Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,426, Isaac Bosset, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bosch, Isaac
S. 36,426
Bossett
CONTENTS

36.426
Key INVALID.
File No. 36, 426
Isaac Boosett
Pro Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1879.]

4.154
Connecticut Roll -
Isaac Bossett Capt Ely Private - 44 Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Novem r 1818 and sent to Isacey Clarke Esq. Judge Windham Court.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4 mo s & 25/30 - 38:66 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
$ 86:66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 13th March, 1818. }
From 77 until 81
Killings
No. 11. Pension due July 30/1818 Isaac Bossett Windham Court

Jabez Clarke, Esq.; Judge, Windham Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.
Isaac Bassett, Connecticut line, Revolutionary claim.
found on the rolls of Col. Durkee's reg't
For testimony relative to the application reduced circumstances, see endorsement in the case of Abel Franklin. ***
See p. 1

So Gales Clerk Esq. judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Windham State of Con- necticut the Petition of Isaac Basset of Killingly in the County of Windham State of Connecticut showeth that I served five years and on half in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in the Connecticut line that in 1777 I entered my said service in Col. John Partridge Regiment & Capt. Gno Muel's Company (Sturtevant) & served faithfully till in the fall of the year 1781- when I was sick & home & obtained a furlough to return home and was never able to rejoin the army & that I am poor and unable to maintain myself & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of the system of my Country for support & may that I may have the benefit of an act of the present session of Congress entitled an act to provide for the support of certain persons in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. Dated at Killingly the 10 th Day of April A.D. 1818 Isaac Basset
State of Connecticut Windham County ss Killingly April 10 th A.D. 1818. Personally appeared before me Gales Clerk Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Windham State of Conn.

enlisted Isaac Boggett of Shelburne in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut signor of the fore- going Petition & in my presence signed the following affidavit & made solemn oath to the same to wit I Isaac Boggett of Shelburne in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut do swear "that in May 1775 - I enlisted in the service of the United States in the Connecticut line as a private soldier for seven months in a company commanded by Lieut- Jiddediah Waterman in Genl Putnam's Regiment and served said time faithfully near Boston and was there honorably discharged in December 1775 - that in the Spring of 1776 I again enlisted in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in Connecticut line for one year in Capt Christopher Ely's Company of Col. John Cushing's Regiment served said year faithfully & was honorably discharged in Hartford Connecticut and and that I have lost my discharges & they are not now in my possession - And that in the Year 1777 - I again enlisted in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in Connecticut establishment in Col. John Cushing's Regiment & Capt John Buel's Company (to the best of my recollection) in the Connecticut line I enlisted for three years only but was returned for service during the war. I served under said enlistment for about four years - At New York Battle I was wounded in my leg & the bone thereof

badly fractured by reason of which I was frequently troubled by the wound's breaking out anew - and I obtained a furlough some time in the fall of 1781 (in October I think) to return home & I was afterwards unable to rejoin the army in consequence of the lameness occasioned by the wound before said & that I obtained certificates from Doctor's Holding & Fitch, respectable Physicians in my vicinity, that I was in consequence of my said Wound Henceforth unable to return to the army as sent said certificates to the army but did not obtain a discharge when peace was declared & have no discharge from said left enlistment and that by reason of my said lameness - and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of the assistance of my country for support
Sworn the 10 th day of April AD 1818
Before me Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County
I Matthew Moffatt of Killington in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut. Do swear, That I was a soldier in Col. Duskens Regiment in the years AD 1777 - 1778 & 1779 and know that Mr. Isaac Bassett above named was a soldier in the same regiment for two or three years and that he was wounded in Defence of Red Bank Fort, as I was near him at that time, and that frequently since that time, to the present he complains of lameness in that leg - and I do further say that he is poor, and needs need assistance
Matthew his M ark Moffatt
Sworn April 10 th AD 1818
Before me Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County

In Testimony of the within and foregoing matters, I have caused the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County to be hereunto Affixed
Attest Jabez Clarke Judge of said Court
I Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut. Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Isaac Basset did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration and affidavit against the Common enemy - And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. Attest - Jabez Clarke
Isaac Basset Petition
I Sam Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Windham & State of Connecticut. Do certify that Jabez Clarke Esq. is Judge of said Court, that the foregoing Signatures are his own hand writing, that the Seal Annexed is the Seal of said Court. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Name. Windham May 6 th 1818 - Sam Gray
Jabez Clarke Do now further certify that I am fully satisfied that Isaac Basset the applicant is in reduced circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that I am acquainted with Anthony Brown and William Dyer Esq. two of the Defendants in this case and know them to be men of respectable character and full faith and credit ought to be given to their testimony. Attest Jabez Clarke
See the Petition for the D. & C. Act

We the subscribers of Shelburne in the County of Windham State of Connecticut of Lowville age do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the circumstances of Isaac Roberts of Shelburne of ? who has off had for a person under the act of levies levies "an act to provide for certain persons in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" & that he is perfectly poor & destitute of any means of support but his daily labour & that he does in fact need the assistance of his County for his support. Shelburne Oct 3 D 1818
Laban Fisher Anthony Brown Wm Read Nathan Fuller
State of Connecticut ss Shelburne October the 3 day AD 1818 Windham County Personally appeared the of ? Laban Fisher Anthony Brown Wm Read Nathan Fuller signers of the foregoing petition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same & I Certify that I am satisfied that the foregoing deposition is correct & true. Ebenezer Young Justice of the Peace and I further certify that I am well acquainted

with the Notary Public Anthony Brown William Maddox before the above deponents and believe them to be totally distinguished witnesses in the objection to show them to be men of fair characters for truth & veracity and that full faith & credit ought to be given to their testimony. Ebenezer Young Justice of the Peace
I Samuel P. ... of the County Court in & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that Rebecca Young did before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made - is duly enrolled as one of the Justices of the Peace in & for Windham County and full faith & credit ought to be given to her acts as such - that the above signature is her hand writing.
In Testimony Whereof The Public Seal of said Court is hereunto Affixed this 28 th day of October AD 1818
Sam Gray
deposition for Isaac Bissett Witnesses

Isaac Bapat application e/o
No 4,154
Yrs - 5 Nov r 1818.
(March 1819)
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District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Special Court of Common Pleas, holden at Pomfret within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 20 th day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,] Isaac Bapst of Hillingly in said County
aged Sixtythree years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of three years on the day of 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Christopher Ely in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until 1779 -
when he was discharged from the said service in Westpoint in the State of
New York. - I applied for a Pension the 10 th day of April 1818. Vouched the 1 st of my Pension certificate is 4,154 - I was in Bunkerhill Battle - also New York Brandywine Germantown Mudfort on Long Island White Plains &c - I am lame & cannot labor - I have no family
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
A Schedule of the Whole estate & income of Isaac Bapst of Hillingly in said County on the 20 th day of June 1820 viz - 1 Bush Scythe - 1 hoe - 1 Sickle the whole value of which is $0. 50
Isaac Bapst mark

Sworn to and declared on the 20 th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest..
David G. Bolles
Clerk.
I, David G. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opin- ion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Dollars , and 50 - Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 24 th day of June A. D. 1820.
David G. Bolles
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.