Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7948, Benjamin Davenport, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Davenport, Benjamin Judson, Elizabeth
W. 7948
Former widow
CONTENTS

Recd of letter Tho s R. Holmes, Aug t 28/49.
Let Wm Howard Sept 5, 1849
4896 Pitt 1110 Elizabeth Inman, f.d. widow of Ben n Davenport who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of June, 1849 and sent to James Hathaway Chas. D. Alice!
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 348 Vol. 1

No 13492 Elizabeth Hudson pmz widow of B Davenport
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act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794 Husband died 1802 Second husband 1831
B Davenport, an Rev Capt Davenport, an Rev of Col. Mills regiment 3 Sept 1776. Col. Mills regiment was raised June 1776 / Col. Mills says Rev May be allied in this case

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office
Hartford 2 September 1817
I Certify, that in application for evidence of the service of Benjamin Davenport in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the Books and Papers remaining in this Office relating to that War, and in "Markets Receipts" find an account under the head of "The United States Dr. To the State of Connecticut for sundry Expenditures for Wages Hospital Expense - Lost Baggage &c. of Prisoners taken by the Enemy, viz:" in which the name of Benjamin Davenport appears, as of C. Webb's Regiment 1776. And opposite thereto - "Billetting & Mileage £0.7.6" - "Wages £4.6.8" - "Hospital Expense £25.3.9" - "Amo t paid in Nominal Money £30.17.11" - "Specie Value £13.2.3."
Abijah Galt Comptroller

State of Ohio } Portage County ss. } On this first day of February A.D. 1847. Before me Thomas B Kelly an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Personally appeared Elizabeth Hudson aged 84 years a resident of Palmyra in the County, and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress passed on the 7 th day of July, 1838, March 3 d 1843, & June 17 th 1844, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That she was  is the formerly widow of Benjamin Davenport, who was a Private soldier in the War of the Revolution, that She was married to the said Benjamin in May one Thousand eight hundred & eighty one when she was in her twentieth year being twenty years old the next June after her marriage to him. That her maiden name was Elizabeth Hoice, her Father resided in Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire, and State of Massachu- setts, and that She and the said Benjamin went into the edge of the State of New York adjoining the beliefs the Town of Alford in said Berkshire County and was married by a Clergyman whose name she does not remember which was as above stated May, 1781. her said husband before and after her marriage to him resided in New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. And went into the Revo- lutionary service from said New Milford, and served in a Company of which Isaac Bostwick was Captain and Elisha Bostwick was Lieut in Col Charles Webb's Regt. which was in the year 1776. David Barbour John Ferris or Tyrrell Isaac or Enoch Ferris or Tyrrell was private Sol- -diers in the same company with her said husband and That he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and

was kept a prisoner three months or more on board of the British prison ship Asia. she beliefs that he served six months or more before taken prisoner and that after his release from the prison ship he returned home sick and was sick a long time before able labour The above statement of the service of her said husband is what she has heard him and others relate. That he did not serve any after she was married to him and that her said husband died in said New Milford in the year Eighteen hundred, and that she was again married to David Judson in said New Milford, May, 1802 and the said David Judson died in Roxbury in said city of Litchfield in the year 1822, and that she removed from Litchfield County to Palmyra where she now resides in the year 1830 or 31. That her first husband the said Benjamin Davenport was aged 46 years when he died, that she had a record in her bible of the date of her marriage to the said Benjamin and also the births of her children had by said Benjamin said bible she gave to her son Calvin and said record has been destroyed as she has been informed and believes and that she does not know of any record in existence of the date of her marriage to the said Benjamin. That she has not been married since the decease of her second husband the said David Judson & now remains a widow & prays that the pension due her on account of the Revolutionary service of her husband the said Benjamin Davenport, may be granted.
Elizabeth his Judson
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify from common report that the above declarant is a person of truth and veracity & from bodily infirmity & old age unable to attend Court. Thomas B. Selby Associate Judge

State of Ohio } Portage County } Palmyra February 1 st A.D. 1847.
I Anna Sturdevant a resident of Palmyra in said County being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say that I am aged sixty four years and am the daughter of Benjamin & Elizabeth Davenport & that my said father died in New Milford in the year 1800 which was in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut, my said mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Price the daughter of Moses Price of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts and that I have heard my said parents relate the circumstances of their marriage which was, that in the year 1781, they went from the said Moses Price's and went into the edge of the State of New York and was married there by a Clergyman and returned back the same day that my said father resided in New Milford before his marriage & after his marriage up to his decease, I well remember that as long ago as when I was but ten years old of seeing and frequently reading in my said parents family bible a record of the date of the marriage of my parents the said Benjamin & Elizabeth and the date of my birth, wherein it was recorded that said marriage took place in the year 1781 and that my birth was October 23 d 1782, said record was said to of been made by my uncle David Davenport in his own hand writing at the request of my said parents my said mother was married to David Judson in the year 1802 in New Milford and soon after the marriage of my mother to said Judson she gave the bible that contained the above mentioned family record to my brother Calvin & my brother Calvin has since died and his widow has since given said bible back to my mother and is now in her possession and does not contain any family record or blank leaves

and it was said and believed that said record was destroyed while in possession of my said brothers family of which I have no doubt. I was about eighteen years old when my said father died and my fathers age was forty six when he died that my step father the said David Judson died in Roxbury in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut in the year 1822 & in the year 1830 or 31 my said mother removed from Connecticut to Palmyra in the County of Portage & State of Ohio where she now resides and remains the widow of my step father the said David Judson that I have often heard my father the said Benjamin Davenport relate his Revolutionary service & of his being taken prisoner at Fort Washington and of his being kept on board of a British prison ship and of his coming home sick and of others that served with him to wit, John Turel or Tyrel, Isaac or Enoch Turel or Tyrel & David Buell or Barbour & I believe a man by the name of Reed was privates with him in the same company or was prisoners with him I do not know of any record of the date of my parents the said Benjamin & Elizabeths Marriage now in existence
Anna (Shurderant)
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify from common report that the above affiant is a person of truth and veracity.
Thomas B. Selby Associate Judge

State of Ohio } Portage County ss } Palmyra February 8 th A.D. 1847.
I Andrew Sturdevant a resident of Palmyra in said County, aged sixty two years being first duly sworn according to law do on my said oath depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Judson now residing in said Palmyra, that I was acquainted with her when she lived in New Milford in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut and that she was married to David Judson and moved to Roxbury in Litchfield County and that her husband the said David Judson died in said Roxbury in the year 1822 and in the year 1830 or 31 she the said Elizabeth moved to Palmyra in the County of Portage & State of Ohio, where she now resides & remains a widow she was formerly, the widow of Benjamin Davenport a Revolutionary Soldier as I have always understood since I first became acquainted with the family of said Elizabeth and that the said Benjamin died in New Milford Litchfield Co. Connecticut in the year 1800. of which I have no doubt.
Andrew Sturdevant
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify from Common report that the above affiant is a person of truth and probity.
Thomas P. Selby Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I Horace M Beebe clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Thomas B. Selby Esq before whom the foregoing and annexed Declaration and affidavits were taken was at the time of taking the same an Associate Judge within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna this fourth day of February A.D. 1827 -
Horace M. Beebe clerk -
Clerks fees 50 cts paid by Judge Selby

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield H Roxbury Nov. 25 th 1848
I Benjamin Davenport of said Roxbury in said County & State aged Fifty six years the 7 th day of last Aug. I dare and say that I am the fifth child of Benjamin in Davenport of the of the town of New Milford in said County and adjoining to said town of Roxbury and now I can't he died in the year 1801 in the fall of the year, and his wife my Mother's name was Eliza beth. her name when a girl was Elizabeth Rice My said Parents had eight children. I remember my Grandfather Rice and his wife my Grand mother visiting my Parents at their home in said New Milford and they staid at our house all night, and they it was said came from West Stockbridge in Massachusetts where they lived and died as I always understood the names of my Brothers and Sisters were Anna, Sarah Barnum, Peter & Sarah, Seymour & Helen there is now but three of them now living - my Father Died with a fever near the Great Falls in said New Milford Mr. Rufus Clark was a neighbor of my Father & died about the time or the same fall that my Father died. I will remember when my Parents lived near Mr. Benjamin Buckingham in said New Milford the place where it is said I was born - said place being near to Benjamin W. Buckingham the son of said Benjamin, said Benjamin  has been dead a number of years - my Mother used to be

better Better - and by some it is better It was then and is now certainly here to call person whose name or given name was Elizabeth by the name of Betta and some times Betra, for the purpose as I suppose of short- ening the name, and will remember that My Uncle Levi Rice visited at my father's house in New Bedford & Uncle Moses Rice visited my Parents once it was said that I remember they lived in Said Westport Village, one of them Levi, and the other in the State of New York - they are both now dead. After Father's death my Mother or Married a man by the name of David Judson of said Roxbury in said County of Middlesex by whom she had one child - after said Judson's death My Mother removed to the State of Ohio. My Mother or has been gone to the State of Ohio about 18 years, she went to Ohio to reside with my Sister Anna who is there living - they live in the County of Portage & Town of Palmyra - I have frequently recd letters from my Mother since she went to Ohio to live - my said Sister where my Mother lives Married a man by the name of Stewart & removed from said New Bedford to Ohio - I will remem- ber of hearing my Father tell of being taken a Prisoner by the British & I believe at Fort Washington above New York City, I heard much he suffered while a prisoner. I have heard my Father speak of David Buel & John Merrill being with him as Prisoners. I remember said Merrill & Buel they lived in New Bedford and are both dead - my father used to say they were confined in New Bedford Prison. Slept at New York & I

Heleen in said they called the ship Asia but am not certain as to the name of the ship - My said Father and Mother always lived together as husband & wife in said Nuduelson from my first recollection of any thing until my Father's death - I have been to Ohio to my Sister's household and know she resides in Portage County Town of Palmyra as aforesaid. I was there about one year and one half or two years before my Mother went there to live -
Beryam in Davenport
I sworn to and subscribed this 25 th day of November AD 1848 before me, And I certify that the said Beryam in Davenport is a credible Witness
Samuel D. Oster Juturn of the Dean

mmh W. 7948
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 Benjamin Davenport 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.     Spring of 1776 6 mos Pvt. Isaac Postwick Charles Webb Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Taken prisoner at Capture of Ft. Washington and was confined on prison ship "Asia". Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Milford, Litchfield Co., Conn. Date of application for pension, Feb. 1-1847. His ch. was al. Residence at date of application, Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio. Age at date of application, Born June 1761 or 1763. (widow!)
Remarks: Soldier died in 1800 or 1801 in New Milford, Conn. aged about 46 yrs. In May 1781 he married Elizabeth or "Betty" Rice, daughter of Moses Rice of Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass. In May 1802 in New Milford, Conn. she married David Hudson of Roxbury, Conn. who died in said Roxbury in 1822. They had one child, name not stated. For children of soldier see supplement.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Soldier had brother, David)

August 19, 1922
Mrs. E. J. Armstrong 954 West Ninth Street Erie, Pennsylvania
Madam:
In addition to the history of the Revolutionary War soldier, Benjamin Davenport, W. File No. 7948, you are herewith furnished the following family data:
Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth or "Betta" Davenport:
 Anna ( eldest child ) born October 23, 1782, married Andrew Sturdevant and living in Palmyra, Ohio in 1847.  Levi .....  Elizabeth or "Betsa", married ..... Pickett.  Ransom .....  Benjamin ( fifth child ) born August 7, 1792 in New Milford, Connecticut.  Laura .....  Seymour .....  Colvin ..... 
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1922 - Aug. 19. Sick to Mrs. E. J. Armstrong - mmf.
Revolution.
Connecticut.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7948
Eliz a Judson for Wid. of Benj r Gavenport Pvt. Res. War
Act: Feb. 22/18
Index: Vol. 14 , Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ohio
Elizabeth Gadsby. Widow of David Gadsby who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1800 of Portage in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bostwick of the Regt commanded by Col. Webb in the Revolution for 12 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 110 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of June, 1840 and sent to
James McWhorter Clerk of the Ohio
Total amount,
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by A. D. Williams Clerk, Book P Vol. 1 . Page 391 .

duplicate certificate issued Sept 18, 1849 sent to Wm. J. Howard Pittsburgh Pa
85 66 Pitts M o Elizabeth Hudson, for widow of Day n Davenport who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died in 1800
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of June, 1846 and sent to Mary Hathaway Circleville Ohio
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 205

V N 13492 Elizabeth Judson Q Ed. to Jas. Hathaway Nov. 30th 1847
act 7 July 1838

stamp returned
29 Postage stamp recd. 27.2 954 West 9th St.
Erie, Pa., June 26, 1922
Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly in- form me if you find a record of a pension paid to Mrs. Elizabeth (Betsy) Judson on account of the service during the Revolutionary War of her first husband, Benjamin Davenport . For a number of years before her death in 1853, she resided

near Woodstock, Illinois, though born and reared in western Connecticut. Her second husband, David Judson , was also a Revolutionary soldier; but it is the record of Benjamin Davenport, my great-great-grandfa- ther, that I am investigating. I shall be greatly indebted to you for the information.
Yours sincerely,
(Mrs. E. J.) Jessie W. Armstrong.

