Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13482, Thaddeus Hubbell, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hubbell, Thaddeus
S. 13482
CONTENTS
carded

Pension reduced from $82.50 p. ann. to New certif. issued 1. March 1836
Connecticut 5311
Thaddeus Hubbell
of Fairfield in the State of Conn. h. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Silliman of the by in the militia line for 17 months 20 months
  3 months Artill.  12.50    14 " Inf.  44.66     $57.16  
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 54 Dollars 16 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1836 and sent to Hon. G. Tomlinson Senate U.S.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 35.  266.27    For ann. allowance ending March 36.  29.58     $395.70  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. 2. Vol. 3 Page 19

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } S. Fairfield November 15 th A.D. 1882
On this 15 th day of November A.D. 1882 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and now sitting, Thaddeus Hubbell a resident of S. Fairfield aged sixty eight 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 on the first day of April 1778, he enlisted, at said Fairfield, as a private, for the term of nine months into a Company of Connecticut State Troops under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Silliman, and was immediately ordered to Black Rock Upper Wharf, in said Town of Fairfield, a station where a Guard was kept up during the Revolutionary war. Declarant marched to said Black Rock Upper Wharf and continued to serve there in the Guard under Lieutenant Silliman until the 1 st of January 1779 a period of nine months when his term of enlistment expired and he was discharged

and went home. Declarant upon enquiry can find no witness now living who served with him during this term. He was the youngest man in the Company and believes every man who served with him is dead. James Patchin Sergeant, Nehemiah Odle, Ellick Hamilton, Joseph W. Bennett, Thaddus Bennett, John Meeker, and many others whom he can recollect are dead.
In the year 1779 Onesimus Hubbell the Brother of the Declarant had enlisted into the Company of Connecticut State Artillery under the command of Captain Isaac Jarvis and stationed at the Black Rock Battery, in said Fairfield. About the first of September 1779 while serving at sd Battery my Brother was injured by the in the act of firing a Cannon & disabled from service. I took his place as a substitute in said Company and served therein under Captain Jarvis at sd Battery for three months, when the term for which my Brother had enlisted expired and I was discharged & went home.
Declarant is unable to find any living witness who served with him at the time last mentioned. So far as he can learn all the Company are dead except Aaron Turney of Fairfield who was an officer next in command to Capt Jarvis. Upon calling on Lieutenant Turney Declarant finds him so broken down with age & the Palsy that he has lost all recollection regarding Declarant's serving at said Battery.

In the latter part of May or the first of April 1781, Declarant volunteered & joined the Guard that turned out to guard the Magazine kept by the State of Connecticut at Stratfield a Parish so called in the Town of Fairfield on the eastern extremity of the Town. There was a large quantity of Powder in this Magazine and the guarding it was deemed an object of great importance. The Magazine was placed by the State of Connecticut under the care of Horatio Kibbell Esquire. At the time above mentioned, Declarant volunteered & joined the Guard which consisted of about twenty men & acted under the order of Esquire Kibbell. Declarant continued to serve in said Guard for the term of three months when he left & went home. We kept guard every night. The Blackrock Battery was supplied with powder from this Magazine which contained a large quantity taken by the State from a British Vessel at the Eastward. In the month of April 1782, he cannot state the day, Declarant enlisted at said Fairfield as a private for the term of eight months in the Company of Connecticut State Troops under the command of Captain Daniel Lacey. This Company was distributed at different stations along the Sea board of said Town of Fairfield. Declarant was ordered to Black Rock , Upper Marsh under Corporal Gideon Kibbell who commanded the Guard at this Station. Declarant served at

said Black Rock Upper Wharf in the Guard there under Corporal Hubbell (who was the uncle of the Declarant) for the term of eight months when the term of his enlistment expired & he was discharged & left about the first of December 1882.
Declarant has no documentary evidence & never received any written discharge. He was born at Hanfield October 15. 1764 according to the Family Record kept by his Ancestors & now in his possession. He has always resided in said Town of Hanfield & is known to Governor Soule David Hill Esquire & to most of the older Citizens of Hanfield.
The said Thaddeus Hubbell 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.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
by me David Hill Esquire Probate for the district of Litchfield.
Thaddeus Hubbell
We Thomas Brattlewell and Samuel B Seely - residing in the Town of Hanfield hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thaddeus Hubbell who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Thomas Brattlewell
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Sam l B Seely by me David Hill Esquire Probate for the district of Litchfield.

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 & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to the said Court that Thomas Brithwell and Samuel B Seely who have signed the preceding Certificate are Residents of the Town of Fairfield and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. Dance Hill Junep -
I David Hill Jun Clerk of the said Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Madderus Hubbard for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this 16. day of November A.D. 1882. David Hill Jr Clerk

We Benjamin Brothwell & Thomas Brothwell both of Fairfield in Fairfield County Connecticut being duly sworn do testify & say that we enlisted in April 1782 in the Company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Capt Daniel Lacey which company was enlisted by the State of Connecticut for the purpose of guarding the coast of the Town of Fairfield - we enlisted for the term of eight months & were divided up into guards & stationed at different places along the Coast, a part at Stratfield Beach, a part at Black Rock Upper Wharf, a part at Fairfield Town & a part farther west. we were in the guard stationed at Stratfield Beach. We knew Madderus Nuttall how off Fairfield to belong to said Company - He enlisted at the same time we did & for the same term & was stationed at the Black Rock Upper Wharf. We frequently saw sd Nuttall & know that he served in the guard at Black Rock Upper Wharf for the eight months at the end of which time the Company was discharged.
Benjamin Brothwell Thomas Brothwell
sworn to & subscribed this 17 th day of July A.D. 1832 before me Wm. B. B. Justice of Peace

I Aaron Hubbell of Fairfield in Fairfield County Connecticut do testify & say, being first duly sworn, that about the 1 st of May 1781 I volunteered in the guard that turned out to guard the Magazine kept by the State of Connecticut at Stratfield a Parish in the Town of Fairfield. The magazine was under the care of my Father Merickiah Hubbell who was then a Selectman & a Justice of the Peace. A guard of about twenty men volunteered to guard this magazine. I staid in this guard till the 15 th of August 1781 - when I was drafted to go to Black Rock Upper Wharf & left. I was well acquainted with Maddens Hubbell now of said Fairfield and know that he was in said guard for a considerable period, I should think about three months. The guard were under my Father & kept constant guard as the magazine contained a large quantity of powder taken from a British Vessel at the eastward.
Aaron Hubbell
sworn to & subscribed this 17 th day of July A 1832
before me Thomas Bloome Justice of Peace

I Sarah Hubbell of Fairfield in Fairfield County Connecticut the wife of Aaron Hubbell of said Fairfield, aged sixty five years next December, & being duly sworn D. testify & say that, I was born and brought up at Black Rock in said Fairfield within about eighty rods of the Black Rock Upper Wharf where a Guard was kept up during the Revolutionary war. I recollect that in the year 1778 my Uncle Samuel Silliman (then called Lieutenant Silliman) had the command of a Company of State Troops stationed at said Black Rock Upper Wharf. He was frequently at my Father's House who was his Brother and I heard much conversation on the subject of the Guard there. I well recollect Mr Thaddeus Hubbell now of Fairfield to have been a member of said Company. I knew him before he came there & saw him frequently while he served in said Company. I do not remember how long said Hubbell served in said Company but should say he was there through the Spring & Summer & until cold weather.
Some time after this I cannot certainly recollect the year, said Hubbell was at Black Rock Battery in the artillery Company under Capt. Jarvis. I well recollect seeing him while there, but how long he served at said Battery I cannot state. He was in the Fall of the year. Sary Hubbell sworn to and subscribed this 15 th day of November A.D. 1832 before me Thomas B. Bronson Justice of Peace

Fairfield County ss Fairfield Nov. 16. 1832
I hereby certify that Benjamin Brathwell, Thomas Brathwell, Aaron Hubble & Mary Hubble who have subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Depositions, are all credible witnesses. Thomas B Osborne Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } ss Fairfield Fairfield County } I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Thomas B Osborne before whom the foregoing Depositions of Benjamin & Thomas Brathwell, Aaron Hubble and Mary Hubble were sworn in now and for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & sworn & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c. I further certify that all the official signatures to the certificates on said Depositions purporting to be his are genuine & in the proper hand writing of the said Thomas B Osborne. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court this 16 th day of November A.D. 1832.
Thomas B Osborne Clerk of said County Court
Hon. G. Fowler Senate W.S.
Nov 16 1832 ss Fairfield
Thomas Hubble Application for a Pension

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S. H. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., January 29, 1896.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Thaddeus Hubbell --- 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.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. April 1778 9 mos. Pvt. Lt. Samuel Silliman Not stated. Conn. April 1779 3 mos. Pvt. Hezekiah Hubbell " " Conn. Sept. 1779 3 mos. Pvt. Isaac Jarvis " " Conn. April 1782 8 mos. Pvt. Daniel Lacey " " Conn. Most of his services were rendered in the vicinity of Black Rock.
Battles engaged in,
None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield, Conn.
Date of application for pension. November 16, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Fairfield, Conn.
Age at date of application, Born at Fairfield, Conn., Oct. 15, 1764.
Remarks: His pension was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Rebecca N. Bibbins, 429 State St., Bridgeport, Conn.
Commissioner.

1896, Mil. History to Mrs. Jan / Rebecca N. Pillsbury 29 / Bridgeport, Conn.
Bevan
13.482 INVALID.
File No. 13.482
Thaddeus H. Hubbard Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Shaddus Hubbell
Priv. Artillery 3 Mo. - 12 50. " Infantry 20. m o 70. 00
$ 82. 50
per ann
Adm o for whole time :
11 12. 13
P-228
Dear G. Tomlinson Senate Dist.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas H. H. H. 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? 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? 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? No Clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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? He must be
positively whether there are survivors of each term of service
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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 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.

Thaddeus Hubbell termes of time of services in the old revolutionary war in the State troops in the April first 1778 at Black rock in belonging to the town of Fairfield nine months under Lieutenant Samuel Silliman in the State of Connecticut Discharged the first day of January 1779 1779 relieved by a company of revolutionary soldiers
April 1779 I served under Hezekiah Hubbell three months to guard the magazine magazine of powder and Ball A volunteer chosen for one the reason why the Tories threaten to take it they came from long island wonce to try us but could not make it out for fear of the guard this guard was re requested by general Silliman as a State guard as we under stand it we dont know our a town guard in our parts the magazine was kept two miles from the shore for the State for the the soldiers to get when wanted
The first of September 1779 I served at Black rock Battery three months under Captain Isaac Jarvis in the artillery the reason why one of us Hubbell a brother of mine was disabled that and soldiers sifting in the standing army they called on me for I had bin there before so that knew me what I could do
1182 April 1802 served under Captain Daniel Lacey Served Eight months at Black rock upon wharf
I served over to two years but them that served when I did is dead if a like I could prove it my servers I served more or less Every year from 1778-1802 I was herest from one place to a nother in the State So good a chance as Tories for they had proof from South sides to prove to prove their pension then I am home enjoying the Land they fought against I do not want to make envy of your publick money wrongfull

State of Connecticut.
Fairfield County So. Fairfield January 1st, 1836 - Personally appeared Thaddeus Hubble of said Fairfield and made oath to the truth of the within statement.
Before me.
Josep Banks Justice of the Peace
This will certify that I have been acquainted with M c Thaddeus Hubble of Fairfield for about twenty years and have lived a neighborhood to him sixteen years and always considered him a man of truth & veracity; and he bears that character in this neighborhood and among all his acquaintances. Fairfield January 1st. 1836. Josep Banks.

Payments to be made at Hartford by Pres: U.S. br: bank. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Connecticut
Spue a cash note 42.50 for $59.16 246.16 per ann 89.1675
Hon. G. Tomlinson
Senate U.S. Recorded by
Francis J. Mancioni
Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 3 d
page 47.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Thaddeus Hubbard of the State of Connecticut who was a Private of Infantry and of Artillery in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Eighty two dollars and Fifty cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards

Thaddeus Hubbell - 13482-8
Phineas S Hubbell - Not S.
Dec. 18 th 1895- " W
I want to join the Daughters of the Revolution and I find Thaddeus Hubbell (my Grandfather) had a pension in 1840 died in Nov 30 1849 aged 85 years son of Daniel Daniel son of Gannell. And we have a powder horn that Phineas Hubbell had in the Revolution I have forgotten what date was on it.
Direct to Rebecca N Bibbins 429 State Street - Bridgeport - Conn,

Connecticut 5311.
Thaddus Hubbard of Fairfield in the State of Conn. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Silliman of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Militia 2 nd Art y line for _____ Conn.
Priv: Artillery - 3. months " Infantry 20. months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of $2. Dollars 50. Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Feb y 1833. and sent to Hon. G. Tomlinson, Senate
Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1832. - $123.75 Semizant. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33. $41.25
$165.00 for letter to Hon G. Tomlinson 5 March 1833
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis J. Francis Clerk. Book C. Vol. 3 d Page 47.
payt Sup d let agent 6 Aug t 1834
Certif recalled - let pension 6 Aug t 1834
let - H Sep r 1832. T.B. Osborne.
Let Hon G Tomlinson 10 Feb y 1835 do. to same March 6. 1835 -
1250 66.69
79 19