Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 17725, David Dickinson, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Dickinson, David Sybil
NUMBER _____
N 17725
CONTENTS

Connecticut - 283
Sybil Dickinson widow of David Dickinson, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March 18 th and who died on the 25 th March 1826 - of Berlin in the State of Connecticut who was a Pvt. in the Inf try commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Huntington in the Conn t line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut as the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Sept r 38 and signed by J. M. Niles, H. C. Ford, Com.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00 $120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 175 -

10. 580
Q
Connecticut
David Dickinson
of Berlin in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of September 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of May 1819 and sent to Stephen Titus Hoomer Esq. Middleton Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. 41. 83
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819. 48.00
5 Mo: \frac{3}{30}  \frac{4}{31}
$89. 83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
has been paid (one paid) 14 April 1820 (schedule wanting)

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
A.
ON this 28 th day of September 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears David Dickinson aged 82 years, resident in Berlin in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said David Dickinson on the day of November 1775, enlisted in Berlin in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Asa Bis- -ton and in the brigade commanded by Genl. Joseph Spencer in the Connecticut Line.
that he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States until the month of December 1776, when he was discharged from service in Port, Rill state of New York; that he was in the battles of No Battle being sick at the time of the retreat from New York.
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. That his discharge as aforesaid was verbal & not in writing.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Noomer
B.
I, Stephen Noomer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said David Dickinson did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Connecticut, ss. Middletown, Sept. 28 th 1818.
Stephen Noomer

C. State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
ON this 28 th day of September 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Abraham Wright of Berlin in the said State, a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with David Dickenson of the said Berlin , the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he the said Abraham Wright was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. Oriah Bliss , in the Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Huntington , in the Connecticut Line; and that in November 1775 he enlisted the said David Dickenson as a Soldier in the said Company for thirteen months; - That the said David Dickenson joined the army in December 1775, and served in said Company as a Soldier until December 1776, when he was discharged from Service by reason of expiration, the said Abraham during all the time aforesaid being Lieutenant of said Company; ... The said Abraham Wright further says, that the said David Dickenson ,
is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
John Warner

91 State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
ON this 28 th day of September 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Jesse Peck of Middletown in the said State, a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with David Dickinson of Berlin in the said State, the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he the said Jesse Peck was an officer, (a Lieutenant) in the Revolutionary army from 1775 for several years. That he was then a resident of said Berlin, & was acquainted with the said David Dickinson; That the said David Dickinson from December 1775 to December 1776 was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Oziel Bissell, in the Regiment commanded by Judah Huntington Esq., in the Connecticut Line in active service,
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Arthur H. Mays

I  John Fisk
Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, That the Honorable
Stephen John Warmer
of Middletown in said State, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the preceding Declarations and Certificates, marked A. B. C. D.
is his proper hand writing and signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Middletown aforesaid on this 28 th day of September 1818.
J. Fisk

David Dickinson Private Col. Hunting- ton's Regt Penn Line 1775 - 1 year - dec 28 th Sept 1818
Admitted

State of Connecticut Probate District of Berlin - } ss.
On this 30th day of August A. D. 1838, personally appeared before the Probate Court, held within and for the District of Berlin, Sybil Dickinson, a resident of the town of Berlin in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, aged 82 years, who having been 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 7th 1838, entitled "an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" - That she is the widow of David Dickinson, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and at one time was a pensioner of the United States; - That the original pension certificate herunto annexed, was retained by him, until the time of his death, and ever since that time the said Certificate has been in her possession, and that the same is also true of the letter signed "J. L. Edwards," also herunto annexed; - That the Record herunto annexed was cut from their Family Bible, and that the first twelve lines of the said Record, are in the hand writing of her late husband, the said David Dickinson, and that the time of the death of her said husband is truly stated on said Record; That the names "Leonard," "Elenor," "Esther," and

"Sarah," are the names of her children severally, and that the dates of their births respectively, are correctly stated on said Record; - That her maiden name was Sybil Andrews, and that she was married to the said David Dickinson, by the Rev. Mr. Penn, in the  autumn of the year 1783, at which time the said Penn, was the regularly settled minister of the parish where they resided; that she has no knowledge of any record of the date of their marriage, but she does know that Israel Deming whose deposition is herunto annexed was a witness of the marriage; that herself and her husband were both natives of Berlin, and have always resided in the same neighborhood where they were born, and that since the death of her said husband she has remained his widow.
She further declares that she was married to the said David Dickinson in the spring  autumn of the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, but the precise date of her marriage she does not remember; - that her husband the aforesaid David Dickinson died on the twenty-fifth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and twenty six; that she was not 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.
Witnesses to the signing by mark Sybil her Dickinson mark Melzai Gardner - Goosewing

The foregoing Declaration of Widow Sybil Dickinson was sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before Joseph Wright Judge
The words "who," and "Spring" in the sixth line, and the word "Spring," in the twenty-first line of the second page of the Declaration, were erased, and the word "autumn," interlined in both of said lines before signing -
Joseph Wright Judge
State of Connecticut Probate District of Berlin - } p.
I, Joseph Wright, Judge of Probate for the District of Berlin, Hartford County, and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of Probate in the matter of the application of the widow Sybil Dickinson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of this Court to be affixed, - at Berlin aforesaid this 30th day of August A D 1838.
Joseph Wright Judge

David Dickinson was Born January 22 1756 Libbet my Wife was Born May 30 1756
Leonard was Born January 4 th 1784
Elenor was Born May 4 1786
Esther was Born October 12 1788 Jiry was Born
February 8 1798
Leonard Dickinson died Decembe the 2 1824 Age 41 David Dickinson died March the 25 1826 Age 70
Jiry Dickinson died March 22, 1830. Aged 32.

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
BOSTON:
PRINTED BY GREENOUGH & STEBBINS, FOR HASTINGS, ETHERIDGE AND BLISS, E. LARKIN, THOMAS AND ANDREWS, D. WEST, ANDREWS AND CUMMINGS, MANNING AND LORING, J. WEST, and O. C. GREENLEAF.
1809.

I, Lucy Dickinson of Berlin, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, on oath depose and say - That I am 68 years old that I was born and have always lived in the same neighborhood with David Dickinson and with Sybil Andrews who afterwards became the wife of the said David Dickinson, that they both always lived in the same neighborhood where I was born, and that I very well remember their marriage; that I was myself present at their wedding and witnessed the solemnization of the marriage; that I was myself married in 1786, and remember that they were married about three or four years before I was myself married; that I know that the said David Dickinson was at one time said to have been a pensioner and that he was stricken from the Pension Roll soon afterwards on account of the amount of his property; that the said David Dickinson died about twelve years ago, and that his widow the said Sybil, is now living in this neighborhood and still remains the widow of the said David Dickinson - and further the deponent saith not. Lucy Dickinson
State of Connecticut Hartford County } Berlin, September 6th 1838.
Then personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of Probate of the Peace in and for said County, Lucy Dickinson signer of the foregoing Deposition, known to me as a person of truth and veracity, who read and signed the same in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the matters contained therein before me - (the word "old," interlined before signing.)
Joseph Wright Judge

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17723-
Sybal Dickinson
Wid. of
David Dickinson
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:—Vol. 81 , Page 184
[Arrangement of 1870.]

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
David Dickinson late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Twentyeight day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. S. Edwards, in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

David Dickinson
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Middletown Conn. at the U.S. Branch Bank
Recorded

War Department, Pension Office, April 17 th 1820.
Sir,
Information having been received at this Office, that you are not in needy circumstances, I have to inform you, that your name will be stricken from the roll of pensioners, unless you exhibit to this Department, a schedule of all your property, real & personal as well as of all debts due you, under oath. The property must be appraised by two respectable freeholders of the county in which you reside, who must certify to the appraisement, under oath, before a magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths, and whose official character & signature must be properly authenticated. When these documents shall have been transmitted, your claim will be investigated; and if you are entitled to a pension, your name will be continued on the roll.
I am, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt.
J. S. Edwards
Mr David Dickinson, care of Titus Hosner, Esq., Middletown, Conn.

786 Sybel Dickinson widow of David Leon.
at 9. July 38 5 years.
married in 1783.
adm'd 12 mo. p.
40 P.
no description
Hon. J. McViles Hartford Conn

I, Israel Deming of Berlin, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, on oath depose and say - That I am 78 years of age; that I was born and have always resided in the same neighborhood with David Dickinson and with Sybil Andrews who afterwards became the wife of the said Dickinson; that they both lived in the same neighborhood where they were both born, and that I have known both of them from childhood; that the said David Dickinson was a soldier in the army of the Revolution; that he was married in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, to Sybil Andrews aforesaid, by the Rev d Mr. Penn who was at that time the minister of the parish in which we resided in the town of Berlin aforesaid; that I have personal knowledge of the marriage from having been present on the occasion and a witness of the ceremony, and that I am confident in relation to the date, from the fact that I was myself married about the same time; - that the said David Dickinson died about the twelve years ago and that his widow, the s d Sybil is still living, and has ever since the death of the said David remained his widow, - and further the deponent saith not -
Israel Deming

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. Berlin, August 30th, 1838.
Then, before the Subscriber, a Judge of Probate in said County, and duly empowered by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Israel Deming, signer of the foregoing deposition who read and signed the same in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the matters contained therein, - before me -
Joseph Wright. Judge

State of Connecticut -
Secretary's Office -
Hartford September 7 th 1838.
I, Royal S. Hinman, Secretary of State, do hereby certify, that Joseph Wright, Esq. is the Judge of Probate for the Probate District of Berlin, in the County of Hartford, and that he is by virtue of his office, duly empowered by law to administer oaths.
And I do further certify that the signature of the said Joseph Wright, as affixed to the several papers herewith annexed is his genuine signature, and the Seal of the Court of Probate, also herewith annexed, is the true and genuine Seal of the Court of Probate for the District of Berlin aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have caused the Seal of the State to be affixed, at Hartford aforesaid on the day and year first above written.
Royal S. Hinman Secretary of State