Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25542, Eliphalet Dikeman, Conn.

SERVICE
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Dikeman, Eliphalet Hulda
W 25542 B.L.H. 7056-160-55-
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SERVICE
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Dikeman, Eliphalet Hulda
W 25542 B.L.H. 7056-160-55-
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17.818
Connecticut
Elizabeth Dikeman of Weston in the State of Conn who was a Rev in the Conn commenced by Captain  of the Reg  commanded by Col Mead in the Conn. Troops line for 19 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Sept 1832 and Rent. Co - Christ. Augustus 6th Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1832 $108.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar. 4 21.65 $129.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 10 Vol. 3 Page 11

818.
Connecticut
Hannah Dikeman widow of Eliphalet Dikeman
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July 1848 and sent to
B. Weston Weston
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 280, Vol. 1

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } j
On the 8 th day of Sep r 1832
Personally appeared before the court of probate for the District of Weston in said County, in open court A being a court of record known in person at Weston in the said District, Elijah Dikerson a resident of the town of Weston in said County, dis- -trict of State, aged seventy one years & some months who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, namely that on or about the 18 th day of June 1779, being then a soldier in a company of Connecticut State Militia com- -manded by Captain Josiah Gregory of Danbury in said County & then living in said Danbury, he with others, was drafted for a tour of duty in the Militia  the Continental  service for about half a month to go to Haverneck in the town of Greenwich in said County to guard the lines, as it was then so called; that in a few days after he was then drafted he entered the service of the United States & marched under the command of the aforesaid Captain Gregory, from said Danbury through Stamford in said County to said Haverneck; that when he did so with

him captured at Fort Haseback, they all joined Col St. Louis Regiment, Mead was General - that he had been in capture for about two weeks, when on the night next following the 16 th day of June 1879 he was with a party's guard at the guard house, near Sherwood's Bridge, then the road, built over the river, he had been out standing sentry, all the latter part of the night, near day light he was relieved & retired to the guard house to rest, he had not been long at the guard house, when the house was surround- -ed by a company of Montana Light Horse, & the guard were called to surrender; the guard immediately fled in different directions, & the enemy pursued & killed four of said guard, before they surrendered. That he was pursued by four men & taken prisoner. The sentry on duty, for some cause, to this de- -luded unknown, gave no alarm - And he fur- -ther says that after he was taken prisoner, the enemy took the buckles out of his shoes; the shoes broken from his words & the handkerchief from his neck & kept them, & they on horse back, drove him & other prisoners on foot across the river to Kings Street in the State of New York, & he was obliged by them to run with so much vio- -lence, that he heard a ribbed rattle in his lungs.

and has never fully recovered from it. That he was taken from there to Head Quarters at Kings Bridge and about twenty four hours after he was con- -veyed to the City of New York, in a state of great fatigue & debility. That in the Surgeon's Quarters, recalled a prisoner of war - That he remained in the Surgeon's Quarters about three months, his health declined so much in consequence of repeated bleeding from the lungs, that he was then removed to the Brown- near Kings Bridge, that on the 12 th day of July 1780 & not till then, he was permitted to go home He then recovered from his sickness with a writing of the following tenor (Viz) "Head Quarters Kings- -Bridge July 12 th 1780, the bearer Eliphalet Dikeman who resides in the neighborhood of Fairfield taken in arms at Sherwood's bridge the 17 th of June 1779 is permitted to return home again and before claiming the present war
" Geo Mackworth Add d Comr
" To His Excellency Genl: Washington
The original writing is annexed to these papers - That he returned home immediately after he ob- -tained said permit - After he returned home he was confined by sickness about three months bleeding from the lungs, from the above recd

by leaving the said vessel as above stated - And he further says that Benjamin Wedge who formerly lived at Wadsworth in said County was caught in the party of the enemy which took him prisoner as aforesaid, that said Wedge drew a pension from the United States government till he died, as this deponent always understood likewise; that Ben- jamin Munson was the lieutenant & commander said party - And this Deponent further says that he never was exchanged during the war - but was under martial & military obligation not to leave again, & was virtually a prisoner during all the residue of the war - He further says that he was born in the Town of Canajoharie - said aforesaid on the first day of December 1760 as he always understood likewise, and as appears by a record of his age now in his possession in the hand writing of his Father who died about twenty years ago - That he was living in said Canajoharie an apprentice to David Mault learning the shoe making trade, when he was called into service as aforesaid, since the revolution he has always lived in said Canajoharie still lives in that town; that he was called into service as above stated, & served under the name of

