Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,716, Frederick Bunnel, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bunnell Frederick S. 44716 or Bunnell
CONTENTS

15.686 D New York
Frederic Bunnell
of Dutchess County in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bunnell of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 23 rd of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of Sep. 1818 and sent to James Emmott Esq. Poughkeepsie New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819  131.20 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820  48.00
16 Mo \frac{12}{30}
$179.20
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notif s sent to Mr Buckley. Poughkeepsie, N.York. 20 July 1820

War Dep
Pension Office Nov 28 1818
Madisonville - Burrill, Reg was not in the Conti- nental establishment
Frederic Burrill Guate
76 to 77
Burrill burned Dept.
Samuel
Connecticut Hall Frederic Burrill
Let him prove 9 mo: service on the continen- tal establishment by the evidence of some state authority or of two persons (certified by the Judge to be credible) themselves having know- ledge of such service personally
War Dept Pens. Off. 18 May 1818

To the Honorable Laurence Eno first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Dutchess which is a Court of Record of the State of New York
The Declaration under oath of Frederick Bunnel formerly an Artillery man engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County and State of New York
Respectfully Showeth, that the said Frederick Bunnel in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six at New Haven in Connecticut enlisted in the American Service in the revolution war in a Company of Artillery commanded by Captain John Bigelow attached to Colonel Burrells regiment in the Connecticut line of infantry for one year that he served as a private in the same Company under his said enlistment the full term of his said enlistment and until he was discharged with his Company en masse about the first of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at Mount Independence in Vermont opposite Ticonderoga that the men when dismissed did not receive any written discharge -
And this Declaration further representeth that the said Frederick Bunnel is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in Fishkill aforesaid,

and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he has never received any pension from the Government of the United States
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," approved, March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the affidavit of himself and hereafter set forth .
Dated, the 23 rd day of April 1818 Frederick Bunnell
County of Dutchess ss. Frederick Bunnell being duly sworn says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn the 23 rd day of April 1818 before me, J
JAMES EMOTT
Dutchess County ss. William M. Thompson of the town of Pkeepsie in said county being sworn saith that he has known the above named Frederick Bunnell for upwards of twelve years last, that it was generally understood and believed in the neighbourhood where the deponent and the said Frederick resided, that the said Frederick had served in the American army of the revolution. that the said Frederick has always sustained a fair character for truth, and that the deponent has no doubt from the declaration of the said Frederick that he has served in the army as he has stated above
Sworn the 23 rd day of April 1818 before me JAMES EMOTT Wm M. Thompson
State of New York } ss. Be it Remembered, That on the twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, James Emott First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Dutchess which is a Court of Record of the State of New York personally appeared the aforesaid Frederick Bunnell Applicant, to obtain relief under the act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, and made oath as stated in the papers hereto annexed and also produced William M. Thompson who also made oath as stated as aforesaid
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Army of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, the day and year last above written.
JAMES EMOTT

I Jacob Van Nys Clerk of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York Do hereby certify that James Emott before whom the above and preceding affidavits have been made is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Dutchess and State of New York aforesaid acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 23 day of April 1818
Jacob Van Nys
I the within named James Emott said Judge of Dutchess County do further certify that Theodore Brunnel within a door is known to me to be in reduced and needy circumstances.
Over. J. Emott

In the matter of Frederick Pannell a Pensioner of the United States
15,086. Sikkim
27 Sept 1860
Mar 1870

At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Village of Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on Monday the twenty sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
Present The Hon c James Emott First Judge
Daniel O'Ver Planck
Abraham D Van Wyck } Associates Judges
Thomas Sweet
Dutchess County Js: Be it remembered that on the 26 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas in open Court, the said Court being a Court of Record for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York Fredric Bunnell aged sixty two years resident in the town of Fishkill in the County of Dutchess and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows In the month of January 1776 he enlisted at New Haven in Connecticut in a Company commanded by Captain John Bigelow in a Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Army of the revolution commanded by Colonel Charles Burrall for one year that he served his said term in the same Company and until he was discharged at Mount Independence in Vermont in the month of February 1777.
And that his original declaration is dated the twenty third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension Certificate is No 15,086.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with 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 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I

have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit—
Real Estate I have None
Personal Estate, Wearing apparel & Bedding excepted as follows
one Pig 6 Tea Cups & Saucers 4 old Chairs 1 Pot 1 Pitcher 1 Chest 1 Camp Kettle 12 Knives & forks 1 Shave Tailors goose
The Deponent further saith that his family consists of himself his wife aged about fifty five years. Same and inform unable to do much work, one daughter aged seventeen and a son aged fifteen years. The Deponent is by trade a Tailor, but from his age and loss of his eye sight is unable to work at his trade—
Frederic Bunnel
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court this 26 day of June 1820
McHenry Pulkey Depy Clerk
I John Johnston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule are truly copied from the Records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is seven dollars and fifty cents — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty sixth day of June in the year 1820.
John Johnston Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Apl. 20 , 1921
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ludwig Bunnel a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 44716
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1776 1 yr. Pvt. Jno. Bigelow Chas. Burrall Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. New Haven Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 23, 1818 et al
Residence at date of application, Fishkill, Dutchess Co. NY
Age at date of application, 62 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 he refused to have wife, son and a daughter - no names stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

44716
INVALID.
Recy
File No. 44716
Frederic Bunnel
Rev. Rev. Year
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: Vol. 3, Page 70
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1921, Apr. 20 hick. to Raphael A. Weed. En.
1924 July 24. Photos mailed to Raphael A. Weed. Gard Road, Milltown-Hudson, N.Y. (see receipt for payment in Samuel Weed's S43268.) and

I Gilead Kimberly of lawfull age depose and say, that in the month of Feb y . or March one thousand seven hundred and and seventy six in the revolutionary war. I enlisted in a company of Artillery commanded by Capt or Major Bigelow of Hartford, in the American Service and acted as orderly Sergeant in sd. Comp y .
That Frederick Bunnell (with whom I am well acquainted) then of the town of New Haven in the State of Connecticut (and now to reside in the town of Fishkill in the State of New York) served in said company for more than nine months in said year; - the company marched into Canada, afterwards retreated into Vermont. Said Bunnell continued a member of the company till said company was dismissed from service at Mount Independence opposite Tyenderaga. And further the deponent saith not.
Gilead Kimberly
State of Connecticut, New Haven ss. On October 5 th 1818. personally appeared Capt Gilead Kimberly a respectable inhabitant and credible witness of the town of New Haven and made solemn oath, (in presence of the sub- scriber and said Bunnell) to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Sworn before me Elisha Munson Just t of the peace

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss New Haven May 26 th 1819
I Roger S. Skinner Clerk of the County Court for New Haven County and Keeper of the Seal thereof hereby certify that Elisha Munson Esqr is a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven and that the within is well known to me to be his Signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and the seal of said Court at New Haven this 26 th day of May AD 1819.
Attest Roger S. Skinner Clerk.

I Rufus Landon of Salisbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age do hereby say that I was acquainted with Frederick Munnell now of Fishkill in the County of Dutchess & State of New York in the Year 1776 & was knowing to his serving as a Soldier in Captain John Pugh's Company of Artillery in the Northern Army more than nine Months in the Years 1776 & 1777 - and verily believe he served faithfully & was regularly discharged at Mount Indep- endence after the term of enlistment had expired & further saith not Rufus Landon
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss Salisbury April 10 th 1806
Personally appeared Rufus Landon Subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit & made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me Elisha Sterling Justice of Peace

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Elisha Sterling Esq. in and for for several years hath been a Justice of the Peace within said County. That his name subscribed to the within Certificate is his hand writing & that the Seal hereto annexed is the Seal of said Court.
June 28 th 1848
Frederick Wolcott
Stephen H. Johnson Justice

I Aaron Austin of New Hartford County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do Testify and Say That in the year 1776 I commanded a Company in a Regiment commanded by Charles Burrill Esq. in the Northern Army in Canada That the Regiment was in service Twelve months Our Commissions were signed by John Hancock by order of the Congress of the then United Colonies and to be continue during the Pleasure of Congress as may be seen by my Commission at the Office of the Secretary at war. I well remember there was two or three Companies of Artillery that march d with us, or soon After, one of those Companies was commanded by Major Bigelow of Hartford I believe — I have been Told that those Companies were United to our Regiment but I rather think that they were a Separate Love — I make this Deposition at the request of Frederick Bunnel who says that he was a Soldier in Capt Bigelows Company of which I have no knowledge Further the Deponent cannot say Aaron Austin
Litchfield County of New Bedford July 6 th 1819 Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority the Rev. Aaron Austin & made solemn oath that the facts contained in the foregoing deposition are truly made according to his best judgment & belief. Sworn before me Isaac Goodwin Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
ON this sixth day of August 1819, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Nehemiah Hubbard (Capt) Middletown in the said State, a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Frederick Bunnell of High Bridge State of New York , the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he, the said Nehemiah Hubbard was a Quarter Master in the American army in 1776, that he belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Burrell  Capt raised for a year, as was likewise an artillery company commanded by Capt John Bigelow raised about the same time, & for the same period; that said Regiment & Company he believes were raised in the vicinity of Fort Washington on the brook of Wye , & were in this army under the command of Major Gates Esq. That he, the said Nehemiah Hubbard , knew Frederick Bunnell afterwards who was a Soldier in the said Company of Captain Bigelow , - usually styled Major Bigelow , & served as he believes more than nine months; that the said Frederick Bunnell is in indigent circumstances; & that Col. Baker  Quartermaster of New Bedford , whose deposition for the said Bunnell he has seen, is as man of high character as to truth, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of the country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Henry H. Sneyd

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate)
M 6
Ex. AW
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
1132
Job No. 1132
Date July 19. 24
Subject Frederic Runnel
1 copies of 6 pieces consisting of 13 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the REV. WAR SECTION Division
Remarks: see receipt for payment in Samuel Weed
McWilson
843268
Chief Div. REV. WAR SECTION
Chief clerk.

Res mtt RAPHAEL A. WEED
815 WEST 180TH STREET
STUDIO . . . 1409 100 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY
March 20th, 1921.
The Honorable,
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you very kindly advise me whether your office has any record of a pension application or grant to Frederick Bunnel, of Connecticut, who served during the war of the Revolution in the following capacities:
1776, Matross in Bigelow's Artillery Co.,
1777, Col. Enos' State Regiment,
1775 10th Co., 7th Reg., Col. Chas. Webb.
The Pension List of 1818, page 641, gives him as a Connecticut pensioner residing in New York.
Thanking you,
yours very respectfully,
Raphael A. Weed