Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,750, Nathaniel Hoyt, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hoyt, Nathaniel
8.31.750
CONTENTS

22768 Connecticut. N o 22,768
Nathaniel Hoyt
of Boulary in the State of Conn. who was a Corp t Sgt t & En t in the _____ commanded by Captain Benedict of the Rgt. _____ commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Conn. Troops line for
 2 Mts as Corporal  6. Mts as Sgt.  2. Mts as Ensign  (Shaw - 32)
Aug. 1934. History furnished by W. B. Mitchell C.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 57 Dollars 33 Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1834 and Hon. G. Tomlinson
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834.  171.99    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept. "  28.66     $ 200.65  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 20.
Feb. 12. 1840

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
On this 2 nd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the district of Danbury now sitting at Danbury within and for said District in the said State the same being a Court of Record Nathaniel Hoyst a resident of said Danbury in said district who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That I was born in said Danbury on the 27 th day of December 1751 and was Eighty Years of Age on the 27 th day of last December I have a Record in my Family Bible which I made of my age and birth a great number of years ago and which I made from information I received from my Parents - This record I left with my Son Ira who resides in Lorington in Litchfield County and have a perfect recollection of seeing it while at my Sons on a visit about two months ago - I resided in Danbury until the last June before I was Forty four Years of Age when having sold my property I removed to Winchester Litchfield County in this State and lived in that Town until I was Seventy Years of Age when having lost my Wife by death I broke up housekeeping and since that time I have been part of the time with my Children living in the State of New York and a part of it in Connecticut and am now and have been for a number of Weeks in Danbury the place of my birth and last I recollect that about the middle of December 1775 I enlisted into the Service of the United States and served in a Company of Troops commanded by Capt Noble Benedict & James Clarke was my Lieutenant and the Regiment commanded by Col Waterbury that I went to New York and we were stationed there during the ensuing Winter and was dismissed and returned to Danbury in April following after a term of four months Service - and after staying at home a few days I - Secondly early in the Month of May 1776 Enlisted as a Sergeant into a Company commanded by Capt Gaylord Hubbell of New Fairfield and Peter Penfield of said New Fairfield was first Lieutenant, a Mr. Abbott of Wilton was second Lieutenant, and Benj m Hickok of said Danbury was Ensign. That we went immediately to the City of New York and I think proper in this place just to state that in consequence of the ill health and lameness of my Ensign

a considerable part of the time during the Summer, that I had to do the duty of duty of an Ensign being specially deputed by my Captain to do that duty. That on reconnoitering Scouting parties. I a number of times had the command from the Captain of a Subalterns guard and some of them were lengthy arduous and fatiguing and frequently very short of provisions - (and I very distinctly recollect that in the Tremendous Thunder Storm that hung over the City and raged almost without intermission during the whole night and was for years known as the great Thunder Storm in New York. that I had the command of a Subalterns guard during the night. - That the next day after this Storm I went on to Long Island. and I think I was in a Regiment then under the command of Col John Chandler and was on the Island Eight days (and until the main Army under Genl Washington retreated off from it - the 2 d day after going on to the Island we were taken on to the lines between the Contending Armies. and about the third or fourth day I was taken under the Command of Gen Gould. Silliman with Three Thousand Men to Flatbush. and were exposed during our stay there to an almost constant Cannonade from the British (and I recollect being driven by hunger to get some Corn from a field where the Shots were very thick flying. but no particular Skirmishing. with Small Arms - in which I was engaged, took place while we staid there which was about twenty four hours; - when we retreated back to the lines where we were in the day time while we staid on the Island almost constantly employed in the different Skirmishes that were taking place. - I was in the Company that left the Island in the morning near 8 O'Clock as I should think and was among some of the last of the troops Who left there the the main body of the the Army having left the Island in the course of the night before. - Soon after leaving the Long Island I was taken Sick with a fever and went to a hospital of course was not in the action at Harlem heights - but was able to Join the Army and did Join it four days before the action at White Plains - I was in that action. under the immediate command of Gen Gould Silliman: my Ensign Benf m Hickok. and Joseph Bears. a Sergeant in my Company were near me through the day and I recollect that we rescued a Young Fifer who was wounded near us - by carrying him within our lines. and then returned to the disputed ground - I continued at my duty till the close of the year and was dismissed at Panytown near Hudson River - in the course of this campaign I had frequent opportunities of seeing Commander in Chief George Washington and once while stationed

near New York by his direction carried and delivered a letter from him to Genl. Wadsworth
Thirdly In the Year 1779 having received an Ensigns commission in a Company commanded by Capt. Ephraim Barnum. in a class of troops denominated the "Licorn List Men". I was called out on duty and was in the Actions at Fairfield and Norwalk in Connecticut when those two Towns were burnt by the British Troops I afterwards went down on the Shore to Stamford to watch the motions of the British Fleet after they embarked at Norwalk and was continued on duty as near as I can recollect One and a half months -
Fourthly in the Year 1781 I went into the Service of the United States as an Ensign in a detached Company under the Command of Capt. Knowles Sears, and under the Regimental orders of Col. M'Intire and was Marched to Stamford Connecticut and were stationed some part of the time there and some part of the time there and some part of the time in Greenwich - and down near the Village called Saw pits in the Town of Rye in Westchester County State of New York. - we were during this term employed in Scouting and endeavouring to fall in with British Scouting Parties and gangs of freebooters denominated Cow Boys who infested that part of the Country committing depredations upon the persons and property of the Whig Inhabitants and carrying on an illicit trade with the Enemy I was out on Service this tour two months.
Fifthly that in the Years 1780 & 1781 I was out as an Ensign in a Number of Short tours and sudden emergencies which owing to the great length of time that has elapsed since and my very Advanced Age and infirm health I am diffident about stating their exact length. but shall state that I was called once to the Sea Board to watch some British Vessels that were cruising in Long Island Sound. I was at Fairfield and Norwalk. at another time I was called to near Fishkill and to a place called Crompond near both near to Hudson River. and was out quite a length of time but the

precise length I dare not attempt to state - I was called out other times to go to the Shore. the least distance to which is about twenty Miles the exact number of times I can not state but one impression is very strong and unwavering on my mind that in all the different times I was in the Service of My Country two and a half months and only believe I was more than that on duty and finally to Recapitulate up to my best knowledge and belief I was at all the different times before stated in the Service of the United States in the capacity and post of a Sergeant. One full year and in that of an Ensign Six months. - That he denied the said first time under Captain Noble Benedict as a sergeant.
That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his said service excepting those whose depositions are hereunto annexed -
The said Nathaniel Knight hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the medical and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State -
sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid - Nathaniel Knight

M.H.F.
April 25, 1927
Mrs. John T. Jeralde 417 North Main St., Wallingford, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31750 it appears that Nathaniel Hoyt was born December 27, 1751, in Danbury, Connecticut.
While a resident of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut he enlisted December 15, or 20, 1775 and served four months as corporal in Captain Noble Benedict's Company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in April or May 1776, served as sergeant in Captain Gaylord H Hubbell's Company, Colonel Gould S. Silliman's Connecticut Regiment, was in several battles on Long Island and in the battle of White Plains and was discharged December 25, 1776.
He enlisted July 9, or 10, 1779 and served one and one half months as Ensign in Captain Ephraim Barnum's Company, Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley's Connecticut Regiment and was at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk.
He enlisted February 20, 1781 and served two months as

Ensign in Captain Knowles Sears & Company, Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley's Connecticut Regiment. He also served during 1780 and 1781 as Ensign on a number of short tours and alarms, and such as two and one half months, officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832 while a resident of Danbury, Connecticut.
He was a married man while in the Revolution. At the time he applied for pension he stated: "I resided in Danbury until the last June before I was forty-four years of age when having sold my property I removed to Winchester, Litchfield County, in this State and lived in that town until I was seventy years of age when having lost my wife by death I broke up house-keeping and since that time I have been part of the time with my children living in the State of New York and a part of it in Connecticut". He also stated at that time, that his son Ira was living in Torrington, Connecticut. The name of his wife and other children not stated. He died February 12, 1840.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner/

31750 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,750
Nathaniel Hoyt Ensign Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1775
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912 July 12 Hon. W. C. Jones V. S. Senate P.L.M. 1921 Feb. 19 Hist. to M. A. Bruce 1927 Apr. 25 - Hist. to Mrs. John. G. Gerd. 1929 Mar. 230 - Hist. to Mrs. M. A. Bruce Fannie B. Cole 1930 - Hist. to Mrs. Fannie 1936 - April 3 - Hist. to Mrs. 1937 Fannie J. Griffith - S.H.R.

22/768
Connecticut
Mathaniel Hoyt
Danbury in the State of Conn who was a 2nd Lieut. in the Conn commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Waterbury in the Conn Troops Line for 3 mos
Note
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Octo '33 and Lieut - Edward Taylor Danbury
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33. $ 161. 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 4 - 28. 33
$169.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Root Clerk, Book E Vol. B Page 20

Leu Cr. G. Tomlinson 13 Feb. 1834 " J Dodd - order for Suspension " - - same date -

Sir
A. Hoyt
Who in Capt. Benedict's
company in 1776 according to other service —
Who in Bayford both as private, rank as Sergeant nothing supported.
Service in 1779 as Ensign contradicted by record of appointment which appears to have been in 1780 — Watbury raised a R o

At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State in America held at Hartford, on the second Thursday of May, (being the 11th day of said month) and continued by several adjournments until the 23rd day of June following Anno Domini 1780.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Hoyt to be Ensign of the 9th Almondist Company in the 16th Regiment in this State.
The above is a true copy of record: In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, the 8th day of October, 1833.
Thomas Day, Secretary

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathaniel Hays which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No First Queen & First Claude VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Declarant should produce his commission as evidence or account for its absence—

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Nathaniel Hoyt of the State of Connecticut who was a Private and Ensign during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Fifty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 31 — day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
L. Wood
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

January March 10 th 1834
Sir - Mr. Ebenezer Sanford of Reading desires me to enclose to you the certificate of Mr. Phelps in aid of his application for a Pension. His Papers, are I believe on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions. Will you please transmit it.
Yours Respectfully
Reuben Root

2 months 3 rd in Capt Benoit's company in 1776 according to other term
8 th in Gayford both as private, rank in serg not being supported
Please direct to Edward Gayford Esq
11 th private 2 nd ensign Serom in 1779 as ensign contraband by record of appointment which appears to have been in 1780 -
11332 28. 32 141 26

War. Department Pension Office September 20 th 1873
Sir
The papers of Nathaniel Hoyt are returned. If his commission of Ensign is lost, he must by the established rule produce the best evidence of its dates and contents - which is the official certificate of the officer in charge of the records showing the appointment —
I am Respectfully Yo: obed: Servant J. L. Edwards
Edward Taylor Esq Danbury Conn

2 nd corporal
6 th serg t
2 nd Ensign
H. G. Tomlinson
Lieut
US

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss.
On this 24 th day of February AD 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probates for the District of Danbury in said County and State now sitting in said Danbury Nathaniel Hought a resident of said Danbury in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut aged Eighty two years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 supplemental to his original declaration now in the Pension office, at the War Depart- ment, in the City of Washington
That the term of service stated in his said original Declaration, as performed in the Company of Capt Gaylord Hubbell is correctly stated, and that the said Company belonged to the regiment commanded by Col Gould & Silliman said Company remained in Danbury under drill for about one month, when the company proceeded about the 1 st of June

to the City of New York, when the Company joined said Regiment, The Brigade was commanded by General Wadsworth, I was in several battles on Long Island, I was taken sick and was in the Hospital about three days before the Retreat out of New York when I was taken with the sick to the Town of Stamford in this State, After recovering from said sickness, I again joined the Regiment previous to the Battle fought at White Plains, and was in the action fought at that place, after which we marched to Danystown, in the State of New York where I was honorably discharged on the 25 th of December in the year 1776. I enlisted during said term as a Sergeant, under Benjamin Hickok who was Ensign in said Company, and per- -formed the Duty of a Sergeant the whole of said term, The warrant I have lost, and therefore cannot produce it - It was signed by Col Goude Silliman the Colonel of said Regiment
In regard to the first term stated in the declarants original declaration, as performed in the Company of Capt Noble Benedict in the

Regiment of Colonel Waterbury. This Declarant says that in the year 1775 in the month of December as early as the 15 th of said month, this declarant entered in said company of Capt Noble Benedict. The company remained in Danbury until the first day of January 1776 previous to which time I was chosen a corporal in said company. The company com- menced its march on said first day of January 1776 and immediately proceeded to the city of New York and there joined the Regiment commanded by Col Waterbury, and I was discharged the last of March. But Colonel Waterbury requested that the troops would remain until the new recruits came in. This declarant remained with several others of the non commissioned officers until the middle of April when I turned home.
Nathaniel Hoxie
Sworn & subscribed in open court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said court this 24 th day of February A.D. 1834 Attest Edward Layton Clerk

Reuben Booth of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County and State, do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esq. who hath signed & certified the foregoing certificate and the captions of the annexed Depositions, is clerk of the said Court, duly appointed and sworn, and was such Clerk at the time the same was signed & I have been signed and certified by him - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1 st day of March 1834.
Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury

I Elind Taylor of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged Seventy Six years being duly sworn doth depose and say, That he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Hoyst of said Danbury That in in the year 1776 in the month of May on the first monday in said month said Nathaniel Hoyst enlisted a Sergeant in the company of capt Gaylord Hubbel, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gould of Silliman  in the United States service for the term of eight months, said company remained in Danbury undischarged for about one month, when it proceeded to the City of New York when it joined the Regiment, said Hoyst performed the duty of a Sergeant in said company during the whole of said term, and was dismissed at New York in the State of New York on the 25 th day of December in the same year. I well know that said Hoyst performed

the duty and was a Sergeant in said company during said term, as I was a private in the same company and served the same term with him and was dismissed at the same time with him at said Perry town on the 21 st of December Eliad Taylor
February 26 th 1834 Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Eliad Taylor the above named deponent and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - And the said court certifies that the above deponent sustains good character for truth and is a credible witness Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
The words "the United States service" in the body of this deposition were interlined before signing. Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

I Eli Taylor of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged Seventy four years being duly sworn doth depose and say, That I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Hoyst of said Danbury who hath applied for a pension - That in the year 1776 said Hoyst entered into the service of the United States, and was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt Gaylord Hubbell said company joined the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gould, S. Schillman in the City of New York, said Regiment was stationed on Long Island, and in the City of New York, until the retreat of our troops from New York - The company was discharged at Saratoga in the State of New York on the 25th of December in the same year. I well know that Mr Hoyst was a Sergeant in said company, as I was a private in the same company, and served the same term with him. Eli Taylor

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss
on this 26 th day of February 1834 personally appeared Eli Taylor the above named deponent, in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and the said court certifies that the deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

I Phineas Taylor of Danbury Fairfield county and State of Connecticut aged Seventy four years being duly sworn doth depose and say. That I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Hoyst of said Danbury who hath applied for a pension - That in the year 1776 said Nathaniel Hoyst enlisted a Sergeant by Benjamin Hickok in the company commanded by Capt Gaylord Hobbs, in the Regiment commanded by Col d Gould & Silliman, said Regiment was stationed on Long Island & in the City of New York until the retreat out of New- -York - At this time I was in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Hickok in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph P Cook, which Regiment was also stationed in New York - during that summer I frequently saw Mr Hoyst and well know he was a Sergeant in Capt Hobbs company - I was then well acquainted with Mr Hoyst and have been acquainted with him ever since Phineas Taylor.

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County } ss
On this 27 th day of February 1834 personally appeared Phineas Taylor the above named deponent in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said county and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed - and the said court certifies that the deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss.
On this 30 th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury now sitting at Danbury in the said District the same being a Court of record within the said County and State, Nathaniel Hoyt a resident of said Danbury, now aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law, states on his oath that he is the declarant herein, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, supplementary to his original declaration made for the same object before said Court on the 16 th day of August 1832. That his said original declaration having been returned to him, with brief objections from the War Department, he has in view of the said objections, and to correct the errors and defects in said declaration, filed in said objections. I that in the first term of service mentioned in his said declaration, he enlisted and served as a corporal at least a daily and the 20 th day of December 1775, in the Regiment of Con- necticut State Troops, commanded by Colonel Waterbury, in the company commanded by Captain Noble Benedict, for the term of four months; that he served and was honorably in the city of New York at Garrison duty the full term for which he was enlisted and was verbally dismissed on the 20 th day of April 1776. II that on the 1 st day of May 1776, he enlisted and a sergeant for the term of eight months in the Regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Col. Gould S. Silliman sometimes called General Silliman, and served in the said Regiment under the officers named in his said original declaration, and such

Sergeant for the full term of eight months after his enlistment, and was discharged verbally at a place called Langtown - and sometimes wrote as the in the State of New York on the 25 th day of December 1776: His services are correctly detailed in his said original declaration - He cannot at this time after the lapse of so many years, positively state the day of his enlistment it might have been in the latter part of April - but he is confident it was as early as the 10 th of May. He ascertains the date of his discharge by recollecting that it was on Christmas day: the Regiment was surrounded one of the Field Officers dismissed them. And he knows that in this campaign he served the full period of eight months, a sergeant.
III That he served in the term "Third Lyden" for the in his said original declaration in the year 1779 for one month and a half as a sergeant. He entered said service on the 9 th or 10 th day of July in that year: He belonged to the state in said original declaration to the "Harm. list" which was a body of troops (a part of the Connecticut militia) then to be re-nominated. The Regiment in which he belonged was commanded by Col. Brandee of the Connecticut militia: He served in skirmishes with the British troops both at Newfield & Norwalk, and continued in the field at Norwalk Stamford and other places on the shore of Long Island Sound, engaged in the service of watching the motions of the enemy & guarding the coast until the 25 th day of August following, when he was dismissed. In this tour he served in a company commanded by Captain John Brown of the Connecticut militia: The said corps in which he served was called into the service by said Colonel Brandee, on the requisition of the continental Field.

IV In the month of February and as early as the 20th day of said month, he was drafted into the service of the United States, by order of said Col. Brand Lee, at the yet enlarged said Regiment commanded by said Col. Brand Lee and was an Indigen therein, and served and stated in his said original declaration at Stamford Greenwich and New York two months, and such Indigen, and was dismissed verbally on the 20th day of April following, at said Stamford at a place called Boston Neck, having served two months. His last mentioned service was in the year 1781.
V That in relation to the various short terms of service "fifty" stated in his said original declaration, he cannot now and has no reasonable expectation that he ever shall recollect the circumstances, such as length of time, place of service, names of officers &c. with sufficient clearness to enable him to state said services according to the requirements of the War Department, and he is, therefore, in obedience to the rules and regulations of said Department, disposed to relinquish his claim to a Pension for said last mentioned service.
He further saith that in each of the said terms, he served in embodied corps, called into the service by competent authority, and that during the continuance of said service and herein stated he was not employed in any civil pursuit, and that at the expiration of said several terms, he was verbally dismissed, having never received any written discharge. That he served as a corporal four months, as a sergeant eight months, and as an Indigen three and one half months. That he once had a warrant as a sergeant and a commission as a captain, and kept them many years, but they are now lost, but

When or in what manner they were so lost he does not know; he has made diligent search and enqury but cannot find them.
He also saith that his advanced age, and feeble health admonish him that he can live but a short time to enjoy the bounty of his country; that bounty extended to him now will contribute to his comfort and cheer him in his passage to the grave; but if it be delayed even for a short time, it will be of no benefit to him; and he feels no solicitude for his heirs; He therefore respectfully requests that as much of the said residue as the Department shall find concisely stated and proved a Pension may now be allowed to him; and he prays that this his supplem entary declaration may be annexed to and made a part of his original declaration. Sworn and Subscribed
in Open Court. — Nathaniel Hoyt
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
Edward Taylor Clerk of the Court of District in the District of Columbia aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hoyt for a Pension. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30th day of May
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

I Eli Taylor of Danbury Fairfield County a State of Connecticut aged Seventy two years, being duly sworn doth depose & say that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Hloyt of said Danbury who hath applied for a Pension, - That in the year 1781, I was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Niles Sears, in the Connecticut Militia said company was stationed at Roton River in Stamford in this State for the term of two months according to my best recollection, I am confident said Nathaniel Hloyt served said term in said company as an Ensign Eli Taylor
I further depose and say that in the year 1776 said Nathaniel Hloyt served the term of eight months as a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Gaylord Hubbard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gershom Silliman, in the Brigade of General Mads worth. I served the same term with him, as a private in the same company, - at the evacuation of New York he was in the Hospital on the sick list I was detached to take care of the sick & went with the sick, as far as Stamford in this State, said Hloyt was with me at this time, on his recovery from such sickness he again joined the Regiment & served out said term - Eli Taylor

August 1 st 1882 Sworn & subscribed in open court & the said Court of Probate certifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

I Eliza Taylor of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy four years being duly sworn do depose and say that Nathaniel Hoyt said Danbury in the year 1779 was an indigen in the Connecticut militia in the company commanded by Captain Ephraim Hanson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Beardley - and that in the month of July in that year when the British Troops landed at Fairfield and burned that town and the town of Norwalk in the said County, the said indigen Hoyt served at such indigen at both places and was en- gaged in skirmishes with the enemy at said Fairfield and also at said Norwalk - He belonged to the corps which was then called the "Marmit" I served at the same time but in another company: How long he continued in the said service after the British Troops embarked on board their ships I did not know, or if I did, I have forgotten Eliza Taylor
August 1 st 1832 - Sworn & subscribed in open court - and said Hoyt testifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness. Abraham Taylor Clerk

We the undersigned, inhabitants of the town of Danbury in Fairfield County Connecticut, do hereby certify and declare, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Nathaniel Hous, of said Danbury, that he sustains a good character for integrity and truth: that any declaration he may make regarding his services in the War of the Revolution is entitled to full credit and belief, and that from our confidence in him as a man of truth, we fully believe he served in the said War as he has, this day stated in his declaration made before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury —
Whinear Payson
Samuel Payson
Benj Hous
Thomas Barnum
Nathaniel Seelye
Geo. Seelye
Almon Will
Ammon Benedict
August 1 st 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court and the said Deponents being well known to the court the said Court of Probate certifies that they all sustain good characters for truth and are credible witnesses
Attest Edmund Taylor clerk

We Erastus Cole a clergyman residing in the Town of Danbury and Benjamin Hoyt residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Hoyt who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. He did swear & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. - The said Erastus Cole adds that he has been acquainted with said Nathaniel Hoyt but two or three weeks, has not been otherwise well acquainted with him than by having known him during said time. Attest Edward Taylor Clerk. Erastus Cole. Benf Hoyt.
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, And the board further certifies, that it appears to them that Erastus Cole who hath signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Danbury & that Benjamin Hoyt who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Danbury, and is a credible person & that statement is entitled to credit. Attest Edward Taylor Clerk.
I Edward Taylor Clerk of the board of Probate for the District of Danbury do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hoyt for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my said office this 11 th day of August 1832. Attest Edward Taylor Clerk.

State of Connecticut Middletown County ss d.d.
Whereas Reuben Root Dawson in the County aforesaid Judge of the Court of Probate for the District Dawson in the said County and State do hereby certify that Edward Day for- merly who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of the said Court of Probate is Clerk thereof, duly appointed & sworn - and was at the time when the same purport to have been certified by him, that the preceding signatures and all the signatures attesting the proceedings of said Court were unto him as Clerk, purporting the the signatures of the said Edward Day - are in his proper hand writing - And that full faith and credit are due to his attestations as such Clerk.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Dawson aforesaid this 12 th day of August A.D. 1832 -
Reuben Root Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Dawson Connecticut -

Benjamin Park of New Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged seventy years being duly sworn do depose and say that in the month of January 1776, Nathaniel Hoyt of New Haven in the said County enlisted in the Service of the United States as a Sergeant, in the Connecticut State Troops in the Company commanded by Captain Noble Benedict in Colonel David Patonbury's Regiment. - I do not recollect in what time in January he so enlisted. but said Captain Benedict had been to Canada in the campaign of 1775. and said Hoyt enlisted as aforesaid, immediately after his return. - He entered the said Service immediately after enlisting, and joined his Regiment in New York. - I do not recollect for how long a period he enlisted and served, but I resided in his family during his absence, and took care of his affairs. He was absent in the said Service until some time in the Spring of 1776 - and returned in the month of April as I think.
Benjamin Park
I further depose and say that in the month of February 1781, the said Nathaniel Hoyt being an Indigen in the Connecticut Militia and was drafted to serve two months at Stamford in said State - I did not serve with

him - but know that he was so drafted and that he remained the company commander by Captain Snowden. He remained on this tour two months, at an Indign.
Boyns Park
Sworn & Subscribed July 28 th 1832 and certify that the Deposition of the said Benjamin Peak is a credible witness - Edward Taylor Justice of Peace
Edward Taylor Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. b. g.
The undersigned a Notary Public in and for said County of Fairfield residing in Danbury in the said County duly appointed and sworn, do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Justice whose name is subscribed to the certificate of caption of the foregoing Deposition of Benjamin Peak is a Justice of the Peace in & for said Fairfield County, duly appointed commissioned and sworn - and duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions; and was such Justice when the said Deposition was taken and sworn to before him - that the foregoing signature purporting to be the signature of the said Edward Taylor is in his proper hand writing - and that full faith & credit are due to his attestation as such Justice of the Peace -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at said Danbury this 10 th day of August 1832 - Edward Taylor Notary Public
Edward Taylor

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } p. Thomas Bloorne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire, whose own proper signatures known to me to be genuine are annexed to the Certificates on the foregoing Depositions taken & sworn before him, is now and for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for s d Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 14 th day of June A D 1833.
Thomas Bloorne Clerk of said County Court

State of Connecticut Fairfield County, ss. a. d.
On this 3 rd day of June 1833, before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County and State, now sitting at Danbury in the said District, personally appeared Benjamin Peck well known to the Court as a man of good character for truth and credible witness; and subscribed the foregoing Deposition, and being duly sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Edward Laylor Clerk

I Benjamin Peak of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy one years, being duly sworn do depose and say, supplementary to my Deposition made before the Court of Probate for the District Danbury on the 25 th day of July, 1832, on behalf of Nathaniel Hoyt of Danbury in said County, an Applicant for a Pension: that when I gave the said Deposition, it was my full impression and belief that the said Nathaniel Hoyt served in the City of New York in the winter of 1776, as a Sergeant: but now upon subsequent reflection I am satisfied he served in the said town as a Corporal. I further depose and say that said Hoyt enlisted early at the first of January for the term of four months. It may have been in the month of December 1775 and probably was, as it was immediately after the return of Captain Noble Benedict from his campaign at the North: and he returned about the 15 th of December 1775. He said Hoyt returned from New York on this tour of service the latter part of the month of April 1776. As stated in the said original Deposition, I resided in the family of said Hoyt during his absence. His wife frequently received letters from him during his said tour of service, which I saw and heard read, and which were dated at said City of New York, and gave an account of the military operations there, and of his own doings.
Benjamin Peak

I Joseph Bears of New Fairfield County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged Seventy seven years being duly sworn doth depose and say that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Hays of Danbury in said County who hath applied for a Pension, that in the year 1776 in the month of April I think at least as early as the 20th of said month, said Hays enlisted in Connecticut State Troops, in the service of the United States for the term of eight months in company commanded by Captain Gaylord Hubbell, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gould & Silliman and proceeded with said company to the City of New York, he was in said company during said term, and said company was dismissed entirely at Fort Castle on the 25th of December of the same year. I performed service as a Sergeant in the same company during said term and well recollect he was in  served said company term as above stated, - When I first made my declaration for a Pension, I stated that we were discharged about the first December but on further reflection, and conversation with others, I am satisfied I was mistaken, and that it was on the 25th of December Joseph his X Bears mark

State of Connecticut Hartford County } ss.
On this 30th day of May 1833 before me Edward Taylor Esq. Justice of the Peace for said County, personally appeared Joseph Beaulieu the above named Respondent well known to me to be a person of good character for truth, a credible witness, and being blind acknowledged the foregoing deposition by making his mark. Being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Edward Taylor Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
I Edward Taylor Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the said County and State, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hoist for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Danbury in the said District this 16 th day of October 1833
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
I Reuben Booth Clerk  Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Dan- bury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Edward Taylor Esquire who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of said Court is to all intents and purposes a true and correct copy of the same purport to have been signed & certified by him, being duly appointed & sworn - and that the foregoing signature & purporting to be his are in his genuine hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Danbury in the District this 16 th day of October 1833
Reuben Booth Judge of Probate

John Benedict of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged 70 years being duly sworn do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Hoyt of said Danbury who hath applied for a Pension, That in the year 1781 in the month of March at least as soon as the 10th of the month, said Hoyt was an Ensign in a Detached Company under the Command of Capt Knowles Lean in the Regiment of Col s Nehemiah Beardsley, The company was Stationed at Stamford in this State a part of the time, and in Greenwich, and some parts of the time in the Town of Rye in the State of New York, and was discharged the last of April or for part of May. This Tour was a two months tour, I am well knowing that said Hoyt served as an Ensign in said Company during said term, as I served the same term with him as his waiter
John Benedict
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss
in open Court on the 13th day of June 1883 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County a State the above named deponent and made oath to the truths of the above Deposition by him subscribed, and the said Court of Probate certifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness Attest Edward Layton Clerk

State Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss.
On this 16 th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury now sitting at Danbury in the said District. The same being a Court of Record, within said County and State, Nathaniel Hoyt a Resident of said Danbury, now aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 supplementary to his original declaration, made for the same object before the said Court on the 1 st day of August 1832 - That his original Declaration having been returned to him from the War Department with a statement that if his Commission of Ensign is lost, that he must produce the best evidence of its dates and contents, he saith in view of said objection, and explanatory of his original declaration -
That in his original Declaration it is stated that in the year 1779 having received an Ensigns Commission, in the Company commanded

by Capt Ephraim Barnum in a body of Troops denominated the Alarm-men, he was called out on duty, and was in the actions at Fairfield and Norwalk in this State when those towns were burnt by the British Troops
This Declarant says, that on reference to the records he is satisfied, that, at that time he had not received his commission of Ensign, but feels confident that he had received the appointment of Ensign by the choice of his company and performed some time of service in the capacity of Ensign, but that he did not receive his commission until the session of the Legislature the Spring following. That owing to the great length of time passed since those events occurred, and his extreme old age the above mistake occurred. to which causes this Declarant feels confident the officers of the War Department, will willingly attribute the same - And he prays that this his supplementary Declaration may be annexed to and made a part of his original declaration Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
Nathaniel H. Dyer
Attest Edward Sayler Clerk

Senator W. L. Jones of State of Wash. would like an abstract of the Memoirs of Nathaniel Heryt who served in Connecticut troops
W. L. Jones U.S. Senator
JUL 10 1912

The Safe Deposit Company of New York,
140, 142 & 146 BROADWAY, cor. LIBERTY STREET.
FRANCIS M. JENCKS, President.
GEORGE H. VOSE, Secretary.
New York, June 12 1893
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. Dear Sir -
Nathaniel Hoyt of Danbury Conn was a Sergt in Hamilton Artillery and in Continental Artillery in the Revolution, or believed to have been such. He was a pensioner under Act Congress, approved June 7 th 1832 "to all who had served two years in the war". I would like to obtain his military record if in your office and would be glad to know the expense of copying same. Please pardon me for troubling you in the matter but I am unable to obtain it elsewhere -
Very respectfully Your obed Servt Thos Mitchell
P.O. Box 3344 N.Y. City.

2d stamp returned
Pension Bureau - Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me the date of the death of Nathaniel Hoyt born in Danbury about 1750 and died in Winchester Connecticut. He served five years in the Revolution , his name appears on the list of pensioners of Fairfield County Connecticut. S. 31750 is the no given me at the Library in Hartford Conn.

for referance so you can identify the man at once. The Hayt Genealogy gives the date of his death about 1840 but the D. A. R. registrar will not accept it, so I am writing to you for correct dates.
Very sincerely yours, (Mrs John T.) Berta L. Geralds 417 North Main St., Wallingford Conn.
Feb. 26. '27.

Rev Sec at
BRESEE BROTHERS CO.
Undertakers
855 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET LOS ANGELES, CAL.
February 9th 1921
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;—
In Volume 3, page 87, (514) of the official Connecticut Pension Rolls of 1835, appears the name of my ancestor, Nathaniel Hoyt, Corporal, Sergeant and Ensign, allowed an annual pension of $ 57,33.
Sums received.....$171.99 1,67
Connecticut Continental Line.
Placed on the Pension Roll March 18th 1834, from which date pension commenced. His age was 82 years.
Will you kindly send me an abstract of the record you have of his entire Military services in the Continental Army.
Yours very sincerely,
M. A. Bresee
P. O. 855 S Figueroa st. Los Angeles California.
If there is any expence please let me know & I will remit at once M.A.B.

Portland. Oregon. March 9 th -1936.
Pension Dept Revolutionary War Records Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
✓ Nathaniel Hoyt - Born in Danbury - Conn - 1751 - Served in Connecticut Continental Line.
Placed on pension roll - 1832 - died in Winchester Conn - 1840.
Please give me names of heirs and his wife's maiden name if possible.
✓ Daniel Hoyt - born in Norwalk - Conn - 1759.
Placed on pension roll in Fairfield County - Conn - 1831 - died in Norwalk - Conn - 1843 -
Please give me names of heirs and his wife's maiden name if possible.
Gratly  Obliging
Mrs J Fred Griffith 2170 - N.E. Hancock St Portland - Oregon
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March 20, 1929.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Please furnish me photostatic copies of five pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Nathaniel Hoyt, S.31750, Connecticut Troops, uncertified.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Fannie B. Gole
1345 - 14 St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Received payment
$.75
March 20, 1929.
Ada DeYoung.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
cash - 75 cents.

Sur.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
S.F. 31750
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Hoyt , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 15 th 1773 4 mos. Corpl Abel Benedict David Waterbury Conn.   Apr th May 1776 6 mos. Sgt. Gaylord Habbell Gould S. Silliman   July 9 th 1779 1 1/2 mo. Ensign Ephraim Barnum Nehemiah Beardley   Feb y 1781 2 mos. Ensign Knowles Sears Nehemiah Beardley  
Several battles on Long Island, White Plains, Fairfield & Norwalk Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danbury Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 1. 1832. His d. was at _____
Residence at date of application, Danbury, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, b. in Danbury, Conn. Dec. 27, 1757 *
Remarks: The name of soldier's wife is not stated, when he was twenty years old he referred to her as not being then alive. A son Isa living at Torrington Conn. in 1832 is the only child whose name is given.
Very respectfully,
* Died Feb y 12, 1840 from Agency Book added Mar ch 19, 1921
Commissioner.