officer when taken prisoner - He does not recollect any other officers there when he was taken prisoner under whom he served - He was not an officer - M d Joseph H Andrews, William Davis & David Brewster can testify as to his character for truth & their belief of his former as a soldier of the revolution that he was taken prisoner as above stated - M d he has no other documentary evidence than the papers hereto annexed, & the record of his age which he supposes unnecessary to annex to this instrument, that he knows of no other paper, than David Brewster whose affi- -davit is hereto annexed, now living who has perfect knowledge that he was a prisoner as described as before stated, M d the writing hereto annexed signed by Beckwith is the original writing given to him by said Beckwith which he has kept ever since, that he was pres- -ent & saw said Beckwith choose said writing & sign it, & often he had drawn & signed it. he first presented it to Genl. Thompson the road & afterwards handed it to him - M d he has no other evidence than what he has here given, except that many others can relate to the common report that he was taken prisoner as he has stated - M d he

hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Eliz t Dikeman
Given & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid in open court - - Attest Chas. C. Sanford Clerk
We Joseph H. Andrews & William Dowers residing in the town of Weston in the county of Bennington aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eliz t Dikeman who has fulfilled & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age by him stated therein; that he sustains the character of a man of truth that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the revolution to have been taken prisoner & we concur in that opinion & have no reason to doubt it.
Joseph H. Andrews William Dowers
Given to be fulfilled on the day & year aforesaid in open court - Attest Chas. C. Sanford Clerk

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss Weston
On this 20 th day of March 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within for the District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid Huldah Dikeman an inhabitant of Weston in said County aged Seventy Seven Years and Four Months who being first duly sworn, according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838 and the 23 rd of August 1842 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. And a Resolution of Congress, Entitled a Resolution declarative of the pension Act of Seventh July 1838 - That she is the Widow of Eliphat Dikeman late of said Weston De d who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & served as a private in said War & made proof of the same to the satisfaction of the War Department & had obtained a pension for said services under the Act of Congress of 7 th June 1832 of $43.33. cts a Year as by the Records of the War Department will appear & a certificate of that amount was sent to the said Eliphat Dikeman in his lifetime & was by the said Huldah Dikeman surrendered to the Agent for paying pensions in Hartford, State of Connecticut in March 1841 as will appear by Reference to the Record in said War Department - She further says that she has no documentary evidence but rests her case entirely on the evidence establishing the pension of her De d Husband
She further declares that she was married to the said Eliphat Dikeman on the Eighth day of May One thousand Seven hundred eighty three by the Rev d James Johnson, that her Husband the aforesaid Eliphat Dikeman died on the 26 th day of November 1840, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous

to the first day of January One thousand Six hundred and Ninety four viz. at the time above stated as by the evidence hereto annexed will appear Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and Year above written Before me Eli Adams Judge Huldah Dikeman
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss. Weston I John S. Adams Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District of Weston in the County & State of said hereby certify that Eli Adams Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District aforesaid & that the signatures of his name as Judge of said Court to the Declaration of Huldah Dikeman & the Dispositions of Jarius H. Dikeman & Bradford Winton hereto annexed are genuine. I further certify that Edward Hill is Town Clerk of said Town of Weston & that the signature of his name as Town Clerk to his certificate hereto annexed is genuine.
I further certify that Edward Hill is a Justice of the peace in & for said County & that the signature of his name as Justice of the peace to the Disposition of the Revd Charles T. Punter hereto annexed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Weston this 21 st day of March 1843
John S. Adams Clerk

I James H. Dikeman of Weston in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of Sixty nine Years of age testify & say that Eliphale Dikeman late of said Weston now deceased was my Father and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7 th 1832 of forty three dollars thirty three cents yearly, that he died in said Weston in the year 1840 leaving my mother Huldah Dikeman a Widow who was pensioned under the different acts of Congress & under the act of March 2 nd 1845 she was pensioned for life and is now in the receipt of a pension of forty three dollars & thirty three cents yearly for the Military service of her de d husband in the Revolutionary War, and that she is now a widow. I further certify that she has this day executed a declaration for bounty land for the Military service of her deceased husband under the act approved March 3 rd 1855 and is the identical person who I am knowing to be in the receipt of a pension as above named and is now living with me.
James H. Dikeman
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss. Town of Weston
On this sixth day of April A.D. 1855 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the County & State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared James H. Dikeman to me well known to be a credible witness who subscribed his name to the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office in the County and State aforesaid on the day & date last above mentioned.
Bradford Winton Notary Public

United States of America State of Connecticut?
Fairfield County ss.
On this 6 th day of April A D 1855 personally appeared before me Bradford Winton a Notary Public in & for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths Huldah Dikeman in the Eightly ninth  ninety ninth year of her age a Resident of Weston in said Fairfield County who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Eliphalet Dikeman late of said Weston deceased the identical person who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War & had made proof of said service to the satisfaction of the War Department & obtained a pension for said service under the act of June 7 th 1832 of forty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum which he drew to the time of his death which took place in the month of November 1840
She would further state that under the act of 7 th of July 1838 she made a declaration accompanied with proof of marriage &c for a pension for the service of her deceased husband of the same amount which he received which was accepted & & a pension certificate sent her for the sum of Forty three dollars & thirty three cents, which pension was continued a number of times until under the act of February 2 nd 1848 she was placed on the Pension Roll at Washington for life for the sum above mentioned & her certificate is dated July 24 th 1848 and numbered 818. For further proof of his service she refers to his declaration now in the Pension Office at Washington. She is now in the receipt of said Pension. She further says that her deceased husband was in actual service in said Revolutionary War for the term of more than fourteen days & was honorably discharged &c
She further says that she was married to the said Eliphalet Dikeman in Weston on the 8 th day of May — A D 1783 by the Rev d James Johnson a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Huldah Hill, that her said husband died at said Weston on the 26 th day of November 1840 and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County

land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March thira 1855
Hulda Dikeman
We James H. Dikeman and Abigail T. Andrews both residents of Weston in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Hulda Dikeman in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
James H. Dikeman Abigail T. Andrews
The foregoing declaration & affidavit was sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & notarial Seal of Office in the County and State aforesaid on the day & date first before mentioned
Bradford Winton Notary Public
The Commr. of Pensions will please forward my last command to Bradford Winton of Easton in Conn. who as my Agent will receive said Warrant and transmit the same to me
Hulda Dikeman

Edward Hills Disposition

I Edward Hill of Weston in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut hereby certify that in the Town Records of said Town is found the following "Eliphalel Dikeman and Huldah Hill married May Eighth (8) One thousand Seven hundred Eighty three (1783)"
Edward Hill, Town Clerk
I Edward Hill above named do hereby certify that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Weston in the County & State aforesaid duly chosen & sworn according to Law & that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows "May 8 th 1783" Dated at Weston March 15 th 1843
Edward Hill { Town Clerk

MMHF
September 6, 1927
Charles R. Hale 33 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 25542 it appears that Eliphalet Dikeman was born November 1, 1760 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While living in Norwalk, Connecticut on June 1, 1779, being then a soldier in Captain Jabes Gregory's Company, Colonel St. John's Connecticut Regiment, on June 17, 1779 was captured at Sherwood's Bridge, taken to New York and confined in the "Old Sugar House" prison where he remained a prisoner until paroled July 1, 1780. He was a private.
He was allowed pension when his application executed September 8, 1832 while a resident of Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died November 26, 1840 in Weston, Connecticut.
Soldier married May 8, 1783 in Weston, Connecticut, Huldah Hill. She was allowed pension on her application

Rev
executed March 20, 1843 while living in Weston, Connecticut aged seventy-seven years and four months.
Their son James H. Dikeman, born in December 1784, was living in Weston, Connecticut in 1843.
Soldier's father, whose name is not given, died about 1812.
Respectfully,
Palmer had uncle in N.Y. City Rev. Rev - No other family data -
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

DIKEMAN, ELIPHALET (CONN.) W-25542

St. Louis Mo. July 1 st 1880
The Bunnell Dispensary Dispensary in the neighborhood of Garfield taken on Arms at the Bridge
No 129 is permitted to return here again not to serve during the present.
Geo. Beckwith Sec. of Camp Fort Leavenworth
2

Rev WIDOW, & C.
Left E - West to Chas. R. - His letter in ch. 1855 - Jonathan Lofgren - 1855
File No. 28. 542 Hannah Dikeman wid of Eliphalet Dikeman Rev War.
Act Feb 24 48
Index: Vol. A Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Vol. 1

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Connecticut Huldah Dikeman
widow of Eliphalet Dikeman who was a private in the Connecticut line for 13. Months.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of June 1843. and sent to
Bradford Minton Hartford Conn t
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 66.

Report 1840 May 13
Connecticut-7197
Huldah Dikeman
widow of Eliphalet Dikeman
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 and who died on the 26th November, 1840 - of Fairfield (in the State of Connecticut) who was a private in the company commanded by Captain
Post - commanded by Col. Meads of the Connecticut line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of $3 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 11th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of April 1843 and sent to Bradford Clinton, Weston, Ct. -
Arrears to the 11th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$216.65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Nell Stewart Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 175

No. 56927
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 11, 1855.
E. Dickerman
Rev. War
Dikeman
Warrant 2056-160-55
Y. G. Gant
Present

56927 Hulda Dikeman
Widow of Eliphaleth Connecticut
Act March 3 rd 1855
Has 160 acres.
Hamilton G. Frank. Washington D. C.

State of Connecticut.
By his Excellency HENRY DUTTON , Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Know ye, That Bradford Hinton was on the 24th day of March A.D. 1855 for the term of two years from and after said date appointed 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 within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer, and that I believe the signature of said _____ _____ to be genuine.
Henry Dutton
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 4th day of April A. D. 1852, and in the seventy sixth seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
O. H. Perry
Secretary of State.

Elphinstone District
Sikeman
1300
43.33
E mi'l
Lanyaluk
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elizabeth D. S. ... which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no No See q. 5 see additional declaration VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no vide novum sigillum

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no No see certificate XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no No see certificate XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? us If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no, see certificate Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? us XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no see page 16  notified - XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement ; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
See additional observation -
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the date and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
It is believed these papers are now perfect E. Luff -

James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir herewith I send you the pension papers of Huldah Dikeman & Eurine Gray for pensions which on examination I think you will find made out in due form & their cases abundantly proved. If so please send me a certificate for each one
Ans Mar 28. 43 If you can with convenience I would like to have you send me the pension Act of Augt 23 rd 1842 and a Resolution of Congress explanatory of the Act of 7 th July 1838 & the Act of March 3 rd 1843 granting pensions to W ves of Du l Revolutionary Soldiers
I would also make enquiry of you to know whether Huldah Dikeman & Eurine Gray above named are not entitled to a pension under the Act of March 3 rd 1843 they proving themselves to be the Widows of Du l pensioners
Respectfully Yours Bradford Weston
Weston March 22 nd 1843
J L Edwards Esqr Washington City D. 6

8813 Mar 25. 1843 8814
Cl
July 7. 1838
James
Joseph May James E. Dikeman
S. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Larry S. Edwards Esq.
Sir, herewith you will receive the Declarations of W ds Sarah Adams and Huldah Dickerson for pensions under the Act of March 3 rd 1843. I think they are made out in conformity to the Regulations of the War Department. If so please send me a certificate for each as soon as convenient
Weston March 31 st 1843
Respectfully Yours Bradford Winton

173 174 Newton A- April 3rd 1843 clm Jno 3 1843 clm
Rec
James L. Edwards Esqr Commr. of Pensions Washington City D. L.

Hulda Lickeman
loan 5-48
Aug 6-52 Ex Old Pough

I know all Persons by these Presents, that Huldah Gikeman a Resident of Weston; Fairfield County and State of Connecticut have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint Messrs Addison & Peugh of Washington My true and lawful attorney for me and in My name, place and stead. To examine into my claim for Pension, & procure an increase of the same.
giving and granting unto My said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and ne- cessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if present, with full power of substi- tution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that My said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Witness My hand this 29 th day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty Two.
Huldah Gikeman
Acknowledged before me, this 29 th day of July A.D. 1852
Matthew Brethley Justice of the Peace
Sealed and delivered in presence of Matthew Brethley

Hulda Dikeman
ad
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admitted.
Bradford Winton Eastern C.B.

DECLARATION, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d of February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution:"
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of Fairfield } ss. Weston
On this 8 th day of July 1848, personally appeared before me, a Magistrate in and for the County aforesaid, Houldah Dikeman a resident of Weston in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, aged 83 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of Eliphalet Dikeman who was a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution & was a Pensioner under the Act of Congress of 7 th June 1832 & resided in said Weston in the County & State aforesaid at the time of his death & for proof of his services she refers to his Declaration now in the Pension Office at Washington And that she was also a pensioner under the Act of 7 th July 1838 as by the Records in the Pension Office will more fully appear. She further says
That she received a pension under the act of June, 17th, 1844, at the rate of Forty three dollars & 33 86 per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year before written, before me.
Bradford Winton Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above declarant, and know she is the widow of Eliphalet Dikeman and the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing Declaration.
Bradford Winton Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of Fairfield } ss.
I, Mercur Robinson Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Bradford Winton is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission was dated on the 24 th day of June 1848, and that his signatures above written are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this 10 th day of July 1848
Mercur Robinson Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } S.S.
Personally
appeared before me
Huldah Dikeman on this twenty fifth day of July a D Eighteen hundred and fifty two Huldah Dikeman Widow of Eliphalet Dikeman Deceased who being first duly sworn makes oath and says That she is aged Eighty five Years and a resident of Town of Weston in said county and State, That she is a United States Pensioner and placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut at the rate of forty dollars per annum She Therefor makes the following statements and presents application in order to obtain a full pension; Declarant further states That her said husband deceased was drafted at Norwalk and went down on the coast to Kings Bridge or in that vicinity and while keeping Guard in a Guard House he was taken a Prisoner by the Enemy and carried to New York and imprisoned in the Old Sugar House where after remaining some length of time he was Paroled as a Prisoner of War until the close of the War by a British General called Beckaitt who was a Hessia and who boarded with the said Dikeman while in the City of New York and That her said husband Eliphalet Dikeman remained a Prisoner of War until the Termination and close of said War Deponent makes the foregoing statements from the conversation that frequently took place between her husband and herself and That she recollects of his mentioning his sufferings &c and how much he was annoyed by lice and many other inconveniences and hardships he underwent with a number of others; and for the further proof of the foregoing statements and facts

She exhibits the additional proof accompanying this declaration Sworn to and subscribed { Hulda Gikerson before me on the day and { year first above written } Matthew Bulkeley Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the Statements of the foregoing declarant are entitled to credit and that I believe her to be of the age stated in the foregoing declaration Matthew Bulkeley Justice of the Peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss. I, Wm H Noble CLERK of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify—That Matthew Bulkeley Esquire, was on the 29 th day of July 185 2 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, com- missioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and De- positions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State. In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State, on this 2 nd day of August A.D. 185 2 Wm H Noble Clerk.

174 Hulda Dikeman Declaration for a Pension under the Act of 3 rd March 1843

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843 under the Act of July 7 th 1838
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss. Weston
On this 25 th day of March 1843 personally appeared before me Matthew Bulkley a Justice of the peace within & for said County Huldah Dikeman a resident of said Town of Weston aged Seventy seven Years & four months 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 third of March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That She is the Widow of Eliphalit Dikeman late of said Weston D te who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & served as a private in in said War & made proof of the same to the satisfaction of the War Department & obtained a pension for said services under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 of $43.33 cents a Year as by the Records of the War Department will appear & a certificate of that amount was sent to the said Eliphalit Dikeman in his life time & was by the said Huldah Dikeman surrendered to the Agent for paying pensions in Hartford State of Connecticut in March 1841 as will appear by Reference to the Records in said War Department - She further declares that the said Eliphalit Dikeman died on the 26 th day of November 1840 leaving her the said Huldah a Widow - That on the 20 th of March 1843 the said Huldah Dikeman, under the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and the 23 d of August 1842 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War and a Resolution of Congress entitled a Resolution declarative of the pension Act of July 7 th 1838, made a declaration before the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District of Weston claiming a pension under said Acts for services rendered by her D te Husband in the Revolutionary War accompanied with proper vouchers of his death & their marriage which Declaration & proof is now in the War Department for proof of which Reference thereto may be had

She further declares that She is still the Widow of the said De d Eliphale Dikeman
Huldah Dikeman
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written I further certify that the Declarant is personally known to me & is a Widow as above stated
Before me Matthew Bulkley Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County } ss. Weston
I John S. Adams Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that Matthew Bulkley Esqr is a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid and that the signature of his name as Justice of the peace to the foregoing Declaration of Huldah Dikeman for a pension I verily believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate at Weston this 27th day of March 1843
John S. Adams, Clerk —

Rev. G. T. Painter Separation

I Charles T. Prentice of Weston in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut a clergyman of the Presbyterian Society in the Parish of North Fairfield in said Weston hereby certify that I have the Records of the Church as kept by the Rev d James Johnson of said Weston now De d who was Pastor of said Church & Society for many years before the Revolutionary War, during said War & for many years after the War, that I find no where on said Records the marriage of Eliphatet Dikeman & Huldah Hill - The Records are very imperfect, no entries having been made during the War & but very few since the War
Charles T. Prentice
State of Connecticut } Fairfield - County } ss. Weston
On this 15 day of March 1843 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared the Rev d Charles T. Prentice to me known to be a clergyman of good standing & a credible witness who signed the above depofi- -tion made oath to the same
Before me
Edward Hill J ty of peace

James H. Dickinson Deposition

I James H Dikeman of Weston in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of Fifty Eight (Dec. 1842) Years of age testify & say that I am Son of Eliphatet Dikeman late of said Weston Deceased who was a Revolutionary pension- er of the United States, that he died at said Weston on the 26 th day of November 1840 & that my mother Hulda Dikeman who is now making application for a pension is his Widow & has been ever since his death James H Dikeman
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Weston
On this 20 th day of March 1843 before the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid personally appeared James H. Dikeman a credible witness who subscribed his name to the above deposition & made oath to the same before me - Eli Adams Judge

8813 Huldah Dikeman Declaration for a Pension
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I Bradford Winton of Weston in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut of near Fifty three Years of age testify & say that Eliphatet Dikeman late of said Weston Dec d was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 & on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the Rate of $43.33 cents a Year. that I assisted the said Dikeman in drawing his pension Money to September 4 th 1840. that he died the same fall & the balance due him at his death I assisted Huldah Dikeman his Widow in drawing obtaining the Spring following & that Huldah Dikeman who has signed the foregoing Declaration is now the Widow of the said Eliphatet Dikeman & has been wive since his death
Bradford Winton
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss. Winton
On this 20 th day of March 1843 before the Court of Probate within & for the Probate District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid personally appeared Bradford Winton to me known as a person of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed Before me
Eli Adams Judge

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss Probate Court District of Norwalk August 30 1832 Personally appeared before said Court David Boott aged Sixty five years and being duly sworn in open Court according to Law depose and say that he is well acquainted with Eliphaleth Dikeman of Newton in said County and knows that on or about the first of June 1779 said Dikeman was drafted in said Norwalk into a Company commanded by Capt. Joby Gregory and was marched on the lines and was there taken Prisoner and was gone over a year. The reason of my knowing the above said facts said Dikeman was at that time an apprentice to my Father in the Shoemaking business and I lived with him at the same time sworn and subscribed                      David Boott in open Court
Benj: Isaac Judge
Probate Court District of Norwalk June 19. 1833 This may Certify that I am well acquainted with David Boott who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition and believe him to be a Credible Witness                                              Benj: Isaac Judge
... which is herein enclosed, that

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield
On this 17 th day of June 1833 I appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Weston in said County, in Open Court, as being a court of record known in law as Weston in the said District. I, Richard Dikeman, a resident of the town of Weston in said County, aged twenty one years of some months, who being first duly sworn according to law, do hereby make the following addition to the foregoing declaration made by him on the 8 th day of Sept r 1832 - in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 9 th 1832. Namely that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot recall precisely as to the precise length of his service before he was taken prisoner as stated in his declaration, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & as a private & none in any other grade - for two weeks in 1779 under Col t Gregory's Chaffed, and in an embodied corps, before he was taken prisoner, as stated in his said declaration, that he was a prisoner of war as stated in his said declaration, & held & treated as such one year & two weeks, that he came home at the end of that time, on his parole, so called, which is herein enclosed, that

He never was exchanged during the rest of the war, & he considers he was virtually a prisoner from the 17 th of June 1779 - to the end of the war which is almost four years. - The claims to be allowed, two weeks prior before he was taken prisoner and one year & two weeks while he was a prisoner, making one year & one month from the time he first entered the fort until he returned home - & he also claims & submits to the Secretary a communication to say, whether he ought not to be allowed two years & a half for the time he was home on his parole, the question is presented for the consideration of the Commission & he trusts the decision will be in his favor - but aside from this he claims one year & one month, and a pension as a private for that time; He will further state that he lived at Knoxville in said County at the time he was captured, that all the Clergyman who had any knowledge of his services are long since dead & those now on the stage of action are young, born, or little long since the war of the revolution & know nothing of the passing events of that war. That he has here produced all the testimony which by diligent search he has been able

to find, & that the said no other — return to the undersigned on the day before referred in their hands — before me Bradford Winton Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid
Eliphalet Dikeman
I Oliver C. Sanford Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid hereby certify that the above and foregoing contains the proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application for the in the amendment of the within Declaration of Eliphalet Dikeman of said District for a Pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 17 th day of June 1853
Oliver C. Sanford, Clerk

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss Probate Court District of Stamford August 27. 1832 Personally appeared before said Court. Isaac S. Isaac Hezekiah Whittlock and Dora Boott. all of lawful age and being duly sworn in open Court depose and say that they knew that Jobz Gregory late of said Stamford, late owner of a Company of Mileha in said Stamford from the year 1776 to the close or end of the Revolutionary War. Sworn and Subscribed the day and year above said and the said Isaac Isaac Hezekiah Whittlock and Dora Boott. are all credible Persons.  Isaac S. Isaac Hezekiah Whittlock Dora Boott  Benj. Isaac Judge
Probate Court District of Stamford June 19. 1833 This may Certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac S. Isaac Hezekiah Whittlock and Dora Boott who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition and I believe them all to be credible Witnesses.  Benj. Isaac Judge of Court of Probate

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after perceiving the statutory provisions prescribed by the War Department that the within named Eliphalet Dikeman, the applicant, was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that Joseph H. Andrews and William Downs who have signed a preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Weston, are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Bradford Winton Judge of said Court
I Oliver C. Sanford Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Eliphalet Dikeman of Weston for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 8 th day of September 1832.
Attest: Oliver C. Sanford Clerk
I Oliver C. Sanford Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid hereby certify that Bradford Winton is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Weston and that the foregoing signature of his name is his genuine signature. I further certify that Benjamin Isaac Edge of Newark in Fairfield County is acting Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Newark, that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the two immediately preceding Depositions by him taken and subscribed as Judge of the Court of Probate of the District of Newark is his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 8 th day of Sept r 1832
At Oliver C. Sanford Clerk
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield, ss Weston June 17 th 1833 I Bradford Winton Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Weston in s d County hereby certify & assign as a reason for Not having the certificate of a clergyman hereto annexed is that the Clergy which were on the Stage of action in the War of the Revolution are all dead that the present clergymen in said Town are young & know nothing of the passing events of the War & decline signing a certificate supposing it to be necessary they should have some personal knowledge of the facts Bradford Winton Judge of said Court