Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18422, Obadiah Green, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Green, Obadiah or Obidiah
S. 18422
Carded
CONTENTS
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6022 Connecticut (6022)
Obediah Green
in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Parsons of the Reg t commanded by Pitkin in the Cont y time for 1. 9. 25 days Private $72.78
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 72 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb 1833 and sent to W. Dyer Esq. L. T. Pease. Pension
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 — $109.17 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Mar 1833 — 36.39
$145.56
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk, Book D Vol. 3 Page 44

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of Connecticut County of Hartford Probate District of Enfield S/B
On this 1 st day of Aug t 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Dextrous Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Enfield now sitting Obadiah Green a Resident of Enfield in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut aged Seventy Eight 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 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated.
That on or about the 1 st of May 1775 he Enlisted in a Company of State Troops at Enfield in the State of Connecticut for the term of Seven months commanded by Capt. Merick Parsons that soon afterwards he marched to Roxbury near Boston in the State of Massachusetts that the Enemy were then in possession of Boston that he remained at Roxbury sometime was then when the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought that he went from Roxbury to Kingston & continued to serve at Kingston until the expiration of Seven months the term of his Enlistment when he Enlisted again for the term of an month. Served that term and about the 1 st of January 1776 was discharged & returned home. Col. Pitkin commanded the Reg t . which he belonged. he marched during Generals Washington & Putnam during the Campaign. When Chaffin a person now living in Enfield served with him in the same company & can testify to his service. That about the 1 st of May 1776 he again Enlisted for the term of Eight months under the same Capt. Merick Parsons that he soon after marched to New Haven & thence to New York that he was stationed sometime in the city and on Governors Island was there when our troops were defeated on Long Island & was brought off with the

725 other Troops from Governor's Island in Boats which were fired upon by the Enemy's shipping. That he was with the army in their retreat from the City to White Plains & to Peekskill & was discharged on the 25 th Dec r That a Col o Dey commanded the Reg t to which he belonged he does not recollect seeing any other General officers but Washington & Putnam. In the summer of the year 1777 he volunteered to serve against the Enemy on the Hudson River in Company raised by Capt Joseph Booth who was his Ser t in the preceding Campaign at New York. That he marched to Peekskill & was engaged in following the Enemy's shipping. That he cannot tell the precise time of the beginning or End of this service but is confident that he served three months the time for which he volunteered to serve. He does not recollect who commanded the Reg t That Major Joseph Parsons a Person now living at Enfield served with him in the same Company during the whole Campaign in 1776 was a volunteer in 1777 & can testify to his service. That in the 1779 he was drafted from a Company of Militia in Enfield to serve at New London according to his best recollection this was in the month of July. He marched to New London & served under Capt Adam Shaply. Col o John Wells, he was stationed at Fort Trumbull he was discharged according to his best recollection in the month of Oct having served three months. That Ebenezer Paine a Person now living at Enfield served with him at New London & can testify to his service. That he served as a Private in each of these services and that he served over a year & ten months in whole. That he was born at Enfield in the State of Connecticut on the 24 th day of September 1754 in Enfield where Col o Dey and his Ensign now reside in the same place He knows according to his best recollection never a written discharge at any time during the war

The Rev Francis L Robbins a clergyman of the Evangelical L S P Board Eng of the same plan are Persons to whom he is known and can testify to his  very character for accuracy to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Abigail Green
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid Wm Dixon, Judge * )

State of Connecticut County of Hartford Probate District of Enfield
On this 6 th day of Aug 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Wm Dixon Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Enfield now Sitting William Chaffer a Resident of Enfield, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath Testify & say that he was before & during the Revolutionary War & now is well acquainted with Abadiah Green of a Resident of Enfield and an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, that in the year 1775, the sd Green served against the Enemy at Roxbury & Shurham near Boston for the term of Eight months in Capt Nereiah Parsons Company in Col o Atkins Regiment that this deponent served with him in the same Company & further he saith not
Wm Chaffer
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Wm Dixon, Judge
On the same day personally appeared in open Court before sd Judge now Sitting as aforesaid Major Joseph Parsons a Resident of Enfield who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath Testify & say that he was before & during the Revolutionary War and now is well acquainted with Abadiah Green a Resident of Enfield and an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That sd Green Enlisted for the term of Eight months as a private soldier

in a Company of State Troops commanded by Capt Heremiah Parsons in the month of April or May 1776 soon after I Enlisted went to the City of New York with I Company that he served in I City, on Long or Island & again in the City that he was with the Army in the retreat from the City at White Plains & Peekskill when he was dismissed according to his the Deponents best recollection on the 25 th of Dec that Col o Sage of Middletown commanded the Regiment to which he belonged that this Deponent served with the I st Penn in the same Company during the whole War & further he said that and that in the year 1777 the I st Penn sworn to & subscribed the day before served in a Company commanded by Capt Joseph Broot the I st Company were volunteers & principally from I st Town of Enfield that they served the Army at Fresh kill on the North River, that he believes that a Col o Chapman commanded the Reg t to which he belonged that the Deponent served in the same Company with I st Penn during the whole War & that according to his best recollection they served three months commencing in Aug t & ending in Nov r further the Deponent saith not Joseph Parsons
Sworn to & subscribed the day before W m Dixon, Judge

On the same day personally appeared in open Court before the S d Judges now sitting as afore Eleazar Brin a Resident of Tazewell who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath Testify say That he was before & during the Revolutionary War & is now well acquainted with Alexander Brin a Resident of Tazewell and an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he well recollects that in the year 1779 the S d Brin performed a Term of Service at New London in a Company of drafted Militia under the Command of Capt. Jones in a Regiment commanded by Col o Jonathan Wells further he saith not
Ebenezer
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore H W Dixon, Judge

We Francis L Robbins a Clergyman residing in the Town of Enfield in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut and Lorain T Pease residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abadiah Green who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy Eight 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 Francis L Robbins. Lorain T Pease
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm Dixon Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatory prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Francis L Robbins who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Town of Enfield and that L T Pease who has also signed the same is a Resident in the Town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Wm Dixon Judge
I Alonzo Booth Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Enfield in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abadiah Green for a pension. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 11 th day of Augt 1832
Alonzo Booth Clerk

I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That William Dixon Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his proper handwriting to the foregoing Certificate, is, and for more than six months last past, has been, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the Probate District of Enfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified; that said Court is a Court of record and consists of said Judge alone, having a proper Seal belonging thereto, with power to administer oaths to witnesses touching all matters cognisable by said Court; with power also to appoint and swear a Clerk, and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Judge in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford in said State, the 13th day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Thomas Day

18422
INVALID.
File No. 18422
Obadiah Green
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]