Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,981, Edmund Hawley, New York

SERVICE
New York
Hawley, Edmund Lucy
NUMBER
W. 17.981
CONTENTS
Twelve horizontal dotted lines for writing entries.
Twelve horizontal dotted lines for writing entries.

Connecticut 5799
Lucy Hawley, widow of Edmund Hawley, decd N.Y.
who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died on the 21 st of March, 1810 of Fairfield Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a priv. & drgn in the company commanded by Captain Nichols of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nichols in the N. York line for 2 mos. priv. 4 " 2 days Dragoon.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 23 Dollars 60 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Septem- ber, 1840 and sent to Isaac Shepman, Esq. Bridgetown, Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1841.
Semi-annual allowance ending
$118.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk Book A Vol. 1, Page 185

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Bridgeport On this 27 day of July A D 1840. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for District of Bridgeport in said County & State Lucy Hawley a resident of Stratford in said County aged Eighty years 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 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows.
That she is the widow of Edmund Hawley deceased who according to her best knowledge and belief was a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and who commenced service in said War in 1776 in the City of New York and continued his service at various as shown in the Dispositions of Nathaniel Sherman Esq. Thomas Bradsby & the Muster Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Nichols Co. hereto annexed to which she respectfully refers for the time of said service, for the officers under whom her husband served & hereby stating that the first two months service mentioned by said Nathaniel Sherman in New York under Capt. Samuel Blackman was in a company of Infantry Raised for the defense of New York in the Parish of New Stratford in the Town of Stratford in said Fairfield County, who commanded said company, that and soon after this campaign was appointed to the command of a company of Connecticut Light Horse

which was the same company mentioned in the Pay Abstract as Capt. Nathaniel Walholz Comp. has to annexed. That her husband served 2 Months, in Capt. Samuel Blackman's Company of Infantry, & 4 Months in said Capt. Blackman's Company of Light Horse. also for the term of time that may be gathered from said Pay abstract, under Capt. Nathaniel Walholz and for any explanation of Nathaniel Sherman's Deposition she refers to the Declaration of said Sherman. & Also his Deposition accompanying the Declaration of the Widow Abiah Lewis of Conn. both of which have been Pensioned. for a part or all of the same service as claimed by said Lucy Hawley also she refers to the Comptroller's Certificates, accompanying their papers, as they contain all that can be found at Hartford. To establish said claim that she has no other documentary evidence than what is annexed to this Declaration to prove her service, and the reason that she has not preferred her claim for a Pension at an earlier date is that she has not been able to find persons living by which to prove her said husband's service until recently, which with the proof she now exhibits and what may be found accompanying the Pensions Papers of Nathaniel Sherman & Abiah Lewis of Conn. before mentioned she hopes will be satisfactory. —

She further declares that she was married to the said Earnond Hawley in the Parish of Ripton in the Town of Stratford aforesaid by the Rev. David Ely on the twenty seventh day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand- Seven hundred & Eighty one. (1781).
That her husband the aforesaid Earnond Hawley died suddenly by a fit on the twenty first day of March in the year Eighteen hundred ten. — That she was not married to him previous or prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Eighteen hundred and ninety four. by at the time above stated.
Lucy X Hawley Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Attest Philolaus Clerk
Isaac Sherman Judge of said Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant is the Widow of Earnond Hawley a Revolutionary Soldier and who served as she states.
Attest Philolaus Clerk
Isaac Sherman Judge

Interrogatories by the court —
Where and what year was your said husband born? in said Stratford March 21. 1755 Answer
Where and what year was you born Answer in the Parish of Ripton, now the Town of Huntington, formerly Stratford in said Fairfield County on the 29 day of October 1760. has no Records of either of their births.
Where was said Edmund living when called into Service and where did he live during said War & after until his decease
Answer in said Town of Stratford. when not in said Service

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County }
Huntington Aug 8 th 1808
I Thomas Punderson Pastor of the Congregation- al church in the State County & Town aforesaid - certify that it appears from the records of the church which I have in my custody - that the Rev David Ely, who as it appears from the records was then Pastor of the church, died on the twenty seventh day of December A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty one join in marriage Edmond Hawley of Stratford to Lucy Blackman of Ripton (then a parish of Stratford now Huntington) - I do further certify that the record of s d marriage is in the hand writing of the Rev. David Ely in his list of marriages, that it is written in plain & legible characters, the year & day of the month being in figures - which are perfectly plain - The whole are and is as follows -
" 1781
Dec. 27. Married Edmond Hawley of Stratford to Lucy Blackman of Ripton"
I Thomas Punderson as aforesaid do depose & say that I am now the Pastor of the congregation al church in Huntington & that the above is a true copy of the records of said church as specified above Thomas Punderson.

State of Connecticut } to Huntington August 6 th 1838 Fairfield County. } 7
personally appeared Thomas Punderson and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed whose testimony is a credible witness and known to me and is pastor of said church before me
Lemuel Beecher Justing Peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17981
Lucy Hawley Wid. of Edmund Hawley Dragoon Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]

  5- N. Sherman   mo     76 Blackman  NY  2-     76- " independence declared  "  1     77- out. in cavalry  Fishkill  5.     " " Cavalry  Rumford  1     Roll of Capt Nichols   1  24  

State of Connecticut, Bridgeport August 5 1840.
Dear Sir
I send you the Pension application of the Widow Lucy Hawly of Stratford, and on examination of her case I would respectfully refer you to the Pension Application of Nathaniel Sherman of Con. who is now dead. & to application of Abiah Lewis of Con. who are both Pensioned for a part or all of the service of Edmund Hawly. and what can be found to throw any light on the case from Hartford is with their papers at Washington. you will find I think on Examination that Nathaniel Sherman has stated in his Declaration & Dep. on the case of Abiah Lewis that the 2 months service in New York under Capt. Patterson was in the Spring of 1776 instead of 1775 as he has stated in his Dep. accompanying Lucy Hawly's Declaration. which is undoubtedly a mistake in the year, which instead of 1775 should be 1776.
Yours Respectfully Isaac Sherman J. L. Edwards Esq Com d of Pensions Washington City

I Philo Hurd Clerk of the Court. affirm and do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of the Widow Lucy Howley for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 27 th day of July A D 1840.
Philo Hurd Clerk
State of Connecticut } Bridgewater July 27 th 1840 County of Fairfield ss {
I Philo Hurd Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Bridgewater in said County State do hereby certify that Isaac Sherman is an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County of Fairfield and was on the day of the date of the deposition of Lucy Howley hereunto annexed to wit on the 27 th July 1840 I further certify that David Howley is an acting Justice of the peace within and said County and was on the day of the date of the deposition of Nathaniel Sherman hereunto annexed, to wit, on the 10 th day of August 1838, and I further certify that Samuel Brinsley is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County and was on the day of the date of the deposition of Moses Townsend hereunto annexed to wit, on the 18 th day of August 1838 and that the signature of the said Isaac Sherman Lucy Howley & Samuel Brinsley attached to the said depositions hereunto annexed are genuine Given under my hand and the Seal of said Probate Court this 27 th day of July A D 1840
Philo Hurd Clerk

I Isaac Sherman Judge of the Probate Court within & for the District of Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Philo Murd is Clerk of said Court duly qualified and that his signatures before written with the Seal of said Court to 2 of them are genuine.
Bridgeport July 27 1840
Isaac Sherman Judge.

State of Connecticut } On this 10 th day of August A.D. 1838 Per Fairfield County } Personally appeared before David Hawley Esq. Justice of the Peace in and for Fairfield County Nathaniel Sherman seventy five years of age of Monroe and said Fairfield County well known to me the said Justice to be a credible witness deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Ed- mond Hawley that he belonged in the Town of Stratford and said Fairfield County that said Edmond Hawley served in the Revo- lutionary War that the said Edmond Hawley went and served in the year 1775 two months in the City of New York under the command of Capt. Samuel Blackman the months of February and March remembers well that he went and served the two months because in the said Edmond Hawley belonged to the said Capt. Samuel Blackman's Company Deponent had a Brother that belonged to the same company that went the said two months and served at the same time that deponent belong- ed to Capt. Samuel Blackman's Company himself and went down to New York in the time of the service of the two mo- nths to take his Brother's place whose name was David Sherman at which time the said Deponent saw the said Edmond Hawley serve in said Capt. Samuel Blackman's Company at said time in said City of New York remembers well that he ser- ved the two months because the said Edmond Hawley returned from said City of New York at said end of the two months about the first of April that said Edmond Hawley went and served one month in the year 1776 in the City of New York in Capt. Sam- uel Blackman's Company Deponent remembers it well because the Deponent belonged to the same Company of Capt. Samuel Blackman went and served at the same time in the City of New York Deponent remembers well that Independence was declared while he was then in said City of New York that said Edmond Hawley went and served one month then month of December in the year of 1776 at New Rochelle in the said state of New York in said Capt. Samuel Blackman's Company Deponent remembers it well because in the said Deponent belonged to the same company of Capt. Sam- uel Blackman went and served at the same time at New Rochelle of one month during the said December that said Edmond Hawley went and served in the year 1777 one month during the month of October at Fish Kill and Redhook in said state of New York in the company of the said Capt. Samuel Blackman Deponent remembers well because he the Deponent belonged to the same company at the same time and served the said one month at the same time and place remembers it was in the month of October because Deponent heard at that time of the taking of Burgoyne that the said Edmond Hawley went and served in the year 1777 one month at Compt and in the state of New York in the company of the said Capt. Samuel Blackman Deponent rem- embers it well because he the Deponent belonged to said company and went and served the said period of one month at the same time and place with said Edmond Hawley that said Capt. Samuel Blackman's Com- pany 1 st Troop of Horse of the 4 th Regiment of the Cavalry of the State of Connecticut Further the Deponent saith not C. S. Sherman

The within named Nathaniel Sherman was sworn and subscribed the within the day & year aforesaid Before me David Kawaly Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } Litchfield County }
On this 1 st day of July A 1840 personally appeared appeared before me Herman B Eastman Esq. a Justice of the Peace within & for Litchfield County Thomas Beardslee eighty five years of age of Roxbury in said Litchfield County well known to me the said Justice to be a candid & credible witness. Deposeth & saith. That Deponent was well acquainted with Edmond Hawley. That he lived or rather belonged in the town of Stratford in Fairfield County. That the said Edmond Hawley went & served in the Revolutionary war in the city of New York under Capt. Samuel Blackman in  the  month  the month. The month of June July in the year A 1776 & Deponent further saith that at the time that Edmond Hawley served in said Capt. Sam d . Blackmans Company it was a Troop of Horse & that he the deponent remembers it very well because he served in the same Company at the same time with the said Edmond Hawley
Thomas Beardslee

Personally appeared Thomas Beardile & was duly sworn & subscribed the within Deposition on the day & year aforesaid before me
Hermon B Eastman Just. of Peace
BRIDGEVILLE JAN 18 1882 H. B. Eastman Esq. Sec. Newport Verm.

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN , 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 Herman B. Eastman Esqr
is, and for more than two months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Sitchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Eastman
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 first day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty
And I certify that the signature of said Eastman hereunto annexed is genuine.
Royal R. Hinman
Secretary.

No 7272 Lucy Hawley box
Act 7. July '38
m 81. d 10.
adm d
2 mo pri
4 - 2d Dragoon
$23 \frac{60}{100}
No deducted
Isaac Shearman Bridgeport box

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Bridgeport.
On this 27 th day of July 1840 personally appeared before me Lewis Hawley of Stratford in said County 51 years of age who Deposeth and Saith that he is a Son of Edmund & Lucy Hawley of said Stratford. That his father the said Edmund Hawley died in said Stratford of a fit on the 21 st day of March A.D. 1810. and that his mother the said Lucy Hawley who is now applying for a Pension is the Widow of said Edmund & who is now living in said Stratford and has never married since the death of said Edmund Hawley.
Lewis Hawley
Sworn and Subscribed before me by said Lewis Hawley on the day & year above written, who I certify is a credible Witness well known to me
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace