Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17370, Ezra Butler, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Butler, Ezra Meritable
NUMBER
N. 17370
CONTENTS

Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1831. to the 8 Nov 1831. the day of his death. Cap 1839. notified 5 June
16 1/2 R
Connecticut
Ezra Butler
of Watertown in the state of Conn who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Conn line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of May 1820 sent to Honble J. Lansdowne, U. S. Secy
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 178. 89
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 6 Sept 1870 48
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$226 : 09
78 89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Sept 28 Emerson

Connecticut. 3644
Mehitable Butler, widow of Ezra Butler,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar. '18, and who died on the 8 th November 1831, of N. Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a Pay in the Company commanded by Captain Cooper of the Regt. commanded by Huntington in the Connecticut line for 9 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 30 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July '39, and sent to Benajah Andrews, Meriden, Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of March - $ 90.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 15.00 $ 105.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk. Book A Vol. 1 Page 167.
see letter to D. Andrews, Aug. 9. 1839-
W. Cothren Sep 25-1852
W. Cothren 14 Oct. 1854.

4653 Lyra Butler of Watertown
April 24. 1818
Simeon Baldwin Judge New Haven, Conn.
Rec d Aug. 24. 1819.
The official character of the Justices before whom the within affidavits were taken should be proved by the certificate of the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
The affiant should state the period of time for which he was at the same.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss.
ON this twenty-fourth day of April - 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State, personally appears Ezra Butler - aged 68 - years, resident in Waterbury - in the said State, 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, entitled "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 Ezra Butler on the 3 rd or 4 th of May 1775 - enlisted in Bristol - in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain N. Hooker in Col. Larn: Wyllys regiment for six months & joined the Continental Army at Roxbury & served there the period of his enlistment & one month longer at request. - That in March or April 1776 he again enlisted at Bristol into Col. Percival's company in Col. Huntington's regiment to serve till Jan'y 1777. -
That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the month of Jan'y - 1779 - when he was discharged from service, in Ramapough state of New Jersey - That he was in the battles of Harlem Heights - White Plains - & at Trenton at the capture of the Hessians - & that after which he served three years in the Wagon service in the Quartermaster's or Commissary department. - and that he is in reduced 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. Having lost his Discharges -
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Simeon Baldwin
Ezra Butler
I, Simeon Baldwin Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do Certify, that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Ezra Butler 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 had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
NEW-HAVEN, April 24 th 1818.
Simeon Baldwin
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY, ss.
NEW-HAVEN, April 24 th 1818.
I, DYER WHITE, Clerk of the Superior Court of said State, for said County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do CERTIFY that the name SIMEON BALDWIN, subscribed to the foregoing Certificates, is known to me to be the proper hand writing and signature of SIMEON BALDWIN, who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court.
In testimony whereof, I affix the Seal of said Court.
Dyer White

Connecticut
We Legrand Bancroft & James M. L. Scovill both of Watertown in State depose & say we are well acquainted with the within named Ezra Brainerd & have been for about two years past since he resided in our neighborhood & that he justifies the character of a man of truth & we have no doubt that he performed the service in the revolutionary war as he has stated in his declaration & that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support
NewHaven April 24 th 1818
Sworn to at Date before me
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Sup t Court of State
Legrand Bancroft James M. L. Scovill
NewHaven Aug t 20 th 1818
I certify that Legrand Bancroft Esq r Counsellor at Law & James M. Scovill, Merchant — The above Deponents are both personally known to me & that their character as to truth is unexceptionably fair & that from further enquiry as well as from their testimony I am satisfied that from his reduced circumstances in life the Applicant now needs the assistance of his Country for support.
Simson Baldwin

Ezra Butler  Butler
16. 092
Sept. 1020

At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the fourth Tuesday of June 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Ezra Butts a resident in the town of Waterbury in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oaths that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz:
   One Cow $20.00   2 Pigs 10.00   1 Braff Kettle 9.00   1 Table 1.00   1 Porridge Pot 1.00   2 Mat & 1 Cider bbls 2.00   6 Chairs 2.00   1 Sett Knives & 1 Sattforn 1.00   1 ax & 1 Hoe 1.00   1 Mry. 1 Tea Pot & 1 Coffee Pot 0.60   1 Sett Tea Cups & Saucers 0.34   6 Table plates & 6 Pie plates 0.55   7 Milk pans 1.70   1 Tin pail 1 Wooden pail 0.50   4 pewter plates 2 do platters 1.00   2 do basins 0.83   1 Tea Kettle 0.34   1 Y o Anxious Shovels & Spoons 1.67   1 Wash tub & 1 Chest 1.00   1 Looking glass 1 Churn 1 Cardstick 0.67   2 Flat Irons 1 Baker Kettle 0.83   2 Small iron Kettles 1.00   1 Two bushel basket 0.50   $58.53  
Ezra Butts

District and State of Connecticut, ss. New Haven
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this fifth day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Ezra Butts aged 69 years, resident in the Town of Wethersfield in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Enlisted into Capt. Timothy Percivals company Col. Huntingtons Regt in March 1776 said company was raised for one year from the month of Jan & Feb & having served the time out I was discharged regularly in the month of Jan 1777 in New Jersey.
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 21 st day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 16872 And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Miller but I am not able to find the mill I have not been for some time owing to a complaint on my lungs - that I am 69 years old and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife 64 years old who is in firm - Our daughter named Emmeline  Madame aged 20 years four grandchildren named William aged 2 years 6 months all dependent upon me for support Ezra Butts
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is 58 Dollars and 53 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Henry B. Flagg Clerk

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry B Hagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is 38 Dollars and 53 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
5th day of July 182 6
Henry B Hagg Clerk
I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry B Hagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in
this 5th day of July 182 6
Isaac Mills Chief Judge of said Court

State of Connecticut } ss. Probate District County of New Haven } of Meriden
On this 25 th day of May A D 1839, Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the Probate district of Meriden in said County, being a Court of Record, present James S. Brooks Judge of said Court; Mahitable Butler a Widow of Meriden in the County of New Haven, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, with an oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the Widow of Ezra Butler who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army; (The services my said husband performed I am unable to specify); She further declares that she was married to the said Ezra Butler on the fourth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty nine, and that her husband, the aforesaid Ezra Butler died on the eighth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty one; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated; that there were no family record of the marriage, and that my said husband was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death under the act of 18 th March A D 1818. Mahitable her Butler Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year mark above written, before James S. Brooks Judge of Probate

And I hereby further certify, that Alfred Blackman, Truman Starr, and Benajah Andrews, are severally Justices of the Peace and have by Law a right to administer oaths and that their signatures to the Depositions attached hereto are in their genuine handwriting; In Testimony of the above, and foregoing, I have on the day and year last aforesaid hereto affixed my official signature and the Seal of said Court.
James S. Brooks, Judge of Probate For the District of Meriden

And I hereby further certify, that Alfred Blackman, Truman Starr, and Benjamin Andrews, are severally Justices of the Peace and have by Law a right to administer oaths and that their signatures to the Depositions attached herunto are in their genuine hand writing; In Testimony of the above, and foregoing, I have on the day and year last aforesaid herunto affixed my official signature and the Seal of said Court —
James S Brooks, Judge of Probate In the District of Meriden

State of Connecticut } ss. Woodbury County of Litchfield }
Be it known, that on this eleventh day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty four before me the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut affirmable personally appeared Har- riet Ford, a resident of Woodbury in said County, and made oath ac- cording to law, that she and her sister Eunice M c . Warner of Seymour in New Haven County and State afore- said are the only surviving children of Meh- itabel Butler, who was the widow of Ezra Butler deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner  Soldier  and who was herself a Revolutionary Pensioner, under the act of July 7 th 1838, at the rate of thirty dollars per annum; that she said Harriet Ford has been in- formed that said pension of said Me- hitabel Butler should have been larger, and equal to the pen- sion received by her said husband Ezra before his death, which pen- sion she has been informed was of greater amount per annum than thirty dollars and that therefore there is, as she believes  is an arrearage in said pension, which would have been due said Mehitabel, and which she said Harriet Ford

claims for herself, and the said Ezekiel Warner, only surviving children of said Mehitable, and Ezra Butler, all which information given to her said Harriet will be found to be true & untrue by reference to the files and records in the Pension Office at Washington D.C.
She is also informed that proof of further service on the part of said Ezra may probably be found in the rolls in said Pension Office, as she has often heard her mother, the said Mehitable Butler say, that her husband the said Ezra Butler was on on several tours of service during the Revolutionary War, of which the proof is lost, unless found in the rolls and records of said Pen- sion Office. She has also heard said Mehitable say that said Ezra was also three years in the wagon service. She further states that she is directly interested as a claimant in said arrearage of Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with the other papers of said case, praying the Commis- sioner to have the files and records of his office examined for such additional evidence as may appear on said claim.
Harriet Ford
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year expressed before me as witness my hand & notarial seal William Cothern Notary Public

I, William Cotheren Notary Public in and for said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Harriet Ford, who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly inter- ested in said claim as therein set forth.
William Cotheren, Notary Public
I do hereby request the Commis- sioner of Pensions to forward all communications and papers relating to the foregoing application to William Cotheren, Esq. my attorney, at Woodbury, Connecticut.
Woodbury Sept. 11, 1854
Harriet Ford

To all whom it may concern. The Deposition of Abel Peck of Farmington in the County of Hartford & State of Connec- -icut is as follows (Viz) That he has been acquainted with Ezra Butler of Watubury in the County of New Haven, for more than Fifty years, and that in 1776. he and said Butler, belonged and lived in said Farmington and that in the latter part of March of the aforesaid year said Butler enlisted as a Soldier to serve in Capt. Timothy Percival, Company and Col. the Huntington, Regt and that the Deponent was an enlisted Soldier in Capt. Amos Wilson, Company and Col. Fisher Gay's Regt in s d year and was stationed at New York, and while there saw said Butler frequently and knows that he was a Soldier then belonging to s d Percival's Company & Huntington's Regt and that the Deponent saw said Butler about the time he returned to s d Farmington from the campaign of s d year which was in Jan y 1777 and that s d Butler was discharged about the middle of s d January his army impression and further the Deponent saith not
Abel Peck
State of Connecticut ss Watubury June 14 th 1819. Personally appeared before me Abel Peck, the subscriber of the above Deposition and made solemn oath that s d Deposition

contains the truth, according to his best belief and knowledge, —
Sylvanus Bancroft Just. Peace
I testify that I am personally acquainted with the s. Abel Piek, and believe that faith and credit is to be given to his testimony Sylvanus Bancroft
I Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal there- of, do hereby certify, that the Grand Bancroft Esq. whose name is a- bove written, was on the fourteenth day of June last, and still is, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New-Haven, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, the eleventh day of January Anno Domini 1820. Thomas Day

State of Connecticut, ss Hartford County ss it 21 st 1810.
Personally appeared before me Timothy Pitkin, a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, James Warner of Farmington in said County, who being duly sworn, did depose & say, that on the second day of May 1776, he joined the Company to which he belonged, com- -manded by Capt Timothy Percival, in the City of New York, that Ensign Butler, with whom he was well acquainted, was then a Soldier in said Company & doing duty therein, & said Butler then informed the Deponent, that he had then been doing duty in said Company about a month. said Warner also says, that he the Deponent, left said Company, on furlough, about the last of December 1776, & that, at that time said Butler continued in said Company, & had belonged had to said duty in the same from the said 2 d of May 1776; & that sometime about the last of January in 1777 said Butler arrived at his home, in Farmington, in

a very poor state of health, & on that account, &c. the  understated was dismissed from service.
Sworn
Before Me
Tim d Pitkin just as.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Deomas Warner, the above deponent, & that full faith & credit to him may be given to the above statement made by him -
Tim d Pitkin.
I Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify,
That Timothy Pitkin Esq. whose name is above written, was, on the 21 st day of October A. D. 1818, and ever since has been, a justice of the Peace within and for the county of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, the eleventh day of January, Anno Domini 1820. Thomas Day

Woodbury, Conn. 28 Sept. 1854
Hon. S. P. Waldo,
Dear Sir, I send for examination the application of Harriet Ford for arrearage of pension. She is not able to give any lucid statement of the case, and those, who might have given information are dead. She thinks the files and records in your office will throw light upon the subject,
Yours very truly,
W. C. Othrew

Aug. 9
3644
Reputable Butler cont.
James M. [unclear] Commission Merchant Washington D.C.

Meriden Aug 5. 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq.
The Pension Certificate of Michalable Butler is received and I can not discover, upon the examination of the Pension Laws, why there should be so much difference (in amount) between her Pension and that of her late Husband Dea. Butler; he in his life time was entitled to 96 ad Mars per annum; and she but thirty ad Mars per annum. I am inclined to think there is some mistake about it. Please inform me, by return of Mail (the why & the wherefore) and oblige your humble Servt.
Yours very Respectfully Benajah Andrews

Hon ble J. P. Edwards Esq r
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Meriden 27 th May 1839
Dear Sir —
Enclosed is the application of Mathable Butler, the Widow of Ezra Butler late a Prisoner of the United States, under the Act of 18 th March 1818. The original Certificate has recently been transmitted to the Treas y Office for the arrears of his Pension which has been received by her (the Widow) Ezra Butler & his Wife lived in Washington Six or eight years immediately after their marriage, he lived there, at the time — Please give to the application, suitable attention, as she is probably in the last stage of consumption —
The application of Widow Hulda Johnson, which was forwarded to the Dept y last fall, has not been heard from — Please inform me &
Your ob d Serv t
J. S. Edwards Sec y & Benjamin Andrews Comm ee of Pensions

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 2 d , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Ezra Butler, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Hartford, Ct. Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars and _____ Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March, 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1831, to the 8 th Nov r , 1831, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Clevenger acting
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Pension Office. 7 th Oct. 1854.
Connecticut Rolls. Act 7 th July 1838. $30. per annum.
Mehitable Butler widow of Ezra.
To what time paid?
When did she die?
D. Cole for Commissioner.
R. S. Atkinson Esqr. Third Auditor.

Mchitable Butler paid to 4 Sept 1839.
Richd J. Atkinson Auditor
Mr Randall

Hon. Loren P. Waldo Governor of Pennsylvania Washington D. C.

Mehitable Butler
Con at '38
Laid up until letter Brook for last trip is returned
A.H.R.
20 Oct 1854.
Commissary of Prisoners Washington D.C.
FREE

Mihitable Butler Con - 538 - 3644
Misses Journal of Friends Col. Washington D.C.
FREE

Woodbury, Conn. - 12 Sept. 1854 Wm. L. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir,
Will you have the kindness to inform me whether Ezra Butler, who served in the company of Capt. Noudiah Hooker in the War of the Revolution, appears as a pensioner on the records of your office. He is widowed, Mehitable Butler, was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1838, but I do not know whether her husband ever was a pensioner or not.
I send enclosed the necessary papers to draw the amount of pension accruing to said Mehitable Butler on her pension from the date of the last payment Sept. 4 th to the time of her death Nov. 28 th 1839. The children say it has never been drawn, and from the fact that the certificate has never been returned before, I supposed it might be true.
Yours truly,
W. Cothren

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17370
Mehitable Butler
Wid. of
Ezra Butler
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Henry A Cook of Wallingford in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut of lawful age aforesaid say, that I am Assistant Town Clerk of the Town of said Wallingford, legally appointed & sworn and that I have carefully examined the Records of said Town, to find the Record of the Marriage of Ezra Butler & Miriam Twiss, and can find none; I therefore say that there is no record of said Marriage in this Office Henry A Cook assistant Town Clerk
State of Connecticut } ss. Wallingford — New Haven County } On this 30 th day of March A.D. 1839. Personally appeared the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County, Henry A. Cook, and made oath in due form of law, that the facts contained in the above Deposition by him subscribed are true; and I hereby certify that the said Henry A. Cook is assistant Town Clerk as set forth in his said Deposition and that he is a credible person — Sworn & subscribed this day and year aforesaid — Before — Benjamin Andrews Justice of Peace

Joseph Swift of Meriden in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut aged seventy eight years or more or less; That Mahitable Swift and Ezra Butler were, married to each other at my house in Cheshire in said County in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine; and according to the best of my recollection, in the month of March in the same year; The Rev d Benjamin Beach (Then of North Haven in said County, but since removed to Cornwall in Litchfield County and now deceased) a regular Clergyman, performed the marriage ceremony; I was present at the Marriage; my Wife was present (but is now insane); The said Ezra Butler died at Derby about eight years since, and was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death; and I know that Mahitable neither his Widow has ever since his deceased remained his Widow; I was a regular Soldier in the Revolutionary War some months; and a Mechanic in the Army three years; and now receive a Pension. And further I say not — Joseph Swift
State of Connecticut
New Haven County } ss. Meriden
On this 25 th day of May A D 1839, personally appeared before the subscriber Joseph Swift, and in due form of law to the truth of the facts in the above Deposition by him subscribed; and I certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent and that he is a credible person —
Benjamin Andrews Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } ss. Dealey 4th April 1839 New Haven County }
The Deposition of William Butler of the town of Oxford in said New Haven County, of lawful age and a credible witness, having been first duly cautioned and sworn as follows; - That the Deponent was twenty one years of age on the 23 rd day of last February; That he is grandnephew of Ezra Butler late of said Derby deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; - That the Deponent resided in the dwelling house in which said deceased died, at the time of his death; That said Ezra Butler died in said Derby, at a place called Humphreysville, on the eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. That the Deponent saw him the said Ezra when he died, and his corpse after he was dead. This Deponent believes said Ezra died with the consumption. The Deponent testifies that said deceased had been consumptive some years previously to his death; that he was injured upon his hands, two or three years before his death, and nearly or quite lost the use of

The same, but never recovered his health after said injury.
The Deponent has always lived in the family of said Ezra Butler, but never knew of any Records of his marriage with Mehitable Butler who still remains his widow.
William Butler
Personally appeared William Butler, subscriber of the foregoing deposition, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Deponent, William Butler, and that he is a credible witness. Certified & done before me on the day and year first above named. Attest
Alfred H. Chapman Justice of the Peace

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Lydia Mills of Goshen in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut aged Sixtyfour years, depose & say, that I am the Daughter of the Rev d Benjamin Beach late of Cornwall in said County, deceased, that I have had in my possession the Marriage Records of my Father ever since the Settlement of his Estate; and I have carefully examined said Records, to find the marriage of Ezra Butler & Mahitah Turp, and can find no Record of their Marriage; and I unhesitatingly say that There is no Record thereof — and further I say not.
Lydia Mills
State of Connecticut } G. Goshen — Litchfield County } On this 21 st day of May A D 1839, Personally appeared before the Subscribers, Lydia Mills, and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the facts, in the above deposition by her subscribed; and I hereby certify that the said Lydia Mills, is a credible person — Before me —
Truman Starr Justice of Peace