Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20833, Richard Case, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Case, Richard
W 20 833
Mary
B.L. Wt 264-100
CONTENTS

1781
Connecticut
Richard Case
Private Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. — at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818 — —
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of July 1818 and sent to Hon: Jon a Brace Hartford Conn.
Arrearages to 4 Sept 1818 — 4 mo & 20/30 th $37.33
{ Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
17 War
Continued
East Hadford, Hartford Co.
Notification sent to Thomas Chester, Esq
19 th Oct 1820. Hartford Cont.

Richard Lawrence Killed as to service in Col. Sherman's Regt -
Claimed 15 April 1868
no man named Coye in the Regt -
Correct

State of Conn & 3/1 County of Hartford
Richard Gore of East Hartford in the County of being duly sworn doth depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war in the continental establishment in the Conn line for five years
That he entered the service in May 1777 to serve as a private for during the war & faithfully served until Feb'y or March 1783 when on account of inability he was discharged which discharge is lost - He belonged to Capt. Mattocks company & Col. Chandler's Regt, afterwards Col Sherman's Regt & when discharged he belonged to Capt. Benton company & Col. Saml B. Webb's Regt
That he is a resident citizen of the U. States, has never had a pension, is in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support his Sworn to & subscribed by Richard Gore This 15 th day of April 1818
Before me Jonathan Brown Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid.

State of Conn & } County of Hartford } / Hartford June 12 th 1818. -
Levi Risley & Jonathan Abby of East Hartford being duly sworn do severally depose & say that previous to the revolutionary war they well knew the within named Richard Care & have ever since well known him - that they well recollect that said Care sometime in the Spring of 1777 enlisted in the continental army to serve during the war & that he faithfully served until the winter of 1783 when he was honorably discharged - part of which time the deponents belonged to the same corps with him. They further swear that said Care first belonged to Col o Chandler's Regt - afterwards to Col o Sherman's Regt - & just before his discharge he was transferred to Col o Sam l B. Webb's Regt
Sworn to & subscribed -
Before me
Levi Risley Jonathan Abby
Noah A. Phelps Jur. Pean
I certify that the above named Levi Risley & Jonathan Abby are credible & disinterested witnesses.
Noah A. Phelps Justice Pean -
June 22 nd 1818 Noah A. Phelps Esq r has declared to me that the above signature of "Noah A. Phelps Justice Pean" is his signature & I certify that by a commission remaining in my office he was on the 12 th day of June 1818 a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Hartford. witness my hand & the seal of the county court or court of common Pleas in & for the county of Hartford.
Thomas Chester clerk

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford June 12 th 1818
On examination of the Books of this office, it appears that Richard Case, served as a private in Colonel Isaac Sherman's Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War from the twenty fifth day of May 1777. to the first day of January 1781
Certified by Elisha Cook Comptroller of Public Accounts

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, and County of Hartford. } ss. Hartford
I JONATHAN BRACE, Judge of the County Court, within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Richard Care ————— who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, and on the Continental establishment, for at least the term of nine months, and is a resident citizen of the United States, in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. His discharge he also swears is lost
And in addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of Moses Ezer and Elijah Deming who are credible witness, that the said Richard Care served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid ;
and from the like testimony of Thomas Care ————— that the said Richard Care ————— is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 15 th day of April A. D. 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid
April 15 th 1818 sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honourable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court.
Thomas Chester clerk

Richard Chase
1701
Sept 1878

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 5 th day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Richard Case aged 78 years, resident in East Hartford in the County of Hartford, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: I enlisted in May 1777 during the war into Capt. Mattocks company in Col. Chandlers regiment, was transferred into Capt. Berstons Comp y in Col. Sherimans regi-ment in 1780 in 1782 was transferred to Col. Webbs Reg t was honorably discharged in January 1783 - original declaration was made April 15. 1818 - Pension certificate No 1781
"And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
I have a life estate in an old plank house with only one room & thirteen acres of land the annual rent of which is not worth more than twenty dollars. My personal property
  One pot B 0. 84   one Kettle 0. 45   Three old chairs 0. 50 I am a laborer   old chest 0. 34 at Farming; but   2. 43 can labor but   very little - 
I have no family except a wife aged sixty five who can do do but little labor. Have heretofore been partially supported by the Town of East Hartford & have subsisted partly by charity begged from my neighbors & without a pension shall be dependant on the Town for part of my support -
Richard Case's mark
East Hartford July 27. 1820

Sworn to and declared by said Richard Gasey on the 1 st day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
two dollars and forty three cents. The use of said house & land a life estate of said Gasey worth twenty dollars per annum - I.
Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 st day of August 182 0
Thb Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

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Connecticut 486
Mary Case
Widow in the State of Ct
was a private in the Conn
commanded
by Captain Con of the
commanded
widow of Richard Case de late a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct
at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Feb 1837 and sent Jesse Wharton East Windsor Ct
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $440.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 37 40.00
3 Sept act } $480.00 4 July 1836 }
Revolutionary Claim, } 1 Jan 1832 }
Recorded by N.H. Addison Clerk, Vol. Page 76 -

Wolow's
Application where he does him

State of Connecticut } Is Hartford Hartford County }
On this 30 th day of September 1836 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate, for the District of Hartford in Hartford County now sitting Widow Mary Louise resident of Manchester who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress of July 4 th A D 1836. Her age is 86 years & she is a credible person
She declares that she is the Widow of Richard Louise late a resident of the town of East Hartford  Manchester in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut That her said husband was a Soldier in the army of the revolution That he received a pension under the Pension Act of A D 1818 That he died at Manchester on the  day of March A D 1826. That she was mar- ried to her said husband on the  day of October A D 1772 and before the last period of his services in the Revolutionary war, and that she has remained his widow ever since his death and has never again married for proof of the services of her said husband in the said Army of the Revolution she refers to the Documents sent by her said husband in his application for a Pension which application was granted. She was mar- ried by William Wolcott Esq a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County.

at the house of Daniel Burr in the of Eagle Windsor town of There was present at her wedding Mr Burrs family but they have been dead as she believes many years But some of the neighbors may  will know the time of my marriage and can testify that it was as I have stated several years before the Revolutionary War and none of my children were born before my husband went into the army he was gone almost all the war she once had a record of her marriage written in a Book Mr Occums Sermon but she has not seen it for many years & knows of no record of it but remembers well it was at the time she was stated & she has never again Married but remains the widow of the said pensioner Richard Coase late of said Manchester & she was twenty two years old when she was married 2 nd Richard came home twice while in the Army. her Mary Q Coase mark
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above mentioned
Before said Probate Court
Attest Henry Seymour Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the appropriate interrogatories That the said Mary Coase is the surviving Widow of Richard Coase late of Manchester  East Windsor in sd County of Hartford and State of Con- necticut Married to him before the last period of his services in the Army of the revolution That her said husband has deceased & that she still remains his Wid- ow and has never again Married

I, Henry Seymour Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford in said County of Hartford & State of Connecticut hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of said Court in the matter of the application of the Widow Mary Case aforesaid for a Pension
And I further certify that Horace Newberry Esq before whom the certificates of Lenda Anderson and Abel Wolcott
were taken is a lawful Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford at this time & has been for four months last past and that the signature of said Justice Horace Newberry to the said certificates of Lenda Anderson and Abel Wolcott
purporting to be his is his genuine signature And I further certify that Giles Olmsted Esq before whom the certificate of Jerusha Clark was taken is a lawful Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County and has been for four months last past and that the signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature & that James Moore is Town Clerk of the Town of East Windsor & that the signature to the certificate purporting to be his is his genuine signature & that Samuel L. Rihm is Town Clerk of the Town of East Hartford in Hartford County & that the certificate by him subscribed is his genuine signature and that the alteration of 2 to 3 in the date of Manchester in place of East Hartford in two places & the interlining of East Windsor & may, were all made before the authentication of the papers That the Town of Manchester was taken off from the Town of East Hartford a few years since & incorporated into a town.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name & the seal of said Court of Probate this 14 th day of October 1836 Attest Henry Seymour Clerk

State of Connecticut ss Hartford County
On this 10 th day of October 1836, Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford County Martin Keeny Esq. a resident of said Manchester aged 50 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare that he has been well acquainted with Richard Case late a resident of said Manchester who was a Pensioner of the United States and with his wife Molly or Mary Case and also their children. The said Richard Case was reported to have been a very brave soldier and to have fought valiantly in the Battle of Germantown but had no faculty in getting a living and was a very poor man; after he drew his income pension it was his principal income. His Brother (then living but now dead) took the care of it for him and dealt it out to him as he needed. The wife of the said Richard Case (viz) the widow Molly or Mary Case sometimes called by the one name and sometimes by the other is still living at the age of eighty six years as to fully believe her age to be. Richard Case the aforesaid Revolutionary soldier died at East Hartford in said  Hartford County according to my best recollection sometime in the the year eighteen hundred & twenty seven. The said Molly or Mary Case has never again married. She is now infirm and poor and has no children who are able to afford her any assistance. Of the period of the marriage of the said Richard Case with his present widow Mary Case he cannot speak from personal knowledge, but he has been well acquainted with several of their children from his

person and is well knowing to the fact that one of the children of the sd Richard Case and Mary Case (viz Sarah Case) was about his own age almost not more than one year difference. He he has had occasion in several instances as selectman of the town of Manchester whose charge and duty it is to cause the poor to afford relief to the family of Richard Case to his children as well as to himself and to his wife the sd Mary. And there is no fact of which he is more certain than that Richard Case and Mary Case aforesaid had a part of their children before the sd Richard left the service of the United States, he does not believe that the sd Mary Case has any records.
Sworn & subscribed day & year aforesaid } Martin Keeney Henry Seymour Clerk of sd Probate Court
Hereby certify that Martin Keeney Esq the above deponent has been a justice of the Peace for sd County of Hartford and for several years (viz 15 years) the principal Selectman of sd town of Manchester and one of the most substantial inhabitants of sd town and that the foregoing certificate was sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of sd Court of Probate this 10 th day of October AD 1836 and I further certify that the words "in said Hartford" interlined in the first page were inserted before the signing. East Hartford in said County according to my best recollection sometime in the and the insertion of income and the day of and said Hartford interlined in the first page were inserted before the signing and authentication of papers.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court of probate the 14 th day of October 1836
Attest Henry Seymour Clerk

N o 366
Mary Gase widow of Richard.
Connt.
Marrried before the war.
Adm d
2 years pri.
80 pp
no deduction - died in 1827.
J. Charlton Esq d E. Windsor Connt.

This may certify. That the marriage of Richard Case. and Mary Vinton. late of Manchester. but formerly of East Hartford. is not entered upon the records of the town of East Hartford.
Furthermore. that the entry of marriages upon the records of this town. are so infrequent and irregular previous to the year 1820. that no suspicion can reasonably arise. against any person. claiming to have been married at a certain date: anterior to the aforesaid year. on account of such marriage not appearing on the town Records.
Sam l J. Pitkin. Town Clerk & Register.
East Hartford (Conn) Oct 10 th 1836.

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No 36. Rich-Cape's Deed to Joel Barlow
W th issued. no 264

KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I Richard Cope of East Hartford in Hartford county & state of Connecticut
for divers good Causes and Considerations
thereunto moving; especially for one Hundred Dollars received to my full satisfaction of Joel Barlow
Have remised, released, and forever Quit-Claimed, and do by these Presents for myself my heirs & assigns justly and absolutely Remise, Release, and forever Quit-Claim unto the said
Joel Barlow to his Heirs and Assigns forever, all such Right and Title as I the said Richard
Cope — have or ought to have in or to one full tenth part of one whole share of the lands lying north west of the River Ohio, purchased of the United States by the agents of the directors of the Ohio company of Associates so called, being my military bounty right secured to me by congress for service performed during the late war in the fifth Connecticut Reg t which said part of said share now lies in an undivided State & lies in common with the rest of the property of the purchase of the said Ohio company
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the Premises unto him the said Joel Barlow his Heirs and assigns, to the only Use and Behoof of the said
Heirs and Assigns forever, so that neither I the said Richard Cope my heirs or assigns nor any one else in my or their Name and Behalf, shall or will hereafter claim or demand any Right or Title to the Premises, or any Part thereof, but they, and every of them, shall by these Presents be excluded and forever barred.
IN WITNESS whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 1 st Day of February in the Year of our Lord 1788
Signed, Sealed and Delivered, In Presence of
Richard Cope
Betsey Phipps Helena Lord
Hartford County ss.
Personally appeared Richard Cope foregoing Instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his
free Act and Deed, before me
Sam l Wyllys Just Peace

Reg WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20833
Mary Cass wid of Richard Cass Print Rev. Mar.
Act: July 4 th  186
Index:—Vol. 104 , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Connecticut Mary Case widow of Richard Sup o See letter to Jesse Charlton 9. Nov. 1836

Richard base.
See btf of Treasurer of Conn. in case of Patrick Meara, Conn., T. L. W. 269-100

Richard Case Conn. adm d act 1818.
Dued 4 Jan. 1827 p er m o 1. that period
JH
when last paid? G.W.C.
Feb y 14. 1837

Widow Clark For Meary house

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss East Hartford
On this 8 th day of October 1836 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Widow Jerusha Clark aged 70 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare that she was acquainted with Richard Couse a revolutionary Soldier and with his Wife Mary or Molly Couse That she the deponent removed into the neighborhood of said Richard Couse & his family That she was present at the birth of the said Mary Couse's last child and that was 46 years ago last April That at that time the said Mary Couse's oldest child was a large girl I should think as much as Twelve years old and that if the said girl was living she would be as much as Fifty eight years old she was in at our house almost every day and I cannot I think be mistaken in these facts the said Sally Couse has been some years dead as she has understood years ago
Jerusha Clark
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me
Giles Christy Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County Ss East Windsor
On this 8 day of October A 1836 Personally appeared before the subscribing authority Widow Linda Anderson a resident of sd East Windsor aged 81 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare, That she was acquainted with Mary Cose the widow of Richard Cose in the Revolutionary War; and that while her husband was in the army she the said Mary Cose came to the house of the deponent with one of her children. The deponent was not acquainted with Mary Cose until after she was married and does not know the exact period of it; but well remembers the fact she has stated and that she and her child staid all night at our house.
Widow Linda Anderson her X mark.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above mentioned
Before me Horace Verbury Justice of Peace & Before Cornelius Burnham

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss To East New Britain
On this day of October A 1836 personally appeared before the subscribing authority Widow Clark a resident of East Hartford aged years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare that about years ago she removed into the neighborhood of Richard Base & his Wife the present Widow Mary Base not long after her removal into the neighborhood she was present at the birth of Mrs Base's youngest child and her eldest child Sally was then according to her best judgement and belief about twelve years old and she is firmly persuaded in her own mind that if the said Sally Base was living she could not be less than about 59 years old
Mrs Clark's deposition is taken on a separate paper & will be sent with the documents
Mrs Anderson

Letter in Mary Cassie's application

East Windsor Conn Nov 23 rd 1836
Sir I herewith transmit some further proof in support of the claim of Mary Couse Widow of Richard Couse late of Manchester for a pension under the 3 rd Section of the Act of July 4 th 1836
Mrs Couse the applicant and her husband were both very illiterate but were con- sidered very honest people, she was married at the house of the man by whom she was brought & by a Justice of the peace In this case no Records could have been expected, The family with whom she lived have been long since dead, & the house in which they lived demolished 40 Years poor girls that are married where they are out of service & then are married without inviting guests, or making a wedding; what kind of proof can they be able to produce after a lapse of sixty three years, except the recollection of contemporaries that they understood at the time & have ever since supposed & believed that they were married and that the age of the children corrob- orate the claim. many applicants, whose claims are perfectly just can not possibly produce & any better ev- idence than this.
The character of the witnesses now testifying is of the most respectible character, I assure you on my honor & if you knew either of them you would give their testimony

great weight: if you should wish for any further assurance of the respectability of the witness some of them are known to our public men Mr Neills is known I presume to our Senator Mr Niles & to the post master of Hartford Gideon Wells Esq & to Mr Poucey a member of Congress from Hartford & on my application would give a letter respecting his weight of character
I am Sir with great respect Your Obedient Servant
Jesse Charlton
James L Edwarde Esq Commissioner of Pensions

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss East Windsor
In this 22 nd day of November 1836 Personally appeared before the subscribing authority Augustus Nells a resident of said East Windsor aged 73 years a credible person a gentleman well known to the court & whose declarations are entitled to the fullest credit who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare That he was well acquainted with Richard Cuse & Mary Fenton before they were married. The said Mary Fenton lived sometime in my fathers family as a spinster & house maid and by her carelessness or heedlessness set our shop in which she spun on fire so that it was destroyed I knew of her marry- ing Richard Cuse formerly of East Hartford in Hartford County and afterwards of Man- chester before the according to my best recollection Revolutionary War. I was not at the wedding of Richard Cuse but remember well the fact They were both odd singular per- sons whose speeches & actions were the subject of remark & ridicule to the young people The Cuse made a good soldier & had the credit of fighting very bravely in the action of Germantown I have heard him relate the particulars of the battle & many things relating to his several campaigns
Richard Cuse above named received a pension for his services & he & his Wife have been at our house together often That Richard Cuse left his wife at home and went into the Army is a fact beyond any doubt but I do not believe that any living witness can be found who was present

when they were married. Tho there is not a doubt on the mind of any person I am acquainted with that they were lawfully married before I said Richard Couse went into the Army, They the said Richard & his Wife were very poor & improvident & heedless & it is no matter of surprise to those that knew said Couse & his wife that they can't find no record of their Marriage
Augustus Mills
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid & the words according to my best recollection was interlined before Simon Joshua Risley Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Hartford
I Henry Seymour Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Hartford in Hartford County hereby certify that Joshua Risley Esq before whom the within & above certificate of Augustus Mills Esq was taken is a lawful Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford aforesaid & has been for more than five months last past & that the above signature purporting to be his is his genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Probate Court this 23 rd day of November 1836
& I further certify that the annexed certificates of Hannah Elmer and of Asahel Green have also the genuine signature of the above named Joshua Risley Esq
Attest Henry Seymour Clerk
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss East Windsor
In this 22 nd day of November 1836 Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County aforesaid. Asahel Green, a resident of said East Windsor aged, years a person of veracity & credible person, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on Oath declare, That he was acquainted with Mary Couse, the widow of Richard Couse a Soldier of the Revolution: That while said Richard Couse was in the Army, his Wife, (the said Mary Couse) kept house, not far from the deponent's that she had then one child:
And that when she wanted grain for the support of her family it was procured from her husband's wages. When men were in the service, who had families, the one half their wages was kept back for the support of their families & laid out by the Selectmen of the Town. On one occasion, or more, I well remembering applied to by Mrs Mary Couse aforesaid, to procure her some grain for the support of her family I went to the Selectman of East Hartford (or one of them) Mr Steadman & got an order from him on Richard Couse of said East Hartford procured the grain and carried it to mill & got it ground & carried it to the said Mary Couse and I remember perfectly that the reason of my doing this was that Richard Couse was in the Army at the time & this was the method used to furnish her

support. I knew Molly Fenton or Mary Fenton before she married said Case her Father and Mother lived near me I was not at her wedding but it was well understood that she was lawfully married before she left the Army. She was called Mrs Case & treated as a married woman, and I never heard a doubt expressed that she was said Richard lawful wife while he was in the Army. As to the time I cannot exactly specify but believe it to have been after my first campaign to Dedham & Roxbury in the winter of 1776. I am myself a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency under the Law of 1832. Asahel Green
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid and I would further certify that the Deponent Asahel Green is a man well known to the Court as a man entitled to the fullest credit in what he declares, both from the soundness of his memory and from his integrity of character.
Joshua Risley Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut Hartford County } ss Hartford
I Henry Seymour Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Hartford in said Hartford County hereby certify that Joshua Risley Esq, before whom the above certificate of Asahel Green was taken is a lawful Justice of the Peace for said Hart
ford County and has been for more than five months last past and that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court of Probate this 23 day of November 1836
Attest Henry Seymour Clerk

Rachel Greene for Mary Case
State of Connecticut } Hartford County S.S. First Windsor } On this 22 nd day of November 1836 Person ally appeared before me the Subscribing authority Mrs Hannah Elmer a resident of East Windsor aforesaid aged 86 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare That she was acquainted with Mary Case formerly Mary Tinton She is well knowing the fact That said Mary Tinton married Richard Case formerly of East Hartford some time before deponent herself was married, she the deponent was married in the year 1777 She was not at the wedding of the said Richard Case & Mary Tinton, they were both odd persons that the young people used to laugh about & they would not have been anxious to have gone to the wedding expect to make sport The fact of their marriage has never been questioned among us And that at a period before said Case went into the army Hannah Elmer
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year beforementioned
Before me Joshua Purlay Justice of Peace

East Windsor
Hartford County. Connecticut
Sir. I herewith transmit the application of the Widow Mary Chase of Manchester, formerly a part of East Hartford in Hartford County for a Pension, under the 3 d Section of the act of July 4 th 1836 for a Pension.
Her husband was a Pensioner under the act of 1818. He had the reputation of a very brave soldier, & I understand went thro the war in the army. He, and his wife, were very illiterate persons, & kept no books of any kind, or any records of any thing; And no entry can be found of the marriage in the town records or in the justices certificates are sent of that fact.
And I was astonished to find in examining the records of the town of Windsor, and East Windsor, so very few marriages recorded previous to the passage of the law in 1820 requiring Ministers of the gospel & justices of the peace who solemnizing marriages to see that they were recorded under a considerable penalty.
The Ministers or Parish records in this town have no entries of marriages previous to the year 1786.
Respectfully Yours
James L. Edwards Esq.
Jesse Charlton

Register's Office, East Windsor, October 3 rd 1836.
I James Moore, Clerk and Register, of the Town of East Windsor, hereby certify that on examining the Records of said town in this office, I do not find the marriage of Richard Case and Molly or Mary Penton, recorded under any date.
And I further certify that the entries of marriages on said records are so irregular, and so few in proportion to the whole number solemnized, as to create no prejudice against the claim of any parties that they were married at a given time, that it is not found on the records of the town.
Attest, James Moore, Town Clerk.

Mary A. Wolcott for Richb. Casson, Widow

State of Connecticut } Hartford County } S. East Windsor
On this 8 th day of October 1836 Personally appeared before me the Sub- scribing authority Abiel Wolcott Esq a resident of said East Windsor aged 75 years a Credible person who being duly sworn according to law declares That he is the son of William Wolcott Esquire formerly a Judge of the County Court & Justice of the Peace for Hartford County That his Honored Father often officiated at the Solemnization of Marriages, but he does not know that he kept any record of the same in any form, His said Father died in the year 1799, And the deponent became possessed of his House & Books and papers but has never been able to find any records of Marriages kept by him & he does believe that he kept any.
Abiel Wolcott
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me. Horace Venable Justice of Peace