Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25233, Samuel Beers, Conn. Mass

17.555 Connecticut
Samuel Bairs
of Newfield in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Conn. p. commanded by Captain Hase of the Regt. commanded by Col. Meade on the Conn. t. line for 2 Years + Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug. 1833 and attested W. H. Davis, President
Arrears to the 4th of Mch. 31 $ 160 Semest. allowance ending 4th of Mch. 31 40 $ 200
Revolutionary Claim, let June 7, 1832.
Recorded by P. White Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 6

Mr. Phelps certifies that Marvin's Co was in actual service
Adm d 24 mo. pri 80 $
No. 3161
on a prehistoric and new boy and action and love of earth and eternal love one full month in much fear fear and subdue in our Court the day and year of our Lord By: Deacon Judge

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
On this 2 day of Aug 2 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before
The Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County.
now sitting, Samuel Burr - a resident of Norwalk - in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That about the middle of January in the year 1776. I enlisted the town of Danbury, County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts into Capt. John Hale Company Lieut. Munroe under Col. Warner and marched through the State of Vermont to Bennington where it was then called and then on the lake to Montreal from thence to Quebec and was there until Sep r of May and had the final pay and was discharged about the middle of June having served five Months under Gen l Arnold -
In the Month of December in said Danbury in the year 1776. I enlisted into Capt David Wheeler Company Lieut. Bangs Col. Simmons and marched to Secondage in the State of New York and served there under Gen l Wayne until the latter part of March and was discharged in the fort at said Secondage having served over three Months. In June 1777 I returned into Norwalk County of Fairfield State of Connecticut and in August 1777 I enlisted into Capt. Oyer Mearns Company of State troops and served there six Months in guarding and protecting the sea coast during said time. On the first of March 1778 I enlisted in Capt. Oyer Mearns Company of State troops for one year and served my time out in guarding and protecting the sea coast and was discharged in said Norwalk in year 1780. I served as a substitute in Capt. Eliakim Smith Company in said Norwalk for John Greenman one Month -
Born in the town of Norwalk aforesaid 18 day of November 1759. Recorded in my family bible and lived in said Norwalk when I enlisted into Capt. Mearns Company and now here in said Norwalk was in no regular Battle

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss. Probate Court docket of November 26. 1833. Personally appeared the within named Samuel Green and being duly sworn in open Court, deposes and says in truth the substance of his declaration herein set forth.
That I was in actual and constant service for the United States in Capt. Joby Hall Company Col. Warner's Regt. under Genl. Arnold as a private soldier and drew pay and rations for the full term of three months.
That I was in constant and actual service in Capt. David Wheeler's Comp. Col. Simmons Regt. under Genl. Wayne as a private soldier and drew pay and rations for the full term of three months.
That on the first of August 1777. I enlisted as a horse soldier and was in constant and actual service in Capt. Ozeas Allen's Comp. Col. John Allen in the Genl. Sullivan as a private soldier and drew pay and rations for the full term of six months.
That on the first of March 1780. I enlisted as a horse soldier and was in constant and actual service in Capt. Ozeas Allen's Comp. Col. Allen and Col. Stephen St. John under Genl. Sullivan as a private soldier and drew pay and rations for one full year.
In the fall of the year 1780 I served as a horse soldier in Capt. Elisha Smith Company Col. Stephen St. John under Genl. Sullivan as a private soldier and drew pay and rations and was in constant and actual service one full month.
Samuel Green
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
Benj. Isaac Judge
N o 3161
Mr. Phelps certifies that Mavvins Co was in actual service
Account Dymo-Pri 804

have no written discharge and no Documentary evidence of my Service -
The said Samuel Burs hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Burs
We, Edwin Hall a clergyman, residing in the town of Southwick and Isaac Fellow residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Burs who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 - years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Fellow Edwin Hall
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Edwin Hall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Southwick and that Isaac Fellow who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Southwick and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Benj. Isaac Judge
I, Chas. Isaac Clerk of the Said Probate Court - do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Burs - for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Said Probate Office, this 3 - day of Augt - 1832.
Chas. Isaac Clerk
the

