Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,471, Daniel Daniels, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Daniels, Daniel
S. 43.471
CONTENTS

19.455.
New York. 19.375
Daniel Daniels,
of Ontario Co in the state of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Christopher Ely of the regiment commanded by Colonel Saml H. Parsons - in the Connecticut line, for the term of one year in 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of January 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of February 1825 and sent to Hon H. Marvin.
H. Keps
arrears to 4th of March 1825. $15.48.
emi anl. all'ce ending
$ 15.48
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

In the matter of Daniel Daniels an applicant for a Pension
affid. &c

State of New York
Ontario County ss. Daniel Daniels of the town of Bloomfield, in the said county of Ontario, a revolutionary soldier & appli- cant for a pension from the United States being the same Daniel Daniels, an inventory of whose estate was made & sworn to by him be- fore the Court of Common Pleas in & for said said county at the last November term thereof a copy of which inventory duly certified by the Deputy Clerk with certain affidavits were duly forwarded by John Dickson to Dudley Marvin Esquire Member of the house of representatives of the United States & by him presented to the Secretary of War of the U- nited States - being duly sworn saith that on the eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, he this deponent had no property whatever his necessary clothing & bedding excepted - and that said bedding consisted of only one poor bed & bed clothes for the same & that said necessary clothing consisted of only two sets of clothes - and this deponent further saith that he hath not since the said eighteenth day of March, had any property the said bed & bedding & necessary clothes except a few shillings or a few dollars earned by his labor and that all the money he has so earned & received from time to time has been wholly paid out for the sole and only purpose of boarding & cloth- ing this deponent - that he has been during the whole of said period lame & able to earn but little - compared with a man whose strength & bodily health are unimpaired - And this deponent further saith that he hath never disposed of in any way the said bed & bed- ding - And this deponent further saith, being then saith that he did in the have well the inquest

Summer of the year of our thousand eight hundred & twenty by one Judge Mc Bracken of Batavia in the county of Genesee in this state apply for a Pension - that this de- ponent's affidavit & the affidavit of one William Reyes was forwarded on to the war office as this deponent is informed & he believes by said Mc Bracken - And that said application then failed as this deponent is informed by said Mc Bracken for want of suf- ficient proof - And this deponent further saith that owing to his then extreme poverty he was at that time unable to procure from the county of New London & State of Connecti- cut - the place where this deponent lived when he entered the Army of the United States - in the Revolutionary war any af- fidavits to show that he served therein for the term of one year or more - And this deponent from his extreme poverty since the summer of eighteen hundred & twenty has not till the past part been enabled to procure the requisite testimony from the State of Conne- cticut - to support his claim to a pension and that he has been enabled to obtain the affidavits which he has lately forwarded to the said War depart- ment of the United States by the honorable ex- travagant the advancement of money obtained by old acquaintance & friend. And this de- ponent further saith that another reason why he did not again renew his application at an earlier day was that in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty he lived with worked for & was supported by his son William Daniels of Rossbrake in the said county of Genesee

the only child of this deponent in this state who was able to contribute towards the support of this deponent — And this deponent further saith that from the summer of one thousand eight hundred and twenty the said William Daniels has become insolvent, his wife has died, that he has put out his children & entirely quit house keeping — left this deponent without that home which he might have otherwise expected —
And this deponent further saith that the charges which this deponent received when he left the army of the Revolution has been lost by this deponent —
And this deponent further saith that the said Samuel H. Parsons the colonel mentioned in the preceding affidavit was promoted to the office of General & one Tyler succeeded said Parsons in the command of said Regiment —
Sworn and Subscribed Daniel Daniels
this 4 th day of January in
the year 1825
Before me —
Ezra North one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Ontario —
State of New York } Ontario County } ss. I, Elias H. Deder, Stephen Deder, Hener Park, Nathaniel Butler Ladovich G. Fitch, & John Drihagen, being severally sworn say, that they have been well acquainted with Daniel Daniels the engra-

and maker of the above affidavit, for the last ten or twelve years, that the said Daniel Daniels hath since the eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred & eighteen been lame & decried & unable to earn but little compared with a man whose strength & bodily health are unimpaired - that the said Daniel Daniels on the said eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred & eighteen aforesaid had no property whatever - except his necessary clothing & bedding - that hath not had since the said eighteenth day of March - any property whatever, except as aforesaid, unless it be some few shillings or dollars earned by his labour, & that they fully believe & have no doubt that whatever he may have earned or received as aforesaid has been by the said Daniel Daniels laid out & expended for the sole & only purpose of boarding & clothing himself - And these deponents generally say that the re reputation of the said Daniel Daniels for truth & veracity is fair, good & unimpaired.
Subscribed & generally sworn this 1 st day of January in the year of our Lord 1825 before me -
Ezra Waite one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Ontario
State of New York Ontario County
Archie Hender Stephen Hender Henry Pugh Nathaniel Butler L. C. Fitch John Dickson
I certify that Ezra Waite before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken and whose

signature appears to the certificates of the same was on the 4th day of January 1825 a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly appoint- ed and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 7th day of January 1825
Joseph Lester Clerk
of the above named defonies I am acquainted personally with the two W. Hendrus Park French and Dickson they are all gentlemen of the first class ability -
Dudley Mann
Member of Court of Reps.

In the matter of Daniel Daniels
Application for a pension

State of New York Ontario County ss
On this sixteenth day of November in the year 1824 personally appeared in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Ontario being a court of record because it is a Court which proceeds according to the course of the common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings and have the power of fine and imprisonment. Daniel Daniels a resident in said County aged sixty five years one month and fourteen days; who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and 1 st May 1820, that he the said Daniel Daniels enlisted on or about the fifteenth day of November 1775 for one year one month and some days and until the first day of January 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Christopher Ely in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel H. Parsons in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment - that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the first day of January 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in

Fish kill in the state of New York - and that his name has not been placed on the pension list And in pursuance of the act of the 1st. of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - which said Schedule is in the words and figures following, to wit:
An Inventory or Schedule of the whole estate and income of Daniel Daniels above named his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, who is a Carpenter by trade, but is so infirm from lameness that he is unable to pursue it; and unable

to support himself without the aid of the Government, except by public or private charity - and who has no wife - and who has no children or family residing with him.
Real Estate The said Daniel Daniels has no real estate either in law or equity
Goods and Chattels
Broom Corn enough for one hundred brooms $5.00 Thirty Corn brooms 3.75 $8.75
Debts Due the said Daniel Daniels no debts Contracts or income whatever
Daniel Daniels
Sworn and declared in open court on the 16th day of November in the year 1824 In open court before me M. Brooks a judge to N. Ralph Lester Deputy Clerk of said court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Daniel Daniels did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment - I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the

aforesaid schedule is Eight dollars and seventy five cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 17th. day of November 1824
Ralph Lester Dep. Clk

43 4 71 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43 4 71
Daniel Daniels
Rev Rev. Bar
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

19,455 2
Daniel Daniels, Ontario b o N. Y.
Hon. D. Marvin, H. R.
Rec d 13 Dec: 1824.
all o
Susp d See letter to Hon D. Marvin, 14 Dec: 1824-

Dear Sir
You have inclosed papers in the case of Daniel Daniels upon which he wishes to be placed upon the list of revolutionary pensioners. Mr. Dickson a highly respectable lawyer of my acquaintance who inclosed the papers to me states that from his own knowledge Daniels is so poor and so infirm as to leave him wholly dependent on the town for his support. I sincerely hope therefore the papers will be found sufficient in all respects. Please communicate the result of examination to me with pension certificate if granted —
Yours Dudley Mann
Washington Dec. 18 - 1824
J. L. Edwards Esq.

I Dan See of Lyme in the County of New-London and State of Connecticut do testify (and say) that on the 5 th day of May A d 1775 Daniel Daniels then of Lyme aforesaid but now of West Bloomfield in Ontario County in the State of New York (and myself enlisted for the term of six months into Capt David F. Sills Company in the Regiment commanded by Samuel H. Parsons and we served together in said Corps until some time in the month of November of the same year when new-enlisting orders came out just before our first term expired - I then enlisted into Captain James Chapman's Company in Col Samuel H. Parsons Regiment and the said Daniel Daniels in the same month of November 1775 enlisted to serve for the year 1776 in Captain Christopher Ely's Company in the Regiment commanded by said Col Parsons in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment - and we we both continued to serve in our respective companies in the same Regiment until the first

of January 1777 when when I was discharged. — I was well acquainted with the said Daniels from his youth and during the time we were in the army and afterwards — and am knowing to his having served in the same Regiment with me, from the time of his enlistment say May 1775 until I was discharged in 1777. Whether he was discharged at the same time I was or continued to serve a few months longer do not now recollect. — There was no other person of that name in the Company or Regiment. — Syme October 5. A.D. 24
Dan Lee
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me
Henry No. Waite Justice of Peace
I do certify that the deponent Dan Lee is well known to me and is a credible person
Henry No. Waite Justice of Peace

I Silas Champlin of Lyne in the County of New London (and State of Connecticut) do depose (and say that some time in the month of December 1775) I enlisted in Captain Christopher Ely's Company in the Regiment Com- manded by Col Samuel H. Parsons and went to Roxbury in the same month and when I arrived there I found Daniel Daniels formerly of Lyne aforesaid but now of West Bloomfield in the State of New York a soldier in the same Company. — We con- tinued to serve together in the same Company until December 1776 when I left the Company and the said Daniels served the whole time I did — when he was discharged I am unable to say — He served as waiter to one of the officers of our Company and I knew him well during the time we were in the army together and afterwards. — It was my understand- ing that all the men of our Com- pany had enlisted for one year or rather for thirteen months as our enlistments were generally dated

the first of December 1775 and were to expire on the first of January 1777. It was not customary at that time to give formal discharges but each man was permitted to return when his term of enlistment expired. — Lyme October 3 1824 — Silas Champlin
Subscribed and sworn to Before me
Henry No. Waite Justice of Peace
And I do certify that the deponent Silas Champlin is personally known to me and is a credible person —
Henry No. Waite Justice of Peace

I Benjamin Brookway of Lyme in the County of New London County (and) State of Connecticut do depose (and) say that in the month of November A d 1775 I enlisted into Captain Christopher Ely's Company in Col. Samuel H. Parsons Regiment and went to Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts in the fore part of the month of December A d 1775 when I arrived there I found Daniel Daniels formerly of Lyme aforesaid but now of Bloomfield in the State of New York there, belonging to the same Company. — I had no acquaintance with the said Daniels before I went into the army but knew him well while we were in said Company — In August 1776 I was wounded upon Long Island in the State of New York (and) was carried to the Hospital (and) did not join the Company again. — The said Daniel Daniels served in said Company the whole time I did

He was a writer of one of the officers of our Company and I was a steward - The latter part of the time I belonged to said Company I did the duty of sergeant and recollect repeatedly warning out the said Daniels to do duty - There was no other person of that name in our Company - All the men in our Company were year's or thirteen months men - (and I know of no one that enlisted for a shorter time) Lyne October 5 th 1824. Benjamin Washburn
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Henry McWalt Justice of Peace
And I do certify that the deponent Benjamin Washburn is well known to me and is a credible person
Henry McWalt Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut ss. New London County October 5 th 1824
I James Heman of Norwich in

said County) Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court of said State for said County Do hereby cause it to be made known to the members that Henry M. Waite Esquire of Lyme in said County is, & for more than one year last past hath been a Justice of the Peace for said County of New London and that the signatures to the certificates subjoined to the foregoing Depositions of Deborah Lillie, Elias Chapman & Benjamin Brockway purporting to be the signatures of the said Waite are in fact his signatures in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Superior Court the day & year last above written.
James Hildreth Assistant Clerk Sup d Court New London County
I hereby certify that James Hildreth whose signature is above written is Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut for the County of New London & that full faith & credence is due to all certificates by him made for such. Dated at New London Stephen J. Hoxie This 8 th day of October A.D. 1824. Judge of the Superior Court.