Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10411, Christopher Brown, Conn. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
born Privateer
Brown, Christopher
S. 10411
CONTENTS
carded
Spontaneous May 12 1759 in Waterford New London Co Conn then at age 4 in 1762 when it was Waterford Conn.

9090 Connecticut
Christopher Brown
of Waterford in the State of Connecticut who was a Pri. of Ariz in the Conn commanded by Captain Whitney of the Regt commanded by Col. McClellan in the Connecticut for State Troops - 1 yr Pri. of Infantry 6 mo - Seaman - 6 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut - at the rate of 94 - Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 1833 - and Sent. Thos S. Perkins. New London Ct
Arrears to the 4th of March 33: $188.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sep. 4. 33: 47.00 $227.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 3 - Page 3
Conn. Privateer
Records corrected Feb. 7/05. R.

Ch. Brant
No 1253

State of Connecticut } County of New London } Probate District of New London
In this 26 th day of July A D 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for said District - now sitting Christopher Brown a resident of the town of Waterford in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged 73 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
That about the last of April or 1 st of May  on the  1 st of  May being then about sixteen years of age he, at New London with the consent of his father entered as a private in Capt. Samuel Mathews Company in Colonel Wolcotts Regiment of State Troops - that he entered in said town of New London to serve in said Company for the term of Seven Months - that he did serve the said term & at the end thereof was honorably discharged. That said Company was stationed in said New London & was employed on the fortifications & in doing garrison duty. That Captain Mathews is now living but as the declarant believes is totally broken in his mind - that he lives at a distance of more than Twenty Miles from New London & that Seth Smith Esquire of the town of Lyndon

in said New London County was a Sergeant in said Company -
That soon after his discharge from Captain Mathers Company he enlisted into Captain Jon- athan Bauckhams Company in Col. John Ely's Regiment of State troops for three months that he did serve in said Company the said term of three months as a private - That said Company was stationed in Providence in the State of Rhode Island & that his service was in the winter 1776-1777 - and that at the end of said term of three months he was discharged -
That in the year 1777 he again en- listed into Captain Nathaniel Sullin's Company of Artillery under the State of Con- necticut as a private for the term of one year - That he did serve in said Company for said term as a private & that at the end of one year was discharged - That said Artillery Company was stationed at Fort Trumbull in New London & performed the garrison duty there -
That in the year 1778 he again en- listed into Captain Whitney's Company in Colonel McClellans Regiment for three months as a private - that he did serve in said Compa- ny as a private for the said term of three months in the garrison at Fort Griswold in the town of Groton in said County & that at the end of

said term of three months he was honorably discharged.
That in the month of March A d 1779 he the said Declarant shipped as Carpenter yeoman on board the State Ship Oliver Cromwell, Captain Timothy Parker for a six months cruise off Sandy Hook. During an second cruise on the fifth day of June 1779 went to action with the ship Saffrey and the Frigate Silverene another enemys rebel coming up to the assistance of the Saffrey, we were taken & carried into New York where confined as prisoners & that he the said Declarant was exchanged on the 11 th day of September following & returned to London New York. That he is able to be specific as to these dates because during this cruise he kept a journal in which these events are set down & he now produces the said journal, kept in his own hand writing now in Court.
That in the year 1780 he shipped on board the Privateer Brig Lady Spencer Captain Nathaniel Sullerstill, his former Artillery Captain, & cruised in the West Indies for two months. That soon after his return he engaged as a substitute for Asahel Thresher of Wallingford Connecticut as a private in Captain Ozias Bissells Company & 65 th Living Mills Regiment of Infantry in the Connecticut troops, that he was at New London when he engaged. That he served for the

turn of Three months in said Company as substitute - That the Regiment was stationed at New London but marched to Stratford and Fairfield in Fairfield County in this state & that at the end of the term of Three Months he was discharged say in the month of March -
That he has no documentary evidence of his service such if any he had having been lost or destroyed but that to the best of his recollection no written discharges were given & that the Companies in which he served were at the end of their enlistment discharged as Militia companies were on receiving pay - & that he believes all these Companies were in the State establishment & not "Continental"
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
And the said Christopher Brown is answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department the same being propounded and put to him by said Court on oath makes answer as follows -
I was born in the Town of Watford in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut then a part of the Town of Litchfield on the 12 th day of May A.D. 1753 -
My age is on the Record of the Town of Litchfield in my Family Bible
To the 3 rd & 4 th Interrogatories he answers that the facts

as stated in the body of the above his Declaration are true. State Q and also to the 5 th Interrogatory he also says that he has stated the names of the officers in said Declaration.
I never received any written discharge, but when a term of duty was through we were all dismissed on the ground together - the Captain paid us our wages and generally signed a pay Roll.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court July 26 th 1832.
Christopher Brown
I David Mallory of the Town of Watertown in the County of Franklin in the State of Connecticut aged 72 years next October on oath do depose testify and say that I am well acquainted with Christopher Brown who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that I believe him to be of the age he states, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution of that I concur in that opinion - I further state that I belonged to the said ship Oliver Cromwell as said Christopher Brown has stated at the same time with him, I shipped in May 1779 for six months - I served with said Brown for the time he states was taken prisoner with him

as he states -
Francis Harvey
Sworn & subscribed in open court July 26 th 1932 Test J. Warren Clark
I Francis Darrow a Clergyman & Pastor of the Baptist Church in the Town of Watertown in the County of Linn County, Iowa, do hereby do depose testify and say that I am well acquainted with Christopher Brown who has sworn & subscribed the foregoing declaration that I believe him to be of the age he has stated in that declaration that he is a man of high standing for truth and veracity & have no doubt that the facts by him stated in the above declaration are true.
affidavit of subscription in open court July 26 th 1932
Francis Darrow

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 Christopher Brown was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to the Court that Francis Darrow who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Watertown in the County of Sunderland and that Abel M c Gowan who has also signed the preceding Certificate is his own proper hand Witnessing is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Sunderland in said County and that David Mallory Charles Leffey & Ezekiel Smith who have respectively signed & sworn to their respective affidavits preceding are credible persons & that their respective statements are entitled to full credit in
I Josiah Dham Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Sunderland in the County of Sunderland do hereby certify that the within & foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Christopher Brown for a Pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court and my office this 27 th Day of July 1832
J. Dham Clerk

Sarah Chapel of the town of Watford in the County of Mendon, having first been duly sworn according to law do on my oath depose, testify & say that I am now in the sixty ninth year of my age that I am the sister of Mr Christopher Brown of said Watford who has made his application for a Pension under the act of Congress passed last spring a sum of money. That I will remember that my father was drafted to go to the North about the time when Burgoyne was taken. That Christopher was then in the service at the Mendon fort. That Christopher wanted our younger brother Frederick Brown now living in the State of New York to take his, Christopher's place in the fort so that he might take his father's place at the North, but our father would not consent & went himself. That I will remember, though I was young at the time, that these things were talked over in the family. That Christopher had served one other tour at the fort before. That he the said Christopher was in the service away from home most of the war. I will remember that he went away in the army to Rhode Island Providence R.I. and that he did not return from there till after my father came home from the North. At this time Captain Nathaniel Sattenstall of Mendon was his Captain. I do not know how long he served in Captain Sattenstall's Company but believe he was in the forts or at Providence the whole summer and

written - That these things are firmly fixed in his mind "for it was then heart aching times to have the father of the family & the oldest son both taken from home." & further that the palsy immediately after he got back. - I do also well remember that Christopher went to sea & was taken & came home sick & poorly on account of his hand fore while a prisoner - That the parents of the said Christopher are & have been dead for many years & that I know of no person now living except my brother Frederick Brown before mentioned who now lives in the State of Kentucky who is or can be acquainted with the services of the said Christopher. And the said deponent further deposes & says that while the said Christopher was in Captain Sutton's stable Company Mr Sutton's stable the wife of the said Captain now also believed to be dead frequently came to visit the family & that it was often the subject of conversation that Christopher was with her husband & that by this means we often heard from my said Brother
Subscribed & sworn to in open court before said Court Dec 10 th 1832 Asst. Clerk
Isaac Chapell

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
S. 10411
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Christopher Brown 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     after Mar 1776 7 mos. Pri Samuel Mather Wolcott Conn.   Winter 1776-77 3 mos. Jonathan Perkins John Ely   1777 1 yr. Nathaniel Saltonstall ✓   1778 3 mos. Carpenter's Mate Whitney McClelland   March 1779 6 mos. Seaman Timothy Parker Ship "Oliver Cromwell"   1780 2 mos. Nathaniel Saltonstall Ship "Lady Spencer" Conn.   3 mos. Pri Ozias Bissell Levy Wells  
Battles engaged in, Taken prisoner in action at sea June 5, 1779 & exchanged Sept. 11, 1779 -
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New London Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 26, 1832. His ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Waterford, New London Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, 71 in Waterford (then a part of New London) Conn. May 12, 1759
Remarks: Sol is mentioned as the eldest son and his father as having also served in Rev. War. No name stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
aw
June 21, 1920.
Miss Adelaide V. Finch, Dingley Training School, Lewiston, Me.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 28" ultimo, you are advised that you were furnished on April 8, 1920 the history of the Revolutionary War pensioner of New London County, Connecticut, named Christopher Brown. By reference to said record which is herewith returned, you will see that his date of birth is May 12, 1759, which you state in your letter is the date of birth of your ancestor.
This Bureau is unable to aid you further in this matter.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

DINGLEY TRAINING SCHOOL LEWISTON, MAINE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL
May 28, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
May I trouble you once more?
My sister informs me that there must have been two Christopher Browns in the Revolution, and that our ancestor was the other man. Our ancestor was born May 12, 1759 . This date, as you will see, does not tally with that on the inclosed record.
The record which was returned had the above date on it.
Our ancestor, Christopher Brown, lived in Oyster Ponds, L.I., in 1775. In that year he signed the "Association" of Suffolk Co., N.Y. In 1776 he was a refugee and "with four of his family he was brought over to Conn. by Capt. John Vail." He served in the 3d New Hampshire, Conn., and was a pensioner in New London Co. in 1832."
With the foregoing as a guide, perhaps you can find the proof of our ancestor

DINGLEY TRAINING SCHOOL LEWISTON, MAINE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL
Christopher Brown's being a pensioner.
I am most anxious to get this as the D. A. R. seem to require it in order to form my eligibility to membership from the Brown line.
Can you help me here?
Very gratefully yours,
(Miss) Adelaide V. Finch

NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL LEWISTON, MAINE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL
March 13, 1920.
Clerk of the Pension Bureau, New London, Co.
My dear Sir:
In order that I may have my application for memberships to the D.A.R. (From the line of Christopher Brown) voted upon at the annual meeting in Washington in April, I am asked to send a statement from the Pension Bureau certifying that my ancestor Christopher Brown was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War in New London Co., Conn. in 1832.
Christopher Brown served in the 3d Wadsworth, Conn.
If you will send me, at the earliest possible moment, a statement verifying this, I shall esteem it a great favor.
Very sincerely yours, (Miss) Adelaide V. Finch

NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL LEWISTON, MAINE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL
for Sec 22. March 13, 1920.
Clerk of Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
In order that I may have my application for membership to the D.A. R. (through the line of Christopher Brown) voted upon at the April meeting, I am told I must present a statement from your Bureau, certifying that Christopher Brown was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. I am told he was a pensioner in New London Co., Conn., in 1832. He originally came from Oyster Ponds, L. I. (now Orisk, L. I.) but served in the 3d Montgomery Conn.
If you have this record, may I have the statement at the very earliest possible moment to send to the Regent of the D.A.R. in Washington?
Very truly Yours, (miss) Adelaide V. Finch

Rev. bran
10411
INVALID.
1920, Apr 23. Hist. to Miss Adelaide V. Finch Normal Training School Lewiston, Me. C.W.
File No. 10411
1920, June 21. History returned to Miss A. V. Finch who is advised that date of birth is that as given by her and that this is the New London copy.
Christopher Brann + Seaman 6 no ea P. ★ Per War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index: Vol. 1, Page 46
[Arrangement of 1870.]
★ Conn. Natl Privateer Records corrected.