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } S t Probate Court District of Newmilke Personally appeared before said Court Feb y 9 th 1833 Samuel Burr the within named declarant and being duly sworn in open Court deposes and says that in explaining the within declaration states that he was in actual service in Capt Joby Hall company State troops for five Months and also that he was in actual service in Capt David Wheeler company of State troops - for three months
On the first of August 1777 I enlisted in said Newmilke into Capt Oyer Mearns Company of State troops or coast guards as they were called for six Months and was on guard every third night and drew rations & pay and was discharged after being out said Six Months
On the first of March 1778 I again enlisted into said Capt Oyer Mearns Company of State troops or coast guards under Col John Mudd assistant Joby Field and was on guard every third night and served one full year
In Sept 1780 I served as stated in Capt Smith Company of Coast guards under Col Stephen D r Johns and was on guard every third night and was in said service One Month full of the above said service made Twenty Seven Months and drew rations and pay for said time and was in actual service as a Private Soldier as is above stated
Samuel Burr

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
ss Probate Court District of Norwalk
Augst 3 d 1832 Personally appeared Samuel Stuart aged 86 of Milton in said County being duly sworn according to Law in open Court depose and say that on the first of January 1776. Samuel Burns and myself enlisted into Capt Jebzy Hall Company Col d Warner's Regt in Scarborough State of Massachusetts and was Marched to Quebec and served together in said Company for four Months and in the fall of the year 1776 enlisted into Capt David I know that said Samuel Burns enlisted into Capt David Wheeler Company Col d Simmons and before said Burns served there three Months and further saith not
Samuel Stuart
Sworn and subscribed in open Court
Boys Isaa Judge
Probate Court District of Norwalk Feb y . 3. 1833. Personally appeared Mary Deforest aged Seventy six years of Milton in said Fairfield County being duly sworn in open Court according to Law depose and say that she is sister to Samuel Burns of Pompton in said County and knows that on the first of January 1776 said Samuel enlisted into a Company of Troops under Capt Jebzy Hall Company in Scarborough State of Massachusetts and served there four months I lived in the same family with him at that time and know that he was in actual service for that time
Mary Deforest + mark
Sworn and subscribed in open Court Boys Isaa Judge

Probate Court - District of South Ber Feb. 9-1833 Personally appeared Isaac Tilton of said South Ber aged seventy one and being duly sworn in open Court before me say that he is well acquainted with Samuel Bous of said South Ber and knows that said Bous served one month in Capt. Elisha Smith company of east guards and that he was in guard every third night from the first of Sept. 1780. and that he was in the guards at the same time during said month's service. Sworn & subscribed the day of year from said and that Isaac Tilton is a credible Person                      Benjamin D. Dyer Judge

Samuel Beers S.17267
Samuel Beers was born November 18, 1759, in Norwalk, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted about the middle of January, 1776, in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, served in Captain Jabez Hall's Company, Colonel Warner's Regiment, went on an expedition to Montreal and Quebec and was discharged about the middle of June of same year; he enlisted in December, 1776, served in Captain David Wheeler's Company, Colonel Simons' Massachusetts Regiment, marched to Ticonderoga and served over three months; in June, 1777, he moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, and enlisted there in August, 1777, and served six months as a shore guard under Captain Ozias Marvin in the Connecticut Troops; again enlisted March 1, 1778, and again served as a shore guard under Captain Ozias Marvin and Colonel John Mead; length of this service, one year; in September, 1780, he served one month during shore guard duty under Captain Eliakim Smith and Colonel Stephen St. John in the Connecticut Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832, while residing in Norwalk, Connecticut.
There are no data as to wife and children in the papers in the pension claim.
In 1833, soldier's sister soldier, Mary De Forest, was aged seventy-six years and resided in Wilton, Connecticut. There are no further family data.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Could not find Capt Jabez Hall in mass, 1776 at or Conn books. Did not know whether named now still green at Boys at that time so just said Col. Warner

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17.267 INVALID.
March 4, 1 Soldier's Pension to Miss Kelsall. Fr. N. York City. 1933. Nov 28/First to Mrs Ld George - Letter in CAA Joseph Mills - A 36151. EK
File No. 17267
General Beers
W. New York
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 423
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by J. W. Rice
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Samuel Beers
Service Rev. War
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191 _____
No claim, combination records _____, 191 _____
REMARKS:
No Surv. Wid. or Rej'd. other than S. 17267

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Beers — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? — grades not stated VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant 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? — 110 — Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
L. Dubreque
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.

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County. The Probate Court District of Norwalk, Personally appeared before said Court Stephen Monahan of said Norwalk and being duly sworn according to Law in open Court doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Samuel Burns of said Norwalk That on the first of March 1778 said Burns said Burns Initiated into Capt. Byers Marine Company of State Troops on or about the first of August 1777. That I belonged to the same Company and that said Burns served in said Company for six months in said Norwalk That at said Norwalk on the first day of March 1778 said Burns and myself initiated into Capt. Byers Marine Company of State Troops in said Norwalk and we served therein together for one year in guarding and protecting the sea coast and on the times.
Stephen Monahan
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court Augt. 2 d 1832
Brigs. Isaac Judge
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
Probate Court District of Norwalk This may certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Monahan Isaac Fellon Samuel Stuart and Mary De Forest whom several depositions are herewith arranged and know them all to be credible and respectable persons in Wethersfield. I have set my hand this 26 day
of April 1833
Brigs. Isaac Judge

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County. } Probate Court District of Stamford Feb. 9. 1883. I do hereby certify that Asa Fellows Stephen Monhame Samuel Stewart are all persons well known to me and have submitted and sworn to Depositions hereto attached and that they are all credible persons Prest. Isaac Judson

November 28, 1933
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Mrs. L.I. George 542 Detroit Avenue Youngstown, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joseph Mills, who was born in Norfolk, Connecticut, February 6, 1728, and who was granted a pension under the act of 1818.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service of a Joseph Mills, who was born on the date which you state. The pensioner, Joseph Mills, of Connecticut, was seventy-two years old in 1818. His record is furnished herewith as found in pension claim S. 36151, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. Additional records of Thomas Philkips and Samuel Beers are furnished also as found in pension claims W.25233, and S.18267, based upon their services in the Revolution. These records are furnished because of their bearing upon the other claim.
8.17267
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

November 28, 1933
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Mrs. L.L. George 542 Detroit Avenue Youngstown, Ohio
BA-J/EL Joseph Mills-S.36151 Thomas Phillips-W.25233 Samuel Beers- S.17267
Dear Madam:
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joseph Mills are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted at Fairfield, Connecticut, in April, 1777, served in Captain John Mills'(no relationship shown)Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and in several other battles(names of these engagements not given) and served two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was seventy-two years of age and resided in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
In 1820, Joseph Mills referred to his wife, Ann, as aged fifty-nine years; there are no further data in regard to her in the papers in this claim and no reference was made to children.
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Thomas Phillips W.25233
Thomas Phillips was born in the parish of Green Farms, Connecticut. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted at Greens Farms, Fairfield County, Connecticut, early in July, 1780, served as a private in Captain Thomas Nash's

Company, Colonel St. John's Connecticut Regiment, and acted as a shore guard for the shores of Long Island Sound; was taken prisoner on July 5, 1780, conveyed to New York and held in the Sugar House until late in the fall of same year; he returned home after his release and in 1781, enlisted again in the same service under same officers; length of service, nine months in each year.
He died September 9, 1801 or 1802 (both dates were given by his widow).
Thomas Phillips married May 29, 1782 or 1783, in the parish of Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Ann Tuttle; his widow married June 9, 1813 or 1814, at Wilton, Connecticut, Joseph Mills, who died July 12, 1826; she married again November 17, 1827, November 13, 1828 or November 24, 1829, Samuel Beers, of Norwalk, Connecticut, who died February 21 or 22, 1843, at Norwalk, Connecticut. All of the above dates appear in the papers in the pension claim.
Ann Beers was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, Thomas Phillips, on her application executed May 21, 1844, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Norwalk, Connecticut. There is no reference to children.
In 1844, one Gershom Lockwood, aged fifty-three years and a resident of Fairfield County, Connecticut, stated that his mother was a sister of the widow, Ann Beers, but he did not give the name of his mother. In 1844, one Elizabeth Lockwood, aged seventy-six years and a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, made affidavit in behalf of Ann Beers' claim for pension; no relationship was shown.
There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ann Beers, former widow of Thomas Phillips (W. 25233), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Ann Beers, former widow of Thomas Phillips, Certificate No. 2527, issued December 20, 1848, rate $60 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Connecticut Agency.
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