificate as soon as may be as Mrs Brown is a poor Sibley Woman and wants assistance for her support as before
Very Respectfully your O ff
R. St. John
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY: COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
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J. W. Beach I, ROBINSON S. HINMAN , Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Bela. Hamlin
Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioner and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A.D. 1838, and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1839. That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 2 nd day of October A.D. 1838
J. W. Beach Clerk.

I, Stephen Dodd of East Haven, in New Haven County and State of Connecticut, aged 61 years, Pastor of the Congregational Church and keeper of the records thereof do hereby say that I have carefully examined the church records of Marriages which were kept by the Rev. Nicholas Street who was pastor and keeper of the records of said Church from the 1 st of October 1786 to October 1806, and there is no record of the marriage of such a person as Samuel Buel to be found during the aforesaid period.
Stephen Dodd.
State of Connecticut New Haven County } East Haven
Be it known that on this 2 nd day of October 1830 appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Rev. Stephen Dodd who is well known to me as pastor and keeper of the records of the Congregational Church in this place and who is well known for credibility and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed to Bela Harkham Justice of peace

State of Connecticut,
New Haven County ss. Irena Smith of the Town of East Haven In the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged Seventy Seven being duly sworn according to Law on her oath deponeth and saith that she was well acquainted with Mr Samuel Brown and Anna Hews previous to their marriage in East Haven and well knows them since well knew that the said Samuel Brown was a Revolutionary Soldier well remembers of being one of the guest at their wedding was present and see the Reverend Nicholas Street of said East Haven many there she says that she cannot be certain of the day of the month but says she thinks it was on or about the seventeenth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two well knows that it was on or about that time well knows that he was a Soldier then in the service of the United States and after their marriage he returned to the service again that at the close of the war he returned home against his wife and friends - then lived in the neighbourhood with them at the time I see them married and sometime afterwards and further saith not.
Sworn and subscribed this Second day of November in the year 1838 Before Me Bela Farnham one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut.
Irena Smith
I the said Bela Farnham Justice as aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Irena Smith who has above signed her name and swore to the above affidavit well knows that she is a person of respectability of truth and veracity and is well entitled to credit in all things under oath or otherwise.
Bela Farnham Justice as aforesaid

State of Connecticut
New Haven County } ss Abigail Hews of the Town of East Haven In the County of New Haven State of Connecticut will know the said Samuel Brown and Abigail Hews previous to their marriage and after their marriage will know from information from them and from those that were at their wedding that they were married at East Haven by the Reverend Nicholas Street on or about the Seventeenth of October one thousand eight hundred and Eighty Two then given a neighbour to them the said Samuel Brown was then a soldier in the service of the United States and after their marriage went into the service again
Sworn and subscribed this Second day of November 1888 Before me
Abigail Hughes
Bela Tarnham one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of New Haven State of Connecticut
Justice as aforesaid
I the said Bela Tarnham Justice as aforesaid do Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Abigail Hews well know her to be a person of perfect ability Truth and veracity and I will entitle to full credit as a witness under oath or otherwise she has above signed her name and swore to the above affidavit.
Bela Tarnham Justice as aforesaid

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss. Daniel Hews of the Town of East Haven In the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith that he is now Twenty Nine years old and he further says that he was well acquainted with the late Samuel Brown and Anna Hews previous to their marriage and after that he is a relative of the said Anna Hews now Anna Brown always In these times lived a neighbour to them well knowing that sometime in or about the Seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two that they were lawfully married together as man and wife that he was not present at the wedding although a relative yet on the next day after their marriage he see them together as his father heard them both say that they were married the night before and heard his father and mother say so together with what the neighbours and some people always said that he is certain that he is perfectly certain In the month and year but cannot swear positively to the seventeenth day believes that was certainly the day well knowing that he was then In the service of the United States and soon after his marriage returned to the army and at the close of the war returned there to his wife and friends
Sworn and subscribed this second day of November 1838 Before Me Bela T. Larnham a Justice of the peace In and for the County of New Haven State of Connecticut.
I the said Bela T. Larnham Justice as aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Daniel Hews who has above signed his name and swore to the above affidavit well knowing that he is a very respectable man a man of truth and integrity and is well entitled to full credit as a witness under oath or otherwise
Bela T. Larnham Justice as aforesaid

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY : COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
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Isaac H. Townsend, Assistant Clerk
I, ROBINSON S. HUNMAN, Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Bela Farnham,
Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioned and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A.D. 1838, and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1839. That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 3 rd day of November A.D. 1838.
Isaac H. Townsend, Assistant Clerk.