State of Connecticut, County of New London S t . Probate District of New London
On this 10 th day of December A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting Christopher Brown a resident of the town of Waterford in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make the following declaration, in addition & supplementary to his former declaration made before this Court on the 26 th day of July A D 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That at the time when he intested into the service of the United States he was a resident of the town of New London now Waterford, in said County. That in his former declaration by a mistake in writing he states that he was born in the year 1753. but he now states & exhibits as Court a record or memorandum of his birth, the only one he now has, made out many years since in from which it appears that he was born May 12 th 1759. That he has seen a written & printed brief which he understands was received from the War Department at Washington hereunto to be affixed which states that his "services are partially proved no exertions shown to procure the latter testimony In consequence of said communication he now makes this additional & supplementary declaration
That he has endeavoured to obtain the proof but that he is unable to procure other than that which now accompanies this declaration in addition to that which was first forwarded to the Department. That he procured a person to write to Hartford in this State to procure testimony from the papers & accounts in file in the office of the Treasurer of this State & received for answer that

That there were no documents there which could throw any light upon the claims of any privates who had served in the State Troops during the Revolutionary War as all the papers relating to these services had long since, many years ago been forwarded to Philadelphia & were supposed to have been destroyed there - That he endeavoured to procure the testimony of Captain Samuel Mathew the first Captain under whom he served but is informed that the said Mathew is incapable of giving much information being broken in his mind & memory - That the said Declarant endeavoured to procure a copy of the Muster Roll of said Company but is informed that these Rolls were forwarded to Washington with Captain Mathews petition & that he does not know that any copy was retained That he cannot without much expense and inconvenience procure the testimony in relation to that period of service than now & formerly forwarded to the Department & he desires that reference may be had to the above mentioned Muster Roll of Captain Samuel Mathews Company in Colonel Wolcotts regiment of Connecticut State troops and he again declares that he did serve as a private in said Company for the period of seven months as stated in his former declaration above mentioned
That he does not now know of any persons now living who served in Capt: Jonathan Calkins Company excepting Mr. Ezekiel Smith & Stephen Miner whose depositions are herewith attached - That he has made inquiries of the surviving son of the said Captain Calkins viz. Mr. Jonathan Calkins now of said town of Watertown in hopes to find the Muster Roll of that Company but

is informed by the said Baughins that none of his fathers papers were kept - and he the said declarant again declares that he did serve in the said Captain Jonathan Baughins Company in Col. John Ely's Regiment of mounted men at the times & places mentioned in said former declaration and for the period of three months - and that he is unable to furnish further testimony than now & heretofore furnished - That the deposition of the said Stephen Merri was not forwarded before on account of the sickness of the said Merri & because the said declarant thought sufficient testimony of that service had been presented -
That declarant does not know of any person now alive who served with him in the Massachusetts Artillery Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Saltonstall - he now states that he the said declarant did enlist at New London where he was then a resident into the company of Artillery commanded by the said Saltonstall in the month of May or  about the first of the  April 1799 to serve for the term of one year - that he did serve in said Company for the period of one year & at the end thereof was honorably discharged - That Nathaniel Saltonstall was Captain, Nathaniel Coit first Lieutenant, Daniel Starr second Lieutenant - These persons belonged to New London that William Lee of Saybrook was the third Lieutenant - That Daniel Bille, Benjamin Hempsted and Samuel Hempsted were sergeants of said Company - That most of the officers & men lived in New London or the towns adjoining or in the vicinity and now not one single man of the officers or soldiers that belonged to said company remains

or can be found except myself - That in the fall of the year while in Garrison a part of the Military of the State was called to reinforce the Northern Army then opposed to General Burgoyne - The further of declarant then en- rolled in the Alarm list so called was drafted to that term of duty - I wished him to let my younger Brother take my place in the Garrison & to let me go as his substitute but he chose to go himself - That about the same time viz in September or October of that year the Regiment of Infantry under the com- mand of Colonel John Ely who marched from New London to join the Eastern Army in Rhode Island for an expedition on the Island. does not recollect the Generals name that command ed the Connecticut Troops there at that time but thinks it was Spencer - Thirty men were called for from Fort Trumbull & Griswold & New London & vicinity, to march with the Regiment with Two light pieces of Artillery that declarant volunteered in the number who went from Fort Trumbull under the command of Captain William Latham of Fort Griswold & Lieut. William Bee of Fort Trumbull, that we returned back to Garrison about the last of October and did Garrison duty until our Twelve months enlistment expired & then was honorably discharged - That we did not receive any written discharge but on receiving our bays some days afterwards I signed the Book or pay roll in the Captains presence -
That In regard to the period of his service in Captain Whitneys Company he again on his oath declares that in the year 1778 he did enlist into said Whitneys Company as before stated

to serve for the period of Three months, that he did serve for said period in said Company and that at the end of said term was honorably discharged as before stated - That to his best recollection Captain Whitney lived in Boston in said Middlesex County & that most of the men were from that neighborhood - That he has not been able to find any person now living who was in that company - That this term of service was in the winter - That the company was first stationed at said town of New London but was afterwards moved to Fort Griswold in Groton, on account of the term of enlistment of the Company there being ended & that Captain Whitney then had command of the Garrison, That he has been unable to procure other testimony of said service for he knows not where to apply
That with regard to the term of his service on board of the Ship Star in Connecticut he can obtain no other testimony than the deposition of David Mallory heretofore forwarded & the journal exhibited in Court -
That he is unable to procure any other testimony of his services in Captain Bells Company as he knows of but one person now living who was with him in said Company & that that person William Gifford now lives in Westport in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but the said Declarant again declares that he did serve in said Company as a substitute for the term of Three Months as stated in his former declaration & that at end of said term he was honorably discharged.
And the said Declarant the said Christopher Brown again in his oath declares that he entered into the service of the United States and served as herein & heretofore stated under the several

officer as herein and herefore named - That the several terms and periods for which he served amounted to Thirty Four Months in the whole without counting the period on board the frigate - That he has made great ex- ertions to procure additional testimony than herefore & now furnished but has not been able - That he has always resided in that part of the town of New London which is now Watertown - That he is a House Carpenter & has long followed that trade - That he never received any written discharge nor does he know where to procure additional testimony without great expense which he is unable to bear and great incon- venience owing to extreme Deafness .
Christopher Brown
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court before said Court, Dec 10 th 1832 Capt J. J. Shaul

Charles Jeffery of the town & County of New London having first been sworn in Court according to law deposes & says that he is now about 76 years of age that in the year 1776. he was Quorum in the Company of Connecticut troops commanded by Capt. Samuel Nuttall in Col. Wolcotts Regiment that he knows Mr. Christopher Brown now of the town of Watford present before this Court & an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that said Brown was a private in said Company & served therein for the period of seven months according to the best recollection of deponent. He believes that said Brown enlisted into said Company about the time deponent enlisted & served in it till deponent together with the rest of the Company was discharged that I am well acquainted with said Christopher Brown as has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be of the age he states that (in addition to what I have stated above) that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion -
Charles Jeffery
Sworn to and acknowledged in open Court July 26 th 1832 J. H. H. Clerk

Ezkiel Smith of the town of Lyne in New London County aged about 79 years having been duly sworn according to law deposes & says - That In the year 1776 he was a private in Captain Samuel Matthews Company Company That Mr Christopher Brown of Waterford was also a private in said Company & served in said Company for the term of Seven months -
That immediately after said Company was discharged the Deponent again enlisted into Capt Jonathan Cushing's Company in Col. John Ely's Regiment for the term of Three months - That said Brown was also a private in said Company & served with the Deponent for the term of Three months - That said Company was stationed in the town of Providence in the state of Rhode Island - John Ely of Lyne was Colonel of the Regiment That Generals Spencer & Moulton were General officers While the Deponent & said Brown were at Providence Ezkiel Smith Sworn & Subscribed the Day of year aforesaid in presence of J. M. Clark

Daniel Chapman a resident of the town of New London in New London County having been first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath depose testify and say that I am now in the seventy second year of my age That I have known Mr Christopher Brown of the town of Waterford from his youth that the said Brown is now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. as by his declaration made in this court & by him subscribed on the 26 th day of July 1832 will appear - That in the year 1796. The deponent enlisted as a private into Captain Samuel Mathews Company of Artillery - That said Brown was a private in said Company - that it was a Company of State troops was in service Seven Months according to the best recollection of deponent - That I believe the said Brown served in said Company for that term, deponent was exchanged into another Company a short time after he enlisted but left said Brown a member of said Mathews Comp. That said Brown was from home much of the war and I always supposed & believed in the war though I cannot testify as to any particular period except the one above mentioned. - D
Subscribed & sworn to before said Court in Open Court Dec 10 th 1833 J. F. Wheeler
Danl Chapman

Joseph Latham of the town of Lyme in the County of Middlesex having been first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose testify & say that he is now about seventy three years of age - that he is well acquainted with Mr. Christopher Brown of Watford in said County who made his declaration before this court on the 26 th day of July A.D. 1832. That he has now been read to him - & to which this deposition is intended to be attached. That in the year 1776 the said deponent & the said Brown were both privates or members of Captain Mather's Company in Colonel Wolcott's Regiment of Connecticut Troops. That the said Brown did serve in said company to the best recollection of the deponent for the period of ten months as stated in said declaration - That the said Regiment of Colonel Wolcott was an enlisted regiment & was not composed of drafted Militia Men. That it was im- ployed on the fortifications in doing Garrison duty - That deponent believes Colonel Wolcott at that time lived at Windsor or some place near Hartford. That Captain Mather lived in the north part of Lyme. & that the officers were from different parts of this State - That he believes the said Brown to be seventy three years of age - That he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that deponent knows it to be true subscribed & sworn to
in open court before me Court Dec 10 th 1832 Asst. J. W. Hunsicker
Joseph Latham

I Josiah Wren Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that the within & foregoing contains the original of supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Christopher Brown for a pension — that the following Certificate should have preceded this And the said Court further certifies that Sarah Chapel, Daniel Chapman & Joseph Latham & Stephen Haines who have severally subscribed & sworn to the preceding depositions are credible persons and that their respective statements are entitled to credit —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at my office this 10 th day of Decr 1832 —
J. Wren Clerk

State of Connecticut } S Waterford County of New London }
On this 8th day of December 1832 personally came & appeared before me James Rogers of said Waterford one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County of New London Stephen Miner of said Waterford sworn according to Law Deposes & says
That he is now 77 years of age that he is a prisoner under the Act of Congress passed as he believes in 1818 and that he will know Christopher Brown of Waterford that he has been acquainted with him for 65 years having allways lived as a neighbour in the town of Waterford and that he further knows that said Brown has the said Miner his 3 brothers Brown enlisted at New London in December 1775 in Capt Jonathan Carkins Company Col. John Ely Regt of state troops for a 3 months tour of duty at Providence to prevent the invasion of the enemy then at Rhode Island & after serving the 3 months tour we were all discharged without receiving any written discharge; said Brown, swore as a good faithful Soldier, during the whole time. while doing duty at Providence one of the men by the name of Job Leach was killed, by the fall of a tree for fuel, as it was very cold & the ground was covered with snow and & I do know said Brown to be a man of truth & has a high respectable character in society
Stephen Miner
Sworn before me & I do certify that the said Miner who has signed the above affidavit is well

known to me and that he is a creditable person and that full reliance may be placed upon his Statement
Signed & attested
By James Rogers Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut New London County } ss
I John D'Witt Clerk of the County Court in & for said New London County do hereby certify that James Rogers esq before whom the foregoing deposition of Stephen Minnie was taken is a Justice of the peace in & for said New London County and that his signature above affixed I believe to be his own pro- per hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 11 th day of December A D 1832
John D'Witt Clerk

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Honorable Secretary
Respectfully Yours
Dec. 18.

I hereby certify that the Rev. Mr. Bris- tol his Brother of Waterford, Som. is a mem- ber of the Congregational Church, of which I have the pastoral charge. I have been acquainted with him twenty six years, during which time, he has been a member of said Church. I have uniformly sustained the character of a man of strict veracity & general uprightness of spirit.
New London
W. W. Ewer.
July 25 th 1832.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Christopher Brown which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? not when entered service 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?
No

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?
Services partially proved - no questions here to procure better testimony
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
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?
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 the 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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

Richmond December 13 th 1832
Sir
Herewith I again forward the Declaration of W m Christopher Brown for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
I have endeavoured to place this claim in such a state as I trust will meet the few objections & remarks made in the written and printed brief which accompanied it when it was returned.
In addition to the proof which was first sent on W m Brown has made a supplemen- tary Declaration before the Court of probate & has obtained four additional depositions. Two of these go to the service in Captain Matthews Company, one to the service under Cap t Candler in Col l Ely's Reg t and one that of Mr s Chapel to the facts generally as set forth in the first and additional Declaration.
I can not but hope that the services are now fully proved.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your Obedient Servant
T. L. Perkins
To The Honorable the Secretary of War Washington