Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38607, James Chesebrough, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Chesebrough, James
S. 38607
CONTENTS

let to him S. D. Hubbardston 25. 1826
Nov. 20. 1823
18. 270 R
Connecticut  James Chefebrough
of Honington in the State of Conn o who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons & Prentiss of the Cont line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Cont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Sept 1821 and sent to A. G. Smith Esq r  Honington. Cont
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1821 . 367 46 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1822  48
40  28/  8  /30  360  7 46
$415.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1. 1820

James Cheetham -
Edinburgh
There was no file of licence at the time which the service is set forth in the declar- -ation and by the witness, to have been performed.
Edinburgh
Pension Office
24 April 1821.

State of Connecticut County of New London
Town of Stonington
On the Twelfth day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & eighteen, before me Elias Perkins Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of New London Personally came & appeared James James Christensen of said Stonington being duly sworn made solemn oath that sometime in the Month of December 1775 he enlisted as a Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. James Eldridge of Col. S. Root's Regiment in the Continental establishment for one year & he served under said enlistment faithfully till after the time he was taken Prisoner in Fort Washington & that he which was on the 16th of Novr 1776 that when he was taken Prisoner as aforesaid he was carried to New- York & that he remained a Prisoner three Months when he was exchanged by reason of which he never received any discharge that he is a resident citizen of the United States that the above enlistment was in the revolutionary war against the enemies of the United States & that he needs the assistance of his Country for his support & that he hereby relinquishes his all claims for any Pension he may be entitled to under the late acts of force allowed him under the same

The Home of the United States
James Charles Edmuns
Sworn before me
Miss Perkins Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cumberland County
I Elias Perkins Judge of the Court or Courts of Common Pleas for the County of New London, Do. Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Charles Edmuns did serve in the Revolutionary War as State in the preceding declaration against the Com- mon Enemy - & that the said James is about Sixty years of age -
and I now transmit the Proceedings & testimony taken & heard before me to the Secretary for the Depart- ment of War, pursuant to the directions of the afore- mentioned act of Congress. The foregoing declaration was made to me as the applicant declared in order to obtain the Provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War
Witness the Seal of the County Court of the County of New London aforesaid, which I have caused to be hereunto affixed
Miss Perkins Judge of the County Court in Court of Com. Pleas for Cumberland County

James Sherbrough
Connect line
Col Prentice
1 January 1776
By our Rolls it appears that Prentice was not appointed a Lieut. Col till 1 st Jan y 1777 - con- sequently, this Applicant could not have served under him as a Col. in 1776. - Returned for explanation, & for proof of service.
but see Leavenworth Records, he was Lt Col Aug 12. 1776

State & District of Connecticut New London County -
On this nineteenth day of June A D 1821 - personally appeared, in open Court, before the County Court now held in session at New London within and for the County of New London in said State, the same being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlim- ited in point of amounts, keeping a record of its proceedings, & having power of fine and imprisonment, James Chesebro 2 , aged about sixty five years, resident in the town of Stonington in said State, who being first duly sworn and ing to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - That he enlisted as a soldier, he thinks about the first of January 1776, in the company commanded by Capt James Eldredge, and regiment commanded by Col Samuel Mentice, for the term of one year - That he truly & faithfully served under his enlistment, in the Con- tinental line, on the Continental Estab- lishment, until he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, and then exchanged after being held a prisoner four or five months on board the old prison ship at New York That he made an application to obtain a pension under the law of the State of March 1818 on the 7th day of April

1818, in which a mistake was made with respect to the time of his enlistment &c which ought to have been stated as above according to his best recollection, unless he is still in an error with respect to the name of the commanding officer of the regiment at the time of his enlistment, who he thinks was Col. at the time, or made so during the time of his enlistment.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1818 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 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" and that I have not, nor any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any more other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and of which I have subscribed that I am by occupation a cooper.
The following is a schedule which contains all my property viz - one old bed & $5.00. 1 small old table 1.00. 1 brass kettle and 1 skillet (old), 50 - 2 old chairs, 50 = $7.00 James Chessbrough

Signed, sworn to, and declared on the 19 th day of June A D 1821 before said Court Charles Lethrop Clerk
I, Charles Lethrop Clerk of the County Court in said Drutland County do hereby certify that the foregoing oaths 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 seven dollars - In Teste meo whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 19 th day of June A D - 1821
Charles Lethrop Clerk of the County Court for Drutland County

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
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September 15, 1926.
Miss Jannette Burlingham Shullsburg Wisc
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 38607, it appears that James Chesebrough enlisted in November 1775 or in January 1776 and served as a private in Captain James Eldridge's Company, Colonels Parsons' and Samuel Prentice's Connecticut Regiment, he was at the battle of Flatbush, was taken prisoner, November 16, 1776 at Fort Washington and carried to New York, where he was put on the old prison ship, and held four or five months and then exchanged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, while a resident of Stonington, Connecticut, aged sixty-two years. He died November 20, 1833.
Widow referred to in 1846, no name stated, and there is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. James Chasebrough V.F. 38607
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov 1775 or Jan'y 1776 Feb. 16 1776 Pvt. James Eldridge Samuel Parsons Conn.    at Ft Washington  Taken prisoner & carried to New York  where he was put on the old prison ship  and held 4 or 5 mos. & then exchanged.   
Battles engaged in, Flatbush -  Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓  Date of application for pension, Apr. 7 1818 The d. al.  Residence at date of application, Stonington Conn.  Age at date of application, 62 yrs. died Nov. 20, 1823 *  Remarks: Widow referred to in 1846, no name stated.
* from Agawam book

MISS JANNETTE BURLINGHAM SHULLSBURG, WISCONSIN.
July 23, 1926.
Dear Sir;
I would like a copy of the application for pension of the Revolutionary soldier, JAMES CHEESEBROUGH born in Stonington, Conn. married Lucy Pendelton. Had a son William.
Also copy, in there is an application, of Captain ROGER BILLINGS, born March 19, 1708, probably in Stonington, married Abigail Dennison. His children were: Abigail (Coit), John, William, Peleg, Dorothy, Benjamin, Henry, Sabra (Brown) Mary (Dennison).
Very Truly Yours Jannette Burlingham

Hearny, Neb. Dec. 7. '11. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir,
Is there, in your department any record whatsoever, of James Cheesbrough soldier in the Revolution- ary War? Have been told that he was confined on the Prison Ships in N. Y. Harbor. He may have enlisted from Conn. but more probably from Rhode Island.
There were two James Cheesbroughs the one born 1736 1736 and 1762 are the ones I want
Respectfully Mrs Emma Cheesbrough Wort Hearny, Neb.

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widow in nl
38 607
Ray INVALID.
File No. 38,607
James Chesbrough Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb'y - 16 - 1904 to Anna C. Mildey, N.Y.
Feb'y 24, 1904 To above - name of a child in risk of us
Mch. 29, 1904, Hist. to Mrs. Frank Chesbro, attica, N.Y. Her letter in S.F. 37, 845
1911 Dec. 15 - Hist. to Mrs. Emma C. Frost, V. L. M.
1926 - Sept 15 - Hist. to Miss Janette Burlingame

Hon: John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington

Flonington August 2 nd 1821
Sir, I have again the honour to enclose you documents of Mr James Chesbrough in relation to his pension claim. I have a desire that all the facts should be correctly and satisfactorily stated. I forward two depositions in which the witnesses have been more particular in their statement. Mr Chesbrough has been able to attain the deposition of a Robt Robert Williams in relation to his claim, who appears to be an honest intelligent man; and who was well acquainted with Chesbrough in Revolutionary services together. Mr Williams has corrected the mistake made by Chesbrough in respect to the name of the Col y .
I am yours very respectfully Alexander S Smith

Peter Peter of Stonington in Middletown county and State of Connecticut, do Testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army, in the company commanded by Capt James Eldridge, and regiment commanded by Col Parsons, who was afterward made a general, then by Col Tyler who acted as Col, and I believe appointed such, then afterwards by Col Samuel Pointe. That I am well acquainted with James Chasebrough of said Stonington. That in the latter part of the year 1775, or first of Jany 1776, he enlisted as a Soldier in said Eldridges company, and said Regiment, in the Connecticut line, and continental establishment; That we were lying together on Long Island, That said Chasebrough left said company and joined the Rangers (called),
That he was with the Regiment in the battle at Flat Bush on Long Island. That from thence retreated to York Island, That said Chasebrough after he joined the Rangers was among those who were stationed in Fort Washington, and was there made a Prisoner and afterwards put on board the old Prison Ship in New York, That he faithfully served as far as I ever knew, or heard until his capture as aforesaid, which was I think in the month of November after his enlistment.
Dated Stonington July 25 th 1821
This
Peter
Mark

Deposition
with the Certificate as regards

New London County ss Stonington July 25 th 1821
Personally appeared Peter Peters the signer of the within deposition, and made oath to the same, . . . And I do hereby certify that this deponent is a credible witness, and without any interest, or any way connected with the claimants.
Sworn before me
Alexander G. Smith Justice of Peace For New London County

Washington Nov 24 th 1846
Th
I am requested to ask you whether James Sherbrough of Stonington Ct who died Nov 20 th 1823 appears in your book as a pensioner and if so whether his widow who is now in the almshouse will need any other proof than that of the marriage to entitle her to a share of the other what proof —
Respectfully yours &
Sam H Edwards
Sam H Sherbrough

Robert Witham, late of New York, now resident in near Stonington, State of Connecticut, do testify and say that, Mr James Chesebrough of Stonington, was a Soldier in the Revolutionary army, in the Connecticut line; and that he served in the year 1776, on the continental establishment faithfully until he was captured at Fort Washington in the fall of 1776, I think in the month of November, following his enlistment. That the officers who com- manded the regiment to which Eldridge's company belonged, were I think first Col. Parsons; afterward made a General, then Col. Siler, who acted as a Col. after Parsons, then in the fore part of the year 1777. Samuel Prentice was made a Lieut. Col., and the deponent says that said Chesebrough was belonged to the company of Rangers, was was one of the number that left Eldridge's company to join to join the Rangers, and while of the company of Rangers was made a prisoner at Fort Washington, according to his present recollection. And the deponent further says that he has examined Mr Chesebrough's declar- ations, and find that he has made a mistake in the name of the Col, who commanded the regiment during the time of his service, which the deponent has according to his best recollection, is corrected as above. And the deponent further says that from the year 1776 he was a Sergeant  in in Col Parsons Parsons Chapman's company, belonging to the same regiment with Chesebrough; and afterward an Ensign in Col Lee's company, Col Duryea's regiment, in 1777.

Deposition of R. Williams with the certificate as Regius, a 3

Dated Livingston, the 3 rd day of Aug t 1821 Robert Williams
New London County S t Livingston Aug t 1821 Personally appeared Robert Williams the signer of the foregoing deposition, and made oath to the same, and I do hereby certify that this deponent is a credible witness; and entirely disinterested.
Sworn before me
Alexander G. Dinsmore Justice of Peace For New London County