Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12942, Wakeman Burritt, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Burritt Wakeman
S. 12942
CONTENTS
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9698 Connecticut
Wakeman Burritt
of Ridgefield in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sterling of the Regt. commanded by Col. Searles - in the Continental line for 23 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut, at the rate of $76 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June 1833 and to No Col. Ridgefield
Arrears to the 4th of March $153 33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep r 33 38 33 $191 66
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. G. Miles Clerk
Recorded by Book E.
Vol. 3.
Page 1
He died June 12 - 1840 Agency Book

15310
Wakeem Barnett
Obj. 5.14
X
Adams Pub. certifying Heir
Stannard Ridgefield Conn.

BRIEF in the case of William Barrett of Bridgewater in the State of Connecticut (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 - 2 — Private Gen. Col o Lewis. Gen l Sullivan   1779 2 — Capt o Husting   " 1 — Col o Demow   March 81 9 —   Spring 82 - 9 —   23 mo  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stratford, Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a Clergyman & living witnesses -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Butts Examining Clerk.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } Ridgefield } 3
On this 3 d day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable Reuben Root Esqr Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County and State now sitting and holding said Court at Ridgefield in the District of Waterbury. Burnett a Resident of said Town of Ridgefield Aged twenty three 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. Viz
That in the year 1776 Whilst residing at Stratford in said County of Fairfield, he was drafted or called into the United States service, in a Company of Militia under Captain Shadduck Russell, Edward Burrough, Lieutenant, Ichabod Lewis Colonel — General Silliman — that said Company repaired to New York and performed two Months service in keeping Garrison, and was driven from New York on the 15 th of September, and marched to Harlem heights, and there worked at intrenchments for a short time, and until the expiration of said two Months when this declarant was regularly dismissed and returned home.
And this declarant further states that subsequent to the above service and prior to the burning of the Town of Fairfield in 1779, he was drafted for a two Months service, in the Militia, under Lieutenant Isaac Peck, and was stationed at New

Fort at Black Rock in said Town of Fairfield that he was a private in said Company, and once in the course of said two Months, was sent by the Officer Commanding said Fort to Hartford in said State, to convey a British Soldier who had been taken Prisoner at Long Island, and from thence conveyed to said Fort
And that during the same year, he was drafted for a term of One Month, in a Company of Militia under Command of Captain Abijah Sterling served as a private Soldier, was stationed at Fairfield, in said County, and was employed in guarding the Gaol, then containing several British Prisoners, and was regularly discharged And this Declarant states that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove the aforesaid Period of Service
And he further states, that he was frequently called out for short periods of Service in Guarding the Coast, and particularly in the year 1781 when the Town of Fairfield was burnt by the British, but under what Officers he knows not, neither the length of time, but thinks and verily believes, it was in all One Month. Neither does he know of any person living by whom he can prove such Service
And that in the Spring of the year 1781, and as he believes in the last of March or the first of April, he enlisted in company of Foot of which Thomas Nash, was Captain, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Dimeon - of the Connecticut State Troops, that he enlisted for Nine Months and served as a private in said Company until the latter part of the Month of December of the same year, in guarding the sea Coast

near Stratford, and Fairfield in said County of Fairfield, and was honorably discharged from said Service, at the expiration of the period of his enlistment
And this declarant further States that in the Spring of the year 1782, he again enlisted as a private Soldier in the same Company, and under same Captain, and for the term of Nine Months And was employed in guarding the Coast as in the last preceding Service until the last of December of the same year when having served out the period of his enlistment he was again honorably discharged
And this declarant States that he was born in the Town of Stratford aforesaid, on the 9th day of July 1759. — That he resided in said Stratford until the Month of August 1778, when removed into the Town of Fairfield aforesaid, that he resided in said Town of Fairfield when he entered the Service in the years 1781 and 1782 — That in the year 1793 in the Month of April he removed into the Town of Ridge- field in said County, has since resided and still resides in said Town of Ridgefield Being examined by the Court, he saith that all his said described Service performed as a private soldier
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State known to said declarant the day & year aforesaid William Gurnett Attest Edward Luyler Clerk

The said Wakeman Burritt 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. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
We, Charles G. Lillie a clergyman, residing in the town of Ridgefield and Jeptha S. Bradley - residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Wakeman Burritt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three 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 date aforesaid. Attest Edward Taylor clerk Chas G. Lillie Jeptha S. Bradley
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 Charles G. Lillie who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in town of Ridgefield and that Jeptha S. Bradley who has also signed to same; is a resident of the town of Ridgefield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Attest Edward Taylor clerk
I, Edward Taylor Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Wakeman Burritt for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said Office, this 3 rd day of August 1832. Attest Edward Taylor clerk

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss.
I Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for this and for the District of Danbury in the said county and State, do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire who hath signed & certified the foregoing proceedings of said Court of Probate, and the certificates of caption of the annexed Deposition is Clerk thereof and was such Clerk duly appointed and sworn at the time the same were presented to have been signed and certified by him - That the said signatures pur- porting to be the signatures of the said Edward Taylor are in his own hand writing and that full faith and credit are to be attested as such Clerk -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Danbury aforesaid this 8th day of August 1832 Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut

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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13943 , it appears that Wakeman Burritt was born July 9, 1759 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While residing at said Stratford, he enlisted August 6, 1776 and served two months as a private under Captain Thaddeus Bennett in Colonel Ichabod Lewis' Connecticut Regiment.
He moved to Fairfield, Connecticut in August 1778 and while residing there enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops, as follows-
From January 1, 1778, two months under Lieutenant Isaac Burr; again in 1778 one month in Captain Abijah Sterling's Company, and again in 1779 when Fairfield was burned, length of service and officers not stated; from April 1, 1781, nine months in Captain Thomas Nash's Company, Colonel Dimon's Regiment; and from April 1, 1782 nine months in Captain Thomas Nash's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1832, while a resident of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died June 13, 1840.
Agency Book
Journal - file

Hist. to in
Stratford Ct.
Rev. War
12.942 INVALID.
File No. 12.942
Wakeeman Barrett
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Decr 1-1900 Miss. Adele Moore Memoranda Com Apr. 25-1901 Lewis Barrett
1928-July 17-Found old data to Chas. R. Hall See letter in Joseph Stebbins R. 18144 Aug.

Admitted Private. Court. Melilia 23 months
Ann G. Tomlinson Fairfield Court.

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.

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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? evō
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."

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wakeman Banite 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? No See page 5 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?

State of Connecticut New Britain County ss.
The undersigned, a Notary Public within and for said County, by authority of said State duly appointed and sworn, and dwelling in said County, do hereby certify that George Mead Esquire, who hath signed the certificate of caption of the foregoing deposition of Nathan Odell is above and near the 6th day of August 1832 an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and duly authorized and empowered by the laws of said State to administer oaths and take depositions - That the preceding signature purporting the signature of the said George is in his proper handwriting - And that full faith and credit are due this attestation at said Justice of the Peace -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal in said County aforesaid this 11th day of August 1832 Nathan Odell the Notary Public -

Nathan Odeell of Stratford in Fairfield County of the age of 71 years deposes and say that to my knowledge Wakeman Bennett of Ridgefield in said County aged about 72 Years. was residing at Stratford in said County in 1796 and was drafted in the Month of August in said Year on a tour of duty to the City of New York under the Command of Thaddeus Bennett Capt of Militia & remained in the service about two Months — Nathan Odeell
State of Connecticut — } Fairfield County Within Augt 6-1832 }
Personally appeared Nathan Odeell Subscriber to the foregoing Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me and I hereby certify that said deponent is a man of unimpeachable veracity —
George Mead Justice of Peace

I Reuben Booth of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the said County and State, do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of said Court is Clerk thereof and was such Clerk at the time of signing and certifying the same - And that the foregoing signatures purporting the same are in his proper hand writing.
Witness my hand at Danbury aforesaid this 4th day of June 1833 -
Reuben Booth Judge of Probate for the District of Danbury Conn.

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss. I Thomas B. Osborne Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that George Mead Esq is now & for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for s d Fairfield County is now & for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for s d County duly commissioned & duly authorised to administer oaths &c. I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said George Mead Esq. & verily believe that the signature to the Certificate on the foregoing Deposition of Nathan Odell purporting to be his is genuine & in the proper hand writing of the s d George Mead. I further certify that Jeremiah Sturges Esquire whose own proper signatures known to me to be genuine are annexed to the Certificates on the foregoing Depositions of Stephen Godfrey and William Allen, is now & for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for s d Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorised to administer oaths &c. - In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 5 th day of June A D 1833.
Thomas B. Osborne Clerk Fairfield County Court

State of Connecticut
Shelburne County ss
On this 4 th day of June 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable Probate Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in Said County and State, Now sitting and holding Said Court at Danbury in Said District Wakeman Durnill, a resident of the Town of Ridgefield in Said District age Seventy three years, Who being first sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration, Supplementary to his Original Declaration made before Said Court on the 2 nd day of August 1832, in Order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832 —
That the first term of Service as stated in Said Original Declaration, Commenc- ment at least as early as the 6 th of August 1778, and terminated on the 6 th of October following, making full two months — That the Service in 1779, commenced on the first of January, under Lieutenant Isaac Burr, and terminated on the first of March of the same year — being two months This declarant states positively that he was drafted for one month, in the year 1779 Subsequent to March, and that he faithfully served during the time for which Said draft was made, under Capt. Abijah Sterling, and although he has failed his memory to the extent, yet he cannot state with precision the time of entering, or of his discharge but verily believes it was, the latter part of August and beginning of September, he knows of no person living by whom he can prove Said Service —

That in the year 1781, and certainly as early as the first day of April, he enlisted for Nine Months in a Company of Connecticut State Troops, Commanded by Thomas Nash, that he was enlisted by the said Nash, who then under a Commission from the Governor of Connecticut, that he served at the places stated in said Original Declaration until the first day of January 1782, Making Nine Months. — And that on the first day of April 1782, he again enlisted into the same Company, and commanded by same Captain, for Nine Months, and served until the first day of January 1783. And this Declarant States, that during the several terms aforesaid, he served as a private soldier, in embodied battalions and was in Garrison the principal part of the time, and was not employed in any civil pursuit — that he cannot state with more precision, the names of the several officers under whom he served than he has stated in said Original declaration.
9 Mrs
9 Mrs
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
Wakeman Burrill
I Edward Taylor Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Wakeman Burrill for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said Court this 4th day of June 1823.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

I William Alon of the Town & County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. Aged Sixty Seven Years of Lawfull age do hereby certify that Early in the Spring of the year 1781. I Entered as a private Soldier in the State Troops Under Captain Thomas Nash in Col. Connecticut (Connecticut) Regt. of Foot Troops. for the term of Nine Months. and Served until late in the fall of the same year in the guard of the Sea Coast of the Town of Fairfield after Said, also Early in the Spring of the year 1782 I Entered again as a private Soldier in the same Company commanded by J. Capt. Nash for the further term of Nine Months and Served until late in the fall of the same year 1782 in the guard of the Sea Coast of Said Fairfield, and further the deponent saith that Wakeman Burritt then of Said Fairfield but now of the Town of Ridgefield in Said County, Entered as a private Soldier in Said Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Nash in the Spring of the year 1782 and also in the Spring of 1782 and Served in the after Said Guard for the term of Nine Months in each of the after Said years of 1781 and 1782, and further the deponent saith that he frequently heard say that the Said Wakeman Burritt was in the Service at the time the City of New York was Evacuated by the American Troops but personally knows nothing of that part of his Service. Witness the deponent's hand & seal. (Dated at Fairfield this 18 th day of July 1832) J. H. Hildreth
State of Connecticut } ss. Fairfield July 18. 1832, the foregoing County of Fairfield } Deposition was taken. Subscribed and sworn to before me. Jeremiah Sturges J. P. I certify that the above Deposition of William Alon. is correct in every particular when Truth and Veracity is indispensable. Jeremiah Sturges J. P.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. d. d.
The undersigned a Notary Public within and for the said County, by the authority of the said State duly appointed and sworn, do hereby certify that several things hereinafter signed the certificates of caption of the foregoing resolutions of Stephen Godfrey and William Allen now in and on the 18th day of July 1832 was an acting justice of the Peace within and for the said County duly appointed and commissioned and and by authority of said State duly authorized to administer oaths & take depositions -
That the signatures subscribed to the said certificates purporting to be his are in the proper handwriting of the said several things - and that full faith and credit ac- corded to the said certificates as due process of the law - In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my notarial seal in Danbury aforesaid this 11th day of August 1832
Seaborn Smith Notary Public
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10 No. 6310.

I Stephen Godfrey of the Town & County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. of the age of  Aged Eighty Six years do certify and say that Early in the Spring of the year of 1781. I Entered as a Serjeant in the State Troops of Foot under Captain Thomas Nash in Col. El (Disson) Regt. for the term of Nine Months and Served until late in the fall of the same year in the Guard of the Sea Coast of the town of Fairfield after said also Early in the Spring of the year 1782. I Entered again as a Serjeant in the same Company. commanded by the above said Captain Thomas Nash for the term of Nine Months and Served until late in the fall of 1782 in the above said Guard of the Sea Coast of said Fairfield, and further the deponent saith at the time of his entering the Service in 1781. and in 1782 Nathaniel Burritt then of the Town of Greenfield in S. County but now of the Town of Ridgefield in Y County. was on duty in the above said Guard as a private and continued in the Service. and until late in the fall of each of the years 1781. and 1782. under the command of the above said Capt. Nash, and further the deponent says that he frequently heard say that the above Y Nathaniel Burritt was in the Service at the time the City of New York was taken by the British, but knows nothing personally of that part of his Service & further the deponent saith not Stephen Godfrey Fairfield July. 18. 1832-
State of Connecticut } ss. Fairfield July. 18. 1832 the foregoing County of Fairfield } Deposition was taken. Subscribed & sworn to before me Jessiah Sturges J.P. P.S. I certify that the above Deposition of Stephen Godfrey is a true and correct of the original now, whose truth & veracity is indisputable Jessiah Sturges J.P. P.S.

here the undersigned inhabitants of the Town of Bridgfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut do hereby sworn- ally depose and certify that we are personally acquainted with Wasmann an own- -er of said Bridgfield, and verily believe that he performed the service as stated in his declaration this day read in our hearing, that he is now and ever has been according to our best knowledge and belief a man of truth and integ- -rity and that he is reputed in his neigh- -borhood to have served in the war of the Revo- -lution and we concur in that opinion
Benj m Jones
Daniel Jones
Isaac Alcott
Harvey Smith
Joseph S. Bradley
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this 3 rd day of August 1832. And the Court Certifies that the Deponents are all by the Court known to be persons of Integrity and truth Albert Edward Taylor Clerk

POSTAL CARD - ONE CENT.
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Wakeman Burrill (misprint Barrett) is on page 650 also page 662 Conn men of the Revolution - Wakeman Burrill m - Lucy Tomlinson - His pension statement of service wanted -
Lewis Burrill
page 662
King St - Stratford
Wakeman Barrett 87 in Ridgefield Conn

Glew
307 Colony St. Meriden, Ct. Nov. 24-1900.-
H. C. Evans, Com d - Pensions - Dr. Sir -
Will you be good enough to send me The War Records of Wakeman Burritt and Matthew Olmstead - Revolutionary Pensioners. residing at Ridgfield, Fairfield Co. Conn. in 1840, at which time Wakeman Burritt or Barrett was 87 yrs. of age and Matthew Olmstead 80 yrs. of age -
Both were pensioners under the Act of Congress approved June 7-1832 -
Sen. Doc - 1 st Sess, 23 d Cong - 1833-34.
Very Truly Yrs - Adèle Morin - 307 Colony St. Meriden (Miss)