Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,688, Asahel Chittenden, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Chittenden, Asahel McFarland, Anna or Anne
NUMBER
W. 25.688
B.L.H. 28539-160-55
CONTENTS
Former widow

4128.
Connecticut
Anna Anne M c Farland widow of Asahel Chittenden
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of March 1849 and sent to
Giles Hotchkiss Naugatuck Ct
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 303 Vol. 1
Reg 2 Mar 55 161357
Let to d o Ann M c Farland Sept. 14/50

161, 387 { Vetchrich 3/55 Logue 6/55
Civ: H. Fowler, apl. 11/56
Anna M c Farland, formerly wife of Asahel G. Hillenden. M c
12
Revolutionary, No. 1111.
Pensioner, under Act July 7/38. " " " Feb 2/48
Cough Feb 15 - 4128
Ad: 160000, m3, 124/8
Dear Mr. [unclear],
Henry Fowler, Wartford, Gt.
Vol. C. - 106. —

I Molly Hoadley of Mansfield in New Haven County and State of Connecticut aged Seventy nine years being first duly cautioned and sworn before and say that I was the reputed daughter of Samuel Lewis Esq. That the record book referred to by my husband in his foregoing deposition is the identical record book of marriages kept by my father That I was present at the marriage of Asahel Chittenden and Anne Lewis saw the ceremony performed by my father Samuel Lewis and think it was at the same time as stated in his records The said Chittenden was cousin to me and brought up in my father's family until after his marriage I was well acquainted with his wife before marriage and with both after marriage until his death which was I should think was about thirty five years ago. I have seen the widow of said Chittenden within a few months and am particular acquainted with her and know that she is a widow
Molly Hoadley

State of Connecticut New Haven County ss - Be it known that on the 8 th day of May 1847 before the subscriber a Justice of Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to take depositions and all ministerial acts personally appeared Molly Blondley above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed and I certify that the deponent is known to me as a person of truth and her depo- sition is entitled to credit
E. H. Murrell Justice of Peace

1 - State of Connecticut New Haven County ss
13.359
On this eighth day of May 1847 - Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of Watertown in said New Haven County Anne McFarland a resident of said Watertown aged eighty two 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and the 23 d of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the Widow of Asahel Chittenden who was a private in Capt. John Lewis company the Lieutenants name was Bunnell and in Col. Baker Regt in the Conn. line of infantry. That her said husband Asahel Chittenden enlisted into said company at said Watertown on or about the first day of March 1780 and marched from said Watertown to a place called Hornbrook near to New York from thence to a place called White Plains also near New York and then to King Street on the British lines. That he continued in the service of the Revolution until January 1781 at least ten months. That the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of her claim but refers to the testimony herunto annexed and to the muster roll of the said Capt. Lewis now on file in the

office of the Secretary of War in the United States
She also declares that she was married to the said Asahel Chittenden on the third day of April Seventeen hundred eighty three - that her husband died on the 22 day of May eighteen hundred thirtien - 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 ninety four (viz), at the time above stated
She further declares that after the death of the husband aforesaid she was married to Robert Hotchkiss on the sixteenth day of January 1826 that he died on the 4 th day of February 1827
That after the death of her last husband as aforesaid she was married to Richard Mc Farland on or about the first day of October March 1828 and that he died on the fifth day of February 1844 and that she is still a widow Iowa ● McFarland
I sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury
Willard Spencer, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury

State of Connecticut ss Probate District of Waterbury
I Abram Ives Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Macfarland for a Pension And I further certify that Willard Spencer Esq is the Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury & that his signature annexed to the foregoing proceedings is his genuine official signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 24 th day of May A.D 1847.
Abram Ives Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury

I Edward Chittenden of Watertown New Haven county state of Connecticut aged forty six years being first duly sworn and sworn upon and say that I am the natural son of Asahel and Anna Chittenden - that my father died on the 22 day of May 1813 I recollect the time from this circumstance I was twelve years old when he died after the death of my father my mother married a man by the name of Robert Hotchkiss who died February 4 th 1827 I was present and attended his funeral and after his death she married a man by the name of Mc Farland who died February 5 th 1844 - said Mc Farland died in the state of Ohio but from the best evidence I have no hesitation in affirming that he died on the day and year as above stated - my mother has returned from the state of Ohio and is now living in my family in said Watertown and is a widow
Edward Chittenden

State of Connecticut New Haven County ss. Be it known That on the 10 th day of May 1847 before the subscribers a Justice of Peace in and for the county aforesaid and duly authorized by law to administer oaths & take subscriptions personally appeared Edward Whittenden above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed - The Deponent is known to me - is a man of truth and his deposition is entitled to credit
E. A. Murrell Justice of Peace

Countryland claim of Anna McFarland, former Widow of Asahel Chittenden (dec'd) (Revolutionary Service) under Act 3 March 1855

State of Ohio Seneca County ss. Scipio,
On this 28 day of May One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid Anna McFarland Age a thirty one years a resident of Scipio in the County of Seneca in the State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law Declares that she is the former Widow of Asahel Chittenden deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution.
She further states that she is now a pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Connecticut Agency at Hartford under the Act of February 2 d 1828 at $33 33 / 100 dollars per Annum, and she refers to her Original application for a pension under the Act July 7. 1838 on file in the Pension Office at Washington on which a pension Certificate was issued to her under said Act dated 5 th June 1847. for proof of her husband's service and death and of their marriage that her pension Certificate under act Feb 2 1828 is dated at the Department of the Interior on the 9 th day of March 1829
She further states that her said husband Asahel Chittenden died in the town of Prospect on the 24 day of in May 1823 and that she is now a Widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she

may be entitled under the Act "approved the 3 d March 1835"
Anna Mc farland
We J H Benham and M A Benham residents of Scipio in the County of Seneca in the State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Anna Mc Farland in our presence: and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the Applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
J H. Benham M A Benham
The foregoing declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
A. P. Colswell } justice of the peace

Yours very hard and the Sub of said Court official at office this 28 th day of May 1855 Philip Spelman Clerk by V. A. Ken. Dept.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isakel Blittenden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 1, 1780 to Jan. 1781 Pvt, John Lewis * Bezalel Bube Conn.,          
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Waterbury, New Haven Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 8, 1847. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Waterbury, Conn.
Age at date of application, 82 yrs.
Remarks: Sol. mar. at Waterbury Conn. Apr. 3, 1783 Anna daughter of Capt. John Lewis. Their son Edward was 46 yrs old in 1847. Soldier died at Prospect, May 20 or 24 1813. She mar. Jan. 16, 1826 Robert Kotchkiss he died Feb. 4, 1837. She mar. Oct. 1, 1838 Richard McFarland he died Feb. 3, 1844.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Sir
Hartford Conn.
May 10. 1836.
I notice by the public papers that the bounty law act of 3 rd March 1835 has been amended so as to admit parol evidence in Certain Cases where no record of service exists -
The following list of applicants whose claims were transmitted by me in the order stated below, are all Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers and are pensioners, their claims have been examined and suspended, because service of the husband was not established by record proof, and for no other reason,
  1/3 Margaret Hadley Number 5335 Widow of George   Hannah Dewolf 5338 Seth   Asenath Andrews 11877 Ephraim   Julia Warefield 20666 Ephraim   Elizabeth Thrasher 29354 Reuben   Lucy Pierce 49922 John   Rachel G. Miller 49920 Roswell   Lydia Cole 63749 Solomon   Abigail Case 74623 John M   Elizabeth Peck 82794 Isaac   Abigail Burnap 110062 Jeriah   Sarah Bippett 146837 Leverett   Anna M c Farland 161387 Asahel Chittenden 
I have respectfully to enquire if any

Further action is required of them or in their behalf before Warrants can be issued to them, and to express the hope that their cases may receive as early attention as is practicable
Very Respectfully
I remain Sir Henry Fowler
J. Minot Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
These persons have died since their Claims for bounty land under Act 3 rd March 1835 were forwarded by me viz
Chauncy Lewis x Thankful Wilcox x Betsey Thompson x Ruth Johnson Anna Merrell Hannah Rathbun Frances Chapman x Charlotte Dyer x Tamer Cowley x
Ruth Deane x Jonathan Buckland x Lucy Curtis x Rulah Crippen x Ruth Marshall x
Those marked thus X before Warrants were issued to them.

