Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,285, Ambrose Brown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brown, Ambrose, (or Ambrous) Susannah
W. 25, 285
B.L. Wt 13,421-160-55
CONTENTS
A Mass. 1767 - early in Mass.
for at all Alfred, William L. K. m. a d. d. 1841 Apr. 26, 1841

Connecticut Roll.
# 2076
Ambrose Brown, Private. Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. of Aug. 1818 and sent to Zephaniah Swift, Esq. Windham, Conn.
Arrearages to 4. Sept. 1818
4 mo. 21/30. $ 37.60
{ Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818, }
81 w/c Jan 84 36 years
Abigail Windham
Heirs of Ambrose Brown, Private, Mass. line. Pension to be paid to Zephaniah Swift, Esq. Windham, Conn.

She died Dec. 16- 1858 - (from A.B.)
Reg 5 m 55-90225
3327 Connecticut Susanna Brown widow of Ambrose who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Dec. 16 1880 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 1 July Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jan 1851 and sent to Hon O. Fowler No of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 200 Vol. 1

90.225 with 700 acres
Susanna Brown, N.Y. Ambrose Brown, son of Susanna Brown Susannah Brown (wid: Ambrose) of West Phil.
Mass. North line, Dec. 21/51 Public May 48-3327 R. 160 acres Dec. 28/1855.
Boston.
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J. D. Richmond Ashford Connect
J. D. Richmond, Nov. 21/55.
May 21/57
Spine duplicates to be sent to Horace Gaylord Ashford Ct
Original cancelled (now present)
Vol. B. 59. — 2

Ambrose Brown Application Q.L.
No 2,076.
ipd. 6 Aug. 1818.
(Sept. 10/18) Roll Col Vore Regt 1781. 82. 83
Continued

District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Special Court of Common Pleas, holden at Pomfret within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 20 th day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,]
Ambrose Brown of Ashford in the County aforesaid aged fiftythree years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of three years on the day of June in the year 1781 — in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Francis Gurn — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose — in the line of the State of Massachusetts — on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until 1784 in January —
when he was discharged from the said service in Westpoint in the State of New York By General Knox — I am a Pensioner I applied therefor 14 th April 1818 — the Number of my Pension certificate is 2,076 — I am a farmer infirm in health can labor some occasionally I received charity before I got my Pension — I have a wife aged 56 years, infirm & about half the year deranged — I have a son William  27 years old non compos mentis — Incapable of labor whom I support —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
A schedule containing the whole estate & income of Mr Ambrose Brown of Ashford — including everything the following excepted —    2 wheels  — 2.00  4 old chains, 34 c  — 2.34    dish kettle & tea kettle  — 75 c  1 spider  50 c — 1 chest. 75 c — 2.00    1 Table  1.00  1 candle stick  12 c — 1.24    Brass skimmer  12 c  brockery & earthenware  1.25 — 2.00    Tea pot, two batons. Pewter  — 75 c      Am t Carried over  7.58  

Amount Bro t over - $7.58 Jun 25 th - 2 Glass Bottles 12 c - Rain of things 19 c - 0.34 two Baskets 75 c - Chipshells & turning tools 1.00 - 1.75 4 Gimblets 17 c - 1 Rasp - 17 c - 1 Pail 0.12 c - 1 Tub 12 c - 0.58 2 axes - 1.00 - 1 Scythe 60 c - 1 Auger 6 c - 1.66  $12.11
Subscribed by me this 20 th day of June 1820 Amos Brown -
Amos Brown
Atto 1820 Roll Pet Free Neg 1781. S2. S3
No 2076 Apr 6 Aug 1818
Amos Brown Application etc
Sworn to and declared on the 20 th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest. David C. Bolles Clerk.
I, David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & att. and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twelve Dollars, and 11 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 26 th day of June A. D. 1820.
David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

State of Connecticut County of Windham } ss Ashford District of Ashford On this 25 th day of October A.D. 1843 personally ap- peared before the Court of Probate for the District afor- -said Susanna Brown a Resident of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn ac- -cording to law, cloth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits 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 Ambrose Brown late of the Town of Ashford aforesaid deceased who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and received a pension under the act of Congress of March 18. 1818. She cannot recollect the Regiment, Corps or Company in which he served nor the Officers under whom he served nor the precise period of his service, but refers the Department in proof of the same to his Declaration and the evidence accompanying it prior to his obtaining his Pension Certificate. She further declares that she was married to the said Ambrose Brown in the month of November seven- teen hundred and eighty nine at Norwich in the County of New London and State of Connecticut. She can- not recollect the precise day of the month, but says the marriage took place on Thursday preceding the Thanksgiving day of said Month of November That her Husband the aforesaid Ambrose Brown died on the twenty sixth day of April eighteen hundred and forty one, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the mar- -riage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (vix) at the time above stated Susanna Brown Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written D. Richmond Judge of the Court of Probate for S d District Before

I Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford in Windham County, Connecticut do certify that David D. Richmond Esq. is Judge of said Court and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Forty three.
Attest Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of said Court.

L: Swift, Esq; Judge.
Ambrose Brown, Massachusetts line Revolutionary claim.
Not found in the rolls of Col: Vose's regimt. of the Massachusetts line. —
See endorsement in the case of Benjamin Bagbee and Philip Squire.
Admitted

I Ambrose Brown of Ashford in the County of Windham and District of Connecticut now a Resident Citizen of the United States do depose, declare and say that in the year 1780 I enlisted into the Continental army in the Company commanded by Francis Green as Captain, in the Regiment commanded by Col o  Joseph Vose in the Massachusetts line for the term of three years - That I joined the Continental army at White Plains in the State of New York - that I served in the army till the close of the war, and about a year after those who enlisted during the war were discharged - That I marched to Philadelphia under General Patterson to quell the insurrection against Congress - That I was discharged at West Point, I think in January 1784 - That my discharge was signed by General Knox, Col o Vose and others - That I kept it in my Pocket Book till it was worn out and it is not now in my possession - that I am fifty one years of age, of infirm health, capable of little labour, without property, and from my reduced circumstances need the assistance of my Country for my support
Dated at Windham the 14 th day of April AD 1818
Ambrose Brown
State of Connecticut ss Windham April 14 th 1818.
Personally appeared before me Lepraniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut Ambrose Brown subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Attest Lepraniah Swift

I William Walther of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that I have ever been acquainted with the within named Ambrose Brown, and the family to which he belonged. That in the time of the transaction about the year 1781 I understood that he enlisted into the continental army for the term of three years and that he went to join the army. I also recollect that he returned home from the army after the close of the war and then understood and now verily believe that he served in the continental army for the term of three years.
Dated at Windham April 14 th 1818
W m Walther
State of Connecticut ss Windham April 14 th 1818
Personally appeared before me Stephen Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut William Walther Esq r subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Attest
Stephen Swift
Whereas it appears to my satisfaction from the within declaration of the within named Ambrose Brown and from the foregoing deposition of William Walther Esq r that the said Ambrose Brown served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of three years and untill the end thereof in the Massachusetts line in the continental army as he has testified in the within declaration.
I do therefore certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War the aforesaid testimony pursuant to an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
Certified by
Stephen Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut
State of Connecticut ss Windham July 18 th A.D. 1818
Whereas it appears to my satisfaction from additional testimony adduced by Ambrose Brown viz the inclosed depositions of David Heyes, William Johnson and Nathaniel Brock taken by David Bolles Esq r & known to me to be Judge of Windham County Court that he served in the revolutionary war as above stated and it appearing to my satisfaction that said Ambrose Brown is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country.
I do therefore certify and transmit the aforesaid testimony to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the act of Congress in such case provided.
Certified by
Stephen Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court

State of Connecticut
County of Windham } Ashford
On this 27 th day of March A.D. one thou- sand eight hundred and fifty five person- ally appeared Susanna Brown before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid aged ninety one years a resident of Eastford in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn accord- ing to law declares that she is the widow of Ambrose Brown deceased who was a priv- ate in the Revolutionary War and served a period of three years, as she verily believes, that the said Ambrose Brown by reason of his services in the Revolutionary War drew a pension under the act of Congress passed the 18 th day of ——— March A.D. 1818 of ninety six dollars per annum during his natural life and that she the said Susanna Brown by virtue of a pension certificate now in her possession and given at the Department of the Interior the 20 th day of January one thou- sand eight hundred and fifty one now draws a pension of ninety six dollars per annum commencing on the 1 st July 1848. She further states that she was married to the said Ambrose Brown in the fall of the year 1789

about a week before Thanksgiving, the day and the month she cannot now state, having no recent evidence of the fact, in the Town of Newwich in the State of Connecticut by one Huntington a Justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Susanna Brown, that her said husband died at Ashford in said Windham County, on the 26 th day of April A.D. 1841 and that she is now a his Widow. For evidence and proof of the service of her said husband in the Revolution- ary War and the Officer under whom he served and the time of his service and death and for evidence and proof of her said marri- -age to the said Ambrose Brown, she refers to the papers accompanying his and her application for a pension now on file in the proper department at Washington She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor Susanna Brown

We Joseph P. Scarborough and Huldah Converse residents of Eastford in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths, declare that the forgoing that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Susanna Brown in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and state- ments of the applicant that she is the iden- tical person she represents herself to be
Joseph P. Scarborough Huldah Converse
The forgoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the claim
Israel D. Rulien and Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut County of Windham ss.
I Thomas Gray Clerk of the County Court for the Windham County hereby certify that Jared D. Richmond Esq. before whom the within Holograph Declaration and affidavits were made, and who has subscribed the same was, at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace for said Windham County duly appointed and qualified, and his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court This tenth day of April A.D. 1855.
Thomas Gray Clerk
90.225

I Huldah Conners of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged forty four years do depose and say that my Father Ambrose Brown late of said Ashford deceased and late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States died on the twenty sixth day of April eighteen hundred and forty one and that my Mother Susanna Brown with whom I now live has remained a Widow ever since that time and is now the Widow of said Ambrose Brown. I further depose and say that the family Records herunto annexed was found by myself and my Brother Alfred Brown, in the possession of my Mother, among some leaves which were a part of my Father's Family Bible. I distinctly recollect of seeing a record, about thirty years since, of my Father and Mother's marriage, the births of their children &c. in my Father's family Bible and I have no hesitation in saying that the record herunto annexed is a part of the record then attached to said family Bible and I believe the same to be in my Father's hand writing. I have made diligent search for the remaining part of the record, but cannot find it and further deponent saith not.
Huldah Conners
Windham County ss Ashford District of Ashford October 25 th 1843 Then personally appeared before me Eliza D. Richmond Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor Huldah Conners signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath that the facts therein stated and set forth were true and I certify that the said Huldah Conners is known to me personally and believe her to be a credible person, and that her statement aforesaid is entitled to Credit Eliza D. Richmond Judge of the Court of Probate for said District

I Alfred Brown of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut - aged thirty six years do depose and say that my father Ambron Brown late of said Ashford and late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States died on the twenty sixth day of April eighteen hundred and forty one and that my Mother Susannah Brown of said Ashford has remained a Widow of the said Ambron Brown ever since that time and is now the Widow of said Ambron Brown.
I further depose and say that the family record herunto annexed was found by me and my Sister Huldah Conner among some leaves in a trunk which were a part of my Father's family Bible and when I was a small boy I recollect of seeing a Record of my Father and Mother's marriage, their Births, and the Births of their children &c. in said Family Bible and should say that the record herunto annexed was a part of the Record I then saw. We made diligent search to find the remaining part of it, but was not able. The old Bible has been torn, and we were unable to find only a portion of it, and where the remaining part of it, is I know not, that part of it which was found, together with the record was found in a trunk as above stated, in the dwelling house occupied by my Mother.
I should say said Record was in my Father's hand writing and further depose saith not
Alfred Brown
District of Ashford
Windham County ss. Ashford, October 25 th 1843. Then personally appeared before me Elmer D. Rich my own Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford aforesaid

Alfred Brown signer of the foregoing Deposition had made solemn Oath that the facts therein stated and set forth were true And I Certify that the said Alfred Brown is known to me personally that he is a Credible person and that his Statement aforesaid is entitled to Credit David D. Richmond Judge of the Court of Probate for said District
I Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do certify that David D. Richmond Esq. is the Judge of said Court and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer oaths and that the signatures to the foregoing deposition purporting to be his are genuine—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this Twenty Fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty three—
Attest Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk of said Court—
2

Ambrose Brown was March 6 1767 Susanna Brown was born June 23 1765 Ambrose Brown and Susanna was married November 1789 Mazalus Brown was born July 5 1790 William Brown was born Oct 15 1792

I Ruth Curtis of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged eighty four years do depose and say that in the year seventeen hundred ninety one or seventeen hundred ninety two I cannot now recollect which, Embson Brown and his Wife Susanna Brown moved into the neighbourhood where I then lived and now live. They removed from the east part of this Town. Their oldest son was born before their removal into my neighbourhood, Their second son was born here. They have had a family of eight children some of whom are still living. When they first moved into my neighbourhood, as above stated they lived together as Husband and Wife and during all the time I have been acquainted with them I have never heard it said but what they were lawfully married. From what I have heard, I believe they were married as Novels in this State prior to their removal into this Town. Susannah Brown Widow of Embson Brown lives near neighbour to me and ever has been since her removal from the east part of this Town as above stated and further deponent saith not.
Ruth Curtis
Windham County ss Ashford November 23 d 1844 When personally appeared before me Ruth Curtis signer of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I certify that the said Ruth Curtis is a credible person and the statement she has made entitled to credit. David D. Richmond Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
County of Windham 34. Brooklyn
I Thomas Gray Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Windham State of Connecticut hereby certify that David D. Richmond Esq o before whom the foregoing Deposition of Ruth Curtis was taken is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Windham duly commissioned & qualified, & that the signature thereto affixed purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 10 th day of December A.D. 1844.
Thomas Gray Clerk

No claim for marriage and John Wright
I Benjamin C. Simmons of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, depose and say that I am Clerk of said town of Ashford, and that it appears from the Records of said town that it was customary formerly, as at present, for Justices of the peace to perform the ceremony of uniting persons in marriage as may appear from the following Certificate which is a true copy of the Record " Mansfield Jp. Windham County October 4 th 1764 -
Nathan Wright of Ashford & Betty Swift of Mansfield were joined in marriage by me - Elijah Whiton Justice Peace "
And also that it appears from the Statutes of this State that Justices of the Peace were duly authorized to join persons in marriage in the 1640 and that in May 1783, that right extended throughout the County in which said Justices have jurisdiction - the Benjamin C. Simmons
Windham County Jp Ashford May 1 st 1845 Then personally appeared Benjamin C. Simmons Esquire before me the foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same and I Certify that the said Simmons is a credible person and the above statement of his entitled to Credit
Sworn to before me
David D. Richmond Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, ss. } Office of Secretary of State }
I hereby certify that David H. Richmond, Esq., whose name in his own proper handwriting is attached to the within instruments, is, and since the 20 th day of June last past has been a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Windham, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, as appears of record in this office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said State, at Hartford, this 14 th day of May, A. D. 1845.
D. W. T. Hyles Secretary of State

MMNI Am
April 7, 1926
Mrs. A. H. Blood 628 McKinley Ave., Aberdeen, Washington
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W . 25285 it appears that Ambrous or Ambrose Brown was born March 8, 1767 in Ash- ford, Windham County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Ashford, Connecticut he enlisted in June 1781, served as private in Captain Francis Green's Company, Colonel Joseph Vose's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in January 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818 while living in Ashford, Connecticut. He died April 26, 1841 in said Ashford.
Soldier married November 2- (torn), 1789 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, Susanna Brown born June 23, 1765. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 25, 1843 while living in Ashford, Connecticut. In 1855 she was living in Eastford, Connecticut. She died December 16,

1858.
They had eight children. Mazaldus born July 5, 1790 in Norwich, Connecticut, William born August 15, 1792, Huldah born about 1799 and married .....Converse, and Alfred Brown born about 1807 are the only names stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

628 McKinley Ave., Aberdeen, Washington, Feb. 18 th 1926.
Pension Bureau, Washington D. C.
I am trying to find out the records of Ambrose Brown who served in the American Revolution War. His widow died at Westford Conn. Ambrose Brown died about the year 1843 and his widow Susan Brown of Westford Conn. drew a pension of $88. 00 per year until her death Dec 16 th 1858. Her coffin plate is what we have to go by and a letter written in 1850 stating she drew that pension.
Now if you can inform me how I can get my Great grand fathers records (war) I would appreciate it very much.
I want to join the D. of A. R.
Yours Respectfully,
Mrs A. H. Blood, 628 McKinley Ave., Aberdeen Washington.

140 Huntington Ave.
Boston - Mass.
Dept. of Pensions - ✓
Washington D.C.
Can you furnish me the Military Record of Rev. Soldier of Ambrose Burnside of Newber - My mind later to Burnside. (Asliford - I think)
Can you give me his wife's name - I think her Pensions came in 1840. and will that tell her name & date of her husband's death?
Very Truly Yours,
M. E. Seaman.
Jany. 26 - 1904.

Feb 13, 1905 M c E. Seaman Boston Mass
1926-apr 7-Heir to Mrs. A. V. Blood
Reg  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,285
Susanna Brown Wid of Ambrose Brown Brn New Ha
Act Oct 2 nd 1828
Index: Vol. A , Page 99
[Arrangement of 1870.]

For value Received I Susanna Brown to whom the within Warrant No 13421 was issued, do hereby certify that the same is valid and payable to her or her assigns for the sum of [illegible] of the sum of [illegible]
Witnesseth my hand and seal this 10th day of January A.D. 1856
Signed D. Richardson Esther Scarborough
Susanna Brown
State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield ss. On this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six before me, personally appeared Susanna Brown to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be her free act and deed.
To Richardson Justice of the peace

UNITED STATES
AMERICA
Department of the Interior OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
This hereby Certifies that under the Act of March 3rd 1855 entitled An Act for in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.
is entitled to have ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES, at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or the graduated prices.
Commissioner.
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States Land Offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it fill up and sign the following application. To the Register of the Land Office at I locate this Certificate, in the quarter section in township of Range of Attest: Register.

Connecticut 7192
Susannah Brown widow of Melvire Brown who was a Private in the Massachusetts Line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Second day of August 1845 and sent to
J. D. Richardson Ashford Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A 117 June 1844 Vol. 2 Page 50

on O'Fallon Sec 2/50
Reprinted Jan 24/19
3327
let to 19
Connecticut
Susanna Brown widow of Amos
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80  Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24  day of Jan 1849 and sent to
H. J. Rockwell Hof B
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Februar 1848, Page 260 Vol. 1

13.421
Duplicates Special Act 35 S. Cole
Reg Am
6412 Susan Brown Ga
Let to J. D. Richardson March 3 1845
act March 1843
9906
Susanna Brown Ga.
Let to J. D. Richardson Ditto Mrs. 19.00 19.1544 Rejected
act July 7. 1838

Re: act 12 Feb 48. (A)
By [unclear]

No 6432
Susannah Brown Mother of Ambrose Low
Act 3 March 1843 (8012) and 17 June 1844 (7761)
Adm 2 years per $80 00
Commencing on 4 March 1843
Jared D. Richardson Ashford Low.

Sir
Ashford Nov 24 th 1835
I have made application to the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts for proof evidence of the Service of Amos Brown in the Revolutionary War, and have received the within Certificate which is herein enclosed.
Very Respectfully
Isaac D. Richmond
Hon J. Minot
Commissioner
of Pensions

90.225

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
December 21 st 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Ambrose Brown is borne on the following order viz. "We the subscribers have received thirty pounds Silver money each, of the Committee of the Town of Holliston for procuring soldiers for the said Town: for the Army of the United States, which is in full for one time from said Town, for serving as soldiers for said Town, in said Army for the term of one year Received by us"
"Holliston July 16. 1781"
Signed "Ambrose Brown one other"
Enlisted June 5. Age 16: Height 5.3; Complexion Sallow; Hair Dark; Eyes Gray. Occupation Farmer, born Holliston.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M c Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Nov. 21"
1855.
Sir:
The claim of Susanna Brown, for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 90, 225 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Ambrose Brown, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
+ You are referred to the Secy. of State of Mass; for such evidence.
J. D. Richmond, Esq., Ashford, A.

Sir
Any communication on the subject of the within Pension can be made to the Sub- -scribes and the Certificate if granted may be sent to me
Very Respectfully Edward D. Richmond
Genl. S. Edwards Commission of Pensions
Aspden Woodham Co. Connt.

James P. Heath Esq Commission of Pensions
Secy of War, Dept of War Army 1 July 1848,
Hon D. Fowler H of R

James P. Meath Esq Commiff n of Pleasures
See 696. de 880/m Comy 1 July 1818,
Hon D. Fowler H of R

Names of Pup?
Washington Jan y 11 - 1851
James E Heath Esq - Commis y of the Sis
In your letter to me of Dec r 28 th , you inform me that claims under the joint Resolu- tion of July 1 st 1848, will be al- lowed and new certificates is- sued when the old ones are re- turned. Herewith I return the Certificates of Martha Greenleaf Susanna Brown - Buelah Hunt - Abigail Datham - Polly Cook - Lois Wilcox - Elizabeth Grace - Eliza- beth Graham and Phebeina Beers, (nine in number) and respectfully re- quest that the new Certificates

may be forwarded to me at the earliest convenient day.
I have the honor to be truly yours Oliver Howland

Small Pigeon Mass Nov 13 th 1850
J. L. Edwouds Eng-Com te off Pension
Sir
Herewith I forward the application of Susanna Brown for an increase of pension.
She claims ninety-six dollars a year - the sum that her husband received under the Act
of 1818. -
As soon as convenient, please report the result of the application to me.
I have the honor to be -
Yours Respectfully
Orin Fowler

Payment to be made at Hartford by Horace Goodwin D. L. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Connecticut
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 200 Vol. 1
Severy Knapp Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Susanna Brown widow of Ambrose Brown who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 21 st day of January one thousand eight hundred and Forty nine.
G. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. G. Burt Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Connecticut.
By His Excellency CLARK BISSELL , Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Horace Gaylord , is, and since the 20th day of May, 1847, hath been, a Notary Public ,
in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to His acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court;—that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer.
Clark Bissell
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 11th day of September A. D. 1848 and in the seventy-third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor:
John B. Robertson Secretary of State.

Washington Jan. 22 d 1829
J. A. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Record Sir
Mr. Horace Gay last week inquired of you in relation to the papers of Hannah Bodiam, Prudence Sculbrough, Eliza Carpenter, Susanna Brown and Sarah Lawson and requested me to call on you and ascertain the cause of delay in issuing the certificates - Very respectfully
Yours &
John A. Pickens
770 769 765
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Ashford Ct. Sept 13/48 Horace Gaylord. Ct Cole Eue. declarations of Sarah Lawson Hannah Padlam. Prudence Scarborough. Eliphet Carpenter Susannah Brown Possessions.
G179, see Sept 16/48 Pension Office

Hon William L. Marcy Secretary of War Enclosed I forward several applications for Pensions, which are made out agreeably to directions furnished me by the agent for paying Pensions in Hartford - if correct & acceptable I wish that the several certificates may be forwarded to me as soon as may be convenient as some of the applicants are in very needy circumstances
Truly your
Ob t Servant
Horace Gaylord
Ashford Windham County Ct. September 1848
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Gen. J. A. Edwards R. Bonarson of P. Mason Washington D. C.
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Wxford September 5 th 1844
Dr Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration &c. of Susanna Brown for a Pension. She has succeeded in getting the deposition of a person who was present at her marriage, though she did not recollect of any person living who was present at the time of making her former declaration.
The certificate when made out can be forwarded to me
Respectfully your Ob.
servt.
Edward D. Richmond

July 15 44 11 1/2 11
Mr. Stewart
Plan of St. Lawrence Low water of 1870 Washington D.C.
June

Sir
Asheboro July 10 th 1844
In the Month of October last I made out the application of Susanna Brown of this Town for a pension under the act of July 7 th 1843 and forwarded the papers to the pension Office. Since which time I have received no returns. I learnt by Mr. Cather our member of Congress that the application had been received, but was not then acted upon. She is somewhat anxious to know the result of her application and whether any action has since been had thereon and if not whether the Department will be able to examine her papers soon and communicate to her the result. She was induced to make this enquiry thinking that possibly it might have been acted upon and the returns miscarried.
I noticed that the act granting pensions to Widows approved March 3 rd 1843 has been by the last Congress renewed & extended four years from the 4 th March 1844. As there are some Widows in this Town interested in this act, I should esteem it a favor if a form of the application could be forwarded to me.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully your Obs. Servt.
Gen. S. L. Edwards
Edward D. Richmond
Commissioner of Pensions
No. 9906-

44 for my Brown examined of the is made the def. com. the on the
Dec. 16, 1844
Adaltes case
Susannah Brown,
March 3, 1843
St. Louis
Hon. J. G. Edwards
free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Richmond

Aspfnd December 11 th 1844
Sir
Your letter of the 9 th Nov. last informing me that the declaration of Susanna Brown under the Act of March 3 rd 1843 had been examined and filed - also that the proof of the date of the Marriage was not satisfactory etc. has been duly received and agreeable to the suggestions made in your letter, I have proceeded to take the deposition of four individuals which are herewith enclosed.
As the Com ce of Mrs Brown has been of long continuance action upon it some would be very desirable on her part
Very Respectfully your obedt Servt.
Ellen D. Richmond
Hon. S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Ashford June 23. 1845 Hon. J. S. Edwards
Dr Sir, Your letter of 3. March stating that the testimony forwarded relative to the marriage of Simon & Susannah Brown was not satisfactory and that her claim remain suspended until more satisfactory evidence be produced has been received. It appears from your letter that the evidence was not so "clear and explicit" as to exclude all reasonable doubt. It did not occur to me when taking those depositions that the precise time when the deponents became acquainted with the them was material, provided it was before 1 st January 1796. The depositions herein enclosed will I think remove these objections. A few other witnesses might have been obtained, but their testimony was not clearer or more explicit, in my opinion, than the testimony herein enclosed.
You enquire whether it was customary for Justices of the Peace to solemnize the rites of matrimony and if customary whether the deponent when deposition was taken will state from what particular circumstance she is enabled to state the month and year of the marriage and also the name of the Officiating Officer.
In relation to the first question I have procured the deposition of the Simons herein enclosed which I trust will be satisfactory, but if any further testimony is wanted the fact can be proved beyond question, as also the law authorizing Justices to perform that ceremony.
I have thought proper to procure the Certificate of the Secretary of State that Benjamin Huntington was a Justice of the Peace for New London County the year Mrs Brown states the marriage took place. The more fact that "Simon" is

appended to his name in the certificate will not I trust detract from the statement of Mrs Brown and Miss Smith that the ceremony was performed by Benjamin Huntington a Justice of the Peace.
In relation to the 2 d Question proposed I ref- -erent immediately after receiving your last letter to the Town of Barracks in New Lond. County when Mrs Smith lived at the time she gave her deposition, and learnt that she had died in the month of February last past so that no further testimony can be had from that source.
Great pains have been taken to procure some new evidence, but none can be had excepting the Defand family record, which was forwarded to the Department. It would seem from the testimony herein enclosed, that the requirements in your letter to me dated 9 th November 1844 had been complied with, but if you should think otherwise. I know of no further evidence that would be more satisfactory. We have forwarded the record above stated, the deposition of Mrs Smith who was present at the Marriage, and also the testimony of credible persons who knew them as Husband & Wife prior to 10 th Feby. 1794
I ought to state that when the application was first made out, Mrs Brown stated to me that she knew of no one living who was present at the marriage. I afterwards saw her and she told me that her Sister Mrs Smith was present - which was the reason why Mrs Smith's deposition was not forwarded at the time of the first

application. I should have forwarded these papers before were it not for my absence from Town for several weeks past.
Very Respectfully Alfred D. Richmond

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Jared D. Richmond
Ashford
Connecticut.

I Othniel Gager town Clerk of the town of Nor- wick in the County of New London & State of Connecticut of lawful age, do depose testify and say. That I have examined the Books of said town relating to marriages and cannot find the marriage of Ambrose Brown to Susannah Brown nor do I find the name of either of them in the P. Books of Marriages in said Records of said town of Norwick -
And further the deponent saith not -
Othniel Gager Town Clerk
Sworn and subscribed before me. Oct. 3 d A.D. 1843.
Asa Root Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut ss. Office of Secretary of State.
I certify that Asa Root Esq. is, & on the 3 rd day of October 1843 was, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of New London in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, as appears of record in this office - and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said State this 26 th day of October 1843.
N. A. Phelps Secretary of State
Fees, 50

I Ephraim Lyon of Ashford in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy seven years do depose and say that I have been acquainted with Ambron Brown late of said Ashford deceased, as long ago as seventeen hundred and seventy nine, became acquainted with Susanna Brown his Wife in seventeen hundred and ninety two or seventeen hundred ninety three. I was not present at their marriage but knew them as husband and Wife at the time last above mentioned, understood they had been married some time before but how long I cannot tell. They lived together at that time as Husband and Wife, have had a family of Children and I never heard it said or suggested during all the time I have been acquainted with him (which was over sixty years) that he lived with the said Susanna in any other relation than that of Husband and Wife, The reason why I recall them as Husband and Wife at the time above stated, is that I was then paying attention to a young Woman in their immediate neighborhood. Saw them frequently. He was about my age, perhaps a little younger and further deponent saith not
Ephraim Lyon
Windham County to Ashford November 25 th 1844 Then personally appeared Ephraim Lyon signer of the foregoing Dep- osition and made solemn oath to the facts

Therein set forth and I certify, That Levi Lyon is personally known to me and is believed by me to be a credible person and the statement he has made entitled to full credit and belief. Before me Ebenezer D. Richmond Justice of the peace
I Percy Backus of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged eighty one years old depose and say that I have been well acquainted with Nathan Brown late of said Ashford deceased for a great number of years. Knew him when quite a small boy. I became acquainted with Susanna Brown, his Widow, very soon after their removal from Norwich. They here and moved into a house a few rods from where I then lived in the eastern part of the Town of Ashford. My impression is they staid then about one year. Their oldest child was then an infant. I cannot now tell the precise year with certainty, but am confident it was fifty four or fifty five years ago. Have heard Mrs Brown repeatedly say she was mar- ried at Norwich and although I have always been acquainted with them from that time, I have never heard it said or suggested here what they were lawfully married - I think they could not have been married since their removal in aforesaid into Ashford without my knowing it. They then lived together as Husband & Wife and further deponent saith not Percy Backus
Windham County ss Ashford November 30 th 1844. — Then personally appeared before me

Ruth Barker signed of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I certify that the said Percy Barker is a person of credibility and believe the statement aforesaid made by her entitled to full credit and belief
Herid. D. Rich now Justin of Pease
I Roswell Brown of Ashford in the county of Windham and State of Conne- ticut - aged seventy eight years do depose and say that in the Winter or Spring of seventeen hundred and ninety Andrew Brown late of said Ashford deceased and Susanna Brown came into this Town and took a Tenement in the eas- terly part of this Town. Went in medi- ately to keeping house and lived together as Husband and Wife. Though the said Susanna is a Sister of mine, I was not pres- ent at the time of their marriage. I have always understood, and believe they were married at Norwich prior to their said removal into Ashford. The said Andrew was a native of this Town but lived in Norwich I should think, about a year before his marriage with the said Susanna - I knew them as Husband and Wife in the year seventeen hundred and ninety as above stated. That is I know they then lived together as Husband and Wife. and ever have up to the time of his death they have had a family of eight children, some of whom are living and further the deponent saith not
Roswell Brown

Windham County ss Ashford December 1 st . 1844 Then personally appeared Deacon Roswell Brown signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the facts therein set forth and I certify, that said Brown is well known to me personally that he is a credible person, and that the foregoing statement which he has made is worthy of Credit & Belief Before me Jared D. Richmond Justice of the peace
State of Connecticut County of Windham ss. Sp. Brooklyn Thomas Gray Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut hereby certify that Jared D. Richmond Esq., before whom the foregoing Depositions of Ephraim Sizer, Percy Backus, & Roswell Brown were taken was at a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Windham duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be his are his genuine signatures to each of said deposition. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 10 th day of December A.D. 1844.
Thomas Gray Clerk

I Hannah Smith of the town of Norwich in the County of New London State of Connecticut and am now in Seventy Sixth year of my age and have resided in said State for my years last past
And the deponent on her oath above deposed and says that she was present at the marriage of Andrew Brown and Susanna Brown and witnessed the same, which said marriage ceremony was performed by Benjamin Huntington Esq then a lawful justice of the Peace within and for the County of New London, and in the town of Norwich in said New London County in the month of November Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty Nine and furthermore the deponent says not Dated Norwich This Thirteenth day of August Anno Domini one Thousand Eight Hundred and forty four
Signed in presence of
Hannah Smith
John W Huntington
State of Connecticut ss Norwich August 13 th 1844
Personally appeared Hannah Smith Signed of the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of same and I the subscriber a Notary Public within and for said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the said Hannah Smith is a credible person, and her statements are entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I John W Huntington a Notary Public within and for the said

Connecticut having virtue of my office caput as aforesaid having affirmed my seal of office as Notary Public on this thirteenth day of August Anno domini one thousand eight Hundred and forty four. and signed the same with my hand the day and year as above written
John W Haighton Notary Public and Seal for the State of Connecticut

I, Huldah Converse of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, of lawful age, do depose and say that my father, Ambrose Brown late of Ashford, deceased, died on the Twenty sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty one, and that my Mother Susanna Brown with whom I now live has remained a widow ever since that time, and is now the Widow of said Ambrose Brown Dated at Ashford this 4 th day of September A.D. 1844 Huldah Converse
State of Connecticut Windham County ss Ashford September 4 th 1844 Probate District of Ashford
Personally appeared before me Daniel Knowlton Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of aforesaid Huldah Converse signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated and set forth were true and I certify that the said Huldah Converse is known to me personally and I believe her to be a credible person and her statement aforesaid to be entitled to credit Daniel Knowlton Judge of the Court of Probate for said District

State of Connecticut Office of Secretary of State
I hereby certify that "At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, in America, held at Hartford in said State on the Second Thursday of May, being the 14th day of said Month, and continued by adjournments until the Sixth day of June next following Anno Dom. 1789" Benjamin Huntington Esq. was duly appointed a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of New London, for the year ensuing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 28th day of March A.D. 1845.
Samuel P. Tyler Secretary of State

Eastford - Conn st Nov 2 nd / 1850
To the commissioner of Pensions.
I Susanna Brown hereby certify that I am a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of eighty dollars a year as the widow of Ambrose Brown, who was a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner at the rate of ninety-six dollars a year, under the Act of 1818. I believe I am entitled to an increase of my pension - and I apply for such increase as is authorized by the laws of Congress and the rules of the Pension Department --
Witnesses -- Aaron Fowler Joseph P. Scarborough
Susanna her X Brown Mark

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2 d Feb. 1848 entitled an act making further provisions for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution
State of Connecticut
Windham County } ss In this 9 th day of September A.D. 1848 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut (duly authorized by law to administer Oaths & take depositions) & being Commissioned and sworn according to law & residing in the town of Ashford with said County & State. Personally appeared Susannah Brown aged 84 years a resident of the town of Eastford in said County & State - who being first sworn according to law, doth, on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d day of Feb. 1848 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the Widow of Ambrose Brown who was a Private in the army of the Revolution and that she received a Pension of Eighty Dollars per annum under the act of 17 th June 1844 She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me
Susannah Brown
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
In presence of Horace Gaylord Hulda H. Converse
I hereby certify that the above named Declarant is personally known to me & that she is the same person who drew a Pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto affixed my Official signature & Seal of Office this 9 th day of September A.D. 1848
Horace Gaylord Notary Public

I David Hys of Anford in Connecticut of Lawful age testify and say that before during the revolutionary war & since I was an inhabitant of said Anford and personally acquainted with Mr Ambrose Brown I was knowing to his being absent from said town in the years 1781 & 1782 &c and said to be a soldier in the Continental army I saw a letter he wrote home while he was a soldier as aforesaid which I now recollect. He is utterly poor and destitute of property & further the deponent saith not Dated Anford July 9-1818 David Hys es
I Wm Johnson of Anford in Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that in the summer of the year 1781 to October 1783 I was a soldier in the Connecticut line of the Continental army and was acquainted with Mr Ambrose Brown and know that he was a continental soldier in the Massachusetts line, I frequently saw him doing duty as a soldier in said line as aforesaid While I was a soldier in the army as above mentioned and have no doubt he was a soldier doing duty as aforesaid while I was in said army and further the deponent saith not Dated Anford 9 th July 1818 William Johnson

I Nathaniel Brooks of Ashford in Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that before the revolutionary war and ever since I was and am well acquainted with Mr Ambrose Brown of Ashford. I was a Soldier in the Massachusetts line of the continental army enlisted about the month of Sept r 1781. I was well acquainted knowing to Mr Browns being a Soldier in the same line but not in the same regiment I think he was in the 1 st - I was in the 7 th & afterwards in the 4 th Regt. I frequently saw Mr Brown doing duty as a Soldier in the line for as much or more two years Mr Brown is destitute of property and needs assistance from his country for his support & further the deponent saith not - Dated Ashford 9 th July 1878 Nathaniel Brooks
State of Connecticut, Windham ss Ashford July 9 th AD 1878 Personally appeared Messrs David Keyes and Wm Johnson and Nathaniel Brooks and severally made oath that the foregoing deposition by them subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth before David Bolles Judge of Windham County Court.

I Samuel Whitney of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged eighty eight years do depose and say that on the seventh day of April seventeen hundred and ninety two I removed from Killingly in this state into the Town of Ashford aforesaid and in the summer following became acquainted with Simbrose Brown late of said Ashford deceased and Susannah Brown his Widow. They lived at that time about one mile and half from where I then lived. I was occasionally at his house in the summer aforesaid. He then lived with the said Susannah Brown as his Husband and she lived with him as his Wife. I have lived in the Town of Ashford aforesaid from the said 7 th day of April 1792 all the time to the present excepting about four years when I lived in Wesson State of Massachusetts.
I knew the said Simbrose and Susannah in the summer of seventeen hundred ninety two as Husband and Wife. They lived together in that relation and I never have heard their marriage called in question from that time  time to the present and further deponent saith not.
Samuel Whitney
Windham County ss. Ashford April 4 th 1845- Then personally appeared Samuel Whitney who signed the above and foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath that the same was true and I certify that the said Whitney is a credible person and the statement he has made entitled to full credit & belief. Sworn before me
Edward D. Richmond Justice of the Peace

I Tabitha Whitney of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connec- -ticut aged eighty four years do depose and say that I am the Wife of Samuel Whitney of said Ashford and that in the month of April Seventeen hundred and ninety two the said Samuel Whitney who was then and still is my Husband and myself moved from the Town of Killingly in this State into the Town of Ashford aforesaid and soon after became acquainted with Ambrose Brown late of said Ashford deceased and in the summer of that year I frequently saw him at our house. In the fall of the year seventeen hundred and ninety two I visited at the house of Ambrose Brown afor- said, became acquainted with his Wife Susannah Brown now his Widow
Mr Brown and Wife attended the same meeting that I did and I frequently saw her at meeting before the time I visited them as above stated - At the time I visited at the house of said Ambrose, as above stated the said Ambrose and Susannah Brown lived together as Husband and Wife I knew them as Husband and Wife at that time and I have never heard their marriage called in question from that time to the present
Tabitha Whitney
Windham County ss Ashford April 4 th 1845 Then personally appeared Tabitha Whitney signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same and I certify that the said Tabitha is a person well known to me, that she is a credible person and the statement she has made, entitled to full credit and belief
Sworn before me Eliza D. Richmand Justice of the Peace

I Leonard Dean of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged sixty six years do depose and say that in the year seventeen hundred and ninety I became acquainted with Ambrose Brown late of said Ashford Deceased and late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and Susannah Brown then his Wife but now his Widow. The said Ambrose and Susannah moved into my Father's house in the Spring of seventeen hundred and ninety and staid there one year according to my best recollection. I then lived about eighty rods from them with my Father. The reason why I recollect the year as above stated is that My Father died the 4 th of May seventeen hundred and ninety one and the said Ambrose and Susannah lived in his house as above stated the year previous. I knew them in the year seventeen hundred and ninety as Husband and Wife. They then lived together in that relation, have reared up a Family of Children, and continued to live as Husband and Wife from that time to the time of his death. I have no recollection of his ever removing out of the Town of Ashford from the time he came into said Town forever with his Wife, and having always resided in Ashford myself, and for a considerable period within a short distance from the said Ambrose and Susannah I have become well acquainted with them both, and during all the time I have known them (which is about fifty five years) I have never heard their marriage called in question and further deponent saith not. Leonard (Dean)
Windham County ss Ashford May 3 rd 1845- Then personally appeared Leonard Dean signer

of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I further Certify, That I am well acquainted with the said Leonard Dean, That he holds a commission and exercising the Office of Justice of the Peace for said County, and is a member of the Methodist Church in That he is a Credible person and that the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition of his are entitled to Credit & belief. Sworn to and subscribed
Before me Leonard D. Richmond Justice of the Peace
April 2 d 1845

4412 Susan Brown widow of Ambrose Low
Act 3 Mar 1843
MS 84 241

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } ss Ashford
On this 4 th day of September A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford Susanna Brown a resident of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy nine 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 3 rd March 1842, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Ambrose Brown late of said Ashford deceased who was a Private in the army of the Revolution and a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of the 18 th March 1818. She cannot recollect the Regiment, Corps, or company in which he served, nor can she specify the service performed, but refers the Department in proof of the same to his Declaration and the evidence accompanying it, prior to his obtaining his Pension Certificate. She further declares that she was married to the said Ambrose Brown in the Month of November seventeen hundred and eighty nine. The precise day of the month she cannot now tell. That her husband the said Ambrose Brown died on the twenty sixth day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one. 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 and ninety four A.D. at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is still a Widow. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written } Susanna Brown (Before Daniel Knowlton)
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid.
I certify that Daniel Knowlton before whom the foregoing Declaration is made is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid and that the foregoing signature of the Judge of said Court is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this fourth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
Horace Gaylord Clerk