Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,647, Ebenezer Dean, Conn. New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. New York
Dean, Ebenezer
S. 31,647
CONTENTS
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17.950
Connecticut
Ebenezer Dean of Stamford in the State of Conn who was a Pri in the Conn comm by Captain Stoddard of the Regt comm by Col Carfield in the Conn Host line for 24 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 84 Dollars Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Oct 33 and sent 5 76 Minor Stamford
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $ 20 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 4 $ 24
{ Revolutionary Elam Act June 7, 1833
Recorded by E D Buelock C Book E Vol. 3 Page 11

Elw. Dean N o 4207
Cart.

State of Connecticut, } ss. Stamford Probate District County of Fairfield, }
On this 17 th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for said District
now sitting, Robert Dean a resident of Stamford in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged Sixty seven years, who being first 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, viz: on the 1 st of July 1781 he was residing in Stamford went to Poughkeepsie in the State of New York & enlisted into a Company of State Troops commanded by Capt. Hunt in Col. Wisenfelts Regt. of State Troops for five Months. Served out his time & was discharged - That he served for a while under this enlistment on the lines the Regt. was then marched to Surrytown & were lying there when they heard the news of the surrender of Cornwallis - as the cold season approached Gen. Snyder, who had the command, offered to dismiss Col. Wisenfelts Regt. so soon as they should build a Block House. This was done, the Regt. were marched down to Poughkeepsie & were discharged in time for the Deponent to get home to Stamford five days before his enlistment expired - on the 1 st of Dec r of the same year he enlisted into a Company of State Troops commanded by Capt. Stoddard in Gen l Waterbury's Brigade of State Troops for four Months - he enlisted as a Substitute for Mops Pugh of Litchfield who was an enlisted soldier in said Company as Deponent enlisted, said Pugh was immediately discharged, the Deponent served as a Substitute until the 1 st of April 1782 when he enlisted on his own account into the same Company of Capt. Stoddard at which time Col. Brunsfield had the command of the Fort, for the term of one year & served out his term under his two last mentioned enlistments he served for the whole time in the Fort about four miles Northwest of the village of Stamford - That he was born in Stamford on the 4 th day of July 1765 - He has no record of his age but has heretofore been on an old Family Bible - That he has ever resided in Stamford except about ten years when he resided in the City of New York - That he lived there when he first entered the service he went into the State of New York to enlist - when received a discharge - One Wolcott was adjutant in the Saratoga Campaign.

I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the following contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silvanus Dyer for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 10 th day of June 1833.
Samuel Lockwood Clerk.

That he refers to Rev. Daniel Smith of Stamford & Jonathan Brown in the same place.
The said Ebenezer Dean — hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ch. Hawley Judge  Ebenezer Dean
We, Daniel Smith a clergyman, residing in the town of Stamford and Jonathan Brown residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Dean who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ch. Hawley Judge { Daniel Smith Jonathan Brown
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Daniel Smith — who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Stamford — and that Jonathan Brown — who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Stamford — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Ch. Hawley Judge
I, Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Ebenezer Dean — for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of — Office, this 3rd day of August 1832.
Sam Lockwood Clk

State of Connecticut } Stamford Probate District Fairfield County } August 1 st 1832
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District in open Court Col. Samuel Dean of Stamford in said District who being first duly sworn on his oath says that Elbert Dean who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration is his Brother & that he Deponent was an enlisted soldier in Capt. Sacketts Company of United States Infantry in the year 1781 that Capt. Sacketts Company were lying in the neighborhood of Pines Bridge where Col. Wisenfelts Regt. Marched from the lines to Saratoga - That he knows that said Elbert was a soldier in said Wisenfelts Regt. & marched to the northward with them - after the said Elbert returned from the Northward - The said Elbert entered the service in Capt. Stoddards Company in Fort Waterbury Bridge in the Winter of 1781-2 & in the Spring of 1782 he enlisted into the same company for one year & served out his time in the Fort at this last enlistment Col. Canfield had the command of the Fort he speaks with confidence on this subject as he entered the Fort early in Jany 1782 under an enlistment into a company commanded by Capt. Edwards & served in said Fort till the year 1783 - The Deponent speaks of a Fort built in Stamford under the direction of Genl. Waterbury lying about four miles North west from the village of Stamford Samuel Dean Sworn to & subscribed the Day of year aforesaid.
Chas. H. Wardey Judge.
State of Connecticut } Stamford Probate District June 10 th 1833 I certify that Col. Samuel Dean the above deponent is a credible Witness - being known to me personally.
Chas. H. Wardey Judge

M. S. 4 Am
June 23, 1925
Mrs. H.M.Hoyt 331 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S-31647 , it appears that Ebenezer Dean was born July 1, 1765 at Stamford, Connecticut.
While residing there he went to Poundridge, New York where he enlisted July 1, 1781 and served five months as a private in Captain Hunt's Company, Colonel Wisenfels' New York Regiment.
He enlisted December 1, 1781 and served sixteen months in Captain Stoddard's Company under Colonel Canfield in the fort near Stamford, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 11, 1832 while residing in Stamford, Fairfield Co. County, Connecticut.
It is not stated whether he ever married.
He was the brother of Samuel Dean of Stamford, Connecticut.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

P
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Solon Maine Aug. 5. 1898
U.S. Pension Office Washington D.C.
Sirs:
I am in quest of information concerning one Ebenezer Dean who was in the Revolutionary Army and who was at the time of his death Dec 1857 June 25. in the town of Madison Maine, a pensioner. I wish to get at his war record. Who shall I address for the information desired such as date of enlistment, discharge, Regiment Company &c.
Yours Truly
Leon S. Merrill

31647 Reg INVALID.
File No. 31,647
Ebenezer Dean
His Rev. Dad
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept 1898 Miss L H Coburn Skowhegan Me See W. 23237 Mr. Leon S Merrill Solon Maine 1925 June 23. West to Mrs H M Hoyt. (see letter in Ch # W 25520- Barnes Dran, mdy

J. L. Edwards Esq m
Commander of Pioneers

Flamboro Sept - 21. 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq r Com. of Pensions &c
Dear Sir I send, again, to the Pension Office the Papers of Ebenezer Dyer - His service in Col. Wison - falls Reg t , in the State of New York, for five Months is proved by the testimony of Reuben Diferent - His service in Capt. Stoddards Comp y for Twelve months is proved by W ty Lefield & Samuel Dyer I forward also the certificate of Mr. Comptroller Phillips showing that Capt. Stoddards Comp y was raised & contin- ued in service, by legal authority -
This applicant has proved twentyone Months Service - I am well acquainted with him & his witnesses & have no hesitation in saying that he is entitled to a certificate of 21/24 th of a full Pension for a Private
Respectfully Your Obs t Serv t
A. Minor

4207
Ebenezer Dean
Return this.
must be returned
Claimant

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ebenezer Dean which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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?  It must appear whether the best evidence of his service has been produced. XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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 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 the 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.
†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 time 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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Eleer Dean
2nd private
Lt Minor
Stanford Co

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Ebenezer Dyer
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Enlistment in April 1782 for a year term requires proof satisfactory than has been adduced

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[z] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
7. This may be found in the Comptroller's office

State of Connecticut } Stamford Probate District August 1 st 1832 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting in open Court Hoyt Scofield of Stamford in said District who being first duly sworn on his oath says that he is well acquainted with Eben Dean who has been to & sworn to the foregoing Declaration - The Deponent was a Sergeant in Capt. Charles Smiths Company in Genl. Waterburys Brigade which lay in the Fort in Stamford in the Winter of 1781-2 & he well remembers that the said Dean was a soldier in Capt. Stoddards Company in the Fort through the Winter & on about the 1 st of April 1782 The said Dean enlisted under the Deponent at for the term of one year & the said Dean was put into the Company of Capt. Stoddard & served out the term of his enlistment in the same Fort Hoyt Scofield
Sworn to & subscribed the 2 nd day of April aforesaid
Chs. H. Hawley Judge
State of Connecticut } Stamford Probate District June 10 th 1833 I certify that Hoyt Scofield the above Deponent is a credible Witness being well known to me
Chs. H. Hawley Judge

State of Connecticut } 3 Stamford Probate District Fairfield County } August 1 st 1832
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District in open Court Reuben Doforest of said Stamford who being first duly sworn on his oath says - That he is well acquainted with Robert Dean who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration - That the Deponent was an enlisted soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Hunt in the Regt. of Col. Winstell State Troops of the State of New York from the 1 st July 1781 til the 1 st Dec r of the same year, was for the term of five months - That the said Dean was an enlisted soldier in the same company for the same time - That the Regt. after lying a short time on the lines were marched to Saratoga - Genl. Surrender  Clinton had the command & offered to discharge the Regt. as soon as they should build a Black Hawk - This was completed & the Regt. were marched to P'keepsie & discharged so that they got home to Stamford about five or six days before their term expired.
Reuben Doforest mark.
I swear & subscribe that the above is true & correct
Ch. H. Woolsey Judge
State of Connecticut } 3 Stamford Probate District June 10 th 1833 I certify that Reuben Doforest the above named deponent is a credible Witness being known to me to be such.
Ch. H. Woolsey Judge