Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,334, Nathaniel Brooks, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brooks, Nathaniel
N 17,334
Lucy
CONTENTS

12,836
Connecticut.
Nathaniel Brooks
of Ashford in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brooks of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of June 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1819 and sent to David Bolles Esq. Windham Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819. 18 66
Semi-ann. all'ce ending
2 Mo. 10 00
$ 18 66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

779. Connecticut -
Lucy Brooks
widow of Nathaniel Brooks who was a Private
in the Mass. line Mass for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of July, 1843. and sent to
J. D. Richmond Ashford, Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 62
At to J. Brooks May 14 '47
Reply

State of Connecticut Windham County ss Ashford Probate District
On this 3 d Day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford in the County and State aforesaid Lucy Brooks a Resident of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged Seventy five years first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th A.D. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows". That she was the Widow of Nathaniel Brooks late of said Ashford deceased who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and served as I have understood and believe in the Revolutionary War for which service he received a pension of Eight dollars per month under the Law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818. until the act of Congress passed May 1 st . 1820. for the particulars of his service under what Officers and how long he served she refers to the proof in the Department upon which he received a pension. She believes he served more than six years.
She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Brooks on the 26 th day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six. That her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Brooks died on the ninth day of September eighteen hundred and twenty six. That she was not married to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (via) at the time above stated. That she has not been married

Since his decease and is now his Widow Lucy Brooks
Sworn to and subscribed the Day and year above written before me I hereby certify that the Deponent is a credible Person
Daniel Knowlton Judge of said Court
I Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do certify that Daniel Knowlton Esq. is Judge of said Court and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine; and that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Nathaniel Brooks was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eight dollars per month; was a resident of the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut and died in the town of Ashford in said State in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty six on the ninth day of September; that he left a widow whose name is Lucy Brooks -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty eight -
Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk

Nathaniel Brooks application
Free Windham Me July 6 Honorable J. Calhoun Esq Secretary of War City Washington Ca
Nathaniel Brooks Private 81 to 84 Brooks Map to Reg. 1
Hambleton
Dear Brother Windham Me Approved 25 June 1879

To David Bolles Judge of the County Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut comes Nathaniel Brooks an inhabitant of the town of Ashford in said County and a citizen of the United States and upon oath doth declare that I the said Brooks enlisted as a private soldier into the Massachusetts line of the Continental army at Lancaster Mass in the month of September 1781 I marched to Springfield and was under the command of a Captain Bannister who received the recruits and from thence was ordered to the Highlands near West Point in the fall of that year 1781 and joined the army and was put into Capt Kings company in the Seventh regiment commanded by Col. Brooks in the Massachusetts line of the Continental troops I served in said Regiment till June 1783 when I was by an arrangement made in the army put into the 4 th Regiment of the Massachusetts line of Continental troops. I think it was commanded by Col. Jackson, in this last mentioned Regiment I served until December 1783 when I was honorably discharged - I served as a private soldier on the Continental establishment in the war of the revolution from September 1781 to December 1783 against the common enemy as aforesaid, my discharge is herewith inclosed I never have had any pension from the United States. I am now in the Sixtieth year of my age and infirm in health and am able to do but little labour at farming which is my profession I am thro' misfortune greatly in debt and having an expensive family to support am fast declining in property and if my creditors come to inform a collection of their demands I should at once be reduced to poverty From my reduced circumstances in life I am now in need of assistance from my Country for support and pray for a pension from the United - States agreeable to the Act Entitled "An Act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 18-1818 I would further add to my statement of services as a Soldier in the army of the United States that I first entered the service in 1776 - I entered again in March 1777 - & again in the artillery years service in 1778 I served seven campaigns and fought in four battles with the enemy - Ashford June 25 th AD 1819 Nathaniel Brooks
Personally appeared Nathaniel Brooks before me this 25 th day of June AD 1819 and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me David Bolles Judge of the Windham County Court

William Johnson of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that I have been personally acquainted with Nathaniel Brooks of Ashford ever since we were children — In the fall of the year 1781 thro' 1782 & to the month of October in 1783 I was a soldier in Col. Durbens regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental army and while serving I period as a soldier as aforesaid I was knowing that I d Brooks was a soldier in the Massachusetts line of the Continental army and I frequently visited him and he me while we were soldiers as aforesaid and I know that he served from the fall of 1781 till October 1783 as a soldier on the continental establishment in the Massachusetts line and as I was discharged in October 1783 and left the army I did not see I d Brooks while he remained in the army after my discharge and further saith not William Johnson
I Ambrose Brown of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that from the fall of the year 1781 to the fall of the year 1783 I being a soldier in the 1 st Massachusetts regiment of continental troops I was knowing to Nathaniel Brooks of Ashford being a soldier and serving in the Massachusetts line in the Continental army during that period. I was knowing to I d Brooks serving as a soldier in the 7 th Reg t of the Mass s line till the men who were enlisted during the war were discharged & then (he being a three years man) served in the 4 th Mass. Regt, till the fall or winter of 1783 Ambrose Brown

We John Preston and Frederick Knowlton and Simon Brooks all of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawfull age testify depose and say that we are neighbours to Nathaniel Brooks of Ashford and have so been for many years past and it is our judgement from the knowledge we have of his situation that from his much embarrassed indtted and reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support Ashford June 30 th 1819
Frederick Knowlton John Preston Simon Brooks
State of Connecticut
Windham ss Ashford 30 th June A D 1819
I David Bolles Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for S d County hereby certify that on this day personally came before me William Johnson Ambrose Brown Frederick Knowlton John Preston & Simon Brooks the signers of the foregoing Depositions and made oath to the truth of the same they are known to me to be credible witnesses and Nathaniel Brooks the Applicant hereon for a pension is a credible man and I am satisfied that he did serve as a soldier in manner & form as stated in his application and that from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
David Bolles
David Bolles, Clerk of the County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut; Do certify that David Bolles Esquire is Judge of S d County Court, that the above signature is in his hand writing, and full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name, & affixed the Publick Seal of S d Court, at Windham in S d County, this Sixth day of July Anno Domini 1819
David Bolles

State of Connecticut Windham County ss Ashford Probate District September 3 d 1838 I Abijah Brooks of Ashford in the County and State aforesaid aged fifty one years Depose and say that my Honored Father Nathaniel Brooks late of Ashford Died September the ninth eighteen hundred twenty six I further testify that my Father above named was a Pensioner under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and drew his pension untill the act of May 1 st 1820 I further testify my Mother Lucy Brooks has never been Married since my Father's Decease but Still remains his Widow
Abijah Brooks
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me I hereby certify that the Deposition is a credible Deposition
Daniel Knowlton Judge of said Court
I Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do certify that Daniel Knowlton Esq. is Judge of said Court and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of September in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and thirty eight —
Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWP/eel
March 2, 1929
Honorable Richard P. Freeman House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Freeman:
In response to Mrs. Mary B. Bishop's letter of February 25, 1929, addressed to you and by you forwarded to this bureau, I have the honor to advise you that you are herewith furnished the histories of the Revolutionary War pensioners as requested by her.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.17334 , it appears that Nathaniel Brooks served in 1776, from March, 1777, and in 1778, in the artillery service, no further details of said services given.
He enlisted in Lancaster, Massachusetts, in September, 1781, as a private in Captain Banister's Company, was transferred to Captain King's Company, Colonel Brooks' Massachusetts Regiment, in June, 1783, was placed in Colonel Jackson's Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, from which he was discharged, December 31, 1783. He stated that he was in seven campaigns and in four battles, the names of the battles not given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 25, 1819, at which time he was living in Ashford, Connecticut, and stated that he was in the sixtieth year of his age.
He died, September 9, 1826, at said Ashford.
The soldier married, October 26, 1786, in Dedham, Massachusetts, Lucy Richards, of said Dedham, he was then of Newton, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 3, 1838, while residing in Ashford, Connecticut, aged seventy-five years.
Their son, Abijah Brooks, in 1838, was aged fifty-one years and living in Ashford, Connecticut.

Paris 10
Dear William L. Marcy Secretary of State Washington City D.C.
July 21 st 1847
Ms. A. 9.2. 20. 43
Lucy, Brooklyn N.Y.
18136. She died May 10 th 1847 Bureau of Pensions
Dear Mr. May 3/47 Stephen Ferris Governor of Ind. Bureau of Pensions

Savva May 3 rd 1847
Dear Sir
Will you have the goodness to inform me whether the widow of Nathaniel Brooks of Ashford Windham Co Pa. Pt A Revolutionary Soldier has ever drawn any part of his pension and if so when she commenced drawing and how much she has drawn, the widows name was Lucy and lived in the above mentioned town pleas inform me how much he was entitled to and how much his Widow has drawn as he had not drawn a pension at the time of his death, but his widow has drawn some part of it since his death. and I wish to know whether she has drawn all that she was intitled to or not pleas inform me on this subject
I am Sir your Most Obedient Humble Servt Theophilus Brooks
Wm William L Morcy
Secy of State
Direct North Savva
Wyoming Pa. City

Connecticut - 1710.
Lucy Brooks widow of Nathaniel Brooks, and
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818 and who died on the 9 th of Sept. 1826, of Windham co. in the State of Vermont - who was a private in the _____ commander by Captain _____ of the Regt _____ commander by Lieut. Brooks in the Mass'ts _____ line for 2 years private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 50 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Janua- ry 1839 and sent to W. H. Com. H. 26 th Olt, Thorne for Rep't.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1838 = $200:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th M. '39. 40
$240:00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. S. Elliott Clerk Book X, Vol. 1, Page 166.

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
OFFICIAL BUSINESS - FREE
This contained a letter from Mrs. Mary B. Bishop Putnam - Conn. & addressed to Cong. Freeman - which was sent to this section with accompanying letter. She asked for - Nathaniel Brooks. W. 17534 Jonathan Day W. 16945- Abner Richmond W. 17534 Siloam Swift S. 11384 Dan Sprague S. 14552
Penston Department. Revolutionary War Division. Interior Department. Washington, D. C.
Richard P. Thomas

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17324
Lucy Brooks Wid. of Nathaniel Brooks Priv. Rev'war
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 80
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929. March 2 - 1st L Cong. Richard F. - means for Mrs. Mary B. Bishop cur.

N. Brooks
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Middletown Conn. at the U.S. Branch Bank
Recorded.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Nathaniel Brooks late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Twenty-fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

717
Admits, private $80
Conn Agency.
Send to
J. D. Richmond
Ashford
Conn

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } ss Ashford Court of Probate District of Ashford
On this twenty second day of April A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid Lucy Brooks a resident of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, oaths on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Nathaniel Brooks deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. She does not recollect the Regiment or company in which he served. all the papers connected with his service were forwarded to Washington before she obtained her Pension Certificate.
The annual amount of Pension she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 was eighty dollars. She further declares that she is still a Widow
Lucy Brooks
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that Lucy Brooks the signer of the foregoing declaration is personally well known to me Ebenezer D. Richmond Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid
I Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford in Windham County and State of Connecticut do certify that Ebenezer D. Richmond is Judge of said Court and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this Twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord 1843. Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford

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Dedham October 26 1786
This may certify that Mr Nathaniel Brooks of Newton, and Miss Lucy Richards of Dedham, both Towns above mentioned in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, were this Day joined in Marriage, agreeable to Law by Jason Haven Pastor of the first Church in Dedham aforesaid

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
(Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Nathaniel Brethas & Dyer in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the City of NEW-YORK,
the thirty Day of Octbr .
1783 Henry Knox
By the General's Command,
3 1811 183 27
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Saml Hildreth Asst 100

1760 (1597)
Lucy Brooks
Leon.
act 7. July 38
m. 86-d 26.
adm d 2 yrs pri 80 $
No deduction
Hon. O. Holt A.R.