I Hester Cornstock of New Milford, in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut being of lawful age. Depose & say: That I well knew Benjamin Davenport formerly of this place now deceased that the said Benjamin - was the lawful husband of Betsy his Davenport that they lived on land owned by my father near the place where I was born & bred up before Benjamin was married to Betsy D. Davenport he lived with my father Ben- jamin Buckingham from a boy and It was the agreement between my fa- ther & Benjamin - that he should fath- fully serve him until he was one & Twenty years of age - Benjamin left before he was one & Twenty years of age by the consent of my father to enlist & go a Sogering in the Continental service as it was then called = by called that he did enlist - Enlist under Capt. Eastwick; my father heard that Benjamin was at Stam- =ford in this State in Fairfield County my father yoked up his oxen and put them before the cart & took a Bed with straw to make his com- fortable on his hard house from
personally acquainted with the Deponent, & that she is a credible Witness
W m M. Burrall Justice of the Peace
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continental Service. The revolutionary war, he came to my father's house in a bed or on a straw bed in the year 1776, he was in a very infirm state as he had been a  was prisoner for some time on board the Hessia  Prussian ship at or near New York; - he remained at my father's house for a long time in a deplorable state of health & it was the full period of 3 or 4 months before before he could get out of the house to perform the least manual labour! during the time - Betsy, & Benjamin dearest lives in my father's house as man & wife they had born to them as the children eight sons & daughters - part of which is now living.
Chester Connock July 7 th 1849 Litchfield County State of Connecticut ss New Milford I the undersigned magistrate hereby certify that the above deposition was scald sworn to & taken by me I also certify that the above named Chester Connock signed the above deposition is a complete writing by me Daniel B. Wilson Justice of Peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. I, William H. Northrop of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William H. Northrop Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that the was dated on the 19 th day of July Clerk

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Gileon H. Hollister Clerk
of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Daniel B. Wilson of New Milford in said County is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 19 th day of July A. D., 1846 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1847 and that his signature to the accompanying instrument is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
14 th day of July A. D. 1846
Gileon H. Hollister Clerk

Betsy Ann Burrall, Deposition
Ms 5

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield } Canaan July 17 th 1846.
Betsy Ann Burrall of Canaan in the county & State aforesaid of lawful age Deposeth, & says, that she is the Daughter of Elisha Bostwick late of NewMilford in said County, deceased & that in the year A D 1776 her Father the said Elisha Bostwick was a Lieutenant in Capt Isaac Bostwicks Company, & in Col Charles Webb's Regiment in the Revolutionary War, & that she has now in her possession a Roll of the Company to which her Father then belonged, & in his, her Father's hand writing, & is therein stated to be made at the Camp near Harlem, & the Deponent also says that on the Roll of said Company, & in her Father's hand writing as aforesaid, there is the name of "Benjamin Davenport, Taken in Fort W." The name afore- said is in the list or roll of Privates in said Company, & the words "Taken in Fort W." are added to the name in different ink, from that in which the name is written.
was sent for The Book containing the aforesaid Roll was sent for by the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington several years since, & I suppose a Copy taken, & the Book returned & further the Deponent saith not
Betsy Ann Burrall
State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss Canaan July 17 th 1846.
Personally appeared Betsy Ann Burrall & made solemn Oath that the above Deposition by her subscri- bed contains the truth, & I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the Deponent, & that she is a credible Witness
W m M. Burrall Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, } ss. Litchfield.
I Gideon H. Hollister Clerk of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William M. Burrall of Canaan in said County is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 19 th day of June A. D., 1846 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1847. that his signature to the accompanying instrument is genuine & that the said instrument is executed & certified according to the Laws of this State.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 22 d day of July A. D. 1846
Gideon H. Hollister Clerk

I Major Trull of New Milford in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut being of lawful age do hereby say, That I well knew Benjamin =in Davenport formerly of this place now living that the S d Benjamin was the lawful husband and of Betty Davenport that the S d Ben- jamin lived with Benjamin Brubaker =here = about one mile north of the place where I then & now live - He said Benjamin Davenport entered into the Con- tinentals seven times during the year 1776. under Captain Isaac Bort- =wick formerly of this place - Ben y served in the army the full period of six months as the defenses  of the city until he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington near New York and was carried by his enemies on board the Prison Ship called the Asia then lying in New York, Belonging to the subjects of Great Britain, after his stay on board the above named prison ship, which was the full period of 3 months or more

he was released from S. S. & came to to a town north of the City of New York and in Benjamin Davenport was so weak from his long confinement & hard fare was so weak that it became necessary for some person to go & convey him back to his home Benja- -min Davenport - he could not get out the vehicle without help to enter his home - He & his cowboy wife him they Betty Davenport lived in a house a short distance north of the place where I now live for a great number of years & had several children born into them during the time they so lived together - in a dwelling house belonging to Benjamin Daven- -inghams
State of Connecticut
Major Ferrill
Attest of New Milford July 8 th 1846 I the undersigned magistrate hereby certify that the above deposition was taken by sworn to & taken by me I also certify that the above named Major Ferrill was the sign the above deposition is a complete witness by me Daniel B. Wilson Justice of Peace

Chardon Geauga Co Ohio. October 25 th 1847.
Sir
I herewith transmit to your Office the application of Mrs Elizabeth Judson claiming a pension to be due her on account of the Revolutionary service of her first husband, the Late Benjamin Davenport.
Very Respectfully Your most O.B. Servant.
James Hathaway
Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions. Washington City P. C.

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
Boxbury Nov 25 th 1848
I, Esther Warner of said Boxbury in said County & State aged fifty seven last March  April desire to say that I remember Benjamin Darnell post who formerly lived & died in Mansfield in said County & his wife his wife after his death married a man by the name of David Judson of said Boxbury. I now own & live on the place where said Judson & his wife lived, & said Judson died - after said Judson's death his wife the  the wife of said Benjamin Darnell removed to the State of Ohio to live with her daughter Anna who then married a man by the name of Sturdivant and was then living in Ohio in the town of Palmyra County of Portage - I have been to said Sturdivant's house & know that she resides in said Palmyra & his family or wife was there I am in the habit of paying Mrs. Judson the S. W. Judson the sum of twenty four dollars each year for her interest in her said Dear Husband's Estate & have communications from her each & every year so I am confident she resides with her daughter Anna in Ohio as aforesaid. I was well acquainted with said Anna when she lived in said Mansfield. She married said Sturdivant in said Mansfield - said Benjamin Darnell & his said wife who after said Darnell's death as aforesaid married said David Judson had a large family of children that I knew one of which was called Anna as aforesaid. One son - one daughter - one daughter - one daughter - one son who now lives in said Boxbury and one daughter and one son - all of said family were all children of said Benjamin Darnell

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield p New Milford Nov r 11 th A D 1848.
I Hester Canstock of the said Town of New Milford in said County & State aged 76 years the 5 th  day of the present Nov r . (Before and say that my Maiden name was Hester Buckingham & that when I was a child about four years old I well remember that Benjamin Davenport was brought to my father's house from Stamford and it was then said he was one of the Soldiers that was poisoned on board a prison ship at New York, he was brought home in a cart and was very pale poor & sick. My father brought him up from a boy I well remember he was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary Army and that he wore Military clothes will recollect hearing the family talk about his enlistment I will recollect hearing him tell about being in battle & taken prisoner & confined in the Prison ship & how much he suffered I should think he was in the Army for years but how long I do not remember, during the War and after he recovered his health he married a Woman by Name of Elizabeth Bice commonly called Bitter Bice - persons by the name of Elizabeth being with us called Bitter as a nick name or for abbreviation after he was married to his wife he lived in a house near to my father's a number of years, I should think as many as twenty years and raised quite a family of Children - some five or six of them -

one the Oldest Daughters was Anna - one son Levi one son Benjamin, one Daughter - Elizabeth, called Betty, one son Benjamin, daughter one daughter & I think they had more children - but do not recollect them - names - They always lived together as husband and Wife & their being Lawfully married I never heard called in question and have no doubt but they were Lawfully married, where I do not know My father brought up said Davenport from a blind she lived with him until he was twenty one she then said Wife lived a near neighbor to me & my father for about twenty years as aforesaid - said Davenport removed from my father's Neighborhood to a place called the Greek falls in said Mendon Co. & was taken sick with a fever & then died - his Wife Afterwards marri- ed a man by the name of Judson I think his Christian name was David. She had an child by Judson as I was told - afterwards I understood she removed to the State of Ohio - she lived with Judson in Boxbury - I remember that John Merrill after Drown was said to be a prisoner with Davenport and Allen but I cannot let their names and am not entirely certain that Merrill was a prisoner with said Davenport but that he was a soldier and in the army, I will remember & think he was a prisoner as aforesaid
Hester Corristock I Sworn to & Subscribed this 11 th day of Nov. A.D. 1845 before me, and I certify that the said Hester Corristock is a credible Witness - Samuel D. Patten Justice of the Peace -

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss Madison Nov 21 st AD 1848
I Benjamin W. Buckingham of the Town of Madison in said County and State aged Seventy two years the 25 th day of next Month before and say that I was acquainted with Benjamin Davenport of said Madison from the time I can first remember anything until his Death which acquaintance was for about the period of twenty years he came to live with my Father when he was 14 years old & to live with him until he was twenty one years old he enlisted into the American Revolutionary Army and was with the Army with David Root John Wirill and I believe others from this Town whose names I do not recollect I have heard said Davenport and my Father frequently speak of the fact of Davenport being in said Army and of his being taken prisoner & confined on board a prison Ship at New York he was afterwards exchanged or released and came to Farmington in this State and was brought home in a boat by my Father I have frequently heard Davenport say how much he suffered while a prisoner as aforesaid He was one that was prison & I have heard my Father frequently say that he was in a weak and suffering condition when my Father brought him home as aforesaid but Davenport when he left my Father married a Girl by the name of Bine. She was called Bita we called her Aunt Nettee it was customary to call persons whose given name was Elizabeth by

by the name of Bette and sometimes Betsey for abbre- viation, or shortening the name, Said Davenport and his said Wife lived together as husband and Wife a neighbor to my Father for some fifteen years or thereabouts his Wife's Parents frequently came to visit them & they used to put their horses in my Father's Barn they and their children were frequently in my Father's house, they raised a large family of children say six or eight I recollect one called Ann or Levi, one Benjamin and one Betsey or Elizabeth and one Sandra, and one Benjamin. I have no doubt whatever but said Benjamin Davenport and said Mrs. Bette (so called) were legally married but by whom I know or where I do not know their Parents I understood lived in West Stockbridge in Massachusetts I never lived there, but that they were lawfully married called in question I have not a particle of doubt but they were lawfully married. They lived together as husband and Wife as I have stated & were always so treated and considered in this neighborhood. They removed from this neighborhood to a place called the Great Falls in this town & there said Davenport was taken sick and died his Widow afterwards married  6  was married by the name of David Judson of Roxbury in said County I had one child by Judson. She afterwards after said Judson's death as I was too removed to the State of Ohio I now recollect of two more of their children one called Susannah and one called Colway

Said Davenport and Wife & Children lived for the time aforesaid about one quarter of a Mile from my house or my said Father's house & said Children were there born, I believe said Davenport died about the Year 1801 -
Benjamin W Buckingham
Sworn to and Subscribed this 21 st day of November A D 1848 before me and I certify that the said Benjamin W. Buckingham is a credible Witness Samuel D. Orson Justice of the
Peace

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield p. New Milford Nov. 21 st A.D. 1848
I Solomon Rootwick of the Town of New Milford in said County & State aged Seventy four years last June depose and say I was acquainted with Benjamin Davenport of said New Milford he lived about half a mile from me for about the period of fifteen or twenty years & raised quite a family of children he was always in the habit of working for the Father of Benjamin W. Rootwick here and also some for my Father he married his Wife as I always understood in Stockbridge his Wife was a Bice when a Girl, she was called Bitta and people about here were in the habit of calling people whose names were Elizabeth by the name of Bitter and sometimes Bitta for the shortening of the name, & I suppose her true name when a Girl was Elizabeth Bice. She & said Davenport lived together as aforesaid as husband and Wife and visited at my Father's and about the neighborhood and were always treated as husband & Wife & I have no doubt but that they were legally married where I do not know. her parents or her Father I well recollect visiting them a number of times. Said Davenport & Wife removed to the Great Falls in this Town and he was there taken Sick & Died. She afterwards married a man by the name of David Judson of Roxbury in said County and after Judson's death she removed to the State of Ohio as I have been informed said a family of children - some five or six of them.

Davenport I have frequently heard speak of serving in the American Revolutionary Army & let of his being imprisoned as a prisoner in New York City I think he spoke of being in a place called the Sugar House. I have understood that John Dorrill, & David Buel from this town were with him - I have heard Davenport let heard much he suffered in the Army or as a prisoner. I had no doubt but he was in the Army as a soldier & I have frequently heard of his being brought home in a suffering condition. Said Mrs. Davenport after her marriage with Benjamin had one child by him. - Some of her children's names by Daven- port I recollect one was called Anna, one Levi one Rebecca, one Rebecca, one Benjamin - one Seymour. Solomon Bostwick
I swore  to  the  7 subscribed this 21 st day of November 1848 before me, and I certify that the said Solomon Bostwick is a credible Witness
Samuel D. Orton Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss. Mansfield Nov. 24 th 1848
I Damar Dorrill of the Town of Mansfield in said County & State aged Seventy four years last month before I say that I was acquainted with and knew Benjamin Davenport and his Wife of said Mansfield when they lived a neighbor and near to Mr. Benjamin Bushnell here they afterwards removed to the Great Falls in said Mansfield and had a neighbor of mine for some time and Mr. Davenport was there taken sick with a Fever and Died which I believe was in the year 1801 My First husband was sick with the same Fever & Died also about the time of Mr. Davenport's Death My husband Died on the Saturday  Thursday the first day of October and Mr. Davenport Died the next week on Friday Mr. Davenport's given name was Elizabeth as I suppose, she was always called Betsey it was customary to call Persons whose given name was Elizabeth Betsey, and sometimes Betra - for the purpose of shortening the name, as I suppose, - They had a large family of children and always lived together as husband and Wife and I never heard it said but that they were lawfully married they were always treated as husband & Wife by me, and all others for any thing I know or ever heard & I have no doubt but that there were lawfully married Mr. Davenport after the Death of said Davenport afterwards Married as a man in Roxbury in this County by the name of Judson & after Judson's Death she removed to the State a family of children - some five or six of them

of Ohio to Sir with her Daughter as I always understood & believe - I afterwards said after the death of my first Husband Mr. Rufus Clark married a man by the name of Major Dorrill of said Middleford who is now dead. I will recollect of hearing my last Husband speak of said Dave report being in the Revolutionary Army & with a Brother of his by the name of John. and one David Dorrill of said Middleford and Thomas Green of said Middleford, I remember of hearing my last Husband say how poor they were when the "glory" & how much they had suffered. I recollect that my last Husband said they were confined as prisoners in New York City & suffered extremely
James Dorrill
Sworn to & subscribed this 24 th day of November A.D. 1848 before me and I certify that the said James Dorrill is a credible Witness
Samuel D. Orton Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield In Mansfield Nov. 27 th 1848
I Rachel Stetson of the P o town of Mansfield in said County State aged Seventy eight years last May I declare and say that my Maiden name was Rachel Portwick & when a girl I resided within about half a mile of (Mycenae) Newburgh (now Daven- in said Mansfield and within about one fourth of a mile of Mycenae Davenport said New- burgh brought up said Davenport from a boy and said Davenport as I always understood was an enlisted soldier in the American Revolutionary Army & that he was taken a prisoner by the British at Fort Washington above New York and David Buel was a Prisoner with him I remember of seeing Buel when they brought him home I then thought he would not live. I remember it was said that said Davenport & Buel suffered much while Prisoners there were others in the Prison from said Mansfield I believe John Merrill and some more said Davenport soon after his return from the Army married a girl by the name of Bice as it was said she was from Stockbridge in Mass- achusetts I remember her well she was a very fine woman. She and her husband have visited at my house a great many times. They lived after their marriage about one fourth of a mile from us & were there about here said Davenport lived there a great many years and died in his house by the Great Falls

I recd let Mr. Davenport's parents visiting them at New Bedford The said Benjamin Davenport and Wife had a large family of Children I remember one that was called Anna & married a Stewart and removed to Ohio - they had one son called Levi and the names of the Children I do not remember there was seven or eight of them Mr. Davenport's Parents Resided in New Bedford as I always understood, where Daven- port was married to his Wife I do not know but they were always treated as Husband and Wife in New Bed- ford I have no doubt but they were happily married. Mr. Davenport was usually called Betta and by some Art Betta. I suppose her given name was Elizabeth from the fact that People here were in the habit of calling them when given names were Elizabeth Betta, & sometimes Betta for to shorten the name - Mr. Davenport after Mr. Davenport's death married a man by the name of David Judson of Roxbury in said County of Middlesex & after Judson's death she removed to the State of Ohio as I always understood to live with her said Daughter - Anna -
Rachel Stiles
Sworn to & subscribed this 27 th day of November 1848 before me, And I certify that the said Rachel Stiles is a credible Witness
Samuel D. Atton Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield. ss. New Milford Nov. 27 th 1848.
I David S. Boardman of New Milford aforesaid aged nearly eighty years, being duly sworn according to Law, do depose & say I was acquainted with Benjamin Davenport formerly of S. New Milford decd; who was, as I have been informed, a soldier, brought up from a boy, by Benjamin Davenport head of S. town; I well remember to have often seen him there apparently in S. Davenport's employment. I further say that I have always understood & believe that S. Davenport served as a soldier in the American Army during the campaign of 1776, or some part thereof. That he was at Fort Washington at the the time of its capture by the British Army in November 1776, & was there made prisoner together with three or four other New Milford men, all now deceased, among whom was John Darnell & David Buel, both long & well known to me, & also a man by the name of Tom- linson, & Robert Nichols I think. Though but a very small boy at the time, the disaster of the capture of Fort Washington, & the extreme suf- ferings of the Fort Washington prisoners, as they were called, made so strong an impression upon my mind upon my mind, & was so much the subject of the conversation in the country, that it would be difficult for any one then living to forget the impressions then made. I will remember seeing admiral the this house

two of those prisoners, as they declared themselves to be, I have no doubt they were, on their return home when exchanged, clad in rags, exhibiting in their sickly countenances & wasted frames the most indis- putable marks of extreme sufferings, of which I was afterwards informed they both soon after died - They said they belonged to the northern part of Herk County, or the southern part of Berkshire County in Massachusetts. I am uncertain which - Their names as they gave them, I remember were Spencer & Wil- thehead - I mention these circumstances to show how strongly even the minds of children in counti- ut were impressed by the dismal tales of the Sufferings of the Fort Washington Prisoners - That Benjamin Davenport was one of those sufferers I have not the least doubt, nor have I, that he was an enlisted soldier at the time he was made prisoner - And if so, I presume it was for a year's service - that being at that time the longest period of service for which any troops were engaged for the service of the year 1776 - A Brother of this Dep d , the late Honorable Elijah Davenport was in that service, in the Reg t com- manded by Col. Charles Webb, & Company commanded by Capt. Isaac Dostwick - Whether Davenport & the other mentioned were above mentioned, belonged to the same Regiment, the Dep d cannot tell but thinks it most probable that they did not, for the commissioned Officers of that Company, three of whom were well known to the Dep d .

in after years, were not noticed in the Fort Washington disaster - His brother above named was discharged on account of severe sickness, & brought home by his father, a short time before the fall of Fort Washington.
Buy n r . Gurnport after his return from capti- vity was married & lived in the S. town of New- Milford & according to this depon t 's best recollec- tion during his whole life. He was married & had a family of children there, how many the depon t does not know, nor can he recollect the name of the woman he married, if in- deed he ever knew her name. Nor does he now know where she now resides except from information recently received, which states that she resides in Reamsville Ohio -
David J. Lawrence
I own to and subscribe this 27 th day of November A.D. 1868 before me, and I certify that the said David S. Boardman is a credible Witness
Samuel D. Otis Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield p. M. H. Ford Nov. 27 th 1848
I Ezra Noble of said town of M. H. Ford County & State as aforesaid Aged Sixty Eight years last July I can and say that I remember Benj. Cumnin I was just who lived & died in said M. H. Ford he died by the Great Falls in said M. H. Ford some forty five years since or more & I think about the year 1800 or 1801. I have always understood that said Davenport was one of the soldiers in the American Revolutionary Army and was taken a Prisoner by the British at the taking of Fort Washington & afterwards confined at New York and that David Buel of said M. H. Ford was one of said Prisoners & John Merrill was one of said Prisoners And said Merrill being of said M. H. Ford & Horner Green was in the Revolutionary Army but I cannot say whether with Davenport Buel & Merrill or not I have frequently heard said Buel speak of their sufferings, said Buel & Merrill and Green are each and all of them now dead Davenport left a W fe where she went I do not know but have understood that she afterwards married a man by the name of Judson in Roxbury in said County and have recently understood she now lives in Ohio S d Davenport's W fe had a large family of children cannot tell how many one of them I know married a Man by the name of Sturtevant & removed to Ohio I think her name was Anna her husband's given name was Andrew - they had one son

Benjamin who now lives in Boxbury in Mendon County one Daughter Martha who Married a man by the name of Pickett. and one Daughter Laura I cannot recollect the names of all their children, it is said Laura one of them now lives in the town said Benjamin lived with my Brother a num- ber of years after his father's death - I have known Benjamin Davis just Dea d ever since I can remember I never heard the fact but that he was lawfully married to his Wife called in question I have no doubt but they were lawfu- lly Married where I do not know & I have not a particle of doubt but he was in the American Army & taken a prisoner as aforesaid - I never knew or heard of but one David Root. and one John Furniss. and one Thomas Green being in the Revolutionary Army and these are the ones named as aforesaid who are all dead & have been a num- ber of years -
Ezra Noble
State of Massachusetts Sworn to and subscribed this 27 th day of Nov r in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 48 before me, and I certify that the said Ezra Noble is a credible Witness
I received Q. Orton picture of the Scene

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss New Milford Nov r 28 th A D 1848
I Am head and of the Town of Sherman in Said County formerly of Said New Milford Aged Eighty four Years Last July I spoke & say that when living in Said New Milford I well knew Benjamin Davenport of Said Town and he was brought up by  Benjamin Buckingham now dead and the Father of Benjamin W. Buckingham of Said New Milford I well remember the time Said Davenport enlisted into the American Revolutionary Army it was I think in the Year 1775 I remember when he left Town and when he came back he came back in a miserable condition he was Sick & had app- arently suffered extremely My belief is he enlist- ed for one Year but am not certain I know he was gone from Town some considerable length of time it may be possible he did not enlist for only Six months but I believe it was a Year as aforesaid - he left Town in the Spring of 1775 or the Year that New York was taken - & Fort Washington was also taken by the British I always understood that Said Davenport was taken prisoner at Fort Washington by the British and confined in the Sugar House (So Called) and there transferred to a Prison Ship & it was Said that he and others with him suffer- ed severely while Prisoners, & from Said Davenport's appearance when he got home I have no

doubt but he did not leave I say don't that he was a prisoner as aforesaid David, Muel, John Merrill, Jabez Moulton & believe were with him Davenport and they are all now dead and were all well known to me when living I have frequently heard said Muel & Merrill tell how much they suffered when prisoners as aforesaid - said Davenport I always understood I believe was brought back when released to said Benjamin Moulton - he is now dead Davenport after his return married a wife said to be from Massachusetts I think from Stockbridge but am not certain I understood he had a large family of children by said wife I know not how many I suppose he married his wife in said Stock- bridge but do not know for any certainty whether he married her there or not - it was never doubted but he was lawfully married to her & always said she was from said Massachusetts - I always understood that said Davenport, Muel & Merrill and Moulton all of said New Bedford after they enlisted went directly to New York City & in March 1776
Asa Dyer
Sworn to and subscribed this 28 th day of Novr. 1848 before me, and I certify that the said Asa Dyer is a credible witness
Samuel D. Orson Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
Sturminster Nov. 30 th A.D. 1848
I Cyrus Northrop of said Sturminster Aged Seventy five Years next Month (Before said day that I was acquainted with Benjamin Davenport of said Sturminster from my first remembrance until his Death & I always understood that his Father David and John Dorrell both of said Sturminster and well known to me And both long since Dead were all of them Soldiers in the American Revolutionary Army and were all of them taken Prisoners at the taking of Fort Washington and confined in New York as Prisoners & Suffered extremely & I have no doubt whatever that Davenport was a prisoner as aforesaid - Said Davenport being Dead in said Sturminster, had a large family of Children & the names of them I do not recollect & never heard it don't to but said Davenport was Scarcely married to his Wife —
Cyrus Northrop.
Sworn to and Subscribed this 30 th day of November A.D. 1848 before me, And I certify that the said Cyrus Northrop is a credible Witness
Samuel D. Orton Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield New Milford Nov 30 th A D 1846
Horner Boardman of said New Milford aged Eighty four years the 10 th day of last October I dare and say that I will remember Benjamin Davenport who lived & Died in said New Milford he was brought up by Benjamin Brubingham - said Dead of said New Milford I will remember it was said at the time he with David said Davenport and David Nuel, and John Merrill & Jacob Moulton - all of them will known to me and all went into the American Revolutionary Army and were all taken prisoners at the capture of Fort Washington by the British and it was said they suffered extremity & from their Pale & Wasted form, I have no doubt but they were such Prisoners and suffered as aforesaid, I will rem- ember when they came back and how miser- ably they looked carrying the most convincing evidence of their extreme suffering - I will remember the fact that my late Mother the Hon- orable Elijah Boardman said Dead was in the Army a short time before the aforesaid Davenport & Nuel & Merrill and Moulton left here, I think he was Discharged on account of Sick- ness & brought home by my Father now Dead I have Davenport no doubt but that said Daven- port was in the American Army as aforesaid & a prisoner as aforesaid - said Davenport After his return from captivity was Married &

Been a large family of children - there were nine I do not remember I remember one of them Married a man by the name of Andrew Sturdivant I never heard the marriage of said David & Miss D. to the best of my knowledge he & his wife were lawfully married the
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Frederick S. Beeman Assistant Clerk of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel H. Orton of New Milford in said County is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to admin- ister OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 26 th day of June A. D., 1848 and will expire on the 20 th day of June, A. D., 1849 & that the signatures to the accompanying instruments, purporting to be his, are genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 1 st day of December A. D., 1848.
Frederick S. Beeman Assistant Clerk

Been a large family of children - there were nine I do not remember I remember one of them Married a man by the name of Andrew Sturdivant I never heard the marriage of said Deacon & Miss Doughty & I have no doubt he & his wife were lawfully married the Mormon marriage when a girl I do not recall at 19 if I ever had it Horner Boardman Sworn to and Subscribed this 30 day of November A.D. 1868 - before me, & I certify that the said Horner Boardman is a credible witness. Samuel D. Orton Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss
I David S. Boon do hereby certify that I have been informed by Mrs. Mil- ford in the 80th year of her age, that her first husband, as on death notice says, that I know Benjamin Davenport formerly of S. Torrington now deceased; he being the same Benjamin Daven- port mentioned in a former deposition by me sworn to before David Q. Biles Justice of Peace. That S. Daven- port long resided in S. New Milford with a woman reported to be his wife, & as this deponent verily believes was such, that he there died many years ago leav- ing a Widow & Children, several of whom this de- ponent knows; & from their apparent ages, as well as from his general recollection he has no no doubt the marriage of the S. Davenport with the woman left his Widow, took place soon after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War & cer- tainly prior to the year 1794.
and further saith not.
David S. Boon
Sworn and subscribed this 12 th day of February 1849 - and I further certify that the deponent is personally known to me to be a person of truth and veracity.
Before me
Julius - B. Harrison
Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield: LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
Frederick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Julius B. Harrison of New Milford in said County is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to admin- ister OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 26 th day of June A. D., 18 48 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D., 18 49 , and that the signatures to the accompanying instruments purporting to be his, are genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 14 th day of February A. D., 18 49 .
Frederick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk

State of Connecticut } New Milford February 12 th AD 1849 Litchfield County ss }
I Rachel Stelson of said New Milford of lawful age depose and say (after having been first duly sworn) that I was married in the year 1794 and at that time and for a long number of years before Benjamin Davenport lived with his wife Elizabeth, and that they resided during this time and until the death of the said Davenport in said New Milford and that they were commonly reported to be, and by the deponent believed to be married, and continued to live together as man and wife until the decease of the said Benjamin and they had a number of children some of whom were born before my marriage which took place as aforesaid in the year 1794 - and I further testify that I am now seventy eight years of age.
Rachel Stelson
Sworn and subscribed on this 12 th day of February AD 1849 }
and I further certify that the above deponent is personally known to me to be a person of truth and veracity.
Julius B. Harrison
Justice of Peace

The State of Connecticut } New Milford February 12 th / 1899 Litchfield County } ss }
I Jared Bostwick of lawful age being first duly sworn do in truth depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of New Milford in said County, and that I have thoroughly examined the records in my said office for the marriage of Benjamin Davenport to Elizabeth Rice, and cannot find any record of said marriage. I have also examined said Town Records for a record of the births of the children of the said Benjamin & Elizabeth and cannot find any record of the birth of any of the children of said Benjamin and Elizabeth Davenport and further saith not — Jared Bostwick
Sworn and subscribed this 12 th day of February A.D. 1899 — And I further certify that the above named deponent is personally known to me to be a person of truth & veracity and that he is the Town Clerk of New Milford.
Before Me
Julius B. Harrison
Justice of Peace

The State of Connecticut } New Milford February 12 th Litchfield County ss } A D 1839 }
I Hester Gornstock aged 76 years a resident of said New Milford being first duly sworn according to law do hereby depose and say that I have resided all my life in said New Milford, and that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Davenport of said New Milford and learned that said Benjamin was reputed and believed by his neighbors to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and in that belief I concur about the close of the Revolutionary war or soon after said war he was married to Elizabeth Rice of Stockbridge Mass, and brought his said wife to said New Milford where they resided until about the year 1800, as was reported and believed which was until the death of said Benjamin and I the deponent was 23 years old when I was married and that took place in the year 1795 and I had known that the said Benjamin Davenport and his reputed wife Elizabeth had lived together as man and wife for many years previous to my marriage. I can state with absolute certainty that they lived together as man and wife, and were reputed to be such, as long ago as the year 1785 - and they had a number of children before I was married. Hester Gornstock
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid

and I hereby certify from my own personal knowledge that the within document is a true & correct copy. Before me
Julius B. Harrison
Justice of Peace
Notary Public

taken at Fort Washington in November 1775
at Fort Whiting were killed Some time in the year 1776

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio February 24 th 1849.
Dear Sir
I here with transmit to your office further proof in the Pension Claim of Mrs Elizabeth Judson formerly the widow of Benjamin Davenport, deceased, the proof identifies Mr Davenport to be the identical Benjamin Davenport who was a Revolutionary Soldier and taken prisoner &c it also shows conclusively that said Benjamin Davenport was married to Elizabeth Rice after his Revolutionary service and prior to 1794 which took place in the State of New York and first kept house in New Milford Conn. The affidavit of Jared Bostwick Town Clerk of said New Milford shows that there is no record of said marriage on the Town records of New Milford. The affidavit of Anna Sturdevant heretofore sent shows that Mrs Judson had a bible Record of the date of her marriage which was recorded long ago, wherein it was stated that said marriage took place as long ago as in the year 1781 said and that said record is now lost or destroyed said Anna is a daughter of the said Benjamin & Elizabeth, & in her Deposition, stated her own age to be 64 years, other affiants have alluded to said Anna as being daughter of said Benjamin & Elizabeth. It appears to me that the proofs are now complete in this case, the identity being proven by a large number of deponents and the parties being married in the State of New York where the law does not require records to be kept and the parties residing in New Milford up to the decease of said Benjamin, and it being first shown that no records exist in said New Milford and a large number

of deponents stating their knowledge of the cohabitation of the parties prior to 1794 leaves no doubt but that the proofs will now be deemed by the department complete.
Very Respectfully Yours Most O. B. Servant,
J. Hathaway
Wm J. L. Edwards Com of pensions Washington City D. C.

E. Hudson
Payment to made at
Pittsburgh by
Wm J Howard
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Pittsburgh,
Penn
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 205
H. Dampier
Clerk.
Official Record in Serial 11100-10 15 Sept 49

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
3rd March, 1843,
I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17th, 1844,
Elizabeth Vaden, of Ohio, formerly widow of Benjamin Vaden, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the 14th day of in 1800, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Forty dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1844, and continuing on the 4th of March, 1848, unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Cancelled with 1849 Act
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 19th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Manly Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
[Signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.
1843

Pittsburgh July 28 1849
Sir
I herewith enclose the Pension Certificate of Elizabeth Hudson, which the Agent declines paying on account of an omission of the year when the Pension should commence. Will you be pleased to have the omission supplied and the certificate returned to me at your earliest convenience
To J G Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City.
Yours Respectfully Thos R Holmes Attorney

Exchange and Banking Office of N. HOLMES & SONS,
Pittsburgh, Aug 24 ' 1849
Dear S r S r Edwards Com r of Pensions
Sir,
On 28 th ult I remitted you the Pension Voucher of Elizabeth Hudson, for Correction the Agent here declining to pay it on account of the Mission of the figure 3. after 1844. We wrote you on the 13 th again but have received no answer to either of the letters, We received the pension papers from the Western Reserve Bk Warren Ohio for collection, and not being able to return the Voucher or account for the Money leaves us in an unpleasant predicament, please advise if you have recd the Voucher.
Yours Truly Thos R Holmes Atty.
  Exchange—New-York, - - - - - Ohio Bank Notes, - - - - -   “ Philadelphia, - - - - - Indiana, “ - - - - -   “ Baltimore, - - - - - Kentucky, “ - - - - -   Wheeling Bank Notes, - - - - - Missouri, “ - - - - -   “ Checks, - - - - - State Script, - - - - -   “ Branches, - - - - - County and City Orders, - - - - -   Browns ville and Washington, - - - - - Waynesburg, - - - - - 

Pension Agency Pittsburgh Sept 1 1849
Sir
On the 28 th July last Mr Thos. Holmes as atty presented to me for payment the Pension vouchers of Mrs Elizabeth Hudson formerly widow of Benj Havrupat (who was placed on the rolls of this Agency by your order of the 21 st June 1849) together with her certificates of Pension which were necessary to be surrendered.
One of the certificates accompanying the vouchers terminated on the 4 th March 1848 — I declined paying the pension called for by this certificate, for the reason that there was an omission of the year when the pension should commence — I stated to Mr Holmes that he had better send the certificate to the Department & have the omission supplied — He says he did so & has since written twice in relation to it — He has just handed me your letter of the 28 th Augt in reply to him in which you state that you have "caused an examination to be made & that you find no evidence that the voucher of Elizabeth Hudson has been received at this office"
I think it likely that Mr Holmes, in addressing you on this subject has misled you by calling

calling your attention to the Voucher of Mrs. Ludsen instead of her Pension Certificate —
You will please have the kindness to have search made for the certificate & if found have the correction made in it and forward it either to Mr. Holmes or to me & oblige very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt Wm J. Howard Pension Agent
Hon J. P. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City D.C.

State of Pennsylvania, City of Pittsburgh S.S.
Before me the undersigned an Alderman in and for the City above mentioned, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Thomas R. Holmes and made oath in due form of law that on the 28 th day of July last he enclosed to the Commission of Pensions Washington City the Pension certificate of Elizabeth Hudson under acts of March 3 1843 and June 17 1844, with the view of having the year when the pension was to commence inserted, and accompanied the same with a letter of which the following is a true copy.
"Pittsburgh July 28 1849"
"Sir,"
"I herewith enclose the Pension certificate of Elizabeth Hudson, which the Agent declines paying on account of an omission of the year when the pension should com- mence. Will you be pleased to have the omission supplied and the certificate returned to me at your earliest convenience."
"Yours respectfully"
"J. S. Edwards Esq"
"Thos R. Holmes"
"Comm. of Pensions"
"attorney."
"Washington City"
That the said certificate and letter were sealed in an envelope plainly directed to "J. S. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington City" and deposited in the Pittsburgh Post Office on the said 28 th day of July last. Subscribed before me This 15 th day of September 1849 Geo. Watson Clerk
Thos. R. Holmes

Pension Agency Pittsburgh Sept 15 th 1849
I certify that I am personally acquainted with George Watson Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made & know him to be an Alderman in & for the City of Pittsburgh & an Officer Justice of the Peace
Yrs S. Howard Pension Agent

Pension Agency Pittsburgh Sept 15 th 1849
Sir
Herewith I enclose the Affidavit of Thomas R Holmes one of our most respectable citizens to the fact of his enclosing to you on the 28 th July last for correction the Pension certificate of Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson, which affidavit is required by your letter to me of the 5 th inst in order that a new certificate may issue
Very Respectfully
Your O bt Servt
Yrs J Howard Pension Agent
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Reference
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Elizabeth Johnson Mary widow of Benja. Davenport
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Widow 12mo Jan
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#400 per m
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