Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,298, Oliver Breed, Conn.

SERVICE
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Conn.
Breed, Oliver
S 12,298
CONTENTS
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1884 Jany 11 J H Breed - Sent history
29 414
New York
Oliver Breed
of Oswego — in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Breed — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Avery — in the Comt. line for 21 Mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept. 1833 — and Supt. S. Johnson palermo
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 33 $ 143 50 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4/1/33 33 50
$ 278 00
W. L. [unclear] Revolutionary Claim, } [unclear] June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [unclear] Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1, Page 48

In the Matter of Oliver Brier Application for a Pension 14154.
private service disall.
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State of New York } County of Oswego } B
On this 24 th day of September 1882 personally appeared in open court before me, Lawrence Doherty, Samuel Newman & John Ryan the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Oswego now sitting. David Breed a resident of the town of Volney in the county Oswego and State of New York aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law dath in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and General as herein stated that he served through the whole term of the revolution and was in the town of Stonington County of New London and State of Connecticut in the year 1775 volunteered in the said town of Stonington in the summer but went about the day about one week at Stonington Point under Capt John Breed in a regiment commanded by Col Avery or also as Capt James Wallace offered before that place in the fall of the same year under Captain Oliver Smith as a volunteer at Stonington Point and continued there about one week that he enlisted in the town of Stonington State of Connecticut on or about the first day of May 1778 under Capt Abel Spier & Col Samuel Sheldon for the term of seven months towards the City of New York continued then some time passed through New London or to it went by water from New London to New York continued in New York and vicinity until the expiration of seven months and was discharged about thirty miles easterly from New York but the term not completed. That he recited one regi- ment of Continental troops commanded by Col Samuel Prentiss was in the army at the same time he recited Capt James Blainedge commanded one company of Continental troops in the same campaign and respondent was discharged about the first of December 1778

That he enlisted in January 1777 in the town of Stonington aforesaid under Capt Benjamin Seaborn Wall in a Regiment commanded by Col John Peabody mustered into the State of Rhode Island was Detached from Stonington and Bristol enlisted for three months and served the full length of those months and was discharged in April 1777 - in October the same year he volunteered for two months in Stonington aforesaid under Capt Thomas Waller mustered to Fort Griswold and continued the full length of two months in the service of the United States and was discharged in December 1777 - That in April 1778 he enlisted in the service of the United States on board the Sloop Beaver an armed vessel commanded by Capt Joseph Dyer at Stonington aforesaid and continued in the service four months and on a voyage with three British Boats from a British man of War one man killed and three or four wounded on board said Sloop but finally escaped from the net of war - That in August the same year he volunteered in the service of the United States at Stonington aforesaid for three months under Capt Thomas Wheeler in a Regiment commanded by Col Chapman went into the State of Rhode Island was on Rhode Island in an engagement in Sullivan's Expedition and was discharged in the month of November after serving the full term of three months immediately after his return from Rhode Island in November 1778 he volunteered at Stonington aforesaid under Capt Elisha Sturtevant in the service of the United States for two months mustered to Fort Griswold and continued in the service two months and was discharged the first of January following

at Stonington of service in the service of the United States for two months marched to Fort Griswold and continued in the service two months and was discharged the benefit of pension following
That in the last of July or first of August 1777 he volunteered at Stonington of service in the service of the United States under Captain John Breed marched to Red Bank and neighborhood and continued in the army about eight days
That in October 1779 he volunteered at Stonington of service in the service of the United States under Captain Johnson - fitted a boat from Stoning- ton to Long Island or on an expedition against
the British was in the service two weeks That in the year 1782 he was detached into the service of the United States as a sergeant in October at Stonington aforesaid and was attached to a company commanded by Captain Thomas Gallup and marched to Fort Griswold and continued in the service two months and was discharged in December following at Fort Griswold aforesaid
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who has testimony he can produce who can testify to his service except Stephen Breed he was born in Stonington County of New London and State of Connecticut February 6th 1757 and was living at that time when called into the service and lived there until the year 1779 he then moved into Lynden County of Hampshire County State of Massachusetts where he lived where he until the year 1799 he then moved into Middlesex County of Kingston and State of Vermont where he lived about three years

in the year 1806 he moved into the town of Heath and in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts where he lived two years that in the year 1808 he moved into the town of Sethfield County of Franklin and State of New York where he lived about four years he then moved into the town of Braintree where he lived two years then removed to Sethfield again where he lived about nine years he then moved into the town of Galway County of Washington State of New York where he now lives and has lived there about eight years. That he has no record of his age that he enlisted three times and was entered in every other case except the last time when he was tested as first sergeant Col Samuel Root's and left James Schenck was Continental officer and served at the same place with him - that he never had a written discharge.
That Oliver Lord and Andrew Geller can testify as to his ability and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
We hereby acknowledge every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Given to our subscribed

the day and year aforesaid D. H. Henson Dep. Clerk
Oliver Breed
We Oliver Leavitt & Andrew Gilbert residing in the town of Walnut County of Orange & State of New York and Andrew Gilbert residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Breed who has made the statement of his being an officer by the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Oliver Leavitt Andrew Gilbert
Sworn and subscribed this 24 day of Sept. 1832
Before me D. H. Henson Dep. Clerk

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Board of Department. That the above named officer was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears there that Oliver Scavott who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Volney County of Oswego and State of New York and that Andrew Gilmore who has also signed the same resides in the same place and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.  Lawrence John on  Samuel Freeman  of Reynolds  I Eric Poor Clerk of the court of common pleas of Oswego County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Oliver Bragg for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
This 24 day of September 1832
Eric Poor Clerk By D. N. Thompson Dep. Clerk

State of New York } County of Madison }
Personally appeared before me the under named Justice of the Peace of the town of Brookfield in said County - Stephen Bragg a resident of the town of Brookfield in the County of Madison and State of New York aged Seventy Two years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration that he resided in the town of Stonington County of New London and State of Connecticut during the whole term of the Revolutionary war - and was well acquainted with Oliver Bragg being his neighbor and believes him to be seventy five years of age that in the year 1776 he well recollects that Oliver Bragg then of Stonington County of New London and State of Connecticut last was a resident of Holmes County of Ohio and State of New York enlisted in the town of Stonington aforesaid for the term of seven months and is sure he was gone the full length of his term of enlistment and went to New York but the exact day of his going into the service cannot recollect under Captain Abel Stevens and Colonel Samuel Root that the said Oliver Bragg enlisted under Captain Benjamin Safford in a Regiment commanded by Major John Nephi in January 1777 and is sure he continued three months in the service went into the State of Rhode Island in October the same year the said Oliver Bragg volunteered for two months under Captain Amos Wolcott and went to Fort or Fort Grewold once thinks he served two months in the year 1778 in the Spring of the year well recollects that the said Oliver Bragg enlisted under Captain Joseph Brady in the service of the United States on board the Ship Beaver an armed vessel and went from Stonington in the State of Connecticut and was in the service four months as near as he can recollect in August the same year he recollects that said Oliver Bragg volunteered under Captain Thomas Wheeler in the Regiment commanded by Col. Chapman.

he volunteered in Stonington State of Connecticut and moved into the State of Rhode Island & was in Sullivan's expedition & was in the service three months - and from the best recollections of this deponent the said Oliver Breed volunteered in Stonington (one said in the service of the United States under Captain Eliza Avery and went to Fort Griswold and continued in the service two months in the year 1779 he well recollects that said Oliver Breed volunteered in an expedition in the service of the United States against the British in Long Island in an armed boat in October and was in the service about two weeks under Captain Nathan Johnson.
Stephen Breed
Sworn and subscribed to before me on the 7th Day of August 1832
Joseph Clark Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the Stephen Breed the above named deponent and have been for many years and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that full credit ought to be given to his statement
Joseph Clark Justice of the Peace
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office
Is: I Andrew A. Sloan Clerk of the said County do certify that Joseph Clark before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and whose name appears to the above Certificate, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County - And that I am ac- quainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name sub- scribed to the said affidavit and certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of Office This 10th day of August 1832 - A. S. Sloan, Clk.

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Oliver Breed Sweego 6' N York
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May 8 33
Lowell Ishman P.M. Palermo

BRIEF in the case of Oliver Breed of Swego Co in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Yes in Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? 70 years 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
    Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1775 7 Private Capt Brund Col. Army   1 st May 1776 7 " Col Spicer Col. Phila. Penn.   2 nd Aug 1777 3 " Capt Deffenwall Col. Riple   Octob 1777 2 " Capt Hallam   April 1778 4 Sergeant Capt Doane (Shoeps Beaver)   Aug 1778 3 Private Capt Wheeler Col. Chapman   Nov 2 nd 1778 2 " Capt Avery   Aug 1 st 1779 8 " Capt Brund   Octob 1779 14 Capt Johnson   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Nine  1778 _____ 2 " Capt Avery -  1779 _____ 8 - " Capt Breed  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New London Co. Conn.  1779 _____ 14 " Capt Johnson  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  1782 - _____ 2  1 say  Capt Gullis  Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  21  Papers not authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Butts Examining Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Oliver Breed a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. L. File 12298
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 1 mo. John Breed Avery Conn.   July 1775 1 mo. Oliver Smith ✓   March 1776 7 mos. Ariel Spicer Samuel Sheldon   June 1777 3 mos. Benajah Tiffin John Ripley   Oct 1777 2 mos. Amos Hallam ✓   Apr 1778 4 mos. Joseph Brase ship "Beaver"  
Battles engaged in, with British man of war from Rhode Is. escaped
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stonington, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept 24 1832.
Residence at date of application, Volney, Onondaga Co. New York.
Age at date of application, Feb 6, 1757 at Stonington, Conn.
Remarks: His claim was allowed. There is no reference to any kinship to Capt John Breed.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
   Aug. 1778 6 mos. Thomas Wheeler Colonel Chapman   Feb. 1778 2 mos. Elijah Brase ✓   July or Aug. 1779 8 days. John Breed ✓   Oct 1779 2 wks. Nathaniel Johnson armed foot   Oct. 1782 2 mos. 1 st Sergt. Amos Gallup ✓  

1912 Apl. 3. Hist. to Dwight P. Breed &
Reorgan
12. 298 INVALID.
File No. 12, 298
Oliver Breed
Prim. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes  XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months; and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

GRINNELL COLLEGE
FOUNDED 1847
J. H. T. MAIN, PH. D., L. L. D., PRESIDENT
REV. DWIGHT P. BREED, PH. D., FIELD SECRETARY
EASTERN ADDRESS: COMMONWEALTH HOTEL, BOSTON, MASS.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
GRINNELL, IOWA 27 March 1912.
Sir:
I would be grateful for such information as your records may afford, if any, concerning Captain John Breed , of Col. Cenny's regiment in service during the revolutionary war. Also like information concerning Oliver Breed  S 12298 who in 1775. enlisted in Capt. John Breed's Company and after several other enlistments, was 1 st Sergeant in Capt. Amos Gallup's Company.
And I particularly desire to learn, if possible, whether the Capt. John Breed mentioned, was either father or brother to Oliver Breed - the latter's father's name was John and he had a brother by the name of John.
I make this inquiry of your office at the suggestion of the Adjutant General, U. S. A..
Yours sincerely
Dwight P. Breed
Hotel Commonwealth, Boston, Mass.