Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11343, Abel Holbrook, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Holbrook, Abel Dannah
11/343.
B.L.H. 31274-160-55.
CONTENTS

28239 Connecticut
Abel Holbrook
of New Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Cook of the reg t commanded by Colonel - in the Connecticut line for 9 months Sergeant
(2 No Private)
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of $7 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of April 1834 and to H Ingersole New Haven
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 155.00 Pemi-ant. allowance ending Sept r 22.83 $180 83
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam l Boyd Clerk. Book 82 Vol. 7 Page 17

6134
Connecticut Hannah Holbrook widow of Abel Holbrook Con n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a priv. & Sgt.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Aug. 1853 and sent to Nelson H Clark New Haven
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 286 Vol. 1
Reg. Mar. 3. 1853. 192.749

192.749. Act 3 March 1855.
21 July 1855.
Hannah Holbrook, Rev. Pensioner Widow of
Abel Holbrook, Minister of Gospel Abel.
274 - per
Rev. Wadsworth
Conn Feb 48-6841
AD:16000, from 5000 B. D. D.
Wilson H. Clarke. New Haven Conn.
Vol H 2. page 64

Bounty Land Claim.
State of Connecticut } ss. County of New Haven }
On this ninetyfourth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Holbrook aged Eighty Eight years, a resident of Seymour in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abel Holbrook deceased, who was a private  Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain  Revolutionary War  in the Regiment of it that she is a pensioner of the United States payable at the Hartford Connecticut Agency , at the rate of fifty two dollars and thirty six cents per annum . That her certificate as a date
That her said husband on or about the day of  A. D.,  for the  and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was  at on the day of  A. D.,  in  Oxford  on the  Second day of September A. D., 1787 by one Rev David Branson  as  Betsy Blaggyman and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Clark that her said husband died at Bethlehem Seymour on the Fifteenth day of July A. D., 1842 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of  She refers to the papers upon which she was pensioned  posed of and not within her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.  for evidence of her husband's service and her marriage &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated, her certificate being in the hands of a third person  therefore cannot give the warrant
Hannah Holbrook
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
Daniel L Hallbrook Justice of the Peace
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. COUNTY OF New Haven }
On this 19th day of April A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Simon Davis and Isaac Babbitt residents of the State of Connecticut and County of New Haven who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Hannah Holbrook who saw her sign her name (or make her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
State of Connecticut } ss. County of New Haven }
Simon Davis Isaac Babbitt
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
Daniel L Hallbrook  Justice of the Peace

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Hannah Hallbrook of the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut and the widow of Abel Hallbrook deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Wilson H Clark my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 19th day of April , in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Hannah Hallbrook 
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace in and for the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut this 19th day of April , 185 5
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Mrs. Hannah Hallbrook Widow of Abel Hallbrook
Wm of the New Haven
PRESENTED BY
WILSON H. CLARK,
Attorney, New Haven, Ct.
J. H. Benham's Steam Press, 55 Orange Street, New Haven.
64.2.61

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, Alfred H. Terry Clerk, of New Haven County, and of the Superior Court within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, here certify:—THAT,
Daniel L. Holbrook Esquire was on the 19 th day of April 185 5 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commis- sioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the Laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts, and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to the instrument hereto annex- ed purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated accord- ing to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 20 th day of July A. D. 185 5
Alfred H. Terry Clerk.
Daniel L. Holbrook
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated her certificate being in the hands of a third person

The C Adlbrook his Declaration

State of Connecticut, New Haven County
ss. Derby August 4 th A.D. 1832
On this 4 th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before Charles A. Ingersoll Esqf. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven, at said Derby, within and for the District of New Haven.
now sitting, Axel Holbrook a resident of Derby in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged sixty nine 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.
I enlisted a Sergeant , on the 1 st day of June A.D. 1779 in the State Troops Regiment to guard the frontiers, under Colonel Matthew Alled, Major — Tyler, whose Christian name I never knew, in the company commanded by Captain Peter Penet Lieutenant Joseph Hull of Derby, and Ensign Henry Bull of Milford in the County of New Haven. I served in this company at Horseneck, in Greenwich, of Fairfield County in this State, for the term of nine months from the 1 st day of June 1779, to the 1 st day of March 1780. I was appointed Sergeant and served as such, but never had to my knowledge, a written warrant or written discharge. I never was in a battle at Horseneck. I went down to Cow-neck, with a number of men from our company, and retook five head of cattle, which the British had plundered, & were taking to their boats, but met with no resistance.
I volunteered about the first day of September A.D. 1780 and served at New Haven, under Captain Joseph Loveland & Ensign Thaddens Baldwin. I do not remember the name of the Lieutenant. I was in New Haven on guard, and served two months , as near as I can recollect, when I was dismissed.
I was in the engagements at Fairfield and New Haven in the summer of 1779 in company with Lieutenant Joseph Hull and served as a minute man and spy from about the 1 st day of January 1781 to the end of the war; during which time Joseph Hoyt was taken off on the sound from Norwalk. A number of British came out in boats from their vessels, to plunder the mills at Norwalk in this State, & succeeded in obtaining several barrels of flour; this happened, I think, the spring before the war terminated. The enemy had three boats. Six boats went out from Connecticut to surround & take them on Norwalk Island — our boats were commanded by Captain Brewster, Capt. Axel Baldwin, Capt. Cook, who had charge of a gun boat, Capt. Rider, Capt. Joseph Hull, & I believe Capt. Dickerson commanded another. I was in the boat with Capt. Joseph Hull — The boats of Hull, Brewster & Rider went upon the outside of the Island, & the other three sailed between the Island & the main land — The boats of Hull, Brewster & Rider were engaged in the battle. Brewster was shot through the body a little above the heart, but recovered from the wound. Twelve persons in the whole, were killed instantly. Every British man in Hoyt's boat was killed or wounded. Hoyt was taken into our boat. I was one of the number who clutched him, while he and Captain

Brewster were pounding each other, with the breech of their guns. I think both of them at this time had lost their swords. Every time Brewster raised his arm the blood spouted from his body upon Hoyt. Several other bodies were laid upon the beach after the battle, and I stripped their stockings & rubbed their shins with a chip, in order to ascertain if any of them were alive -
I was born at Derby on the 4 th day of December A.D. 1762, always went into service from s d Derby, have always resided in s d Derby to this time - I know of no record of my age - I have no documentary evidence of my service. I am acquainted with Rev. Asahel Baldwin Job Candee & numerous others in my neighborhood to whom I would refer the correct
The said Abel Holbrook 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, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest - Anthony P. Sanford Clerk
We, Asahel Baldwin a clergyman, residing in the town of Oxford in the county of New Haven and Abel Bassett residing in the s d Derby hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest - Anthony P. Sanford Clerk
Asahel Baldwin Abel Bassett
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Asahel Baldwin who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of S d Oxford and that Abel Bassett who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of S d Derby and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chas. A. Purnell
Judge of said Court.
I, Anthony P. Sanford Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of New Haven do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abel Holbrook for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 13 th day of August 1832, and I do further certify,
Office,
that Barnet Linn , before whom the deposition of "Percy Hyde", "Benjamin Tomlinson", and "Benjamin Malloy" were taken, is a justice of the Peace for the county of Wethersfield , duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature to the certificate to said deposition, is his own genuine signature, and that full faith and credit, are due to his official acts. Also that John L. Tomlinson , before whom the deposition of "Ebenezer Lewis" is taken, is a justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and that the signature to the certificate to said deposition, is his own genuine signature.
Anthony P. Sanford Clerk

+ State of Connecticut County of New Haven } p.
On this 16 th day of May one thousand and fifty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Oxford in said County, Hannah Holbrook a resident of the Town of Seymour in the County of New Haven, aged eighty six years. Who being duly sworn according to law, did on her oath make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Abel Holbrook, who served as a sergeant in the Revolutionary War in Capt. [blank] Company and drew a pension under the act of 1832 and was entered on the Pension List roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of fifty two dollars and some cents per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said Abel Holbrook on the 2 nd day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and that her husband the aforesaid Abel Holbrook died at Great Hill in the town of Derby (now Seymour) on the 15 th day of 1

July 1842, that she has not intermarried since his decease but remains his widow at the date hereof, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed -
Sworn and Subscribed on
the day and year above
written before me
Hannah Holbrook
Nathan J. Wilcoxson } Judge of Court of Probate for } District of Oxford }
I certify that the above named affiant is person- ally known to me, and that she is the same Han- nah Holbrook who is the Widow of Abel Holbrook who was a Revolutionary Soldier as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit, and that age and debility prevent her appearing in open Court -
Nathan J. Wilcoxson Judge of Court of Probate For the District of Oxford in New Haven County - State of Connecticut

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } p-
On this 16 th day of May A.D. 1853
personally appeared before me Nathan J. Wilcox son Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Oxford in  a District of the for said County & duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths, Stephen Tophiff a resident of the town of Oxford in said County aged 56 years, who having sworn according to law doth on his oath say, that for the last years he has been pastor of the Congregational Church in said Town & keeper of the records of the parish in said Town, and that it appears from said records, that Abel Holbrook of Great Hill, Vt. was married to Hannah Clark of Oxford by the Rev d David Bronson who was at the time presiding pastor of said Church. Which record, is in the words & figures following, that is to say - 1787. Sept. 2 d Abel Holbrook of Great Hill & Hannah Clark of Oxford, married. -
Certified to by me
Stephen Tophiff
Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Oxford & Keeper of the records of Marriages & deaths in said Parish.
I Stephen Tophiff above named do hereby say that I am now the keeper of said records for said Parish in said town, County & State, and that the above is a true extract from said records, as copied by my own hand & certified by me Stephen Tophiff

Sworn and Subscribed before me on the day & year above written; And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Stephen Topliff, and know him to be the pastor of the church named in his Deposition, and that keeper of the Parish records in said town, & that I have com- pared the extract taken from said records with the original, and know the same to be true—
Nathan J. Wilcoxson Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Oxford in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss Probate Court for the District of Oxford
I Nathan B. Fairchild Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for said Oxford District and keeper of the Seal thereof do hereby certify that
Nathan J. Wilcoxson was on the 16 th day of May A.D. 1853 and is now Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Oxford, that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his Official acts and attestations; that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writings and that his sig- nature to the instruments hereto annexed purport- ing to be his is his genuine Official signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Oxford on this 24 th day of May A.D. 1853
Nathan B. Fairchild
Clerk of said Court

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } p.
On this 2 d day of May 1853. personally appeared before me Nathan J. Wilcox an Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid. Ann Wherein a resident of the town of Oxford in sd. New Haven County aged fifty one years who having been first duly cautioned & sworn doth on her oath declare & say, that she has always resided in the town of Oxford in the County of New Haven, and that she was well acquainted with Hannah Clark of said town of Oxford when a girl, that she was the daughter of Thomas Clark, & married Abel Holbrook of Great Hille in the town ofbury in sd. County, and that she lived with the said Abel Holbrook to the time of his decease, and still remains his widow. She further declares that said Hannah Clark was married as she very believes about the first of September 1887 by the Rev d David Bronson the then Congregational Minister of said

town - further Dependant Sarah Mott — Ermine Wheeler
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day of year above written; and I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent, and that she appears to be of the age above stated, and that she is a person entitled to credit for truth —
Nathan J. Wilson Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } p-
On this 16 th day of May 1853 before the subscribers a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven; person- ally appeared Luther Fowler aged 75- years, a resident of the town of Seymour in New Haven County, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Abel Holbrook of the town of Orby in his life time and lived in the same neighborhood with him, he drew a pension in his life time for services in the Revolutionary War. His family I have been acquainted with sixty five years; they had sever- al children. His wife is still living in this town and remains single and unmarried. He Mr Holbrook died in the month of July 1842 as near as I can recollect - further deponent saith not.
Luther Fowler
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent and

that he appears to be of the age above stated and that he is a person entitled to credit for truth -
Nathan F. Wilcapson Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of New Haven } p.
On this 16 th day of May 1853 before the Subscriber Nathan J. Wilcoxson a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of New Haven, personally appeared Austin Hound a resident of the town of Seymour in said County who aged sixty one years Who having been first duly confirmed and sworn to tell the truth, declare and say that he was well acquainted with Abel H. Holbrook in his lifetime and also with his wife Hannah, that they lived in the same neighborhood with myself and had six children that he the said Abel Holbrook was a pensioner as I always understood at the time of his death, which took place as near as I can remember in July 1842. that his widow Hannah Hol- brook is now living, and unmarried and has remained a widow since the decease of her husband, further deponant saith not. Austin Hound
5 Sworn and subscribed before me on the day & year above written. & I hereby

Certify that the Defendant is personally known to me, and that he appears to be of the age above stated, and that he is a person entitled to credit for truth —
Nathan J. Wilson Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents, that I Hannah Holbrook of the town of Seymour County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, Revolutionary pensioner, of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Wilson H. Clark of the city town and County of New Haven my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions, my pension or certificate for pension, from the 15 th day of July 1842, to the day of Witness my hand & Seal this 16 th day of May 1853 Sealed & delivered
In the presence of Nathan J. Wilson } } Hannah Holbrook Esther Holbrook }
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven }
Be it known that on the 16 th day of May 1853, before the subscriber a Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Oxford, in said County, personally appeared Hannah Holbrook above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written - Nathan J. Wilson Judge of the Court of Probate for said District and Justice of the Peace

United States of America State of Connecticut } County of New Haven }
Be it known that before me a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Ox- ford in said County, personally appeared Hannah Holbrook, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person who drew (or is entitled to draw) a pension under the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of March 1843 on account of the Revolutionary Services of her husband; the late Abiel Holbrook at the rate of dollars per annum. That she now makes this affidavit that she now makes this affidavit in order to draw a pension under the act of 17 th June 1844, entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain Widows." That she has not intermarried but continues to be a Widow. That she now resides in the Town of Seymour (formerly Derby) in said New Haven County & State of Connecticut, and has resided there for the space of more than fifty years. Sworn to & Subscribed this 16 th day March of May A.D. 1853 - In the presence
A Nathan Wilcoxson } Hannah Holbrook Judge of Court of Probate for } District of Oxford
7. Before me personally appeared Hannah Holbrook and made oath to this affidavit & I hereby certify that the above named affiant is per- sonally known to me, and that she is the same iden- tical person, who is described above as having drawn a

pension, and that she is still a widow and that by reason of age and infirmity she is unable to appear in open Court -
Nathan J. Wilson Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Oxford in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut -

Know all men by these presents. That I Hannah Holbrook of the town of Seymour, County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Wilson H. Clarke of the town and County of New Haven, Connec- ticut my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions, my pension or pension certificate from the day of _____ to the day of _____ Witness my hand & seal this 16 th day of May 1853 Sealed & delivered in
the presence of Nathan J. Wilcoxson } Esther Holbrook }
Hannah Holbrook
State of Connecticut } ss - Seymour May 16 th AD 1853 County of New Haven } Be it known that on the 16 day of May 1853 before the subscriber, a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Oxford, in said County, personally appeared Hannah Hol- brook above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to her as her act & deed - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above written Nathan J. Wilcoxson Judge of the Court of Probate. For said District & Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } P-
On this 16 th day of May 1853 per- sonally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Oxford in the County of New Haven, Hannah Holbrook a resident of the town of Derby (now Seymour) in the County aforesaid aged eighty six years Who being sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provi- sions of the act of Congress passed on the second day of July February A.D. 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the Widow of Abel Holbrook, who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt. in the Revolutionary War that in pursuance of said services he was placed, as a pensioner of the United States on the pension List Roll of the Connec- ticut agency, at the rate of fifty two Dol- lars and some cents per annum, and that her husband the aforesaid Abel Hol- brook died at Great Hill, Derby, (now Seymour) on the 15 th day of July 1842. And she

further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn Subscribed before me the day & year last above written
Nathan J. Wilcoxson? Judge of Court of Probate for Oxford District
Hannah Holbrook
I hereby certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same Hannah Holbrook, who is the widow of Abiel Holbrook, who was a Revolutionary Soldier as stated by her, and that age & debility prevent her appearing in open Court.
Nathan J. Wilcoxson
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Oxford in New Haven County State of Connecticut

Know all men by these presents, that I Hannah Holbrook of the town of Seymour in our County of New Haven, and State of Connec- ticut, do hereby constitute and appoint Wilson H Clark of the town and County of New Haven, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States, for paying pensions, my pension or certificate for a pension, from the day of to the day of Witness my hand & Seal this 16 th day of May A.D. 1853
Sealed in the presence of Hannah Holbrook & delivered before us. Nathan J. Wilcoxson } Esther Holbrook }
State of Connecticut } } - Seymour May 16 th A.D. 1853 County of New Haven }
Be it known that on the 16 th day of May 1853 before the subscriber a Judge of the Private Court for the District of Oxford in said County personally appeared Hannah Holbrook above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed. In Witness 10 Whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year above written - Nathan J Wilcoxson

Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Oxford in New Haven County in said State and Justice of the Peace

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of February 1853. granting Pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers —
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } p.
On this 16 th day of May 1858, personally appeared before the subscribers a Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Oxford in said New Haven County, Hannah Holbrook a resident of the town of Seymour formerly Brby aged eighty six years, who being sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d day of February 1853, granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers — that she is the widow of Abel Holbrook who was a Sergeant in Capt. Company and served in the Revolutionary War — that in pursuance of said services he was entitled as a pensioner of the United States, on the Pension list Roll of the

Connecticut Agency at the rate of fifty two dollars and some cents. (and for more correct information as to amount of his pension see his certificate which is surrendered and on file in the Auditor's Office) - And she further states that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband & that she is still a Widow -
Sworn & subscribed before me on the day & year above
Written Nathan W. Wilcasson Judge of Court of Probate for Oxford District
Hannah Holbrook
I hereby certify that the above named affi- -ant is personally known to me, and that she is the same Hannah H. Holbrook Who is the Widow of Abel H. Holbrook, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that she is the same person who is described in previous applications for pensions under the acts of 3 d March 1843 & 17 th June 1848, and that appars to be of the age above stated & that by reason of age & infirmity she is unable to appear in open Court - Nathan W. Wilcasson Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Oxford in New Haven County in the State of Connecticut

Know all men by these presents, That I Hannah Holbrook of the town of Seymour County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Wilson H. Clark of the town and County of New Haven, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions, my pension or pension certificate for a pension from the day of to the day of. Witness my hand and hand and seal this 16 th day of May. 1853
Sealed & delivered in the presence of - Nathan J. Wilcoxson Esther Holbrook
Hannah Holbrook
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } - Seymour May 16 th 1853.
Be it known that before me Nathan J. Wilcoxson a Justice of the peace for the County of New Haven, personally appeared one Hannah Holbrook, above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed -
Nathan J. Wilcoxson Justice of the Peace

+ State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss. Probate Court for the Probate } District of Oxford }
I Nathan B. Fairchild Clerk of the Court of Probate for and within said Oxford District and keeper of the Seal thereof do hereby certify that Nathan J. Wilcoxson was on the 16th. day of May 1853 Judge of the Court of Probate for the said District of Oxford and none is the same - that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his offi- cial acts, and attestations; that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to the instrument hereto an- nexed purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature;
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Oxford in said County and State on this 24th. day of May AD 1853
Nathan B. Fairchild Clerk of said Court

Witchell
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
July 17 1902 Mrs. Phoebe S. V. Newton C
No. 11343
Hannah Holbrook
Wid
Abel Holbrook
Pr Rev War
Act: Feb 29 48
Ex:—Vol. a , Page 345
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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9.413 Connecticut Hannah Holbrook widow of Abel who was a priv. V.S.F. in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Aug. 53 and sent to Wilson A Clarke M. Haven
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book  ct Vol.  2  Page 53.

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Washington D.C.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
I, Robert H. Osborne Clerk,
of the County Court, within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
Nathan J. Wilcoxson Esquire
was on the 16 th day of May 1853 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that the signatures to the instruments hereto annexed, purporting to be his, I believe to be his genuine official signatures; and that said instruments are executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 26 th day of May A. D. 1853
Robert H. Osborne Clerk.

POSTAL CARD - ONE CENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY
JUL 15 1902
Insion Bureau Washington D C

Pension Agent.
Please send to Mrs Phebe Stoddard Mitchell the pension application of Abel Holbrook born 1762 in Seymour Conn - died Clark in same place His Hannah Holbrook rec'd pension Address Mrs Phebe S Mitchell. Sandy Hook (Newton) Connecticut

New Haven Conn:
August 19. 1853
To Hon: L.P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
Dear Sir - I forwarded an application in favor of Hannah Holbrook for pension on account of the services of her husband in the Revolutionary War some time in May last - I think, and have up to this time heard nothing from it - Mrs Holbrook lives in Seymour (which was formerly part of the town of Derby) and is quite anxious to learn the decision of the Department in reference to her claim - As the old lady is quite advanced in life, and as it were in her second childhood, it would afford her the highest pleasure to receive her bounty from the government. If the Department has been able to pass upon her claim, you will confer a very great favor to advise me of the decision as soon as it may convenient for you to do so - I regret to trouble you with a letter of this kind, and would not, were I acting for a person less advanced in life - I am dear Sir
Most Respectfully
Your Humble Servant Wilson H. Clark
Charged to Mays June 1 st Act of 1843
Alany

3658
Abel Holbrook,
16 Days
for 1779 Pm 2 dist 11 m
  Sept 9 -  $45     Pm 2 -  6.66      $51.66  100  
5 13. 1/4
Can only claim a share.
E C Ingalls
P108.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Abel Holbrook
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? no
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?
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?
The best evidence does not appear to have been produced. His warrant must be accounted for.
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? NO
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
Herlinca's are not admissible.
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.

Brief in the case of Hannah Holbrook, wid. of Abel. New Haven County and State of Connecticut act July 7. 1838 &c.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Abel Holbrook was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 at the rate of $1.66 per annum. He died July 25. 1842, as per Auditor's report, and was paid to his death. Hannah his widow, proves her marriage to the said Abel, Sept 2. 1787 - by record evidence - and that she is still a widow. Pension allowed her at the rate of $57.66 per annum from July 25 March 11. 1843 to March (If for increase.) 4. 1848 - and from that date during Widowhood. Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? Payable to Claimant
Name and residence of Agent
Wm H Clarke New Haven Ct.
A H Evans
Examining Clerk.

Hannah Holbrook Widow of Abel Ct.
Act July 7. 1838 &c
Priv. Sclrgt. — $51.66 per annum —
From March 4. 1843
To March 4. 1848
And From March 4. 1848
During widowhood
Payable to Claimant
Wilson H. Clarke New Haven Ct.

Pension Office August 17. 1853
Sir,
Abel Holbrook, Connecticut Roll, Set 1832 - pensioned at $57.66 per annum.
Please state to what time paid.
Very Respectfully
S. P. Waldo
Commissioner
H. Bank Esq. 3rd Auditor
Died 25 th July 1842, Paid to his death. H. Bank.
Auditor.

192.749.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN, July 20 th 1855.
Sir:
Enclosed please find application of Hannah Holbrook Widow Clark Holbrook for Bounty Land, under act of Congress of March 3d, 1855.
Yours most Respectfully,
WILSON H. CLARK.
To HON. L. P. WALDO, Commissioner of Pensions, WASHINGTON, D. C.

E. Lewis. Deposition for
Abel Holbrook
+
Abel Holbrook
3658

State of Connecticut Newhaven county Derby August 7-1832 Be it Remembered
I Benjamin Tomlinson was in the Service of the States Troops under Captain Fitch Lieutenant Joseph Hull in the year 1781 to guard the frontiers
I hereby certify that abt Holbrook of Derby & county of Newhaven was in the same Service and served the same time under the same officers
Benjamin Tomlinson
Personally appeared Benjamin Tomlinson this to me known as a credible witness day above written and made solemn oath to the fore going deposition by him subscribed
Before me Bennet Loom Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned & sworn

State of Connecticut
ss. New Haven County, Deed August 17th.
A.D. 1833. I hereby certify that the Deponent in the within Deposition, Benjamin Tomlinson now deceased, was to me personally known at the time of taking the same, and that he was a credible witness.
Benjamin Tomlinson Deponent in the within Deposition
Barnet Loom Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut New Haven County Derby July 27 1832 Be it Remembered That I Joseph Hyde of Oxford & county of New Haven was in the Service & Served from the first day of September A D 1780 to the at New Haven to guard the frontiers under Capt Joseph Loveland Ensign Thaddeus Bartolomew & Lieutenant Joseph Riggs
I do hereby certify that Capt Abel Holbrook of Derby Served at the same time under the same officers above mentioned for the term of two months I do cannot ascertain from my own recollection Joseph Hyde
Personally appeared Joseph Hyde this day above written before me and made a credible witness solemn oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Bennet Learn Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss: Derby August 18 th 1833. I hereby certify that Joseph Hyde, the Deponent of the within Deposition, is to me personally known and that he is a credible witness -
Barnet Loom Justice of the Peace
J. Hyde Dep. for H. Church

Note of connection Newhaven County July 27- 1832 Be it Remembered that I Benajah Malory of Milford county of new haven was in the Service in the year of 1779- 8 1780 and served nine months commencing in June Ending in March under Captain Peter Berry of Milford Lieut Joseph Hull in Colonel Wether Myles Regiment - at horse neck the whole term of nine months. I do hereby certify that Abel Holbrook of Derby Served under the same officers as a Sergeant for the same term of time of nine months
Benajah Malory
Personally appeared Benajah Malory this day to me known to be a credible witness above written and made solemn oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Barnet Lewis Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & sworn

