Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13368, Joseph Herrick, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Herrick, Joseph
S13368
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CONTENTS

Dead. 6 Jan '37
91B - Connecticut
Joseph Herrick of Bozrah in the State of Connecticut who was a Pri - in the Conn command by Captain Buels of the Reg commanded by Col. Butler in the Conn une for State Troops 23 mo 23 d
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 79 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of March 1833 and Lieut. John Hyde. Norrich Ct
Arrears to the 4th of March: 33 $158,60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. 3965 $188,25
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk Book 6 Vol. 3 - Page 17

State of Connecticut, County of New London, ss. Probate Court for the District of Norwich
On this 2 d day of August A.D. 1832. personally appeared Joseph Sternick aged sixty nine years, in open court before the court of Probate in & for the District of Norwich in said state, a resident of Boxrah in said District in the county of New London & state of Connecticut who being first duly 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 th 1832. that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That on the first of March 1781. he then residing in Canterbury in the county of Windham in said state enlisted for the period of one year in Gen. Waterbury's Brigade of the Connecticut State Troops in the company commanded by Capt. Dana and joined the Army & was first stationed at Stamford in said state after remaining there a while perhaps one month marched to White Plains in the state of New York and there remained until about one week after the main Army had moved off to the Southward to encounter Cornwallis we marched back to lines of Connecticut and New York and there remained in quarter through the winter and was discharged about the first of March 1782. having served one year.
In the Spring 1782. I enlisted again for the term of one year into the Continental Service at said Canterbury in Capt. Buels company 1 st Connecticut Regiment and was inoculated for the small pox in the

town of Pomfret in said Windham county and was confined for two or three months when I joined the army on the West side of the North River between Stanay point where Capt. Buel's Company then were the Regiment being on the East side of said River at Verplank's point it was called Colo. Durkee's Regiment but was commanded by Col. Butler, and went into winter quarters and wintered at West point and in the spring of 1783. having served out the year was discharged he has no documentary evidence he had a written discharge which for years he kept in his chest but it has been lost & cannot now be found
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or 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 & year aforesaid Joseph Ferrick.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the 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 Daniel Frost, Samuel C. Adams, Charles Fanning & David Gardner whose affidavits accompany this declaration are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
I Bund Lathrop Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the state of Connecticut

do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Herrick for a pension and I further certify that Andrew T. Judson Samuel C. Morgan & William Kelley Esquire are Justices of the Peace & authorized by law to administer oaths.
On Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office of this court this 2 d day of August Anno Domini 1832.
Rachel Lathrop Clerk
State of Connecticut ss. Court of Probate, District of Norwich
On this 2 d day of January A. D. 1833. personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the state of Connecticut now sitting present John Hyde Esq. the Judge of said court, holding said court, Joseph Herrick, a resident of Borah, in said District sixty nine years old who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, supplemental to the declaration made by him on the 2 d day of August A. D. 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in addition to the officers named in his first declaration in Waterbury's Brigade he recalls Majors Shipman & Humphrey, & the Lieutenant of the company was Nicholas Hrequin, & the Ensign was Hewett at the time of his service, the said Hewett having been sergeant was promoted to the place of Ensign in the room of the Ensign who had served in that office before the name of whom is forgotten and what became of him is not remembered
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joseph Herrick

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the foregoing named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I Buel Lathrop, Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Herrick for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this court this 2 d day of January Anno Domini 1833.
Buel Lathrop Clerk
Ch. Buel Lathrop outlet 2 d child 1832 Jan 10 th Jan 15 1833
No 3072

Rev. h. m.
✓ 13368 INVALID.
File No. 13368
Joseph Herrick Prin. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FREE
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Pension Office Washington City (D. Coa.)
Jan 8.
61

Post Office Norwich Ct.
Jan. 3 d 1833.
Hon. Lewis Cass
Dear Sir,
Enclosed are the papers of Joseph Henrick revised for a Pension
Please send the Pension Certificate
to me, very respectfully
Yours &c.
John Hyde

I Daniel Frost of Canterbury, in the State of Connecticut, testify & say I was a Committee to obtain enlistments of recruits to the American army, during the Revolutionary war. And as such, I procured and took the enlistment of Joseph Herick, then of said town, for the period of one year, from the 1 st of March 1781, and said Herick so enlisted, to serve said period, in Capt. Dana's Company, in Genl. Waterbury's Brigade, of the Connecticut State Troops. I delivered over over the enlistment to Capt. Dana, and in pursuance of said enlistment, I know that said Herick went into said service, and at the expiration of the term of one year, to wit, in March 1782, said Herick returned home. I am well acquainted with him, and he is now here present. And further say not. June 19. 1832.
Daniel Frost
Windham County ss. Canterbury June 19 th . 1832. Personally appeared Daniel Frost Esq., subscriber of the foregoing affidavit, well known to me as a credible witness, and before me took made solemn oath to the facts therein stated.
Attest. Andrew J. Fudson Justice of the Peace

I Samuel C. Adams of Canterbury, State of Connecticut, testify and say, that on the 1 st of March 1781 Joseph Herick, of said Canterbury, enlisted to serve in the army of the revolution, in Capt. James Dana's Company, in Genl. Waterbury's Brigade, of the Connecticut State Troops. I was present  know present when he enlisted, and immediately after, he joined the Army - In July 1781, I went into the Army myself, and served in the same Company with said Herick until the 1 st day of March 1782 when we were both discharged, and left the service and both returned home together. I was then well acquainted with said Herick and am still, and he is now here present. And further says not. June 19. 1832.
Samuel Adams
Windham County ss. Canterbury June 19 th . 1832 Personally appeared Samuel C. Adams, signer of the foregoing affidavit, well known to me as a credible witness, and made solemn oath to the facts therein stated. Attest Andrew T. Judson Justice of the Peace

Amos Bolles, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut; do hereby certify, that Andrew T. Judson Esq. before whom the affidavits annexed herunto were made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within signatures of his name are in his hand writing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 29 th day of December A.D. 1832.
Amos Bolles Clerk.

I Charles Fanning of the town of Griswold, in New London County, State of Connecticut now aged Eighty three years, depose and say That in the year 1782, I performed the duty of a Pay-master in Col. John Duvree's Regim- ent, in the war of the Revolution. That on an examination of a copy of the Pay roll now in my possession, and kept by me I find the name of Joseph Herrick in the list of the names of Capt. Buels Company 1 st Connect. Regt. and from said pay roll it appears that s d Herrick rec d pay for eight months and nine days from April 1 st to Dec r 9 th 1782. fifty five dollars & fifty cents. The said Herrick called on me this last Spring and from his statement to me I am enabled to find his name on the pay roll and I have no doubt that Joseph Herrick now of the town of Bozrah in New London County in s d State of Connect- icut formerly of Canterbury in Windham County is the same Joseph Herrick whose name appears on the pay roll as aforesaid. And further this deponent says not - Griswold August 1 st 1832. Charles Fanning
State of Connecticut New London County 3 rd Griswold August 1 st 1832

Then personally appeared Charles Fanning Esq. a person well known to me, and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposi- tion by him subscribed before me
Samuel C. Morgan Justice of Peace for New London County
Charles Fanning Depositor

• • This may certify that David Gardner of the Town of Bozrah County of Windham & State of Connecticut Being and having been a Revolution- ary pensioner - was in the same Regiment with Mr. Joseph Herrick Now of Bozrah but formerly of the Town of Canterbury in the afore said State + State & County of Windham and that the said Joseph Herrick did belong to the company under the command of Capt Buel in the first Connecticut Regiment under Col.unker and served one year in said united States service in the year 1783 David Gardner mark
227 County of Windham ss this 31 day of July A 1832 last remembered that on the day afore said David Gardner who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition appeared before me and after being examined and cautioned to speak the whole Truth, made oaths the same Deposition which is taken at the request of Mr. Joseph Herrick William Kelley justice of the peace

admit private 23 rd 23 day 79. 30
John Hyde Esq Norwich CT

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
8. December 1832
SIR :
I return herewith the papers in support of the claims of the persons whose names are  is hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. Each  This case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L Edwards
To
John Ayde Esq. Norwich, Conn.
case of Joseph Herrick

Encl. Herrick
6. 16
Idun Hyde Esq. Norman Cou.
P 137.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Herrick which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? He served by the rolls that he enlisted on the 21 April 1782 for 12 m s & was discharged 15 April 1783 from Reg t 1 st Battery by J. Sutter Esq. 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Not in waterbury's Bng d VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?
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?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
Not in the case of a P. Hudson Esq.
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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 the 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.
‡ 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 authenticated 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 end 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.