Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2439, Squire Dan, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Dan, Squire or Dann
N. 2439 BLK 50901-160-55
Rhoda
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Order to Pay 11 th Sep. 1837-
17.268 Connecticut
Squire Dan of Stamford in the State of Conn who was a P er in the Com pany commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col onel Elmore in the Conn State Troops 19 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 6 2 / 3 Dollars 6 2 / 3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the - 13 th day of Aug t 1835 and sent to him -
Hawley Stamford Ct
Arrears to the 4 th of March 37. $ 124.66 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept r 11 31.66 $ 158.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. D. Brewster Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 10

July 30 1832
Pension Office

State of Connecticut } p. Court of Probate held at Stamford County of Fairfield } in the Stamford District July 26 th 1832
On this 26 th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before Court of Probate in the District of Stamford in said State in Open Court, Squire Dean a resident of the Town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut 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 9 th 1832 that in the year 1775 about the 15 th of April he enlisted at said Stamford in a Company of State troops of the State of Connecticut of which Sylvanus Brown was Captain. David Rootbury was Col. of the Regiment to which it belonged. Mr. Whiting was Lieutenant of the Company - from said Stamford. Declarant with said Regiment went to Harlem Heights where they lay about six weeks - then went to Albany - there three weeks or days - thence went to Halfmoon of which there 60 miles - thence went thro' the woods to Fort Ticonderoga - thence to Crown Point - thence to St. Johns in the British Dominions. Mr. Whiting was at Isle aux Noix - lay at St. Johns besieging the place forty eight days. After the place was taken went Montreal. Montgomery's Camp of us before St. Johns - returned Montreal about the last of Nov. as declarant believes of which took about the latter part of January - then were ordered down to Quebec, Montgomery having been killed in his attack upon that place - lay before Quebec as declarant thinks until the 6 th day of March when the American forces abandoned the siege of the place and came down to Albany. The declarant's first enlistment was for seven months only which expired when he was in Montreal as aforesaid & he then again enlisted for five months more under Capt. Oliver Chapman or Albert Chapman. John Worthington of Darien in Fairfield County now dead was Lieutenant. Col. Rootbury was with us at St. Johns but declarant thinks he did not go to Montreal or Quebec - Gen. Wooster who was afterwards killed at Red Bank was with us at Montreal. There was Capt. Chesman was there also - when declarant got

back to Albany his enlistment having expired he again enlisted in the same Company under said Chapman said Waterbury being Lieutenant. Subsequent to this he was another Lieutenant. He has been long dead - enlisted for one year. His enlistment as well as that for the five months was in the Continental Service. Samuel Elmore of Sharon in this State was Colonel of the Regiment - from Albany went first to German Flats & built a fort there - Staid there about six months - then went to Fort Stanwix & did garrison duty there for six months. Said Elmore commanded the garrison. Declarants enlistment expired at this place & was discharged as hereinafter on the 16 th of April 1777. of which This as will be seen was less than one year from the time of enlistment in Albany which must have been as late as June 1776. The explanation is this - The Declarants first enlistment expired at the end of seven months from about the 18 th of April 1775. His second enlistment for five months commenced immediately & of course expired about April 18, 1776. Declarant still continued in the service before discharge & so until he got back to Albany & when he again enlisted there the enlistment was dated back so as to commence at the expiration of the previous enlistments & thus cover the whole time of service from Fort Stanwix Declarant came home to Stamford & after that served very often on short militia drafts of a few days or a week each - living as he did in a country constantly exposed to the inroads of the enemy.
Declarant in answer to the interrogations prescribed by the War Department says that he was born in Stamford in the County of Fairfield in Connecticut May 8 th 1755 - that he has no record of his age but gives his age as he had it from his parents - that he has already stated where he was at his several enlistments of the services of officers as far as they now occur to him - that Daniel Nichols of said Stamford was with him at Fort Stanwix that he cannot state the circumstances of his service without being greatly prolix - recollects well that when before St. Johns lay on the ground of recollects several deaths there by gun fire shot, bombs &c. that Stephen Bishop of said Stamford was in service with him at St. Johns, Montreal & Quebec & he refers to said Nichols & Bishop as persons of the town

of Stamford who knew him well, can testify as to his character for veracity of their belief of knowledge of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - There is no clergyman in Stamford or elsewhere who knows any thing in relation to his services in the Revolution. The Rev. Dr. Welles formerly of Stamford knew it during his life as a different belief - Declarant says as he recollects received a written discharge - his enlistments were always as a private - When we landed at the head of Champlain on our way to St. Johns had an engagement with the Indians of Canada in which we had eight men killed three men I saw brought in scalped - The declarant now resides here since he left the service has lived in said Stamford - He (the Declarant) hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present of Declarant that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -  Sworn of subscribed the _____ day of year aforesaid _____  Ezra Dorr his mark John Hildreth wife
We Stephen Bishop of Stamford in Fairfield County in Connecticut & Daniel Nichols resident in the same place being first duly sworn before the Court of Probate in the District of Stamford in the said State, do upon oath theretofore respectively depose & say as follows viz; the said Stephen Bishop that he knows of for fifty years has well known Ezra Dorr who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration that his character for veracity is good - That the deponent has heard the said Declaration read - That deponent was in the service with said Dorr at St. Johns, Montreal & Quebec as is stated in said Declaration & belonging to the same company with said Dorr, having enlisted at the same time with him at said Stamford for Montreal - The declarant that according to the best of his recollection & belief all that is stated in said Declaration in relation to the movements of the troops from said Stamford to Saratoga, Albany & so on to St. Johns & in relation to the service at St. Johns Montreal & Quebec is true, except that deponent thinks our forces left Quebec May 2 nd 1776. He has

no recollection of Gen. Wooster being at Enniskerry, tho' he might be there - Defendant was at first a private - but at its trial enlisted as a sergeant & ultimately became a Lieutenant in the service of that he believes said Dan to be seventy seven years old -
Stephen Bishop
And the said Daniel Nichols in like manner in open court deposes & says that he well knows of for sixty years has well known Squire Dan of said Stamford - that Defendant was a soldier of the Revolution & was at Fort Stanwix in Capt. Robt. Walker's Company in Col. Saml. Elmore's Regiment in the years 1776 & 1777. - Defendant knows that said Dan was also in service at Fort Stanwix at the same time in Capt. Albert Chapman's Company in the same Regiment. When Defendant now dep. was Lieutenant of said Company of Shtabent Gorkan was another - were at Fort Stanwix I think about six months & left on the 16 th April A.D. 1777 - said Dan left at the same time - said Dan's character for veracity is & always has been good - I never saw Squire Dan who has subscribed his name to the foregoing declaration which I have heard read - Defendant further states that he was also at German Flats in the same Regiment when the fort was built & said Dan was there of all that is stated in said declaration in relation to the service at German Flats & Fort Stanwix is true according to his recollection & belief - of that he believes said Dan to be - his seventy seven years old - Daniel Nichols
Sworn & subscribed by the said Stephen Bishop of Daniel Nichols respectively in open Court the day & year aforesaid.
Chas. H. Wolsey Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter of after putting the interrogatories submitted by the War Department that the above-named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states in said Court further certifies that it appears

to them that Stephen Bishop of Daniel Nichols who have signed the foregoing certificates or depositions respectively (who are both well known to the judge of said Court) are residents in the Town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, & are credible persons & that their respective statements & depositions are entitled to credit -
Mr. Hawley Judge -
I Samuel Lockwood clerk of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Stamford in the State of Connecticut do here- by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Dunn for a hearing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 26 th day of July A. D. 1832 -
Sam Lockwood Atty

1159 Connecticut
Rhoda Dann widow of Squire Dann
who served in the Revolutionary Con n war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Aug t 1853 and sent to W. T. Minor Stamford Fairfield Co Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 38 Vol. 4. 3 February 1853.
Rate of death not on roll
256974

State of Connecticut      Probate Court County of Fairfield ss      District of Stamford
On this 10 th day of May      A.D. 1853 before William S. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford personally appeared Rhoda Danna a resident of the Town of Stamford in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy Eight years, who first being 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 rd February, 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Squire Danna who was a private in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of $96 per annum and she refers to the application of her said husband and the evidence accompanying the same on file at Washington for proof of the services of her said husband. She farther declares that she was married to the said Squire Danna on the 31 st day of March A.D. 1820; that her said husband died on the 25 th day of March

As 1839, That She was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred. but at the time above Stated. She farther declares that She is now a widow
Sworn to and subscribed the day her Rhoda X Damm and year aforesaid in open court mark Before me William T. Miner judge In presence
Hannah Lockwood
I Ruth Crabb of Stamford Fairfield County Con- necticut depose and say I am now forty nine years of age. I am well ac- quainted with Rhoda Damm this applicant and have known her for more than forty years last past. She was married to Squire Damm in the Spring of the year 1820 at Pound Ridge County of Westchester and State of New York by the Rev John Low a Presbyterian minis- ter I was present at the marriage and saw them married The said Rhoda Damm is now the widow of said Squire Damm Ruth Crabb
I Sally Hanson of Poundridge Westchester County and State of New York depose and say That I am now forty four years

of age I have been acquainted for more than thirty five years last past with Rhoda Dann this applicant for a pension. She was married to Squire Dann at Pound Ridge County of Westchester and State of New York in the month of Spring of in the year 1820 by the Rev John Low a Presbyterian minister I was present at the time of the marriage and saw them married The said Rhoda Dann is now the widow of said Squire Dann Sally M c Harford
I Hannah Lockwood of Stamford Fairfield County Connecticut depose and say that I am now fifty nine years of age I was well acquainted with Squire Dann in his life time. He died fourteen years ago from the 25 th day of last March I was present at the time of his death I am also well acquainted with this applicant Rhoda Dann Since the death of said Squire Dann she has been and still is the widow of said Squire Dann Hannah Lockwood
I Thaddeus S. Jones of Stamford Fairfield County Con- necticut depose and say that I am forty nine years of age I was well acquainted with Squire Dann,

12 in his life time he died at Stamford in the month of March 1839. I saw his corpse after his death, before his burial. I also know this applicant for a pension Rhoda Lamm. She has been the widow of said Simon Lamm since his death and still is his widow.
Yours dear S Jones
State of Connecticut } Probate Court County of Fairfield } District of Stamford
On this 10 th day of May A.D. 1853 in open Court before William J. Minor Judge of said Court of Probate personally appeared Ruth Pratt, Hannah Lockwood, Mardaus S. Jones each make of the foregoing deposition, subscribed by each and also on the same day before said William J. Minor at her residence in Prime Ridge it not being convenient for her to attend at Court personally appeared Sally M. Harford make of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed, and each of said persons signed said deposition in my presence and made oath to the truth of the same before me. And I certify that in the deposition of Sally M. Harford. The letter "M" in the first line was entered. And the words "Month of," and "in," were erased in each case before execution. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Ruth Pratt, Hannah Lockwood and Mardaus S. Jones and that each is a credible and that I am not acquainted with said Sally M. Harford. but that she has the reputation of being a credible person.
William J. Minor Judge

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50.974-1159
Rhoda Dann. mid.
Squire Dann. pri.
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Revij. war.
Pair? Act Feb. 3. 73
July 58-1159
Ad. 160 a/c Dec 19/56
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State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss
On this 8 th day of September A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid Rhoda Darn aged eighty one years a resident of Stamford in said County and State who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Sylvester Darn deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war and at the time of his decease was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States
She further states that she was married to said Sylvester Darn on the 31 st day of March A D 1820 by one Rev John Lord at Pound Ridge New York and that her name before such marriage was Rhoda Northrop that her said husband died at Stamford Court on the 25 th day of March A D 1839 and that she is now a widow
And she further states that she is now a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States having applied for a pension under the law of February 3. 1853 in conformity with the 2 d Section thereof She cannot state particularly the services performed by her said husband the said Sylvester Darn in the Revo-

Voluntary war but for proof of the same and to refer to this application on file in the pension department of Washington
In proof of her marriage to said Sylvester Dunn and of his death and that she was his widow on the 3 rd day of February 1853 she would refer to her application on file at the pension department and the evidence accompanying the same. She also refers to the evidence accompanying said Sylvester Dunn's application in proof of the services performed by him
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855,
In presence of William J. Miner
Rhoda her Dunn mark
We Lewis Northrup and Elsey J. Northrup residents of Stamford in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Rhoda Dunn in our presence; and that we believe from the ap- pearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Lewis Northrup Elsey J. Northrup

The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I cer- tify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. The minds of both affiants were intubias before execution.
Edwin Scofield Jr.
Notary Public
I Lewis Northrop of Stamford Fairfield Connecticut do hereby depose and say that I am am the son  the daughter of the above named Rhoda Damm and that she has lived in my family and the family of another daughter in said Stamford all the time since February 3. 1853. and that since that period she has not inter- married but has been and still is a widow She is now a pensioner as was her husband the said Lewis Damm up to his death. Lewis Northrop
I Elsey J. Northrop of Stamford Fairfield Connecticut do hereby depose and say that I am the daughter in law of the above named Rhoda Damm and that she has lived with me and with my sister a short distance from me all the time since Feb 3. 1853 and that since that time she has not intermarried but has been and still is a widow and is now a pensioner as was her husband up to the time of his death Elsey J. Northrop

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Stamford
On this 8 th day of September A.D. 1886 before the undersigned a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Lewis Northrup and Elsie J. Northrup makers of the foregoing affida- vits and signed the same in my presence and made oath to their truth and I certify that I am ac- quainted with the said Lewis Northrup and Elsie J. Northrup and their statements are entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year above written and I certify that in the above depositions the words "married the daughter" were erased and "and the son and" in their stead inserted before Execution
Edwige Scofield Jr. Notary Public
Rhoda Dann Exhibit C and for Bounty Land Under act of March 3. 1855
711 9711
Sands Esq. Stamford Attorney
Count
DAN, SQUIRE (CONN.) W-2439

October 18, 1937
aw Squire Dan W. 2439 BA-J/AWF
Ruth M. Bruce 522 W. Kioma Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Squire Dan or Dann.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 2439, based upon the military service of Squire Dan or Dann in the War of the Revolution.
Squire Dan (Dann) was born May 8, 1755 in Stamford, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Stamford, he enlisted sometime in April, 1775, and served as a private in Captain Sylvanus Brown's company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment; on the march to Canada, was in an engagement at the head of "Champlain", with the Indians and Canadians, was at the Siege of St. John, and in the battle of Montreal, length of service seven months. He reenlisted at Montreal, and served as a private in Captain Albert Chapman's company, marched to Quebec, was in the siege and retreat from there, then did garrison duty at Fort Stanwix in Colonel Samuel Elmore's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged April 16, 1777. He also served several short tours in the militia, no details of this service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

July 36, 1832, at which time he was living in Stamford, Connecticut.
The soldier, Squire Dan or Dann, married March 31, 1820 at Poundridge, Westchester County, New York, Rhoda Northrop. He died March 25, 1839 in Stamford, Connecticut.
His widow, Rhoda Dan or Dann, was allowed pension on her application executed May 10, 1853, then aged seventy-eight years and living in Stamford. She was living there in 1856.
Lewis Northrop, son of the widow, was a resident of Stamford, Connecticut in 1856, as was her daughter-in-law, Elsey J. Northrop.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Rhoda Dann, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Rhoda Dann, widow of Squire Dann Certificate # 1159 Issued August 4, 1853 Rate $63.33 per annum Commenced February 3, 1853 Act of February 3, 1853 Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DAN, SQUIRE (CONN.) W-2439

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency WILLIAM T. MINOR, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Edm Scofield Jr was at the time of subscribing the within and annexed attestation and now is a Notary Public 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 annexed attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signature of said Edm Scofield Jr thereto to be genuine.
William T. Minor
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, at Hartford, in said State, this 11 day of September A. D. 1856, and in the first year of the Independence of the United States of America.
J. P. Cunnock for N. D. Sperry Secretary of State.

June 24/94 Phil. Wk. a Mrs. Jas. R. Franklin C 15 E. 66 th St., New York, N.Y. 1930. May 16. Hist. & Mrs. Howard H. McCall - See her letter in John Duncan R. 3125. Aug 1932. July 6. Hist. to Mrs. B. L. Gundersen Aug 1935. Sept. 13. Hist. to Donald F. Clark Aug 1937. Oct 18. " " Ruth M. Bruns Aug
Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2439
Rhoda Dann
Widow
Squire Dann
Priv. Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 18/53 No. 1713
Rhoda Danner, widow of Againe Danner,
Conn.
3 rd Feb 1833
Benj. War.
Allowed 63 33 / 100 per an. Commencing Feb 3/53
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Wm. T. Minor Stanford, Fairfield Co. Ct.
Commissioner.

50.901.
160 acres..

Squire Dan, At 7 th June 1832: - $63.33. p. m.
Died 25 th March 1839, paid to his death.
F. Burt
Agito.

Pension Office Aug 1/53
Sir
Please report information of the time of the death of the within pensioner or the time to which he was paid
Very Respectfully,
L. Cole for Commissioner
J Burt Esq 3 And Present (See other side.) (Gray)

Brief in the case of Rhoda Damm widow of Squire Damm Fairfield County and State of Connecticut act of Feb. 3rd 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner Marriage proven by affidavits of witnesses certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
No additional ev since date of application
Name and residence of Agent Wm. T Minor Stanford Fairfield Co. Conn.
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

Pension Agency Hartford 9 th Septem r 1837
Sir
Herewith I transmit the papers of Phinehas Rundle - Jonathan H Kent - Levi Mead Nathan Gorham - Abijah Beardslee - Alas Brumley - Stephen Elmer - David Barnes - Abel Barnes - Amos Read Isaac Jones & John Hands, each of which having neglected to claim their pension for twelve months or more they are forwarded for special directions authorizing the payment
I am Very Respectfully Your obed t Serv t .
Sam l L. Atkin. Agent.
also the papers of Ebenezer Hoyt Abraham Close Lador Newman Squire Dan
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions (Washington)

Rhoda Dasm Widows Pension Application for under Act Feb 3. 1833
rev
William J. Minor Stanford Court Attorney

State of Connecticut, Probate Court County of Fairfield ss District of Stamford
I. Sands Seely clerk of said Court of Probate and keeper of the seal and records thereof hereby certify that William J. Minor is the sole presiding Judge of said Court of Probate and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are his own proper hand writing and signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Stamford this 12 th day of May 1853 Sands Seely Clerk of the Court of Probate for Stamford District

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } Probate District of Stamford
On this 10 th day of August A.D. 1832 before the Court of Probate in Stamford District personally appeared Stephen Bishop of Stamford in said District who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath in open Court depose & say in addition to the deposition he has heretofore given on the application of Agnes Dan of said Stamford for a pension. That in April 1775 I first enlisted as a sergeant in the Company of Connecticut State Troops Commanded by Capt. Sylvanus Brown & Lieutenant Whiting in the Regiment commanded by Col. David Rootes - enlisted for seven months or disarmed Trunks - went with the forces to Harlem - then to Albany - then to Halfmoon & so on to Schenectady & Brown Point - stopped awhile at Ithaca and Troy - & thence went to St. Johns where we assisted in the siege of the place I was present at its reduction - lay at St. Johns forty seven days as a horseartillery - Montgomery had the command - thence went to Montreal & took that place - it was late in the season when we got there - after lying there awhile we moved down to Quebec after Montgomery's death I went down there - it was very remarkable also when we left Montreal - Had at Quebec till we retreated from that place where we was the 6 th or 8 th of May 1776 when we came away - when our term of seven months had expired which was while we were at Montreal we enlisted again in the Connecticut Troops in a company commanded by Capt. Albert Chapman - John Wetmore was our Capt. late of Danie in said County was Lieutenant - for five months - I served out that whole term as a sergeant at Montreal & Quebec - I then re-enlisted for a whole first enlistment - said Agnes Dan then deceased has always well known enlisted in both these occasions - that is, in Brown's Company of Artillery in Chapman's Company of Service both terms out in those Companies being as I remember well recollect all the while in the service with this Regiment. I then corrected himself - he did not enlist as sergeant at first but did at Montreal - said Dan enlisted & re-enlisted when I first did I served out both terms of seven months & five months - I then is about seventy six years old - said Dan's character for truth is perfectly good - Stephen Bishop

I won't subscribe to the day of your adjournment
Chas. H. Dudley Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare that the said Stephen Bishop who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing deposition is the same Stephen Bishop who subscribed & swore to a deposition on the foregoing application of Squire Dan for a hearing, on the 26 th day of July 1832 before the said Court and the said Court hereby attaches the last foregoing deposition of said Bishop to the former proceedings of the said Court on said application of Squire Dan & makes said deposition part of record of the proceedings of said Court upon said application - hereby certifying that said Stephen Bishop is a credible person & his statement entitled to credit
Chas. H. Dudley Judge
I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Squire Dan for a hearing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 11 th day of August A.D. 1832
Sam Lockwood Clerk
Ms. A. 9. 2. 27 p. 1637

State of Connecticut } Hampden County } ss. Probate District of Farmford.
On this 19 th day of March A.D. 1833 before the Court of Probate and for said District personally appeared Squire Dean of Farmford in said District maker of the foregoing Declaration made date of July 26 th 1832 who being duly sworn according to law & the oath being in addition to what he has said in his said original declaration that it is so strongly impressed upon his recollection that his first enlistment in Watrous's Regiment was on the 18 th of April 1775 that he cannot vary from his original declaration in this respect; It is possible he may be mistaken, but he cannot testify otherwise than as he believes from his best recollection, — He knows with absolute certainty that he enlisted in said Sylvanus Brown's Company as in said original declaration stated for the term of seven months, & constantly & faithfully served out the whole of that term in hard & arduous service — He knows too with absolute certainty that at the expiration of that term he enlisted again for five months in Chapman's Company as stated in his original declaration of that he afterwards at liberty enlisted in his original declaration enlisted in Chapman's Company for one year counting back from the expiration of his five months enlistment as fully stated in his said original declaration — Declarant however finds that he corrects an error in his original declaration — it is one which escaped his notice when his original declaration was read to him at the time it was sworn to — It is therein stated that his declaration was at German Flats about six months — This is incorrect — Declarant knows he was in service at Fort Stanwix six months as stated in the original declaration, & he could not have been at German Flats more than three months or thereabouts — perhaps a few days more or less — he cannot state precisely how long — Declarant states that from the time of his first enlistment till his discharge at Fort Stanwix (which was the full term of two years) he was constantly engaged in the service of the public & in manner as stated in his original declaration — That he served during all this time as a private — of that all the different Corps in which he enlisted & served as aforesaid, were Corps of regular embodied troops & were constantly engaged in the service of the United States (or what are now the United States) in hard field service or garrison duty — That these several Corps

were all raised of ordn'd into the public service by public au- thority of their services as such troops are all matter of familiar public history - The Declarant cannot state the names of officers with more particularity than he has done - he could state the great many circumstances of the service, but he fears to be extremely prolix in doing it - The Declarant further states that he may be mistaken in his original declaration about the time in 1800 when he of his associates entered on their service - it was shortly after the 1st of Jan y taken - The Declarant cannot state how long he was engaged in the militia service set forth in his original declaration of the time he claims nothing for that. He deposes & says that he can state pos- itively as to the precise length of his service of according to the best of his recollection (if he knows) he served not less than the periods mentioned below of in the following grades; for seven months I served as a private in Brown's Company as stated in my original declaration - for one year of five months I served as a private in Crosman's Company as stated in my original declaration of for such service I claim a pension -
Given to you subscribed this day his Ezra D. Dyer mark
Before me
Col. Chandler Judge -
And now on this 21 st day of March A.D. 1833 before said Court personally appeared Peter Smith of said Stamford who be- ing duly sworn according to law, deposes on his oath in open Court testify that in the month of April 1775 - he cannot state the day of the month with certainty - but he believes not far from the 20 th - he enlisted in Capt. Sylvanus Brown's Company of Connecticut Troops in Col. David Waterbury's Regiment - from said Stamford he together with said Reg t went to St. Johns in the British Province of Canada at the siege of reduction of that place. He well knows Ezra Dyer of said Stamford of whom always well known him - his character for truth as good - said Dyer enlisted at said Stamford in said April of went with the forces in company with their Regiment to said St. Johns I was present there in service during the siege & at the capture of the place - said Dyer from this place went down to Montreal of as Regiment understood, from that place to Quebec - but Regiment came down from St. Johns in the guard which had charge of the

prisoners of came down from St. John. The winter following the Disponent spent in New York - The season following this dispo- nent again entered the service of the County in Capt. Albert Chapmans Company. His said Company spent sometime at German Flats in the State of New York afterwards there six months in said Company in doing garrison duty in Fort Stanwix where his enlistment expired. Disponent well knows that said Dan was a private in said Company (say Chapmans) of service in said Company for the season, both at German Flats of afterwards during the term aforesaid at Fort Stanwix. Said Dan was as stated above a fellow soldier of this Disponent in Sylvanus Browns Company. - The service in that com- pany as well as that in Chapmans Company was constant of hard service either in the field or garrison. Said Compa- nies of the Regts. to which they belonged were regularly em- bodied corps of soldiers engaged under public authority in the service of the United States; or what are now the United States. - The facts aforesaid this Disponent knows from his own observation & from having been a fellow sol- dier of said Dan. - Disponent was seventy seven years old on the 2nd day of August last. - Does not know said Dancs age but thinks there is not much difference between his & the Disponents.
Peter Smith
Sworn to facts stated this day of year last aforesaid
Col. H. Hovey Judge

Stamford Probate Office Mar. 21. 1833 I certify that Peter Smith maker of the foregoing deposition is well known to me personally to be a credible person - Ch. H. Stanley Judge -
I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Squire Dan for a petition. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty first day of March A.D. 1833 - Samuel Lockwood Clerk

Apr 27
Conn
Revolutionary Claims
Respectfully referred to the War Department. Mary Davis of
admit 7 m o in 1775 1 year in 1776 being term of service that year, Ed. Elmer
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
1 year 7 m o
63.33
Charles H. Hasley Stamford
Squire Dan

Hampden Me. 21. B 33
Dear S. M. Lane
Sir I again forward Squire Dain's application for a Pension - The objections taken before were that he must have left the period of his enlistment too early & that there were inconsistencies in Bishop's supplemental affidavit. Mr Dain as you will perceive does not vary from his original declaration in regard to the period of his first enlistment - He appears quite confident of his honesty to testify, therefore more than according to his recollection, whether that be erroneous or not. I have examined Bishop's testimony & do not discern the inconsistencies referred to. There has therefore been an attempt to obtain a correction of that.
That it may be the opinion of your Department that Dain is not mistaken as to the time of his first enlistment, I presume you will find in his declaration of the testimony of many of Bishop, Nichols & Smith that he performed two years constant service in regularly enrolled troops . It is respectfully presumed that the perfect general notoriety of the nature of the conditions in which he was engaged, will render unnecessary any other evidence that the corps in which he served were regularly enrolled & ordered out by competent authority.
I am Sir very respectfully Your obedient Servt.
Ch. H. Harding

D. J. H. New York City 15. East 56 th St. June 10. '94.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir - I wish to learn where is the friend of Mr. Lycurgus  Dunn . He Dunn, or any man or men of that name who is on the list of Pen- sioners - or who might

- in the War of the American Revolution "James Darr" or "Dana" enlisted in 1776 - he re-enlisted - was dis- missed - Died on March 25 th - 1839.
I wish to know his rank in the Army - Also - if possible the Army History for enlisted men - his service as a soldier, his place of birth, names of parents, &c.
I wish also to ascertain if any man or men by

the name of Hickson - was pensioned - He served in the war. Especially those Hick- sons coming from Putnam , now Stetson County, N. J. If your Department can furnish this information, I would be glad to hear from you re: the United States - Adm. If not, will you direct me where I can find the information I am very truly

in search of?
Yours very truly Mary C. Franklin. (Mrs. James C. Franklin)
RECEIVED JUN 13 1894 MAN B. FRANKLIN

Mrs. B. H. Gunderson 405 W. PARK ST., BUTTE, MONT.
g Men's Christian Association of Butte, Montana
The P
May 23, 1932
U.S. Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Would you please send me the Revolutionary War records of Squire Dann (Dan) born 1754, married to Rachael Lockwood; and Nathaniel Classon ? Both were Revolutionary War pensioners, & both served from Stamford, Conn. The latter was only fifteen or sixteen years old & was wounded in the arm.
Yours truly,
(Mrs.) B. H. Gunderson

Fort Montgomery, N. Y. September 3, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
My great-great-grandmother is said to have been a daughter of Squire Dan or Dann, of Fairfield County, Connecticut, who served in the Revolutionary War one hundred ninety-four days in 1776 and re-enlisted. He died at Stamford, 25 March 1839, and the History of Stamford by E. B. Huntington says he was pensioned.
I would appreciate information as to whether there is on file in your office a pension application based on the Revolutionary War service of Squire Dan or Dann and, if so, whether the application contains data pertaining to the soldier's family and his military record.
Yours very truly,
Donald F. Clark. Donald F. Clark.

B
Colo. Springs Colo. 522 W. Kiowa Sept. 30, -87.
Telecom Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am desirous of becoming a member of the D.A.R. and in order to do so must have proof and in- formation concerning my great grand father Squire Dan (or Dann), who

was a Revolutionary War soldier. His Pension Claim number on file is W. 2439.
Please send me any information concerning him that you have on file.
Thank You for an immediate reply. Sincerely,
Ruth M. Brag

P. M. Bruehl 522 W. Kiowa Colorado Springs Colo.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Esquire Dan , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 75 1/2 yrs Pri Pri Brown Waterbury Conn.   Chapman "   Apr 76 1/2 yrs " " Chapman Elmore Conn.  
Battles engaged in, St Johns, Montreal & Quebec. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stamford Conn. Date of application for pension, July 26 1832 Residence at date of application, Stamford Conn. Age at date of application, Bn May 8, 1755
Remarks: Both he and his widow Rhoda were pensioners. A search cannot be made for soldiers bearing the name Nickerson without their christian names.
Very respectfully,
Mrs James R Franklin 15 E. 56 St New York City.
Commissioner.

September 13, 1935
Squire Dan-W.2439 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Donald F. Clark Fort Montgomery New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Squire Dan or Dann of Fairfield County, Connecticut, died in Stamford, Connecticut, March 25, 1839.
The Revolutionary War record of Squire Dan or Dann which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2439, based upon his service in that war.
Squire Dan (Dann) was born May 8, 1755 in Stamford, Connecticut, names of his parents not given.
While residing in Stamford, he enlisted sometime in April, 1775, served as a private in Captain Sylvanus Brown's company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment, on the march to Canada was in an engagement at the head of "Champlain" with the Indians and Canadians, was at the Siege of St. John, and battle of Montreal, length of service seven months. He reenlisted at Montreal, served as a private in Captain Albert Chapman's company, marched to Quebec then in the siege and retreat from there, then did garrison duty at Fort Stanwix in Colonel Samuel Elmore's Connecticut regiment and was discharged April 16, 1777. He also served short tours in the militia, no details of this service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 26, 1832, at which time he was living in Stamford,

Connecticut.
Squire Dan or Dann married March 31, 1820 at Poundridge, Westchester County, New York, Rhoda Northrop. He died March 25, 1839 in Stamford, Connecticut.
His widow, Rhoda Dan (Dann), was allowed pension on her application executed May 10, 1853, then a resident of Stamford, Connecticut and aged seventy-eight years. She continued to live there in 1856.
Lewis Northrop, son of the widow, was a resident of Stamford, Connecticut in 1856, as was her daughter-in-law, Elsey J. Northrop.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

July 6, 1932
BA--J/ANF XXXXXXXXXXXX Squire Dan W. 2439
Mrs. B. G. Gunderson 405 W. Park Street Butte, Montana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request data relative to Squire Dann, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2439, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Squire Dan or Dann.
He was born May 8, 1755 at Stamford, Connecticut.
While residing in said Stamford, he enlisted in April, 1775 and served as a private in Captain Sylvanus Brown's company in Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment; he was in an engagement with the Indians and Canadians at the head of "Champlain", at the siege of St. John, and battle of Montreal, length of service seven months. He reenlisted at Montreal and served as private in Captain Albert Chapman's company in Colonel Samuel Elmore's Connecticut regiment, marched to Quebec, did garrison duty at Fort Stanwix, and was discharged April 16, 1777.
He also served short tours in the militia, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 26, 1832, at which time he was living in Stamford, Connecticut.
He married March 31, 1820 at Poundridge, Westchester

County, New York, Rhoda Northrop.
The soldier, Squire Dan (Dann) died March 25, 1839 in Stamford.
The widow, Rhoda, was allowed pension on her application executed May 10, 1853, then a resident of Stamford, Connecticut, and was aged seventy-eight years.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HLM
May 15, 1930.
Mrs. Howard H. McCall Gengian Terrace Hotel Atlanta Georgia.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2439, it appears that Squire Dan or Dann was born May 8, 1755 at Stamford, Connecticut.
While residing in said Stamford, he enlisted in April 1775 and served as a private in Captain Sylvanus Brown's Company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment. He was in an engagement with the Indians and Canadians at the "head of Champlain", was at the siege of St. John and served seven months. He re-enlisted at Montreal and served in Captain Albert Chapman's Company, Colonel Samuel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment and marched to Quebec. He was discharged April 16, 1777.
He also served short tours in the militia, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 26, 1832, at which time he was living in Stamford, Connecticut.
He died March 25, 1839 in Stamford.
The soldier married March 31, 1820, at Poundridge, Westchester County, New York, Rhoda Northrop.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 10, 1853, at which time she was living in Stamford and was aged seventy-eight years.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
did Gardner or so something
I did not mention the children of the widow, as they were married without and not the soldier's children