Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17304, Elisha Bissell, Conn.

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Bissell, Elisha Rhoda
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Connecticut 3894
Rhoda Bissell widow of Elisha Bissell who was a Private N.Y. in the New York line for 14 mos. 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Fifty three Dollars Seventy Seven Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the fifteenth day of December 1843 and sent to
Bro C Woodruff Leichfield Connecticut
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 113

I Thaddeus Griswold of Torrington Litchfield County & State of Connecticut aged sixty seven years do here & say I was born in Torrington & have always lived a near neighbor to the late Capt Blisha Bippell know he married Rhode Bippell of Windsor in this state & know they was married before I was 14  He was married in the year 1793 I know that her first child died the autumn after they were married & by the death book of the parish now before me for Mr Bippell which died in the month of November 1790
Mr Bippell had four other children which I know Capt Blisha Bippell died in the month of June 1812 his wife has remained a widow ever since
I often heard Capt Blisha Bippell say he was in the service in the revolutionary army heard him mention a number of times he was in the battle of Germantown was in much fort in state of Pennsylvania & in other places & have no doubt he was in the army as a soldier a number of months in the revolutionary war -
Thaddeus Griswold
State of Connecticut Litchfield County An Torrington The 26 day of August 1838 Personally appeared Thaddeus Griswold age well known to me as a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me William Dutcher Just Peace

I Ebenezer F Bissell of Windsor in Hartford County and State of Connecticut age Seventy nine years depose and say that I am Brother of the Widow Rhoda Bissell formerly of said Windsor Now of the Town of Torrington in said State That she the said Rhoda was married at said Windsor to Mr Elisha Bissell of said Torrington a little more than a year after my own marriage and it was on or about the month of February 1790 I was present at the marriage which was administered by the Rev. Theodore Hinsdale and further the deponent saith not Dated at Windsor August 22 1838 Ebenezer F Bissell
State of Connecticut County of Hartford } ss Windsor August 22. 1838 The above deposition was sworn and subscribed to on the day and year last aforesaid Before me James Loonis Just. of the Peace
State of Connecticut County of Hartford } ss Windsor August 22. 1838 I certify that I am well acquainted with Capt. Ebenezer F Bissell the deponent that he is an inhabitant of Windsor that he a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit James Loonis Just. of the Peace

State of Connecticut Office of the Secretary of said State Aug 23 rd 1828
I hereby certify that James Loamis is a brother of the Governor neither bond nor warrant capacity and has been since the 20 th day of June last and the signature within of James Loamis is his genuine signature.
In testimony of which I have hereunto fixed the seal of this State and signed the same
Royal A. Kimball Secretary of State

This certifies that written records have been kept, of the deaths which have occurred in the Parish of Torrington, in the town of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, from the year A.D. 1777 one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, down to the present date; & that in these records, which are now in my possession, there is recorded the death of a child of Elisha Bispell, as having taken place December first, 1790. - one thousand seven hundred & ninety.
Signed - Herman S. Vail, formerly minister of the Gospel in Lyne Co. Now Pastor of the Congregational Church, in Torrington, Torrington Parish, Co.
Dated Torrington, Torrington Parish, Litchfield Co. Co. Nov. 12. 1838 -
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Torrington the 12 th November 1838
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr Herman S Vail who hath subscribed the foregoing certificate and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and that he made oath to the truth of the same by him subscribed as above stated
William Battell Just of the peace

State of Connecticut District of Litchfield 5
on this 20 th day of August 1838 Personally appeared before me the judge of the probate district of Litchfield Widow Rhoda Bispell a resident of the Town of Torrington in the County of Litchfield aged seventy 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 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 Silas Bispell who was a soldier in the continental army of the revolution I often heard him say that he was in service in the year 1776 in a company commanded by Capt Bube that John Strong of Torrington was a soldier in the same company that they were in the neighborhood of New York - Vermont and a part of New Jersey that he was in service in the same company with Levi Watson in the year 1777 was at the battle of Saratoga Town was in Mud fort at the time it was besieged by the British they went to Valley Forge was there discharged
She further declares that she was married

to her husband Elisha Bissell of Torrington in the month of February 1790 in the Town of Windsor in this state by the Rev. Theodore Hinsdale then a minister in that Town & that her husband the aforesaid Elisha Bissell died in the month of June 1812 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Twenty four hundred and ninety four (1814) at the time above stated Rhoda Bissell
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Phinehas Miner Judge of Probate for the District of Litchfield
And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter that the facts stated & set forth in the foregoing Decla- ration of Rhoda Bissell are true
Phinehas Miner Judge of Probate for the District of Litchfield

I George C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield, Conn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application for a Pension of Rhode Bissell for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20 th day of August A.D. 1835
Geo. C. Woodruff - Clerk
11/24/35
Declaration

I Levi Watson of New Hartford Litchfield County & State of Connecticut aged sixty four years
Testify and say I was well acquainted with the late Capt Elihu Bippell having always lived within two miles of where he lived & died was in the service with him in the revolutionary army in the year 1777 nine months we were encamped the first part of May of that year we marched from home to the town of Farmington from there we went to Northbury and there took the route from there we went to Watertown and remained awhile & from there we marched to Danbury and remained awhile & from there we marched to Pike's Hill in the State of New York and there joined the Brigade under the command of General Mc Dougall we remained there until after the battle of Brandywine in the month of September of that year then we marched into the State of Pennsylvania where General Washington's army was in the battle of German Town in the month of October & we were in Mudfort before it was taken Bippell was in the fort the day it was evacuated we were in the State of Pennsylvania in the neighborhood of Philadelphia we were almost constantly on on the march night day until we went into winter quarters & spent in Red Bank the patrol was discharged the first of January 1778.

under the the company we were in at that time was commanded by Elisha Munson Hodge & Granger Suits Benjamin Brigade & Regiment commanded by Chandler Major Woodbridge an officer in the same Regiment the time we were from home was more than four months & from the time we joined the Brigade more than six months Bipull did the duty of a Soldier during the whole time in the same company with me & located in the same tent. The greatest part of the time Bipull married Rhoda Bipull of Windsor some time after the war & died June 5812 his wife has remained a widow ever since I have never known of any other man of the name of Elisha Bipull in this state - father's father - I further say that I often heard him say that he was in service in the year 5776 & was in New York or near there at that time.
Levi Watson
New Hartford Litchfield County State of Connecticut August the 14 th 5868 - Personally appeared Levi Watson well known to me as a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed the interlineations & erasures were here William Batell Just of Peace done before me William Batell Just of Peace

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17304
Mahala Bissell
Widow of
Elisha Bissell
Pr. New-York
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 63
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Connecticut — 1423.
Rhoda Bissell widow of Elisha Bissell, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the month of June, 1812 of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Babe of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the New York line for 16 mos. 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 53 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of De- cember, 1838 and sent to Hon. Lancelott Phelps, S. S.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $134.42 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 1838 26.88
$161.30
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. S. Ellish Clerk, Book 4, Vol. 1, Page 166.

I John Strong of Norfolk Litchfield County State of Connecticut aged twenty six years Testify and say that I was well acquainted with Capt Elisha Biddle late of Torrington in this County being born & brought up in the same neighborhood with him I served a tour of duty with him in the year 1776 in the Revolutionary war in a company under the command of Capt Bazel Buel of Litchfield. Smith of Litchfield & Cook of Torrington Swarts Black of Torrington Esq. We left Torrington in the spring and went to Litchfield and then joined the company marched from there to Norwalk in this state & went from there by water to New York & remained there about two weeks & from there we marched to New Jersey to the town of Bergen and remained there awhile & from there we marched to English Neighborhood - after Fort Lee was taken we retreated across the Delaware River in the State of Pennsylvania & remained there until we were discharged the 25th December having performed nine months service & Biddle returned home with me & further saith not dated at Norfolk the 25th day of June 1838 John Strong
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Norfolk the 25th day of June 1838 Personally appeared John Strong well known to me as a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me -
William Balliett Just of the peace
JPD the word Litchfield kept & then returned before Signed
William Balliett Just of the peace

I Norman Griswold of Torrington Litchfield County & state of Connecticut aged seventy years do hereby say that I was born in the town of Torrington - I have always resided there a near neighbor to the late Capt Elisha Bissell know that he married Rhoda Bissell of Windsor in this state. I was married in the year 1790 & I know that Bissell was married the year before know that Mrs Bissell had a child the November after she was married I see by the parish death book now before me that the child died in the month of November 1790 Mrs Bissell had four other children whom I know Capt Elisha Bissell died in the month of June 1812 his wife has been a widow since having never been married since
I often heard Capt Elisha Bissell say he was a soldier in the war of the revolution was in company with John Strong then of this town now residing in Hartford in this county & he said he was in company with Ezra Watson of New Britain & was in company at other times
Norman Griswold
State of Connecticut the day of Litchfield County Torrington the 26 th day of August 1838 Personally appeared Norman Griswold Esq. well known to me as a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above deposition

by him subscribed before me
William Buttle Just of peace

Town Clerks Office Windsor Conn Hartford County August 15 th 1838.
I W m Howard town Clerk of Windsor aforesaid hereby certify, that I have carefully examined the records of this town and do not find the marriage of Elisha Bissell to Rhoda Bissell on record
and I further certify that there appears to be an entire omission of records Marriage from 1771 to 1820
attest W m Howard Register
Hartford County ss Windsor August 15 1838 personally appeared W m Howard who has subscribed to the above certificate and made oath that the facts therein contained are true Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace.
And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with W m Howard and know him to be town Clerk as above stated.
Giles Ellsworth Justice of the Peace
State of Conn ss Office of the Secretary of State Oct 15 th 1838
I hereby certify that Giles Ellsworth is a Justice of the Peace within & for Hartford County & has been since the 20 th day of June last, & that the above is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have at the date last above affixed the seal of this state signed the same Royal P. Kimball Secretary of State

Comptroller Office Hartford Ct Nov 13/1838
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Elisha Bissell who claims service in the War of the Revolution under Capt. Dazee Beebe in 1776. and in 1777 under Elisha Munn in Col. Chandler Regiment - that no Pay Roll of either can be found. That on Pay Table Book under date of June 19 1776 Capt Bazeleel Beebe Dr To order on Treasr of his Company £580.0.0 that on a particular Book. an account with Col. John Chandler 1777 United States Dr Elisha Bissell bounty 8 Mo. Chandler £3.0.0 - Also find Levi Watson in Col. Chandler's battalion in July 26, 1778 charged 8 Mo. bounty £3.0.0
Henry Wilbourn Compt

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT William Battell Esq. is
and for more than three months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Simsbury in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certifi- cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Battell
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 12 th day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight .
And I certify that the signature of said Battell hereunto annexed is genuine.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary.

1423 1415
Rhoda Bissell 65
admiral
16-mo. 48 1/2
$53.77.
no deduction
Ann. Lancelott Phelps Ho. Reh

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Phinehas Winer Esq. is and for more than three months last past has been a Judge of Probate, within and for the Probate District of Bitchfield in this State, duly appointed and commissioned, as appears on record in this Office, with power to settle estates of deceased persons, testate or intestate, and to certify any official acts in said Probate Office by his seal of office and signature, to which full credit is to be given in court and country.
In testimony whereof, I have in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State at the Office of the Secretary of said State, in Hartford, the 12 th day of November A. D. 1835
And I certify that the signature of said Winer hereto annexed is his genuine signature.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary

EL 17 25 67
Tommy June 10 th Nov 1838
Dear James E Edwards
Sir could you have the paper to the press - the foreman of Elisha Dipill if you will take the trouble to look at the columns in your paper to prove the foreman of Swift Nation John Strong who also promised you will find the evidence they gave at that time agrees with the evidence now given - you will find the name of Elisha Dipill in the war office for service in Shanties Weymouth - in the year 1797 —
in the inquisitions of Brownstown & Shaw Greenwell they state that the child of Elisha Dipill died in November 1790 by the certificate of Mr. Sall, etc. the child died Dec 5 th 1790 that was the day the child was buried —
I am Sir
Respectfully
yours —
William Battell

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(Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting pen- sions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838)
State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield
On this 8 th day of September 1843
I personally appeared before me Horan Gillette a Justice of the Peace in & for this County of Litch- field. Rhoda Bissell a resident of Torrington in the said County of Litchfield aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the fol- lowing declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Elihu Bissell who was a Private of Millicia in the military service of the United States during the Revolutionary War and that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the annual rate of Fifty Three dollars seventy five cents
She further declares that she is still a widow
Rhoda Bissell
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me - and I certify that the above named declarant Rhoda Bissell is personally known to me
Horan Gillette Just of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Geo. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Horace Gillette 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 8 th day of June A. D. 18 43 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 18 44 & that the preceding signa- ture which purports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 8 th day of September A. D. 18 43
Geo. Woodruff Assistant Clerk

11285 Sept. 11. 1842.
Rhoda Bissell
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Litchfield Conn Sept 8 th 1843 J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I enclose Rhoda Bissell's application for a Pension to from her grandfather. please send me her certificate
Respectfully Yours
Geo. C. Woodruff