Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20978, Samuel De Wolf, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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De Wolf, Samuel Susannah
W 20978
CONTENTS

V 3174 Albany
Susannah De Wolf widow of Samuel De Wolf who was a private in the Connecticut Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Decem r 1843 and sent to
Joseph Clark Esq Brookfield Madison Co N York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book  et Vol.  /  Page  117,

6801 New York
Samuel Dewolf
of Bridgewater in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company comman- by Captain Fethineill of the Regt comman- by Col: Parsons in the Connecticut line for 8 mo s 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 27—Dollars 10— Cents per m th to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of Mar. 1833 and sent to H. S. Beard H. J. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep: 32 $40.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar 33 13.55 $54.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. C. H. S. Cler Book 6. Vol. 4 Page 17.

State of New York Onondaga County ss.
On this eighteenth day of august in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Samuel Jarles one of the judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Onondaga Samuel De Wolf of the town of Bridgewater in the county of Onondaga and State of New York aged eighty years on the fourth day of January last 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 long resided since 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he first enlisted as a volunteer in the continental state troops when he was under col.
Samuel Holden Parsons on the sixteenth day of May 1775 and was attached to the company of Capt. David Fithersill and that he continued to serve from that time in said company till the tenth day of December thereafter when he was by the above named Col. G. H. in Belknap duly discharged and has since lost his discharge That he resided at the time of his enlistment and at the time he entered into the service as aforesaid in the town of Lime in the county of New London and State of Connecticut That after his enlistment as aforesaid he first marched to New London and remained there for a short time then by water to Norwich 14 miles above New London pitched his tents upon the green there and remained about one week while there there was talk of their being ordered to the south
as that in the town that and of the is the led by Judge so has den of need ted plicity cu for vision tificat that

Not his own Service
That at the end of a week they were ordered back to New London and that they soon back and pitched their tents there and remained till the first day of June or thereabouts and then marched for Boston through Norwich Plainfield, Watertown, Situate Johnson, Didham, Rutland to Roxbury and was the evening before their arrival at Roxbury within hearing of the Cannon at the battle of Bunkerhill and arrived at Roxbury the morning after said Battle that he remained at Roxbury during the rest of the season till the 10th of December making fortifications and was miraculously saved up and by the British that Capt Gist belonged to some regiment and Lieutenant Tyler that said Regiment was raised principally from say Brook, Melrose, New London, East Haddam and Norwich that he, afterwards while residing at Lime aforesaid was drafted for one month in the militia and served under Captain Beebe during said month at New London building a fort and batteries etc and was duly discharged as he believes and said discharge since lost and that he was again drafted in the militia while residing at Lime aforesaid to go to work on the fortifications at New London and hired his substitute who went and served out the month and was duly discharged and that he does not now recollect what has become of his discharge nor does he recollect the name of his substitute for the last month aforesaid that he went out a privateering during the revolutionary war in the Sloop Beaver commanded by one Havers and was out about six weeks and took a Sloop called Lord Howe laden with West India Goods that he afterwards during said war went out a privateering in the Schooner Raven commanded by Giles Wolsten and was out to sea about one month and took a ship from Cork bound to New York laden with provisions and took her into New London Harbor that during

This last voyage he received a wound from a cannon ball striking his hip bone and then passing along ground his back bone displaying considerable flesh and left a large wound which is now to be seen that he served as a private some thing over two years during the revolutionary war that the time and circumstances he is unable to relate more fully than above that he has no documentary evidence of his service during the war and that he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service as above set forth except his wife who knows of his being in the service generally but can state none or few of the circumstances attending his service that he 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 that he was born in the Town of Lime, county of New London, State of Connecticut that he was born on the fourth of January 1752 and that he now has no record of his age that the same has been lost that he resided in Lime in the county of New London at the time he was called into the service and has resided ever since the revolutionary war in Lime aforesaid till eleven years ago last October when he removed to the town of Norian in the county of Litchfield and lived in that town nearly two years two miles below Fort Edward on the west side of the Hudson River that he then removed to the town of Wolf Mountain and resided there between one and two years and then removed to the town of Bridgewater in the county of Litchfield and State of New York and has resided there ever since he left the town of Wolf Mountain and now resides in said town of Bridgewater that he is known to Amasa Smith and John Ruger who reside in his immediate neighborhood and can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
sworn and subscribed this 18th day of August 1832 Before me Samuel Jones Judge of Probate Litchfield
Samuel Jones

State of New York County of Oneida ss. I, Susan De Wolf being duly sworn make the oath and certify that she is now the wife of Samuel De Wolf of Bridgewater in the County of Oneida whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration that she resided in Oneida in the State of Vermont during the war of the Revolution that she was then acquainted with Samuel De Wolf and knew he was absent in the service during the revolutionary war but how long she does not now recollect nor does she now recollect the circumstances of his service been and subscribed
This 18th day of August 1832 Before me Samuel Jones Judge of Oneida Co. N.Y.
com. d. | Mrs. H. d. fine | prevailing | is allowed | 22 1/2
We Amasa Smith residing in the town of Bridgewater and John Ruger residing in the same place hereby certify we are well acquainted with Samuel De Wolf of Bridgewater County of Oneida who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration we believe him to be of the age of eighty years; that he is generally believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and the character of De Wolf for truth and veracity is good
Amasa Smith John Ruger
Subscribed and sworn this 18th day of Aug. 1832 Before me Samuel Jones Judge of Oneida Co. N.Y.
And the said Samuel Jones does hereby declare his opinion, after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed in the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as a soldier in the for the certificate that it appears to him that Amasa Smith signed the foregoing certificate is a charge man resident in the town of Bridgewater in the county of Oneida and that John Ruger who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Bridgewater aforesaid and is a respectable person and that the statement is true to the best of his knowledge that the applicant can not prove bodily in attend court August the 18th 1832 Samuel Jones Judge of Oneida Co. N.Y.
J. George Brown clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Oneida do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Judge in the matter of the application of Samuel De Wolf for a and that Samuel Jones whose name is subscribed to the above is a judge of the court of common pleas of the county of Oneida and the signature assumed by him is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of Aug. 1832
J. G. Brown Clk J. G. Read D. Clk

V 6020
Payments to be made at New York by Res d U.S. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
✓ M d 17 Jan 1782
Hartford sent 8 May 1834
New York
Recorded by Geo. B. (Hill) Clerk, in Book D 6 V ol. 4 Page 17

State of New York ss:
On this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before Joseph Clark one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Madison Susannah De Wolf a resident of Bridgeville in the County of Broome and State of New York aged seventy eight years on the 18th day of May 1839 who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Samuel De Wolf who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and the person in the annexed certificate married. The person declared that she was married to the said Samuel De Wolf on the twentieth day of January A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty two that her husband the aforesaid Samuel De Wolf died on the eighth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed Susannah De Wolf on the day and year above written before me
Joseph Clark judge of Madison County Court I further Certify that from old age and infirmity, the above named Susannah De Wolf cannot attend Court and that no other person near her in Onondaga County and that her residence is near me and that she has been a good character for truth and veracity Joseph Clark Judge

State of New York
vs Isaac Woodworth the of
Bridgewater in the county of Onondaga being duly known deponent and saith that Susannah D. Wolf is now the widow of Samuel D. Wolf deceased and that she has not been married since the death of said D. Wolf and further saith that
subscribed & sworn to Isaac Woodworth This 20th day of August 1839 before me
Joseph Clark { Judge of Madison County courts
I further certify that the above named Isaac Woodworth is known to me a good Christian for truth and veracity
State of New York
Joseph Clark { Judge of Madison Co. courts
Madison County, Clerk's Office
I, Alexander Donaldson, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Clark Esquire the person before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit purport to have been made was
on the day of the date of said declaration & affidavit (August 26, 1839) a Judge of the County Courts in & for the County of Madison duly appointed from Onondaga County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph Clark and hereby believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the 23rd day of August 1839.
Alexander Donaldson for Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel DeWolf Of the State of New-York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive — Twenty Seven dollars and Ten — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 2 nd day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
Examined ..... Countersigned. }
J. Edwards

Mr. Samuel Dewolf was married to Miss Susannah Keeney both of Lyme on the seventeenth day of January A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty two.
William Son of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the sixth day of October one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty two.
Jabez Son of the s d Samuel & Susannah was born the twenty ninth of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty four -
Joseph Son of the s d Samuel & Susannah was born the ninth December one thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
Phebe. daughter of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the fifteenth Septem- ber one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven.
Hannah daughter of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the first March one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
Sally daughter of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the twelfth of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety two -
Martha daughter of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the twenty sixth of April one thousand seven hundred and ninety four -
Polly daughter of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the twentieth of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety six -
Samuel Son of the said Sam l & Susannah was born the first of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight -
Daniel Son of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the eighth of May one thousand eight hundred.
Josiah Son of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the second February one thousand eight hundred and two -
Anne daughter of the s d Sam l & Susannah was born the twen- ty fifth September one thousand eight hundred and three -
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the dates which are expressed in the record in fair and legible figures as follows - 17 th day of January A.D. 1782. 6 th October 1782. 29 th Feb y 1784. 9 th Dec r 1785 15 th Sept r 1787. 1 st March 1790 12 th March 1792 26 th April 1794. 20 th March 1796. 1 st July 1798. 8 th May 1800. 2 nd Feb y 1802. 25 th Sept r 1803.
Town Clerks Office Lyme Connecticut October 12 th 1838
Joshua D. Warren Town Clerk

Joshua D. Warren above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Lyme County of New London and State of Connecticut, and that the above foregoing is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exceptions above named as certified by me, also that all of said record is in the hand writing of Col. David H. Sill who was chosen Town Clerk for said Town of Lyme on the 22 nd day of December 1788, and continued in said Office until the 8 th day of January 1813, when he died as appears of record
Joshua D. Warren
Sworn and subscribed this 13 th day of October A. D. 1838.
Before me — Oliver S. Gay — Justice of Peace

12.997 Samuel De Wolf
adm d
Hon. S. Beardsley

BRIEF in the case of Samuel De Wolf Town of Bridgewater in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? it is so certified  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     May In 1775 7 4 Private Gen. Capt. D. Fitzhinsell } Connce! Col. Holden Parsons }   Not stated 1 " Capt. Beebe   States that, he afterwards went "Privateering" and served on board sundry privateer Vessels for Something over two years  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Lyme — Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and one living witness — his wife —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are duly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. G. Gordon Examining Clerk.

2713 Jeremiah De Wolf, Pension Papers
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$27. 00
Joseph Clark Esq Brookfield Madison Co. N.Y.

State of New York Oneida County
On this eleventh day of July one Thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the County of Oneida personally appeared Levannah Deborah De Wolf a resident of Bridgewater in the County of Oneida and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following allegations in in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed March 3 1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Samuel De Wolf who was a private in the service of the United States in the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of Congress passed in 1832 at the rate of twenty seven dollars ten cents per annum that her husband the above named Samuel De Wolf died on the eighth day of May one Thousand eight hundred and thirty four that she drew a pension under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 for five years she also declares she was married to the said Samuel De Wolf about sixty two years past but has no record of her marriage but refers to her proof in the pension office that her husband the aforesaid Samuel De Wolf died on the eighth of May one Thousand eight hundred and thirty four and that she is still his widow
In
Levannah De Wolf mother
sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named Levannah De Wolf for many years that she entertains a good character for truth and veracity and from all age and infirmity cannot write her name
Ezra Brown Justice of the Peace

State of New York Onida County
Ann Woodworth being duly sworn says she is the daughter of Samuel and Deborah D. Hall that her father was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death that he died on the eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty four that her mother died a pension for five years under the act of Congress of 1830 that her mother the above named Deborah D. Hall has not since intermarried but remains the widow of said Samuel D. Hall and resides with this deponent in the town of Bridgewater County of Onida and State of New York
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of July 1843.
Ann Woodworth
Ezra Brown Justice of the Peace I further certify that the above named Ann Woodworth renders a good character for truth and veracity
Ezra Brown Justice of the Peace.
State of New York Onida County - S
ss. J. P. Sheldon Prob. Clerk of said County, do certify, that
Ezra Brown Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace, not for said County, qualified & authorized to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & truly believe that his signature to the same is genuine:
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 20th day of July 1843.
J. Sheldon Prob. Clerk, Mr. F. Little Dep.

60-20
Sept 2
Miss
July 7 1838.
L. Edwards esquire Commissioner of Pensions Pension office Washington City

Bridgewater Aug. 29 th 1839
Dear Sir you will write me as to Mrs. D. Wolf of Bridgewater under County New York The result of the application of Susannah D. Wolf Widow of Samuel D. Wolf deceased for a pension.
John Dugan

Brookfield Vt July 21 st 43
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington City
Le C
2713 July 21 st 1849 See Ms A. Vol. Mser 92/49.

Brookfield Madison Co NY July 21st 1843
James L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
I enclose the declaration of survivorship & Wolf- for a portion with the act of 3 rd month & with the certificate sent to me as soon as convenient sent J Clark Brookfield } Madison County NY
Respectfully Your Obedient Servt Joseph Clark

Comptroller's Office
Hartford December 7, 1839
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Samuel Dewolf who claims service in the Revolutionary War in Col. Parsons Regiment of Militia in 1775, that I have examined the Books of records remaining in this Office and find his name on "A Pay Roll of the 1 st Company of the Regiment raised by order Genl Assembly Connecticut 1775 - Samuel H. Parsons Col." Samuel Dewolf commenced service May 5 June of discharge Decr 19 having served 7 mo 14 days
Mary Kellogg Compt

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20978
Susannah De Wolf Widow of Samuel De Wolf Pr. Rev. War
Act March 3 rd 48
Index: Vol. A , Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Nathaniel Mattson of Lyme in New-London county and state of Connecticut, on oath before me say that I am seventy three years old, and was formerly well acquainted with Samuel D Wolf and his wife Su- sannah - When I was a boy she lived at my father's. Afterwards as I understood she was married to Samuel D Wolf, and they lived together in Lyme as husband and wife, until their removal into the state of New-York and had a numerous family of children. I cannot state from my own recollection the precise time of their marriage, but have no doubt but that it was in the year 1782 as stated on the town records - It certainly was more than fifty years ago -
Nath l Mattson
Sworn and subscribed this } 18 th - day of October 1838 }
Henry Mc. Naught a judge of the Superior Court -
I Thomas Sill of Lyme in the County of New-London and state of Connecticut on oath before me say that I am now sixty nine years of age and have lived in Lyme since my birth, and was well acquainted with Samuel D Wolf and his wife Susannah until their removal into the state of New-York nearly twenty years ago. They lived a great number of years

together in Lynn as husband and wife and had a numerous family of children - I cannot state the precise time of their marriage, but have no doubt that it was in the year 1782 as stated on the town records.
Sworn and subscribed this 13 th day of October 1838
Thomas Sill
Before me Henry No. Waite a judge of the Superior Court.
And I further certify that Nathaniel Matson and Thomas Sill the deponents aforesaid are men of the first respectability in the town of Lynn and their testimony is entitled to full credit -
Henry No. Waite a judge of the Superior Court -

Albany 4930
Susannah De Wolf
widow of Samuel De Wolf
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 8. May 1834 of Oneida Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt, commanded by Col. Parsons in the Con. line for 8 months & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 27 Dollars 10 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of January 1840 and sent to John Rugel Bridgewater, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '39 94.85 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40 13.55
$108.40
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book A. Vol. 2. Page 74

Col. Parsons, Connt
Marr'd 17 Jun 1782 Husband dwd 8 May 1834
Admitted Private 8 mo & 4 days
John Ruger Esq Ithaca Water N.Y.

State of Connecticut Office of the Secretary of State May 21 st A D 1839 —
I hereby certify that Henry M. Wells Esq. is now and has been for more than one year last past a Judge of the Superior Court, duly qualified as such, as appears from record in this office, and I certify that his signatures here- attached are his genuine signatures. And I certify that Oliver J. Ledy Esq. is now & has been for more than two months last past, a Justice of the peace within and for the County of New London and their certificates are entitled to full credit in court & elsewhere.
In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the seal of this state & signed the same at the date hereof
Royal A. Kimball Secretary

New York
Samuel De Wolf act June 7. 1832 to what time paid?
10 th to 4 March 1834
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N. York Susannah De Wolf lit. to John Ruger 20. Nov. 1839
Act. July 1838

Dec. 23. 1839
To the War department Commission of Pensions
Washington City

Dear Sir you will find enclosed the evidence you wrote me about this would entitle Samuel De Wolf to a greater pension than he does will it not also enable the widow to draw more let me know the result of the application as I am sincerely
Respectfully yours Samuel De Wolf - December 16
1839
To Comm. of Pensions John Hughes

Edw. 2  Stearns acting Com d . of Pensions
John Ruger, Esq. Bridgewater N. York

War Department Pension Office Nov. 20. 1839
Sir,
The papers of W m Susannah DeWolf widow of Samuel DeWolf, have been examined and filed. At the time the papers of the claimant's husband were examined, it was not known that there was record evidence of the service of the Connecticut Militia for the year 1775 in the Office of the Comptroller of that State. The claimant will produce a certificate from the Comptroller, showing what evidence is to be found there of the service of Samuel DeWolf in Col. Parsons' regiment in 1775.
I am respectfully Your Obet. Servt. G. W. Freeman
John Rieger, Esq r . Bridgewater N. York