April 3, 1936.
Mrs. J. Fred Griffith 2170 N.E. Hancock Street Portland, Oregon.
BA-J/ILL NATHANIEL HOYT S. 31750 DANIEL HOYT S. 16881
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Nathaniel Hoyt, who was born in 1751, and Daniel Hoyt who was born in 1759, both pensioners of Connecticut.
The records of these soldiers are given herein as found in the papers on file in their claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
NATHANIEL HOYT-S. 31750.
Nathaniel Hoyt was born December 27, 1751 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Danbury, Connecticut, he enlisted December 15 or 20, 1775 and served four months as corporal in Captain Noble Benedict's company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in April or May 1776, served as sergeant in Captain Gaylord Hubbell's company, Colonel Gould S. Silliman's Connecticut regiment, was in several battles on Long Island, was in the battle of White Plains and was discharged December 25, 1776. He enlisted about July 199 1779 and served one and one half months as ensign in Captain Ephraim Barnum's company, Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley's Connecticut regiment and was at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk. He enlisted February 20, 1781 and served two months as ensign in Captain Knowles Sears' company, Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley's Connecticut regiment. He served also during 1780 and 1781 as ensign on a number

of short tours and alarms, amounting in all to two and one half months, officers not stated.
Nathaniel Hoyt continued to reside in Danbury, Connecticut, until the June before he became forty-four years of age, when he sold his property, and moved to Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and resided until seventy years of age; then, "having lost his wife by death", he broke up housekeeping.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, at which time he had been in Danbury, Connecticut, for "a number of weeks". He died February 12, 1840.
Nathaniel Hoyt did not state the name of his wife, nor the date and place of their marriage; he was married at the time he served during the war.
After the soldier broke up housekeeping, he lived part of the time with children living in New York State, and part of the time in Connecticut. A son, Ira, resided in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1832. No other names of children were designated.
One Benjamin Hoyt resided in Danbury, Connecticut, in August 1832, but his relationship to the soldier's family was not stated.
DANIEL HOYT-S. 16881.
Daniel Hoyt was born February 27, 1759 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut and resided there during the period of the Revolutionary War; the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in November 1775, and served five months as private in Captain Matthew Mead's company, Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in August 1776, served as private in Captain

Jabez Gregory's company, Colonel John Mead's Connecticut regiment, marched at New York and was in the battle on "York Island", and served until October. He enlisted November 15, 1776, served four months as fifer in Captain Samuel Comstock's company, Colonel Whiting's Connecticut regiment, during which service he was in the retreat from Fort Independence. He enlisted April 1, 1777 and served one year as private in Captain Ozias Marvin's company, Colonel John Mead's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted April 1, 1778 and served nine months as corporal in Captain William Seymour's company, Colonel John Mead's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted March 1, 1779, served as corporal under Lieutenant Ebenezer Whitney in the Artillery under Colonel Stephen St. John, was at Fairfield and Norwalk when they were burned and continued until January 1, 1780. He enlisted March 1, 1780 and served as private in Captain Uriah Raymond's company, Colonel Stephen St. John's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted March 1, 1781, and served one year as sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Stanton's company, Colonel Stephen St. John's regiment. He enlisted March 1, 1782 and served one year as private in Captain Ozias Marvin's company, Colonel Stephen St. John's Connecticut regiment.
Daniel Hoyt was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, at which time he resided in Norwalk, Connecticut; he had never moved from that place.
The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of the the above noted pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:
Daniel Hoyt Certificate #28156 Issued March 24, 1834. Rate $108.24 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June 7, 1832. Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. B. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

7.2.44 July 12, 1912.
Hon. Wesley L. Jones, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In reply to your personal inquiry of the 10 th instant, I have the honor to advise you that in the papers in the claim of Nathaniel Hoyt, Sur. File No. 31,750, Rev. War, he states that he was born in Danbury, Connecticut, December 27, 1751, and while residing there, on December 15 or 20, 1775, enlisted as Corporal in Captain Noble Benedict's company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment and served four months.
April or May, 1776, he enlisted as Sergeant in Captain Gaylord Hubbell's company, Colonel Gould S. Silliman's regiment, was in several battles on Long Island, and in the battle of White Plains, and served eight months.
July 9 or 10, 1779, he enlisted in Captain Ephraim Barnum's company, Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley's regiment, was at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk, and served as an Ensign one and one half months.
February 20, 1781, he was drafted in Captain Knowles Sears' company, Colonel Nehemiah Beardsley's regiment, and served as an Ensign, two months.
He was allowed pension on an application executed August 1,

File No. 31,750.
1832, while a resident of Danbury, Connecticut.
The name of his wife is not stated. A son Ira, living at Torrington, Connecticut in 1832, is the only child whose name is given.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "J. L. Ravenport". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned above the title "Commissioner".
Commissioner.