Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24055, Chauncy Dennison, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
or Dennison, Chauncy Denison, Sarah
W. 24055
CONTENTS

Connecticut 9558.
Chauncy Dennison
of Litchfield in the State of Conn. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bradley of the Ref. by Col. Meade in the Conn. Troops.
time for 8 days 14 Mo. private of Artillery 7 months do Infantry.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of $2. Dollars 48. Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of May 1833. and sent to Col. Seymour, Litchfield, Ct.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 164.90
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 41.24.
$206.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Francis Clerk, Book E. Vol. 32 Page 10.
Late Gen. C. Knowsuff, ct. 1st: '29 To same Jan 30, '40

2132 Connecticut Sarah D. Merrill widow of Chauncy D. Merrill Con who served in the Revolutionary war, as Mrs. D. Merrill
Rept
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $ 2 Dollars 48
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Sept. 1848, and sent to
W. E. Woodruff Pittsfield at
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 Page 281 Vol. 1

5713.
Admitted
Private Artillery 14 Mo. 8 day do Infantry — 7 "
21 Mo. 8 day
Const. Troops

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Connecticut } Court of Probate for the District County of Litchfield. } in the County of Litchfield
On this 9 th day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Court of Probate for said District of in said County of Litchfield now sitting Chauncy Dennis on a resident of Warren in said County of Litchfield aged 70 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 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. —
I was born in East Haven on the 3 rd of January 1762 my age is recorded in the Town Records of that town I resided in said town of East Haven during the Rev- olutionary War and when I entered the service of the United States as herein after detailed I removed soon after the War to Litchfield 6 1/2 miles from Litchfield about twenty years since I removed to Warren where I still reside —
In April 1778 I enlisted into Capt. John Bradley's company of artillery for nine months. The company was an independent company raised for the defence of New Haven and its neighborhood and was not to my knowledge connected with any Reg t the company

Officers were a gentleman by the name of Pierpont of what is now called Fair Haven who was I think Lieut and our ensign's name was I think 'Bird'. We were then employed during these nine months in keeping guard at New Haven & at the fort on the East side of New Haven Harbor then called Black Rock fort. & at Morris' Point & places in East Haven which were considered exposed. I suppose the company was part of the Connecticut State troops, we received pay from the State & drew rations, which I understood were provided by the State. I served in said company under this enlistment till discharged and as I supposed 9 months, tho' it seems from the pay roll which has been found that I served at this time 8 months & 23 days. — At Lt. Bishop was Lieut of the company either this year or next. It appears to me that he was made Lieut soon after the company was raised.
Immediately after my first enlistment ended I again in Jan 1779 enlisted into the same company for one year under the same Officers. I was stationed this spring & for part of the summer with a division of the company under Lieut Overline Pierpont at Black Rock fort about half way between the city of New Haven and where the Light House now stands, on the East side of the Harbor. I was here when the British landed in July on Monday morning July 5th. The British landed on both sides of the harbor the fort was defended until it was like to be surrounded by the troops, which were landed. We then retreated to Bacon Hill & then to Tittletown.

5. 15 7/11 Hill and then to East Haven — Within a few days after the British left New Haven I hired a man by the name of Grannis to take my place in Capt. Bradley's company for the purpose of enlisting into a corps of state troops which was then raising for enlistment into which a considerable bounty was offered. Grannis was accepted to take my place and about the middle of July 1779 I enlisted into Capt. Yates' company Col. Mead's Regt Connecticut state troops to serve till the first of March 1780 and immediately marched with part of the company under the command of Lieut. Robinson to Horse Neck at which place the Regt was being collected, the Ensign of the Company was named Harrison. We were stationed at Horse Neck during the whole term of our enlistment and were employed in guards at Byram's & Sherwood's bridges which were the principal guards, I was a good oarsman & was often on the boat guards. We were sent out very frequently in small patrolling parties in which We were often kept out all night. Barmour's men made frequent incursions into our neighbourhood but they were always made in the night so that we had no opportu- tunity of fighting with them. During this period I do not recollect any other troops being at Horse Neck except Col. Mead's Regt.
As proof of the aforesaid services I rely on the affidavits of Mr. Josiah Tuttle, William Storey Stephen Bradley & Reuben Hart. I have in my

declaration stated dates as they appear to me tho' they appear to differ from the dates given in the affidavit which I send and am known to the Rev. Hart Talcott, Esq. Stone Esq & others who can testify to my character &c
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year aforesaid
Phoebe Ann Davidson
For and in the name of Elizabeth Diment born

We Hart Talcott ————— a clergyman residing in the town of Warren in Litchfield County Conn te and George Starr residing in said town of Warren hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. Chauncy (Dennison ————— who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 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 & we also certify that the said Dennison is a gentleman of undoubted character for truth & entitled to credit.
his own & subscribed the day & year as above said before me Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate District of Litchfield, Conn te
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 Rev d . Hart Talcott who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said Warren and that George Starr Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in said Warren ————— and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to Credit  Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate District of Litchfield Conn te

I Phinehas Miner clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Litchfield, in the County of Litchfield. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in matter of the application of, — W. Chas.  Dennison for a pension — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of the said Court, this 8 th day of Septem 1832. Phinehas Miner Clerk

V3771
Sarah Dennison widow of Chauncy Coon.
Act 4 July 36 Joint resolution Married in 1782
Died in 1838.

(Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Second Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836 & joint Resolution of July 7 th 1838
State of Connecticut }
County of Litchfield } ss (District of Litchfield
On this 30 th day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for said District, said Court being a Court of Record, Sarah Dennis a resident of Mansfield in said District aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 & the joint resolution of July 7 th 1838. That she is the widow of Chauncy Dennis who was a private of Artillery & Infantry in the Military service of the United States, in the Army of the Revolution & served as such in the years 1778. 1779. 1780 & the summer of 1782 at New Haven, New York Penn as the believing for a period somewhat larger than two years. That she does not state the particulars in relation to his service inasmuch as her husband the s d Chauncy Dennis was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 at the rate of Eighty two dollars & forty eight cents per annum. His certificate was dated 28 th May 1833 & numbered 9558 & for further particulars & evidence as in relation to his service she relies upon his original application for a pension

& upon the Record & (Documentary evidence of it in the War Department. She further declares that her maiden name was Sarah Pranniss; that she was married to the said Chauncy Dennison as she well recollects, in the forpart of the year 1782 & before the commencement of the last period of his service; & according to the records of the town of Litchfield where many years since they resided, on the 1 st of Jan y 1782, tho' having no family record & having seen no record what- ever for many years, she could not have stated from recollection that she was married on that day; & that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by refer- ence to the proof hereto annexed; and that her husband the aforesaid Chauncy Dennison died on the 18 th day of July A.D. 1838, as will appear by the proof annexed. Sarah her D ennison mark
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written Before
Phinehas Allen Judge of Probate For the District of Litchfield
And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter that the facts stated & set forth in the foregoing declaration of Sarah Dennison are true
Phinehas Allen Judge of Probate For the District of Litchfield

I Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield Conn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Dennis for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30 th day of August A.D. 1838
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk
Litchfield Conn Aug 31 st 1838 J. L. Edwards Esq
I perceived as I was about to transmit this declaration to you that I have so drawn it as to embrace a manifest error. I inadvertently omitted to state the time of Chauncy (Dennis) death in its proper place & afterwards added that allegation & Mrs Dennis signed it. It now reads that she has remained a widow ever since she was married . The error is so manifest & the intention & the truth is so clear that I trust it will not be deemed an objection by you to the allowance of the pension. I should have corrected the error had I discovered it before she left town. She lives several miles from here & cannot come here without serious inconvenience.
Very Respectfully Yours
Geo. C. Woodruff

I Thomas Shephard aged 82 of East Haven in New Haven County State of Connecticut. depose and say that I served as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution both in the Continental Service and State line for which I received a pension under the Act of Congress of 1818. That in the Year 1781 and 1782 up to the Spring of the Year 1783. I served as a private in a Mistrap Company under the Command of Capt. Warner and Lieut. Samuel Bird and was stationed at the Fort on the East Side of New Haven harbor. and I am well knowing that Chauncy Denison then a resident of said East Haven was a Soldier in said Company and served through the Year 1782 to the time said Company was discharged in April 1783. I am confident that no other person by the name of Denison served in said Company on said time. The said Chauncy Denison was a son of John Denison and I have been well acquainted with said Chauncy Denison and am confident that I am not mistaken.
Thomas his X Shephard mark
State of Connecticut } New Haven County } East Haven
Be it known that before me Bela Tournham a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Thomas Shephard who hath subscribed to the foregoing Deposition and who is well known to be a person of credibility and made oath to the truth of the same.
Bela Tournham Jud. of peace.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } NEW HAVEN COUNTY, } ss. COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Assistant,  Isaac H. Townsend Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Bela Farnham, of the Town of East Haven,
Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE,
within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A. D. 1839 and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1840, that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 2 nd day of September A. D. 1839.
Isaac H. Townsend, Assistant Clerk.

Sarah Dennison of Warren in Litchfield county Conn aged 83 years being duly sworn do de- pose & say, in addition to my declaration & in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1830 & the joint Resolution of July 7 th 1838, that she is  I am the widow of said Jeremiah Dennison, & that she  I am well recollects that at the time of her  my marriage with him he was not entirely engaged as a sol- dier of the United States, but that soon after viz in the spring of the year 1782 he did enlist as such soldier & served at the fort on New Haven Harbor Conn thro' the spring & summer of that year. We commenced housekeeping soon after our marriage, & I know & will remember that my said husband used to draw his rations as such soldier at the fort, weekly, & bring them home to me. We then resided in East Haven & about 3 miles from the fort, I used to cook his rations such as pork & beef for him, & make the flour which he drew into bread etc, & when so prepared he used to take them with him to the fort. He was frequently at liberty to come home for a day when not on guard, & did so come home. I also remember that he was a soldier in the fort at the time of the birth of my eldest child in Sept 1782 & that the day on which she was born, was one when he was not on guard & had liberty to come home & happened to be at home at the precise time of 1 st child's birth, & that towards night of that day he said it was time for him to go to the fort & he left me for that purpose
I cannot be mistaken when I state that my said husband served as a soldier of the United States after our marriage for the circumstan- ces are distinctly within my recollection. I ex- pected to be able to prove the fact by his fellow soldiers or others who resided in our neighbor- hood at the time & for that purpose have

sent to East Ham, but found that almost every one who knew the facts, is dead And further saith not
Dated at Litchfield Sep Oct 5 th 1839
In presence of Brownell Bush
Sarah her T. Dennis mark
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Oct 5 th 1839
Personally appeared Sarah Dennis to me known to be entitled to credit, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition same
Before me Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of Peace
I also certify that the above named Sarah Dennis resides about eight miles from the place of taking the above deposition & from her residence she came & returned the same day & her bodily health is good; & that her recollection appears to be distinct & her mental faculties unimpaired
G. C. Woodruff Justice of Peace

"Anna daughter of Chauncy Dennison & Sarah his wife born Sept 17 seventeenth, one thousand seven hundred eighty two,"
I Samuel P. Bolles of the town & County of Litchfield Conn do certify that the above is a true copy of an ancient re- cord with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows "Sept 17 th 1782" And I Samuel P. Bolles above named do say that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above mentioned as cer- tified by me, & that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said town
Litchfield Oct 24 th 1839
Sam P Bolles. Town Clk.
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Oct 24 th 1839 Personally appeared Samuel P. Bolles Town Clerk of Litchfield who subscribed the above deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same; before me
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of Peace
I also certify that said Samuel P. Bolles is to me known & is entitled to credit
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

"Chauncy Dennison and Sarah Brannin were married January xx first seruntun hundred eighty two by the Rev d Nicolas Strat of East Haver"
I Samuel P Bolles of the town & County of Litchfield Conn do certify that the above 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 viz "Jan y 1 st 1782"
And I Samuel P Bolles above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said town of Litchfield in the County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town of Litchfield with the exception above named as certified by me Dated at Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838
Sam d P Bolles Town Clerk
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838
Personally appeared Samuel P Bolles Esq r town Clerk of Litchfield to me known to be who is entitled to credit & who subscribed the above deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Geo. F. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Arsona Simmons of Warren Litchfield County (now of lawful age being duly sworn do depose & say that I was well acquainted with Chauncy Dennis late of s d Warren & late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, & that I was present at the time of his death & that he died at s d Warren on the 18 th of July 1838. And that he left Sarah Dennis his widow who has ever since remained his widow & unmarried
(Dated at Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838
Arsona Simmons
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838
Personally appeared Arsona Simmons a witness to me known to be who is entitled to credit who subscribed the above deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Geo. C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace

I Aurilla Brannin of Warren in the County of Litchfield & State of Conn of lawful age being duly sworn do depose & say that I was well ac- quainted with Chauncy Dennis late of s d Warren & was present at the time of his death & that he died at s d Warren on the 18 th day of July 1838. And that at his decease he left Sarah Dennis his widow who has ever since remain- ed his widow & unmarried; I further saith not Dated at Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838
Aurilla Brannin
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } ss
Litchfield Aug 30 th 1838
Personally appeared Aurilla Brannin a wit- ness to me known & who is entitled to credit & who subscribed the above deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour
Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George C. Woodruff is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 29 th day of May A. D. 18 38 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 18 39 and that the foregoing signature which purports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 31 st day of August A. D. 18 38
Origen S. Seymour Clk

Chamney Denness Cambridge
Admitted

BRIEF in the case of  Chauncy Denson  County of Lincoln  in the State of  Connecticut  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     April In 1778 - - - 8 23 Corporal Gen. Bradley   from July 1779 to July 80 - - - 65 15 " same Company   from July 1778 all through 80 8 7 - " Colo Meade   21 8  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? East Haven Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct  The time of service is not minutely described but very nearly so 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payton
Examining Clerk.

January 30, 1933
Mrs. C. C. Fooks Frankford Delaware
C BA-J/MCS Chauncy Dennison, W. 24055
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Chauncy Dennison, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 24055, based upon the military service of Chauncy Dennison.
He was born January 2, 1762, in East Haven, Connecticut, and was the son of John Dennison.
While a resident of East Haven, Connecticut, he served as private with the Connecticut troops as follows: from April 13, 1778, until January 1, 1779, in a company of artillery under Lieutenant Phineas Bradley; from sometime in January, 1779, in the same company which was then commanded by Captain Phineas Bradley and served until about the middle of July, 1779, when he re-enlisted in Captain John Yates' Company in Colonel Matthew Mead's Company and served until the first of March, 1780; also served through the spring and summer of 1782 in Captain John Warner's Company of Matrosses and was stationed at New Haven, Connecticut.
Soon after the Revolution he moved to Litchfield, Connecticut, and about 1810, he moved to Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1832, at which time he was living in Warren, Connecticut.
He died there July 18, 1838.

The soldier married January 1, 1782, Sarah Granniss.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 30, 1838, at which time she was living in Warren, Connecticut, and was eighty-two years of age. She was living in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1848.
Aruna or Arunce (a girl), the eldest child of Chauncy and Sarah Dennison, was born September 17, 1782.
One Aurilla Granniss was living in Warren, Connecticut, in 1838, but her relation to the widow was not given.
There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
Widow's death not in agency book
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
January 20, 1933
Carbon of this letter destroyed Jan 30, 1933 when filed was sent. MCS
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:
IN REPLY REFER TO: ✓ BA-J/MCS
Mrs. C. C. Fooks Frankford Delaware
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 9th, requesting information in regard to Chauncey Dennison, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data given by you are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records.
As means of identification of the particular Revolutionary soldier named Chauncey Dennison in whom you are interested it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Mr A. D. Hiller. Assistant to Administrator Washington. Dear Sir:
Since visiting you on Jan 9 th I have received data from the Conn. State Library referring me to your dept. again with this information. Chauncey Dennison - private - S. H. field County Conn. - pension 1833. U. S. pensions P. 108. - His widow was Sarah Granniss - pension application on file under No. W. 24055 in Pension Bureau Washington D.C. Index of Conn. Pensioners P. 170.

Perhaps this will enable you to give me some added information
Very truly yours
Mrs C.C. Foster
Frankford
Delaware

1933 Jan. 30. high. to Mrs. C. D. D. k.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24055
Sarah Dennison Widow of Chauncy Dennison Matross Rev. hor
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol. A , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported
Connecticut 417
Sarah Dennison
widow of Chauncy Dennison who was a Matron in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 82 Dollars & 48 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of June 1843 and sent to G. C. Woodruff, Esq. Litchfield, Connecticut
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 66.

Connecticut 7244
Referred May 10
Sarah Dennison
widow of Chauncy Dennison
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 and, who died on the 18th: July, 1838 — of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a Matross in the company commanded by Captain Bradley — of the Regt: — commanded by Col: Head — in the Connecticut line for 14 mos: 48 days, Matross 7 Do — priv: Infy: —
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 82 Dollars 48 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th: — day of May 1843 — and sent to Geo: C. Woodruff, Litchfield, Ct: —
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$412.40 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Witts Clerk, Book A — Vol. 1 Page 175

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(Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2 d of Feb y 1848 entitled "an act making further provision for the widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution"
State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield
County of Litchfield } On this 27 day of August 1848 personally appeared before Hugh D. Welch the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for said County Sarah Dennison a resident of Litchfield in said County aged 92 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d of Feb y 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Chauncy Dennison who was a private of Artillery & Infantry in the military service of the United States in the Revolutionary Army & served at New Haven, Norwalk & in Conn, but under what Regimental officers she does not remember And that she received a pension at the rate of Eighty two dollars and forty eight cents per annum under the act of 17 th of June 1844 She further declares that she is now still a widow
Witness my hand H. D. Welch C Simmons
Sarah her X Dennison mark
I solemnly subscribe in the day & year above written before me, also certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me
Hugh D. Welch Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut }
County of Litchfield } ss District of Litchfield
I Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for said District do hereby certify that Hugh D. Welch Esq. is now at the date of the foregoing instrument a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified by Law authorized to administer oaths, & that the signature to the above certificate which purports to be his is genuine From under my hand & the seal of said Court this 31 st day of August 1848
Geo. C. Woodruff Clerk

Litchfield, Conn., Aug 31 st 1848 J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I enclose Sarah Pennison applica- tion for a Pension; when granted please send me her certificate
Respt Yours
Geo. C. Woodruff

(Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain wid- ows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838.
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } ss Warren
On this 15 th day of May 1843 personally appeared before me Geo. C. Woodruff a Justice of the Peace in & for s d County of Litchfield Sarah Dennison a resident of Warren in said County aged 86 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Chauncy Dennison who was a Matron and a private in the Revolutionary War in the military service of the United States, under Capt s Bradley & Yates, & Col. Matthew Mead. And that she was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $82.48 per annum under the act of July 7 th 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow
Sarah her X Dennison mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me — and I certify that the above named de- clarant Sarah Dennison is personally known to me
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Geo. F. Wood- nuff is a c
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 10 th day of June A. D, 1842 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1843 and that the signature to the preceding certificate which purports to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
15 th day of May A. D. 1843
Origen S. Seymour Clerk.

I Arsania Simons of Warren, in Litchfield County Conn of lawful age being duly sworn do depone & say that I was, for years well acquainted with Chauncy Dennison late of s d Warren Dec d & late a Pensioner of the United States & was present at the time of his death He died at s d Warren on the 18 th day of July 1838 That said Dennison left a widow who is well known to me & whose name is Sarah Dennison, who is still the widow of said Chauncy Dennison.
Dated at Warren this 1 st day of April 1843 Elisha S. Abenethy
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } ss Warren this 1 st day of April 1843 Personally appeared Arsania Simons to me personally known & who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the above deposition in my presence & made solemn oaths to the truth of the same Before me Elisha S. Abenethy Just of Peace
I Aurilla Granniss of Warren Conn of lawful age being duly sworn do depone & say that I well knew Chauncy Dennison late of s d Warren Dec d late Pensioner of the United States & was with him at the time of his decease & that he died on the 18 th day of July 1838 at s d Warren That he left a widow whose name is Sarah Dennison who is still his widow
Dated at Warren the 1 st day of April 1843
Aurilla Granniss
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } ss Warren the 1 st day of April 1843 Personally appeared Aurilla Granniss to me personally known & who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the above deposition in my presence, & made solemn oaths to the truth of the same Before me Elisha S. Abenethy Just of Peace

"Chauncy Dennison and Sarah Branniss were married January first seventeen hundred eighty two by the Rev Nicholas Street of East Haven"
I Samuel P. Bolles of the Town & County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do certify that the above is a true copy of an ancient Record on the Record Book, of said town, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Jan 7 1 st 1782"
And I Samuel P Bolles above named depose & say; that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, town & State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named, as certified by me. Dated at Litchfield April 4 th 1843
Samuel P. Bolles. Town Clerk
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss Litchfield April 4 th 1843
Personally appeared Samuel P. Bolles Town Clerk of said Litchfield & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed in my presence, Before me And I certify that S d Samuel P Bolles is to me personally known his entitled to credit
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elisha S. Abernethy & George P. Woodruff are Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that their commission was dated on the 10 th day of June A. D. 1842 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1843 and that the preceding signatures, which purport to be their respectively are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
4 th day of April A. D. 1843
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

Litchfield Conn Ap d 11 th 1843 J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
Sarah Penniman application for a Pension under the act of July 1830 & 9 th Resolution of July 1838 was rejected because she could not prove service after marriage & she not being a widow on the 7 th July 1838 was not considered entitled under that act. Her application was made in 1838.
I now enclose her new application under act 7 th July 1838 & 28 th Aug 1842 under which acts you informed me by Letter of 22 nd Feb last her claim might be urged. When granted please send me her Certificate.
Permit me to call your early attention to this case as she is sick & indigent.
Respectfully Yours
Geo. C. Woodruff

Stitesfield Conn Jan 13 th 1843 J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I am informed by our represen- tative in Congress that Pensions are now allowed to the widows of Rev d Soldiers, tho' their husbands may have died since the 7 th of July 1838, if in other respects entitled
Permit me to call your attention to the case of Sarah Pennison who made application for a 5 years Pension in 1838, which was disallowed on the ground that she did not prove that her marriage took place before the expiration of her husbands service. And it was also held that she was not entitled to the 5 years pension because she was not a widow on the 7 th July 1838
Her application is on file in your Office & if a pension can be granted her on that application please send me her certificate. If it is neces- sary that she make a new application please send me the necessary forms
Indeed I wish you would send me in any event the forms necessary to obtain pen- sions for widows, who were not married before their husbands left the service, & who were not widows on the 7 th July 1838, as there are persons in this vicinity who wish to make application
Respectfully Yours
Geo. P. Woodruff

1841.
10. Sept 1842
do Crump.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Litchfield Conn Sept 7 th 1842 J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
I perceive from the newspaper (from which I have cut the enclosed slip,) that Congress has passed some act relative to Widows Pensions. I do not understand from the enclosed what the effect of the act is. If any Law has been made by which Pensions are to be granted to those who have not heretofore been entitled to them please send me the Instructions necessary to be observed in applying for them.
I once applied for a Pension for a widow who was under the act of July 1836. When her husband died a few days after the passage of the act of July 1838. It was rejected because you were not satisfied her husband's marriage took place before her husband left the service, & she was held not entitled to five years pension because she was not a widow when the act of July 1838 was passed.
If she is now entitled to a Pension please inform me what must be the form of her application for the same. Her name is Sarah (Dennison)
Respt Yours Geo. P. Woodruff

Mr. Chauncy Pennis at Service, in the State troops —
Memo: made March 29, 1832 —

I Origen S. Seymour of the town & county of Litchfield Conn being duly sworn do depone & say that during the time the subject of granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers was before Congress which resulted in the passage of the act of March of June 7 th 1832 entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution" Chauncy Dennis then of Warren since deceased applied to me to assist him in obtaining a Pension. At that time he gave me an account of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, of which I then made a memorandum which is hereto annexed. His declaration was subsequently drawn, & his account of his said services was revised & his declaration made in conformity with such revision; what account was finally given by him in the Declaration I do not recollect, but the account first given by him is that stated as aforesaid in the annexed memorandum Litchfield Oct 21 st 1839 Origen S. Seymour
State of Connecticut Litchfield county ss Litchfield Oct 21 st 1839 Personally appeared Origen S. Seymour to me known to be who is entitled to credit & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him in my presence subscribed. Before me Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

Report of Frank have - 1728 Enlisted
Mr. Chauncy Dennis, on 70 years old last Jan!
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1778. Enlisted under Capt Phineas Bowdoin of N. Haven for 3 years spring. Served time out, then enlisted under same Capt. for 1 year more & was stationed at the fort at the
month of the N. Haven Harbour. That summer I hired 1779 a man to take my place & enlisted under Capt Isaac Robinson a man to take my place & enlisted under Capt Hermit. — Brantford Harrison of Brantford Ensign Yates for 9 mos to go to Horse Neck under the Hornet Sloop Rev. William Putnam of Col: Matthew Mead's Regt was in the
years of 1779 & 1780, saved my time out, - then for one year in the privateering business.
State Cras in the spring of 1752 enlisted under Lieut Overline Pierpont & was stationed at Black Rock fort at New Haven harbour. Capt Bradley still enlisted in the spring of said year  sometime in I was stationed at this fort when the British came to New Haven & I was at New London as a volunteer when that was burnt all summer, in Capt Bradley
2 1/2 years divided into 3 divisions. We had 3 canoes and 300 lbs of provisions
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour
Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
George C.
Woodruff is an
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission
was dated on the 27 th day of May A. D. 1839 and will expire on
the 20th day of June, A. D. 1840 and that the preceding signature which purport to be his are genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 24 th day of October A. D. 1839
Origen S. Seymour Clk

Nov 2
Old Kent Claim
Adolphus
Sarah Dennis
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm te of Pensions Washington City P. C

Litchfield Conn Oct 24 th 1839
J. L. Darnadi Esq. Sir,
It appears from your Letter of the 15 th Ap l last that upon the evidence then before you Sarah Dennison's application for a Pension could not be granted because it was not proved that her husband Chauncy Dennison served after their marriage. But she being confident that he did serve after the marriage is not willing to abandon her application without further effort.
In relation to your presumption that Chauncy Dennison set forth all the service he rendered, I would respectfully suggest that in order to get a full pension it was only necessary that he should state & prove two years service , & as it seems he drew $82.48 per annum, was not that for two years service? and if not, would not the difference between that sum & what would have been a full pension for his service, be so small, as to be a sufficient reason for his not stating & proving more, especially since the fact is, or at least was his believed to be, that no roll is in existence of the Company stationed at the fort near New Haven in 1782 & 1783? & of course no evidence could be obtained from that source?
That a company was stationed at the fort in 1782 & that there is no roll of that company, I am induced to believe from the following extract from a Letter from Mr Wm Storer of New Haven, as follows "A company was stationed at the Fort in 1782 & 1783 or until April or May of that year, commanded by Capt John Warner & Lieut Samuel Ward both of New Haven & there are men now living in East Haven who served under them. But there are no rolls of those companies to be found, as I have made diligent search for them". This Letter was dated 19 th Nov last & was an answer to my enquiry if he had any rolls of the companies who served at the Fort in 1782. Mrs Dennison has since sent to East Haven for the evidence of persons living there who served at the fort in 1782, & obtained the accompanying deposition of Thomas Shepard; having in view the idea suggested by you that the witness might have confounded taken Chauncy Dennison for John Dennison who served in '81

I also send you the affidavit of Mrs Dennisson who states circumstances tending to prove her husband's service in 1782 about which there is hardly room for her to be honestly mistaken. And also the record evidence of the birth of the child alluded to in her deposition.
In addition I send you the Deposition of Briggen S. Seymour Esq. the Gentleman who assisted Chauncy Dennisson in obtaining his pension, from which it appears that when he first gave an account of his Revolutionary services he did in fact state that he served at the Fort near New Haven in 1782.
Respectfully Yours Geo. C. Woodruff

Conn, Dec 31 add proof
Sarah Dennison
J. L. Warrell Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
FREE

Litchfield Conn Dec 27 th 1838
J. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Your letter in relation to the case of Sarah Pennison an applicant for a pension under the act of 4 th July 1836 & the 2 nd Resolution of July 7 th 1838, dated the 1 st ult, was duly rec d . To establish the service of her husband subsequent to her marriage on the 1 st Jan y 1782 she has procured evidence, which I now enclose.
Respectfully Yours
Geo. R. Woodruff

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY : COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss.
J. W. Beach I, ROBINSON S. HIRMAN Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Bela Hamlin
Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioned and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A.D. 1838, and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1839. That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 20 th day of Dec. A.D. 1838
J. W. Beach Clerk.

I Thomas Shepherd of East Haven in New Haven County and State of Connecticut Aged 81 Years. Depose and say that I served three years in the Continental Service in the war of the Revolution a part of said time under Colonel Meigs for which I received a Pension under the Act of Congress of 1818 - And that afterwards that is in the early part of the year 1781 I enlisted in a Match Company under Capt. William Vandenzen and was stationed at the Fort on the east side of East Haven Harbour and continued in said company under the command of Capt. Vandenzen and Capt. Warner and Lieut. Binds to the Spring of the year 1783 when the company was discharged - And I well remember that Chauncy Denison of said East Haven was a Soldier in said company and served with me at the Fort some part of the year 1781 and the year 1782 and I am well knowing that he belonged to said company and was discharged at the time that I was in the Spring of 1783 -
Thomas his X Shepherd mark
State of Connecticut } New Haven County } ss East Haven
Be it known that on this 20 th day of December 1838 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Thomas Shepherd who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition and who is well known to me for credibility and made oath to the truth of the same -
Bela Farnham Jud. of peace

3771
Ab.
Mount Reso.
perhaps entd. under act 1836.
J. F. Warren Esq. (in military of Peninsular) Washington Esq. (P. E.)
17.32

Litchfield Conn Aug 31 st 1838
J L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Sarah Granniss for a Pension If granted please enclose her certificate to me
Very Respectfully Yours
Geo. C. Wooduff

(Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress of the 7 th July, 1838, and the 23 rd August, 1842
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County } ss District of Litchfield
On this 15 th day of April — 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for said District Sarah Dennison a resident of Meriden in said District aged 86 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 provision made by 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 is the widow of Chauncy Dennison who was a private of Artillery & Infantry in the military service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution and served as such in the years 1778, 1779 & 1780 under Capt Bradly, & Capt Yates, & Col Mead, at New Haven, Hornbeck de, She does not state his service more particularly because said Chauncy Dennison was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Eighty two Dollars & Fifty eight cents per annum, as per certificate dated 28 th May 1833 & numbered 9558, & for particulars of his service she refers to his original application for a pension & to the record & documentary evidence of said service in the War Department
She also declares that she was married to the said Chauncy Dennison in the forepart of the year 1782 — & according to the records on the 1 st of Jan y 1782 the having no family record & having seen no record whatever for many years she could not have stated from recollection that she was married on that day; that her maiden name was Sarah Grannis; — that her husband the aforesaid Chauncy Dennison died on the 18 th day of July A.D. 1838; that she cannot prove that she was married to him 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 She further declares, that she has remained a widow ever since the death of said Pleasancy Pernison & still is his widow
I sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written Before
Elisha S. Abernethy Judge of Probate for Litchfield District
And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter that the facts stated & set forth in the foregoing declaration of Sarah Pernison are true
Elisha S. Abernethy Judge of Probate for Litchfield District
I Reuben M. Woodruff Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield, Conn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Sarah Pernison for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 1 st day of April A.D. 1843
R. M. Woodruff Clerk

Litchfield (Conn.) Sept 8. 1832
To the Hon the Secretary of War
Sir, Inclosed is the application of Mr. Chauncy Dennison for a pension. The affidavits of Mr. Tuttle & Mr. Bradley are taken quite carelessly & there is I believe in both of them a mistake as to year of the service to which they depose, Mr. Dennison would be advised by me to have them retaken but that he is a man rather feeble in health & ill able to bear the expense of another journey to East Haven where Tuttle & Bradley live , the papers are sent as they are in the hope that tho' those depositions are defective yet that the other testimony and the statement of the applicant himself being as he is certified to be, a very worthy & credible man will procure for him a pension for the periods which he claims to have served.
Very Respectfully
your obt. servt.
O. H. Seymour

I Reuben Hart of Goshen in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age  aged 69 years being duly sworn, depose & say that immediately after the New Haven alarm in July 1779 I became a member of Capt John Yates' Company Col Matthew Mead's Reg t Connecticut State troops I enlisted to serve from the time of my enlistment to March 1 st 1780. I at this time belonged to Wallingford Ct. I went with the Capt from New  Haven Stratford, and joined the rest of the Company at Horse Neck part of the company being already there. I arrived at Horse Neck in July not far from the middle of the month. Soon after arriving at Horse Neck as aforesaid I became acquainted with Chauncy Dennison now of Warren Ct, who was a member of the same company and have always since then been acquainted with him and knows that he did duty as a private in Capt Yates' company at Horse Neck and its vicinity from the time of my joining the company till it was discharged which was on the last day of February 1780 at Norwalk to which place on that day we were marched from Horse Neck.  Reuben Hart
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Aug. 9. 1832,
Then personally appeared Reuben Hart to me well known to be a credible person & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him in my presence subscribed.  Origen S. Seymour Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Litchfield County. ss Office of the Clerk of the County Court for said County -
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of said Court hereby certify that Origen S. Seymour Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the date thereof & still is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths and that the signature of said which purports to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 8th day of August A.D. 1832. Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss. East Haven.
On this 2 d day of August 1832, personally appeared before me Roger Darling, a judge of the County Court for said County of New Haven, Josiah Tuttle of the town of Pennfield, County of Monroe, State of New York, now on a visit to his native place, East Haven, and being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that among other revolutionary services, he enlisted in the Connecticut State troops, in 1779, for the term of one year, under Capt. Phineas Bradley, Lieut. Daniel Brisk, and served out the term at the fort on the side of New Haven Harbour. That he knows that Chauncy Denison, now residing in the town of Warren, County of Litchfield, & State of Connecticut, then a resident of said East Haven, enlisted and served the same term of time in the same company. Denison will be 70 years of age in September next. Said Denison was a private.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Roger Darling. Judge of the County Court for New Haven County. Josiah Tuttle
I William Storer of the City & County of New Haven, State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, that I have now in my possession copies of three several returns or rolls of a company of Matrosses & Artillery Guards, in the State of Connecticut Service, in the war of the Revolution, annually indicted raised by Voluntary enlistment, to serve under the command of Capt. Phineas Bradley, stationed in the town of New Haven, in said State in the years 1778. 1779. & 1780. which pay rolls, together with the three commissions of said Capt. Bradley, bearing date the three successive years above mentioned, I received of a daughter of the said Capt. Bradley, now living in the City of New Haven in said State. — said commissions are all signed Jonathan Trumbull. (Governor of said State.) — The first pay roll for the service of 1778. is thus headed, "A Pay Roll of Lieut. Bradley's Company of Matrosses in the State of Connecticut Service." His commission, for that year, is that of Lieut. & on said pay roll are the names of Phineas Bradley Lieut. — the names of three Sergeants, three Corporals, and thirty Men, or privates. On that roll, I find the name of Chauncy Denison, returned as a private, enlisted, April 13 th 1778, discharged Jan'y 1 st 1779. term of service carried out 8 Months & 23 days — William Storer
Personally appeared William Storer signor of the foregoing statement, & made oath to the same before me Deuria Kimberly Justice of Peace — New Haven August 3. 1832.

State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss. August 6 th 1852 I Geo Brach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County, I certify that Hon. Noyes Darling Esq. whereof said name is above written & subscribed is Judge of the County Court for New Haven County, I duly qualified to administer Oaths - I also certify that David Kimball Esq. where name is above written & subscribed is sworn on the 3 rd inst nt a justice of the peace for said New Haven, I duly qualified to administer Oaths. I also certify that Bela Loomis Esq. is sworn on the 4 th inst nt a justice of Peace in & for said New Haven County, I duly qualified to administer Oaths. I that the signatures by them respectively made are their genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court the day & date above written Attest Geo Brach Clerk

State of Connecticut } county of New Haven } I, Stephen Bradley of the Town of East New Haven in said county aged 72 years of age do hereby testify that in the year 1779 and 1780 I served in the war of the revolution as a private under the command of Capt. Phinehas Bradley of New Haven and under Lieut. Daniel Bishop of New Haven and was stationed in said East New Haven to keep Guard on the Shore and at the Fort on the east side of New Haven harbor and I am knowing that Chauncy Denison then of said East New Haven, part now of the Town of Warren in the County of Litchfield was in the service of the State Troops in the war of the revolution and did serve as a private in the Company in which I belonged under Capt. Phinehas Bradley and under Lieut. Daniel Bishop the principal part of the above said years of 1779 and 1780. — S. Bradley
New Haven County } East New Haven August 4 th 1832 Personally appeared before me Stephen Bradley who hath subscribed to the foregoing Testimony and made oath to the truth of the same according to his best belief — Melancthon Smith Justice of the Peace