Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,780, Russell Day, Conn.

SERVICE
SERVICE loan.
Day, Russell Anna
NUMBER _____
R. 2780
CONTENTS

Nancy Day was born Augst. 20. 1781. Married Oct. 1800 Died Nov 23 rd 1811 Had eight Children Buried two.
Russel Day was born Oct 8 th 1756. Died Dec 19 th 1829 Anna Day was born Sept. 22 nd 1759. was Married Sept. 1780
Rosina Day was born 1783. Nov. 20 th has nine Children.
Electa Day was born 1785. Dec. 11 th Married Jan. 11. 1804
Warren Day was born Nov 24 th 1787. was Married Feb. 15 1813.
Sophia Day was born Oct. 20 th 1789. Was Married Jan. 10. 1812
Abel Day was born April 21 st 1794. was Married Oct. 2. 1820 Died 4 years

Posena McKensley of Ellington, Tazewell Co. Va. being duly sworn deposes and says that she is of the age of 80 years - That she is the sister of Ann Day of Frankfort. Kentucky County Ky. - That she was present at the house of her Father Jabez Chapman, in the fall of the year 1780 according to her now best recollection, in the Town of Ellington - When her Sister Ann Chapman and Russell Day were lawfully married by the Rev John Bliss then the pastor of the church in the parish of Windsor. Goshen said Russell Day has been dead for several years, and the said Ann has remained a widow since his death.
Another argument further says that she has always understood and believed such to be the fact, that no record of marriage was kept by the Rev John Piss. while he was minister as aforesaid - in Santa Cruz
a few and - in part from before me this 14. Day 1839 - and Celia and said Anna in Kentucky is well & Enon. Me as a woman of audacity with and veracity I am in about town.

1838 a Day
NOTES

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York, County of Oneida.
On this 11 th day of December 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, of said county, Anna Day a resident of Whiteflown in the county aforesaid, aged 79 years, 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 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half-pay and Pensions to certain Widows," that she is the widow of Russell Day who was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States, and who served in the War of the Revolution, according to the best of this deponents information and belief, as follows. viz: He enlisted on the last of April or first of May in the year 1776, under Capt. John Isham and in Col John Chester of Watkinsville Regiment, in Connecticut line of Troops; and served for the term of six months at the city of New York - as will appear by reference to the affidavit of James Williams hereto annexed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Russell Day at Ellington by Rev John Bliss on the 13 th day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Russell Day died on the 16 th day of December 1829 .
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, 1794 viz; at the time above stated. Her maiden name was Anna Chapman
Sworn to and subscribed on } the day and year above written }
Deerfield
Russell Day Anna Day

Oneida County ss. Rosina Clarke being sworn says She is acquainted with Anna Day within named. That she is the widow of Rufus Day, who died on or about the 16th day of December 1829. and the said Anna Day has remained a widow ever since of the death of her said husband Rufus Day.
Sworn before me this 11th day of December 1838 in open court She is a witness of truth her marks James Dean Clerk
Rosina Clarke

5935
Anna Day Russell abt 1838
B P. Johnson
agent
Rome N.Y.
ol Chisholm brig Capt Isham 3
on 13 Dec 86
Hull dued 16 Dec 1829

State of New York
Oneida County ss. Warren Day of Schuyler in the County of Schuyler being duly sworn deposes and says that he is brother of Russell Day named in the annexed affidavit, that the annexed paper is part of a family record which this deponent took from a record furnished by the said Russell Day, and which this deponent lately found among some old papers in his possession - and that said record here annexed is in the hand writing of the said Russell Day and is undoubtedly a true copy of the original family record.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8 th day of August 1839 and I certify that said Warren Day is to me known as a man of Truth and Veracity.
Amasa Rowe Justice
Warren Day
State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
James Dean Clerk of the said County certify: that Amasa Rowe Esq. was on the 8 th day of August 1839 still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified: & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the Signature above written purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 8 th day of August 1839. James Dean Clerk by James Edgar Dey Clerk

November 26, 1924.
J. Francis Day, Utica, N. Y.
Sir:
I have to advise you that in the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.2780 , it is alleged that Russell Day , who was born October 8, 1756, place not stated, while living at Colchester, Connecticut, served during 1776 for 5 or 6 months in Captain John Isham's Company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment. He died December 16, 1829, place not stated.
He married December 13, 1780, in Ellington, Connecticut, at the home of her father, Jabez Chapman, Anna, born September 22, 1759. She applied for pension December 11, 1838, while living at Whitestown, Oneida County, New York, but her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish specific proof of six months service as required by the pension laws.
They had the following children, all of whom married, but the names of their husbands and wives and children are not on record.

Nancy born August 20, 1781, died November 23, 1814. Rosina " November 20, 1783. Electa " December 11, 1785. Warren " November 24, 1787. Sophia " October 30, 1789. Azel " April 21, 1794.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
QW Soldier not in Conn. Arch. That Regt. not raised until June '76, hence Apr. or May omitted.

V New York
Anna Day
Marr d 14 Dec 1780
Husb d died 16 Dec 1829
to D.P. Johnson
to J.G. ...
1850
At ...

Hon. J. G. Floyd
7. March 1840
JG

War Department Pension Office
March 7, 1840
Sir The additional evidence in support of the claim of Mrs Anna Day enclosed in your letter of the 2 d instant. I have the honor to inform you has been examined It was alleged It is alleged in the claimants declaration that her husband enlisted in Capt Ithams Company Col Chesters regiment in April or first of May 1776 and served six months - It was objected that the law authorizing the to be raised regiment did not pass until the 19 th of June 1776 By the terms only  of that time the regiment was to continue in service until 25 Dec r following unless sooner discharged times that most of the men raised pursuant to the above mentioned law were discharged soon after the battle of White Plains Nov 28, October 1776 - The witness James Williams states that the claimants husband was in the service enlisted in May for six months and that he served five months; and thinks he served six months; But he is evidently mistaken as to the date of therefore entering the service - The claim to six months service cannot proof on upon the file be admitted
Hon Geo. Floyd House Reps US

House of Reps March 2-1840-
Sir I send herewith an additional affidavit in the application of Anna Day for a pension
The same was received by me from B. B. Johnson Esq. of Rome Oneida Co N.Y. and is supposed by him to furnish the proof required reports by the department-
Please to send me the certificate - or inform me what further proof is necessary
Very respectfully Yr Obedt Servt Jno. L. Hovey
Hon J. L. Cameron Chairman of Pensions

Anna Day
unduct 1838
(decorative flourish)
add Proof as services under book chest
98. P. Johnson agent home N.Y.
Can Hon J. G. Floyd Hse Repu Math 2

State of New York Madison County Town of Hamilton
James Williams of the Town of Hamilton and State of New York being duly sworn says that he this deponent was formerly acquainted with Ruel Dag of the State of Connecticut in the County of New London and Town of Canterbury and says that the said Ruel Dag enlisted in the American Army of the Revolution in the Company of Captain John Dushman of the said Town and said Company being attached to the Regiment of Colonel John Chester of the Town of Westport in said State of Connecticut on the first of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six for the term of six months. and this deponent further says that said Ruel Dag served in said Company and Regiment for the term of five months to the knowledge of this deponent and this deponent further says he has no doubt from his recollection that the said Dag served out his whole term of six months and was discharged on the first of January in the year aforesaid
James Williams
Sworn to before me and subscribed before me this 21 st day of February 1840
Hiram H. Green Justice of the peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with James Williams who made the within affidavit and that he is a man of truth and veracity dated at Hamilton this 21 st day of February 1840
Hiram H. Green Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office
S. I Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Hiram H. Green Esquire the person before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Hiram H. Green and am well satisfied that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 21 st day of February 1840.
Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk

B.P. Johnson
30 Oct. 1839
OL

War Department Pension Office 30, Oct. 1839
416
Sir The pension of Mrs Anna Day widow of Rufus Day has been examined & filed - The proof in regard to the duration of the term of service said to have been rendered by the claimants husband in Capt. Sprague's company Col. Hartsough's is insufficient - There was not a mg t was authorized to be raised on the 9 th of June 1776, & he continued in service until the 25 th of December following unless sooner discharged - Most of the company if not all was discharged immediately after the battle of White Plains; The witness James Williamson should state when the claimants husband returned & when he left the service
B. P. Johnson Esq. Rome N. Y.

Rome N.Y. August 10 1831
Am J. Edwards Esq.
Enclosed are the papers of Mr. Anna Day - I believe the proof is in conformity with the Law &
Returns are most respectfully submitted to the subscriber.
I am most respectfully Yours ob t Serv t
Henry Johnson

State of New York Livingston Clerk's Office
I William H Stanley Clerk of Said County do hereby Certify that Meritt Brown Esq whose name appears to the annexed Transcript of Judgment was, during the whole time which any proceedings appear to have been entertained by Said Justice, a Justice of the peace in and for Said County duly sworn and authorized to act as such, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and believe his signature to the annexed Transcript to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand, and affixed my Official Seal this Eighteenth day of June A D 1839
William H Stanley Clerk per Wm H Whiting Dep. Clerk

Livingston County Pa.
I Russell Day of Sparta in said County do purpose and say that in the fall of 1820 - I made a true copy of the family Record of Russell Day deceased which was written in the family bible. And that said copy contained the birth of Russell Day forward and the birth of Anna Day and her marriage with Russell Day and the date of the birth of the family of Russell Day and Anna Day - And that according to the best recollection of the deponent in the fall of 1820 Warren Day took a copy of said copy forward - And the deponent further saith that said copy of Record that he took is lost or destroyed And further saith not subscribed and sworn
before me this 17th day of June 1839 - and Russell Day I certify that the said Russell Day is a man of credibility truth and veracity
M Merritt Brown Justice of the peace Merritt Brown

John M. Mintry of Ellington being duly sworn deposes and says that he is 57 years of age and upwards, that he has ever resided in Ellington since his birth — That he has always understood that the Rev John Bliss former minister of the Parish of Winton Parish — in Ellington did not keep any records of the marriages then solemnized — This deponent has made enquiry at the Town Clerks office in said Town, and finds there is no record of the marriage of Russell Day & Ann Chapman nor of any other marriage celebrated solemnized by the said John Bliss while minister of said Parish.
Sworn before me this 14 th January 1899 I certify said deponent is a man of credible truth and veracity R. D. Johnson Superintendent
John M. Mintry

State of New York County of Oneida
I James Dean Clerk of the said County do hereby certify, that Benjamin P Johnson Esq was on the fourteenth day of January 1839 a Supreme Court Commissioner, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Supreme Court Commissioner and verily believe the signa- -tures purporting to be his, subscribed to the two foregoing Affidavits are genuine. —
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County August 7 th 1839 —
James Dean Clerk by James Edgar Desig Clerk.

State of New York Morrow County
Asa Beebe aged 75 Years, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he was personally acquainted with Rufus Day of Colchester, State of Connecticut and Anne Chapman of Ellington State aforesaid, and the said Rufus Day and Anne Chapman were duly Married at Ellington by the Rev d Mr Bliss, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Ellington, on or about the 13 th day of December in the year 1780, and that this deponent was present at said Marriage and knows the facts above stated. He also says that the said Rufus Day has been deceased several years and that Anne Day his Widow still survives him
Asa Beebe
Sworn before me this 13 th day of June 1839 and I certify the above named Asa Beebe is a Man of Credibility, truth and Veracity - Asa Brewster J.P.

State of New York Monroe County ss.
I certify that Abiel Wentworth Esq. is a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of June 1839.
Ephraim Goss clerk

Madison County ss / On the State of New York Town of Hamilton ss James Williams of Hamilton aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was formerly a Resident in the Town of Catskill in the State of Connecticut and was well acquainted with Russell Day a Resident of the last mentioned Town and State during the Revolutionary War and in the year 1776. The said Russell Day did enlist in the service of the Revolu- tionary War in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in either the last days of April or the first days of May in said year. The said Russell Day did enlist and serve in said war under Capt John Schank comm- andant of a company belonging to a Regiment under the command of Col John Chester of New Milford in Connecticut aforesaid said Regiment and company did belong to the American Army of the Revolution The said Russell Day did then enlist to serve for six months and did serve at the City of New York and this deponent did serve in said Army with said Russell Day and further this deponent saith not sworn and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of October 1838 Hiram H. Green Justice of the peace James Williams
I do hereby Certify that the above named James Williams is a man of creditability truth & veracity Hiram H. Green
I do hereby Certify that the above named James Williams is a man of creditability truth & veracity Hiram H. Green Justice
Clerk's Office Madison County State of New York
I do hereby certify that Hiram H. Green Esq before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature subscribed to the above affidavit is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this first day of February 1839. John W. Darrow Clerk

Rev. and 1812 War section.
ans
March 27, 1926
J. Francis Day 1425 Genesee St. Utica, N. Y.
Sir:
I have to advise you that you were furnished November 26, 1924, the data contained in the pension application (R. 2780) of Anna, widow of Russell Day, on account of his services in the War of the Revolution.
Owing to a lack of clerical force available for the purpose, it is  it is not the practice of the Bureau to send the same history twice to the same person.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

J. FRANCIS DAY UTICA, NEW YORK
February 15, 1926.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me a copy of Pension Claim R-2780, Revolutionary War, Russell Day?
Respectfully yours,
1425 Genesee St.

J. FRANCIS DAY UTICA, NEW YORK
November 15th, 1924.
U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:--
The Connecticut State Records indicate that Russell Day of that State received a pension for service in the Revolutionary War (Draper Pension, Page 167.)
I am advised that I can secure a copy of Mr. Day's application for pension by applying to your bureau. Will you send me such copy. Should there be any charge for same, I will be glad to remit.
Respectfully yours,
U. S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 17 1924

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Chicago. March 30 th 1898
2316 Calumet Avenue
H. Clay Evans Esqr
Commissioner of Patents
Dear Sir
In the book of published records of Vermont. Vol. II. I find at a "meeting of the Governor and Council of War" held at Windsor. February 21 st 1781, it was ordered that five years pay should be given to a certain number of men, whose names were given. Among them was

the name of Benjamin Day, my great-grand father. Will you kindly give me the amount: and the date when he was paid, thereby enabling me to enroll my name among the Daught of the American Revolution.
I would also be very grateful if you would inform me if Russell Day son of Benjamin, received a pension. he enlisted at Winhall, Vt. and was born in Colchester Conn. in 1756.
An early answer would be gratefully
APR 4 1898

received, and should an extra expense be incurred will pay it.
Very respectfully Mrs Henry L. Hill
Benjamin Day Russell Day

Apr 26 98
Mrs Henry L Hill 2316 Calumet Ave Chicago Ills
1924 Nov. 26 - Hist. to J. Francis Day
1924
1926 mch. 27 J. Francis Day inf not same lived since etc away.

2380
No.
Anna Day
Service:
Russell
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages:
Re-enlisted:
The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as "six months service in doubt"
No.
Recognized.
Contr
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18