Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1323, Stephen Brown, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Brown, Stephen Lydia
R. 1323
CONTENTS
b. 1757 at Windsor, Conn. res. at and Litchfield, Litchfield Co. Conn. res. in 1833, Northeast, Dutchess Co. N.Y. & there d. Nov. 23, 1837.

#1629 New York
Stephen Brown
of Dutchess in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comf y commanded by Captain Beebe of the Reg t commanded by Col Ward in the N.Y. line for 15 Months 5 days Com d
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1833 and sent to Abraham Winchell Pine Plains Dutchess Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $101.12 3/4 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep r 1833 . . 25.28
$126.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 6
George Taylor Clerk, Vol. 4 Page 13

The Secretary of War will please to forward the Deputation on the within papers when made to Abraham Mitchell Esquire Miss Huns Watcher Esq.
24020
In the matter of the Application of Stephen Brown For a Pension
Declaration & Examination
admin
15 mo. 5 ds pr

State of New York Dutchess County
On Thirtysixth Day of February in the Year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before Stephen Thorne one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Dutchess and being a Clerk of said Court Stephen Thorne a President of the Town of Northeast in the said County of Dutchess and State of New York aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law saith on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In first entered the Service of the United States by enlisting on as a Volunteer at Litchfield in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut where he then resided in the month of December in the Year one thousand seven hun- dred and seventy five for three months was attached to a Company commanded by Brazilla Beebe a Captain Adino Hale was orderly Sergeant Can not name State with certainty who the other officers were but Presumes that the Regiment he was attached to was commanded by Col Ward & Remembers that same time after- ward Col Brazilla Beebe was Col & his Regiment was taken prisoners at Fort Washington & the Company he was attached to was marched to the City of New York & the Regiment soon

after was sent over to Long Island & was employed in constructing a fort which was afterwards called fort Ward & Pualits that while the fort was building or after finished that Lord Stirling inspired it Pualits that while then the British Ship of war called the Asia was Laying in the harbor of New York below Governor Island he continued on Long Island working at the fort & doing duty till his term of Service expired I am not now Pualit weather he Recd a written Discharge or not if he did Recd one it lost or destroyed Remembered that he got home in the month of March following his enlistment but cannot Pualit the day of the month he gained the Company nor the day of the month he was Discharged but that he did swear out his term of enlistment he will Remember
he again entered the Service by being called out with the militia as a point to go to New haven in the State of Connecticut he then Recd at the Town of Litchfield upon said in the Summer of one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine his Captain was Samuel Selymer the Col who had the Command of the Regiment was Andrew Adams the militia was called out to repel the British who had landed at New Haven but before our Regiment arrived the British had abandoned the place but not till they had done much damage by plundering the City burning stone houses & burning water Befor the militia which lived near the place had collected in sufficient numbers before we arrived to compel the British to take to their

Shipping and were Return'd being out five or six days The Distance from Litchfield to New Haven is 36 miles in a fair day after their Return from New Haven he was drafted or the militia drafted out in regt on a Serms and put under the command of the above named Officer Captain Seymour & Col. Adams was marched to Norwalk Connecticut from Norwalk was marched to New Rochelle before we arrived The Troops & militia had drawn the British to their shipping but not till they burnt the Town there had been some fighting & some killed, he with the militia & some volunteers were detained at that place thro' the fall and most of the following winter for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants and their property and also to regain if possible a fort in possession of the British near Kings Bridge there was some skirmishing with the British Troops but no general battle. The fort not taking the American Troops & militia retreated towards Horsedick commenced their march about two o'clock at night and suffered most extremely from cold & hunger he was placed in the rear guard one man perished they continued their march all of the next day one of the prisoners who they supposed so severely from Hunger was that the prisoner & baggage was sent in advance and the horse which they supposed he had been in possession of the Hessian & Lorrain & we in the rear had no provision for twenty four hours after laying at Horsedick same time a draft was made from the militia that day at Horsedick for two months and he was drafted for to guard the lines & scouts he was put under the command of Capt Alexander Ware & Ensign Cone & he below that Col. Adams commanded the Regiment he served here

his term of enlistment out and was discharged he can not recall the precise time he was discharged or the time he entered the last mentioned term of service but thinks it must have been in the month of July. Recollect people had commenced Bye Year when he marched from Litchfield of one said it was in the year 1779 & when he returned after his discharge was the same time in the year 1780 he remembers it was when the farmers were cutting Bye Year in making corn year.
and he further says he has no documentary evidence of his Service in the Peninsula war nor does he know of any person now living who can testify of his own knowledge of his Service.
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and future that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
He was born in the year 1757 at Windsor in the State of Connecticut he was living in the Town of Litchfield in Connecticut when he was called into the Service he first entered the Service by enlisting for three months the other time he was drafted for a period of he can not name State with certainty the name of any of the Regular officers that was in Command when he was in Service more than he has in the Pension declaration he states the names of the following persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his being a Soldier of the revolution
Gerrit Winckell Abraham Becker members on board ship for Dutchess County N.Y. St. Martin Lawrence Esopus Philo Winckell the Reside

the said Town of Schofield Till within thirty five years then moved to the Town of Nor- th East in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York where he has Resided ever since the whole time he was in the Service was one year three months & five or six days
Stephen Brown
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year above said
Stephen Thorn Judge etc
We Thomas Winter a Clergyman Residing in the Town of North East in Dutchess County and Abraham Winchell Residing in the Town of Ulster hereby certify that we are well well acquainted with Stephen Brown who has Subscribed & Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is Deputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the
Thomas Winter
day & year above said Abraham Winchell
Stephen Thorn Judge etc
And the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the 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 I further certify that I know Thomas Winter who has signed the pre- ceding certificate to be a Clergyman of good standing and resident of the Town of North East in the County of Dutchess and that Abraham Winchell who has also signed the same is a resident of the afore- said Town of North East and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and I further certify that I am well acquainted

with the said applicant & have been for more than twenty years, and that his character for verac- ity is good and I certify that from readily inform- ing the said applicant can not attend court
Stephen Thonn Judge
State of New York,
Dutchess County ss I Henry Braver Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Stephen Thonn Esquire before whom the preceding Declaration and examinations were made, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County being a Court of Record having a Clerk, and Seal And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe that the signatures of the said Judge annexed to said Declaration and Examinations are genuine — — — — —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand under my Seal of Office the twenty sixth day of February A D one thousand eight hundred and thirty three — —
Henry Braver Clerk

The Secretary at War will please to forward the Vayson on the within papers when made to Gersham Winchell Esquire Dime Plant Watch Co. N.Y.
24020
In the matter of the Application of Stephen Dorn for a Pension
Declaration of Death
[Signature]
see
Who Steps

V 2658
Lydia Brown widow of Stephen Brown
M d 28 May 1838 Married 23 Nov 1837 Married S. May 1775 Husband died 23 Nov 1837
1323
Act y t July 1838

State of New York Dutchess county ss
On this first day of October one Thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before Stephen Thorne one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Dutchess Lydia Brown aged eighty six years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act Granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Stephen Brown who was a private in the Army of the Revolution as will appear by a copy of the Pension Certificate hereto annexed, she further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Brown on the 8 th day of May 1775 and that her husband the said Stephen Brown died on the twenty third day of November 1837 and that she still remains his widow
Sworn & subscribed on the day
& year above written
before Stephen Thorne one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess I do hereby certify that Lydia Brown the above applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court
Stephen Thorne Judge or

Lucy Brown, Declaration,
Recd. of July 1. st 1828.
Only child, Lucy Brown - the Declarant, daughter of Stephen & Lydia Brown dec'd.
Wheeler H. Clarke, Hudson, New York. City,

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Resolve of Congress passed July 1 st 1848. Entitled, "A joint Resolution "relative to Evidence in applications for Pensions"
State of New York
Columbia County } On this 24 th day of January 1849 Personally appeared before the justice of the peace of the City of Hudson in said County, in open court, the same being a cause of Record, Lucy Brown of North East - in the County of Dutchess - in said State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the above mentioned Resolve of Congress.
That Stephen Brown late of North East in the County of Dutchess State of New York obtained a pension under act of 7 th June 1832 of $57.50 per Annum on account of his Revolutionary services. That said Stephen Brown died on the 23 rd day of November 1837. Left him surviving Lydia Brown - his widow. Who in her life time applied for a pension on account of his services said Stephen Brown's Revolutionary services. That said Lydia Brown died March 4 th 1843. at the Town of North East in the County of Dutchess aforesaid.
That this declarant is the only child now living of said Stephen & Lydia Brown.
Declarant further says that she has a Record of the time of the death of her said mother, made immediately after her said mother's death and by that Record, it is stated in the words & figures, following, to wit,
"Lydia Brown died March 4 th 1843."
That my said mother was buried in the church burying ground of the Baptist Church of

The village of "Spencer Conn". She has erected at her grave a Marble Grave Stone that has an inscription thereon of her death & age & that the inscription as to the time of my mother's death agrees with the record above copied, Lucy Brown Subscribed & sworn before said court, in open court this 24th January 1849. Richard Gault } Justice of said Justice Court,
State of New York Columbia County & ss. I Richard Gault above named do certify that the above named Lucy Brown produced the family Bible of said Stephen Brown & Lydia Brown named in the foregoing declarations, before said court which contains a record of the time of her said mother Lydia Brown's death, that said record stated that said Lydia Brown died the fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred forty three, That said record was in the words and figures following to wit,
"Lydia Brown died March 4th 1843" That said figures are fair & legible.
That said above named Lucy Brown of Northeast Dutchess County is the only surviving child of said Stephen & Lydia Brown.
That the place of said Lucy Brown's residence is near the line of Columbia County and this Declaration was taken near the residence of said Lucy Brown, in this County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24 th day of January 1849. Richard Gault

State of New York Columbia County } ss. J. D. William H. W. Loop, clerk pro tem of the justices court of the city of Hudson in said County, the same being a court of Record do certify that Richard Gane before whom the foregoing declaration was made & by whom the the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof one of the justices of said justices court, duly authorized by law to act as such. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice & verily his signature subscribed thereto to be his hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 21 st day of January A.D. 1849.
William H. W. Loop Clerk Pro tem

War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 Stephen Brown of the State of New York who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Fifty dollars and fifty six cents per Annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th  day of March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year Given at the War Office of the United States this Sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
L.S.
John P. Robb Acting Secretary of War
B. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions
The word day erased before signing attest

"One thousand seven hundred seventyfive Stephen Brown and Lydia Gibbs May eighth eighth"
I John R. Landon of the town & County of Litchfield Conn do certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows viz "1775 May 5 th "
And I John R. Landon above named do depose & say that I married a Daughter of the Rev d Judah Champlaine dec d late a settled Minister of the Gospel in 1 st town; that after his decease his re- cords of marriage ceremonies performed by him came into my possession where they have ever since remained & that the above is a true ex- tract from the records aforesaid with the exception above named as certified by me; and that said original entry is in the handwriting of the 1 st Champlaine and further saith not (Dated at Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838
The above erasure of "eighth" made before signing
John R. Landon
State of Connecticut Litchfield County
ss Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838.
Personally appeared John R. Landon to me well known & who is entitled to credit & who sub- scribed the above deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Origen S. Seymour
Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George C. Woodruff Esq is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 29 th day of May A.D. 1838 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A.D. 1839 and that the foregoing signature which purports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 30 th day of August A.D. 1838
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Stephen Brown, Dutchess Co New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Dec. 1775 " 3 " Pri Col. Ward Capt. Beebe 75 years Litchfield Co. Traditionary   1779 " " 5 or 6 " Col. Adams Capt. Symore eld Co. Conn.   " " " " " Col. Adams Capt. Symore " Ware  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

MW 117 Q
June 18, 1925
Eunice R. Pike Danielson, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 1323 it appears that Stephen Brown was born in 1757 in Windsor, Connecticut.
While a resident of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut he enlisted in December 1775 and served three months as a private in Captain Bazeel Beebe's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in July 1779 and served three tours, about one year in all, in Captains Samuel Seymore's and Alexander Wane's Companies, Colonel Andrew Adams' Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 22, 1833 while a resident of North East, Dutchess County, New York. He died November 23, 1837 in said North East.
Soldier married May 8, 1775 in Litchfield, Connecticut.

tiout, Lydia Gibbs. She died March 4, 1843 in North East, New York aged about ninety-one years, and was buried in the Baptist Church burying ground at Spencer, Connecticut.
In 1837 there were two daughters living, Lucy Brown, the only name given, was the only surviving child on March 4, 1843 and in 1849 was living in North East, New York.
Respectfully,
No note made of William's rejection, as Col. Andrew Adams' & other officers except Capt. Wane found Commissioner. in Court Book.

