Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17495, Joel Hough, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Hough, Joel
NUMBER
S. 17495
CONTENTS
carded

11.793 Connecticut
Order to pay 28 Sept
Isaac Hough of Hamden in the State of Conn who was a Pri — in the Com — command by Captain — of the Regt command by Col Wadsworth in the Conn Troops time for 6 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Sept 1830 and sent to Foot. Cherokee Conn
Arrears to the 14th of Septem. 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 30 10 $ 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. D. Buel Clerk Book E Vol. 3 — Page 29

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven } ss. town of Cheshire Probate District of Cheshire
On this 27 th day of Aug 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Cheshire - said Court being a Court of Record and having by the laws of this State a clerk and seal and now sitting Joel Hough of Hamden in said county and State aged twenty five years the 4 th day of January 1832 Who being first duly sworn cloth 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 month of December 1775 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt Gipe Company of said Cheshire - They were of Wallingford and Beek of Watbury Soldiers - and also Heide of said town of Cheshire Ensign - and Lucius Little now living in said Cheshire Ordinary Sergeant most of the time - Appli- cant proceeded under Lieut Shepard of Wallingford to a village of the town of Roxbury called Brookline about a mile South eastwards from Boston where he here found Capt Gipe's Company & joined it - He belonged to the Regiment Commanded by Col Mads worth of Durham Col Sage Bellapier Troop as field officers - He thinks he reached Roxbury in the month of December aforesaid and continued

in the service for sometime after the British evacuated Boston - When we first arrived at this place we were engaged principally - in keeping guard upon our Alarm Posts upon a point - And the whole Company was frequently called out in the night to the Alarm post - The latter part of the time we were engaged in keeping guard at other places - And two or three times Applicant kept guard upon Dorchester hill - On the top of the hill (Dorchester) the Americans built a fort - And lower down towards the water they threw up intrenchments - On the plain going on to Dorchester Hill - there was a marsh and here was placed many bundles of hay to protect those going on and coming off Appletrees were cut down and placed all around the fort on the hill - And outside there were barrels filled with sand - to be rolled down upon them should they, as was expected land and make an attack - But about the middle of March the Enemy left without molesting us - and we were dismounted about a fortnight - And new men were engaged in digging down the intrenchments of the enemy - on the neck - and in keeping guard - As we did not know but the Enemy might turn back - The Standing troops Applicant thinks were called immediately away - Applicant was discharged by by the Captain with his Company the early part of April - After having as he claims been under enlistment and out four months - For the month of July 1779 Applicant was at New Haven, when the enemy landed, for three days & just got home when he again started on an alarm for Fairfield and was out two days

In the month of July or August of the same year Applicant was drafted for the term of two months; into Captain Bronson Company - Col. Sabin's Regiment - and served out his term in the City of New Haven - Our duty was to keep guard for this term Applicant Claims two months. This was the year before he was married. In the year 1781 Applicant was again drafted to go to New Haven for the term of two months. He went and staid at least one month and then sent his Apprentice, as his Substitute. Applicant then having a family and it being difficult for him to leave home. If he is allowed for the whole term he Claims eight months as the term of all his service. But if his Substitute's time is not allowed him he Claims seven months. In reply to the Queries of the Department Applicant states first That he was born in the town of Wallingford in said County and State on the 4 th day of June 1757. 2 d My age is recorded in the town records of Wallingford. 3 d The two first terms before described in the years 1775 & 1779. He lived in the town of Wallingford aforesaid, in the last term in what is now the town of Hamden, then being the north part of the town of New Haven - and he has ever since resided there. 4 th The first term he enlisted. The other times he was called out upon alarms and drafts. 5 th He has stated as fully as able previously in his declaration. 6 th He never received a written discharge or a Commission. 7 th I am Genl. Brig. Hon. Judge Basset (Prosecutor) Judge of the County Court for New Haven County. Ambrose Little Esq. Harkness Bracket & John Tuttle all of said town of Hamden and

