Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37109, Timothy Higgins, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Higgins Timothy
NUMBER
S. 37109
CONTENTS

11,725 R Connecticut
Timothy Higgins of Middlebury in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 th of March 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1819 and sent to Double Pierpont Edward Lodge Bridgeport Conn.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 11 \text{ mo } + \frac{19}{31} — 90:50 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept r 1819 — 48:—
$138:50
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Contested
Notification sent John M. Coe 23 rd March Henry G. Hagg

Tom O'Wiggins P.W.
Col. C. Webb's Comm. Reg.
Dr. 1775 - 1776 - 1 year
26 March 1810 -
The certificate of the Adm. of the bridge was signed in circumstances of Affiant, is wrong.
Adm.

District of Connecticut ss
On this 26 th day of March A D 1810 Timothy Higgens of Middlebury in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the dis- trict of Connecticut in which District the declarant now resides and for more than thirty years last past hath resided That in the month of December in the year of our Lord Seven Hundred and one thousand seven hundred and seventy five he enlisted into the service of the United States (then colonies) as a private in Captain Peter Poritslow pany in Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental estab- lishment and encamped to the Camp before Boston and in March in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six marched thence for New York and when his term of enlistment expired the same being for one year from the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six the declarant was in ser- vice in said company and Regiment at Trenton in New Jersey under the immediate command of His Excellency General George Washington at whose earnest solicitation the said Regiment & company agreed to remain in service a term of six weeks from the last day of December A D 1776 making the whole term of the service of said Regiment one year & six weeks during all which time the declarant faithfully served the United States as a private in said Regiment and then with the rest of said Regiment left said service and at that time said Regiment was in the Continental establishment
And the declarant further saith that he is & possesses the declaration of Independence both been a resident citizen of the United States
Timothy Higgens

District of Connecticut ss March 26 th 1818
The within named Timothy Higgens came before me & in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made Oath that the same is true
Just Edwards
District Judge of D District
I President Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Timothy Higgens who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed Schedule May 20 th 1818
President Edwards

Deficit of Connecticut Hartford June 8 th 1818 personally came and appeared before me Richard Edwards Deputy Judge of said District James Huggins the above named declar- ant and made oath that they reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
James Huggins

District of Connecticut ss
On this 26 th day of March A D 1818 before me Present Edward Distinct Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Henry Ball & Joseph Whiting both of Milford in said District respectable Citizens then of who being duly sworn do depose & say that they both served in the same company & regiment with the forenamed declarant Timothy Higgins for the same term of one year & nine weeks and know that the facts set forth in his said Declaration are true and that the said Timothy Higgins now is and since the declaration of Independence hath been a resident citizen of the United States and that his circumstances in life are reduced that in their opinion he needs the assistance of his country for his support
At the same time came also Erastus Smith of Middle bury in said District a respectable citizen then of who being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with the cir- cumstances in life of the forenamed declarant and knows that his circumstances are so reduced as to need assistance from his country for his support
March 26 1818 Sworn before
me J. P. Edwards
Joseph Whiting Henry Ball Erastus Smith
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

1 Oliver Higgins. Copy - 11.725
11.725 Oliver Higgins

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this 7 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Timothy Huggins aged 65 years, resident in the Town of Woolledale , in the County of New Haven in said State, and being Sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: in Capt Parris's Company Charles Webb's Regiment of Infantry one year from the first day of February 1776 and six weeks longer in the same company and Regiment
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 26 day of March 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 11725 And I do further solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust, for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Shoemaker
and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife & two children I have no means of supporting them or myself except by daily labour & charity that my wife & children have no means of support except my labour & charity aforesaid that my wife is fifty four years of age my children are in feeble health one of them having been sick and unable to do any thing for her support for five years past all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. My Daughter is 26 years of age My son 22 years of age Timothy Huggins
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is
76 — Dollars and 25 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Henry C. Flagg Clerk

At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 7th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Timothy Wiggins a resident in the town of Woolcott in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
  1 Cow  "  "  "  "  "  $16    1 Pig  "  "  "  "  "  2.50    12 Old Chairs  "  "  "  "  "  1.50    2 Old tables  "  "  "  "  "  2.    1 Old Chest  "  "  "  "  "  1.    1 Iron Pot  "  "  "  "  "  1.    1 Kettle $1 2 Skillets 75  "  "  "  "  "  1.75    8 Old Knives & Forks  "  "  "  "  "  .75    Cash saved out of my Pension laid by for sinking  "  "  "  "  "  50.     $76.50  
Timothy Wiggins

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry C. Hagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Seventy six Dollars and twenty five Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
7 th day of July 1820
Henry C. Hagg
I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C. Hagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven
this 7 th day of July - 1820
Isaac Mills Chief Judge

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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 37109, it appears that Timothy Higgins enlisted in January 1776 and served one year and six weeks as a private in Captain Peter Perritt's Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1818, while a resident of Middlebury, Connecticut.
In 1820, he stated that he was sixty-five years old, and referred to his wife as aged sixty-four years,
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and to a daughter, aged twenty-six years, and to a son, aged twenty-two years, but did not give the names of any.
Herewith is returned your letter from F. C. Bissell of Hartford, Connecticut.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
The 1 st of this letter addressed to Hon. Horace Burroughs - U.S. Senate is in Samuel H. H. 11301

United States Senate,
Washington, 2/7/27, 19
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have the honor to submit the following communication for your consideration, and to ask that the request made therein be complied with if possible.
When the matter is disposed of, will you kindly have the letter returned to my office, and oblige.
Yours truly, by direction of HIRAM BINGHAM
U. S. S.

The letter from J. P. Bissell - Hartford - Conn - requesting Rev. War records of Samuel Higby & Timothy Huggins - was returned to Senator Bingham - Feb. 10 - '27 awz.

1892 Apr 28 Hist to J Thos Burner City P.S.
1927- Feb 10 Hist to Sen. Hiram Bingham for J.C. Bissell aut.
37 109 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 109
Timothy Higgins Pri Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dear
Respectfully referred to the Hon. Comr of Pen- sions, who will kindly insert the desired in- formation . I am called for, if the data given are sufficient to disclose the ser- vice of the Rev. Sol- omon whose name is herein given
Very respectfully
J. Thos. Turner.
Timothy Higgins
FEB 25 1892

—OFFICE OF THE—
Clerk of the District Court of Southern Berkshire.
Great Barrington, Mass., Feb 18 1892
Friend Turner :
Dear Sir:
You succeeded so well in finding my Grand fathers revolutionary record, I wanted to trouble you once more.
I have a friend whos Grand father was a pensioner for services in the revolutionary war but he has no record or knowledge of the Company or Reg in which he served.
His name was Timothy Higgens and he went into the Service from New Haven County Connecticut. This is about all the clue they can give only that he drew a pension. Can you find from the records in the pension Office a short account of his service that will entitle his grand children a membership in the "Sons of the Revolution"?
Yours &
D. J. Coleman