I Eleazer Lewis of Oxford in New Haven County State of Connecticut of lawful age being duly sworn depon and say that when young, during the revolutionary war & since I have been well acquainted with Abiel Holbrook of Derby, our homes when young being in the same immediate neighborhood & having attended the same school together. We were both of us often and a good deal of the time in the public service during the revolutionary war; and whereon we were together at home & elsewhere, have often conversed together of each other's services. I know that said Abiel Holbrook served at Milford under Capt. Perrit in the month of June & July 1779; having been there at that time under Capt. Mallet. We were often together for about 6 weeks when he followed his Company to Horseneck. I also served with said Holbrook for two months at New Haven under Capt. Joseph Loveland in the fall of 1780. Eleazer Lewis
I also remember that said Holbrook was engaged under Capt. Joseph Hull commanded of a crew of Boatmen to which S r Holbrook belonged, as I have always understood until the close of the war; He entered on S r service, I should think as early as the commencement of the year 1781. I further withal Derby August 4. 1882. Eleazer Lewis
New Haven County ss Derby Aug t 4. 1882
Personally appeared Eleazer Lewis known to me to be a man of deserving of credit & signs of the foregoing Subscription & made solemn Oath that the same contains the truth before me John T. Millington Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut, New Haven County. } ss.
On this 13 th day of August 18 53
personally appeared, in open Court, before
The Court of Probate of the Probate District of Newtown at Newtown
now sitting, Abel Holbrook Derby in the County of New Haven
a resident of and State of Connecticut, aged
who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the
Supplementary following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. To his original Declaration bearing date the 4th day of August A.D. 1832, & certified on the 15th day of August A.D. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein
That during all the series set forth in said original Declaration, the Declarant served as a Sergeant. The Declarant enlisted & was enrolled as a Sergeant, and was uniformly called "Sergeant Holbrook" whenever the roll was called over. The Declarant still thinks he never held a Sergeant's warrant. He remembers that on a Scouting Expedition, he once held a written authority to take a certain number of soldiers under his command, but by whom the paper was signed or its particular contents, or what has become of it, the declarant does not remember. He knows it is lost. The Declarant further says, that he never knew or heard that any warrant was ever held by any Sergeant of the Regiment. The Sergeants of the several companies, were enlisted by the commissioned officers of the same. This, the declarant well remembers. The Captain enlisted the first and fourth Sergeants, the Lieutenant enlisted the second Sergeant, and the Ensign enlisted the third Sergeant. The Sergeants of the company in which I performed my service, as stated in my original declaration, were as follows. Joseph Whiting first, the Declarant second, Daniel Sackett afterward, Colonel Sackett third, and one — Ward the fourth Sergeant. The Declarant was Captain of a company of militia after the Revolutionary war, and no warrant was ever held by any Sergeant of his company during his command of said company.
The Deponent further makes the following affidavit.
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, Judge of the court of probate, for the District of New Haven, as aforesaid, Abel Holbrook, who being duly sworn, deposes 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 period men- tioned below , and in the following grades: For two years, and eight months I served as a Sergeant; And for such service "I claim a pension." I know, and am confident that I entered the service on the first day of June 1779 and served as sergeant for the full term of nine months immediately thereafter. I know & am certain that early in the month of September 1780 I entered the service and served as sergeant for the full term of two months immediately thereafter. I also know and am fully certain that I entered the service of the United States in the month of January 1781, and served from said January 1781, as sergeant until the end of the Revolutionary war.
Rev. Holbrook

The said _____ 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, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in the town of and _____ residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of _____ and that _____ who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chas. S. Ingersoll Pres. of said Court.
I, Anthony P. Sanford Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Weymouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the supplemental application of Abel Holbrook for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of _____ Office, this 2 nd day of December 1833. And I as further certify that William Strong Esq before whom the deposition of Benajah Mallory was taken, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Weymouth duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature to the certificate of said deposition, is in his own hand writing.
Anthony P. Sanford. Clerk

State of Connecticut ss. Milford New Haven County August 7 th - A.D. 1833.
Be it remembered that on the year and days aforesaid, personally appeared before me William Strong Esquire, Justice of the peace in and for said New Haven County, duly commissioned and sworn, Benajah Mallory of said town of Milford, to me personally known, and who is a credible witness, who being first duly ear- thened and sworn, under his oath declares and says, that he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, sometime in the month of June 1779 and served at Horseneck near Greenwich in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, in the Regiment com- manded by Colonel Matthew Mead and in the company commanded by Captain Peter Ferris of said Milford and Lieutenant Joseph Hull, and that he served therein from said June until the following March

A.D. 1780 - and that he served therein, the full term of nine months . The Deponent was fifer of said Com- pany; & was then and ever since has been well acquainted with Captain Abel Holbrook of Quesley in said New Haven County. - The Deponent further says, that he frequently saw the said Holbrook in service with him in said Company, and that they served together in said company during the same term of time, and the Deponent knows that said Abel Holbrook was Sergeant of said Company during the term of service above al- luded to, and that he was so named in calling the roll, and that he served as such. Benajah M.
Sworn to and subscribed the day of the date hereof. Before me -
William Strong Justice of the Peace
I certify, that I am personally acquainted with Benajah Mallory, subscriber of the foregoing Dep- osition, & that he is a credible witness -
William Strong Justice of Peace