Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8618, Jeremiah Conant, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Conant, Jeremiah Chloe
N 8618
CONTENTS

Reported
28 Increase
Massachusetts
Chloe Conant widow of Jeremiah Conant Maj who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Div. A. & Sergt.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Jan'y. '49 and sent to
Wm. A. Hale Nag of Repz
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 3, 1848, Page 535 Vol. 1
July 29th, book A. 8 increased from H. 8

No 6
Chloe Conant
W of Jeremiah
Map
act 29 July 1848
Memo before 1800
Instituted 1828
Pr. 1.3 1.28
Adm. 6 mo 3 7 m
2 " 4 ds less
$31. per ann
pm 4 March 1848
1775 6 mo 3 day
1777 2 - 4 75 per
Hon Artemus Hall
June of N.Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 29 th of July 1848 :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. On this first day of September in the year 1848 Personally appeared before me the subscriber Judge of the Hon Court of Probate in & for the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts Chloe Conant widow of Jeremiah Conant a resident of East Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged eighty 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848
That she is the widow of Jeremiah Conant who was a Soldier in the War of the American Revolution and served in various campaigns therein as a Private and Sergeant
He served under Capt James Allen in 1776 at New York under Capt Cobbe under Capt Nathan Packard under Capt Abraham Markham & others as I have heard them say but for proof I must refer to the Rolls

and documents which have been preserved of his service he enlisted from Bridgewater in said county of Plymouth in which town he was born. She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Conant on the twenty-eighth day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety four and that her husband the said Jeremiah Conant died on the first day of January in the year 1828. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed. Chloe Conant
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written
Before me Aaron Hobart, J. Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Sep. 1. 1848
I hereby certify that the above named Chloe Conant is personally known to me and that she is a person of truth and veracity and that from age and infirmity she was unable to attend court.
Aaron Hobart, J. Probate

Plymouth Y. I Jacob St. Louis Register of Probate for said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Hon. Aaron Hobart is Judge of Probate for said County duly Commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this fourteenth day of September 1848
Jacob St. Louis Register of Probate

I Thomas Conant of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being forty one years of age do testify and say that I am the son of Jeremiah Conant deceased and Chloe Conant who is now living with me. That I have in my possession the family Bible of my said parents and that the following is a true copy of the record therein -
"Births
Jeremiah Conant born June 28 th 1758 Mary his wife born July 19. 1759 Chloe his second wife born Feb y 25 th 1768 The births of their children - Leonard born Sept. 27 th 1783 Saturday Polly born July 8 th 1785 — Friday John born June 19. 1787 Tuesday Jeremiah born August 2 nd 1789 Sunday Hannah born December 13 th 1791 Tuesday Chloe born Feb y 24 th 1795 Tuesday Seth born October 3 rd 1796 Monday Ophir born Nov r 19 th 1798 Monday over

Record Continued
Marshall Born Jan'y 5 th 1801 Monday Lucia born March 5 th 1803 Saturday Abigail born March 28 th 1805 Thursday Thomas born August 6 th 1807 Thursday The above is in the hand writing of my father
Deaths
Jeremiah born and died Jan'y 1 st 1828
80. 69 y. 6 m. & 14 ds.
Mary his wife Died December 20 1791
Chloe his child died May 27 th 1795
Hannah " " died Nov. 9 th 1824
Lucia " " died Nov 19, 1822
John " " died Dec. 26 1831
Abigail " " died June 28, 1832
Abigail " " died March 17, 1842
Polly " " died Dec 6, 1843
I have known the Bible containing the above record from my childhood, and it has been in the family all the time since.
Thomas Conant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Nov th 27 th 1848
Subscribed and sworn to
Before me Artemas Hale Just. Peace & Mem. Com.

I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Thomas Conant and that he is a man of truth and veracity -
I further certify that I have seen the Bible from which the foregoing copy was taken and that it has the appearance of an old book and that the record appears to have been made a long time since - November 27. 1848
Esther Hale Morn-bonef

Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8618 Chloe Leonard Wid Jeremiah Leonard Print Rev. War
Act: July 29 th  1848.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 145
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Report
28
Mass
Abigail Conant widow of Jeremiah Conant who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Priv. & Serjt
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 31 Dollars
cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Jan 9 '49. and sent to
Hon. A. Hale Secy of Navy
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb. 22, 1848, Page 535 Vol. 1
July 29.
book C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston: September 4 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jeremiah Conant is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt John Portus Company in Col Paul D. Sargents Regt. as a private of Bridgewater, from July 7 th to August 1 1775. 1 month & 3 days. so stated upon the roll. Also upon a Return of said Company, in said Regt. as a private of Bridgewater - no service named - said Return is dated, "Camp before Boston, October 6 th 1775." Also upon an Order of same for Coats. dated, "December 14 1775."
6 m 3
Upon a Roll of Capt James Allen's Company in Col Simion Eary's Regt for Ratsers, as a private no service named. number of miles travel 251, dated, "Camp near New York 9 th August 1776" - No roll of this Captain for service in 1776. -
3 m
Upon a Muster Roll of Capt Edward Cobb's
9 m 30

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls and documents now in the Secretary's Office of the services of my husband Jeremiah Conant in the War of the American Revolution. He enlisted from Plymouth and was a native of Plymouth. He served in various campaigns in the Revolution I think he served under Capt James Allen at New York in 1776. He also served in Rhode Island & in a number of campaigns but from loss of memory I am unable to state more fully than above I am now in the 81 st year of my age my husband died Jan'y 1 st 1828
East Plymouth Aug 16 1848.
Chloe my Conant mother.
Plymouth ss Aug 16 1848 I hereby certify that Chloe Conant who signed the above application is personally known to me and that she is the widow of Jeremiah Conant deceased Philo Leach Just of the Peace

Company, in Col. Wilcomb's Regt. for service at Rhode Island as a private of Bridgewater, 2 Months and 4 days. 2-4 time of his enlistment and discharge no. given — Service previous to July 1777
Upon a Pay Roll of Capt. Nathan Packard's Company, in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt. in Rhode Island, as a Sergeant from July 25 1.16 to September 9 1778. 1 month & 16 days.
The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one 32m 70 And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of the name of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this shown by the Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the military records search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said in the Office application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. L. G. Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Bridgewater Mass. Oct. 18 th 1848
Sir
Herewith I send you additional evidence in the cases of Chloe Conant and Rebecca Chamberlain, which I trust will be sufficient to establish their claims to pensions.
W m Thomas Esq of Plymouth Mass. wishes me to request you to send me the certificates of Jane Thomas, widow of Nathaniel Thomas and Mary Holmes, widow of Samuel Holmes. The declarations of whom & other evidence he has forwarded to you
By a Resolution passed the last session of Congress it is provided that the proof of service of deceased pensioners should entitle their widows to the same amount of pensions received by their husbands during their lives. Will you have the goodness to inform me whether this applies to widows who are now receiving pensions of life

amount than was paid their husbands and if so, whether they are entitled to the arrears that would have been due them, if the Resolution had been passed previous to their having obtained their Pensions.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Nathaniel Hale
J. S. Edwards Esq Comm Pensions }

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss.
I Howe Keith of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth being now in the Eightieth year of my age do hereby testify and say that I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Conant who married for his second wife Chloe Pratt in the year 1794. I was at the wedding and saw them married. They were married by the Rev. Frederick Sanger who was then the minister of this Parish which is now the Town of Bridgewater. Jeremiah Conant who married Chloe Pratt was the only man of that name that I ever knew in the Town of Bridgewater. I came to live in the Town of Bridgewater when I was seven years of age and have lived in Town ever since that time. I visited him at Pomfret in Vermont and stayed at his house two days some fifty years ago. I never knew or heard of any other by the name of Jeremiah Conant living or being in the Town of Bridgewater except the one of whom I have spoken.
Howe Keith
Bridgewater Nov 28 1828

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss Be it known that on the twenty eighth day of November in the year 1848 By me appeared before me the sub- scribed a Justice of the Peace duly qualified by the Laws of the State to administer oaths I have known the within affiant who is personally known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made oath that the within testimony subscribed is true
Philo Leach Just of the Peace
I certify that the above named Philo Leach is an acting Justice of the Peace within the County of Plymouth and that the above is his signature Arturus Hale Clerk Washington DC Dec r 4. 1848

I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Horve Keith, the aforesaid, affiant, for more than 20 years past, that he is a person of truth and veracity; and that the utmost confidence can be reposed upon his testimony.
Washington D.C. Dec. 8 th 1848
William Hale
Member of Congress U.S.

I Salome Washburn of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts Depose testify and say that I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Leonard who lived in the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in which Town he was born that he removed from Bridgewater to Pownal in the State of Vermont and lived there a number of years that he married for his second wife sometime in the month of January 1794 Abigail Pratt of Bridgewater with whom I was well acquainted both before and after the marriage and that Abigail Leonard who now lives in East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth is the widow of the said Jeremiah Leonard & that the said Jeremiah Leonard died in Pownal in the State of Vermont in Jany 1828 I also testify that I was born in the Town of Bridgewater aforesaid and that I removed to & lived in Pownal in the State of Vermont a number of years and a near neighbor to the said Jeremiah &

Chloe Conant and that I was well acquainted with both of them before and after the divorce in Pomfret & that I have often heard that the said Jeremiah Conant was a Soldier in the Revolution Salome Washburn
Aug 31. 1848
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss Be it known that on the thirty first day of August 1848 Personally appeared before me the subscribers a justice of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth Salome Washburn who is personally known to me & who is a woman of truth & veracity & made oath that the above & written by her subscribed is true
Philo Leach Just of the Peace

I Rebecca L Holmes of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts Depose testify and say That I am well acquainted with Olive Conant of East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts & that I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Conant of Pomfret in the State of Vermont & that my first husband John Conant was the son of Jeremiah & Elizabeth & that Jeremiah Conant & Olive Conant his wife lived in Pomfret in the State of Vermont a number of years after my memory and lived together as husband and wife and had a number of children and that the said Jeremiah Conant died on the first day of January 1828.
Rebecca L Holmes
Augt 31. 1848

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss Be it known that on the thirtieth day of August in the year 1848 Personally appeared before me the subscribed justice of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth Rebecca L. Holman who is personally known to me to be a person of truth and integrity and made oath that the written by her subscribed is true
Philo Leach Just of the Peace
Bridgewater Sept. 3 1848 I certify that the above named Philo Leach is an act- ing justice of the Peace and the signature & the preceding certificates is his hand writing Athanas Hale Member of Congress

I Joanna Keith of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts Depose testify and say that I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Leonard who died in the Town of Pomfret in the State of Vermont in the year 1828 and also with Chloe Leonard widow of the said Jeremiah Leonard who now lives in East Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth The said Jeremiah Leonard & Chloe were married in Bridgewater where the said Chloe was born & I was present at the marriage and and witnessed their union which was in the month of January in the year 1794. That on the next day after the wedding they started for Pomfret Vermont where Mr Leonard then lived I also further state that the said Chloe was his second wife that he had removed from Bridgewater where he formerly lived to Pomfret Vermont before his first wife died

I have often heard him speak of being in the Army in the Revolution and have ever been intimate with the family since his marriage with Chloe Pratt in 1794 His son John Conant who was the son of his first wife married Rebecca L Washburn who is now Rebecca L Holmes and lives in Bridgewater Jeremiah Conant & Chloe Conant had five or six children all of whom I well knew. & that the said Chloe Conant is now a widow and had not married since the death of the the said Jeremiah to whom she was married as before stated
Aug 31 1848
Joanna Keith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss Be it known that on the 31 day of August in the year 1848 Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth Joanna Keith who is personally known to me & who is a person of truth and veracity and made oath that the above by her subscribed is true Philo Leach Justice of the Peace

Bridgewater Mass. September 3 1848 I certify that Thos Leach, above named, is an entire justice of the Peace in the County of Plymouth, and that the dis- signature to the foregoing Certificate is his hand writing Attestas Hale Member of Congress

I Claudius Bradford of the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts (Depose testify and say That I am the Pastor of the First Congregational Church & Society in Bridgewater aforesaid of which The Revd Zelechiek Sanger was formerly Pastor & that the records of said Church are in my custody and that I have carefully examined the same to find the record of the marriage of Jeremiah Covert & Chloe Pratt but cannot find such entry upon the Records October 17 1848
Claudius Bradford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss Be it known that on this 17 th day of October 1848. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth duly authorized by the Laws of the State to administer oaths Claudius Bradford who is the Minister of the First Congregational Church & Society in said Bridgewater & who is personally known to me to be a man of truth & veracity & made oath that the above by him subscribed is true Niles Leach Just of the Peace

I Certify that Philo Leach the foregoing Statement is an exact feature of the Pious and that the foregoing is his signature Oct. 18. 1848      Silas H. Hale Member of Congress

Additional Evidence in the case Chloe Conant.

Joanna Heath of the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts Depose testify and say That Chloe Conant of East Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth who is an applicant for a Pension under the Act under the Act of July 29 1848 is my Sister That the said Chloe's maiden name was Chloe Pratt That I well remember the marriage of my sister & Jeremiah Conant which took place at my Father's house in the month of January 1794 I recollect many circumstances attending the wedding They were married by the Rev. Zephaniah Sanger who was then the minister in said Bridgewater My sister removed to Vermont after she was married & had three children born before 1800 I have ever been intimate in the family and well acquainted with all of them Mr Conant ever had the reputation of serving a long time in the army of the Revolution I had two brothers who were in the Army viz. Joseph Pratt & Simon Pratt neither of whom are now living

Mr Conant was born in Bridgewater and married for his first wife Mary Leonard of said Bridgewater who died a year or two before my sister was married to him Oct 17 1848
Joanna Keith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County
Be it known that on the 17 th day of October in the year 1848 Personally appeared before me the Subscribed Justice of the Peace duly authorized by the Laws of the State & administered oaths Joanna Keith the above officer who is personally known to me & who is a person of truth and veracity and made oath that the above by her Subscribed is true
Philos Leach
Justice of the Peace
Philos Leach above named is an acting Justice of the Peace and the above is his signature
October 18. 1848
Artemas Hale Member of Congress

I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Joanna Keith, the aforesaid affiant, for many years that her character for truth and veracity is unquestionable, and that the most implicit confidence can be placed upon her statement -
Washington D.C. } Dec. 8 th 1848 }
Antoine Fleau
Member of Ho. Reps. U.S.

I Thomas Conant of East Brim water in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts Do here testify and say that I am the son of forementioned Conant who died on the first day of January 1828; and of his widow Chloe Conant who now lives in East Bridgewater aforesaid, that I have three own brothers older than my- self and three sisters. Also three half brothers & two sisters. & from the Family Record of my Father which is now in the possession of my mother which is an ancient record The following is a true extract Chloe born Feby 24 1795 Seth Born Octobr 3 1796 Ophir born Nov 19 1798 Marshall born June 5 1801 Lucia born March 5 1803 Asahel .. March 28 1805 Thomas ... Aug 6 1807 which is the record of my birth the above are all the children of my own mother Chloe Conant aforesaid. & the children of my Father by his

former wife and upon the Revere The youngest of which as appears by Said Revere was born December 13 1791 and as appears by the Revere his first wife whose name was Mary Died Dec 20 1791 There is no record in the family of the marriage of my Father & mother but I was ever told by them that it took place in the month of January 1794 I recollect of hearing my Father state of being in the Army at Dorchester and at New York & in the Army at the Battle of White Plains October 16 1848
Thomas Conant

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County } Be it known that on the sixteenth day of October in the year 1848 Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth duly authorized by the Laws of the State to administer oaths Thomas Conant the foregoing affiant who is personally known to me & who is a person of truth and veracity and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16 th day of October 1848 Philo Leach Justice of the Peace
I certify that Philo Leach is an acting Justice of the Peace and that the above is his sig- nature
Attestas Hale Member of Congress Pridgewater Oct. 18, 1848

Washington D.C. Dec. 8 th 1848
Sir
I return herewith the affidavits of Joanna Keith and Howe Keith, with my certificate of their character for truth and veracity—
Most Resp y
Yours
Atkinson Hale
J. A. Edmonds Esq. Comm rs Pensions—

Bridgewater Mass Oct 2 d 1848
Sir
Herewith I hand you the dis- -location of Rebecca Chamberlain & accompanying papers, and will thank you to forward her Certificate for a Pension (if granted) to me, and also the Certificate of Chloe Conant whose dis- -location was forwarded some time since
Respectfully Yours Nathaniel Hale
J. S. Edwards Esq Comm Pension

Dec 3/48 Additional Welcome in the case of Chloe Conant
W. L. Ames
Hale
Hon. A. Hale H. R.

Washington D.C. Dec r 4. 1848
Sir
Herewith please find addition al evidence in the case of Chloe Con- -ant. The declaration of whom and other papers are now on file in your office.
I trust this will be sufficient to remove all objections to the granting of her Pension.
Respy Yours
Attemas Hale
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm ee Pensions

I Lewis Holmes of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts do hereby depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Bridgewater aforesaid and that the Records of said Town are in my custody and that I have searched said Records for the purposes of finding a Record of the marriage of Jeremiah Conant of Pomfret in the State of Vermont and Chloe Conant of Bridgewater aforesaid and that no record of said marriage can be found upon said Records
Bridgewater Augt 31 1848
Lewis Holmes Town Clerk of the Town of Bridgewater
Subscribed & sworn to on the day and year above written
Before me
Philo Leach Just of the Peace

The following is an Extract from the Records of the Town of Bridgewater in the Records of Publickments of said Town
Foreman & Court of Power Vermont & Chloe Pratt of Bridgewater Dec 21. 1793. —
I Lewis Holmes of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts and that the Records of said Town are in my custody and that the above is a true Extract from said Records which are kept on the Records in fair legible figures Dec twenty first seventeenth hundred & ninety three
Bridgewater Aug 31 1848 Lewis Holmes Town Clerk Subscribed to before me Philo Seach Just of the Peace

Bridgewater Mass. September 3 d 1848
I certify that Philo Leach is an attorny Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth - and that the signature to the foregoing certificate, is in his hand writing.
William Hale Member of Congress

No 6 Chloe Conant map Let. to Wm. D. Hale Oct. 5th 48. Let. to same Oct. 31. 48 Let. to Wm. D. Hale Oct. 5. 7th '47. ADM—
act 29 July 1848

Caleb Bapett Deposition
Jerome Leonard died Jan'y 1 st 1828

I Caleb Bapett of Middleborough in the county of Plymouth in the commonwealth of Massachusetts depose testify and say that on the first of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight I was a Soldier in the company commanded by Capt Abner Washburne of said Bridgewater which was mustered into Col Ebenezer Droot's Regiment for a three months campaign at North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island and that Jeremiah Conant of said Bridgewater was a Sergt in said company and that he retired therein three months And I further say that I was well acquainted with said Conant before he was in the service Caleb Bapett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
Be it known that on the twenty second day of Sept in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for and within the county of Plymouth Caleb Bapett above named who is a man of truth and veracity and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true
Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace
I certify that at the date of the above certificate Philo Leach, above named, was an acting Justice of the Peace, and that the above is his signature. Bridgewater Sept 23. 1848
Atkinson Hale Member of Congress

Payment to be made at
Boston
by
Franklin Warren, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Massachusetts
Issue New Coupon
for 9 mo 30 days m 30.33 3 " 20 " Sept 1833
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
$48.16 not enough allowed
Accounting what has been paid if any
Recorded in the Pension Office on the July 29th , Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d , 1848, Page 535 Vol. 1
Th. D. Rumpkin , Clerk.
Wm A Hale HVR

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
29th July,
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d , 1848, Chloe Conant of Massachusetts, widow of Jeremiah Conant, who was a Private and Sergeant in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty one dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 3rd day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
W. L. Marcy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.