Northwest ap 10"
ny.
for free
W.W.
Geo W. Crump Esq Pension Department Washington City

Northwest MS. April 8 th 1840
Sir
Permit me to make a final enquiry on the Application of Lydia Brown, for a Pension — I am requested to say, that, "the final decision of the Department in this case cannot be understood by them" I enclose your last communication for your reference, & beg leave to ask the following questions, as a finale of the matter —
"With the proof of her identity , Marriage , and his death , is her application for his arrears of Pension denied?
"Is her application for a continuing pension as his widow denied? —
Please be as explicit and decisive as may be —
Yours Ob t Serv t
G. M. Cummins Esq. Pension Department.
W. P. Mitchell P.M.

OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT, J. F. TUTTLE, JR., 112 CHEESMAN BLOCK, DENVER.
VICE-PRESIDENTS, W. F. SLOCUM, D. D., COLORADO SPRINGS;
T. W. CRISSEY, DENVER;
A. S. DWIGHT, PUEBLO.
Quinn The Colorado Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CHAIRMAN, GEORGE L. CANNON, DENVER; H. M. HOUGHTON; DR. C. F. DODGE, DENVER; C. H. STICKNEY, PUEBLO; A. C. MOULTON, MEEKER; W. I. LOCKE, E. B. CLARK, E. F. KELLY.
SECRETARY, W. M. SPEARS, 957 SO. WASHINGTON AVE., DENVER.
TREASURER, WATERMAN HUNT, 1024 CLINTON ST., DENVER.
REGISTRAR, E. L. KELLY, 727 SIXTEENTH ST., DENVER.
CHAPLAIN, PROF. W. F. STEELE, UNIVERSITY PARK.
Denver June 7/97
The Commission,
We should like a copy of the Revolutionary record of Stephen Brown , who received a pension, and lived in Spencer's Corners, Dutchess Co., N.Y. , born of Northeast.
Yours truly
E. L. Kelly, Registrar
727-16th St., Denver Colo

June 25 '97 Hush - To Mr. E L Kelly 727 - 16 th St. Denver, Colo.
1955- June 18 - Hist. to Miss Eunice R. Pike. Her letter in ch. 8.35 #27 of Michael Brown. MMNS.
7323
REJECTION
P. O. Sylvia Brown wid of Stephen
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of rejected claims printed in 1852, shows cause of
Re-enlisted: rejection as follows: "Inadequate proof of service."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Lucy Brown, Surv. Residue of July 1. 1848.
Whelen & Clarke Hudson, N York, Atty.

Hudson, New-York, Jan'y 26 th 1849.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send the Deed, of Lucy Brown, only surviving child of Stephen Brown Lydia Brown.
I was employed by the old Lady in her life time about the year 1824
Miss Lucy Brown lives in the town of North East Dutchess County & Mrs Lydia Brown also lived at the time of her death in North East.
The town of Northeast is in the town- adjoining Columbia County. & where Miss Brown & mother lived heretofore & where Miss Brown now resides is near the line of Columbia County, and I thought no objection would be made to Miss Brown's making a Declaration before a judge of Columbia County, as it was more convenient for her and for myself.
Stephen Brown was insured in the act of 7 th June 1832, at $37.56 per annum, and died 23 rd Nov 1837.
Mrs Lydia Brown applied for a pension in the act of 4 th July 1836.
The time of her death & that Lucy Brown of North East Dutchess County is therefore satisfactorily made out,
Yours very Res t .
Wheeler H. Clarke.
Hon. A. L. Edwards. Gov. etc.

I Lucy Brown the only surviving child of Stephen and Lydia Brown Now residing in the town of North-east in the County of Dutches and State of New York do hereby authorize and empower Hon. James Dixon Esq. a resident of the town and county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut to act as my Attorney and call on J L Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions and request him to make a further examination of the Papers Now in the pension Dept., in support of the claim of her deceased Mother Lydia Brown under the widows pension act of 1838 which claim has been suspended for reasons unknown to the subscriber.
Lucy Brown
Probate Office Sharon Conn. May 26 th 1846
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26 th day of May in the year One Thousand eight hundred and forty six and I further certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me that Stephen and Lydia Brown formerly lived and resided in Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut and that the said Stephen Brown died in the town of North-east in the County of Dutches & State of New York on the 23 d day of November in the year 1837, and at the time of his death he was a Revolutionary pensioner, and that Lydia Brown widow of the said Stephen also died in the said town of North-east on the 4 th day of March in the year 1843 and that Lucy Brown Now a resident of the said town of North-east (which town is an adjoining town to the town of Sharon in the State of Connecticut) and she is the only surviving child of the said Stephen and Lydia Brown late of the said town of North-east in Dutches County and State of New York
Chas. F. Sedgwick Judge of the Court of Probate for the District thereof

