Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,236, Stephen Bennett, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Bennett Stephen or Bennitt Hannah
NUMBER
W 25.236
CONTENTS
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Connecticut 32,442
Ref. see letter
Stephen Bennett, dec?
Payable to Hannah, his widow Fairfield Co., in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hart of the company commanded by Col. Mygatt, in the Conn't line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. & end 24 th November 1838, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1846 and sent to J. De Mott, Moneys of Disbursement
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D Brown
Clerk
Book E. 2. Vol. 3.
Page 6.

Stephens Bennett dec d N o 1356
PO Bon
august 4. 1832
act 7 June 32
admd
12 mo pre
$40 - to 24 Nov 1838 - to Hannah Cook - Continued his widow
1840 a 1841 under Philip
Hon. J. Dick Mott
MR

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield,
Probate District of New Milford p:
On this 26 th day of July AD 1882
personally appeared in open court, before the court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford Sherman in said District & County Stephen Bennett a Resident of Brookfield in said County aged seventy two 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 of the Act of long ago passed June 7 th 1882
That he entered the service under the following name of the United States un- der the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
The Regt which he joined He entered the service at at the middle of March 1861 the year 1781 under Lieut. Phelps as an enlisted soldier in the State Troops of the State of Connecticut for the term of one year that he served during the whole of said term and at the expiration thereof was honorably discharged he having written discharge That when he entered the service he resided in

New Fairfield Connecticut. That he has since lived in New Fairfield Fairfield, Brook- field & Sherman & now resides in Brookfield He was not engaged in any battle during this term of service. That he marched to Middletown in Fairfield County Conn. — The officers under whom he served were Col. Mygatt of Danbury — Capt. Heat — Lieut. William Phelps — name of Ensign not recollected Sergeant Joseph Mitchell. The names of the other sergeants the dept. does not recollect
He also declares that he again entered the service of the United States as an enlisted soldier in the Connecticut State troops
He also declares that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the month of Sept. (as dept. believes) in the year 1782 with John Cowdry and served in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Harnan under the following named officers — (viz) Col. Harnan — Major P. Mygatt Capt. David Strong — Lieut. John Pratt — Ensign David Kingsbury — Sergeants Beck, Harnan and Hatch — — That he enlisted at New Fair- field where he resided at the time — He enlisted for the term of three years . — He & the company to which he belonged marched to Hartford Conn. and how long he remained there the deponent does not recollect, from Hartford he marched to West Point and remained there a few months and from there marched to Newbury and con- tinued there about three months or so, when he returned to West Point and continued there till the troops were disbanded on the estab-

Enlistment of Pearl —
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He declares that he then enlisted again under the same Captain, David Strong and marched to Ohio & continued in the service under this enlistment about three years
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension of the agency of any State
He declares that he has no acquaintance with widow by which he can prove his services and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his services except the testimony which is hereto annexed
He hereby He was born in Northfield now called Weston in the County of Linn in the year 1760 and that he has no record of his age
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State his Stephen Bennett
Severat subscribed the day & year aforesaid
We Orange Murchison & Daniel Sherwood residing in the town of New Milford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy five years of age: That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides: to have

been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion & we also certify that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of the said Stephen Bennett
Orange Mountain
Daniel Sherwood
Sworn & subscribed
The day & year aforesaid
26 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 appli- -cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that Orange Mountain & Daniel Sherwood who have signed the preceding certificate are both residents in the town of Mendham and are both credible persons and that their state- ment is entitled to credit
Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District -
I William J. Starr Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District do hereby cer- -tify that the foregoing contains the origin- -al proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Bennett for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 26 th day July A.D. 1832 William J. Starr

8 Kimberly Bearn of New Fairfield of lawful age deposeth and saith that in the year 1781 in the month of March he was knowing that Stephen Barnet of New Fairfield enlisted into the State troops of the state of Connecticut for one year and further in Col. Moggatt's Regt. and in battle under Lieut. William Phelps and further saith not Kimberly Bearn
Sworn before me July 20 th 1832
Jabez Treadwell Justice of Peace
New Fairfield County ss New Fairfield July 20 th 1832 Personally appeared Kimberly Bearn the signer of the foregoing deposition to me well known to be a person entitled to credit & made oath to the truth of the facts therein set forth before me
Jabez Treadwell Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County }
for Thomas Bloome Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in s d State do hereby certify that Isaac Readwell Esq is a justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Isaac Readwell & believe that the signatures to the Certificates on the other side hereof purporting to be his are genuine & are both in the proper hand writing of the said Isaac Readwell. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 20 th day of July A D 1832. Thomas Bloome Clerk of said County Court for Fairfield County
Fees 0.75 paid
Stephen Bonnell was born in 1764 - in 1795. He was in Fairfield Co. in Fairfield County

734 Connecticut. Hannah Bennett. widow of Stephen Bennett. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Report
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July 1848 and sent to
Byrnt Smith Brookfield CT
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 2, 1848, Page 259 , Vol. 1

1 Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in aforesaid County and State Hannah Bennett of said County aged Sixty seven years, and being first duly sworn according to law, deposes & says that she is the widow of Stephen Bennett late a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who made application for a Pension, that her said husband was of the State of Connecticut, during the war of the revolution, and that she has learned from him many times that he had served years in the war of the Revolu- -tion, but that this Deponent married the said Stephen Bennett some years after the close of the war of the Revolution - she cannot state many particulars as to his service, and she refers to the papers of her late husband on file in the Pension department, that her said husband the said Stephen Bennett died on the 24 th day of November 1838 eighteen hundred and thirty eight
In the Declaration - In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss on this 28 th day of March 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber

v a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in and for said County and State Hannah Bennett of said County aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 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 Bennett late a soldier in the war of the Revolution from the State of Connecticut, and who applied for a pension some years since reference being here made to her said late husband's papers now on file in the pension department - That her husband the said Stephen Bennett died on the 24 th day of November 1838 eighteen hundred & thirty eight - That she was married to the said Stephen Bennett on the 19 th day of September 1792 seventeen hundred & ninety two, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four in at the time above stated
subscribed & sworn to the whole } of the above this 28 th day of March 1846, before me
Hannah Bennett
Edward Taylor Judge of Probate for the District of Danbury

"Stephen Bennett was married to Hannah Saffey Daughter of John Fairchild Saffey and Anna Saffey his wife both of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield. September the nineteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety two" by me James Potter Justice of the Peace
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
"September the 19 th 1792" Samuel Harriman Town Clerk of New Fairfield
I Samuel H. Harriman above named, depose and say that I am seventy six years of age, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, and that the above is a true extract and copy from the records of said town of New Fairfield, with the exception above named, as certified by me -
I further depose and say that I well knew and was acquainted with the said John H. Saffey, and the said Stephen & Hannah for more than thirty years, before the death of said Stephen. The said Stephen is now dead - and the said Hannah Bennett who has applied for a pension is the widow of the said Stephen, and that she is the identical person mentioned in the said application. The said Stephen & Hannah lived together as husband and wife from the time of their intermarriage until the death of Stephen and had a family of children. Samuel H. Harriman

State of Connecticut County of Windfield E. S. S. Probate District of Danbury.
On this 28 th day of March 1846 before the Court of Probate within & for the District of Danbury in the said County and State, personally appeared Samuel T. Bannerman Esq. the above named Deponent and made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And I certify that the said Samuel T. Bannerman is a respectable person & deserves a good credit for truth. The said Court of Probate is a Court of record.
Edward Taylor Judge of Probate for the District of Danbury

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss.
on this 28 th day of March 1846 in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Dan- bury in & for said County and State It appeared to the satisfaction of this court that Stephen Bennett who made appli- -cation for a Pension as a citizen of said County for Revolutionary services died on the 24 th day of November 1838 eighteen hundred & thirty eight leaving as his widow the present applicant for a pension Hannah Bennett, and that the said Hannah Bennett still remains a widow - The proof which was satisfactory to the court was the attached affidavit of the said widow Hannah Bennett & the affidavit of Samuel J Bannum, and Amos Stearns & Deacon Stevens -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Danbury this 28 th day of March 1846 Frederick J. Blackman Clerk

I Edward Taylor of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Dan- bury in and for said County and State. do hereby certify to all whom it shall concern that Frederick S. Black- man who hath signed the foregoing certificate is Clerk of said Court of Probate and was such Clerk at the date thereof duly appointed and sworn that the signature subscribed to said cer- tificate and purporting to be his is in the proper hand writing of the said Frederick S. Blackman, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such Clerk, and that the seal impressed upon said certificate is the seal of said Court of Probate. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Danbury aforesaid the 28 th day of March 1846 Edward Taylor Judge
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I Amos Stevens of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged sixty seven years being duly sworn do depose and say that I became acquainted with Stephen Bennett and Hannah Bennett his wife, more than forty years ago, and I was intimately acquainted with them from the said time of my first acquaintance with them until the death of the said Stephen, which happened on the 24th day of November 1838. During all the time of my acquaintance with the said Stephen and Hannah, they lived together as husband and wife in Brookfield in said County, excepting a residence in New Milford in the County of Litchfield for a few years - and were living together in the married state at the said time of the death of the said Stephen - Since the death of said Stephen the said Hannah has never married, and is still a widow - The said Hannah is a daughter of John Hinchfield Lacey formerly of New Fairfield in said County of Fairfield, deceased - Amos Stevens
State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } S.S. Probate District of Danbury } on this 28th day of March
1846, before the court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in said County and State, the same being a court of record, personally appeared Amos Stevens, and being duly sworn, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The said Amos Stevens is well known to the court, and is a respectable person and maintains a good character for truth - Amos Stevens
Edward Taylor Judge of Probate for the District of Danbury

I Deborah Stevens of Mansfield in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged sixty two years, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am a daughter of John Hanchett Lacey formerly of New Hanchett in said County, now deceased, and a Sister of Hannah Bennett formerly the wife now the widow of Stephen Bennett late of Brookfield in said County deceased. The said Stephen Bennett applied for a Pension many years since, and the said Hannah is now an Applicant for a Pension.
I was about eight years of age when the said Stephen and Hannah were married. I was not present when they were married, but was present and knew when their intention to be married was published. The said Hannah was not married at my Father's house, but at a place a few miles distant, in the town of New Hanchett, where she was then residing with a relative. I knew them to live together as husband and wife from the time of their marriage in the year 1792, until the death of said Stephen Bennett; they had a family of seven children born during their intermarriage. I was often at their house while they so lived together in the married state, and always resided within a few miles of them. The said Stephen Bennett applied for a Pension twelve or fourteen years ago, and died on the 24th day of November 1838. The said Hannah hath never married since his death and is still a widow; and now an applicant for a Pension.
Deborah Stevens

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield
Probate District of Danbury ss
On this 28 th day of March 1846
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No 37214
Feb 1 1846
before the Court of Probate within & of the District of Danbury in said County & State the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Dena Stevens, and being duly sworn, made solemn oath that the within Deposition by her subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, - The said Dena Stevens is well known to this Court and is a respectable person and sustains a good character for truth
Sworn in Court
Edward Taylor Judge of Probate for the District of Danbury
Hon. J. De Witt H. Rep. 5
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Reference can be had in this case to letter from Pension department of Jan'y. 22. 1846 in case of Stephen Burch

Conw. Sept 13.
Stephen Belinette ct.
Wm. H. Edwards House of Prisoners Washington City D. C.
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New Milford (Conn.) Sep. 8 th 1838
Sir Mr. Stephen Bannett has again applied to me to review his application for a Pension - Were I not confident that he is both legally and justly entitled to it I certainly should not press his claim - I am aware that he has made erroneous and perhaps contradictory statements yet if the Officers of the Department should be satisfied that his claim is a just one I trust they will not be backward in granting relief - In order to place his claim properly before you & give a suitable explanation of the papers now in the Pension Office, it is indispensably necessary, in my opinion that he should have access to those papers - I think I have applied to the Office for them once before & been refused, yet I hope you will excuse me for renewing the application; It is only my thorough conviction of the Justice of his claim that induces me to do it - I do not ask for the papers in his behalf, for the purpose

of mutilating, altering, or destroying them, but for the sole purpose of giving them such an explanation as, I believe will satisfy the Department of the justice of his claim. The Applicant is entirely in your power and if the explanation which he shall make is not satisfactory the pension, of course, will be denied him.
That no improper advantage may be taken by the Applicant if the papers are sent, and that the Department may have the full benefit of all his inuendoes or con- tradictory statements in deciding upon his claim. I pledge my word that the papers shall be returned to the Department entire as they now are, or if it is more consistent with the rules of the Office to furnish copies it will answer his pur- -pose equally as well. I claim this request a reasonable one and if granted I cannot see that injustice can result to any one but if denied injustice may be done to the Applicant. It is now about six years since he made his first declaration and it ought not to be presumed, that, after such a length of time, he can satisfactorily explain it without seeing

it - Allow me to repeat what I have said before, that, the applicant being entirely in your power no injustice can be done to the Department or the Govern- ment if his explanation is not satis- factory -
Very Respectfully Your Ob. Servt W. Perry
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

State of New York }
County of Chemung } ss Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for said county J. C. Sherman of said county, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes & says that it was before this deponent as a Justice of the peace that James Allyn was sworn as to service performed in the war of the revolution by Stephen Bunnell, of Brookfield, late husband of Han- nah Bunnell who is applying for a pension for the revolutionary service of her said husband Stephen Bunnell of Brookfield, Connecticut, this deponent deposes & says that at the time the said James Allyn was sworn, he particularly mentioned that the one month service, which he served with the said Stephen Bunnell, or of which he knew of his service for one month in the militia, took place either in 1780 or 1781 that the said James Allyn did not at any time appear to be confident as to the year 1780 or 1781, and that it was perhaps an oversight in this deponent, in not putting it into his affidavit as having been performed in 1780 or 1781, this deponent is quite sure of the above named facts, & deposes further that the said affidavit of the said James Allyn ought not to prejudice the claim of regular service of the said Stephen Bunnell in 1780 - Joel C. Sherman Sworn & Subscribed before me }
This 18 th day of October 1845 }
Thos. Dickinson Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named J. C. Sherman is a highly respectable person Thos. Dickinson Justice of the peace

Chenango County. I, John Latham Clerk of said County hereby certify that Thomas Dickinson Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within Indenture was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Chenango. duly qualified as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Thomas Thomas Dickinson is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 21 st day of October 1815. John Latham Clerk.
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I Kimbly Beam of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecti- cut aged Twenty two Years upon, testify & say that I am well acquainted with Stephen Bennett formerly of said New Fairfield, now re- siding in Brookfield in said County & State. That in the month of March in the Year 1781 between the 12 th and the 20 th of said month of March, as I verily believe, the said Stephen Bennett and myself enlisted into a company of Connecticut State Troops, at New Fairfield for the term of one year. The company into which the said Bennett & I enlisted was comm- -anded by Capt. Hart. The Lieutenant of the company was William Phelps - I was in the said company and the said Stephen Bennett was also in said company and we both served in said company in the service of the United States the full term one year from the time of our enlistment in March 1781 At the expiration of which time we were both honorably discharged at a place called Middlesex a little Westerly of the town of Fairfield in the County aforesaid - during this term of service we were stationed at different places along the shore between

Fairfield and Norwalk - The said Stephen Bennett is now present at the time of taking this deposition & further deponent saith not Kimberly Beards
State of Connecticut,
Fairfield County p: New Fairfield on this 8 th day of December A.D. 1832 Personally appeared Kimberly Beards of said town & made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed - I certify that the said Kimberly Beards is a credible wit- ness - Sworn before & certified by me
Jabez Sreadwell Justice of Peace

March 29, 1845.
Adal 6 cards.
Hammett Bennett,
Dear J. L. Edw. D. Cummins Wm. D.

Ovid March 24-45
Dear Sir
I enclose Comptroller's Cert of the Service of the officers under whom I suppose Stephen Burnet declared he served, if the cert chimes in with his declaration, which you will know it may establish the case of Hannah Burnet whose papers are on file in your office, as per your letter of the 30th Jan y . last - I may mistake as to his declaration chiming in with the certificate, I submit it to you as it is asking no more of it than the merits of the case demands.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Compt. of Pensions Washington D. C.
Respectfully Yours Most Ob t Servt Abad Joyc,

I James Allen of the town of Sherman Fairfield County, and State of Connecticut of Lawful Age do testify and say that Stephen Bennet of Brookfield in said County was in the service of the United States belonging to the Artillery and serving under the draft at Middle- sex in said County in the year 1781 - under the command of Captain Stebbins of Ridgefield and Lieutenant Pitkin of Danbury in said County about one Month furthermore the deponent saith not
James Allen
Brookfield Fairfield County 6 th day of September 1857 Personally appeared James Allen the Subscriber to the foregoing Deposition and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me - Joel C Sherman Justice of Peace

Washington, October 6 th 1837
I certify, that I am personally acquainted with James Allen the within complainant, that he is a respectable man, and a man of truth.
Oct 6
6.
I also certify that I am acquainted with Joel C. Sherman Esq, the magistrate, before whom the within affidavit was taken, and that he is an acting justice of the Peace, for the County of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut.
Parry Smith
Deputy Clerk of the Senate
Hon. P. Smith Senate

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, Stephen Bennett, dec d late of Conn t who was a Private in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum; and having died on the 24. Nov r 1838, the amount due from the 4 th March 1831 to the time of his death, is payable to Hannah Bennett, widow of said Stephen Bennett, dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 18 th — day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

Jan 15 45
May
Hon J. L. Edwards Cams of Persimmon Washington D. C.

Ovid Jan. 10th 1845
Dear Sir
May I be allowed respectfully to ask what the disjection to a pension was, to Stephen Bennett who applied from Connecticut under the law of 1832 and who died Nov 1838 as I am informed I am agent for his widow, & she reports that your reply to his application are not to be found - pardon me if I err in asking as I have done -
Respectfully Your Most Ob st Serv t Asa D. Jay
Hon. S. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

Dec 19. 1898
Edw. Pennock
Council of Pennock Washington D.C.
Hannah Pennock
Han

Orion N.Y. Dec 15th 45
Sir
I enclose proof in the case of Hanne- -ch Burch of Ct; please answer this since to Washington D.C.
Hon J L Edwards Coun. of Parties Washington D.C.
Respectfully Your Ob st Servt Abad Joy

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. d. d.
Reuben Booth
Notary Public within and for the said county, by the authority of said State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, and residing in Danbury within said county, do hereby certify and make known that Jacob Treadwell Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Kimberly Beards heretofore have been taken, is, and on the 8th day of December 1832 was a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, by the authority of said State, duly appointed, and duly authorized to administer oaths, and take Depositions. That I am well acquainted
with his hand writing, that the preceding signature subscribed to the certificate of justice of the said deposition is the proper hand writing of the said Jacob Treadwell, and that full faith & credit are due to his attestations as a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal at Danbury aforesaid, this 12th day of December AD 1832.
Reuben Booth Notary Public.

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Bryant Smith Brookfield Co

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 d February 1848 entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution"
State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } p.
On this 5 th day of July 1848 personally appeared before me a Magistrate in & for the County aforesaid Hannah Bennett a Widow of Stephen Bennett in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut Aged Sixty eight years, 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 Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War -
That she is the Widow of Stephen Bennett who was a private in the Revolution & died on the 24 th day of November 1838 -
That she received a pension under the Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844 at the rate of Forty dollars per annum -
She further declares that she is still a Widow - Hannah Bennett
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Before me Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above Declarant and know she is the widow of Stephen Bennett & the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing Declaration - Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid, & keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of the Peace for said County, do hereby certify that Bryant Smith Esq. is now, and on the 5 th day of said July, was a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & acting as such, and duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths - That his Commission is dated the 15 th day of June 1848, and will expire with the 19 th day of June 1849 And I further certify that the two signatures on the other side hereof, purporting to be his, are his genuine official signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County Court in Norwalk this 8 th day of July 1848 Thomas Robinson Clerk

Ref WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25236
Hannah Bennett Widow of Stephen Bennett Pris. Rev. War
Act Feb 2d. 48
Index: Vol A , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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19. Connecticut 7681.
Hannah Bennett
widow of Stephen Bennett
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1846 and sent to Hon. J. De Mott House of Representatives
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
& June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2, Page 50.

Connecticut
as June 7. 1832
Stephen Bennett
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Peru 7 Aug 1843
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Perry, Sept. 13. 1838
5 th copy of a Dec r sent to N. Perry
Sept. 16. 1838
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Stephen Bennett Connecticut.
Suit for further proof of Puff 1. etc.
Supt. For P.M. Aug. 1. 1847 let. to Mr. B. Vance Aug. 9. 1847 H. H. Sep. 1. 1835 Sep. 1. 1845.
See let. ... Sep. 16 1815 ...
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Nov 7 - 1832
Act. Genl 1-5

Connecticut 9961
Hannah Bennett
Widow of Stephen Bennett who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 24 th Nov. 1838 of Fairfield Co in the State of Conn. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hart — of the regt. commanded by Col. Mygatt, in the Conn. — line for 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1836. November 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1846 and sent to H. C. J. De Mott, State of Representatives
Total amount, $ 200 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 77.

Ovid April 4th 1846
My Dear Sir
Will you please enclose the enclosed papers to Hon J. L. Edwards, ask a reply or report made to you, on the rec d of it, please mail it to me
Your friend & Ob d Servt Asa D. Joy

2 Feb
7681
J. L. Stevens Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Brookfield 11 th July 1848
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I inclose & send the Declaration of Hannah Bennett -
you
Respectfully -
Bryant Smith
Brookfield
Conn -

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Hannah Bennett
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Hon. J. DeWolf H.R.

Comptroller Office, Connecticut Hartford March 20 - 1843
On application for evidence of the service of Stephen Bressnet in the war of the revolution, I certify that I have examined the documents in this office relating to that war, and find no payroll of the officers under whom he is said to have served but find the following entries in the books of the late pay table committee
1781 April 25 Capt Jonathan Hart Dr ✓ To order on Treasurer, cashed money 443.12- 1782 March 21 Dr John Phelps To sundries for Gen Waterbury & Spence 21-2- April 19 To order on Treasurer 15- June 6 To ditto 385 9-1 Augt 21 To ditto 133-18- John Phelps is entered as a Sicut
A Carrington Comptroller

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield, Probate District of New Milford p.- On this 26 th day of July 1882, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at Sherman in said District & County. being first duly Elizabeth Hoyt of Sherman & being duly sworn according to law testified & says that - Stephen Bennett now residing in Brookfield in said County in the enlisted in the Connecticut State Troops with John Cowley in the fall of the year and left here with the troops and was ab- sent more than three years - The deponent cannot recollect the year in which said Bennett enlisted his Elizabeth H Hoyt Mark
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Nathaniel Perry Probate Judge for said District
I certify that Elizabeth Hoyt who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing sub- scription is reputed to be a credible witness Nathaniel Perry Judge of Probate for said District