Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10472, Jeriah Burnap, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Burnap, Jeriah Abigail
W. 10472
B. L. Mt. 26311-160-55
CONTENTS

17. 682
Connecticut
Jeriah Burnap of Coventry in the State of Conn who was a Pri — in the Conn commanded by Captain — of the Regt commanded by Col Housford in the Conn Militia for 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept 1833 and sent to W. H. Housford Hebron Conn
Arrears to the 14th of Septemr $ 66 65 Pension allowance ending Mar 31 13 33
$ 79 98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. B. Bullock Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 3 Page 6

5365
Connecticut.
Abigail Burnap widow of Jeriah Burnap
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Mar 1850 and sent to
Hon. L. P. Waldo House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 260 Vol. 1
3 H

110,062, Mar. 3, 1835.
Apr. 22 " "
Abigail Burnham widow of Jeriah Burnham, Pri.
May
aw 16 1/2 May 20/35
Revolutionary War.
Pensioners.
Conn. Def 48-5365
W. H. Fowler, Dec. 31/55,
R
Henry Fowler. Hartford. Conn.
Vol. Bo-143, 5

110,162.
Country land claim of Abigail Burnap Widow of Jeriah Burnap du (Revolutionary service) under Act March 3, 1855.

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
On this 24 th day of April A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Abigail Burnap Age d Eighty three years who being duly sworn according to law Declares that she is a resident of Andover in the County of Tolland State of Connecticut and the Widow of Jeriah Burnap deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the Act June 7. 1832 at $26. 66 / 100 dollars per annum
She further states that she is now a pensioner of the U.S. on the roll of the Connecticut Agency in Hartford under the Act February 3 d 1848 at $26. 66 / 100 per annum, that her pension Certificate under said act is dated at the Department of the Interior 4 th day of March 1850, and she refers to her application for said pension on file in the Pension Office in Washington for proof of her husbands service & death and of their
marriage She further declares that her said husband died in the town of Coventry now in Andover on the 17 th day of October 1834 and that she is now his Widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose

of Obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved 3 rd March 1855.
Abigail Burnap
We Nathan Burnap and Mary Sexton residents of Andover in the County of Tolland State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Burnap in our presence, and that we know from the appearance and statements of the Applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Nathan Burnap Mary Sexton
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
Gurley Phelps Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.
On this Second day of July A. D. 1833, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Jeriah Burnap a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 78 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, and served as herein stated.
In 1776 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Clark of Ashford (his Christian name he has forgotten) for the term of three months. Joseph Talcott of Coventry was his Lieut & Ephraim Kingsbury was his Ensign. The Company marched from Ashford through Pomfret & Douglas to Cambridge & Roxbury near Boston at Cambridge we were annexed to a Battalion commanded by Maj. Brown, during the time we were employed in various duties in watching the enemy Genl. Washington was our commander he recollects the British Army leaving Boston in their boats & saw them go on board the shipping in the Harbour, after his three months expired was honorably discharged he recollects that Joseph Kingsbury served with him in the same company and was discharged at the same time
The Declarant further says that soon after he returned home he was ordered with the whole of the 12 th Regt. to which he belonged to march for New York for a term of three months during the time the Regt was then commanded by Col. Obadiah Horeford the company was commanded by Elizer Hutchinson, Paul Brigham was our Lieut & Thomas Ferris was our Ensign our company marched from Gilead about the first of Sept or

Last of August I marched through Wethersfield New Haven & Fairfield to New Rochelle where we joined the Reg't the British Army lay in New York and its vicinity the American Army at White Plains and was commanded by Gen Washington - There was some fighting between the British and Americans but this declarant was not in any engagement - after his time of three months had expired he was honorably discharged he thinks verbally as he has now no written discharge.
He further says that in the year 1777 on or about the first of February he enlisted for two months into Capt. John Skinner's Company & performed the duty in New London in guarding the City & the British ships lay off the harbor and occasionally fired towards the town. Thomas Ferrill was Lieut of the Company Col. Mason was our commanding officer - had no fighting with the enemy. He is
And he further states that in his first tour in 1776 near Boston he served three months - As a private in his second near New York he served three months as a private, - And in his third at New London he served two months as a private.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
He was born in Coonty Holland Coonty Ct A. 1754
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
He has no record of his age
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
When called into service he lived in Coonty has lived there ever since the revolutionary war and now lives there
4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
He enlisted the first time 1776 - the second he was called out with the whole Regt. 1776 - the third in 1777 he enlisted
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
in his first time he served in Major Brown's Battalion under Genl Washington in his second he served in the 12 th Regt under Col. Obadiah Hovey, Genl Putnam commanding the forces & in his third at St. L. under Col. Ledyard

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
he never had a written discharge
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?
he is known to the Rev. James Ely of Bolton and Daniel White Esq. of Coventry who have certified as to his reputation & their belief of his services &c
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jeriah Burnap
We, James Ely a clergyman residing in the town of Bolton in the County of Tolland, and Daniel White residing in Coventry hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jeriah Burnap who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 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.
James Ely Daniel White
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 the Rev. James Ely who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bolton and that Daniel White Esq. who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Coventry and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Cyrus Mann, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jeriah Burnap for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this second day of July A. D. 1833.
Cyrus Mann Clerk.
Jeriah Burnap

State of Connecticut } Tolland County } ss } Coventry
On this 27 th day of February 1843 personally appeared before Alonzo W. Borge a Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the district of Hebron Abigail Burnap a resident of the Town of Coventry in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy One years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 —
That she is the widow of Jeriah Burnap who was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution —
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeriah Burnap on the 23 rd day of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Three, that her husband the aforesaid Jeriah died on the seventeenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed —
She further declares and says that her husband was a pensioner up to the day of his death at the rate of twenty five Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum — Abigail Burnap
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above written Before Me, Alonzo W Borge Judge of Probate for Hebron District

State of Connecticut } Hartford Probate District } fs.
I John W. Ensworth Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said in the matter of the application of Mrs. Abigail Burnap for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of February Anno Domini One Thousand Eighty Six hundred and forty three
John W. Ensworth Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
10472
Abigail Burnap Wid
Jeriah Burnap P.M. Prior War
Act: _____
Oct 29/48
Index:—Vol. _____
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Page _____
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

8671. Abigail Burnap Con.
let to M c Webster April 5 43 " " " " " May 24. "
Act 7 July 1838

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No 8671
Abigail Burnap Con
let to M. C. Webster April 5. 43
" " " May 24. "
to Hon. R. S. Baldwin Apr 4. 49
" " " S. P. Waldo Jan. 8. /51
admit this
act 7 July 1838

26,311
5 Mem. Aug

110,062
J P Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

8771 Connecticut Abigail Burnap widow of Jeriah Burnap who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Mar '50 and sent to
Hon L. S. Waldo House of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 50

10852
Connecticut.
Abigail Burnap
Widow of Jeriah Burnap who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 17 Oct r 1834 of Co ventry in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Hutchinson of the Reg t commanded by Col l Hartford in the Conn line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Mar. 1850 and sent to Hon L. P. Waldo, Houn of R
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book
2 Vol. 1
J. P. Chase Clerk, Page 81

17154 Connecticut 17154
Jeriah Dumas
of Coventry in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Conn. — commanded by Captain Hutchinson of the Reg. — commanded by Col. Housford in the Conn. line for 8 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Aug, (P.D.) and to the A. Heeder Hebron
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 53.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep '31 13.34
$66.66
Recorded by C. C. Hays Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Cio Book 6, Vol. 3 Page 5

This may certify that having examined the Coventry Town Records of Marriages &c. I find that said records were not kept in perfect or regular order Fifty or Sixty years ago and I have not been able to find the marriage record of Mrs. Abigail Burnap R. Belknap Coventry April 10 th 1843 Town Clerk

Hartford Conn April 28, 1855.
Sir
Herewith I transmit the application of Abigail Burnap Widow of Jeriah Burnap for County land under the Act March 3, 1853. Please make returns to me
I Am Respectfully Your Ob Serv Henry Fowler
D. Waldo Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

State of Connecticut.
I, Oliver H. Ferry — Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Curley Phelps — was, from the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1856, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland — in said State, duly appointed and commissioned—having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Curley Phelps — to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 25 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
O H Ferry
Secretary of State.

Probate Office,
Hebron Connecticut, Septm. 18th, 1848.
Dear Sir,
Mrs Abigail Burnap widow of Jeriah Burnap deceased, late a pensioner of the U. S., a resident of the new town of Andover in the Probate District of Hebron & the part of the new town which formerly belonged to the town of Coventry & has applied to me to make a Declaration in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 29th, 1848.
I find that Mrs Burnap made application for a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, which application is now on file in the Pension Office. There being no record of her marriage in the Office of the Town Clerk of the town of Coventry, or in the Society records of the Society of Andover, she was under the necessity of proving her marriage by parol evidence, which she did by one witness who was present when the marriage ceremony was performed, and by the testimony of respectable citizens of Andover that she and her husband, the late Jeriah Burnap deceased, lived together as man and wife.
Mr. M. C. Webster of Hartford & then Mrs Burnap's Agent, received a Letter from you bearing date April 5, 1843, saying that "The approximation of the alleged date of the marriage to the limitation of the Act of July, 1838, in the case of Abigail Burnap will render indispensable to adduce record evidence in order to establish it with the requisite certainty."
After the receipt of this communication, as no record evidence could be procured, nothing farther was done to establish her claim.
Mrs Burnap wishes now to relinquish her claim for a pension

under the Act of July 7th, 1838, if she can be allowed so to do, and make a new application under the Act passed at the last Session of Congress.
The objection stated by you to the description of evidence furnished in the passage above quoted, to wit: "The approximation of the alleged date of the marriage to the limitation of the Act of July 7th, 1838," will not weigh against the same evidence under the Act of July 29th, 1848.
Mrs. Burnap resided and now resides near where my father lived and I have been acquainted with her and her deceased husband from my youth, and know that they lived together as man and wife some years before, 1800, and abundant evidence can be furnished that they so lived together and were reputed to be man and wife.
Will you inform me whether she will be allowed to make a new application under the Act passed July 29th, 1848, upon relinquishing her former claim, and if so what steps she must take, and what new evidence, if any, will be required.
Mrs. Burnap is a worthy old lady and in needy circumstances.
I am very respectfully, Your Abt. Genl.
Abner Hender Judge of Probate for the District of Nelson.
Hon. J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions.

Dec 29/42
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commission for Pensions Present,

Washington Dec. 29, 1849
Sir
In the matter of the application of Mrs. Abigail Burnap for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, I am desirous of knowing the pecuniary difficulty in that case.
Mrs. Burnap is known to me, & I have no doubt her case is meritorious. —
In the matter of Lois Buckland application on file, I am also desirous to know the pecuniary difficulty, and if it is not insuperable I think it will be removed. —
I am also desirous to see the papers of Zepheth Eldredge of Connecticut, who was a pensioner under the act of 1818. I will call for them when found. —
I have the honor to be Yours truly
S. P. Waldo

Copy
Probate Office,
Hebron, Conn., Sept. 18th. 1848.
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Abigail Burnap a resident of the new town of Andover in the Probate District of Hebron (the parts of it which formerly belonged to the town of Coventry) has applied to me to make a Declaration in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 29th. 1848.
I find that Mrs. Burnap made application for a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, which application is now on file in the Pension Office.
There being no record of her marriage in the Office of the Town Clerk of the town of Coventry, or in the Society Records of the Society of Andover, she was under the necessity of proving her marriage by parol evidence which she did by one witness who was present when the marriage ceremony was performed, and by the testimony of respectable citizens of the town of Andover that she and her husband, the late Jonah Burnap deceased, lived together as man and wife.
M r M c L. Webster of Hartford (then Mrs. Burnap's Agent) received a Letter from you bearing date April 5, 1843, saying that "The approximation of the alleged date of the marriage to the limitation of the Act of July, 1838, in the case of Abigail Burnap will render it indispensable to adduce record evidence in order to establish it with the requisite cer-

tainty". After the receipt of this communication, as no record evidence could be procured, nothing further was done in relation to her claim.
Mrs. Burnap wishes now to relinquish her claim for a pension under the Act of June 7, 1838, if she can be allowed so to do, and make a new application under the Act passed at the last Session of Congress.
The objection urged by you in the passage above quoted to the evidence adduced of the marriage of Mrs. Burnap to wit: "The approximation of the alleged date of the marriage to the limitation of the Act of July 7, 1838," will not weigh against the same evidence under the Act of July 29, 1848.
Mrs. Burnap resided and now resides near where my father lived, and I have been acquainted with her and her deceased husband from her youth and know that they lived together as man and wife before 1800, and abundant evidence can be furnished that they so lived and had a child before Jan'y. 2, 1800.
Mrs. Burnap is a worthy old lady and in needy circumstances.
Will you inform me whether she will be allowed to make a new claim under the Act of July 29th, 1848, upon relinquishing her former claim, and if so what steps she must take, and what new evidence, if any, will be required.
I am very respectfully your obt. Servt.
Honor Glendon, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Salem
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.

Payments to be made at Hartford by Pres: W: V: Mr Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
17.154
17682
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3
Page 6 by EDBullough Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jeriah Burnap of the State of Connecticut who was a Private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Twenty Six dollars and Sixty Six 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.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three
John B. M c Lean Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Jeriah Burnap
8 in pinate
26. 66
A. Hendee
Nelson
6

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Bunn  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? one only
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No See Quere 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Senate Chamber
Feb 27/1849
Sir. The enclosed papers were received by me last evening. Judge Bendire is a gentleman of high respectability & personally known to me. From the statement he makes as to his personal knowledge of the applicant & her late husband prior to 1800, if her papers are in other respects regular she would seem to come within the provision of the act of Congress of July last.
Will you have the goodness to inform me at your early convenience whether further evidence is requisite
I am very respectfully
Your obedt servt
P. S. Baldoni
Hon J. L. Edward (Comm-Appropriations)

Thirty First Congress, S.S.
House of Representatives Feb. 27, 1850
This will certify that I have been acquainted with the family of Jeriah Barnap deceased, and his wife Abigail Barnap for more than twenty years last past; and I know that so long as the said Jeriah lived, he and the said Abigail cohabited as husband and wife; that the said Abigail Barnap is a highly respectable woman whose word would be taken without any hesitation by her neighbors and acquaintances; that I am also acquainted with Henry H. Abel the justice of the peace, before whom the deposition of Nancy Haynes was taken, and know him to be a highly respectable and honorable man, and that from my knowledge of the facts and parties I have no doubt of the marriage of Jeriah Barnap and Abigail Barnap at the time and in the manner stated in the deposition of said Nancy Haynes. —
Soren P. Waldo

Hartford Connecticut
March 7 th 1843
Sir
I send you herewith enclosed the claims of Huldah Hutchinson and Abigail Burnap for Pensions under the Act of the 7 th of July 1838, and I should esteem it a distinguished favor to have an early action upon them —
I have the honor to be very respectfully Y rs Ob t Serv t M. C. Webster
Hon d J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Mr Stewart will be pleased to get out both sets of Nos in these cases—

Hebron (6 th ) Oct 1 th 1833
Hon James L Edwards
Sir
The Ireland Certificates granted to Joseph Kingsbury, Sarah Barrage, & Ephraim Andrews, were received here a few days since - They are probably granted upon the applications handed to your colored Boy in June last & were mislaid & at the time gave you much trouble - When I left, you advised me to make out duplicates & send them on as you did not think the papers in the Office. This I did for them & their applications were granted the 5 th or 6 th of August last on the duplicates. It seems the old papers have since been found & also grants & are now returned.
I have also now received a report from you made by one of the clerks that Gideon Clarke's certificate was sent to Hendee Hebron 6 th the 1 st of June last. This Pension certificate was delivered me at the Pension office the 12 th of June last & was handed by me to him a few days after at Columbia in this Probate district.
I am with great respect Your obed t
Servant Homer Hendee

State of Connecticut } to Lebanon New London County }
On this 23 rd day of February A D 1843 personally appeared before Henry H. Abel justice of the Peace for New London County Nancy Hains of Lebanon aged Seventy four years being first sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that she is well acquainted with Abigail Burnap now widow of Jeriah Burnap late of Coventry in Tolland County deceased, that the said Abigail Burnap was married to the said Jeriah Burnap on the 23 rd day of August in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety three and I attended the wedding and saw them Married, and that they were married by said Jeriah Burnap's Father. Abraham Burnap a Justice of the Peace and at the house where the said widow now resides being the same house owned and occupied by the said Jeriah Burnap previous to his said Marriage. And I further testify and say that I resided with and kept house for the said Jeriah Burnap previous to and at the time of said marriage and further the deponent saith not.
Nancy Haines
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written and I certify that the above named Nancy Hains is a person of truth and her statement entitled to credit
Henry H. Abel Justice of the Peace

Abigail Burnham Under General on } Com File 10472
State of Connecticut ss
Office of Secretary of State
I do hereby certify that Henry St. Abel Esq is & since the 20 th day of June last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of New London in said State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears of record in this Office, — and that the within signature purporting to be his is, in my opinion, genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Public Seal of the said State This seventh day of March Eighteen hundred & forty three.
Noah A. Phelps
Secretary of State.

8671
Abigail Burnap Con.
act 7. July 38
Mumford before 1794
Mumford and, 1834
Adm 8 mo 1 yr $21 16/6
On 4 March 1831 to 4 March 1841.
adm at 43
44 48 $21 16/6
On 4 March 1843
Adm by Committee
M. C. Wheeler
Hon. S. P. Hildreth
Ames Regd

State of Connecticut
Tolland County } ss. Hebron District Probate Court
on this sixth day of March A. D. 1843. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron Daniel White Esq & Miss Eunice White who being duly sworn according to Law did depose & say that we were well acquainted with Jeriah Burnap of the aforesaid Tolland County deceased, husband of Abigail Burnap who now makes application for a Pension that the said Jeriah Burnap died at Coventry in said Tolland County on the tenth seventeenth day of October in the Year eighteen hundred & thirty four leaving Abigail Abigail Burnap his Widow who has remained a Widow ever since his death & is now a Widow & further the deponents say not
Daniel White
Eunice White
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first before written & I certify that the Deponents are persons well known to me as persons of truth & their statements entitled to credit
Almon W. Birge, Judge of Probate for Hebron District

I Daniel Phelps of Hebron in Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 74 years do testify & say that in 1777 the first of February I enlisted for a tour of duty of two months at New London in a Company commanded by Capt John Skinner & Lieut. Thomas Ferrill in a Regt commanded by Col Mason or commanched to New London where we remained & guarded the city the British shipping then lying off the harbour & occasionally firing towards the town & when the two months had expired we were discharged And I well remember that Jeriah Burnap of Coventry in s d Tolland County was a private in the same company with me & that he served the whole time of two months with me & was discharged at the same time
Daniel Phelps.
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron Daniel Phelps signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & this Court certifies the said Daniel Phelps is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of s d Court this 20 th Day of July 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk

6274 Jeremiah Burroughs Application Duplicat Abner Hemen
adm Propri. 2666 $

I Jacob Fox of Bolton in Tolland County State of Connecticut aged 77 years do testify & say that in August 1776 I volunteered for a tour of duty near New York as a substitute for Isaiah Daggett of Coventry and that Ebenezer Hutchinson was Capt Obadiah Housford was Col and that I performed the duties of a soldier until I was discharged by the Surgeon on account of lameness & that I well remember that Jeremiah Brewer of Coventry was a private in the same company with me & served during the whole time that I did
Jacob Fox
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for said District Jacob Fox signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & this court certifies that the said Jacob Fox is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 2 nd Day of July A D 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk

I Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that I am 78 years of age & that in 1796 I entered for a term of three months duty in a Company commanded by Capt James Clarke of Berlin Joseph Talcott was Lieut, Ephraim Kingsbury Ensign we were Marched to Cambridge near Boston & were there employed until our three months were out & we were discharged & I well remember that Jeriah Brimhall of Coventry was a private in said Company & served the whole time of three months in the beginning & was discharged when I was -
That on or about the last day of August 1796 the Company to which I belonged commanded by Ebenezer Hemenway as Capt in Col. Housfield's Regt was ordered to New- York for a term of three months duty & that we marched to New Rochelle near New York & were there employed for three months & were then discharged & I well remember that Jeriah Brimhall of Coventry then belonged to said Company marched with me from here & served three months with me & was discharged when I was & further with not duty at Hebron July 2 d 1833
Joseph Kingsbury
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hemenway Judge of the court of Probate for said District Joseph Kingsbury signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth. & this court certifies the said Kingsbury is a man of truth that his statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 2 nd Day of July A D 1833 Cyrus Mann Clerk.

State of Connecticut County of Tolland ss. Hebron Probate District
On this 1 st day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hurd Esq d : Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Hebron now sitting Jeremiah Burrup a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged 78 years who being first duly sworn ac- -cording to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 That he entered the service under the following named officers and served as herein stated In 1776 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Clark of Ashford (his Christian name he has forgotten); for the term of three Months Joseph Talcott of Coventry was his Lieut. & Ephraim Kingsbury was his Ensign The Company marched from Ashford through Pomfret & Douglas to Cambridge by Roxbury near Boston at Cambridge we were annexed to a Battalion commanded by Maj. Brown during the War we were im- -ployed in various duty in watching the enemy General Washington was our commander recollects the British army leaving Boston in their Boats; saw them go on board the shipping in the Harbor after his three months expired was honorably discharged but has lost his discharge Recollects that Joseph Kingsbury served with him in the same Company and was discharged at the same time

The Declarant further says that soon after he returned home he was ordered with the whole of the 12 th Regt to which he belonged to March for New York for a tour of three months duty, the Regt was then commanded by Col Obadiah Housford the company was commanded by Eleazer Hutchinson Paul Brileyhann was our Lieut & Thomas Terrill was our Ensign our company marched from Gilead about the first of Sept or last of August & marched through Withersfield to New Haven, Fairfield to New Rochelle where we joined the Regt The British Army lay in New York and its vicinity the American Army at White Plains & was commanded by General Washington There was some fighting between the British and Americans but this declarant was not in any engagement after his time of three months Recd expired he was honorably discharged he thinks verbally as he has now no written discharge
He further says that in the Year 1777 on the or about the first of February he enlisted for two months into Capt John Skinner's company & performed the duty in New London in guarding the City & the British ships lay off the Harbour and occasionally fired towards the Town Thomas Terrill was Lieut of the company Col Mason was our commanding officer had no fighting with the enemy Is transferred to Joseph Kunybury who served with him at New Bedford

New Rochelle & was there discharged with him also to Daniel Phelps of Hebron in Tolland County who served with him at New London in 1777 and was discharged with him has no documentary evidence - was born in Coventry in Tolland County in the year 1754 lived there when he entered the service of his live there service. The error in figures in two places before signing was done over in the figures 1777 in the first line declining the service in Capt. Sturtevant's Company at New London & above in the further line from top
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Jeriah Burnap
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Honor Benedict Judys Probate Court
We James Ely a clergyman residing in the town of Bolton in Tolland County and Daniel White residing in Coventry hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeriah Burnap who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that he believes him to be 78 years of age that he is reputed and believed the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
James Ely Daniel White
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And this Court further certifies that James Ely who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Bolton and that Daniel White Esq. who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Coventry and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Cyrus Munn Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Jeriah Burnap for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9 th Day of August 1832 Cyrus Munn Clerk
Jeriah Burnap 11/10/32
Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District August 1832 Personally appeared in open court Joseph Kimball who deposited duly cautioned Testifier & says that he served with the Jeriah Burnap in the year 1777 in Capt. Osgood Hooten's company of knowing that he performed the service as he has then stated in his declaration.

Daniel Phelps of Hebron in Tolland county & state of Connecticut of lawful age do Testify and say that in January 1777 I was drafted & did a tour of duty at New- London of Two Months in a Reg t commanded by Col Jeremiah Mearon in Capt John Skinner company Thomas Terrill was Lieut of Roger Phelps com- pany & I well remembered that Jeremiah Burnap of Coventry was a private in said company & served two Months with me & was discharged in March following with the company our duty was to keep Guard in the City and our company was quartered in the Court House of further this deponent saith not Hebron August 11 th 1832 Daniel Phelps
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss Hebron Probate Court — On this 9 th Day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court Daniel Phelps Signer of the foregoing deposition & after being duly cautioned made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth and this Court certifies that the said Daniel Phelps is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit Abner Hovey Judge
Certified by Cyrus Meara Clerk

I Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry Tolland County Ct. of lawful age do testify & say, that In 1776 I enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Clark of Ashford for the term of three months Joseph Falcott of Coventry was Lieut & Ephraim Kingsbury Ensign that s d Company was marched from Ashford through Pomfret & Douglas to Cambridge & Roxbury near Boston that our Battalion was commanded by Maj. Brown - Gen Washington commanded the army that I saw the British leave Boston & go on board their shipping & that I served the whole term of three months and was honorably discharged. and I well remember that Jeriah Burnap of s d Coventry was a private in s d Company & served the whole term of three months with me & was discharge at the same time.
And the Deponent further says soon after he returned home he was ordered with the whole of the 12 th Reg t to which he belonged commanded by Col. Obadiah Hosford to march for New York for a tour of three months duty that Eleazar Hutchinson was his Capt. Paul Brigham Lieut. & Thomas Terrel was Ensign, our Company marched from Gilead about the last of August through Wethersfield New Haven Fairfield to New Rochelle & joined our Reg t & there served the whole term of three months and was discharged And he well recollects that Jeriah Burnap was a private in the same company with him & served the whole term of three months with him & was with him Honorably discharged. Joseph Kingsbury

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hartford Probate Court
Personally appeared in open Court now sitting Joseph Kingsbury, Subscriber of the petition & foregoing Deposition & made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth - and this Court certifies that the said Joseph Kingsbury is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. Homer Hildreth Judge of the Court
Certified by Cyrus Mann Clerk August 9 th 1832