Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17713, Reuben Dean, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Dean, Reuben Roxalana
W 17713
CONTENTS

22554
Connecticut
Reuben Dean Norfolks in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the com d commanded by Captain Allen of the reg t commanded by Swift in the service time for 15 months & 9 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 57 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Dec r 1833 and Michael H.
Will Norfolks
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r $127.50
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 25.50
$153.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan d Boyd Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 11

2390
Connecticut
Rosalana Hlean widow of Reuben Hleandie?
Conn. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 24 th December 1836 of Norfolk Co. in the State of Ct. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt. commanded by Col. Smith in the Ct. line for 15 Mths & 9 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct. at the rate of 51 Dollars ~ ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 24 th December 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Apr. 1839 and Sept. U. S. Mills Norfolk Ct.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. 39 $140.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 25.50 $165.50
{ Act July 7 th 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 st Page 172

2027
Roxalana Dean Wife of Ruben Cary
Act 7 July 1835 Married 1780 died 1836
Allow $37. per an from Dec 24 1836
Michl F Mills Norfolk Conn

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of Connecticut } to North Probate District Litchfield County } on this Eleventh day of August A 1832 personally appeared
in Open Court now sitting before me Michael F. Miles Esquire Judge of Probate having said that Reuben Dyer a resident of the Town of Norfolk in Litchfield County appeared aged Eighty years last February who being first duly sworn acknowledged to Love that 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 in the Month of August 1775 by enlistment for the term of five months into the Company of Capt. Hermon Allen in Col. Warner Regt. and marched on a part of the army joined the Northern Army, at or near Ticonderoga and that he went down the lake by water and landed this side of St. John: about two or three miles that he was then left there near where he was landed with some that was sick for a week or two and then joined the Company at Saratoga and from there to a place called Long Gule that that part of the Company to which he belonged did not come back to St. John: until the he was on his Return home after St. John: was taken that that part of the Company to which he was attached went down

as far as Montreal and took Papapian of that Place before his term was out and that he served five months that when his term was out they come by water to a place called Chemung Point and from there home his load
That in the year 1776 but that he cannot say the month he was called out as a drafted volunteer with the Militia from the Town of Canaan was at a Place on the South River near or at Pillskill was out about one month that it was at the time the British shipping came up the River that he was under the Motataca cost but common for certain State his name but is Confid it was John Drown of Canaan -
That in the year 1777 in on or about the first of May he again entered the service as substitute for Eli Drown that he left Canaan under Capt Titus Wilson and that he joined the Army at or near Pillskill the latter part of May in the Continental line in the Reg. t of Col l Henson Swift and that he Marched with said Reg t into the State of New Jersey and was at the Battle of Red Bank had winter quarters at Valley Forge but was marched to Fitch Hill where he was discharged about the middle of January that at the time he entered it was for nine months though was he did not serve quite the whole term

That in the Summer of 1779 he was drafted as Matelotemen from the two of Concord in said State for the term of two months in the Com pany of Capt Lowren and Col. Zach Phelps Regt and was stationed at Horse neck the whole of said term of two months and was discharged If he had any written Discharge he has lost them
That he was Born in the State of New York at a place of then called Philips Patten and that when about two years old his Father moved into the Town of Salisbury in the State of Connecticut that some time before the Revolution he came into the Town of Concord in said State where he resided at the time of during the same mentioned and that for the last thirty years he has resided in the said Town of Norfolk that he is well acquainted with the Rev Joseph Edridge Clergyman of said Town, and with Augustus Pittston Esquire Joseph Ballou Esquire of said Norfolk and that they can testify as to his character
and that he hereby acknowledges every claim to a pension or annuity against the present and the declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Signed -
Reuben Dean
Sworn and Subscribed the Day and Year aforesaid before me
Michael F Miles Judge of the Court of Probate for Norfolk District

We Joseph Eldridge Clergyman Residing in the Town of Norfolk and Augustus Pitt Rivers Esquire and Joseph Burrell Esquire Residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Dean of said Norfolk who has subscribed and sworn to the above and we then declared that we believe him to be the Eighth year of age that he is Reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Seducer of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and that he sustains a fair Reputation for truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Augustus Pitt Rivers
Joseph Burrell
Joseph Eldridge Jr.
Sworn and Subscribed the 2nd day of January
before me Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war depart- ment that the above named Reuben Dean applicant was a Seducer of the Revolution and Second as he has stated and the Court further certifies that Joseph Eldridge who has signed the above certificate is a Clergyman Residing in the Town of Norfolk and that Augustus Pitt Rivers and Joseph Burrell Esquires are also Residents of said Norfolk all credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Michael F. Mills Judge

Declaration State of Connecticut So. Norfolk Probate District On this 14. day of September A 1838 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk Roxalana Dean a Resident of said Town of Norfolk aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 9 th 1838 entitled an act granting Half pay and Pensions to certain Widows that she is the Widow of Ruelen Dean late of said Norfolk deceased that her said Husband Ruelen Dean was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed 1832 that she has frequently heard him in his life time mention the times and places he served but she cannot now state them that she believes the evidence of his service. She in the war after that after his decease she forwarded his certificate in order to draw the pay that was due to him at the time of his decease She further says that she was married to the said Ruelen Dean on the 24 day

of February in the year one Thousand seven Hundred and eighty
That she does not know of any Record earlier of their marriage
That her husband the above named Reuben Dean died at Norfolk aforesaid on the 24 day of December A 1836
That she was married not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that she was married to him previous to the first day of January 1794 as at the time above stated that she now is and has been a widow ever since the death of the said Reuben Dean
Roxalana her Dean Mark
I swear and Subscribe this day and year aforesaid before me
Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

Salomon Dean of Conaan in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged eighty years being duly sworn according to Law doth testify and say that he was always acquainted with Reuben Dean late of North Scituate with Mary his wife and I further say that I was present at the Marriage between the said Reuben Dean and Mary and that I further say that the Marriage took place at the Town of Conaan in the month of February I believe the 24. day but cannot say certain or to the day of the month it was in the year 1880.
his Salomon Dean
Mark
Sworn and Subscribed this 11. day of September 1888 before me & I further state that the Deponent is a Credible Witness & his character is fair for truth
Michael B. Miller Judge of Probate for North Scituate

Alden Minor of Norfolk in Littleport County aged thirty nine years having been duly sworn according to Law doth testify and say that he was well acquainted with Reuben Sears late of said Norfolk deceased that he knew him & knew the mother of Sears. Resided that he was present at the time of the death of the said Reuben which was on the 24. day of December A.D. 1835 and that Reuben Sears the widow of the said Reuben resides where her late husband died that I have known them for near thirty years
Alden Minor
Sworn and Subscribed this 14. day of September A.D. 1838 before me Michael G. Mills Judge of Probate for the District of Norfolk
and I certify that the said Alden Minor is a man of fair character & reputation for truth -
Michael G. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

I Michael G. Mills Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rosalana Dean for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 14 th day of September A.D. 1838
Attest Michael G. Mills Clerk

Declaration State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Probate District On this 14. day of September A 1838 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk Roxalana Dean a Resident of said Town of Norfolk aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 9 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows that she is the Widow of Rurhen Dean late of said Norfolk deceased that her said Husband Rurhen Dean was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed 1832 that she has frequently heard him in his life time mention the times and places he served but she cannot now state them that she believes the evidence of his service. She in the war office that after his decease she forwarded his certificate in order to show the pay that was due to her at the time of his decease She further says that she was married to the said Rurhen Dean on the 24 day

of February in the year one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty
That she does not know of any Record evidence of their marriage
That her husband the above named Richard Dean died at Norfolk aforesaid on the 24 day of December A 1836
That she was married not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that she was married to him previous to the first day of January 1794 as at the time above stated that she now is and has been a widow since the death of the said Richard Dean
Roxalana her  mark Dean
Sworn and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me
Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk Dist. Court

I Joel Dean of the Town of Broom in the County of Schoharie and State of New York now in Salisbury County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut Depose and Declare that I am well acquainted with Ruben Dean of Norfolk in said County of Litchfield and am knowing that in the latter part of April 1777 he enlisted into the revolutionary war and joined the Company of Capt. Peter Watson and Col. Heman Swifts Regiment at the Housatonic  Pickskill on the North River on the first Day of May after. The Deponent having enlisted and served in the Army and Regiment with the said Ruben Dean. His term of service was for Nine Months that is he served in said Company and Regiment from said first day of May 1777 until the Month of February 1778. He marched with the Army into the State of New Jersey and had the winter Quarters with the Army at Valley Forge was in the Battle at Germantown from the Valley Forge Marched to the Red Hills on the said North River where he was Discharged the forepart of February 1778. The Deponent was with the said Ruben through the whole of said time and served with him and is well knowing to the above facts
Joel Dean

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss } Salisbury October 14 th A.D. 1819 Personally appeared Joel Dean signer of the forgoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me Eliphalet Whittelsey Jus of the Peace
I Peter Mason of Salisbury in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am personally acquainted with the within named deponent Joel Dean and that he is a credible wit- ness and that his character for truth and veracity is unimpeached
Peter Mason
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss } Salisbury October 14 th 1819 Personally appeared Peter Mason signer of the forgoing deposition and solemnly affirmed that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me Eliphalet Whittelsey Justice of the Peace.
Litchfield County ss } Salisbury October 14 th 1819 I the subscriber hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Peter Mason the aforesaid deponent and that he is a credible witness and that his character character for truth and veracity is unimpeached Eliphalet Whittelsey Justice of the Peace

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Eliphalet Whittlesy, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said County, legally commissioned and qualified. That his name subscribed to the preceding Certificate is his hand writing, & that the Seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court. — April 5 th D. 1820. Frederick Wolcott.

8908 Reuben Dean Connecticut
Return in from 1775 private lost a leg at Bunker Hill 15 months 29 days on #50.
Entry 30 May 1777 Disch 9 Jan'y - 78 -
25 50 102 00 127 50
Michael J Mills Norfolk Connecticut

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
14 th June 1833
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 subjoined 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 Reuben Dean Sitcheled Co. County
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist 1775 — 5 — priv Capt Allen Warner Ticonderoga 80 Years   Disch 1776 — 1 — Ensign German St Johns State Traditionary   Enlist 1777 (time not stated) 7 9 Walsow Col Swift Town Montreal of Conne- Evidence   Disch 1779 — 2 — Lawrence Phelps Pillskill eticut and Living   New Jersey Adkins   Fishkill Papers Not   Horse Neck Authenticated   No Clergyman  
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 day 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 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.
[a] 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.
□ The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

17-713 Rev WIDOW, &c. } am
File No. 17713 Rosalina Dean Widow of Reuben Dean Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. 28, Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Com

88 23 57 34 78
Ames Dean Conn. At Jan 7 1832. When Paul a. p. 57.
[Handwritten signature: A.H.D.]
Died 24 th Dec. 1836/p. 24 that period
J.H.

The deposition of John Sedgwick Esq. of Cornwall State of Conn. of Lawfull age - he the said John Sedgwick was Major in the 7 th Cont. Regt. in the line of the Continental army. Commanded by Herman Swift Esq. in the year 1777.
That Reuben Dean was a soldier in the said Regt. and served the full term of nine months, and was Honorably discharged - This is according to my best knowledge and belief, Given to this 8 th July 1818 before
Hon. b. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War
John Sedgwick
State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss Cornwall July 8 th 1818 Personally appeared John Sedgwick Esquire Signer of the foregoing instrument, and made solemn oath to the same before me
Benjamin Sedgwick, Just. of the peace
I Fredrick Wolcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut certify that Benjamin Sedgwick Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said County - that the above signature is his hand writing, & that the seal hereto annexed is the Seal of said Court. July 27. 1818.
Fredrick Wolcott, Clerk

Litchfield County ss Loomis 8 th July 1819
I the subscriber hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Scrymgeour the within deponent and that he is a credible witness, and that his character for truth and veracity is unimpeached -
Benjamin Scrymgeour Justice of Peace

I Russell Hunt of Canaan in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut formerly known by the name of Russell Hunt 2 d depose & say that I served as a Sergeant in the seventh regiment of the Connecticut Cont- inental line in the year 1777 Commanded by Sherman Swift Col o & in the Company commanded by Titus Watson Col o and that Ruben Dean of Norfolk in said County & State aforesaid served as a private soldier in said Compa- ny & Regiment for the full term of nine Months dur- ing the time I belonged to the same & was honorably discharged Russel Hunt
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County ss. } Canaan July 8 th 1818 Personally appeared Russell Hunt signers of the fore- going deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me W m M c Burrell Justice of Peace
To the Hon ble John C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Litchfield County ss. Canaan July 8 th 1818 I the subscriber hereby certify that I am well ac- quainted with Russell Hunt the aforesaid deponent & that he is a credible witness & that his character for truth & veracity is unimpeached. W m M c Burrell Justice of Peace

I Frederick Wolcott, clerk of the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that William M. Burrall, Esq. is a true copy of the Pearl within said county - that the signature to the foregoing Certificate is his
hand writing, & that the seal hereunto annexed is the seal of said county. July 27. 1818.
Frederick Wolcott, clerk -

Hon J. L. Edward Esqum Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

Norfolk September 20. 1888
Harf L. Drowned Son
Dear Sir I herewith forward the affidavit Widow of Michael Simon Bulak Simon & Rapalena Dear with the evidence for a Pension should any thing further be wanting please inform me should their pension be granted please send this certificate to me
Yours Sir
Michael F. Mills

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Reuben Dean
Declaration

I Jon a W Pettibone Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Reuben Dean for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832—
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office, this eleventh day of August A.D. 1832—
Jon a W. Pettibone—Clerk

State of Connecticut } S. Norfol. Probate Dist. tract Suffolk County } on this 10 th day of September A 1832. on this day personally appeared John C. John Bradley of said Norfolk aged Seventy one year who being first duly sworn according to Law says that as far as he can recollect in the year 1799. he was in the Service of the United States in the Company commanded by Jeremiah Lawrence Asahel Cade Lieutenant and he believes that Col. Phelps Col. was stationed at Horse neck was there one month he believes part of August and part of July - and that he then and there first became well acquainted with Reuben Dyer Now of said Norfolk and he well remembers that the said Reuben Dyer was a soldier in said Company and that in said term of one month John Bradley Sworn and Subscribed this Day and year of our Lord one
Michael B. Mills Judge
and I certify that the said John Bradley is a Credible person and that his Statement is entitled to Credit
Michael B. Mills Judge

State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Probate District as Sitting Court the 24 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court now sitting Edward Bowen of said Norfolk aged Eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to Law testified and said that in the year 1775 he was in the service of the United States was in the Company of Col. Heman Allen and Col. Warner Right near in the Northern army that he entered in the month of August and joined the army at Newburyport went down the lake in Canada was at St Johns at Long gate and many other places was not absent from mouth that he then and ever since has been acquainted with Reuben Dyer of said Norfolk and knows that the said Reuben Dyer was in the same Company as a private and served about four months
Swore on
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me
Michael F. Mills Judge
and I certify that the said Edward Bowen is a credible person and that his testimony is entitled to credit
Michael F. Mills Judge

Declarations In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 State of Connecticut } S. Norwalk Probate Litchfield County } District on the 8 th day of July A 1833 personally appeared in open Court before me Michael G. Miller Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate having said Court Nathan Dyer of Norwalk in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath doth make the following Declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provi- sions made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 In addition to his former declarations made before this Court on the Eleventh day of August 1832. That the Town mentioned in his former declara- tions in 1776 he is confident was one month and he believes some more but can with confidence say one month and with respect to the Town mentioned in the year 1777 when examinations and from some confusion he is

Confident near Eight months and nine days That he was as he now believes discharged the 9 day of January 1778
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Richard Dean
before me Michael G. Mills Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk
I Michael G. Mills Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Dean of said Norfolk for a license to testify whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 day of July A 1833
Michael G. Mills Clerk