Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17278, Abijah Beardslee, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Beardslee, Abijah
S. 17278
S. 1764
CONTENTS
carded

17.99 3/4 Connieticut
Order to pay 16 Sept 1837.
Abijah Beardslee of Stratford in the State of Conn who was a Prov - in the Conn command. by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Whiting in the Conn Troops time for 8 mo
Recd Sept 2, 1837 (A.B.)
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of October 1833 and sent - by - Tomlinson Fairfield Ct
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $ 66 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 mo. 13 33
$ 79.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G.B. Brewster Clerk. Book C Vol. 3 Page 32

17278 INVALID.
File No. 17278
Joseph Beardlee
1815 - 1881
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 423
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 19-1901 - Miss Frances A. Brackenridge Milled in OH
1935 Dec. 5 - Hirt. to Nellie Beardlee Hol (See ltr in chn. p 14939 Joseph Beardlee) MFB

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Mizah Beardslee Application to obtain a Pension.
8 months service —
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State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield
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On this 25 day of August 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before The Court of Probate in & for Stratford District in said County now sitting, Abijah Beardslee a resident of Stratford in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged 69 years, who being first 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.
That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1782 in the Month of March By enlistment in a company of the Connecticut State Troops, commanded by Lieutenant Samuel Patterson of the said Town of Stratford a Company raised by authority of the State of Connecticut for the term of eight Months The company of the said Patterson was stationed at said Stratford in the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut on Long Island Sound and said Company kept Guard in and about the said Town of Stratford during the above specified term of eight Months which service was continuous and unbroken and faithfully performed and was discharged at said Stratford at the end of the said eight Months - That he has no documentary evidence to prove his Term of service and never had any written discharge But Aaron Judson of Stratford has personal knowledge that I served the United States faithfully during the said term of eight Months in said Patterson's Guard all my services for the United States were performed as a private soldier. I was born in Stratford in the year 1764 January first his age is recorded in the Town records in the said Town of Stratford was living in

in said Stratford when he enlisted into the service of the United States, has lived in Stratford since the war of the Revolution and still lives, there went into the service of the United States By enlistment - Col. Samuel Whitcomb was the colonel of the Regiment to which Patterson's Guard belonged - That he was not engaged in any civil pursuit at the time he was a soldier in the service of the United States in Lieutenant General Patterson's Guard That there is no officer now living under whom he has served & that he never had any written discharge and the reason that he has not procured the certificate of a clergyman is because there is no clergyman in his vicinity known to him who knows anything of his Revolutionary services
Term of service first in 1782
Months, Days, & c. 8 Months,
Abijah Beardslee
Aaron Judson of the town of Stratford in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut 74 years of age deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Abijah Beardslee the within named applicant for a pension and that he belonged to Lieutenant General Patterson's company a company of the Regular embodied Troops, & raised by authority of the State of Connecticut for the Term of Eight Months in the year 1782 in the war of the Revolution & that he was messmate with the said Abijah Beardslee during the said Term of Eight Months & has personal knowledge that he served the United States faithfully for the said Term of Eight Months as stated by said Applicant
Aaron Judson

The foregoing Deposition of Aaron Judson Subscribed and Sworn to in open Court & are part of the proceedings in the case of the within named Applicant, herein certified under my hand & seal of office and I further certify that the said Aaron Judson  Aaron Judson is a credible witness & a person of fair character for truth & veracity.
Attest, R. S. Nichols, Clerk
The said Abijah Beardslee 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.
Attest
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
Abijah Beardslee
We Ephraim J. Wilson  residing in the town of  Stratford and Sidney J. Beardslee residing in the same, hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Abijah Beardslee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69 years of age; that he is reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Attest
Sworn and subscribed the day and date aforesaid.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
Ephraim J. Wilson Sidney J. Beardslee
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 it appears to them that Ephraim J. Wilson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Stratford
and that Sidney J. Beardslee who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Stratford
Attest
Stratford
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
Mark Moore Judge
I, Rosuel S. Nichols Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abijah Beardslee for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 7 th day of August
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Office.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk

I Mark Moore Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Stratford certify that Rosuel S Nichols is clerk of said court That the foregoing is his signature with the seal of said court thereto annexed
Mark Moore Judge

Headsman's Cove, Pension Bureau
Master Can you give information if Abijah Bradley of East Haven was a pensioner of the Revolution.
One of the name died in the Fanny prison ship.
Another was in the war of 1812. His heirs were given bounty lands.

I remain — Very truly —
Yours &
Francis D. Reynolds — -ridge
130 East Main St
Minneapolis, Minn.
Feb. 28 th 1901.

This correspondence accrues in
December 5, 1935
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Mrs. Nellie Beardsley Holt 10 Sunset Terrance West Hartford, Connecticut
ABIJAH BEARDSLEE, S. 17278 JOSEPH BEARDSLEE, S. 14939 BA-J/MLB Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Abijah Beardslee, S. 17278, and Joseph Beardslee, S. 14939.
Their records are furnished you herein.
Abijah Beardslee S. 17278
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 17278, based upon service in the Revolution of Abijah Beardslee.
Abijah Beardslee was born January 1, 1764, in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, where his age was recorded in the town records. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Stratford, Connecticut, he enlisted in March, 1782, served as private under Lieutenant Samuel Patterson, in Colonel Samuel Whiting's Connecticut regiment, was stationed at Stratford where he guarded the town, and was discharged after having served eight months.
Abijah Beardslee was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1833, at which time he was residing in Stratford, Connecticut. He died September 3, 1839. (A.B.)
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
In 1833, one Sidney J. Beardsley was living in Stratford, Connecticut; no relationship to soldier shown.
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JOSEPH BEARDSLEE S. 14939
You are furnished below the record of Joseph Beardslee as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14939, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Joseph Beardslee was born February 22, 1757, in Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Huntington, Connecticut, Joseph Beardslee enlisted early in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Joseph Smith's company, Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut regiment, marched to New York City, was in a skirmish with the Indians about two miles from Fort St. John, besieged that fort forty-eight days, when it capitulated, and he was discharged December 1, 1775. He enlisted in July, 1776, served as private in Captain Beach Tomlinson's company, Colonel Ichabod Lewis' Connecticut regiment, was stationed at New York City and was discharged about October 1, 1776. He enlisted May 1, 1777, served as private in Captain Nathan Stoddard's company, Colonel John Chandler's Connecticut regiment, was in the battle of Germantown and some skirmishes, locations not designated; in November, 1777, he was detached from his company and regiment to join the troops at Mud Fort on Mud Island in the Delaware River, was engaged in fortifying that place, and while serving there was wounded in line of duty by a cannon shot from the enemy, in his right hip, and was discharged January 1, 1778, then returned home. He afterwards served two months, June and July, 1780, as corporal in Captain Jabez Botsford's company, Colonel Wells' Connecticut regiment, stationed at Horseneck.
Joseph Beardslee was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1832, while residing in Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He then stated he had always lived there.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Joseph Beardslee Certificate #9793 Issued July 19, 1833 Rate $72.89 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator