Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3971, Jesse Davis, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Davis, Jesse Gennings, Mary (Former widow)
R. 3971
CONTENTS
Abel

12631. Declaration of
Mary Jennings Jem Davis Conn.
Act 7 July '38.
Elisha Stearns, Tolland, Conn.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress of July 7 th 1838, and the 23 rd August 1842.
State of Connecticut } Tolland County } ss. Probate District of Stafford On this fourth day of March 1844 Personally appeared before me at her house in Stafford in said Tolland County, she not being able to attend the Court by reason of infirmity the Declaration was taken at her house in the District of Stafford County and State aforesaid Mary Jennings, a resident of Stafford in the District County and State aforesaid, aged 87 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 Acts of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and the 23 rd of August 1842 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she was the Widow of Jesse Davis, formerly of Stafford in Tolland County and State of Connecticut who served as a private in the War of the Revolution.
That he first served in Capt. Elijah Robinson Company in Major or Col o Roger Enos' Battalion from the month of May 1775 to the month of August of the same year for a period of three or four months at Roxbury Massachusetts. And she further states that her husband was in the Revolutionary Service two tours her impression is that he went to Harlem Heights. I think he was gone this tour about seven months he was out in the service in all about one year. I do not recollect the year that he went to Harlem Heights. I have heard my husband tell the names of the officers under which he served in this tour but I have forgotten their names. And she furthermore declares that on the 28 th day of March Seventeen hundred and Eighty two she was married to the said Jesse Davis at Somers in Tolland County Connecticut by the Rev. Charles Backus D.D. who was Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Somers at that time.

That she lived with her said husband, the said Jesse Davis, until the 24 th day of January 1807 when he died in Mansfield in the State of Massachusetts. And that she was married to Abel Jennings of said Mansfield on the 19 th day of December 1815; and that he died at said Mansfield on the 17 th day of March 1838 and that she has remained a widow ever since said last mentioned day and is still a Widow. That she was not married to him said Davis prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
Mary Jennings The alteration of J to G. in the word Jennings was made before signing. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first written before me
Lina Winter Judge of Probate for the District of Stafford Tolland County Ct.
State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } Probate District of Stafford March 4 th . 1846
I George L Winter Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stafford hereby certify that Lina Winter Esq before whom the foregoing Declaration was taken is Judge of the Court of Probate for said District of Stafford duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court the day and year above written.
George L. Winter Clerk

I Joseph Vail, a resident of Somers in Tolland County and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, that I have this day examined the records of the marriages solemnized by the Rev Charles Backus D.D. who was Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Somers from the year 1774 till the year 1803, and there is entered in its regular place in the series of entries, in the hand writing of the said Charles Backus D.D. (with whose hand writing I am acquainted), under the Caption of "Marriages", the following entry, viz, Seventeen hundred and eighty two, March twentyeighth,
Jesse Davis of Stafford, and Mary Billings of Somers,
And I certify, that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair and legible figures, as follows, "1782 March 28 th , Jesse Davis of Stafford and Mary Billings of Somers".
I, Joseph Vail above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Somers, and of Clerk of the same, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said Charles Backus D.D., with

the exception above named, as certified by me, and that I have the custody of the aforesaid records.
Joseph Vail's Pastor of the Cong. Church in Somers & Clerk thereof.
The foregoing certificate of Rev d Joseph Vail of Somers in Tolland County in the State of Connecticut, was subscribed and sworn to before me, in said Somers, on the fifth day March A.D. 1846, and I certify, that he the said Joseph Vail is, at this time, Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Somers, and Clerk of the same, and a credible person.
Done and dated at Somers aforesaid on the day last named.
Oliver Chapin Justice of the Peace for said Tolland County

State of Connecticut County of Tolland } ss County Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court within & for said Tolland County Do Certify that Oliver Chapin Esq & Lina Winter Esq are both justices of the peace for Tolland County both residing within said County and having been duly appointed by the Legislature of this State, Commissioned by the Governor of sd State sworn into sd office & acting in sd Capacity - That their commission now in this office bears date the 11 th day of June 1845 and will continue until the 20 th day of June 1846 and that the several signatures to the accompanying certifi- cates purporting to be the official signatures of sd justices are all genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of sd County at Tolland this 14 th day of March AD 1846 Jeremiah Parish Clerk

V 12. 631.
Mary Jennings Conn.
Let. to E. Stearns, June 8, '46 " " same, Nov. 11, '46.
3971
Act 71 July '38.

REJECTED
3971.
P. O.
Mary Jennings
Service: former wid. of Jesse Davis
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Less Davis 3 m o 10 d

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford 10 Sept. 1846
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Jesse Davis in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office relating to that war, and find a paper headed, "A Pay Roll of the 3 d Co. of the 2 d Reg t rais'd per order General Assembly Colony Connec t May, 1775", of which Roger Enos, is entered as Major & Lt. Col. & Elijah Robinson, as Lieut. & Captain from 1 st July. And wherein is the name of Jesse Davis who is stated to have enlisted May 9 th & to have been discharged Aug. 9 th , serving 3 months & 10 days, "including time to return home" &c.
Mason Glevenden Comptroller

Tottland, Conn, Oct 26 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq Com d Sir
These papers & the memo d from the clerk were rec d from your office the 24 inst by which it appears that I made a mistake in the Christian name of the applicant in the application to the Secretary of Mass s ; not having her name before me at the time. I perceive by your letter to me of the 8 th of June last that it is Mary and that her name is thus spelt with G instead of J being "Mary Gennings" They are they same concern, the application to the Secretary Palfrey and the Declaration of Mary Gennings, as you have searched among your papers in vain for a declaration in favor of Martha Gennings - I hope my mistake will not prejudice the claim - I believe the claim is made under the Act of July 7 1838
I feel greatly obliged by the suggestion of this error
Very Respectfully Your Obed Serv t Elisha Stearns

Tolland Conn, March. 14 1826
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of pensions Sir
Herewith I send you the pension application of Mary Gummings of Stafford Conn, and the evidence in support of it Very Respectfully Your Old Servt Elizabeth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Aug t 10. 1840
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 Jesse Davis is borne upon a List of men raised for the term of Nine Months, as a private of Mendon. No officers named, and said list is not dated, No roll of Capt Robertson, Col Enns.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Parsons; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for certificate of Revolutionary Service made by the widow of the party who rendered the service
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls, in his office of the service of my husband Jesse Davis, now deceased, in the war of the Revolution
He was a native of the town of Stafford in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut - He enlisted as the volunteer in the town of Meriden County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts about the year 1775 or 1776 in a company commanded by Capt Robertson Reg t of Foot Enn. and served about 3 months at Roxbury & Cambridge near Boston in the revolutionary war supposed to be a private My memory does not enable me to state the service more particularly My declaration for a pension for this and other service has been forwarded to the pension office After the death of my said husband I married
Jennings who is also dead
Dated at Tolland Conn, July 2 1846
Signed by said Attorney
In presence of Salmon A. Storrs
Justice of Peace
Martha Jennings By her Atty Elisha Stearns

I Daniel Davis of Stafford in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged 87 years testify and say that my brother Jesse Davis served as a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War two tours of duty - one tour was for the term of six months, but I can not recollect the names of the officers of the company or Regiment. The impression upon my mind is that the six months service was performed at or near New York. The length of the other term of service I do not remember. I and my brother then both lived in Stafford - I was not out in the service at all Daniel Davis
Tolland County ss Stafford March 4. 1846. Personally appeared Daniel Davis who subscribed his name to the above deposition in my presence & made oath to the truth of the same before me. And I certify that I am acquainted with the Deponent & that he is a credible witness. Lima Winter Justice of the Peace

I William Patten a resident of Stafford in Tolland County aged 93 years do hereby depose and say that in the time of the Revolutionary War I was well acquainted with Jesse Davis then of said Stafford. I am well knowing to the fact that in or about the year 1775 the said Jesse Davis went as a private soldier under Capt. Elijah Robinson in Major or Col. Roger Enos's Battalion that he went to Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts and my impression is that he served for a period of between three & four months. I was present with J Davis in the service. William Patten
Tolland County ss Stafford March 4 th 1846
Personally appeared William Patten who subscribed his name to the above Deposition in my presence & made oath to the truth of the same before me And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Deponent & that he is a credible witness
Oliver Winton Justice of the Peace

The Deposition of Daniel Davis & Roxena Davis —

I Daniel Davis Jun. & Roxcena Davis his wife of Stafford in the County of Tolland Conn. of lawful age do testify & say that Jessa Davis of Monson died January 1807. And Mary his widow married Unto Abel Jennings about the year 1815, & he the said Abel Jennings Died in March 1838.
Further the deponents sayeth not.
Daniel Davis Jun Roxcena Davis
Hampden County } ss Monson March 6 th 1846 personally appeared Daniel Davis Jun. & Roxcena Davis & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed before me Jonathan Torrey Justice peace
Monson March 6 th 1846
This may certify that Daniel Davis Jun. & Roxcena Davis signers of the foregoing deposition are credable witness certified by me Jonathan Torrey Justice peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that Jonathan Torrey Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Torrey and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Six
Richd Bliss Clerk.

Jesse Davis R. 3971
I believe this Mary Gennings last husband was Abel Gennings, S. 29926. See my notes in that case. When the record of this Jesse Davis is called for, send the Abel Gennings, too.
MSD
Aug. 1939