Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10313, Edmond Daman, Conn.

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NUMBER
Conn.
Daman, Edmond Deming, Edmund Bethiah
W 10313
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Edmond Daman Declaration & Affidavit
Private, Col. Durkeens Regt Connieticut Line 1776-1783. dec 15 th Ap l 1878
A. M. M.

2m 11 Edmond Daman of Hebron in the County of Tolland in Connecticut; Testifies & declares on oath that, in the month of March A.D. 1776 he enlisted in Capt. Thomas Dyers Company "Col. John Durmey's Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army, & in Genl. Samuel Holden Parsons' Brigade. He enlisted for One Year as a soldier & served in the revolutionary war the full term of one year against the common Enemy. The Captain Dyer was promoted & Captain Daniel Tilden of Lebanon in Connecticut commanded the Company in which sd Daman served the latter part of the year 1776 & when the Troops retreated from Long Island, & afterwards from Fort Lee through the Jerseys, the sd Daman was with sd Company & Regiment & was also in the engagement that took place on sd Long Island before the retreat of the American Army as aforesaid. And after having served one full year as a soldier against the common Enemy, on the Continental establishment — he was honourably & regularly discharged by the sd Colonel John Durmey — but said Discharge is lost & is not in existence to his knowledge. The said Daman says that he is & ever was a Citizen of the United States, and resides in sd Hebron and is reduced in his circumstances in life, & is in need of support assistance for support from his Country. ~ Hebron April 15. th 1818 Edmund Daman sworn

County of Tolland Is Hebron April 15 th A.D. 1818 Personally appeared Edmond Daman & being sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the preceding Declaration by him subscribed, before me Sylvester Gilbert Judge of County Ct
State of Connecticut Is County of Tolland I Sylvester Gilbert presiding Judge of the County Court in s d County, do certify that it is proved to my satisfaction, that the s d Edmond Daman did serve in the revo- lutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common Enemy; and is returned, & with assistance for support now transmit the proceedings & testimony had & taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress in this behalf made & provided Hebron April 15 th 1818 Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid

Joseph Clark Esq r of Columbia, in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut testifies & says that, he knew Edmond Damon now of Hebron in the County of Tolland to be enlisted & that he actually served one year at the time & places & in the Comp y & Regiment mentioned in his preceding Declaration; & understood him to have been honourably discharged. And the sd Clark further says that he is clearly of opinion that he needs assistance from his Country for support Joseph Clark Hebron April 25 th 1818
Signed Tolland County ss Hebron April 25 th 1818 personally came before me Sylvester Gilbert presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Tolland County, the above named Joseph Clark Esq r Counsellor at Law, & made solemn Oath to the truth of the preceding Affidavit by him subscribed before me He the said Clark being well known to me as a person of truth, & one who served in the revolutionary war Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid

Mr. Post-Master Genl. 28th Feb 1821. H. Clinton Secy of War New York, Connecticut
V9517 R Connecticut Edmund D. Daman
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a _____ in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ of the Connecticut line, for the term of _____
inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of _____ 1818 and sent to _____ Fullam, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of _____ 85.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending _____ 18 10 30 35      85 33 29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
_____ Conn.

Edmond Daman
108
First schedule
being first application under the last act
9517
Sep 1819
Em
Ebenezer Stearns Esq.
Tolland Court

District of Connecticut ss County of Tolland At a Court of Common Pleas held at Tolland in open said Court on the 3 rd Tuesday the 2 nd of February a Court of Record having the power of fine & imprisonment of Feb. 1821, personally appeared in open Court Edmund Damon aged 67 years resident in Hebron in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war one year at one time that he enlisted in March 1776 into a company commanded by Capt Thomas Dyer & Capt Daniel Tilden in Col. John Durkee, Reg. in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army and served as a faithful soldier therein one year as stated in his original declaration on file now in the office of the Secretary of War bearing date the 15 th day of April 1818 and that he now holds a certificate for pension No 9519 -
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent whereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revo- lutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person

in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the evidence here to annexed & by me submitted
Evidence of property belonging to Edmund Dorman -
  Due on back  20.00    1 sheet  1.50    1 broad axe 1.25 one adz 1.00 handaxe .50  2.75    3 augers 1.00 1 tenon saw .67 2 chisels .34  2.01     $26.26  
Family One son by the name of John Russell Dorman in Carolina - one son named Horace Gray Dorman in Alabama one son named George in Louisiana in Georgia one daughter named Polly somewhere in Connecticut and about fifteen years old the youngest child
Edmund Dorman
The declarant is reduced in his circumstances in need of assistance from his country for support

I mean to read declared by the said Bernard Damon on the 27 th day of Feb D 1821 before said Court and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 26 doll. 26 cents and that the said Damon is reduced in his circumstances in life & in need of support from his country.
I Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Tolland do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 6 th day of March D 1821.
E. Stearns Clerk Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Tolland

Connecticut — No. 16
Esther Dunning
Widow of Edward Dunning
who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a Private
in Colonel
described on the Roll at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of June 1851 and sent to
Jonathan Barnes Middletown Ct
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1845, Page 58 — Vol. 4

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29 th July 1848.
State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } ss. Probate District of Middletown.
On this Twenty sixth day of May, — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiftyone, before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown in said County, the same being a Court of Record by the Laws of the said State by which it was created, personally appeared Beulah Deming a resident of Middletown in said District and County in the State aforesaid aged eighty nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 29 th A.D. 1848: That she is the widow of Edmund Deming late of Indover, in the County of Tolland, and State aforesaid, deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and at the time of his decease was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate, as she believes, of ninety six dollars per annum: That she is unable to state the Regiment, Corps, or company, in which he served or the nature of his service, and for all particulars in relation thereto, she begs leave to refer to the Records of the War Department.
She further declares that she was married to the said Edmund Deming on the second day of April, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, six  seven ; that her husband the aforesaid Edmund Deming died on the third — day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred, to wit, at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application

for a pension.
Sworn to and sub- scribed on the day and year above written,
Before me (the word) seven being first erased, and the word six interlined)
Bethiah Dorr
In testimony whereof I have hereto sub- scribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court on the day and year first aforesaid.
Noah A. Phelps Judge of said Court of Probate for the District of Middletown aforesaid

State of Connecticut County of Tolland } ss. Bolton.
I John R. Deming of said Bolton, being duly sworn, depose and say, that I am fifty three years of age and a resident of said Bolton; that I am the son of Mrs. Bethiah Deming of Middletown in the County of Middlesex in said State, widow of Edmund Deming, deceased; that my Father, the said Edmund Deming was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the time of his decease, and that he died at Andover in the said County of Tolland on the third day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five; and that, since his decease, the said Bethiah Deming has not intermarried, but continues to be and now is his widow; and further, I say not. Dated at said Bolton this 23 rd day of May A. D. 1851.
John R. Deming
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 rd day of May A. D. 1851, Before me,
Samuel Pruggles Justice of the Peace
I further certify that said John R. Deming is a credible witness. Samuel Pruggles Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
City & County of Hartford } ss. I, Seth W. Ferry of said City & County, do hereby certify that I am Clerk of the "Second Church in Hartford" aforesaid and as such Clerk have the custody and care of the records of such Church; that there is an entry on said records under the head and list of marriages in the words following viz - "Edmund Deming, He- bron. Wid. Bethiah Nichols" - and that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows; "1796 April 2" Hartford May 1 st 1851 Seth W. Ferry
I, Seth W. Ferry, above named, depose say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Second Church, in the town & County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the exception above named as certified by me - Seth W. Ferry, Clerk of the 2 nd Church in Hartford Sworn before me this 8 th May 1851, } at Hartford - Henry Francis, Justice of the Peace for Hartford Co.

Hartford Conn. May 5th 1851.
Upon examination, I do not find any record of the marriage of Edmund Deming & Bethiah Nichols, in this office.
Henry Francis. Town Clerk.
State of Connecticut County of Hartford
I Will Eaton Clerk of the County Court for the County of Hartford, do hereby certify that Henry Francis Esq is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned sworn & qualified to administer oaths, and his signature to the within attestation is true and genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said County Court this 10 th day of May 1851
Will Eaton Clerk
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Apr. 19. 1897. History to Mr. George N. Ellis 206-East 12 th st. Davenport, Iowa.
10-313 Res WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 10313
Barthick Deming Wid. of Edmund Deming Post Rev. War
Act: July 29 th 68
Index:—Vol. A , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
I, JOHN P. C. MATHER , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Samuel Ruggles
is, and since the fourth day of July last past hath been Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland — in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, ... having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Samuel Ruggles — to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 27 th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
Jno. P. C. Mather Secretary of State.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
I, JOHN P. C. MATHER, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Henry Francis is, and since the fourth day of July last past hath been Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Henry Francis to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 27 th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
John P. C. Mather, Secretary of State.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
By His Excellency THOMAS H. SEYMOUR, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Noah A. Phelps is and since the fourth day of July last past hath been Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court;...that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer. And I further certify that I believe the foregoing signature of said Noah A. Phelps to be genuine.
Thos. H. Seymour
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 27 th day of May A. D. 1851 and in the seventy-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor
Geo. P. C. Marsh Secretary of State

State of Connecticut } County of Windham }
ss Andover May 23 rd 1851
I femina Loonis of said Andover being duly sworn depose and say that I am seventy three years of age and a resident of said Andover and that the said Edmund Denny died at my house on the third day of December Eighteen Hundred & Twenty five and that the said Edmund Denny was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and further I say not
Dated at Andover this 23 rd day of May 1851
Jemima Loonis
Sworn to and subscribed This 23 rd day of May A D 1851
Before me Samuel Ruggles justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said femina Loonis is a credible witness
Samuel Ruggles justice of the Peace

No 938. Bethiah Deming widow of Edmund Ct
Act 29 Sept 1848
Married 1796 His deed 1825
Adm o for admin. Caring 4 March 1848
The Commissioner of Pensions of Pensions
Jonathan Barnes. Middleton, Ct

Middletown Conn. May 29. th 1851.
Sir,
I herewith transmit the application of Mrs. Bethiah Doming for a pension. She requests that the certificate, when issued, may be sent to me.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Jonathan Barnes
To the Commissioner of Pensions.

#206 E. 12 th Street.
Davenport, Iowa.
March 28 th 1897.
U. S. Pension Office. Washington, D. C.
I wish to inquire regarding a pension for the war of 1812 paid for many years to Mrs Bethiah Deming , at Middletown, Conn.
Mrs Deming was Bethiah Clay of Chatham, Conn. (now Portland); was born February 28 th 1761; died at Middletown, Ct. August 7 th 1854. She married first, Capt. James Nichols of Hartford, in 1781; secondly she married Mr Deming of Hebron, Ct. (formerly Andover) and Hartford, about 1795; Mr Deming's name is thought to be Edmund; he served in the war of 1812, for which service his widow received this pension. Mr Deming died at Hebron Ct., date unknown. and his estate, it is believed, was settled by his son John Russell Deming.

2 of Bolton, Conn.
Information desired:
1. The full name of the husband of Mrs. Bethiah Seiring. 2. The date of his birth and the date of his death. 3. Name of his father, and mother, if given, or any other particulars of his family. 4. Date of marriage of — Seiring and Bethiah Clay Nichols, if given. 5. What rank, if any, he held in War of 1812 and to what regiment he belonged.
Will be greatly obliged if you will send as much of this as you find on your books to
Mrs. George W. Ellis.
# 206 E. 12 th Street.
Davenport. Iowa.