Saw Hoot Ely U.S. Senator of Ohio in the adjoining town - Mr. Gratten with whom he is well acquainted - and he refers to them as to his character - and he supposes most of them can certify to his reputation of service in the Army of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present or any annuity - except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day of year aforesaid
Joel Hough
We David Bradley a clergyman residing in the town of Hamden aforesaid and Levi Dick- erman residing in the same town - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Hough who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be seventy five years of age - That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that
opinion Sworn and subscribed the day of year aforesaid
David Bradley Levi Dickerman
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter - And after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Bra- dley who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Hamden aforesaid And that Levi Dickerman who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit - The court also from personal knowledge certifies that applicants general and private character is above reproach
Silas Hitchcock Judge of Probate for the District of Cheshire -

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
704. January 6, 1926
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Fales 1402 W. 28th St. Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17495, it appears that JOEL HOUGH was born January 4, 1757, in Wallingford, Connecticut.
While living in said place he enlisted in December, 1775, and served four months as private in Captain Jesse Moss' Company, Colonel Wadsworth's Connecticut Regiment. In July, 1779, he served on alarms, three days at New Haven and two days at Fairfield, officers not stated. He enlisted in August, 1779, and served two months as private in Captain Bronson's Company, Colonel Sabine's Connecticut Regiment. While living in Hamden, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1781 and served one month as private with the Connecticut Troops, officers not stated.
He married in 1780 and he stated that he had a family in 1781 but no names are given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Hamden, Connecticut.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

in Mel. Williams bly. N.Y. Web
17495 INVALID.
File No. 17.495
Joel Hough Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Aug. 13/93 H.S. 6 Marce Benjamin Smith or Institute, City Mr. 1/93 H.S. & Mrs. R.K. 124 St. James Place Ben. 1976 Jan. 6. H.S. to Mrs. Elizabeth B. Fales 1998. Aug. 3. H.S. to R. R. Williams. M.C.A.

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explanatory letter
Clement Peck Cheshire Leon

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Hough which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
yes.
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
yes.
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
*  yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No.
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Deposition of
2 Nutter
in the matter of
The application
of God Hough

Job. Hough
7274.
James W. ...

I Lucius Tuttle of Sherborn county of Middlesex of lawful age depose and say that in the latter part of the year 1875 or the first of January 1876 - I was for a term of about four months Sergeant and for the latter part of the time orderly Sergeant of a Company of enlisted or volunteer troops under the Command of Capt Geo. Chap of said Sherborn - for the particulars of the Campaign I here make reference to my declaration now in the Probate office of said Sherborn & also with the War Department - During this term Joel Hough now of Hanover in said County was a private in said Company and served at that time in said Company - I was then and am now acquainted with said Hough and cannot be mistaken in what I assert  Lucius Tuttle
New Haven County S.S. Sherborn Aug 27 th 1882 Personally appeared Capt Lucius Tuttle and made oath to the truth of the Deposition by him subscribed before me Reuben H. Kingsley Justice of Peace

New Haven County S.S. wherein June 13 th 1833 I hereby certify that Lucus Tuttle subscriber of the the foregoing disposition is to me personally known as a credible respectable and estimable person
Attest Freeborn W. H. S. Just Peace

New Haven County S.S. Cheshire June 14 1833
I Clement Peck Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Cheshire do hereby certify that Reuben M'Boys Dept before whom the preceding deposition purports to have been taken and who executed the preceding Certificate is a justice of the Peace qualified to administer oaths and that his signature to said acknowledgment & Certificate of Credibility is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of this Probate Office the 14 th of June 1833 Clement Peck Clerk

I Clement Peck Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Cheshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Joel Hough for a pension - that the accompanying deposition of Lucius Tuttle bears the genuine signature of Reuben H. Roye Esq. who is a justice of the Peace for New Haven County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this Probate Office this 30 th day of August 1832.
Clement Peck Clerk
Mr Hough, the applicant, has lived within about 3 miles of my residence, & well to me during my whole life - a man of unblemished character & strict integrity & respectability -
I am At Foot.
Reuben H. Roye

MRS. ELIZABETH B. FALES 1402 WEST 28TH STREET MINNEAPOLIS
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am trying to get the Service of Joel Houch- and in one of the Lineage books I saw he received a pension in Hamden Conn. Can you let me know at your earliest convenience if this record can be gotten or verified. Very Truly Yours -
Elizabeth B. Fales -

MRS. ELIZABETH B. FALES 1402 WEST 28TH STREET MINNEAPOLIS
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen -
I am helping a friend find out her line so she may join the W.A.R. Her Rev. man's name was Joel Hough - born 1757. She says her family say he served in four enlistments and received a pension in Hamden Conn. Can you tell me if this is right? any information

you can give me will be greatly appreciated
Nov. 24 th 1926.
Sincerely yours Elizabeth B. Fales
May I hope for an early reply?

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Brooklyn.
October the nineteenth
Bureau of Pensions Washington
Gentlemen
Could you give me any information of the military history of Joel Hough who was born Jan 4. 1757 , settled in Hamden Conn and died there Sept 9. 1843. I understand he was a pensioner for service in the war of the Revolution.
It would oblige me greatly to hear from you at your early convenience.
Very Sincerely
Mrs. R. R. J. Mary Mitchell Williams. 124 St James Place Brooklyn. N. Y.

KIDDER, PEABODY & CO. 118 DEVONSHIRE STREET                      17 WALL STREET BOSTON                                              NEW YORK
BRANCH OFFICES 45 EAST 42ND ST. NEW YORK 5 CLINTON STREET, NEWARK 216 BERKELEY ST. BOSTON 10 WEYBOSSET ST. PROVIDENCE
NEW YORK      October 5, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
In order to substantiate my claim for admission to the Sons of the Revolution, kindly send me the pension records of the following soldiers in the Revolutionary War:
1. David Mitchell, who married Sarah Pierce in Woodbury, Connecticut, April 27, 1775. mr 2. Joel Hough, son of Ezra Hough, only born January 4, 1757 and died September 9, 1843. He had three wives: Sarah Rice, Thankful Rice and Mrs. Munson. 3. Daniel Dibble, no born in Mt. Washington, Mass., May 18, 1754, died in Meredith, New York, November 5, 1842. He married Sarah Patterson on February 3, 1774.
1829 67  62
Very truly yours, R. R. Williams Jr
RRW/C

J H COSMOS CLUB, WASHINGTON, D.C.
May 5. 1895.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me such information as you can, concerning Joel  Wright a Revolutionary person who resided in New Haven Co. , in 1832 . This information is desired in order to complete my record in the Sons of the American Revolution.
Very respectfully, &c.
Marvin Benjamin Smithsonian Institution Hon. Com te y. Russell.

O. W. & N. Division.
F. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
M.E.C.
August 13, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Joel Hough --- 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. Dec. 1775 4 mos. Pvt. Jesse Moss Wadsworth Conn. Aug. 1779 2 mos. Pvt. Bronson Sabine Conn. 1781 1 mo. Pvt. Not stated. Not stated. Conn. He also served 3 days when the enemy landed at New Haven, and 2 days at Fairfield -- officers not stated. in July, 1779
Battles engaged in, None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wallingford and Hamden, Conn.
Date of application for pension, August 27, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Hamden, Conn.
Age at date of application, 75 years on January 4, 1832.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Marcus Benjamin, Esq., Smithsonian Institute, City.
Commissioner.

ms
August 3, 1928
R. R. Williams 17 Wall St. New York City
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17495, it appears that JOEL HOUGH was born January 4, 1757, in Wallingford, Connecticut.
While living in said place he enlisted in December, 1775, and served four months as private in Captain Jesse Moss' Company in Colonel Wadsworth's Connecticut Regiment.
In July, 1779, he served on alarms, three days at New Haven and two days at Fairfield, officers not stated.
He enlisted in August, 1779, and served two months as private in Captain Bronson's Company in Colonel Sabine's Connecticut Regiment.
While living in Hamden, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1781 and served one month as private with the Connecticut troops, officers not stated.
He married in 1780 and he stated that he had a family in 1781 but no names were given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Hamden, Connecticut.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Daniel as described by you.
In order to make a search of the records for a particular soldier of the Revolution by the name of David Mitchell it is necessary that you furnish as much as possible of the following data relative to him: approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner