Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18155, Daniel Hoyt, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Hoyt, Daniel Treadwell, Sarah
W. 18155
Former Widow
CONTENTS
This woman was also pensioned as the widow of Daniel Treadwell, Conn W—

Let. to Pension Agents, March 5, 1839, for - Bradford Winton, June 14: '39.
Date of widow's death not on AR
Connecticut - 686
Sarah Treadwell, former widow of Daniel Hoyt, deceased
who died on the year 1777 — of Fairfield Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Wykeman of the ————— commanded by ————— Conn. in the Connecticut line for 10 mos. 16 days. Sergt — Increased from $33.33 per annum by virtue of relinquishing claim for service performed by second husband, Danl. Treadwell.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 52 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1839, deduct- ing amt. received under former certificate: see let to Pen. Dept. as per envelope.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March, 1839, and sent to Hon. J. T. Whittlesey, Danbury, Cont.
(Diff. of rate) Arrears to the 4th of March, 1839 $153.84 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 26.28
$180.12
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by Book A
V. S. Elliott Cl Vol. 2
Page 77

J T Whittlesey
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4 July '36.
for increase.
Presented to Library
See No. 1263
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10. 16 = $52:56/100
Hon J T Whittlesey H.R.

I Charles T. Prentice of Weston in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of 33 years of age testify & say that in the Record of marriages persons married by the Rev d James Johnson who was for many years Pastor of the Presbyterian Society in the Parish of Northfield in said town of Weston, is found the following
“(1773) Seventeen hundred seventy three June 10, tenth Daniel Hoit and Sarah Whula were married” Charles T. Prentice
I Charles T. Prentice above named depose & say that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Presbyterian or Congregati- onal Church of the Parish of Northfield in the Town County & State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church as kept by the Rev d James Johnson now dead with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows “1773. June 10 th ” Said Records being now in my possession
Charles T. Prentice
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield, S.S.
On this 10 th day of January 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid the Rev d Charles T. Prentice to me known to be a clergyman in good standing & respectability who signed the foregoing Deposition & made oath to the truth of the same Before me Bradford Winton Jus: Peace

I Obadiah Wheeler of Weston in Fairfield county & State of Connecticut of Seventy three Years of age testify & say that in the Revo- lutionary War I lived in the Parish of North Fairfield in the Town of Fairfield now Weston, with my Father Jacob Wheeler & saw the Regulars as they were then called when they went to Danbury in April 1777, they passed my Father's house & I with a Brother of mine undertook to run away & was stopped by a flank guard
I further certify that Daniel Hoit of said Parish was a Sergeant of one of the Militia companies in said Parish and a very active man, that he pursued the enemy to Danbury & from thence to Ridgefield with the Militia & was in the battle at said Ridgefield when he was mortally wounded & died a few days after in consequence of his wound
I further certify that the said Daniel Hoit married a Sister of mine by the name of Sarah Wheeler & when the said Hoit was wounded & exposed was sent to his Wife the said Sarah informing her of the fact & she & my Father the said Jacob went to see him & took care of him until his death
I further certify that the said Sarah married Daniel Tradwell of said Parish a few years after & lived with him until his death which according to the best of my recollection was in 1822 & that the said Sarah is now a Widow & has been ever since the death of the said Daniel Tradwell
Obadiah Wheeler
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield S.S. On this 10 th day of January 1839 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid.

personally appeared Obadiah Wheeler to me known to be a person of truth & credibility in the full possession of his reasons who subscribed his name to the foregoing disposition & made oath to the truth of the same Before me      Bradford Winton Jus: Plea

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss 14 th . On this 14 th day of Janu- ary 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within & for the District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid Sarah Inadwell a Resident of said Weston in said County & State aged Eighty four years & over who being first 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 th 1836 & the act explanatory of said Act passed March 3 rd 1837 That She was married to Daniel Hoyt of the Parish of North Fairfield in the Town of Fairfield now Weston who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution — That the said De er Daniel Hoyt enlisted the first of January 1776 into a company of Connecticut State Troops so called under the command of Capt. Samuel Wakeman of said North Fairfield Parish for not less than Two Months & went to New York with said Company & served said Two Months in full, & at the expiration of said Two Months service the City guard not arriving as was expected & the City being without a guard, the Commanding Officers & the Capt ts of Companies solicited their Soldiers to continue and guard the City another Month & the said Daniel Hoyt volunteered & served in said guard under said Capt. Wakeman another month making in the whole of this term of service not less than Three Months & was discharged & returned home in April following. The said Daniel Hoyt enlisted as Sergeant of said Company & performed duty as such during the whole of said Campaign — In support of this term of service declarant has the Deposition of Joseph Suley hereto annexed which is positive proof & was a fellow Soldier with said Hoyt —
Declarant further says that Capt John Shawood of said North- -field Parish had the Command of one of the Militia companies in said Parish in the Revolutionary War & the said Daniel Hoyt was Sergeant of the same. This Company was ordered to the defense of the City of New York under the Command of said Capt. Shawood on an express or alarm in the Summer of 1776 previous to the invasion of the City by the enemy. This service was performed commencing the first of August 1776 although

they did not actually embody in the Regiment until the Twelfth of said August & returned from duty the 18 th of Sept r following. Including the time from the date of the order given by said Capt e Sherwood to said Serg t Hoyt to warn s d Company to wit, from July 31 st 1876 to September 18 th following making the service rendered at this time in his Counticus laura full one month & a half. All of which time ought to be allowed the applicant for the said Daniel Hoyt, was constantly on the alert from the date of the order given him as aforesaid until the time of his returning from duty in Sept r following - In support of this term of service Declarant has the order given said Daniel Hoyt & the payroll of said Capt e Sherwood together with a receipt given said Capt e Sherwood for wages due for said services. The receipt however being signed by the said Sarah the present applicant for & in behalf of her Husband the aforesaid Daniel Hoyt, he at the date of the Rec t being dead. All which are hereto annexed
Declarant further says that her Husband the aforesaid Daniel Hoyt shortly after his return from duty in New York, viz. the fourth part of October 1876 went & enlisted into the fort at Black Rock in the Town of Fairfield for six months as Sergeant of said guard. Lieut Col John Neill of said Fairfield as near as she can recollect was the commanding Officer at said Fort. The said Daniel Hoyt served said term of enlistment in full & was discharged the fourth part of April 1877. Declarant will remember that the said Daniel Hoyt had been at home from this term of duty but a few days when the alarm was given that the enemy were on their way to burn Danbury. One occurrence took place while the said Hoyt was on duty at Blackrock which Declarant heard him relate which she has never forgotten, & is as follows - In loading the cannon one day there was some difficulty in loading getting down the ball & one of the men by the name of Squire she thinks he called him Sergeant Squire seized an iron bar & went ramming down the ball when the cart- ridge took fire & went off tearing off the hands of the said Squire all to pieces & otherwise injuring him. In addition the said Squire called to see Declarant & sympathize with her on the death of the said Hoyt after he had recovered so as to be able to get around. She will remember that the said Squire

had hooks fixed upon his arms to hold his bridle & had much to say about the said Hoyt being killed in the battle at Ridgefield & that they were both Soldiers together at Black Rock Fort as stated above & it was there that they became intimately acquainted In support of this term of service Declarant has the Deposition of Thomas Edwards, Thaddeus Houbell & huts annexed
Declarant further says that her Husband the aforesaid Daniel Hoyt was one of the Rallying Officers of one of the Militia Companies in said Northfield Parish & was constantly on the alert in disciplining & drilling his Soldiers in arms & stimulating them in the rights of their Countries cause, & when the alarm was given that the British were on their way to burn Danbury in April 1777 he rallied that part of the Company allotted him & pursued & was in the battle at Ridgefield at which time he was mortally wounded & died a few days after the battle, Declarant was sent for who went & took care of him with her Father Jacob Wheeler untill he died & saw him decently buried. In this term of service to the day of his death or burial not less than Eight days the duty performed was a Sergeants duty
In support of this term of service She has the Depositions of Joseph Suley, Thomas Edward, Thomas Stratton & Thaddeus Houbell & Obadiah Wheeler
Declarant further says that the best & all the evidence She can obtain is huts annexed. She had one or two Sergt. Warrants of his & some discharges which She carefully preserved as She supposed, to her great surprise when she overhauled her papers the mrs had found an aperture in an old case of drawers where they were laid & had gnatted them all to pieces so that they became useless
Recapitulation of Services
Three Months as Sergeant under Capt. Samuel Wakeman to New York One & a half Months as Sergeant under Capt. John Sherwood to New York Six Months as Sergeant under Lieut. John Mills to Black Rock Eight days as Sergeant to Danbury & Ridgefield making in all Ten Months & 23 days in his Countries defense for which services so rendered by said De d Daniel Hoyt the said Sarah Readwell the present applicant claims a pension as his Widow

She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Hoyst on the tenth day of June in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy three, that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Hoyst died at Ridgefield on the 30 th day of April 1777 being mortally wounded in the battle at said Ridgefield, that she was afterwards therewith, on the 14 th day of January 1779 married to Daniel Treadwell who died on the 15 th day of April 1822 & that she was a Widow on the 4 th day of July 1836 is now a Widow & has been so since the death of the said Daniel Treadwell as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
She further says that in 1837 she made application to the War Department for a pension for the Revolutionary services of her last husband the aforesaid Daniel Treadwell under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 & a pension for the same was granted her of $33.33. She now claims an addition to her present pension for the Revolutionary services of her first husband the aforesaid Daniel Hoyst for the amount that shall be found due her, or a separate pension for the same
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year last above written Before Bradford Winton Judge of Probate for the District aforesaid
Sarah x Treadwell Mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named Daniel Hoyst was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as the Declarant in her Declaration has stated. And the said Sarah Treadwell the present applicant for a Pension was lawfully married to the said Daniel Hoyst, was afterwards his Widow & is now the Widow of the said Daniel Treadwell & has been so since the death of said Treadwell
Bradford Winton Judge
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield, ss.
I Horace Fanton Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid hereby certify that the above & foregoing contains all of the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Treadwell above named for a Pension. I further certify that Bradford Winton Esq r is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid & that the signatures of his name to the Declaration & to the Opinion of the Court above written are genuine. I further certify that Bradford Winton Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid & that the signatures of his name to the Dispositions of

Joseph Suluy of Weston in up Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of eighty two years of age testify and say that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution That in the month of January 1776 I enlisted into the a company of Connecticut State Troops so called was commanded by Samuel Waterman of Fairfield in Northfield Parish, now Weston, as Capt. in Col. Waterbury's Regt. for two months & marched to New York & served said two months in full & in consequence of the Relief guard not arriving at New York at the expiration of said Two months & the City being left without a guard, at the Solicitations of the Capt. & the intreaties of the commanding Officers, I with most of the company volunteered our services & performed military duty in said company another month making in all full three months. It was in the month of April following that said company was discharged & left. I will remember of one Daniel Hoyt Third of said Northfield Parish, now Weston, being a member of said company with me during all the time I was, & was at New York, as Sergeant of said company with me & was discharged when I was which was the first of April following. The said Hoyt being an Officer in said company I cannot say how long he was a member of the same before I enlisted but we marched immedia- ately after my enlistment. The said Daniel Hoyt was an intimate acquain- tance of mine, was a very active young man & served as a Sergeant of one of the a Militia company in said Northfield Parish comman- ded by Capt. John Sherwood & was a rallying Officer in alarms & was wounded in the battle at Ridgefield in April 1777 when the British burnt Danbury & died of his wounds in a few days after lamented by all of his Soldiers in arms. I further testify that John Sherwood was Capt. of one of the Militia companies in said Parish & served as such in part of the War & was down to New York with the Militia as Capt. in the summer

fall of 1776 but how long he served I cannot say neither was I then with him
I further certify that the said Daniel Hoyst left a Widow by the name of Sarah when a girl was Sarah Whalen who afterwards married Daniel Tradwell of said North Fairfield Parish who has also been dead many years & the said Sarah is now a Widow & has been ever since the death of the said Daniel Tradwell
Joseph his X Suley mark
State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield }
On this 10 th day of January 1839 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared Joseph Suley above named to me known to be a person of truth & credibility in the full possession of his reasons who subscribed the above foregoing Disposition by making his cross & made oath to the truth of the same before me
Bradford Winton Jus: Peace

Joseph Sulay. Thaddaeus Hurlbatt, Obadiah Wheeler and Charles T. Prindle hereto annexed are genuine I further certify that Isaac Sherman Esq. of Bridgeport in said County is a justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid & that the signatures of his name & the dispositions of Thomas Edwards & Thomas Stratton hereto annexed are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name of office & affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate at Weston in said County this 14 th day of January 1839
Horace Farnon Clerk

October 2, 1939
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Mrs. Charles Lord 47 Lincoln Avenue Danbury, Connecticut
Daniel Hoyt, W. 18155 Daniel Treadwell, W. ----- BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Hoyt and Daniel Treadwell, as follow:
DANIEL HOYT W. 18155
The data which follow in regard to Daniel Hoyt were obtained from the papers in pension claim, W. 18155, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Daniel Hoyt and names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of North Fairfield (later called Weston) in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Daniel Hoyt enlisted January 1, 1776, and served three months as sergeant in Captain Samuel Wakeman's company, in the Connecticut troops, engaged in guarding the City of New York. He then returned home and enlisted July 31, 1776, and served until September 18, 1776, as sergeant in Captain John Sherwood's Connecticut company, again at New York City. He enlisted early in October, 1776, served as sergeant under Lieutenants John Mills and Isaac Burr in Colonel Swift's Connecticut Regiment, was at the burning of Danbury and in the battle of Ridgefield in which he was badly wounded and from which wound he died April 30, 1777, at Ridgefield.
Daniel Hoyt married June 10, 1773, Sarah Wheeler, daughter of Captain Jabes Wheeler (also known as Deacon Wheeler) of North Fairfield, Connecticut. They were married by Reverend James Johnson, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of North Fairfield Parish in Weston, Connecticut. Their marriage was recorded in the records of that church. The date and place of birth of Sarah Wheeler and name of her mother were not stated.

Daniel Hoyt's widow, Sarah Hoyt, married January 14, 1779, Daniel Treadwell, also a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He died April 15, 1822. The date and place of birth of Daniel Treadwell and names of his parents were not stated.
Sarah Treadwell, while residing in Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut, applied January 14, 1839, at the age of eighty-four years, for pension which was due her on account of the Revolutionary War service of her former husband, Daniel Hoyt. Her claim was allowed. She was previously allowed pension, also, on account of the service of her second husband, Daniel Treadwell, in the Revolution, but that pension was relinquished in order to obtain a pension for the service of Daniel Hoyt.
No reference was made to children of Daniel Hoyt and his wife, Sarah.
In 1839, Obadiah Wheeler, brother of soldier's wife, Sarah, was aged seventy-three years and residing in Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Sarah, former widow of Daniel Hoyt, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Sarah Treadwell, former widow of Daniel Hoyt, certificate #686, issued March 6, 1839, rate $52.56 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Connecticut Agency.
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DANIEL TREADWELL
W. ----
You are furnished herein the record of Daniel Treadwell, as found in the papers of pension claim, W.----, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Daniel Treadwell and names of his parents are not shown.
Daniel Treadwell enlisted about March, or April 5, 1776, place not stated, served as private in Captain Elijah Abel's company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut regiment, and while serving at Fort Washington, was taken prisoner November 14, 1776, and held until January 1, 1777, enduring such hardships on a prison ship that he

contracted a permanent illness, length of tour nine months. He afterwards served a tour of one month or more when Fairfield, Connecticut, was burned in July, 1779, as private in Captain Najah Bennett's Connecticut company. He served one month from February, 1781, as private in Captain Najah Bennett's company, and another tour of one month from April, 1781, as private in Captain Joseph Bennett's company, both in the Connecticut troops, in defense of Fairfield.
On account of disability resulting from illness contracted in line of duty, Daniel Treadwell was pensioned from May 20, 1808, while residing in Fairfield County, Connecticut, but his name was placed on the New York pension roll. His name was transferred in 1816 to the Connecticut pension roll. The soldier died in Weston, Fairfield County, April 15, 1822.
Daniel Treadwell married January 14, 1779, Mrs. Sarah Hoyt, widow of Daniel Hoyt. They were married by Reverend James Johnson, Presbyterian minister of the Parish of North Fairfield in Weston, Connecticut. The date and place of birth of Sarah and names of her parents were not given.
Sarah Treadwell applied February 4, 1837, while residing in Weston, Connecticut, aged nearly eighty-three years, for pension on account of the services of her husband, Daniel Treadwell, in the Revolutionary War. Her claim for pension was allowed but was relinquished in order to obtain a pension for the service of her former husband, Daniel Hoyt.
Daniel Treadwell and his wife, Sarah, had a large family of children, but their names were not stated.
In 1837, Daniel Treadwell's brother, Benjamin Treadwell, was aged seventy-three years and living in New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He, also, served in the Revolutionary War.
In 1820, one Stephen Wheeler was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County, Connecticut; his relationship to soldier's wife, Sarah, not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1939. Oct. 2 - Heir to Mrs. Charlesford (At in clm of Daniel Treadwell. N. -) J.P.K.O.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 18155
Sarah Treadwell Former widow of Daniel Hoyst Sergt Rev War
Act: July 4 th 36
Box: - Vol. M , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Set to Rev. J. J. Martin Henry, Jan 29, 1839.

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire,
Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of His Majesty's Colony of CONNECTICUT, in NEW-ENGLAND.
To John Sherwood
Gent. GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this Colony accepted to be Captain of the 12 th Company in Trumbull in the fourth Regiment in this Colony Reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of the Letters Patents from the Crown of England, to this Corporation, Me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and Charge, as their Captain carefully and diligently to discharge that Trust; exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the Use of their Arms, according to the Discipline of War: keeping them in good Order and Government; and commanding them to obey you as their Captain for His Majesty's Service. And you are to observe all such Orders, and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive either from Me, or from Other your Superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of this Colony, in Hartford the 16 th Day of May in the 15 th Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord, GEORGE the Third, King of Great Britain, &c. Annoque Domini, 1775
By His Honor's Command, George Wyllys Sec'y.
J. Trumbull

Dear Sir
In compliance with the letter which I recd. from the Comr. of Pensions through your politeness Requesting further proof for the Six Months Service rendered by Daniel Hoyst at Black Rock in the Revolutionary War, I have briefly to state that inclosed is a certificate which I have Recd. from the Compt t giving all the evidence required & I presume will be perfectly satisfactory
John Mills was appointed Lieut t of the Guard at Black Rock in March 1776 & continued there untill March 1777 as will be seen by the Compt t certificate herein inclosed at which time he was appointed a Capt t in the Continental Army & Isaac Burr of said Fairfield succeeded him in the Command at said Fort, Inclosed is the Compt t certificate to that effect
In the Declaration of Sarah Treadwell she stated that Daniel Hoyst enlisted into said guard as Sergeant of the same for Six Months commencing in October 1776 & ending in April 1777 the last Month of the service was performed under Lieut t Isaac Burr. Not knowing that fact the service was all alledged to have been performed under Lieut t John Mills, but it was actually performed & that too under authority of Law & whether under one or two Officers I consider unessential, And as John Mills resigned his commission & took a commission in the Continental Army & Isaac Burr took the command, the natural inference to be drawn would be that all that had enlisted at said Fort would serve their times out & would close their services under the said Isaac Burr & such was the case of Daniel Hoyst - You will therefore have the goodness to present the inclosed certificates to the Comr t of Pensions & give such explanations as the case may require. I am fully satisfied that the Department ought not to hesitate one moment in allowing this term of service, I also inclose to you the Pension certificate of Mrs s Treadwell that a new one may be given her

embracing the whol amount of service Mr. Hoag was one of the most active men of his day & was constantly on the alert untill he lost his life & that too in a glorious cause
It seems from the letter from the Comm ee that if all the service allowed should be proved it would amount to $52.56 pr. annum from 4 th of March 1831 subject to the deduction of what she may have rec d under her present certificate of $33.33 pr. annum In this I should think there must be a mistake. There is already allowed to M. 16 days service as a Sergeant which will make near $20 yearly & the 6 M. which I consider I have now proved will amount to about $25. so that if all of the services are allowed will amount to near $80— Be pleased to attend to the same without delay & send me a certificate of the amount which shall be found due the said Sarah Treadwell that she may pay her dues on the 4 th of March next
I have two applications for pensions now in the Pension Office which I would thank you to call up & have attended to One is Mabel Banks the other is Molly Banks please attend to these also & send me the result
Heart Respectfully Yours
Weston February 18 th 1839
Bradford Winton
Tho s T. Whittelsey Esqr.
Hon. J. J. Whittelsey Esqr.
From J. J. Whittelsey

I of had deus Hubble of the Town & County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut of Twenty four Years of age do hereby testify & say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & performed duty in the Shore guard so called. That in 1776 the a guard was kept at the Fort at Black Rock in said Fairfield & John Mills of said Fairfield was the first Commanding Officer at said Fort & was a Lieut being a Lieut Guard & continued at said Fort until the Spring of 1777 at which time according to the best of my recollection he took a commission in the Continental Army. I lived at that time within near two miles of said Fort. I will remember that while the said Mills had the command at said Fort there was a man by the name of David Squire of said Fairfield who was a Sergeant of said Guard, & who was wounded by the discharge of a Cannon while loading so that he had both of his arms amputated by a Dr Forbes of said Fairfield - I did not see the said Squire when he was wounded, neither was I a member of said Guard, but I with many of my neighbours & mates went to see him after his hands were taken off - I have spent many a day with him since the War & have heard him relate all the circumstances which were these. In loading the Cannon there was a bunch within the same which prevented the ball from going entirely down to the cartridge & the said Squire seized a large Iron bar that was lying near & commenced ramming the ball & in so doing the cartridge took fire & went off tearing the hands of the said Squire all to pieces & otherwise injuring him - The exact month or day in which this took place I cannot say but should think in Nov r 1776. It was while Mills had the command at said Fort.
I further certify that I had a Brother by the name of Daniel Hubble who was a Sergeant of the Militia & who was at the Battle at Ridgefield in April 1777 & assisted in conveying from the field of battle one Daniel Hoyt who was a Sergeant of one of the Militia Companies in the Parish of North Fairfield in said Fairfield (now Weston) who was mortally wounded in said battle & died a few days after. I will remember of hearing my Brother frequently repeat the expressions which the said Daniel Hoyt made use of when they were conveying him from the field - He said that he had but a short time to live, he was mortally wounded & if

he had another life to live he would spend it in the same way, in such a glorious cause.
Thaddeus Hubbell
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss
On this eighth day of January 1839 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared Thaddeus Hubbell above named to me known to be a man of truth & respectability in the full possession of his reasons who subscribed his name to the foregoing Disposition & made Oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Bradford Winton Jus: Peace

Thomas Edwards of the Town of Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut in the 76 year of his age Deposeth and saith that he lived in the neighbourhood of Daniel Hoyt the husband of his widow who is now applying for a Pension whose maiden name was Mhuler the daughter of Deacon Joby (Mhuler of the Parish of North Fairfield now called Weston in said County) and remembers that said Daniel enlisted in the Militia Company of North Fairfield in 1776 when said Company was ordered to the defence of New York and that said Daniel went with said Company as aponut understood to the City of New York when the City was taken cannot say how long he served in this Campaign — Also remembers that in the fore part of the War of the Revolution that said Daniel enlisted in the Connecticut Coast Guards in Fairfield in said County under — cannot say who, to keep Guard for six months at Black Rock Fort in said Fairfield and aponut fully believes that said Daniel served in said Guard 6 months faithfully at said Fort. Thinks this 6 months service was after he went to New York in said Militia Company also remembers that said Daniel went in said Militia Company to Danbury & Ridgefield in the Spring of 1777 when that Town was burnt & that said Daniel Hoyt was killed at Ridgefield in the Battle there that said Daniel was married at the time he was in service as aforesaid cannot say what year he was married.
Thomas his Edwards mark

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss Bridgeport Nov 12 2 . 1838 Personally appeared Thomas Edwards and Subscribed & made oath before me to the truth of the foregoing Deposition before me who I certify is a credible witness well known to me.
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace

Thomas Stratton of Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut a Person of the United States under Act of June 1832 Deposeth and saith. That he lived in the Neighbourhood where Daniel Hoyt lived in the time of the Revolutionary War and remembers that said Daniel was killed at the time the British burnt the Town of Danbury in Connecticut in April 1777. and remembers that it was a matter of common report in the neighbourhood that said Daniel had been in service before the time when he was killed but deponent cannot say what service as he moved in said Neighbourhood about the time said Daniel was killed as aforesaid. Deponent was well acquainted with the Widow of said Daniel who was a daughter of Capt James Muller. — Thomas Stratton
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss Bridgeport. Nov 19 th 1838 personally appeared affiant Thomas Stratton and subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition before me who I certify is a credible witness well known to me Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace

Comptroller Office
Hartford July 14 1839
I hereby on examination of the Books of papers in this Office find at a meeting of the Gov & Council of Safety March 22 1776 the following Voted
That John Mills is appointed Lieutenant of the Troops employed for defence at the fortifications at Fairfield that on Pay Table Books is the following Account
Subt John Mills
Dr
1776 July 4 To order on him in ap his Company at Fairfield £300.0.0
Aug 30 To order on him in ap Disbursing his Co at Fairfield 135.0.0
Oct 30 To order on him in ap for ballance 516.16.2 £851.16.2
Cr
1776 Dec 2 By his Account rendered for his Company at Fairfield for wages drilling & rations &c
£851.16.2
under the Head of War
Dr
March 10 1777 To order on him before Capt John Mills for repayment of the like sum by him advanced for use of the Fort at Black Rock in Fairfield for war Gov & Council
£16.16.0
"At a meeting of the Gov & Council of Safety March 8 1777 John Mills is appointed to be a Captain of a Company in Col. Griffiths Battalion in the Continental Army"
Henry Kilbourne Compt

Comptroller's Office
Hartford July 14 1839
I certify that on examination of the Books of the Company in this Office I find at a meeting of the Govt & Council of Safety at Lebanon Jan'y 27 1777 A Certificate and Letter from Thaddeus Burr Esq. That Lieut George Dyer who was by the Assembly in December last appointed Lieut of the Company of 20 at Fairfield declines the service and thereupon this board do appoint Mr Isaac Burr to be Lieut of said Company & Commission given
That on Pay Table Book is the following Account
   Lieut Isaac Burr Dr Cr     1777 Jan'y 27 To Order on Treas in pay his Company at Fairfield £ 10. 16. 9   Suppl d £ 10. 16. 0   By Balance for his Company  
Henry Richardson Compt

War Dept Pens: Pa Jan'y 29 39
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the papers upon which Mrs Sarah Treadwell (a pensioner under the act of 4 July '36) for the ser- vices of her late husband) claiming an increase of her allowance, for the services of her first husband Daniel Hoyt, have been exami- -ned and filed with her other papers. The first term of 3 mos - the 2 nd of 1 mo 89 & 4 th of 8 days as a Sergt are duly established - but the 3 rd term of 6 mos as Sergt in a St d guard at Blackrock Fort in the Town of his residence should be sustained by the certificate of the Secy of State showing the authority for raising a guard under enlistments for 6 mos & of the Comptroller's showing the pay &c. If all the service alleged should be proved the allowance will be $52.56 pr. an m from 4 march 39

Subject to the deduction of what she may have received under her present catastrophe of 33 33 1/3 am m
Mrs. J. J. Whittier
July 29, 1834
Y. C.
Answer 178 Page 20
Mrs. J. J. Whittier H. R.

October 2, 1939
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Mrs. Charles Lord 47 Lincoln Avenue Danbury, Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Hoyt, whose widow, Sarah Treadwell, received a pension.
The records of Daniel Hoyt (W. 18155) and of Daniel Treadwell of Connecticut (W. ____) are furnished you herewith, both husbands of Sarah.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator