Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,924, Gideon Cook, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
book, Gideon Huldah
NUMBER
W. 20.924
CONTENTS
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1387 Connecticut Huldah Cook widow of Gideon Cook born who died on the 12 April 1806 of Middlesex Co in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Willey of the regt commanded by Col Spencer in the line for one year private
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Sept 1837 and sent to J. B. Palmer Esq. Haddam Ct
Arrears to the 14th of March 1837 $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 20.00 $260.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by Saml Boyd Clerk, Book Vol. Page 66

State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex Probate District of East Haddam. } June 16. 1837.
On this sixteenth day of June A.D. 1837, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam being a Court of Record, Hulda Cook, a Resident of the Town of East Haddam, in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, aged eighty two years the eighteenth day of August A.D. 1836, 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 July 4. 1836. That she is the Widow of Gideon Cook formerly of said East Haddam, now deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution and served as is herein after stated.
That some time in the Month of April 1775, the said Gideon Cook volunteered as a private in a Company of which John Milley was Capt, and Daniel Cane & Eliphaal Kellogg were Lieutenants, being a Company of Militia under the Command of Col Joseph Spencer, and marched immediately towards Boston, on account of the Lexington Alarm, and was absent some time, but how long she cannot say.
That some time in the Month of May in the year 1775, the said Gideon enlisted into a Company of Militia as she thinks under the same officers as a private for the term of seven months and marched immediately for Boston, that his Company was stationed at Roxbury the most of the time and in that vicinity, and that said Gideon was absent a period of more than seven months and did not return home until the latter part of December following, that he was in no battle as she recollects, and the particulars of the service she cannot state.

That in the Month of August 1776. said Gideon was drafted into the service as a private in a Company of Militia of which Jonathan Austin was Captain, Abner Main and Lieut Samuel Hall Ensign, the Company was Annexed to Col Chapman Regiment, Lieut Col Dyer Troop, all of whom are now dead - That said Company Marched immediately to East Chester, and were at Rye, New Rochelle, White Plains, and Kingsbridge - That said Gideon was drafted for two or three months but which she does not recollect, but is confident that the time he was absent was about three months as he did not get home until near the 1 st of December following - A part of the time of this service he served as a Ranger, but how long she cannot say -
That in the year 1778, on the first day of July the said Gideon was drafted into a Company of Militia of which Timothy Percival was Captain, the other officers of the Company she does not recollect, and thinks said Gideon served as a Sergeant or Corporal in said Company, that he was drafted for two months and Marched immediately for New London and from there went to Newport, and staid out the period for which he was drafted - She does not know the officers of the Regiment -
Said Gideon was out at New London at other times for short periods on alarms, but the particulars she does not recollect. She thinks he had a warrant and a discharge, but if so they have been long lost or destroyed -
She further declares that she was married to the said Gideon on the nineteenth day of March A.D. Seventeen Hundred Seventy Six, and that the Record of the Town which makes her marriage the 20 th day of March instead of the 19 th she thinks must be a mistake as she has always remembered the day to have been the 19 th - That her husband the said Gideon Cook died at said East Haddam on the 12 th day of April A.D. (1806) Eighteen

Two hundred Six of the Pleurings, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, and has always been a resident of said Town of East Haddam since her marriage with said Gideon - as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs herewith annexed -
Huldah Cook
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam -
State of Connecticut Middlesex County Probate District of East Haddam June 17. 1837, I John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam hereby Certify, that for several years past I have been acquainted with Huldah Cook who has signed the foregoing Declaration and also with Joshua Cook, Henry Snow, Daniel S Emmons and Nathan S Foster who have severally signed a Deposition which are each herewith annexed, and were sworn to before me, and that they are each of them credible and respectable persons and that their statements are respectively entitled to full faith and credit -
Test John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam -

State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } Probate District of East Haddam June 17 th A.D. 1837. I, Thomas C. Board- man Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam. Hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Huldah Cook, of East Haddam, for a pension—
I further Certify that John C. Palmer now is and since the 20 th of June A.D. 1836 hath been Judge of said Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam and that the signatures to the acknowledgements upon the declaration of said Huldah Cook, and to the depositions of Joshua Cone, Daniel S. Emmons, Nathan Foster, Henry Snow, and also to affidavits of the credibility of the said persons all of which papers are hereto annexed. In parting to which are each and every of them Genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name on the day and Year above written Thomas C. Boardman Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam

State of Connecticut. County of Middlesex East Haddam Probate District June 16. 1837 }
I Nathan L. Foster of the Town of East Haddam County and State aforesaid of lawful age depose and say that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of East Haddam aforesaid and have the custody of the Records of said Town now in my keeping, and that in the Book of Records of Marriages, Births and Deaths on page 116. is a record in the words and figures following - to Wit: "Gideon Cook and Huldah Lisk both of East Haddam were joined in Marriage March the 20 th A.D. 1776." and further the deponent saith not.
Nathan L. Foster, Town Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
John B Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
W 924
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Gideon Cook a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 75 to Dec 77 2 1/2 Pvt John Willey Jos. Spencer Verm.   Aug 76 3 mos " Jonathan Olsted Henry Champion   July 1, 78 2 " Sgt Timothy Percival Oliver Smith  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Haddam Conn Date of application for pension, Jan 16, 1837. Her cl. was at - Residence at date of application, East Haddam, Conn. Age at date of application, Aug. 18, 1754 Remarks: Sol. mar. Mar. 19, 1776 Huldah Lisk at E. Haddam  He d. East Haddam Conn Apr 12 1806,  no further fam. data
1836 82 1754
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Connecticut
15 August 1837.
On application for evidence of the service of Gideon Cook I have examined the books and papers remaining in this office relating to the Revolutionary War, and find, in a book containing the names, Wages, Disbursements &c. of sundry Officers who served in that War, &c., under head of
"Militia under Genl. Spencer to Rhode Island, 1776. 1777. 8."
this entry, —
"1778 Decent. 17—Cap. T. Percival's d o . [Bill] "Bounty." £105. 8." And in the same book is an account, or list, headed
"Col: Henry Champion
"Lt. Col. Dyer Throop 25 th Reg t . Militia to New York 1776.
"Ordered to N London Sep. 1 st to N York Sep. 6. 1776," — In which are mentioned the names — Major Chapman — Colonel Chapman, &c.
And I also find in "Haskells Receipts", under head of "The United States D r to the state of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for Wages, Hospital expenses, lost Baggage &c. of Prisoners taken by the Enemy", this entry: — "Spec al Value?"
"Cap. T. Percival — Huntington — 76 — Wages £230."
I certify the above to be correct extracts from the book, there mentioned. —
Wm. Field Comptroller

July 29
Dear
Rev. J. L. Edwards Corresponding Secretary Washington S.C.
J

State of Connecticut East Haddam July 24. 1837.
Hon. J. L. Edwards.
Dr Sir.
Your favor of the 20 th inst is at hand relating to application of Huldah Cook widow of Gideon Cook for a Pension, in which you state, "The proof of the Marriage and of the two terms of service in 1775 is satisfactory, but one or both the other terms should be also sustained by the Comptroller Certificate, and such parol testimony as may by due diligence be procured". The Comptroller has industriously looked for evidence of the service at Newport and at White Plains but has not been able to discover any other than that it is well known that the officers of the Regiments were in those periods of service. In proof of these two periods of service I have given the affidavits of Joshua Loomis and Daniel Newman, who are men of the highest respectability, knew Gideon Cook from early life to the day of his death, and state that they were in the same Company with him one at Newport the other in New York and the period of the service, the officers, events, and circumstances which show their intellect not impaired by age. It is impossible for either of them to recollect a member of their respective Companies who is not now dead, though some may be living, in addition to all this they are each receiving a pension for the very service in which they say Gideon Cook was serving

with the - I suppose this testimony would have been satisfactory to the Department, and trust you will so consider it on recurring to the papers again, which I humbly request may be done - I regret Mr. Ingham our Rep t in Congress had left Washington before the papers arrived there, as he might have given you the fullest assurance that all had been done in this case to substantiate the service that could be done - Should you not be satisfied upon a reconsideration of the application to grant a Certificate have the goodness to inform me with particularity what more is required - Does the Law of July 4. 1836. allow a pension to the widow of a soldier who died in the service since 1818 14 th April, provided such widow married again in Sept last, and in such case is any pension granted to the heirs of such deceased soldier? By furnishing me with the construction put on the case stated in the interrogatory you will much oblige
Your Obedt Servt
John B. Palmer

Suspended.
see let. to J. C. Palmer, July 20, 1837.
do. to same August 1. 1837

Answer to A. S. Lynde Callicoon, N.Y.
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Rec'd

Will you kindly give me all the informa- tion you have of Huldah Cook & Gideon Cook. She received a pension W-20924 On Drapers Index Comm of Rev Pensions of Conn.
Thanking you for a response I am your very sincerely & with all Credence Agnes E. D. Wood Brook N. J.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20924
Hulda Cook
wid of
Gideon Cook
Pri Rev. war
Act July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol. 14 , Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870.]
122 Sept. 22. Hist. Soc. St. Louis. au

East Haddam Aug 18. 1837.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr. Upon a recurrence to the proofs at the Comptroller's Office I have been able to obtain the further testimony herewith transmitted, to substantiate the claim of Huldaah Cook. Widow of Gideon Cook, which gives the names of the officers, their correspondence with proofs heretofore forwarded - I trust you will consider these as satisfactory. I know of no further testimony that can be obtained.
Your Obedient Servt J. C. Palmer

East Haddam Jan 19. 1837.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir. I forward application of Wuldah Cook for a Pension & Pouches. You will notice the Record forms the Marriage March 20. 1776. The declares it to be on the 19 th in despite of the Record and said she could not make oath to it as on the 20 th a scruple which would not long stand in the way of many. Should you find the papers satisfactory, please forward the certificate to me as Mrs Cook lives some distance from the Post Office where business calls me daily.
Your Obedt Servt J. L. Palmer

Audah Cook - Br. -
Post Madison Wis Aug 19 th
Aug 24 O.K.
add d to Mr Egan
from
John S Edwards Esquire Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Comptroller's Office Hartford Connecticut June 14th 1837
I certify that the name of Gideon Cook appears on a Pay roll of the 1st Company of the 2d Regiment raised by order General Assembly Colony Connecticut May 1775, now in this office and he is credited for service from May 30th to Dec 17th a period of 7 months & 9 days, Wm Field Comptroller
I further certify that the name of Gideon Cook appears on a pay roll in this office headed as follows to wit, "Marched from East Haddam for the relief of Boston &c in the Lexington Alarm April 1775" and he is credited for eighteen days service, Wm Field Comptroller

State of Connecticut (Middlesex County Probate District of East Haddam June 17. 1837)
I Daniel S Connors of East Haddam in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy nine years, having been duly Cautioned, examined and sworn upon and say, that the first of July 1778. I was drafted to go to the Garrison at New London in a Company of Militia, of which Timothy Percival was Captain, Debulon Waterman 1 st Lieut, and a Mr Throop was 2 nd Lieut, said Company was annexed to Col Oliver Smith's Regiment at New London, Lt Col Gallup, Major I do not recollect. After said Company had been at New London two or three weeks, we were annexed to Gen Sullivan's Expedition into Rhode Island, landed at Point Judith and encamped near Newport, remained there about three weeks, and were discharged without having any general battle although we were near at the time of an engagement with some of the troops, but were not ordered onto the ground. We were discharged in Providence when the two months for which we were drafted expired. I am confident that I staid two months. I was at that time well acquainted with Gideon Cook who was in the same Company with me and served during said period of two months as a Corporal in said Company, and was discharged at the same time that I was, came home with me and took dinner at my Father's. Said Gideon Cook died in East Haddam several years since, and further the Deponent saith not.
Daniel S Connors
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam.

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
Probate District of East Haddam June 16. 1837.
I Joshua Cose of the Town of East Haddam and County and State aforesaid aged seventy nine years the 6 th day of July 1837. having been duly Cautioned examined and sworn depose and say, that in the year 1776, on the 9 th day of September a Company of Militia to which I belonged was called on to go to East Chester, and on the next day the 10 th of September said Company marched - said Company was commanded by Capt Johnathan Thurston Lieut Almon Brainerd & Ensign Samuel Hall. The Officers of the Regiment were Col Champion, Lt Col Dyer Throop Major Jabez Chapman - The Company first encamped at East Chester, then to Morrisina Point, thence to Kingsbridge thence to White Plains, thence to Nyack Pond, and continued in that vicinity at a place I do not recollect until we were discharged - which I should say according to my best recollection was on the 26 th or 27 th of November 1776 - That Gideon Cook formerly of said East Haddam now deceased was a Member of said Company and marched with and performed duty in said Company until we were discharged as a private and my impression is that said Gideon during a part of said time performed duty in a Company of Rangers which was enlisted from the three Regiments under Brigadier General Parsons - The pay of Privates was 40 Shillings a month - I have always been acquainted with said Gideon and his widow Hulda Cook, and can state that said Hulda is now living and has not married since the decease of said Gideon, but now remains a widow, Sole, single & unmarried - and further the deponent saith not.
Joshua Cose
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam.

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Hulda Cook widow of Gideon
Count
Married 20 mar '76
  Comptroller - pri  mo. ds.     7.9    "  18     7.27 ds    76  2 " 3    78.  2 "     12.77  
adm?
12 mo pr 40 pp
original no deduction
J.C. Palmer E. Haddam Conn.

State of Connecticut, Middlesex County ss Court of Probate District of East Haddam } June 16. 1837.
I Henry Snow of East Haddam, County and State aforesaid aged sixty one years, having been duly Cautioned examined and sworn before me and say that I was well acquainted with Gideon Cook formerly of said East Haddam deceased, who was reputed to have served in the War of the Revolution, and was present at the death of said Gideon Cook on the 12 th day of April 1806. and I have known Huldaah Cook the Widow of said Gideon for more than forty years past and know that said Huldaah has never since the death of said Gideon Cook, in term married with any person, but now remains, Sole, single, and unmarried -
And further the Deponent saith not -
H. Snow
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Henry Snow on the day above written before me.
John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam -
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Henry Snow on the day and year first above written
Before me
John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam -