Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17470, Israel Hawley, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hawley, Israel
S. 17470
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CONTENTS

22.997
Connecticut
Israel Hovey
of Meriden in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Conn commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Miigs in the Conn line for
6 mo. 20 days
3 Aug - 1837
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 21 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Jany 1834 and sent Hon G. Tomlinson. Senate US
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 52.75 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34 - 10 52
$ 63.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk Book 8 Vol. 3 Page 20
Order to
Aug 11. Oct 1837
Transd with orig. Bill. Aug - 1837. G.S.P.

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield
} ss. Bridgeport
On this 24 th day of October 1833 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate in & for Stratford District in said County
now sitting, Israel Hawley
a resident of
Monroe in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged
82
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, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Spring of 1776 he belonged to Capt James Clarke company of Militia of what is now the Town of Monroe then Stratford and went in said company to New York was in said campaign two weeks was discharged at New York said company was a regular embodied corps ordered into service by authority of the State of Connecticut in Col Samuel Whitcomb Regiment in Genl. Goddillamans Brigade was either in full or Garrison & not employed in any civil pursuit during said campaign as a private soldier - That he had no written Discharge or documentary evidence to prove this term of service but Ebenezer Johnson whose Deposition is annexed was with me in said campaign -
That the 1 st of April 1778 he was drafted from said Militia company and was not called for until the first of May 1778 to go into service at which time he was ordered by said Capt Clarke to go to White Plains in the State of New York to join Col Johnathan Meigs Regiment of Leather caps, which Capt Clarke gave him directions to report himself to Col Meigs soon after he arrived at White Plains he was ordered in company with Corporal Howler, Ned Warren & James Pelton, to keep guard over some Military Stores about one Mile from Camp was employed in guarding said Stores a part of the  the summer & from there was ordered to Danbury in Connecticut to keep guard over the same Military Stores. That was then removed to said Danbury where Winter commenced said Stores were removed to Redding Woods in said Connecticut about 15 Miles from said Danbury where they were built for the

Troops. That he continued in said Service with said Corporal James Ned Warren & James Pelton which was a corporals Guard under command of said Howler his given name he cannot rememba which guard was a regular embodied corps in service by Authority of the State of Connecticut in Col Muzz Regiment, that he joined said Regiment in May 1778 and was discharged at said Redding Woods the Middle of January 1779 had no written Discharge was either in full or garrison & not employed in any civil pursuit during said campaign which was Eight months & half which he served the United States faithfully that he has not seen nor heard of said Howler, Warren nor Pelton since the Revolution and cannot tell whether they are living or not no offer alive that he knows of under whom he served - The reason he can rememba the time he left the service is that he was drafted for 9 months & that just before his time was out winter set in tight & his wife being in the family was he got liberty to come home that he got home in January 1779 about the time his son John was Born. has no Documentary evidence to prove this campaign but supposes his name may be found on the Books of the Regiment was never regularly embodied in said Regiment but was put into said Corporals Guard as soon as he arrived at White Plains & reported himself That his service in this campaign was as a Private Soldier That he refers to the Depositions of Frederick Nichols & Abel Hawley which is annexed to prove this service which is the best testimony now in his power to make or obtain
That in the Spring of 1779 he belong to said Militia company which at this time was commanded by Capt Wells of Say Monroe when said company was order by Genl

Got S Sellaman to correspond in the state of New York that he went in said company and performed one months service for the United States in said campaign as a private soldier which was a regular embodied corps sent into service by authority by the state of Connecticut in Col Samuel Whitenys Regiment Genl Gots S Sellaman Brigade, was either in field or Garrison and not employed in any civil pursuit, during said campaign was discharged on our return at said Monroe had no written Discharge or Documentary evidence to prove this tour of service nor does he
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The said Israel Hawley hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Attest Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
Israel Hawley
We, Isaiah Hawley a clergyman, residing in the town of Monroe and Ebenezer Johnson residing in the same, hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Israel Hawley - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 82 years of age; that he is reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Attest Sworn and subscribed the day and date aforesaid.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
Isaiah Hawley Ebenezer Johnson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Isaiah Hawley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Monroe and that Ebenezer Johnson who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of
Attest Monroe
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
Mark Moore Judge
I, Roswel S. Nichols, Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Israel Hawley for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 24 October 1833
Office,
R. S. Nichols, Clerk

The following Depositions of Frederick Nichols and Ebenezer Johnson Subscribed & Sworn to in open Court are part of the proceedings in the case of the within named applicant, he being entitled under my hand & Seal of office, & I further certify that the said Frederick Nichols & Ebenezer Johnson are Credible Witnesses & persons of a fair character for Truth & Veracity
And I further certify that Stephen Middlebrook is a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Monroe in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut before whom the Deposition of Abel Hawley which is annexed was taken, that the signature purporting to be his is genuine & I further certify that said Abel Hawley is a man of Respectability and a Credible Witness
Attest. R. S. Nichols, Clerk
I Mark Moore Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Stratford certify that Roswell S. Nichols is Clerk of said Court that the above & foregoing are his Signatures with the Seal of said Court thereto annexed.
Mark Moore Judge

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N. 17470
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Israel Hawley 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.     Spring 1776 2 mo. Pvt. James Clark Samuel Whiting Conn   Apr. 1. 1778 Jany 1779 " James Clark Jonathan Meigs   Spring 1779 1 mo. Wells Samuel Whiting  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Monsac Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 24. 1833. His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Monsac Fairfield Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, St. June 11. 1757 in Monsac Conn.
Remarks:
d. Jany 3. 1837. } Genealogy book  son John was born about 1779. There is no other  data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Ebenezer Johnson of the Town of Monroe in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut 82 years of age Deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Israel Hawley of Monroe who has applied for a pension. That he has personal knowledge that Israel Hawley Served the United States in the Revolution in 1775 or 1776 in two Weeks at New York in Capt James Clark's Militia company. That he was with said Hawley in the same company in said Town of Service to New York
Ebenezer Johnson ✓

Know of any officer alive under whom he served in this campaign nor any person alive by whom he can make proof of this town of service. Isaac Hawley, Ebenezer Johnson, Cyrus Beardslee Esqr. Truman Peck Esqr. Abel French Esqr & Asa Lewis Esqr are all persons living in the same town with me & to whom I am well known, & who all know my reputation as a citizen & as a soldier of the Revolution whose certificate is annexed  Was born in said Monroe formerly Stratford in Fairfield County State of Connecticut June 11, 1751 has a record of his age in the town records of said Stratford.
was living in said Monroe when called into service has lived there since the Revolution & still lives there was called into service by Draft.
Some of the Regular officers that were with the troops where he served was Genl Silliman Col Samuel Whiting Col Jonathan Muzzey Capt James Clark Capt Wells corporal Fowler Sgt Smith,
The reason he has not procured the certificate of a clergyman is that the clergyman in his vicinity has recently settled & knows nothing of his reputation as a soldier, that he has obtained all the best testimony he can to his service in the Revolution.
A Statement showing the service of Israel Hawley     Years Months Days Rank Names & Rank of Age Proof in Support of Declara     1776 15 Field officers 82 years Frederick Nichols   1778 8 15 Genl Silliman near Ebenezer Johnson   1779 1 Col Whiting of Rhode Abel Hawley   10 months Col Muzzey Monroe   Private State of Connecticut   Soldier    israel hawley

7 I, Frederick Nichols, of the Town of Monroe in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut 63 Years of age Depose and saith that he is well acquainted with Israel Hawley of said Monroe the within named applicant for a pension. That he lived in said Hawley's family during the Revolutionary War. & that he is has personal knowledge that said Hawley was in the service in the revolution in different campaigns, remembers of his going & of his returning but cannot remember the particular year nor the terms of service. That he only believes said Hawley served as he has stated in his Declaration. Frederick Nichols

Abel Hawley of Monroe County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut 70 years of age, a pensioner of the United States - deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Israel Hawley of said Monroe who has applied for a pension that he has personal knowledge that the said Israel was drafted from Capt. Clarke's Militia company of Monroe then the Town of Stratford in the spring of the year 1758 for nine months service that he was called upon soon after - and returned in January 1779 that said Israel Hawley is a man of good reputation. That his own declaration to obtain a pension is entitled to full credit
Abel Hawley ✓
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Monroe Nov. 4 th 1833 personally appeared Abel Hawley who has subscribed and sworn to the above Dep- -osition that the same is true before me and I certify that said Abel Hawley is a man of good character and a credible witness Stephen Middlebrook Justice of Peace

Israel Hawley Application for a Pension
col. Levant
4 Aug 78
Discharged 31 Dec 78
admit private
6m 10
21. 10
see letter of Tomlinson
captain
Tomlinson
42.20 10.55 52.75

We the subscribers do certify that we are personally acquainted with Mr. Israel Hawley who makes a petition for a Pension, & that he is a man of excellent character & entitled to full credit. — we do also certify that the said Hawley has been generally reported to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. — Monroeville 7 th 1833. —
Copied & Brandenburger history of Pownal Abel French justice of Peace Franklin Dicks justice of Peace
Agur Lewis } Select Men Dunbar Dike } of Monroe of Monroe Farepuld Ct Conn.

17 470 INVALID.
1922 Feb 28 Hist. to Mrs. Lula B. Keeler 1922 May 16 Hist. to Frank F. Stur
File No. 17.470
Edward Wm. Keeler
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FRANK FARNSWORTH STARR, GENEALOGIST AND FAMILY HISTORIAN, MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
STARR'S ANCESTRAL REGISTER.
April 7, 1922
U.S. Pension Office
Washington, D. C.,
I wish to obtain a statement of the services in the War of the Revolution of Israel Hawley of Fairfield county Connecticut who was placed on the pension rolls in January 1834.
Respectfully,
Frank Farnsworth Starr

Painesville O.
Jan. 31. 1922
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir. ✓ 2 cl: Stamp enclosed
Will you kindly tell me Stamp returned Feb'y 28. 1922 whether either or both of my Revolutionary Ancestors received a pension? b. 1754
Israel Harvley of Monroe Ct. d. 1836
John Burritt " Monroe "
If so will you give me any or all genealogical information you may have and oblige
Yours Truly
Mrs Julia B Keeler
149. Erie St. Painesville O.

Pension Agency Warford 7 th Oct 1837
Sir
Herewith I forward the papers of Moses Peck John Phelps. Richard Beckley & the Heirs of Israel Hawley die who have not applied for payment within a year. transmitted for your Special directions authorizing the payment
I am Very Respectfully Your Obed t Servant Sam l L. Pitkin. Agent.
J. S. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington