Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1544, William Branch, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Branch, William Lucretia
H. 1544
B.L.Wt. 73-60-55 B.L.H. 5413-100 Issued Dec. 16, 1793 to John Chadwick.
CONTENTS

BRANCH, WILLIAM (CONN)
W 1544
20

15,357
Ohio Pitts New York To Pennsylvania
William Branch of Chautauqua County in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut line, for the term of six years.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of October 1819 and sent to Mrs. Sarah Branch Mayville New York
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819. 16 mo 4 da  129.60    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Feb 1820  48.00     $177.60  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Recorded Book D, Vol. 2. Page 127.

NM,
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4
BRANCH, WM. (CONN.)
W 1544

659
Mrs. Patsy Brien widow of William Brien who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
1836 July 19 Mr. J. A. Sheffield -- that notice of merit filed in a copy of the certificate that had been honored with it 1839 April 6 John L. Brown - history Pres
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 25 Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March 1848. 13 th of April 48 Certificate of Pension issued 10 th day of Sept and sent to
M c L. P. Paines
Recorded on Roll of Pen February 2, 1848, Page July 29

54.497 act 3 Mar. 1855.
April 9/55
Lucretia Branch, widow of William Branch 2 d (du d private)
Pension of Revolutionary War. (No. of Cont. 15,357)
Ohio July 18 - no 659 Private Burkes Regt Compt Line 6 yrs over 100 acc.
Adnd 100 60 acc Sept 2/55 Dodge Ketur
Mrs W. Branch Madison - Spoke Co - Ohio

State of New York,
A.
Chautauque County ss. On this first day of May, 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauque in the State of New York, personally appears William Branch , aged fifty seven Years, resident in the town & County of Chautauque in said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to Law, doth, on his Affirmation, make the following Declaration, in Order to obtain the provision made by the late 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". That the said William Branch, about the first of April, 1777, in the town of Norwich, New London County, in the State of Connecticut, enlisted in the Company, commanded by Capt. Sedediah Hyde, in Col. John Dungee's Regiment & General Pinson's Brigade in the Connecticut line . That he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the Service of the United States, until the seventh day of July - 1783, when he was honorably discharged from the Service at West Point in the State of New York, being then in a Regiment, commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler, & in Capt. Samuel Cleft's Company - That he was in the Battles of Germantown & Monmouth, and in the engagement at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, & in several other engagements or Skirmishes, & that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support - & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services —
(copy) William Branch
Affirmed to & declared } before me, the day & } year aforesaid — }
(Copy) Matthew Prendergast —
B.
I, Matthew Prendergast, Judge as aforesaid, do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Branch did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common Enemy.

And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony, taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - Dated May 1 st 1818 -
(copy) Matthew Prendergast
State of New York,
C.
Chautauqua County ss. I, John Dexter, Clerk of the Court (L. S.) of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauqua in the State of New York, do hereby certify that Matthew Prendergast is a Judge of said Court, duly appointed, commissioned & sworn, residing in said County - And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Matthew Prendergast, & that the signatures of the said Matthew to the annexed Declaration & Certificate, are in the proper hand writing of the said Matthew - In Testimony whereof, I have affixed the seal of said Court to these presents, & signed the same with my own hand at Mayville in said County, the second day of May, 1818 -
(copy) John Dexter
State of New York,
D.
Chautauqua County ss. I, Ammon Heydon, a Commissioner appointed for the said County of Chautauqua, to take Affidavits & to administer Oaths to be read in any Court, & to do & perform certain duties of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify, that I am fully satisfied that William Branch, whose Declaration is hereto annexed, did perform at least six years of continued service as a Private in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War agreeable to his said Declaration - And I further certify that I am fully satisfied, that said Branch is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
Dated Sept. 17 th 1818 -
(copy) Ammon Heydon, Comr. &c. -
State of New York,
E.
Chautauqua County ss. I, James P. Rogers, Deputy Clerk (L. S.) of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of

