Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,715, Liverius Hawley, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn
Hawley, Liversius Anne
NUMBER
W. 19.715
CONTENTS
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3677
Connecticut
Sarah Hawley widow of Vireas Hawley Conn. who was a Shoale in the Revolution
Pension
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Decr 1843 and sent to Bryant Smith Brookfield Conn
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book L Vol. 1 Page 68

Deputy Supt.
2440 Ann Hawley Wid of Severus Com died July 7 1836 Married 1781 died 1819 On roll led Supt Capt Bradsby Com Cost here 24 $80 pr ann (pri)
N Perry New Bedford Com
Henry James Com 1915

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Probate District of Newtown p:
On this 26 th day of October 1838 personally ap- -peared in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District, now sitting at Brookfield in said District and County Anne Hawley a resi- -dent of said Brookfield aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- -vision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay "and pensions to certain Widows." That she is the Widow of Lemuel Hawley deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution — That in the month of November in the year 1776 he enlisted in the Army of the United States into a Company which she believes was command- -ed by Capt. Hall; Augustus Taylor was a Lieutenant in the Company, The Regiment in which he served was commanded by Col. Herman Swift He enlisted for the period of three years and served out the full term of his enlistment and was then Honorably and regularly discharged. She does not recollect as she never saw the discharge, she cannot now find it. She has often heard her husband the said Lemuel Hawley say that he had

a regular discharge. She is not able to state all the particulars of his service on the Country through which he marched. She recollects how- ever that he was stationed one winter at Moniston in the State of New Jersey, and one winter at Redding in this State, He was quartered at Redding the first winter after he enlisted. He enlisted into said Company as a private yet she vividly believes that he was afterwards promoted to the Office of Sergeant, but what length of time he served in that capacity she is not able to state, but is advised that it will appear on the rolls in the War Department.
Previous to this enlistment, he enlisted he enlisted into a Company of Connecticut State Troops in the Spring of the year 1775 and marched to the Northward, but she is not able to state the Affairs under whom he served or the partic- ulars of this service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Livinus Hawley on the twenty seventh day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one that her husband the aforesaid Livinus Hawley died on the sixteenth day of July Eighteen hundred & nineteen; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four the

at the time above stated - She further declares that she knows of no second of her marriage except the one accompanying this declaration which second is in the handwriting of her said husband. She further declares that her maiden name was Annie Blackman. That her husband at the time he entered the service, resided in that part of Manchester which now constitutes a part of the town of Brookfield. Anne Hawley
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written before me Theophilus Nichols Judge of Probate
I, Cyrenius H. Booth, Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Anne Hawley for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of October A.D. 1838 Cyrenius H. Booth Clerk

I Benjamin Hawley of Brookfield, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged forty four years being first duly sworn according to Law upon and say that I am the son of Livinius Hawley late of said Brookfield decd. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of my said father and that the writing on the two papers hereto attached, marked A & B is all in the hand writing of my father the said Livinius Haw- ley. That said papers constitute the family records of my said father and were taken from two family bibles belonging to my father and mother I have known of the existence of said records from my earliest recollections
My father the said Livinius Hawley died at said Brookfield on the 16 th day of July 1819 leaving my mother Ann Hawley his widow then surviving. I was present at the death of my father and attended his funeral My mother the said Ann Hawley has remained a widow ever since that period and is still surviving Benjamin Hawley
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield
Probate District of Nutmeg
Sworn to and subscribed in open court

before the Court of Probate for said District this 26 th day of October 1838 and I Certify that the said Benjamin Hawley is a credible witness.
Theophilus Nichols Judge of Court

A
Anne Blackmon
Her Bible
Bought and given to her By her Honored Father Blackmon December 27 th
She being now the wife of Livers Hardy
Price 6/
Was Married December 27 th 1784
Molly or Marah was born Octob 30 th
1782
Anne Blackmon was in her
23 rd Year when Married
Would be 23 Years Old 27 th Dec r

Mother Blackmon died December the 29 th day of December A.D. 1795-
Mrs Hawley was born February 20 th 1798-

Liverus Hawley His Bible
Bought and given to him by His honoured Father Hawley February 25 th 1735. Price £1
Was Married December 27 th 1735
Marah was born Octob r 26 th 1736
Liverus Hawley was 24 Years Old
When he was Married —————
Birth day was 2 d day of Sept r 1711
He was Married being 24 Years of age
Father Benjamin Hawley died
The 9 th day of March 1788 being in
His Sixtieth Year was 59 Years old
The

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19715
Anne Hawley Widow of Epiverias Hawley Priv. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:—Vol. 1 Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2762 Rep
Connecticut
Anne Hawley.
widow of Liverius Hawley , Decd who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the in 1819 of Fairfield Co in the State of Ct. — who was a priv: — in the Co command by Captain Beardsley of the Regt command by Col. Swift — in the Ct — line for 2 years —
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of May 1839 and sent to N. Parr New Milford, Ct. —
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839 $ 240 — 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Sept 40 — 280 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M. Stuart Clerk Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 184

3527 Sept 4, 1893.
Ann Hawley March 30 th 1894 Comm d  Ex 4 D. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
ms Bureau 62
Brookfield Ct Sept 1, 93

Brookfield August 31 st 1843 J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I inclose the Declaration of Mrs. Anne Hewley in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war -
Yours Respectfully Bryant Smith Brookfield Conn -

I Mary Hensley of Brookfield, County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged fifty six years this present month being full duly sworn according to law upon I say that I am the daughter of Leavitt Hensley late of Brookfield deceased - That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of my said father & know that all the writing on the two papers hereto annexed marked A & B is his genuine handwriting That the said papers hereto attached were taken from two family bibles belonging to my father & mother - My father the said Leavitt Hensley died on the 16 th day of July 1819 and my mother Anna Hensley has remained a widow ever since that period Mary Hensley
Sworn to and subscribed before me State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Probate District of Newtown.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District this 28 th day of October 1838 and I certify that the said Mary Hensley is a credible witness Theophilus Nichols Judge of Probate Court

I Cyprian H. Booth clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in taking the affidavits of Benjamin Howley & Mary Howley
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court. This 20 th day of October. A.D. 1838 Cyprian H. Booth Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield
ss. Brookfield August 23 d 1843
On this 23 d day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace Mrs. Anne Hawley a resident of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Limerius Hawley who was a soldier in the revolution, and the annual amount of the pension she received under Act of July 7, 1835 was Eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me } Anne Hawley
Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
ss. Brookfield August 23 d 1843
I Bryant Smith a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, do certify that I know the above named Mrs. Anne Hawley, that she now resides in Brookfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, and is the widow of Limerius Hawley deceased.
Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace

3527
Anne Hawley
$80.
Bryant Smith Brookfield Conn.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of
Fairfield
COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss. Bridges
I, Wm. C. Noble Esq., Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Fairfield — and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:—
THAT,
Bryan D. Smith Esquire was on the 23 rd day of August
1843 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 29 th day of August 1843
Wm. C. Noble — Clerk.

New Milford (Con) Oct 31 st 1838
Sir
I send herewith the Pension Application of Mrs Anne Howley widow of James Howley. Under the Act of July 9 th 1838. I send the original record taken from a Bible she calls her & another taken from a bill she calls her husband. Their identity & genuineness are proved by the Affidavits of her Son and daughter Benjamin & Mary Howley. Also the death of her husband & her husband & her widowhood. The service I suppose will appear on the rolls at Washington. She may be mistaken in the name of the Captain but I presume she is not in the name of the Col. I also send the Affidavit of Joseph C. Howley to the fact of the service. Please make returns to me.
Very Respectfully Your obed Serv t W. Perry
Hon. S. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions.

State of New York Otsego County ss: On this Fourteenth day of September 1838. Personally appeared before me Joseph C. Hawley being duly sworn deposit and says that he is aged Eighty Years, That he is a pensioner of the United States That he was well acquainted with Leviathan Hawley before and during the revolutionary war, That the said Leviathan Hawley Enlisted as a private soldier in the month of November Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six under Col. Swift that he Enlisted for and served Three Years, & most of the time he served as Clerk to the Paymaster of Regt. Augustin Taylor, that he resided in a place (then) called Newbury & (now) called Brookfield in the state of Connecticut. That about the year 1780. or 81. The said Hawley married Anne Blackman daughter of Ebenezer Blackman of Brookfield, in Connecticut. That the said Leviathan Hawley died a number of years ago and left his widow, Anne Hawley. Now living. — and further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & year above written.
Charles Jarvis Justice of the Peace
I, the said Justice before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Joseph C. Hawley and that he is a person of good character for truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to credit.
Dated September 14. 1838.
Charles Jarvis Justice of the Peace

State of New York } I Joseph Rose Otsego County } Clerk of said County certify that Chester Jarvis Esq., before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn to on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified, and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the return affidavit and the annexed Certificate of credibility to be his genuine handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 14 th day of Sept. 1838
Joseph Rose CR

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hawley, Nathan (Howleef) GRADE Corporal LINE Connecticut
In pencil, only.
WARRANT NUMBER 5959 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 15, 1790 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.