Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15346, Frederick Brewster, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Brewster, Frederick
S. 15346
carded
CONTENTS

28013 Albany  Connecticut
Frederick Brewster of Franklin in the State of Conn who was a Pri - in the Conn commd. by Captain _____ of the Re St commd. by Col Tyler in the Conn. Troops issued for 8 mo
5 Connecticut, $3
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 9 th day of Jan. 33 and sent Nov 11 Barker H. of R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33. $66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 4, 34. 133.33 $ 80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by EDMUND Clerk, Book E Vol. 13 Page 49
Letk. Gardner Lawrence Sept 27: 1836.
Cin. Me - Dec 21 st Transf d to Albany for 1. Mar 36 - Jan 2: 1837.
  Paid at the  Treasury under    the act of the  5 th April 1838    grant 4 March  to 4 th Sep 1839.    Act notified  3 rd June 1840    Ship to Pan Age  10. July 1840.    Same do  17. Sept 1840.    To Connecticut  from 4 March    1840. 25 days  1840. Note    Application to  John Hyde    Merrimack Conn   

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Connecticut New-London County ss Norwich.
On the 30 th day of August A D 1832, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich, now sitting present John Helye Esq. Judge, in open Court Frederick Brewster a resident of Franklin in the County of New-London, & State of Connecticut aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn ac- cording 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 in the summer of the year 1779 in the month of July, he was drafted from the militia of the State of Connecticut to perform a tour of duty in the war of the revolution at New-London in said State, and that in that summer he served in said militia for a period of two months. Ebenezer Lathrop was his Captain & Col. John Tyler was the Colonel of the Regiment.
That in the winter of 1779 1780 he again served in the militia for a period of two months as a Substitute for Nehemiah Haseen then of Norwich & was drafted from the militia for a period of two months. The service commenced in December 1780 as he believes & continued for two months — the precise time he can not recollect of commen- cing or ending his service, but does recollect that it was a period of two months in which he was substitute
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and that he served the full period. Said Mr. Blanchard was the Colonel Vice Chief Command That he again served as a substitute for Joshua Kirtland, who was drafted for a period of two months service in the militia of the United States, in the war of the Revolution. That during this period he served in a company commanded by Capt. Asa Brary, one Gillett was ensign & Ephraim Lathrop he arrived at Fort was orderly sergeant Groton a very few days after the Massacre at that Fort, & the burning of New London. he well recollects that it was so soon after, that the blood which flowed so freely was not wholly removed from the ground, & the mourning friends of those there slain, were frequently there. Col: Samuel McClellan then had the command at New London & Groton. That he continued to serve for two months, and well recollects having been by the Captain made, as it was called, "a launched corporal," & having done the duty of a corporal during that time.
October or
That some time in the month of November or December 1782. he again served for another period of two months commencing in one of those months the precise time he cannot state, but well remembers that there was snow on the ground when he marched to New London. he served this period in Fort Trumbull , & at another place near it called at that time Fort Nonsense, being a place on a hill near Fort Trumbull. he there served and the period of two months, having been drafted from the militia. His Captain was from East Haddam, by the name of Hungerford. The Lieutenants names were Everett & Raymond, Christian names not recollects. Having served this period he was, as from all the other service, honorably discharged, and in this last period of service he performed the duty of a Sergeant, but had no warrants.

That in the month of July 1779 he went on an alarm at New-London, being then a member of a militia company in Norwich, commanded by Captain Joshua Smith, & Abner Ladd was Lieutenant of said company, & remained there on duty from ten days to a fortnight. And that in the summer of 1780 there was another alarm at New-London, and he again went in the same militia company commanded by the same officer to New-London, & staid there a week or ten days, while there we were quartered at Roller's Tavern , about a mile out of town, the town being so full that we obliged to quarter there.
That in the summer of 1781, on another alarm at the same place, he again proceeded to New-London as a member of the same company, under the same officer, & staid there about fourteen days, and while there we were quartered in Main Street in said New-London.
That he was born the 7 th day of June 1763, as appears by a record kept in the family bible now in his possession. He never received any written discharge from any period of his service. He has always lived in said town of Franklin. Said officers mentioned above are now deceased.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever upon any pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency except the present of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed Frederick Brewster this 30 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Before me John Heyde
Judge of Court of Probate

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & 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 Eldad Stetson, who has signed and sworn to a certificate annexed hereto is a clergyman resident in said Franklin and that La Fayette S. Foster Esq., who has also signed & sworn to a certificate annexed hereto is a resident in said Norwich, and is a credible person and that their statement is intitled to credit.
I Buel Lathrop clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the state of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Frederick Brewster for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office of this court this 30 th day of
August Anno Domini 1832.
I also further certify that John Hyde Esq. is the Judge of this court & a Justice of the Peace for New London County in which Norwich is situated, I have set my hand this 21 st day of June 1832.
Buel Lathrop Clerk
New London No. 10 June 27 th 1832 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for New London County Judge of the Court of Probate of the District of Norwich Frederick Brewster of Franklin in said County who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served for five months & four days as a private & two months as a Corporal and two months as a Sergeant and for which I claim a pension.
I, reference Brewster Subscribed & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me John Hyde
Judge of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich State of Connecticut

July 9. 1846 New Haven
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D. C.
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State of Connecticut } ss. New London County }
On this 6 th day of July A.D. 1840. before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county of New London personally appeared Frederick Brewster, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person whose name was placed on the pension-roll of the state of Connecticut in conformity of the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832. for services rendered as a private during the Revolutionary War, & to whom a pension certificate was issued dated January 9 th 1834. for Twenty six dollars and sixty-six cents per annum N o 28013. he then residing in the town of Franklin in said State but afterward having moved into the state of New York was on the 2 d day of January 1837. transferred from the Roll of Connecticut, to that of Albany, New York to take effect from & after the 1 st of March 1836. from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides again in said town of Franklin in the county of New London & state of Connecticut, where he intends to remain, & expects to die, & wishes his pension to be there payable in future.
The following are his reasons for removing from New York to Connecticut. That he has become an old man & unable to earn much more by his labor, & is somewhat dependent on his children & has returned to spend his remaining days in the place of his nativity.
Frederick Brewster
Sworn & subscribed to, the day & year aforesaid Before me John Hyde
Justice of the Peace
Jesse Huntington of Norwich in the county of New London aged sixty six years, having been sworn according to law doth, on his oath, testify & say that he has been acquainted with Frederick Brewster above named and knows him to be the same person that is described in the above affidavit & which was sworn to in his the deponents presence, & further

saieth not,
Jesse Huntington
State of Connecticut } ss. Norwich New London County }
On this 6 th day of July 1840. personally appeared Capt. Jesse Huntington, well known to me as a respectable person, and a witness of veracity, and made oath & subscribed the within & foregoing deposition
Before me
John Hyde
Justice of the Peace
I, William E. Tracy Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the County of New London & state of Connecticut do hereby certify, that John Hyde, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Frederick Brewster & Jesse Huntington were sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this sixth day of July Anno Domini 1840.
William E. Tracy Clerk

Nowich July 7 th 1840.
A. S. Edwards Esq. Sir, I herein send you an application of Fred k Brewster to have his name as a Pensioner transferred from the Roll of New York to the Roll of Connecticut, which if correct please send the necessary certificate to me
Very respectfully Your Obl d serv t
John Hyde
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Ill. our Sur file 15346 Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Frederick Brewster 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.     July 79 2 mos. Private Ebenezer Lathrop John Tyler Conn.   Nov or Dec. 80 2 mos. " Sgt. John Hughes Samuel McClellan   July 81 2 mos. Corpl. Crary " "   Oct or Nov. 82 2 mos. Sergt. Sturgenford   July 79 10 days Private Joshua Smith on alarm to New London   June 80 10 days   June 81 14 days  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Franklin, Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug. 30, 1882. Residence at date of application, Franklin, New London Co., Conn. Age at date of application, Born June 7, 1763 at Norwich (now in Franklin Co.), Conn. Remarks: Sept. 1836 res. of Camillus, Onondaga Co., N.Y.  1840 res. Franklin, Conn.  No further family data
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Feby. 19. 1897 - History Mrs Chas. B. Bassett Walton, N.Y.
File No. 15.346
Nov. 29 - 1901 Mrs. S. R. Spencer Suffield Conn
Frederick Brewster
Nov 27th. 11. History to Alice A. Schenck
Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Norwich (Dec. 18 th 1833.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir, Enclosed are the papers of Frederick Brewster for a Pension, with additional Declaration, which is probably all that he will ever obtain of proof in addition. He has tried to find some person living that knew of his services, but he cannot, and believes all are dead. Yours respectfully
John Hyde

Warfield Pension Agency December 20. 1850.
Sir
In answer to your enquiry as to what time Frederick Brewster a Private on the roll of this agency under the act of 7 th June 1832 at 26 66 / 100 Dollars per annum was last paid I have to inform you that he has been paid up to the 4 th of March 1850.
I am Very Respectfully Your obedient Servant
Thos. St. H. Ag
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

No. 7. 191
Fred. Bruster
Return answer to
M. K. Miller H. J. R.
Send certificate to John Hyde Norwich Ct.
Levi Guadard
Norwich
Co.
Levi Guadard Esq.
Norwich Ct.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Friedrich Bruster which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes  As per Queen 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes 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 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? no  NO Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes 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? yes  no XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 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 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 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.
The regulations require that the best evidence of service be produced. It is therefore necessary that claimant state whether there are survivors to his knowledge of each term of service.
Witness must account for the usual evidence of appointment of corporals

In fin Frederik Brewster a Pension of the connecticut assy under the law of June 7 1832 to the amount of $26.66 his certificate is numbered 28.013 Recorded in Book E. vol 3 page 49. He has removed to the town Cannonsburg, Onondaga County N.Y. where he intends to reside. and wishes a direction given, that he may draw his money in this State, by so doing and approving him, through me , of the same will much oblige
Syracuse N.Y.
Yours, &c. &c.
Sept 22. 1836
Gardner Lawrence
J. L. Edward Esq

In Sir Please transfer the plan of payment of Frederick Brewster's pension from the State of Connecticut to the State of N. H. Yr. obed Servt. Sept. 12. 1836
Yrs & Gordon Lauman

Norwich Ct. Sept. 14 th 1840.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir, Some months ago, I sent to you an Application of Frederick Brewster of Franklin in the county of New London State of Connecticut for a Transfer of his Pension from the Roll of the State of New York to the Roll of the State of Connecticut, and having received no transfer or answer to the same, have taken the liberty to ask whether the application has been received.
Yours very respectfully
John Hoyde

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
Apr. 21 1840.
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 17 th inst. I have to state, that Frederick Brewster a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at 26 11 / 100 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of March 1840.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos. M. O'Leary
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.

Frederick Brewster
Cont to Alby

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Onondaga ss.
On this 12 th day of December 183 6
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Onondaga personally appeared Frederick
Brewster — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
E. Southrop & Capt. H. H. H. in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
M c Lean — in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State ( District,
or Territory, ) of New York — where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow-
ing are his reasons for removing from Connecticut —
to New York, and that his children and connections reside in the State of New York with whom he has come to reside —
Frederick Brewster
Sworn and subscribed to before me, }
the day and year aforesaid. }
David G. Montgomery Justice of the Peace
□ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
□ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

State of New York Onondaga County
I Samuel C. Brewster of Syracuse being duly sworn saith that he well knows Frederick Brewster who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit, that said Brewster is an uncle of this deponent, and in further saith he is the same individ- ual described in said affidavit Subscribed and sworn before me this 12th day of December 1836. D. G. Montgomery Justice of the Peace
[Signature: Samuel C. Brewster]
I David G. Montgomery the within named Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel C. Brewster who has subscribed the above affidavit, & that he a reputable person and a man whose statement is entitled to credit
Syracuse December 12. 1836
D. G. Montgomery Justice of the Peace.

State of New York Onondaga County
¶: I, Hannon Edwards Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that David G. Montgomery Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit and also to the jurat of the affidavit herewith en- closed, are the signatures and proper hand writing of the said David G. Montgomery. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 12th. day of December in the year 1835
H. Edwards Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 29 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Frederick Brewster, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept., 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Frederick Brewster of Franklin in the county of New London & state of Connecticut in further explanation of his Declaration made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, doth on oath further declare,
That with respect to his first period of service in the militia in the year 1779, he has a perfect recollection of his service having commenced in the month of July & he believes it to have been as early as the middle of that month but the precise day he cannot make oath to, but he perfectly well recollects that he was drafted for two months & that he served out the full period of two months under the command of Captain Ebenezer Lathrop & when Col d John Tyler then of Preston, afterwards Gen l Tyler, commanded the Regiment.
He knows of no person now living who was acquainted with this service — Bela Armstrong & Ebenezer Lathrop were in said company & they, many years ago, removed into the states of New York or Vermont, but he knows not where, nor whether either of them is now living, and he can think of no other person that then belonged to said company but what he has been informed are dead.
That the second period of service, when he served as a substitute for Nehemiah Howden commencing in the fall of 1780, in the latter part of November or first part of December of that year, his services were rendered at New London aforesaid under Col d Samuel M c Clellan & he served the full period of two months for which said Howden was drafted. He knows of no person living who was there — the period was short & we were stationed in the town of New London near the old Court House. He recollects well that sergeant John Hughes, who was afterward Captain John Hughes, commanded the guard that he was in. He knows of no person living who can testify to this service, excepting his brother Jacob Brewster, whose deposition is annexed to his original declaration & who remembers his serving as a substitute for said Howden. The applicant's recollection is

perfect as to the period of his service being two months, but by reason of age & lapse of time he cannot recollect precisely the time of its commencing but thinks it was either the last of November or first of December as aforesaid and he does not know of any other evidence than he has furnished of this period of service - It was performed in the town of New London in detached squads of soldiers to guard the town & the company not kept together, is undoubtedly the reason why he cannot recollect the names of the commissioned officers of the company, & altho' he perfectly recollects being under the command of other sergeants he can name no one of them but said John Hughes.
As to his third period of service in Capt. Crary's company of two months as a substitute for Joshua Kirtland in Groton Fort, he recollects perfectly that he was stationed at the Battery down on the bank of the river & quartered at the house of Joshua Prior for the first month, & that the last month of service was performed in the Fort, as near as he can recollect as to the division of the time, and remembers well that Eleazer Rogers Esq., whose deposition accompanies his original declaration, was in the Fort the last month of his service, and he remembers in addition to the officers mentioned in his original declaration that Jonathan Rudd was quarter master - He never had any written appointment as he recollects as to the office of corporal & whether what he has termed it was then termed a lanced corporal, entitles him to an increased pension he does not know, but does know, that he performed the duties of a corporal for this period and that he served the full term of two months and he does not know of any other evidence than he has furnished of this period of service.

His fourth period of service in Fort Tumbull & another near which obtained among the soldiers the name of Fort Nonsense, on the ground of the supposed folly of its erection, he believes is fully proved by the depositions of Stephen Post & Amasa Woodworth, and in addition to the officers of that service mentioned in his original declaration he recollects that Col o Samuel McClelland was in chief command, and he has a perfect recollection that he served the full term of two months and did the duties of a sergeant, the whole time he knows of no other evidence of this service but what he has given.
The other periods of service were upon sudden alarms & for short periods of time & repeated in three several summers or seasons & it is impossible for him to recollect with greater certainty the precise periods of service not being called out as in all the other cases for any definite period of time owing to the facts aforesaid & impaired memory. He has therefore estimated those periods at one month & four days which is according to his best knowledge & belief, & as to those periods he cannot swear more definitely whatever may be the consequence.
And therefore according to the best of his recollection & belief he claims to have served four stated terms of two months each, & not less than nine months and four days in the whole, two months of which he claims as serving as sergeant, two months as corporal and five months & four days as a private soldier, and for which he claims a pension
Frederick Brewster
Court of Probate District of Norwich, on this 17 th day of December 1833. personally appeared Frederick Brewster and signed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration
Before me John Hyde
Judge of the Court of Probate.

State of Connecticut New London County ss City of Norwich
I the Amariah Fillmore & do hereby certify that I was in the sixty seventh year of my age, that I am an Elder of the Methodist Epis- copal Church and do now and have always resided in the Town of Franklin in said County about a mile and a half from the residence of Frederick Brewster who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration: that I am & from my youth have been well acquainted with said Brewster & believe him to be in the sixty ninth year of his age or thereabouts; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion, in which opinion I concur; I also certify that said Brewster is a man of respectability & that his character for truth & in other respects is good - and that many years since & near the time of the transaction I have heard said Brewster speak of being in the Revolutionary Army - & at New London & Groton & relate events that took place there at which he was present Amariah Fillmore
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me John Hyde
Judge of the Court of Probate

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Frederick Brewster who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration, that I believe him to be sixty seven years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion. as I now reside in Norwich but have till within a short time resided in Franklin near the residence of the sd. Brewster -
La Fayette S. Foster -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
New London June 24. 1833 Before me John Hyde I certify that La Fayette S. Foster the above named deponent is a credible witness Certifiedly John Hyde Judge of Probate
Eleazer Rogers of Norwich in the county of New London state of Connecticut sixty seven years of age testifies & says that in the month of September 1781, immediately after the Massacre at Groton Fort he was drafted for one month and went into Groton Fort & there served the month in the company commanded by Capt. Crary the thinks his Christian name was Nathan and that Frederick Brewster served in said company in said Fort the whole of the time that he the said deponent was there. that Brewster lives in the town of Franklin in said county and he the deponent has always known him ever since and further the deponent saith not
Eleazer Rogers
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me John Hyde Judge June 24th New London 1833 I certify that Eleazer Rogers the above named deponent is a credible witness Certifiedly John Hyde Judge of Probate

Jacob Brewster of Stonington in the county of New London state of Connecticut aged sixty five years deposes & says that he remembers very well that his brother Frederick Brewster of Franklin in said county being drafted several times & also serving as a substitute in a number of tours of duty as a private soldier in the defence of the country in the time of and during the revolutionary war and particularly of serving as a substitute for Nehemiah Hatten at New London and Groton Fort which he thinks was the winter of 1780. and he recollects perfectly his having served several times before that and several times after that, his going from home & his returning home again after his tours and relating the events of the war that had happened during his absence, and that my said brother is four years older than I am and further the deponent saith not Jacob Brewster
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me John Hyde
New London Jan. 24. 1833 I hereby certify that the Jacob Brewster above named is a credible witness
Witness my hand John Hyde
Judge of Probate
Judge of the court of Probate District of Norwich State of Connecticut

Stephen Port of Boxrah in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged seventy one years deposes & says that he knows & is acquainted with Frederick Brewster of Franklin in said county & state & knows that said Brewster in the fall of the year 1782 in the months of October & November did a tour of duty as a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Hungerford, Lieutenants Everett & Raymond of two months it was stationed at New London at Forts Trumbull & Nonsense and this deponent was a soldier in said company the same time & place And further the deponent saith not Stephen Port
Amasa Woodworth of Franklin in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged sixty eight years deposes & says that having heard read the foregoing deposition of Stephen Port knows the same to be true having served in said company at the same time & place And further the deponent saith not Amasa Woodworth
Personally appeared in open court the day & year aforesaid, Stephen Port & Amasa Woodworth and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing depositions by them subscribed Before me John Hyde Judge
Nov 2nd 1832 I certify that Stephen Port & Amasa Woodworth above named are credible witnesses & faithfully John Hyde Judge of Probate

303 Worth St Fulton N.Y.
2-13-197
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions. Department of the Interior. I am informed that one Frederick Brewster of Conn served in the Revolutionary war & rec'd pension. Will you kindly send me his military record, and oblige
Respectfully Yours
Alice L Schenck

OFFICE OF
The E. Horton & Son Company,
Manufacturers of
The Horton Lathe and Drill Chucks,
TRADE MARK:
"THE HORTON LATHE CHUCK."
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DRILL CHUCK, STYLE B. 7 Sizes.
Windsor Locks, Conn., U. S. A.,
11/18
1901.
28013-32
Pension Office Washington
Dear Sir
Kindly send us the record of the services of Frederick Buerstein of Franklin Conn who was drawing a pension in 1840 at the age of 77 and if possible let us know when the government ceased to pay him a pension & greatly oblige
Mrs S P Spencer Suffield Conn

John
B
Walton, N.Y.
Jan 27. '97
To the
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Can you give me any information as to a pension certificate, of one, Frederic Brewster, a soldier of the Revolution , who went to New London in response to a call for help when the traitor Arnold, at the head of a British force attacked and burned that city, and

who received for many years a pension for service rendered.
To know that such a certificate is on file where it could be verified as proof of service, will be sufficient
Resp
Mrs. Chas. B. Bassett. Walton N.Y.