Chautauque in the State of New York, do hereby Certify, that Ammon Heydon, Esquire, of said County is duly qualified & acting as a Commissioner of said County, having all the powers of a Judge of said Court, to take Affidavits, administer Oaths, & certify the same, &c. &c. And I further Certify, that I am personally acquainted with said Heydon, & that his hand writing is well known to me — and further that the signature of said Heydon to the foregoing Certificate, is in his own proper hand writing. — Given under my hand & the seal of said Court, at Mayville in said County, the 17 th day of September, 1818 — (copy) Jas. P. Rogers
State New York,
Chautauque County Is. William Branch, the Revolutionary Soldier above named, being duly sworn, doth affirm & say, That on the first day of May, 1818, he appeared before the Hon. Matthew Brundage, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, & made solemn Affirmation to the Declaration of which the preceding (marked A.) is, as he believes, a true copy — That on the same day, the said Judge signed a Certificate, of which the annexed (marked B.) is, as he also believes, a Copy — That on the second day of the same month, the Clerk of said County annexed his his Certificate, of which the preceding (marked C.) is a Copy — And that the preceding papers of which the preceding (marked D. & E.) are Copies, were duly made & annexed to the Original Declaration, &c. on the 17 th Sept. 1818 — That the said Declaration is in all respects true, except that he believes he was discharged on the 7 th of June (& not on the 7 th of July) in 1783, having then performed more than Six years of continued service in the Connecticut line in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war — And this Deponent further saith, that on Examination he has found his Certificate called the Badge of Merit of which he is the true owner, signed by Col. Butler, & hereto annexed (marked F.) — That he regularly received a Discharge from the service, which is not now in his possession — Dated Sept. 2. 1819 — William Branch Affirmed to & declared before me the Subscribers, one of the Judges of Chautauque County, Sept. 2. 1819 William Peacock

I, Jacob Houghton of the County of Chautauque, Counsellor at Law, do hereby Certify, & make Oath, that from examining the papers, memorandums & Entries remaining in my Office in Mayville in said County, I do believe that the preceding papers, marked A. B. C. D. & E. are true Copies of the Original Declaration & papers, in the case of William Branch, a Revolutionary Soldier, made under my direction - That it appears that the Original papers of which the papers A. B. & C. are Copies were mailed for the War Department on the 2 d May 1818; That the same were returned to me, & the original papers marked of which the preceding mark. D. & E. are Copies, were annexed, & the whole mailed for the War Department on the 19 th Sept. 1818 1818 - & that I have had no information relative to these papers since, from that Department - And I further Certify that I am fully satisfied that said Branch is in reduced Circumstances - Dated Sept. 2 d 1819 -
J. Houghton.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the subscriber one of the Judges of Chautauque Co. N. Y. Sept. 2 d 1819
William Peacock
State of New York,
Chautauque County ss.
I, William Peacock one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauque in the State of New York, do hereby Certify that I am fully satisfied that the above named William Branch did perform six years of continued service, as a Soldier in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war - and And I further certify that I am fully satisfied that said Branch is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support - And I further Certify that Jacob Houghton, whose Certificate is duly sworn to, & hereto annexed, is, in my opinion, a man of truth & veracity - Dated Sept. 2 d 1819 -
William Peacock one of the Judges of Chautauque County -

State of New York,
Chautauqua county ss
John Dexter, clerk
of the court of common Pleas, for the county of Chautauqua, do certify that William Peacock, is a Judge of said court, duly appointed, commissioned & sworn, and that at the time of taking the above affidavits & certificates he was duly authorized to take the same, and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said William and Verily believe that the signatures of William Peacock to the above affidavits & certificates are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have affixed the seal of said court, to these presents and signed the same with my own hand at Mayville, in said county, this third day of September 1819.
John Dexter.

William Branch, a Soldier, &c - Connecticut Line }
William Branch Col Durkees Rmt April 19 th 77 - War
Copy of Original Declaration, &c. May 1. 1818 - with aff s &c. &c.
Jacob Houghton of Mayville, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. - Agent - }
Copy of his Decl n Adm d
In the matter of William Branch , late a Private, &c. - The Paper marked A. is a copy of his Original Declaration made the 1 st May, 1818 - The Papers, marked B, C, D, & E. are Copies of Certificates made in this case - All the Original papers (of which those mark d . A, B, C, D, E. are Copies) are now in the Office of the Secretary at War, & were mailed for that Office on the 19 th Sep r . 1818, as will appear by the Certificate of J. Houghton (annex d .) To these Copies are added, 1 st  Branch's Affidavit, with his Certificate of the Badge of Merit annex d . or additional Declaration, 2 d . J. Houghton's Certificate, 3 d . Judge Peacock's Certificate of reduced circumstances, & 4 th . the County Clerk's Certificate & Seal - From all which it will be seen, that Branch served more than Six years in the Connecticut Line as a Private in the Army of the Revolution , & that he is in reduced Circumstances and that his Claim commenced on the first day of May, 1818 - I trust nothing further will be required on the part of Branch - & I have to request that his Pension Certificate may be forwarded to me as soon as may be convenient - Sep r . 7 th 1819 -
J. Houghton, Agent.
Branch is a man of truth & veracity -
W m Jacob Houghton, Mayville, N.Y.

William Branch should make a schedule of his property agreeably to the form herewith enclosed, in which it will be perceived, that his residence should be set forth, as well as the opinion of the court relative to the value of his property.
Should it be decided, that he is entitled to a continuance on the Pension list, before his name can be continued it must be regularly transferred to the roll of the Pennsylvania agency. Herewith enclosed is the form of an application for transfer.
War Dept.
Pension Office,
19 Oct: 1822
The schedule must be exhibited before a Court for the County in which the applicant resides.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Erie } sp ts } In the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County aforesaid
In the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County aforesaid
On this eighth day of May 1821 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the county of Erie aforesaid proceeding according to the course of Common Law, with a Simis dition unsubmitted in point of amount; keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Branch aged sixty years, who, being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows; that on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at the town of Norwich in the State of Connecticut he enlisted to serve during the war in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Dinklee in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the seventh day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York; that he was in the battles of Germantown Monmouth Red Bank and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at York town in the State of Virginia He has made a former application for a pension and the date of his original declaration was on the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; has received a Pension Certificate the Num of which is fifteen thousand three hundred fifty seven - And I do hereby affirm 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 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 the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not nor has any any property or securities contracts or debts due to me other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed To Wit  Schedule of the real and personal Estate of William Branch before named, necessary clothing and bedding excepted,
  One Horse  One broken Hammock  Seven Silver Tea Spoons } & Sugar tongs }    Two Cows and one Calf  One Saddle Bridle  One Looking Glass, one Cow Bell    Two Sheep  Two Flat Irons  One & a half sets Knives & forks    Six Goats and one Sow & pigs  Three Augers & one Tap Bit  One Work Tub & Churn    One yearling Heifer  Two Tables  One Meal Tub & 4 dry Casks    One 4-pail Kettle  Fifteen Earthen plates  One pot-witch & 1 Great wheel    One pail-ful-Pot  Eight Cups & Saucers  Five old Axes & four hoes    One Small d o  One Tea-pot  One old Frame Saw    Two Small oldish Kettles  Three Tumblers  One Wooden-wheeled Clock    One broken Kettle  Four Bottles one Decanter  Six Chains & 1 Candle stand    One d o without cover  Two powder Platters } & Six plates }  Two Chips - Iron Wedge & Butte-rings - one Sythe    One Tea Kettle one Spider  One Sauce and Skirt }  One Steeples & Ring    Six Drag-both & piece of chain  Two pans }  One pair Small Sticks and    Shovel and Tongs    

Six Tin-basin - old iron Two chests Part of a Harness, a piece of wheat in the ground Debts due to the Said William Branch - From Abel Lewis $1.10 " Willard Pope 3.07
Debts due by the Said William Branch
  To Amasa West  $7.00    John Law  7.-    Jamies Wilcox  7.50    Wm Clench  20.-    John Barker  2.01    Nathan Smith  3.15    Nathan Salisbury  3.-    St Joiner  1.10    Wm Phelps  1.-     $51.76  
William Branch
Names of the Said William Branches family residing with him; then capable to assist him - (William Branch the before named applicant
_____ sixty years of age States that he is very sickly _____ being much affected with the Piles, which together _____ with a lameness in his right hand and a cough _____ with which he is much affected for the greater part _____ of the time, incapacitates him for any labour whatever _____ He has no occupation except that of a farmer and _____ does not own any land -
family records signatures of L. S. Branch Lucinda Branch his wife aged forty six years is very sickly and infirm occasioned by infirmities peculiar to her sex with which she has been for many years affected so as to be unable to do the house work of the family
William Branch his eldest son aged sixteen years is and for some years has been affected with a rupture in his body which unfit him for labour and renders him unable to contribute much to his support
Oliver Branch a daughter aged fourteen years has from her infan- cy been sickly and infirm and still is so
Samuel Branch aged Eleven years
Erastus Branch aged nine years
Ambrose Branch aged six years
William Branch the Said applicant has no occupation excepting that of a farmer which he is unable from ill health and bodily infirmity to pursue and does not own any land to labour on he has no other means of support than is before mentioned and his family are at present ac- tually in necessitous circumstances
William Branch
Affirmed and declared in open court on the 8 th day of May 1821
W. WILSON Pro

State of Pennsylvania County of Erie } 3
I Thomas Wilson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie aforesaid Do hereby certify that the Annexed Writing contained on two pages is a true copy of the original application deposition and Inventory of William Branch as exhibited before the said court and remaining filed among the Records of the same Court. In Testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the same court this Second day of October A D 1822
Thos Wilson Pro

The State of Ohio Geauga County } ss
On this twelfth day of April 1834. before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Geauga, personally appeared William Branch, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Samuel Cliff, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Zebulon Butler, (being the first Connecticut regiment) in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, that he was transferred from the roll of New York to the roll of Pennsylvania March 1st 1823, from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the County of Geauga and state of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there at Pittsburgh payable, in future, and that his reasons for removing to the State of Ohio, are, that his sons determined to remove there, and he wishes to spend the remainder of his days, where his children are
William Branch
Sworn and subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid. "at Pittsburgh" interlined before signing Austin Canfield
The State of Ohio Geauga County } ss
I Edwin F. Phelps of the County of State aforesaid, of lawful age, being duly sworn, on my oath, do declare, that I well know William Branch who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, to be the identical person therein described. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand this twelfth day of April A.D. 1834 Edwin F. Phelps
Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year aforesaid by the said Edwin F. Phelps whom I hereby certify to be a person of veracity. Austin Canfield

The State of Ohio Geauga County ss
I, D. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that Austin Canfield Esquire, before whom the foregoing oaths appear to have been taken, on the day of the date hereof is a justice of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, according to law, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and do truly believe the foregoing signatures pur- porting to be his, are true and genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Chardon, this 12th day of April A. D. 1834
D. D. Aiken, Clerk

No 777.
Sucilla Branch, widow of W m Ohio.
Act 29 July 1848.
Married 1796 Widowed 13 th Ap r 1849 Under 24 th April 1849 for maintenance. Cov g 13 Ap r 1849.
Wilburough Hall
W m L. Perkins. Painesville Ohio

The State of Ohio Lake County
On this 28 th day of August A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me Milo Norris, an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Lucius Branch, who I am satisfied is by reason of age & bodily infirmity unable to appear before the Court, & who is a resident of Madison in said County of Lake Aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the law of the United States passed on the 29 th day of July A.D. 1848 & all such other laws as have been from time to time passed. That she is the widow of William Branch who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, & at the time of his decease a pensioner of the United States under the law of the 18 th of March A.D. 1818, his pension certificate bearing date the 8 th day of October 1819 & numbered on the list 15.357. That she has always understood & believes he enlisted into the Army at Norwalk in the State of Connecticut in 1777.
She further states that she was married to the said William Branch on the 27 th day of November in the year Seventeen Hundred & ninety six at Aurora, Cayuga County in the State of New York; that her husband the aforesaid William Branch died on the 13 th day of April A.D. 1849 at Madison aforesaid; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January A.D. 1800, viz, at the time and place above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never married since the decease of her said husband, & that she has never before made any application for a pension; that she has no documentary evidence of her husband's service, and there is no record evidence of her marriage of record as she believes, other than the family record which was made by her said husband, & to the time of his death

kept by him & since his death has been in her keeping in the family of her son Erustus W. Branch, & which said Record was on a blank leaf in our family Bible & is torn out & accompanied their paper, & on which she has endorsed her name in my presence. & she further says that the said William Branch left no children under the age of sixteen years.
I also certify that I am acquainted with the foregoing affiant, and that in the neighborhood where she resides she is known as the widow of the said William Branch
Sworn to & Subscribed before me Lucretia Branch on this 28 th day of August 1850 Milo Harris Associate Judge
At the same time and place came William W. Branch of said Madison aged forty five years, and Erustus W. Branch aged 39 years, who being duly sworn, according to law, depose and say that they are the sons of the said William & Lucretia Branch & that the record of the marriage of the said William and Lucretia accompanying this paper and which they have in my presence respectively endorsed their names is in the hand writing of the said William Branch, & was this day cut from the family Bible of their father the said William, that from their birth till about 15 years ago they both lived in the family of the said William, & that upto the time of the decease of said William which occurred at said Madison on the 13 th day of April 1849, the said Erustus W. always lived in the family of his said father, that the said record of the said marriage has always from their earliest recollection existed in the said Bible & to which they had constant access, it being the common family bible & in which they were accustomed to read from their earliest childhood. That in their family the said record was always referred to state the fact & time of the said marriage truly &