Reg WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25.688
Anna M c Garland
Widow of
Asahel Whittenden
Brn New-Hav
Act Feb 2 nd 1848
Index: Vol M , Page 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1918 July 2. Heist. to Rev. Paul S. Howe - and

10.282
Connecticut.
Anna Anne M c Farland Widow of Jacob Chittenden who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 22 d May 1813 of N.H.C. in the State of Conn. who was a Priv. in the Company commanded by Captain Lewis of the Reg t commanded by Col l Buber in the Revd. line for 10 mo.
Rep d ?
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of June 1847 and sent to Eo. F. Herrick, Waterbury, Conn.
Total amount, $ 166.65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 82

8184.
Connecticut.
Anna Anne McFarland widow of Asahel Chittenden who was a Private in the Revolution
Husb? died May 22. 1813. Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Fifth day of June 1847 and sent to
E. F. Merrill, Waterbury Conn.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. D. Page 58
Letter to Pension Agent June 8 1848
2 Cents.
1838 4 o
Rep 2

✓ 28.539
J Mrs. Anns

REV 500 201 RECTORY Church of the Advent
201 WINDSOR AVENUE CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
REV. PAUL STURTEVANT HOWE, M. A., LL. B.
June 24, 1918 -
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions;
Dear Sir: For the purpose of establishing a pedigree, I respectfully request the Revolutionary services of the following, in case they appear upon your records:
(1) Capt. John Lewis, Sr., of Waterbury, Conn. He married 4 Dec. 1734, Mary Munn - see neg slip for both of these (2) Capt. John Lewis, Jr., of Waterbury, Conn. He married, 17 Nov. 1763, Sarah Gorden - (3) Asahel (or Asael) Chittenden, Waterbury, born 1764, died, May, 1813, married, 1783 Anna Lewis -
Respectfully, Paul S. Howe

(13359) 9292 3443
Anne M. Farland Con
Act 7. July 88
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adm? 10m/sri 33.33
also act 43 144 33.33
d.
E. F. Merrill Watbury Con.

Union Agency Hartford May 31. 1848.
Sir
I transmit the papers of Anne McFarland pensioner per Act 17 June 1844, and Samuel Parker Invited In Special directions relative to their payment
The attorney in Parkers case represents that he was confined by sickness and unable to present the papers for payment within ninety days from their date
I am very Respectfully Your Ob t Servant
N o Goodwin & Agents per H. Fawcett
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Waterbury Ct Sept. 3 1850 Hon J. L. Edwards Sir
I understand that as the widow of a revolutionary soldier and a pensioner I am entitled to land please inform me if it is so and what course I shall pursue to obtain it or be so good as to answer whether it is so or not
you will find me recorded on on the roll of Pensioners under act February 2 nd 1848 page 303 Vol 1 st
Anna M c Farland widow of
Asahel Chittenden
Sir, if yours is not the proper office of enquiry please give the proper direction that an answer may be received

n o 13.359
May 27 47
On Hon J. F. Edwards Commission Washington

Waterbury Ct. May 24 th 1847 Dr Sir, inclosed is the declaration and evidence of Mrs Anne McFarland for the benefits of a pension on account of the service of her husband Archibald Chittenden. The reason of her delaying till this time is she lived with her last husband in the State of Ohio and did not know that she was intitled to a pension until she returned to live with her son in Waterbury Ct. Any communication to be made or the certificate when granted to be sent to me in Waterbury, New Haven County Ct.
Respectfully, &c
E. F. Murrell
Hon J. L. Edwards

State of Connecticut } ss New Haven County }
On the 9 th day of September 1848 before me a majis- trate in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Anna Mc Farland a resident of the town of Watertown in said County aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn 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 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the Widow of Asahel Chittenden who was a private in the Army of the Revolution that she received a pension under the act of June 17 th 1844 at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow. Swoon and subscribed the day and year above written Before me
Anna Mc Farland
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above declarant and she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration
Giles Hotchkiss Justice of the Peace

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8184

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } County of New Haven } ss. COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE. }
I, Henry G. Lewis Esq., Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of New Haven and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:—
THAT,
Giles Rootchkins Esquire was on the 30 th day of June 184 8
and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument thereto annexed, purporting to be his, Ale is his genuine official signature, and I hereby further certify that his said Commission bears date June 30 1848 and will expire on the 20 th day of June 184 9 .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 15 th day of September 184 8
Henry G. Lewis Clerk.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } County of New Haven } ss. COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE. }
THAT,
I, Robert H. Olsson Esq., Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of New Haven and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:— That
Elijah F. Merrill Esquire was on the 4 th day of May 1847
and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 10 th day of May 1847
R.H. Olsson Clerk.

Mr. Elijah H. Matthews
Watertown
Conn.
Jefferson N.Y. March 9 th 1847.

I Eli Smith Rowley of Jefferson in Schoharie County State of New York aged Eighty three years being first duly Cautioned and Sworn, Depose and say, that at Waterbury New Haven County and State of Connecticut in the month of March 1780 I enlisted into the Army of the Revolution in the Connecticut line for the term of One year under Captain John Lewis of said Waterbury and in Col Bezaleal Beebe Regt. our Lieutenants name was Bunnell, the Ensigns name was Barnes, Asahel Chittenden then of said Waterbury enlisted into the same Company and about the same time of my enlistment. We mustered and marched to Horse neck near New York. from there we marched to White Plains. from there to King Street. on the lines. where we remained during our enlistment.
The Company was dismissed on or about the first day of January 1781. I was well acquainted with said Chittenden at the time of his enlistment and for a number of years after the close of the war and know that he served in said Company at least ten months. I further depose and say, that after the close of said war said Chittenden married a daughter of the afforsaid John Lewis with whom he lived until his death which I should think was about thirty five years ago. Since that time I have known little of the family.  Eli Smith Rowley
State of New York Schoharie County ss
Be it known that before me Henry P. Matice a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Eli Smith Rowley abovenamed and made Oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent that he is a man of truth and veracity and his deposition is

entitled to the highest credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Second day of March 1847
Henry P. Matice Justice of the Peace
State of New York Schaharie County
ss. I Stephen Maham Clerk of said County do certify.
That Henry P. Matice Esq. is a justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly authorized, by law, to take Depositions, and administer oaths, and that his name above written, is his genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 6 th day of March 1847.
Stephen Maham Clerk

11 as a private soldier in 1780 - he was gone from home one year and I think he served the full term of a year - I attended the funeral of said Chittenden which I should think was about thirty five years ago and am now well acquainted with his widow and know that she is a widow
Culpeper Hoadley
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss - Be it known that before the subscriber a justice of Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to take depositions and administer oaths personally appeared Culpeper Hoadley above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. And I certify that the deponent is known to me as a man of truth and his deposition is entitled to credit - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of May 1847
E. H. Murrell Justice of Peace

I halpher Houdly, of Naugatuck in New Haven County State of Connecticut aged eighty three years being first duly cautioned and sworn before and say that I married Mollie Lewis the daughter of Samuel Lewis of Watertown in said County who was a justice of Peace in and for said New Haven County who frequently celebrated marriages and kept a record book wherein he recorded the marriages by him celebrated which book I now have in my possession
And among other records is the following " April the Third Seventeen hundred and eighty three Then was Asahel Chittenden married to Anne Lewis - The foregoing is a true extract of record exact on the original the record is in fair legible words and figures as follows (to wit April the 3) 1783 then was Asahel Chittenden married to Anne Lewis I further before and say that I was present at the wedding of the said Asahel Chittenden & Anne Lewis saw the marriage take place and think it was at the same time as stated in the record of the said Samuel Lewis and I further say that I was knowing to his entering into Capt John Lewis Company

I I learn Lewis of Mansfield in New Haven county State of Connecticut aged seventy nine years being first duly executed and sworn before and say that in the year 1780 and ing to my best recollection my father John Lewis then of Watertown in said New Haven County as Captain raised a company of infantry in the Connecticut line to serve in the war of the revolution - among others - Asahel Chittenden - then of said Watertown enlisted into his company as a private - mustered and marched with my father from Watertown to Blauvelt near New York I do not know the precise time he served but I remember my father once during said time came home on foot stayed at home a while and then returned into the service he was in the service this town almost a year - and the said Chittenden with him - after the close of the war the said Chittenden married my sister Anne Lewis - the marriage was celebrated at the house where I now live by Samuel Lewis Esq. then a justice of Peace for New Haven County I think in April 1783

The said Chittenden died in May 1813 I attended his funeral - and afterwards his widow married one Robert Hotchkiss who died shortly after their marriage and after the death of said Hotchkiss she married a man by the name of Mr Farland who died Feb. 1844 and according to my best belief is now a widow
Emma Lewis
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss - Be it known that on the 8 th day of May 1847 before the subscriber a justice of Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to take depositions and administer oaths personally appeared Emma Lewis above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent - he is a man of truth and veracity and his deposition is entitled to credit
E. H. Murrell Justice of Peace