Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,471, Jacob Churchill, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Churchill, Jacob Lillis
W. 14.471.
CONTENTS

Sept & Octo. 8. 1839,
2
3042 3042
Massachusetts
Silas Churchill
widow of Jacob Churchill deceased
who died on the 16 th October 1875
of Berkshire Co. in the State of MS.
who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded
by Captain Holmes of the Reg t . commanded
by Col. Sheldon in the Ct. Conn.
line for 7 mos & 22 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Map a at the rate of 25 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Sept. 1839 and sent M c W. Bishop Senoo MS.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1839 $219.04 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Nov. 1839 12.88
$231.92
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not July 4, 1836, } { Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by N. N. Addison Clerk, Vol. 2 a Page 48

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss
On this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty eight personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William P. Walker Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire Lillis Churchill a resident of Stockbridge in said County of Berkshire aged Eighty four years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4-1836 - that she is the widow of Jacob Churchill deceased who was a soldier in the militia of the State of Connecticut in the company under the command of Captain Elphalet Holmes in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon that her said husband entered the service in the month of July & left the same in the month of December she can not recollect with precision the days of the months in which he entered & left the service nor with absolute certainty the year but verily believes it was in 1776 - that he was engaged as informed by himself and others and verily believes in the engagement commonly known by the name of the "Orchard fight" that he was out in several alarms - that he returned home in December aforesaid very much enfeebled & out of health & never recovered his strength or health to the day of his decease - That at the time he entered the service he resided in the town

of East Haddam in the State of Connecticut. That he enlisted in the Service. That the countries thro which he marched she can not state having remained at home during the periods of his service.
She further declares. that she was married to the said Jacob Churchill on the twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seventy three at Chatham in said State of Connecticut by John Norton a Clergyman. that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Churchill died on the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & fifteen at Stockbridge aforesaid. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Subscribed & sworn to Lillis Churchill before me.
W. P. Walker In age of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss.
I Henry W Bishop. Registrar of the Court of Probate within & for the said County of Berkshire. do Certify. that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application Lillis Churchill for a pension. and I further certify that the Hon. William P. Walker is Judge of said Court. and that the annexed signature is his

genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this fourth day of Septem- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty Eight. Henry M Bishop Regr Probate
I Symon Churchill of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and Common- wealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I was present at the death of Jacob Churchill late of said Stockbridge deceased and that he died on the sixteenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & fifteen that he left Sally Churchill resident in said Stockbridge his widow that she now is & ever since the death of her said husband has been unmarried Dated at Leeds this fourth day of September AD 1838 Symon Churchill
Berkshire ss.
Sept 4. 1838 Subscribed and sworn to by the said Symon Churchill and I hereby certify that he is a credible person. W. P. Walker Judge of Probate

I Abigail Chapman of East Haddam in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged Eighty Four years the third day of July A.D. 1837 - depone and say that when I was a girl I was well acquainted with Lillis Neele who then resided in East Haddam directly across the road from my Father's. Said Lillis was about two years younger than myself and continued to reside as above until about the year 1767, when she removed to a distance of about half a mile and resided there a few years - I was married in the year 1769 on the 10th day of August at New Britain, and according to my best recollection said Lillis Neele was married about three years after I was to one Jacob Churchill of Chatham in Middlesex County and went into Hampton Society in said Chatham and resided a year or more with said Jacob Churchill and then removed back with said Jacob into the town of East Haddam and resided several years, and then moved away out of the town - I was not present at the marriage, but it was a fact publicly known and I think John Norton who was at that time a Minister in said Hampton Society married them - I well recollect their being married before the war, and that the said Jacob was absent in the service, during the war at different times - I used to be very intimate with said Lillis and her family before they left East Haddam, but I cannot tell the periods when her husband was absent. I can however state that all the males of the age to do military duty, on the town street on which said Jacob lived and below as far as the Meeting House were absent to New London at the time it was burnt, and my husband Oziel Chapman now deceased was out on this alarm, except such as were on duty elsewhere - My husband was drafted to stay there but hired a man and returned in a week or two - They left on Sunday morning and got news of the alarm the Saturday previous - and further the deponent saith not - East Haddam June 5 th A.D. 1838.
Signed in presence of John C Palmer Seymour Churchill
Abigail her Chapman mark
Sworn and subscribed before me, and the words "in November" erased and the words "on the 10th day of August," interlined before signing by the deponent - John C Palmer Judge of Court Probate for East Haddam District

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MOS/HMM
February 10, 1930.
Hon. Louis T. Mc Fadden House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Mc Fadden:
In response to your letter of February 6, 1930, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 14471, it appears that Jacob Churchill, while a resident of East Haddam, Connecticut, enlisted June 24, 1776 as a private in Captain Eliphalet Holmes' Company in Colonel Selden's Connecticut Regiment and served five months and twenty-two days, and was in the engagement of the Orchard Fight. He enlisted in March 1778 and served two months as a private in Captain Jonathan Kilbourn's Company in Colonel Throop's Connecticut Regiment.
He moved from East Haddam, Connecticut, to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1778.
He died October 16, 1815 at Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
The soldier married in April 1772 or April 23, 1773, at Chatham, Connecticut, or at East Haddam, Connecticut, Lillie Reed.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 7, 1838, at which time she was eighty-three years of age and was a resident of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rev. Karl Sech.
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Mr. Karl Sech Rev. Karl Sech 1234 Main Street Springfield, Ill. U.S.A.
Mr. Karl Sech Rev. Karl Sech Washington, D.C. Commissioner of Pensions Colonel Karl Sech
Very dear Sir: I am very sorry that I cannot well appreciate (unfortunate) that your opinion of the position of the pension of the late Colonel Karl Sech I think it should be placed if you will Mr. Karl Sech Rev. Karl Sech Washington, D.C. Commissioner of Pensions Colonel Karl Sech
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS AND COMPENSATION WASHINGTON

SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS
LOUIS T. MC FADDEN, PA., CHAIRMAN JAMES G. STRONG, KANS. OTIS WINGO, ARK. ROBERT LUCE, MASS. HENRY B. STEAGALL, ALA. E. HART FENN, CONN. CHARLES H. BRAND, GA. GUY E. CAMPBELL, PA. W. F. STEVENSON, S. C. ELMER O. LEATHERWOOD, UTAH T. ALAN GOLDSBOROUGH, MD. CARROLL L. BEEDY, ME. ANNING S. PRALL, N. Y. JOSEPH L. HOOPER, MICH. JEFF BUSBY, MISS. GODFREY G. GOODWIN, MINN. F. DICKINSON LETTS, IOWA FRANKLIN W. FORT, N. J. BENJAMIN M. GOLDER, PA. FRANCIS SEIBERLING, OHIO MRS. RUTH PRATT, N. Y.
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PHILIP G. THOMPSON, CLERK
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
WASHINGTON
February 6, 1930.
Colonel Earl D. Church, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Colonel Church:
I shall be pleased if you will inform me of the pension record of Lillis Reed Churchill (Churchel), widow of the Revolutionary soldier, Jacob Churchill, of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours,

P 30 Feb 10. hist. to Hon Louis T. McFadden
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14471 Lillis Churchill Widow of Jacob Churchill Priv Rev War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Connecticut & County of New-London p. Colchester May 18. 1829.
I David Shattuck of said Colchester aged Eighty years depose and say that in the year 1776. I went as a private in a Company of which Ephraim Hobbes of East Haddam was Captain to New-York. Said Company was a Company of State Troops, enlisted for six months and attached to Col Seldoms Regt. Jacob Churchill then of East Haddam, then deceased was also a private in said Company, and enlisted for six months, and went and served for nearly that term, but was I think discharged a few days before his time was up on account of his being sick - In the month of March 1778. I went to New-London in a Company of Militia of which I think Jonathan Kilbourn was Capt and Jehiel Fuller was Lieut. Capt Olmsted having a I think got clear the fall previous - Said Churchill also went at the same time as a private in said Company, and I staid then as I well recollect five weeks or more but the day I went and returned I do not know - The whole Company went together and a few of the members left before I did, but I am quite positive Churchill staid for two months That was as I always understood - I am certain he went when I did, and I think did not leave the Service until the two months expired - Said Com- -pany was in Col Troops Regt - We were forced to make what was called fort "Mansure" - kept guard. were drilled almost every day, and our pay was 40¢ per month - I always understood that said Churchill was

afterwards in the service for some time along the sea coast and so to Horn Neck, and I think for a period of two months, but of this I do not speak from my own knowledge as I was up North River at the time, but I distinctly recollect that such was Cannon's report at the time - The officer he was under I don't know - I knew said Churchill well and his wife Lillis Reid. They were married before he went to New York, and soon after the war he removed to Stockbridge, upon reflection I think he removed before the close of the war and when I was in the service - and further saith not -
David Shattuck
State of Connecticut County of New London ss Be it known that on the 18 th day of May A.D. 1839. Personally appeared David Shattuck who hath subscribed the above deposition and read solemn oath to the truth of the same, and I certify that said David Shattuck is personally known to me and is a credible person and that his statements may be relied upon -
Before me John B Palmer Notary Public

J. Edwards Commr. of Customs.
RECEIVED
H. W. Bishop, Esq. Lenox, Massachusetts.

War Department, Pension Office,
November 24, 1858.
Sir,
The declaration and testimony in the case of Mrs. Lillie Churchill, widow of Jacob Churchill, deceased, has been examined and filed with the other papers in her case under act 4 July, 1836. She alleges that her husband entered the service in July and left it in December 1776 in Captain Elizabeth Holmes' company and Col. Selden's regiment of Connecticut Troops, and that he was out in several alarms. The witness states that he served from June 24 to 30 th December. The roll of Capt. Holmes' company has been exhibited and is filed with the papers of Mrs. Churchill. Her husband enlisted 24 June, 1776, & was discharged 11 th December, having served only 5 months and 18 days. If he was called out to perform any other service it should be specified and proved by the testimony of witnesses from personal knowledge, or by record or documentary evidence. H. W. Bishop, Esq. Lenox, Mass. ts.
I am, respectfully,
your ob t serv t .
J. L. Edwards

Capt Holman will taken out and placed among detached rolls.

1244 S. 15th July 1838,
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City D.C.

To Hon. J. L. Edward.
Sir - For further evidence reference may be had to papers which have been transmitted and are on file in the Pension office - The certificate of grant may be sent to the applicant Mrs. Lillis Churchill. directed to Stockbridge. Mass -
Most respectfully
Yours &c
J. W. Bishop
Len of Sept. 4. 1838

3594. Ms. June 14
4 July '36 Glee.
FREE
L Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Dr G. Lain
Enclosed I send the documents in support of the claim of Lillie Churchie to the pension due her late husband
Will you have the to forward it to me. and. also. inform me. whether his family are entitled to Dower Land Hockbridge E. P. ac. G. J. Jr. and his 7 June 1838 H. W. Dugdale
S. Jonathan Ingersoll -
W. H. Robbins  Robbins of Stockbridge. Testify and say. that I long knew Jacob Churchill that he did in this town work that Pills Churchill's his widow — Jonathan Ingalls
Leaves before - see on this p. the June 1838
H. W. Dainger
Sustent of the Power

I Abner Brainerd of East Haddam in Middlesex County and state of Connecticut aged Seventy Four the 18 th day of June 1838. depose and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Jacob Churchille of said East Haddam and Lillie Reed also of said East Haddam - That said Jacob used to work for my father, and lived in the neighborhood. That before the commencement of the war of 1775 said Jacob was married to said Lillie Reed who lived with him as his wife - I was not present at the marriage but it was publicly known, and they had one or more children before they left East Haddam. That said Jacob moved his family from said East Haddam about fifty years since and as I understand went to Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts to reside - I think I recollect about his going into the war but I can't tell the particulars, almost every man was gone - And further the deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day of June A.D. 1838.
Abner Brainerd
Before me John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam
I John C Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam hereby certify that Abner Brainerd, Lucy Brainerd, Abigail Chapman and Nathan L Foster are personally known to me and are respectable persons and their statements are entitled to full credit -
Attest John C Palmer Judge -

V3594 Lillie Churchill Massachusetts
on roll filed within for 5 mo. 22 dos.

I Nathan L Foster of East Wadsworth in Middlesex County and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say, that I am the Town Clerk of said Town of East Wadsworth and have the custody of the Records of Marriages, Births and Deaths in said Town, and on a careful examination of said Records I am not able to find the Marriage of Jacob Churchill to Lillie Reed any when recorded - And further saith not -
Nathan L. Foster, Town Clerk.
Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day of June A.D. 1838. Before me John G Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Wadsworth
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss. Probate District of East Wadsworth June 5 th A.D. 1838. I Thomas G Boardman Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Wadsworth do hereby certify that John G Palmer is Judge of said Court and that the signatures to the several Depositions hereto annexed of Abner Wainwright Lucy Boardman, Abigail Chapman and Nathan L Foster purporting to be his are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the day and year last above written - Attest. Thos G Boardman Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Wadsworth

I Lucy Mainard of East Haddam in Middlesex County and State of Connecticut aged seventy two years the 15 th day of September A.D. 1898. depone and say that I was well acquainted with Jacob Churchill formerly of said East Haddam and Lillis his afterwards the wife of said Jacob. They both lived near my father before their marriage and were married before the war of 1775. I was not present at the marriage, but it was well known at the time, and they lived after their marriage in the same house with me and had a daughter born while living there. I should say that I was nine or ten years old at the time the birth took place and no more. Said Jacob afterwards removed away with his family as I understood out of town. And further the deponent saith not. Given and subscribed this 5 th day of June A.D. 1898. Lucy Mainard
Before me
John C. Palmer Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam

Chuncho
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commission of Business Washington City

Post Office. Stockbridge Mass Aug 6 th 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
Some 6 or 8. weeks ago a letter was sent from this to your Office containing documents to sustain a claim for a Pension to the Widow of Jacob Churchill. Who, not having received any reply to the letter, fears that the letter may not have reached you. - She fears too, that the occasional irregularities of the Gentleman who arranged the documents and prepared the letter, may have prevented his doing the business in a manner that should entitle it to attention. She is in an unpleasant suspense, and has requested me to address this to you, to ask for so much attention to the subject as to inform her of her prospects for obtaining from the Gov t the aid she asks for.
Very Respectfully J. Rockwell P. M.

Merchants Bank, Boston, 2 d Oct r . 1839.
Sir,
Application has been made to me to pay a pension to Mrs. Lillis Churchill widow of Jacob Churchill dec d . under the act of 4 th July 1836, whose name does not appear on the Roll of this Agency. — Be pleased to inform me if such a pension has been granted.
I am, very resp t . Yr. ob t serv t
A. A. Dyer Clerk in the absence of Franklin Haven Pension Ag t
J. H. Edwards Esq r Comm r . of Pensions Washington. D.C. }

June 4 Mrs. 4000 Addison Lillis Church
Dear Hon. J. L. Edwards — Commissioner of Pensions Washington City — O B —

To Hon. J. P. Edwards
Sir Enclosed is evidence of the claim of Mrs. Ellis Churchill as required by our letter of Nov 24. 1838 which is also enclosed - If a certificate should be granted to Mrs. Churchill please direct it to me -
Most respectfully Yours &c Henry W. Bishop Henry Parkhurst County - Mass May 31 - 1839

Comptroller's Office Hartford Connctt, 6 June 1838
On application for evidence of the service of Jacob Churchill, I have examined the books and papers remaining in this office relating to the Revolutionary War, and find as follows, Viz:—
In Warkill's Receipts, under head of "Expense of the Port at New London" the name of Cap. Augustus Collins, among the names of those who rendered Accounts, and opposite thereto, "his C o at N o London, £1541.7. "Specie". under date of January 17. 1778. And in the same Book, under head of "Expense of Militia Service", his name, as above stated, and opposite thereto, "Militia Service at New London £13.11. 8 3 / 4 Specie", under date of August 20. 1782, both dates are supposed to be those of the time of rendering the accounts.
In Pay Table Books this entry:— "May 15. 1777— Cap. Eliphalet Holmes, Col o Seldens Reg t C o Pay acct. rend d . for his C o Viz:—
Enlisting Prem m & c. amounting to £803.12.9.
I certify the above to be a true Copy and statement from the books above mentioned— And also, that there are no Pay Rolls remaining here of the above officers— and that the name of Jacob Churchill has not been found.
Henry Webb Compt t

Willis Churchill Massachusetts suspended
Relat 7 Augt 1838 M. W. Dwight Let 11 Augt 38 S. Root = well let 24 Nov 38 M. W. Bishop.
5 mo 28 days
Act 4 July 1836

I Lillie Churchill of Stockbridge Co. of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts do. upon Oath make this my solemn declaration being Eighty three years of age. — Widow & Relict of Jacob Churchill I married in the town of East Haddam State of Connecticut in the month of April 1772. to Jacob Churchill who enlisted in the Army of the Revolution on the 24th June 1776. & serv'd for Six months. and 25. days. & 22. days The Company was commanded by Capt. Eliphalet Holmes of which Lieut. Charles Williams was the Second Officer & Colonel Gelden commanded the Regiment — He served during that time and was called several times after wards. during the alarms from the Enemy & I ask for my Pensions accordingly He was discharged 8. days short of the 6 months on account of ill health — Lillie Churchill
Berkshire ss. Jan'y 7th 1838. Then personally appeared Lillie Churchill to me well known and made out to the best of the foregoing declaration
Before me
A. W. Dwight
Sustree of the Record
Stockbridge.
7th May.
1838

War Department Pension Office August 7. 1835
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs. Lil- lis Churchill widow of Jacob Churchill dec. have been examined and filed with suspend- -ed cases. Before a final decision can be had she should make a declaration as required in the enclosed printed sheet; and the terms of service after 1776 should be specified and sworn to by witnesses who had a personal know- -ledge of said service.
I am, Very respectfully Yr. Mo. Obed. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
W. W. Dwight Esq. Stockbridge Massachusetts

3594
Lillis Church Mass.
admitted
P. Pms. 22 days $25 77 / 100
Cape Holmes Coll. Sheldon Conn.
1748 3594
died 16 Oct. 1815.
Act 4 July 1836
Henry W. Bishop Senex Mass

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Wadsworth August 27 th 1838.
I Gamaliel R Tracy of the Town of Colchester in New London County aged Eighty Nine years depose and say that in the year 1776 on the 25 th day of June I enlisted into a Company of troops called the New Series under Capt Eliphalet Wetmore of East Haddam and Lieutenant Thomas Williams who was taken prisoner and died in the Sugar Works so called - we were annexed to Col Selaw's Regt Lt Col. Latimer I think, I went to New York with Capt Wetmore in a Sloop, and Jacob Churchill then of said East Haddam enlisted into said Company at the same time I did and went in the same vessel with me to New York. From New York we crossed the Hudson Plains, where a great many of the American Army were taken prisoners, we passed Fort Washington and so to White Plains where we had quite an engagement. The period for which said Churchill and I enlisted was six months and he the said Churchill staid and served his time out and I think we were not suffered to leave until some of the first days in January 1777. My pay as a private was six Dollars and sixty six Cents per month, said Churchill's was the same as he was a private in said Company. We were discharged at Croton Bridge on the 1 st or 2 nd of January 1777 as I think though our time expired on the 25 th December A.D. seventeen hundred seventy six.
Gamaliel R. Tracy Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Gamaliel R Tracy and that he is a credible person, and I further certify that Abner Mainard and Lucy Mainard his wife, Abigail Chapman and Nathan L Foster whose depositions were taken by me to be used in the application of Mrs Churchill for a pension and time in May or June last are all personally known to me

and that each of them is a credible person John C Palmer Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss Probate District of East Haddam August 27. 1838
I Frederick W Green Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam certify that John C Palmer now is and since the 20th day of June A.D. 1838 hath been, a Justice of the Peace in and for said Middlesex County and that the signature to the Certificate annexed to the deposition of Gamaliel B Frary above written purporting to be his is his own genuine and proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and year above written. Frederick W Green Clerk
3594 Lillis Church Mist.
admits
3594 P. 7. ms. 22 days #25.77
Cope Holmes Col. 12/11/38 Sheldon Cor.
due 16 Oct. 1815.
Act 4 July 1836
Henry W. Bishop Senat. Miss