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } ss Probate Office Sharon May 26 th 1846
I Richard Smith clerk of the court of Probate for the district of Sharon do hereby certify and make known that the within and foregoing is the proceedings of court of Probate for the district of Sharon in the matter of a power of attorney of Lucy Brown and deaths of Stephen & Lydia Brown and heirs of the said Stephen & Lydia late of the town of Northeast (adjoining to the aforesaid town) in the county of Dutches & State of New York and the signature of the Judge thereto attached is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 26 th day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty six
Richard Smith - Clerk.
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Comptroller's Office Hartford June 12 1839
Dear Sir
Your favor of May 16 was duly received. Since the adjournment of the Legislature I have examined the Books of papers relating to the War of the Revolution remaining in this office - for the name of Stephen Brown and find him on a Pay Roll of Captain David Waterbury's in 1775 for 149 days this is all I can find for Brown have been very particular to examine through the years from 1775 to 1781 inclusive - nothing further can be found -
Major Hopkins Esq.
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servant Henry Richardson Compt.
To the usual charge for Search & Certificate is 2 Dollars. I make no charge for this Search Yours. Richardson
10) 149 (1029 100 2 49 6.29

2658
Oct 22
NY
7 July 1838,
Brown
✓
To the General Agent
City of Washington
District of Columbia
FREE

Dutchess County Clerk's Office Poughkeepsie October 11 th 1838.
Dear Sir
I am requested by Mr William Winchell of the town of North East in this County to forward you the enclosed papers, and in case of a reply by you being necessary you will please address it to him, as above.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Sam l M c Cracken Clerk

July 2
My Dear
Mr. Penchick J. P. McEast McEast
Adolphus Lydia Brown
J. P. Penchick Esquire
Correspondence of Brown
new office Washington City

Northeast June 28 th 1839.
W m J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions
Yours from the War Department Pension office of May 8 th 1839. To Wil- iam Winikell Esq r in the case of Lydia Brown widow of Stephen Brown came safely to hand by due course of mail, as also your circular of the 20 th ultimo directed to me, by which we are referred to the Comptroller's office of the State of Connecticut for Records evidence of his services in the militia of that State in the army of the Revolution in pursuance of which I advised a note to the Comptroller of that State & received from him the enclosed communication, we also have made further enquiries in the Town of Litchfield in said State where the Deceased resided during the revolutionary War & when the services were rendered for further evidence & found that most of his contemporaries had passed to that bourne from whence no traveler returns & the few that remain could only say they knew he went in- to the service several times for different periods but found none living that were in the service with him we found that Capt. Beebe the officer under whom he claimed to have served several times sur- vived was dead on enquiry of his son who was in possession of a moiety of his Father's papers which we examined & found among them an orig- inal enlistment for 8 weeks in the year 1776. together with a copy of an appeal of the Arms & accoutrements which the Soldiers took into the service with them both of which I also enclose to you with a spe- cial request that they may be returned to me after being examined the rest of the papers of Capt Beebe were taken by a mother branch of his family to the State of Ohio, Mr. Brown claimed uniformly during his life time that he was in the service at the time of the surrender of Fort Washington, the battle at White Plains, the Burning of Danbury Fairfield, &c. of these we are unable to furnish any written evidence they were probably contained in the papers of Capt Beebe carried to Ohio, or perhaps after the confederation of the States perhaps returns were made to the War office of the confederated Government - all of which is respectfully sub- mitted - if any thing further is necessary to substantiate the widow's claim please communicate the same to me at Northeast Dutchess County New York N.Y. or in case of final decision communicate as above.
I am Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt.
Emos Hopkins

LA1524
May 18
May 18 1839.
Location office.
Northeast
free
May 15
Lydia Brown, Susq.
Hon ble Joel Poinsett Secretary of War
Washington City
at Wmchill May 8. 39
at Wmchill
Nat l East.
May 8. 39
And on margin of C o May 20 39

LA1524
May 16.
May 18 1839.
Station offin.
Northeast NW
free
May 15
Lydia Brown, Susp.
Hon ble Joel Poinsett Secretary of War
Washington City
at Wmchell May 8. 39.
at Wmchell
Nat l East.
May 8. 39.
And on margin of Co May 20 39

Northeast May 21 st 1839.
Dr Sir
In the early part of October last Lydia Brown (Widow of Stephen Brown late of the Town of Northeast in the County of Dutchess & State of New York deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution & Received a Pension from the United States in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832, his Certificate bearing date June 6 th 1833,) forwarded her Papers to the War office in order to Obtain a Pension in pursuance of an act of Congress giving to the Widows of deceased Soldiers of the Revolution the same amount of Pension to which their Husbands had been entitled to - and having heard nothing from them is anxious to know whether they have been Received at Your Office & whether they are such as are required to entitle her to the benefit of the act above recited. I have written at the urgent Solicitation of the old lady who is aged & Needy - although the Pittance is but small she expects to obtain it will be of importance to her & serve to relieve ameliorate her straitened circumstances & soothe her declining passage to the grave. Please write as soon as your convenience will admit direct Your communication to Northeast N.Y. direct to her or to me
I am Dr Sir Yours Respectfully Ezra Hopkins
Hon. Joel Poinsett Sec. of War

Dec 27
Nov.
Hon J. L. Edwards Harrison Office Washington City
Am Ch. Johnston AR

Washington City Dec 27. 1839
Hon. J. L. Edwards -
Sir, I have the honor of transmitting to you an extract of a letter this day received by me from Mr. Wm. Winchell of the town of North East, Dutchess County & State of New York, which is as follows - viz - "Stephen Brown late a Commissioner of the United States under the act of 7 th June 1832, died nearly two years since having constituted his widow and two female children - Soon after his death, application was made to the Pension Department for the arrears of pension (about 3 months) and also to cause a pension to be allowed his widow. By the advice of the Department, they made proof of his death, and his marriage to his present widow, and every thing supposed to be necessary to have same, and forwarded the whole to the Pension Department at Washington - After a long time, the widow was informed, that further evidence of the nature of the pension of Stephen Brown, was necessary, and interesting that the same was in the office of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut - Application was immediately made as directed, and they finally notified that nothing of amount could be found, and there is no probability of further widow ever being found. It has been supposed by the"

"widow & family, that there must be some misapprehension" "with regard to his trial of service, on the part of the Department" "She asks a division, solely on the evidence by which" "her husband received it during his life time" -
Your answer, containing an explanation in relation to the foregoing subject, so as to enable me to communicate the same to Mr. Winchell will much oblige yours respectfully -
Charles Johnston M. C.

N. York Lydia Brown
to W. Winchell 8. May 1839 to E. Hopkins 8. Sep. 1839 to Hon. Charles Johnston 3. Jan. 1840 to W. Winchell 20. April 1840 Hon. J. Dixon. June 22. 1840 Col. to W. H. Clarke June 14. 49 Sub to W. H. Clarke Aug. 2. 49 Act July 1838

War Department Pension Office
January 3. 18.
Sir,
In answer to the enquiry in your letter of the 27. th ult. respecting the claim of M rs Lydia Brown under the act of July 7. 1838, I have the honor to state, that her claim is based upon that of her late husband, Stephen Brown, admitted in June 1833. At that time the existence of record evidence in the Office of the Comptroller of Connecticut, of the service of the militia of that State in 1775, was unknown to the Department. On a re-examination of his papers, in view of investigating the claim of his widow, it was found that the proof upon which his claim had been allowed, was insufficient. Reference was therefore made to the Comptroller of Connecticut for further proof. The claimant's husband, it would appear from his declaration, served three months in 1775 under Capt. Beebe, of Col. Ward's regt. and about 1 year, consisting of various tours not distinctly specified, from 1777 to 1779, under Capt. Seymour and other Captains, of Col. Adams' regt. The Comptroller's certificate furnishes no evidence of the service in question; and it seems probable that the claimant's husband was not in the service in 1775. The enlistment under Capt. Beebe in 1776 for 2 months is the same as that described in 1775, which is all that can be allowed, upon the proof on file, viz. three months.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully
Your Obek. Servt.
G. W. Camp
Hon. Charles Johnston House of Representatives

State of New York Dutchess County } p
William Winchell of the town of Northeast in the County and State aforesaid being of lawful age and being duly sworn doth depose and say that deponent knew Stephen Brown of the said town, that he was a prisoner of the United States under the act of 7th June 1832, that he said Stephen Brown died on the twenty third day of November 1837, that deponent attended his funeral on the following day, that said Stephen Brown left a surviving widow by the name of Lydia Brown and that said Lydia Brown is still living —
affirmed & subscribed this
William Winchell
1 st day of October 1838
before Stephen Thorne one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Dutchess