They believe it is true. That to the day of the death of the said William the said Bible & record was in his keeping & since his death it has been in the keeping of the said Lucretia in the house of the said Ervatus W. Branch. And that the said Lucretia was the wife & is the widow of the said William Branch, & that said William left no children under the age of eighteen years. I further certify that the said William W. & Ervatus W. Branch are known to me to be credible & respectable witnesses; & they also say that the said Lucretia has never married since her said husband's death.  Given & subscribed below E William W. Branch  E. W. Branch  on this 28 th day of August AD 1850 Milo Harris Associate Judge
The State of Ohio, } LAKE COUNTY, SS. }
I, CHARLES D. ADAMS, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Lake, and State of Ohio, do by these presents certify and make known that Milo Harris Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing Affidavits of Lucretia Branch W m W. Branch & E W W. Branch was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at the time of taking the same, and now is one of the Associate Judges within and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Painesville, in said County, this 29 th day of August , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty  fifty
C. D. Adams Clerk.

William Branch
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
William Branch and Lucretia Branch Married November the 27th 1796
William Branch was the Son of Samuel Branch which was the son of Samuel Branch which was the son of Peter Branch
Lucretia Branch was the daughter of Asa Branch which was the son of John Branch which was the son of Peter Branch
Ambrose Branch Chloe R Cartiff Married Jan 1 st 1839
Ambrose Branch was the son of William and Lucretia Branch
William W. Branch
Lucy J. Burtram Married July 3 rd 1834
William W. Branch was the son of William & Lucretia Branch
Samuel G. Branch and Arvilla Crocker Married Nov 26 th 1840
Samuel G. Branch was the son of William and Lucretia Branch

William Branch FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
William Witter Branch Born August the 31 th 1804 Olive Branch Born November the 21 th 1806 Samuel Gore Branch Born June the 26 th 1809 Erastus Witter Branch Born September 5 th 1811 Ambrose Branch Born February the 9 th 1815
William Branch Born Sept 3 rd 1960 Lucetta Branch Born April 12 1917
William W. Branch
E. M. Branch
Lucetta Branch

54,497

State of Ohio } On this 3 rd day of April in the year Lake County } One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared Lucinda
Branch a resident of the township of Madison in said county of Lake aged eighty years next birth day who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by law of the United States passed March 3 rd 1855 and all such other laws as has been from time to time passed. That she is the widow of William Branch De d who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and at the time of his decease was a prisoner under the law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818. His pension certificate bearing date the 8 th day of October 1819. and numbered on the back 15-357. -
She further States that she was married to the said William Branch on the 27 th day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six at Aurora Cayuga County in the State of New York. And that her name before her marriage was Lucinda Branch . - She further States that her husband the aforesaid William Branch died at Madison Lake County Ohio on the 13 th day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. And that she is now the widow of said William Branch and as such her name is placed upon the pension roll and that her pension certificate bears date the fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty and numbered on the back 659. And endorsed on the back as "Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act July 29. 1848. Page 160. vol. A."
That she has no record evidence of her marriage other than that now on file in the office of the department of the Interior with her application to be placed upon the pension list roll -

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain- ing the Benefit to which she may be entitled Under the act passed March 3 d 1855
Lucretia Branch
Sworn to and Subscribed and acknowledged before me this 3 d day of April the day and year first above written. And on the same day personally came before me J. Shattuck and J. Taylor residents of Madison and County aforesaid to me personally known as cre- -dible witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are personally acquainted with Lucretia Branch widow of William Branch who has made and who has made and Subscribed the foregoing declaration that they were personally acquainted with William Branch and his wife during the life time of the former and know that they lived and together as man and wife and to be so reputed and believe that that the husband of said Lucretia Branch was the identical person who performed the military Service mentioned in the above declaration that the above named William Branch is now dead and the said Lucretia Branch is now a widow and they further swear that they are disinterested
Deborah D. Smith
John S. Taylor
The State of Ohio, } J. CHRISTOPHER QUINN, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas LAKE COUNTY, ss. } within and for the County of Lake, and State of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that John Kellogg
Esq., before whom the annexed and foregoing Affidavit & Declaration of Lucretia Branch
was taken; and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand- writing subscribed his name, was at the time of taking the same and now is, a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio, and who is duly authorized to take such Affidavit and that the annexed and foregoing is executed and agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Painesville, in said County, this 10 th day of April , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun- dred and fifty-five
C. Quinn Clerk

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain- ing the Bounty land to which She may be entitled Under the act passed March 3 d 1855
Lucretia Branch
Sworn to and Subscribed and acknowledged before me this 3 d day of April the day and year first above written. And on the same day personally came before me J. Shattuck and S. Prayton residents of Madison and County aforesaid to me personally known as cred- ible witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are personally acquainted with Lucretia Branch widow of William Branch who has made and Subscribed the foregoing declaration that they were personally acquainted with William Branch and his wife during the life time of the former and know that they lived are together as man and wife and to be so reputed and believe that that the husband of Said Lucretia Branch was the identical person who performed the military Service mentioned in the above declaration that the above named William Branch is now dead and the Said Lucretia Branch is now a widow and they further swear that they are disinterested
Daniel D. Shattuck
John S. Prayton
Sworn to and Subscribed before me and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution
John H. L. Logg Notary of the Peace

Madison Lake County State of Ohio
Commencement of Business Ohio
On this place find Declaration of the Securities Branch which you are desired to examine as your earlier commissions allow forward to me the certificate for Penny Savings
Truly Yours
William W Branch

July 7, 1925
May R. Howlett 385 Huron St., West Pontiac, Mich.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1544 it appears that William Branch was born September 3, 1760 the place not stated. He was the son of Samuel, who was the son of Samuel, who was the son of Peter Branch.
He enlisted in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut April 1, 1777, served as a private in Captain Jedediah Hyde's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged June 7, or July 7, 1783, at which time he was a member of Captain Lemuel Clift's Company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment. He was at the battles of Germantown, Mud Fort and Monmouth and at the Siege of York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818 while a resident of Chautauqua, Chautauqua County, New York.
In 1823 he was living in Springfield Township, Erie

County, Pennsylvania. He died April 13, 1849 in Madison, Lake County, Ohio.
Soldier married November 27, 1796 in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, Lucretia Branch born April 12, 1775, place not stated. She was the daughter of Asa, who was the son of John, who was the son of Peter Branch.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 28, 1850 while a resident of Madison, Ohio.
Their children were:
William Witter Branch born August 31, 1804, married July 3, 1834, Lucy J. Bartram. Olive Branch " November 21, 1806. Samuel Core Branch " June 26, 1809, married November 26, 1840, Arvilla Crocker. Erastus Witter Branch " September 5, 1811. Ambrose Branch " February 9, 1815, married January 1, 1839, Chloe R. Curtiss.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT. Commissioner.
Date of witness's death not in AB

See letter to H. H. & M. on a Dec. 5. 1829
25. Aprl '34. See let to Pen. aft to know when last paid —
Transf. to Ohio Pittsburgh on 3 rd May 1834, from 4 th Sept. 1833. — Notified in South American. care of Rev. Phelps, Chardon Ohio.

Paid to sign lease 8/11-56

F.
THE above William Branch has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years faithful Service. Leo Butler Lev. Col

New York (N.Y.) Hist. Soc. L. C. Branch, 319 Fifth St., San Francisco, Cal. C June 28/84, mil. Hist. Soc. to Mrs. M. D. Mills, 352 Clifton Pl., Brooklyn, N.Y. C 1924 Oct. 28. Hist to Frank A. Skilton, au 1925 - July 7 - Hist. to May. R. How- ett. (MHSF).
Revy WIDOW, &c.  
File No. 15844 Lucretia Branch, Widow William Branch, Paris. Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

54.497
Commissaire of Pensions Washington.
D.C.

Wm March Cont Line Recd 1000.00
73
Waens

State of Pennsylvania In the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Erie ss. 3 County of Erie aforesaid
On this fourth day of February 1823 personally appeared in open court being a court of Record for the County of Erie aforesaid proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of a- mount; keeping a Record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment] William Branch aged Sixty two years, resident in the township of Springfield in the said County of Erie, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as fol- lows; that on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- dred and seventy seven at the town of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut he enlisted to serve during the War in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Dar- kee in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment — that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the seventh day of June one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty three, when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York; that he was in the battles of Ger- man town Monmouth illud. Fort, and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at York town in the State of Virginia — He has made a former application for a Pension and the date of his original declaration was on the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen — He has received a Pension- Certificate the number of which is fifteen thousand three hundred fifty seven. And I do solemnly affirm 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 other manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or 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 1818; 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 contain- ed in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit — Schedule of the real and personal Estate of William Branch before named (necessary Cloathing and Bedding excepted)
  1 Yoke of Oxen  1 Tea Kettle  3 Small Stoves    1 Cow  1 Set of pins. Dogs  1 Old Hand-Saw    1 Heifer  1 Horse Shovel Tongos  1 Saw    Six Sheep  + Trammel —  Old Iron    1 Old Mare  1 Pair of flat Irons  2 Gluevess & pins    9 Goats  4 Old Axes  2 Beetle-rings & wedges    1 Wooden clock  4 Do. Hoes  1 Shaple & ring    1 4 quart Tin Kettle  1 Pair of old Plow Irons  1 Old Scythe-hangings    3 Pots  7 Drag-teeth  2 Tables & candle stand    2 Iron-Kittles  1 pair Small Steelyard  9 Chairs    1 Spider-pant Cover  1 Old Chain  7 Earthen Plates & other      Crockery ware —      3 Chests  

1 Meat-Sub 7 Potato Plates 2 do. Platters 1 Set of Silver Tea Spoons Sugar tongs — 1 Set of Knives & Forks Tin Ware — 1 Churn
2 Old Candlesticks 1 Horn-Collector Old Casks 1 Little Wheel 1 Great wheel 1 Clock Reel 1 Wash-Tub 1 Looking Glass 1 Set of Cups & Saucers
William Branch
Debts due to William Branch the Applicant.
From Daniel Galsbury — three dollars, (collection doubtful)
Debts due by the said William Branch as follows viz.
To Doctor Elmer Thayer and Doctor Kimball for medical attendance on his family exact amount unknown believed to be twenty dollars $20.— To John Law ————— 7.— To Samuel Wilcox ————— 7.50 $34.50
Names of the said William Branches family residing with him their capacity to assist him &c
William Branch the before named applicant Sixty two years of age, State that he is very sickly being much affected with the Piles which together a lameness in his right hand and a cough with which he is much affected for the greatest part of the time incapacitate him for any labour whatever. He has no occupation except that of a Farmer and does not own any land.
Lucinda Branch his wife aged forty six years is very weak and sickly occasioned by infirmities peculiar to her sex with which she has been for many years affected so as to be unable to do the house work of the family.
William Branch his Eldest Son aged eighteen years is and for some years has been affected with a Rupture in his body which unfit him for labor and renders him unable to contribute much towards his support.
Oliver Branch a daughter aged fifteen years has from her infancy been sickly and infirm and still is so.
Samuel Branch aged thirteen years in ill health.
Ambrose Branch aged eight years.
William Branch the said Applicant having as aforesaid no occupation other than that of a farmer which from ill health and bodily weakness he is unable to pursue, and having no land to labor on. Having no other means of support than is before mentioned his family are at present actually in necessitous circumstances.
William Branch
Affirmed in open Court February 4 th 1823
W. H. Vinton Pro

February Term To Wit February 4 th 1823 The Court having examined the Schedule of Property and of Debts due by William Branch the above named applicant and considered the evidence adduced as to its value and the truth of the facts stated and being satisfied that the property of the said applicant is not exceeding One hundred and forty nine dollars in value and that he is indebted thirty four dollars and fifty cents, leaving the balance of his property over and above the debts due by him not exceeding One hundred and fifteen dollars Order that the same be so Certified ————— By the Court ————— Wm. Wilson Pro
State of Pennsylvania County of Erie ss ————— I Thomas Wilson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie aforesaid DO hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original application Schedule and Deposition of William Branch for Revolutionary Pension, and proceedings thereon in the said Court remaining filed among the Records thereof — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this fifteenth day of February A D 1823 ————— Wm. Wilson Pro

Please to address returns to
Gain Phelps Chardon
Geauga County Ohio
Please to address returns to

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Price Penn d illand 10 th 1823
Sir,
Inclosed are the application of William Branch for a Pension, with the Notes, made thereon at the Pension office, and also another application, which is intended to be made in conformity to the directions of the department and intended to be complied with. His application for a transfer is also enclosed. It is hoped he may be entitled to receive a pension from the estate of his first application; it is also requested that the application may receive the attention of the Department as soon as convenient as the applicant is in necessitous circumstances and that the result may be communicated to me at this place —
I am, very respectfully, Your most obedt Servt Thomas H Sibley
en. John C Calhoun Secretary of War

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie ss.
On this eighth day of March 1823, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Erie personally appeared William Braseh who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Linn e Clift in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state ( district or territory ) of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
William Braseh
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. S.
Wm Forster
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

State of Pennsylvania County of Erie ss
I Thomas Wilson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Erie aforesaid Do here certify that Thomas Forster Jr. Esquire before whom the with Deposition was taken and who in his own proper hand writing well known to me has thereunto subscribed his name is and
at the time of taking the same was an acting Justice of the Peace of the said State in and for said County duly com- missioned and qualified according to law and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this tenth day of March A D 1823
Thomas Wilson Pro
William Branch trans- ferred from New York to Pennsylvania 22 May 1823 from the 1st of March 1823

Fairville O. August 29. 1850
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension Wartington D.C.
Sir
Herewith please find the application of Mrs. Lucinda Branch widow of William Branch for Pension.
Mrs. Branch was quite affrighted at parting with the family record, & if it be possible consistent with the rules of the department that the record can be returned she wishes it once transmitted to me after inspection.
Respectfully Yours Wm. L. Perkins

General Richardson Chapter Pontiac, Michigan
Revolutionary War Section Pension Bureau. War Dept. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: What data have you on file regarding the three Revolutionary War Veterans below named. This chapter is trying to mark the grave of so
○ Luther Branch b. in Preston, Conn Oct 15, 1765 m. Mary Burbanks as second wife. had son Mason b. Oct 16, 1791 at Benson, Vermont. also Samuel. Isaac & Abigail died at Stockbridge, Ingham Co. Mich Oct 29, 1847 and is buried there. Was he a pensioner? and what record of him have you? May have served in Vt. or Conn William Branch (1760-1849) enlisted for the war. 1777 was honorably dischd. 1783. Born at Preston, Conn. was on pension Roll of Lake Co. Ohio at age of 80 and d. in Madison Ohio. Have you any family data concerning him?
○ Nathan Sull . (1761-1842) served in N.Y. Levis. 1780 Believe he was a pensioner and d. in Morris N.Y. His wife was Ruth Moore. Can you give me any more data concerning him?
Thanking you. I am Respectfully
Mary T. Howlett, registrar General Richardson Chapter D.A.R. 385 Huron St. W. Pontiac Mich
5-7-1925

84 Hamilton Ave. Auburn N.Y.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Sept 30 1924 Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
For the purpose of D. A. R. eligibility and perfecting the family record I would like proof of service and detailed family data appearing under the following Connecticut Revolutionary War pensioners to wit: I Samuel Branch (widow Ruth) Branch B. L. W. T. 26155- 160-55 W. 2717.
II Walter Branch , Mine Snow, former widow of W. 4076
III William Branch, widow Sueretia B. L. W. T. 73-60-55 W. 1544
In the absence of any official vital records in this section prior to 1882. I am particularly desirous of all family data pertaining to these soldiers.
Samuel Branch died in this County. His wife, Ruth Rhidsey also died here.
I have located and identified their graves.
May I ask for an early response to my

inquiry.
If I can be of service, locally, to your Department, command me.
Very respectfully,
Frank Avery Skilton

#352 Clinton Place - Brooklyn N.Y. June 18/94
B Commissioner Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir -
Please inform me, on what page, of what volume may be found the record of William Branch, who was a soldier of the War of the Revolution -
And oblige,
Mrs William S. Mills
Ms. A. 1. 5. 44

RECEIVED APR 25 1897 P. O. BOX 114 N.Y.C.
PENSION U.S. APR 24 1894 OFFICE

San Francisco April 7 94
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
D.C.
Mr. L. S.
Dear Sir:
I wish you would be kind enough to send me the record of service of William Branch, a Connecticut soldier who drew a pension under the act of 1818 , from the state of New York was the place of residence When he applied for a pension, I would like for the copy you send me to show what place in New York he lived when he made application for a pension
Yours truly
L. C. Branch
319 Pine st.

aw Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
October 22, 1924.
Frank Avery Skilton, 84 Hamilton Ave. Auburn, N. Y.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1544, it appears that William Branch was born September 3, 1760, place not stated. He was the son of Samuel, who was the son of Samuel, who was the son of Peter Branch.
He enlisted at Norwich, Connecticut, April 1, 1777, served as a private, in Captain Jedidiah Hyde's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged June, or July 7, 1783, at which time he was a member of Captain Lemuel Clift's Company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment. He was at the battles of Germantown, Mud Fort, and Monmouth and at the Siege of York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, while living in Chautauque, Chautauque County, New York, and he died at Madison, Ohio, April 13, 1849.
He married at Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, November 27, 1796, Luoretia Branch, born April 12, 1775, place

not stated, the daughter of Asa, who was the son of John, who was the son of Peter Branch.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 28, 1850, while living in Madison, Lake County, Ohio,
Their children were;
William Witter, born August 31, 1804, married Lucy J. Bartram, July 3, 1834.
Olive, born November 21, 1806.
Samuel Gore, born June 26, 1809, married Arvilla Crocker, November 26, 1840.
Erastus Witter, born September 5, 1811.
Ambrose, born February 9, 1815, married Chloe R. Curtiss, January 1, 1839.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.