Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20977, William Dean, Continental. Conn. Residence. (N.Y. Agency)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Dean, William
W 20977.
or Deane
or Deane
Conn. residence; CONTENTS (N.Y. agency)
Anna

7845 L
State New York
William Dean
of Manlius in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut line, for the term of One year Dec r 1775.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 6 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of March 1819 and sent to James D. Wattles, esq. Manlius, Onondago Co. New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mos \frac{25}{30} \frac{4}{31} . 87.64 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r . 1819: 48.00
$ 135.64
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notification sent Oct. 28. 1820. to Truman Adams, Onondaga Co. N. York

David of Mary Hawkins

Onida County
State of New York
Mary Hawkins being duly sworn depapeth and saith. That she was knowing of her Brother William Dean's enlisting into Capt Thomas Dyer's Company Col. Dyer's Regt in the Connecticut Line the the Army of the Revolution the year she does not recollect. Thinks it was the fall part of the War. That he was absent from home one year that when he returned home it was said by those who were in his company that he was in the army. That the family (his father) frequently received letters from him in the time one in his handwriting which this deponent then knew mentioning the death of a Brother who died in the Army. Retra fact further that this deponent has not the least knowledge from the circumstances which occurred at the time that her Brother the William Dean served the year for which he enlisted, and further this deponent saith not
Mary Hawkins mark
Taken and subscribed this 17 th day of February A.D. 1819 in Westmoreland in said County before me
Horroy Jones Justice Peace

I certify that I have been acquainted with Mary Hawkins the within document for at least fifteen or twenty years that their reputation and character is un- spoiled that her Christianity is unquestionable in her neighborhood that I think there is not the least doubt but what she within is correct and true
Robert Jones S. P.
Wesborough 17th July 1819

William Dean application for Pension
Col. Duke's Regt. Connecticut Line.
compare this case.
age 22? Wt
E.B.
Not on Roll Returned for farther evidence of service.
Adm c .

State of New York
Onondaga County ss
I Sylvanus Townley one the Judges of the court of common Pleas for the said County To the Honorable Secretary of the War Department do certify that on this 20th day of April 1818 personally came before me William Dean a resident of the town of Manlius in said County and being duly sworn declares on oath that he enlisted into the service of the United States the first of January 1776 to serve for the term of one year into the Company of Captain Thomas Dyer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Duryee of the Connecticut line and served through the Campaigns in the Jerseys was at the battle at Trenton and was discharged on the second day of January 1777 that he has removed from place to place frequently and has lost his discharge He further declares that he is now poor and wholly destitute of property or the means of support and that he receives no pension from the United States
The said Dean also produced David Dexter as a witness who being sworn says that he is well acquainted with the said William Dean and knows him to be poor and destitute of the means of support From all which it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Dean did serve the United States in the Revolutionary War for the term of one year as above stated against the Common Enemy and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his Country for support

Done in pursuance of the act of Congress of the United States entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War Approved 18 March 1878"
Sylvester Townsend
Onondaga County Clerks Office April 11th 1880
I certify that Sylvester Townsend Esquire is one of the judges of the said County and that the above is his signature
Witness the seal of the said Clerks office the day and year above written
Butler Leonard Dep. Clk.

William Dean
7845
Sept 1891
2 o

Schedule of all the property of William Dean taken this first day of September 1820
   one 5 pail Kettle 2.00 2 Chairs 0.25 1 Calf 2.00   1 2 pail do 2.50 1 Chest 0.50 1 Cash 0.62   1 Small - do 75 1 Basket 0.37 1 Laddle 0.77   1 Tea Kettle 1.00 1 foot Whirl 2.00 1 meat barrel 0.50   1 Pot 1.50 1 Woollen Whirl 1.50 about 500 lbs 0.50   1 ditto Broke 50 1 Sieve 0.50 old flour bag 0.12   1 Iron plate 25 3 Bottles 0.37 1 Bible 0.38   1 Spider 62 1 ft Steel Yards 50 169.38   1 Shovel & Tong 2.00 1 Lantern 25   1 Table 2.00 1 Set old Plough Irons 3.00   1 Wash Tub 1.50 1 Ox Yoke no Irons 50   6 Milk Pans 2.25 1 Old Axe 50   2 Platters 25 1 pair 4 year old Steers 45.   8 Plates 50 2 cows bought with   4 Tin Basins 50 Savings of last   2 pint Bowls 12 Grand pension   3 Tea Cups & Saucers 25 3 Grues (1 Hen) 1.25   1 Canister 25 4 Hogs 12--   1 Tin Cup 12 5 Acres Corn 30--   1 Coffee pot 19.16 3/4 do Potatoes 3--   1 Milk Cup 12 Garden vegetables 4.00   1 Tin Dipper 6 1 Load Hay 5.00   1 Earthen pot 12 1 Note of $8.00 against   4 Riveted Spoons 25 Chin bands head   5 Table Spoons 25 Due me from Oliver Seal   6 Tea Spoons 25 good   2 Wooden Bowls 50  

State of New York Onondaga County ss
On this first day of September 1820 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onondaga in open Court William Dean aged sixty two years, resident in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit for one year from the first day of January 1776 to the first day of January 1777, in Colonel John Dungees Regiment of Connecticut troops, at first in Captain Thomas Dyer's Company & when Captain Dyer was promoted in Captain Daniel Tildens Company, until the expiration of the year when he was duly discharged according to his enlistment that on the sixth day of April 1818 he made his declaration and application for a pension and that about a year afterwards he received a pension certificate No 7845 dated 18 th March 1819. for eight dollars a month which he has since regularly received up to the fourth of March last The said William Dean further saith on his oath aforesaid, that by occupation he is a Farmer, and as far as is in his power endeavours to provide for himself and family by hiring small quantities of land & cultivating it, or by taking land to till on shares, that in consequence of his age (sixty two years) and a fall from a waggon, he is infirm, and unable to endure hard labor, but is able to labor at light work pretty steadily - that his family consists of himself, his wife Anna Dean aged fifty seven, about as healthy as is usual for women of her age his son Rial aged eighteen, and Lucy Denny (orphan of a soldier, who died in the service of his country in the late war) aged ten years, unable to provide for herself, who all constantly reside with him and for whom he has to provide -
And I the said William Dean do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property (necessary bedding & wearing apparel excepted) or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
William Deians
I swear to and declared in open Court on this 1 day of September 1820
Before J. O. Wattle, Judge of Gen. Com. Pleas

State of New York Onondaga County } ss
I Freeman Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and sixty nine Dollars, & thirty eight cents and that the within named William Dean justly owes thirteen Dollars, & fifty cents — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this seventh day of September 1820
Freeman Adams Clk of said Court

3833
Anna Dean
Aged 7 July 1838. of Mr March 1882
Died 1 Feb. 1837
Marr'd March 1782
Husband died 1 Feb. 1836
Admitted
Private 12 months
A. Smith Esq, Manlius N.Y.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838
State of New York,
Onondaga County ss;
On this 6 th day of December 1838 personally appeared before the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Onondaga in open court at the Court House in the village of Syracuse in said county Anna Dean a resident of Manlius in said county aged seventy six years in the month of March last past, 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 of the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838.
That she is the widow of William Dean late of the Town of Pompey in said county who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution; That her said husband died at Pompey aforesaid the first day of February 1837 , and that she has remained a widow ever since; That at the time of the death of her said hus- band he was a pensioner, and draw a pension under the act of Congress of the United States passed pension to the year 1832. but under what particular act she does not know and has no means of informing herself

inasmuch as the certificate held by him at the time of his death has been surrendered to the pension department.
That previous to her marriage with the said William Dean her name was Anna Chamberlain, and resided in the town of Mansfield in the county of Windham (now Tolland County as she is informed and believes) in the State of Connecticut; and that her late husband resided in Connecticut in Connecticut aforesaid;
She further declares that she was married to the said William Dean in the month of March 1782 by one Joseph Storrs a justice of the Peace of the said town of Mansfield.
That she was married at the father's house in Mansfield aforesaid;
That she resided at Connecticut aforesaid 10 or 12 years with her said husband and then they moved to the town of Parish in the county of Onondaga State of New York; from thence they moved to the town of Valry Onondaga County; from thence to the town of Manlius Onondaga County; From thence to the town of Pampy where her said husband died as aforesaid; and that in the spring of 1838 she moved from Pampy aforesaid to Manlius where she now resides.
This declarant further saith that Abigail Dexter and Annes

Leaswell of the town of Canaan aforesaid were present at the time of her marriage as aforesaid, and witnessed the solemnization; that she has no record of said marriage but will recollect the time, by her own age and the ages of her children and she further declares that she knows of no record of her said marriage whatever,
And she hereby further declares that her name is not an any other pension roll of any other  other state or territory in the United States, and she hereby relinquishes every other claim to pension or annuity whatever Subscribed and sworn to me in presence this 6th day of December 1838 } Anna Dean mark
E. Rhodes Clerk
And the said can't do hereby declare their opinion that the above named ap- -plicant is the widow of William Dean late of the town of Powney in the town- -ty of Ansonia aforesaid, and that said William Dean was a soldier in the Revolution and drew a pension under the act of congress of the United States, and that the said applicant was married to the said William Dean as she states above, and that the reason she does not sign her own name is the failure of sight

State of New York
Onondaga county ss: Real Dean of Manlius in said County, being duly sworn, saith that he is the son of William and Anna Dean, aged 35 years, that the said William Dean in his life time was a Pensioner under some of the laws of the United States and continued to draw a Pension till the time of his death, that he died at Pampy in said County the first day of February 1837. and that the said Anna has remained a Widow ever since, and he further says that he is the Eleventh child of the said William & Anna. and that the oldest of said children (if living) would now be fifty four years old just as he has always been informed, of his age & believes, and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 6th day of December 1838
Real Dean
E Rhoades Clerk

Gron Lamm First Judge of Poudage Common Pleas William T. Sibley 3 Judges Lyman H. Warrington
I Elijah Rhoades Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Poudaga, do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the applica- tion of Anna Dean for a Re- -vocation
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of December one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty eight
E. Rhoades Clerk

I Amos Cogswell a resident of Coventry in Tolland County hereby depose & say that I was well acquainted with Anna Chamberlin of Mansfield then Windham County having previously married a sister of s d Anna. that I attended the solemnization of her marriage to William Dean of s d Town of Mansfield at her Father's House about the middle of March 1782. She was married by Joseph Storer then a Justice of the Peace for Windham County
Amos Cogswell
Coventry June 15 th 1839
State of Connecticut }
Tolland County } ss Coventry
On this 15 th day of June 1839 personally appeared before me Eleazer Throst one of the Justices of the Peace for s d Tolland County Amos Cogswell who has subscribed the above certificate & made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me — he is a person well known to me & I have no doubt of the truth of his deposition
Eleazer Throst Justice of Peace

I Abigail Dexter a resident of Coventry in Tolland County State of Connecticut hereby depose & say that I was well acquaint- -ed with Anna Chamberlin of Mansfield then Windham County that I attended & witnessed the solemnization of her marriage to William Dyer at her Father's House in the Mansfield about the middle of March 1782. At which the marriage ceremony was perform d by Joseph Storrs then a Justice of the Peace for Windham County Coventry June 17 th 1834 Abigail Dexter
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss. Coventry
On this 17 th day of June 1834
personally appeared before me Eleazer Root one of the Justices of the Peace for Tolland County Abigail Dexter who has subscribed the above deposition & made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me she is a credible Person well known to me
Eleazer Root Justice of Peace

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MS.A
August 2, 1926
Mrs. W. H. MacDermott 323 W. 84th St. New York
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 20977, it appears that WILLIAM DEAN , while a resident of Coventry, Connecticut, enlisted January 1, 1776, served as private in Captain Thomas Dyer's and Daniel Tilden's Companies in Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Trenton and was discharged January 2, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was sixty years of age and was living in Manlius, New York.
He died February 1, 1836, in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York.
He married in March 1782, in Mansfield, Connecticut, Anna Chamberlain, who was born in March, 1762, and was the daughter of Joseph Chamberlain.
She was allowed pension on her application executed December 6, 1838, while a resident of Manlius, New York.
They had eleven children, the oldest was born about 1784, only name given is that of Rial who was thirty-five years of age in 1838.
In 1843 said Anna Dean was living in Newfane, New York.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

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Pennsylvania
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Peruano
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Manlius 22 Feby 1819
Sir
I enclose again the application of William Dean with proof of his service and am respectfully
Yours
James Owatts

25 Cents to the Clerk
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

The Deposition of Nathaniel Root of Coventry in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut - is as follows that in Decmber A.D. 1775 he was. recruiting Serjeant in Captain Thomas Dyer's Company in Col. John Durkys Regiment in the Continental Line of the Army of the united States - that William Dean then of Coventry aforesaid enlisted into the Service aforesaid in Capt Dyer's Company aforesaid for the term of one year and that he continued in the Service during the term aforesaid & according to my best recollection he was regularly discharged further the Deponent saith not
State of Connecticut ss Coventry County of Tolland January the 12 th A.D. 1819 Personally appeared the above deponent made Oath to the truth of the above deposition Before Jesse Root Justice of Peace - I certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent & that full faith & credit is to be given to his deposition Jesse Root J.P. Saver
I Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court for the County of Tolland in the State of Con- necticut do certify that the above named Jesse Root is a Justice of the Peace for said County his commission being deposited & remaining in my office and that the above purporting to be his signature is his proper handwriting In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 18 th day of January A.D. 1819 E Stearns Clerk

State of New York
County of Onondaga } Anna Dean of Manlius in said County applicant for a Pension being duly sworn deponeth and saith that William Dean, her late husband a pensioner of the United States died at Pompey on the first day of February 1836: and further that this deponent has no knowledge of ever having in her application for a Pension, or other wise stated his death otherwise; and if it is stated otherwise than the first of February 1836 it is so stated by inadvertence and mistake - her
Anna x Dean
Subscribed & sworn this
16 th day of September 1839
before me John H. Watson Justin Paine
much { Attest, to signature Zariah Smith
I certify that Anna Dean is unable to write her name, having never learned to write -
John H. Watson Justin Paine

State of New York
County of Onondaga, Against Francis, of Menands in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that for many years previous, up to & including the 14th September 1836 this deponent by himself or his clerks and agents prepared the papers and drew the Pension of William Dean a Pensioner under the act of 18th March 1818; that in February, 1836. This deponent prepared papers for Anna Dean widow to draw the arrears of Pension of the said William Dean - and that, either by himself, which he thinks was not the case or by an agent, drew thirty nine dollars 20 cents for the said Anna Dean, which would be about the amount of the Pension of the said William from 4th Sept 1835 to 1 Feb 1836. This deponent further said that for at least fifteen years previous to the death of the said William Dean, he had been well acquainted with the said William Dean a Pensioner & with Anna his wife, and that Anna Dean the person applying for a widow Pension is the widow of the said William Dean of Onondaga County for the period of at least fifteen years known to this de- ponent as a Pensioner of the United States.
Subscribed to me before me this 16th September 1839
Francis Smith
John Nelson Justice of the Peace
I certify that Francis Smith the above named deponent with whom I am well acquainted is a credible person & that full credit should be given to his affidavit. W. L. Atkinson Justice of the Peace

State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office
ss: I, William M. Clarke Deputy Clerk of said County, do certify that John Watson, before whom the within two affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose name is signed to the within certificate, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified and authorized to take the said affidavits; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe his name subscribed to the within affidavits and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 16 th day of September 1839
W. M. Clarke Dep. Clerk

Albany
Please re-examine
William Dean act 1818 to colat. time paid 3
Died 1 st Feb 1836 p st to that period N L SH
Last payment in March 1836 no note of his death
(Died Feb. 1. 1837)

Act of March 3, 1843
State of New York County of Niagara Co. On this Second day of October eighteen hundred forty three, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County of Niagara, Anna Dean a resident of the town of New Haven in said County, aged eighty one 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 rd March 1843. granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of William Dean who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served as set forth in her application on file in the office of the Secretary of War to obtain the benefits of the act of July 7 th , 1838. And that she received under said act of July 7, 1838 the annual amount of forty eight dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow. Joseph W. Babcock her presence of Anna Dean Francis C. Pratt, J.P. mark I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Anna Dean, and am fully satisfied of the truth of the above declaration. Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Thomas C. Pratt Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the reason assigned by the said Anna Dean, for making her mark instead of signing her name is, that she never learned to write Francis C. Pratt, J.P.

County of Niagara Clerks office J. S. James C. Lewis Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Francis O. Pratt before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been sworn was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified as such and that his signature thereunto written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal on this 22 d day of January eighteen hundred and forty four J. S. Lewis Clerk
5260

My Asa Grafton Dear Sir,
J. L. French Cons. of Penna New Bedford
FREE

July 17 1887 My Dear Anna
FREE
5 3/4 x 10 3/4
John J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions Washington City

Marlins 13 July 1829
Sir
It is impossible for the two very respectable witnesses Mr Oggs & Mrs Dexter to name the day of March 1782 on which Mrs Dean was married, I think there can be no doubt of the proof now submitted being ample and as near the day as could be extended, they say about the middle of March 1782 -
Your early and favourable decision in Mrs Dean's case of application for a Pension is looked for by her with extreme anxiety as it is her subsistence for future life. It may be addressed to me or to her, to my care
Respectfully yours Agnes Smith
Rev J L Edwards
Com. Pensions

I, ROYAL B. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Elazar Hunt was on the 15 th day of June 1839
and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certifi- cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Hunt
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 25 th day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 39
And I certify that the signature of said Hunt hereunto annexed is genuine.
R. B. Hinman
Secretary.

NY - Dec 12 3833
7 July 1838
Mammoth P.M. Co
Dec 1838
J. S. Edwards Esq
Revolutionary Claims
The
Warren Agent
Washington D.C.

3833 my - Dec 12
Mantua N.Y. Dec 8 th 1838
7 July 1838
Providence Conn
Free J. L. Edwards Esq Pension Agent Washington D.C.

Manlius (Onondaga County N.Y.) December 7. 1888
C. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you widow Anna Deans application for a pension under act of July 7. 1838. When the application has been decided passed upon, will you have the kindness to communicate the result to me and much oblige
Yr ob't serv't
Azariah Smith By J. C. Smith

A. Dean
$ 40 per a
P. L. Ely Lockport N. York

Jan'y 23. 1844
Hon. J. G. Edwards
Dear Sir
Enclosed I forward Your declaration of Anna Dean under the Act of March 3 d 1843. If correct please send certificate
Sincerely Yours
P. L. Ely
Lockport, New York

Sept 20.
ny Adolphus Anna Dean,
Rev J. S. Kenney Congl. Pennon Washington

Sept 24
NY
Prof Ann a Dean
Hon J. L. Edwards Con of Pension
Washington

Sir
Manlius, 16 Sept 1879
I enclose explanatory affidavit in the application of Amy Dean showing that her husband died Feb 1876 & not 87 as otherwise appears
Also a new application for transfer of solid meritorious Pension from Michigan to the City of New York with the additional affidavit required -
Yours A. Smith
Col Edward

Lockport N.Y.
Oct 30. 1876
Dear Sir:
The widow of W m Dean, residing in this County, thinks herself entitled to an increase of Pension from 40 to 80 dollars per annum. She says the declaration of W m Dean sustained by other papers, on which his pension was granted are now on file in your office, and they establish the fact that he served over two years. She asks that you will send me a copy of the affidavit &c. proving the two years service, that she may use it to sustain her claim for an increase. If you think it proper I hope you will comply with this request. If the two years service was clearly made out by W m Dean I don't see why his widow should not have the benefit of it.
Yours respectfully
for J. L. Edmands Comm ee of Pensions &c
W. H. Hunt

4862
New York Albany
Anna Deane widow of William Deane who was a private in the Genl Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Feby 1844 and sent to
P. L. Ely Lockport N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 215

Let. to Hon. W. Hunt, Nov. 11, '48.

Albany 4536
Anna Dean widow of William Dean
Admitted to a pension under the Act of March 1828 died on the 1 st February 1836 Monday a Co. in the State of N. York was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dyer of the 1 st B t command Col. Durkee in the Comt. time for 1 year
Enscribed on the Roll of Albany the rate of 40 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov. 1839 and sent to A. Smith Manlius, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. '39 140.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar. '40 20.00 $ 160.00
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2. Page 74

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Dean a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. file 20.977
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1. 1776 dis Jany 2. 1777 Pri. { Thomas Dyer Daniel Tilden John Durkee 20 th Cont t . Conn.         
Battles engaged in, Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, at War: Coventry, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 6. 1818. Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Manlius, N.Y.
Age at date of application, 60 years.
Remarks: Sol. m. Mansfield, Conn. Mch. 1782 Anna Chamberlain dau. Joseph Chamberlain - he d. Mch 1. 1836 Pompey, Onondaga Co. N.Y. & she was all d . pens. on her appln. exec. Dec. 6, 1838 while 76 yrs. of age & a res. of Manlius 1838 their son Rial ae 35 yrs. testified in the case

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
June 24, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning William Dean, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 6, 1818, at which time he was 60 years of age and residing at Manlius, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Dyer and Col. Durkee. Place of his enlistment not stated.
His widow, Anna, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,,
Commissioner.
Miss Kathryn Lilian Snyder,
Second Ave. & 67 Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Dept. of Interior, Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me Deer n. pension record of William Dean of Coventry Conn. - pensioned in N. Y. State.
Mrs. W. H. MacDermott, 323 W 84 st N.Y. City.
June 7/26 -

1
MAR 19 1918
Miss Hattie L. Wood Camden.
MAR 22 1918
New York

Mrs Martin W. Hurley Fond. du Lac.
AUG 20 1912
Wis
N. File 20977 Rev. Mrs Dean
N. Cof. 294524 (1812) Abby Dean.

William Dean. Lucie Dean (widow) certificates # 7845. . W.F. 20977
for the Edward McConnell Army Div.
[Signature]
Oct. 20. 1910.

GWK
Brooklyn, N. Y. June 2, 1897.
C D
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir, -
My great grandfather, William Dean , or Dane , served in the Continental army during the War of the Revolution, was with Washington much of the time, took part in the Battle of Trenton, and later received a pension. At least this is tradition in our family, and an old gentleman who knew him vouches for these facts.
I am very anxious to have indisputable proofs and will thank you to kindly inform me where this information can be secured. I am told that the list of pensioners of the war of the Revolution contains the name of William Dean, who after the close of the war settled in what is now Oswego county, this State. My grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812 and my grandmother was a pensioner of that war.
Thanking you in advance for the kindly attention I trust you will give this request, and with best wishes as a Daughter of the Revolution and a loyal Republican for the success of your administration, I am,
Very truly yours,
Kathryn Lilian Snyder.
Address
(Miss) Kathryn Lilian Snyder, Second Ave. & 67th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

I Abigail Dexter a resident of Coventry in the County of Lolland and State of Connecticut being 83 years Old hereby depose and say that I was well acquainted with William Dean formerly a resident of Coventry in Lolland County and State aforesaid and also with Anna Cham- berlain a resident of Mansfield in Windham County now Lolland County & State aforesaid and am well knowing to the fact that the said William Dean was Married to the said Anna Chamberlain in the Month of March about fifty five years ago I was present at the Marriage which was solemnized at the House of her Father Joseph Chamberlain by Joseph Storrs Esquire then a Magistrate of the Town of Mansfield
Coventry Oct. 4 th 1838
Abigail Dexter
State of Connecticut
Lolland County } ss Coventry
On this 4 th Day of October 1838 Personally appeared before me Eleazer Hunt one of the Justices of the Peace for said Lolland County Abigail Dexter who has subscribed the above certificate and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me and she is a credible person well known to me.
Eleazer Hunt - Justice of the Peace

I Amos Coggeswell aged 86 years a resident of Coventry in Tolland County State of Connecticut hereby certify that I was well acquainted with William Dean formerly a resident of Coventry in Tolland County and State aforesaid and also with Anna Chamberlain of Mansfield Windham County in Tolland County and State of Connecticut and am well knowing to the fact that the said William Dean was married to the said Anna Chamber- lain in the Month of March about fifty five years ago I was present at the Marriage which was solemnized at the House of her Father Joseph Chamberlain by Joseph Storrs Esquire then a Magistrate of the Town of Mansfield
Amos Coggeswell Coventry October 5 th 1838
State of Connecticut { Tolland County { ss Coventry on this 5 th Day of October 1838 personally appeared Amos Coggeswell who has subscribed the foregoing certificate and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me before me Eleazer Root one of the Justices of the Peace for said Tolland County. He is a credible Person and well known to me
Eleazer Root - Justice Peace

I Royal Storrs a resident of Mansfield in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut hereby certify that I am a Son of the late Joseph Storrs of Mansfield in Tolland County and State of Connecticut and I am well knowing to the fact that He was a Justice of the Peace for the  Windham County Tolland County & also that He was often called on to Officiate in the solemnization of Marriage but if He kept any record of the marriage thus solemnized by him I believe they are now irrecoverably lost
Royal Storrs
Mansfield Oct. 6 th 1838
State of Connecticut
Tolland County } ss. Mansfield
On this 6 th Day of October 1838 Personally appeared before me Ebenezer Hunt one of the Justices of the Peace for said Tolland County Royal Storrs Esq. who has subscribed the foregoing certificate & made solemn oath to the truth of the same & he is a credible Person & well known to me
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & style of Office at said Mansfield in the day & year above named viz. this 6 th Day of October 1838
Ebenezer Hunt - Justice Peace

I, ROYAL B. HUNNAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Eleazer Hunt Edgerton is
and for more than two months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Hunt in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 9th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
And I certify that the signature of said Hunt hereto annexed is genuine.
Royal B. Hunnan Secretary.