Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,597, Andrew Curtiss, Conn. New York

SERVICE
Conn New York
Burtiss, Andrew Eunice
NUMBER
R. 2597
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Connecticut 28.463
Andrew Curtis of Fairfield in the State of who was a pr in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by C. Swanton in the P. & N.Y. line for 7 months.
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of June 34 and Sept. 1834. D. Tomlinson. R.W. Smith
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 69.99 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept. 11.67 $81.66
Revolutionary Claim, Not paid 7, 1832. S. Chase Clerk,
Recorded By Book E Vol. 2 Page 7.

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield
ss. Bridgeport
On this 20 th day of May 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of District in & for Stratford District
now sitting, Andrew Curtis a resident of Trumbull in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged seventy five years, who being first sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. viz in the
month of April 1776. I enlisted into said Service at a place called Grater's Hill in the State of New York near the Town of Dover - my enlistment was for nine months which term of time I served out in full I cannot state the Regiment but the Colonel's name was Brant and the Captain's Moll. I cannot say whether or not I was in the Continental Troops. my belief is that I was & that my name will be found in the Rolls of Continental Troops - we mar- ched to Docks Hill & from there to King's Bridge on the Hudson where we staid until some time in the Fall we went to White Plains where there was a Battle - we after- wards crossed the River at a place called Black Horse & I was as dismissed at New Windsor in the Month of January 1777 - Capt Moll was promoted (at King's Bridge) & I said. (Curtis or Cook) was appointed our Captain - He came home at the same time I did - He lived about 2 miles from where I did - I lived at the time of my enlistment with one Daniel Brick now due his Brother Silas Brick enlisted with me Weeks was the name of our Sergeant - I know of no person by whom I can prove this Service except my Brother Aaron Curtis now in Court
I was Born - July 1757 at Trumbull Fairfield County Conn. to which place I came soon after my return to Grater's Hill & have always remained at said Trumbull. Shortly after my return to Trumbull I was drafted into the Militia to go on Guard at Milford in New Haven County Connecticut & there I served from one to three months to the best of my knowledge I cannot state positively how long - Capt Moll of Milford & Lieut Foulkinson of Derby were officers in the Guard. both da r I cannot produce any testimony to this Service
I was afterwards drafted & went to Fairfield on Guard to the best of my knowledge more than one month & it may be three months I cannot state the time I only know that the drafts were generally for three months and for an Ensign of Trumbull now due was drafted & went with me to Fairfield but I cannot produce any testimony of this Service

2. Further State that I have not any Record of my age or Discharge from Service - I am 80 years old - I am half older than my Brother Edward Curtis - I am well known to Elam Hawley Esq. Dist. Ma. At S t Humbolt & 10 Miles District formerly of S t Humbolt but now of Bridgeport who can testify to my character - I cannot give the testimony of a clergyman as the clergyman in Humbolt has been recently settled
The said Andrew Curtis hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Andrew Curtis
We, Elam Hawley  residing residing in the town of Sumberton and Stiles Nichols of Bridgeport & residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Andrew Curtis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 75 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and date aforesaid.
Elam Hawley Stiles Nichols
25661. Andrew Curtis Fairfield County, Connecticut
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Elam Hawley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in town of Humbolt and that Stiles Nichols who has also signed to same, is a resident of the town of Bridgeport and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Wheeler Judge
I, R. S. Nichols Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Curtis for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 29 th day of May  1832 1833
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
I, John Wheeler Judge of the Court of Probate in & for Shelburn District  at at R. S. Nichols is clerk of said Court & that the foregoing is his signature with the seal of said Court annexed John Wheeler Judge

State of Connecticut On this 4th Day of February Fairfield County 2 1834
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate in the for the District of Shalford in the County of Fairfield named Applicant Andrew Curtis, being first sworn, further Declares & says that he did serve on guard at Fairfield & at Milford and in his former declarations is stated that from Sep Oct Nov etc he is not able to give any farther particulars in relation to those two periods of service nor can he find any further evidence of the same & must therefore relinquish his claim to a Pension for whose service if the evidence already offered is not sufficient But the App- licant says that he cannot be mistaken in the fact that he served as before stated nine months in Col. Swanton's Regiment - all the circumstances connected with that service are such as render it impossible that the Applicant should be mistaken - It was his first service - he was away from home in the State of New York when he enlisted & these & the other circumstances
Andrew Curtis
Swanton
stated in his former declarations are proof that he is not mistaken - I was an Apprentice to Daniel Brice at the time of starting business when I left him & enlisted as before stated - I have always remembered the fact that I enlisted for nine months - Daniel Caulkins (or Corkins) was the officer who enlisted me - Capt Brice was promoted & Daniel Caulkins was then made Captain. He (Caulkins) dismissed us at New Windsor in January & recalled that we crossed the North River about Sun down & that we marched all that night. I went to Goshen where I staid a few days & then came home to my Father's I was disappointed with Brice's work room & had expected to learn a trade but not being bound to him I enlisted as before stated - I have made diligent inquiry & cannot procure other evidence than that of my Mother Eunice and a Pensioner whose testimony is annexed I may possibly be mistaken in the year but I think not - I was in at Ball's & White Plains & was routed down by a body of the enemy which was shot away by a Cannon Ball & I well remember that Col. Swanton was near me & that when I got up he laughed & said that he had killed for & he replied he could not help it if it had killed me dead - I know that I was called a Continental Soldier & therefore I have supposed
Andrew Curtis
Swanton

That my name would be found on the Rolls — (4.) I recollect that one Richard Nichols came from Long Island & that he stated that his Father was fighting on the other side —
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Subscribed & Sworn to Andrew Curtis on the day & year aforesaid Before me — Mark Moore Judge February 4 th 1834
S. Everard & Lemuel of the Town of Humbull in Senfield County (now in Court) testify that I am Brother to the within named Applicant & in my 74 th year — I was living at Home when my Brother Andrew left & went to Quaker Hill to live with Daniel Brick — We heard that He had enlisted & in the Fall of the year I went to Quaker Hill to see my Brother but He had not then returned and I did not see Him. I staid two or 3 days with one Joseph Broth one of our Neighbors who had moved to that place — In the Summer of 1776 I think in July I was in the Military Service in the city of New York at at while I was there I heard that my Brother was in the Service in the army at Kingsbridge — I further state that after his return to Humbull which was in the Winter He went into the Service on Grand & I think was stationed at Milford in Court. I at Black Rock or Longport part of the time — but how long He served as friend or the time when I cannot state — of the nine months Service in New York I have not the least doubt as it was well understood in the Family & I know of his being gone
Everard Curtis
Subscribed & sworn to in Court before me Tilden Wheeler Judge
Attest
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
I Tilden Wheeler of the County of Bedford in the Land District of Bedford certify that the above named Everard & Lemuel is a credible witness
Tilden Wheeler Judge

No 25661
Andrew Curtis Fairfield County Connecticut
No 1
Admit a per cent 7 months $23.33
of a large sum of money due
Hon. G. Tomlinson U.S. Senate. am d March 27 - 1834 Filed Wheeler Bridgeport Connecticut

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Andrew Curtis Fairfield County Connecticut
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist apt. 1776 - 9 - private Col Swartout, Col Mott, 75 years Fairfield County Connecticut Traditional evidence & one Witness certified credible - paper authentic   Draft / " Col Mallet   Draft / " officers not named Battle of White Plains  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
The service of Genl in Col Frankmonts regiment of militia cannot be admitted unless upon distinct proof

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 declaration is highly objectionable. In every in every case, he clearly shows under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [c] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
that de early as 1776 is extremely improbable and

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss.
On this 25 th day of May 1844 - Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Stratford in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut Nathaniel Curtis, aged 51 Years, Joseph L. Curtis - 49, Sarah Curtis 47, Miranda Curtis, 44, Eliel Curtis 42 and Sheldon Curtis aged 37 Years - Residents of the Towns of Stratford and Trumbull in said Fairfield County, who being first duly sworn according to Law, do on their oaths, make the following - Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Cong. passed July 7 th 1838, "Entitled an Act Granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows" That they are the only Children & Heirs of Andrew Curtis by his Wife Eunice Curtis, both lately of the Town of Trumbull in S. Fairfield County, & both now deceased. That their Parents the said Andrew & Eunice lived & Resided in S. Town of Trumbull during their whole lives, & that their Father the S. Andrew was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832 after the Rate of $23.33 cents per Annum, and died in said Town of Trumbull on the 8 th day of November 1834 aged 77 Years leaving their Mother the said Eunice a Widow, who was never afterwards Married, but remained his Widow, to the day of her death, which happened in S. Town of Trumbull on the 24 th day of March 1839, on which day their Mother the S. Eunice died aged 69 Years. They also further declare, that they have not been able to find any Record evidence of the Marriage of their Parents, the S. Andrew, and Eunice, whose Maiden Name was Eunice Hall, but that they were Married by the Rev. Azariah Wetmore, in the latter part of the Summer or Fall of the Year 1792, in proof of which, we would refer to the Deposition of Everitt Curtis & other documents accompanying this our declaration. They also further state that their Mother the S. Eunice, never applied for a Pension, nor did she ever receive any. That the Law of July 7 th 1838, granting Pensions to certain Widows, having become a Law but a few Months previous to her death, she had no knowledge that she was entitled to a Pension under the provision of that Act - Neither had we the Children and Heirs as aforesaid, become acquainted with the fact, that it was our Mother's right, we were entitled to all arrears of Pension due her at her decease. We now therefore claim, that we as the only Children and Heirs of the said Andrew and Eunice, are entitled to all arrears of Pension due our Mother the said Eunice Curtis at her decease, particularly for the term of three Years, up to the time of her death, after the rate of $23.33 cents per Annum being the annual amount of the Pension, granted to our Father the S. Andrew Curtis, under the

Act of June 7 th 1832 for the further proof of our Father the said Andrew Curtis having been a Pensioner of the United States we would beg leave to refer to the documents in the Office at Washington. Also for the establishing of the facts of the Marriage and Deaths of our Parents the said Andrew & Eunice we would refer to the Deposition of Everett Curtis. Paul at New Bedford, & Dr. William S. Hildreth herewith forwarded - and with this our Declaration and the documents accompanying the same, we would respectfully submit our Claim
Nathaniel Curtis
Josephine L. Curtis
Yull Curtis
Mariana L. Curtis
Eliza Curtis
Sheldon Curtis
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Before me John Goulding Judge
I David Brooks Jr Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stratford in Fairfield County Connecticut do certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the Application of the above named Children and heirs of Andrew & Eunice Curtis due for arrears of Pension due them in their Mother's right. I also certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Andrew Curtis the above named, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and died in the town of Trumbull in S. Fairfield County on the 5 th day of March 1824 leaving a Widow by the name of Eunice & that his Widow the said Eunice, died in S. Town of Trumbull on the 4 th day of March 1839. That the said Andrew & Eunice had six Children born unto them, all of whom are now living as is set forth in the above and foregoing Declaration.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 25 th day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and forty four
David Brooks Jr Clerk
I certify that David Brooks Jr is Clerk of said Court & that his signature to the above with the seal of said Court thereto annexed is genuine
John Goulding Judge

2597
P. O.
Emmice Courtis
Service:
widow of Andrew
Enlisted:
, 18
Discharged:
, 18
REJECTED
Application filed:
, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for
, 18

V No 11028
Rejected,
Lt. David Brooks,
June 10. 1844.
to same June 15. 1844.
2597

Remarks, made by request of And re Curtis, the within named applicant, to J. L. Edwards Esq r Commis r of Pensions June 2 d 1834.
In addition to his former testimony he now sends a certificate of the Rev d Mr. Kant a clergyman, two Justices of the Peace and one of the Selectmen, all of the town & neighborhood where he resides — Also a certificate proving that Mark Moore Esq r is now, and was on the 4 th of Feb y 1834 (when the applicant's 2 nd or supplementary declaration was made) Judge of the Court Probate for the District of Stratford, which supplementary declaration is on the 3 rd & 4 th pages of the within document.
From the proof he trusts you can have no doubt of his services, altho he may be mistaken as to the particular year — As to the Colonel under whom he served there may have been two Col: Swartwouts in the army of the Revolution or the Col: Swartwout he refers to may have held the office of Major when the applicant first enlisted, and being afterwards Colonel, & hearing him called so, the applicant may have since imbibed the idea (through failure of memory) that he was Col: at the time he enlisted, — but from a particular circumstance related by the applicant at the bottom of page 3 rd , it would seem that he must have then been under the command of Colonel Swartwout, or some officer by that name — though at this late period, he is unable further to explain the matter.
He is an infirm old man & prays that his case may be acted on as speedily as possible, that he may before dies have the satisfaction of knowing that his services have been rewarded by his country.

Let me see the papers of your friends
June 2 1812
Col. M. Edwards
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Shattuck 67 May 31

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Stratford 6 th May 31 st 1844
Dear Sir,
I herewith forward the Declaration of the heirs of Adrew & Eunice Curtis, in claiming a pension in their Mother's right. The facts are that Adrew Curtis of Trumbull was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832 after the act of 1831-33 and died on the 5 th day Oct. 1834 leaving a Widow whose Maiden name was Eunice Hall, who died on the 4 th of March 1839. They had 6 children all of whom are still living. Their parents the S d Adrew & Eunice were married in the year 1792. No record evidence to be had of their marriage, but the testimony of respectable witnesses, accompanying their declaration will tend to establish their marriage. Mrs. Curtis was never after the death of the S d Adrew again married & was never pensioned. The heirs now claim that they are entitled in their Mother's right, to a pension from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th of March 1839. Should the documents accompanying their declaration, on an examination, be found such as that they are entitled under the Act of July 7 th 1838, or any act that may have been passed touching their case. You will please forward me their certificate for such sum as may be found due.
I am Sir Respectfully
Your Ob d Serv t
Glavin Brooks

11028 June 3 rd 1844
Can on Eunice Curtis Dec. 7 July 1838
Free Hon J. G. Edwards Museum of Fine Arts Newport R.I.

Dear J. L. Edwards
Shelburne May 31. 1844
Enclosed are the documents & papers of the heirs of Andrew & Eunice Curtis, alluded to in my letter forwarded to you this day -
Respectfully Yours W. Tut
David Brooks

Atkins B. June 18 1844
Free
June 18 1844
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Stratford June 13 th 1844
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 10 th Inst. informing me that the application of the heirs of Eunice Curtis, dec. under the act of July 7 th 1838, had been rejected, on the ground that she was not a Widow at the time of the passing of the act. I have thought proper to state the following facts in this case, which will appear by the documents accompanying their application. His Andrew Curtis a Revolutionary Pensioner, died in the town of Tumbull in Herkfield County on the 5 th day of Nov. 1834. leaving a Widow & six Children. His Widow, Eunice Curtis, died in S. town of Tumbull on the 4 th day of March 1839. Not having again been Married, since the death of her husband the S. Andrew, nor had she ever been pensioned. I would particularly refer to the testimony of Everett Curtis, & Dr. Wm. S. Nuttall, tending to establish those facts. & for the further proof of the S d Andrew Curtis having been a pensioner, would refer to the documents in the Office at Washington. As Mrs. Curtis was a Widow on the 7 th day of July 1838. & died on the 4 th day of March 1839 & that she had been a Widow from the 5 th day of Nov. 1834. It was thought the heirs were justly entitled under the act of July 7. 1838. Under these circumstances I would respectfully solicit a Review of the above case.
I am Sir very Respectfully Your O bed Servant David Brooks
Hon ble J. L. Edwards. Commission of Pensions Washington D. C.

State of Connecticut ss. Trumbull in the County of Fairfield We Elijah Middlebrook David Beach David Beardslee (James Grant Morgan)
Selectmen & Justices of the peace for said town & County residing in said town, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Curtis of said Trumbull, who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration, and we believe him to be seventy six years of age, at the present time; - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. May 28 th 1834.
Elijah Middlebrook Justice of the Peace David Beach Justice of the Peace David Beardslee Select Man James Grant Pastor of the Presbyterian Church Trumbull
State of Connecticut ss. Trumbull in the County of Fairfield On the 28 th day of May 1834 - Personally appeared the the above named Elijah Middlebrook David Beach David Beardslee & James Grant, credible witnesses and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed in my presence -
Elam Hawley Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut ss. Court of Probate for the District of Stratford - I Roswell S. Nichols, Clerk of said Court do certify that Elam Hawley Esq r whose name is subscribed to the certificate next above, is a justice of the Peace for said County of Fairfield; - and I do also certify that Mark Moore Esq r is now judge of the said Court of Probate, and was on the 4 th day of February 1834 when the supplementary declaration of Andrew Curtis hereto annexed was made in said Court - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Bridgeport this 2 nd day of June A.D. 1834. -
R. S. Nichols Clerk.
I Mark Moore judge of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Stratford, do certify that Roswell S. Nichols is Clerk of said Court and that the foregoing is his signature with the seal of said Court affixed. June 2 nd 1834. - Mark Moore judge

11.028
July 2. 1838
Conn.
Eunice Curtis, d.
Widow of Andrew.

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss. Stratford May 25 th 1844
I David Brooks Jr. Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stratford in said Fairfield County hereby certify that Hezekiah S. Nichols is a justice of the Peace in & for S. Fairfield County, duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature to the depositions of Everett Curtis & Huldah Beardlee in the matter of the application of the heirs of Andrew & Eunice Curtis for a pension is genuine. Also do certify that John Goulding is a justice of the Peace in and for S. Fairfield County duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature to the deposition of William F. Hutton in the case above mentioned is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court This 25 th day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and forty four.
David Brooks Jr. Clerk

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County - ss.
On this 15 day of April 1844 Personally appeared before me Hezekiah S. Nichols a Justice of the Peace in & for S. Fairfield County and State aforesaid Everitt Curtis a resident of the Town of Trumbull in said Fairfield County aged 85 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath depose and say, that he is the Brother of Andrew Curtis late of said Trumbull deceased, who was a Revolution- ary Pensioner of the United States, and died in S. town of Trumbull, on the 5 th day of November 1834 and that the said Andrew Curtis was Married to Eunice Hall of said Trumbull by the Rev. Azariah Wetmore & according to his, but knoweth & believeth the latter part of the Summons in the Year 1792 - cannot state the particular day, but that he was personally present at the Wedding and saw the Marriage ceremony performed - That the said Andrew Curtis died in S. Trumbull leaving his Wife the s d Eunice a Widow, and that she was never afterwards Married but remained the Widow of the s d Andrew untill the day of her death which happened in said Trumbull in the early part of the Spring of 1839 and according to his best knowledge & belief on the 4 th day of March of that Year. That the said Andrew had born unto him by his Wife the said Eunice six Chil- dren all of whom are now living - viz, Nathaniel, Joseph, Maranda, Hull - Eli, and Sheldon - four of which are now living and residing in said Town of Trumbull - viz, Nathaniel - Joseph, Maranda and Sheldon - the other two viz - Hull and Eli, are now living & residing in the town of Stratford in said Fairfield County.
General Certificate
Sworn and subscribed this 15 th day of April 1844 -
Before me - Hezekiah S. Nichols Justice of the Peace
I certify that Everitt Curtis who signed the above Deposition in my presence is a person of credibility & his testimony entitled to full credit & belief - & further certify that the word "part" of the Summons in the Year 1792 and the word Children in the above Deposition was added before signing -
Hezekiah S. Nichols Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County } ss.
On this 15 th day of April 1844 personally appeared before me Hesechieh S. Nichols a Justice of the Peace in and for S. Fairfield County and State against Hulda Bearstee Widow of A. C. Bearstee late of Trumbull in S. Fairfield County decd, a resident of the Town of Trumbull in S. County aged 89 Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose & say that she was well acquainted with Andrew Curtis late of Trumbull decd who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and with his Widow Eunice Curtis (now decd), whose Maiden Name was Eunice Hall. That the said Andrew & Eunice was lawfully married as she verily believes, in the Year 1792 by the Rev. Ligerick Wetmore. That the said Andrew and Eunice lived together as Man and Wife a number of Years in S. Town of Trumbull, and had six Children born unto them, all of whom are still living. That at the Birth of their first Child, named Nathaniel, she was visiting at the S. Eunice Curtis, during her confinement, which Child was born the 23 rd day of February 1793. That she was intimately acquainted with the S. Andrew & Eunice, both before & after their Marriage, & was not personally present at the time the Marriage Ceremony was performed, nevertheless she feels assured, that there cannot be a shadow of doubt, but that they were legally and lawfully married -
In Presence of Darius Brooks Hesechieh S. Nichols
Hulda her Bearstee Mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 15 th day of April 1844 - Hesechieh S. Nichols
Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Hulda Bearstee & that she is a person of credibility and entitled to full credit & belief - And that the Word Oath in the above deposition was interlined before signing & the erasure of Nursets , and the Word Visiting at , was made before signing -
Hesechieh S. Nichols
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss.
On this 23 rd day of May 1844. Personally appeared before me John Goulding a Justice of the Peace in & for said Fairfield County and State aforesaid William S. Shelton a resident of the town of Stratford in S. Fairfield County aged 52 Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath depose and say that he was personally acquainted with Andrew Curtis dec. late of the town of Trumbull in said Fairfield County, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and died in S. town of Trumbull on the 5 th day of November 1834 - leaving a Widow, by the name of Eunice, with whom this deponent was also personally acquainted. That the said Andrew & Eunice, lived together as Man & Wife for many years, & no doubt were lawfully married. Had been unto them six children, all of whom this deponent is well acquainted with, & all of which are now living. That the said Eunice remained the Widow of the said Andrew Curtis to the day of her death, which took place in S. town of Trumbull on the 4 th day of March 1839. That he had frequently visited the family in the line of his Profession as a Physician, & became acquainted with the facts as above stated. That this deponent was called to a Patient of his in S. town of Trumbull on the 5 th day of March 1839 - with whom he tarried all night, and understanding that the above named Eunice Curtis, lay dead in S. town of Trumbull, he called at her house on the morning of the 6 th day of March 1839 & saw her Corpse, & on which day the said Eunice was buried. That he has since seen the Monuments, erected to the memory of the S. Andrew, and Eunice, in the burying yard at S. Trumbull, and read the inscriptions on the same, & cannot be mistaken as to the time of their deaths.
Wm S Shelton
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Before me John Goulding Justice of Peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a person of credibility and whose testimony is entitled to full credit and belief. I also further certify that the words in the above deposition of "with" in the 3 rd line from the top & of "day" in the 4 th line from the bottom & the amendment in the word "visited" were made before signing.
John Goulding Justice of Peace