Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,762, Asa Grosvenor, Conn.

SERVICE
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Grosvenor, Asa
NUMBER _____
S. 10.762
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88 Middletown
27011 Massachusetts Asa Grosvenor
Middletown in the State of Massachusetts He was a Lieut. Col. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Clark of the Regt. commanded by Col. Williams in the Massachusetts line for private 12 days — etc. Sergeant 5 months Lieut. — B
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 66 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Dec. 1833 and unto J. Fiske East Cambridge
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $165.80 Semi-ant. allowance ending A.M. '34 33.16 $198.96
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832. Geo. C. Hale
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 2. Page 30

Mr Grosvenor
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ss.
On this twenty seventh day of August — A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE SAMUEL P. P. FAY, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting,
Asa Groomer , a resident of Reading , in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, aged 87 years, 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, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
In the year 1776 he was an inhabitant of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut. He belonged to a company of militia commanded by Capt. Caleb Clark of the eleventh Regiment under Col. Williams. The Regiment was ordered to New York. I marched with it about the beginning of Sept r of that year. I went by the way of Hartford New Haven & Fairfield. The Regiment was discharged about the first of December following & I then served three months as I recollect I believe. After this
In April 1775 I was an inhabitant of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut & when the news of Lexington fight arrived went down to Cambridge near Boston as a volunteer. I stayed there about 12 or 15 days. At that time Genl Putnam ordered all who could stay to be organized into companies. As I had a brother with me, it was determined that he should stay & I returned home. In the next year 1776, I was fifth sergeant & clerk of the company in Pomfret commanded by Capt. Caleb Clark in the eleventh Regt. commanded by Col. Williams. In August the whole Regiment was ordered to march to New York. After preparation of several days the Regiment we marched on the tenth day of Sept r 1776 by the way of Hartford New Haven & Fairfield to Norwalk, where I was taken sick & left with one man to take care of me & Norwalk. The Regt went on to New York & White Plains. The Regiment was discharged about the first of December. I was not able to join the Regiment again, as I continued very sick until into winter, but was under the care of the surgeon of the Regt. Waldo & was not discharged until the Regiment was — The next service was as I think in 1778. I was drafted as a prisoner for two months service & was kept in Reading for service but cannot distinctly recollect what service I was then engaged in, except that I was ordered to march to New London where however I had not arrived when a counter order stopped me. In 1779 received an Antiquary commission in the State service and was ordered in 1780 for two months service as he thinks, but of the particular he cannot give any account. His commission is dated Oct 27 th 1779. In 1780 He held a Lieutenant's commission & was in command of the company, his Captain Sam Thompson acting as Major. I was ordered with his company to Horse neck & was under the command of Col. Mead. At this time he was in service more than three months, but the exact time beyond days not recollects. That neighborhood was some little skirmishing with small parties.

parties of the enemy  under Delagary to enclose the town or refugees in then troublesome, their business was chiefly to protect the country from their incursions - In answer to questions put to him - He answers - He was born at Pomfret in the State of Connecticut & was an inhabitant of that town until the year 1813 - There is a record of his age in the town records of Pomfret but he cannot now easily obtain it - He has lived in New Hampshire in the town of Pelham from 1813 to 1826 Since that time in the town of Middlebury where he now lives - He has always, served into service or drafted, among the state troops except the first 12 or 15 days when he volunteered - There were no regular officers where he served - He has received no charges at different times but has lost them by time or accident - - Had three commissions, an ensign in 1779. A lieutenant in 1780. A captain in 1782. two of which he retains & the other was taken by a son it is not now to be found - Bushnell Webber of Pomfret Connecticut is the only man  one knows to be living who can testify as to any part of his service - He was in his company in 1781 - He was with him a great part but all the time he was in service at that time, as he had to attend to going off the men & some other services after his Webber's return home - According to the best of his recollection he was in actual service under orders for service as much as ten months in all. Away from Pomfret seven or eight months of that time -
He 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.
Asa Grosvenor
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. C. Gay
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, Jared Reed a clergyman, residing in Reading aforesaid, and Daniel Flint Esquire, a magistrate, residing in Reading aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Grosvenor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 87 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.
Jared Reed.
Daniel Flint
Subscribed and sworn to before
J. P. C. Gay  W. Root

The foregoing examination & testimony having been taken at Reading on the day aforesaid, the said Grosvenor being too infirm of body to go from home to the place of holding the Probate Court
And the said Court hereby declares its 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 Jared Reed who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Reading and that the said Daniel Flinch who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Reading and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Fay Probate
I, ISAAC FISKE, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Grosvenor for a pension. taken & had before Mr. Hon. Samuel P. P. Fay, who is the judge of said Court & whose own genuine signature is set to the above certificate. —
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of August A. D. 1832. —
Isaac Fiske
I also certify that Joshua Prescott whose own proper signature is set to the additional declaration of the said Asa Grosvenor , hereto annexed, is a justice of the Peace in the said county of Middlesex. In testimony of all the foregoing documents I have this twenty fourth day of July 1832 set my hand & seal of office.

State of Massachusetts } Middlesex County ss. }
May 10 th A.D. 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex Asa Grosvenor of Reading in said County, 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 services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below mentioned and in the following grades; For the year A.D. 1775 in April, service at Cambridge, Mass. he served not less than twelve days as a private.
For the year A.D. 1776. from first Sept. to 2 nd Decemr. m. d. 3: 00 He served not less than three months as a sergeant and clerk.
m. d. 2: 00 For the year A.D. 1778. When he marched to Canterbury he served as a sergeant not less than two months.
For the year A.D. 1780. He was kept under marching orders as an Ensign not less than two months; but will not swear positively whether any, and if any, actual services were performed. During which time he says he was kept in readiness at a moment's warning so as to render it impossible to do any business of consequence.
m. d. 3: 00 For the year A.D. 1781. At Horse neck he was first Lieut., but actually performed the duty of a Captain, for three months and his Cap. performed the duty of Major during the same time.
10: 12.
Before me Joshua Prescott Jus. Peace

9618
Asa Grosvenor
Franklin and Union reporting seven reg P. 24 Augt 1833
5 06 May 7/1833
P 397 Private 12 days Sergt. 5 mos Lieut. 3 8 1/2
I. Cooke Esq
East Cambridge Mass

BRIEF in the case of Asa Grosvenor County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1882.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No  3. How old is he? 87 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     Volunteered Private   In 1775 1 10 days Sergeant Col Williams   Drafted 1776 does not state Clerk Capt Clark   or 1778 does not state Sergeant does not state   ordered in 1779 received commission of Ensign Col Mead Capt Thompson   Jany 1781 3 Lieut   1782 Captain  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pomfret Conn  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John Watson Genl. B.I.
Examining Clerk.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
M.R.C.
Washington, D. C., March 26, 1895.
Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Asa Grosvenor --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. During the Lexington Alarm served six days as a private in Capt. Zebulon Ingall's Co.; in Sept., 1776, was Sergeant in Capt. Caleb Clark's Co., Col. Williams' Regt., but on account of sickness did not go with the company to New York; in 1778 was drafted as a Sergeant to march to New London, and served two months, but for some reason did not go; Oct. 27, 1779, commissioned Ensign in the 1st company, 11 th Conn. regiment, but tendered no service under this appointment; from January, 1781, served three months at Horse Neck. During this time he held the rank of Lieutenant in Capt. Samuel Thompson's Co., Col. Mead's Regt., but as his Captain was acting in the capacity of Major he had charge of the company. Was drafted for all of the above services except the first.
Battles engaged in,
None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pomfret, Conn.
Date of application for pension, August 27, 1882.
Residence at date of application, Reading, Mass.
Age at date of application, Eighty-seven years.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Harry Reade,
871 Lake View Ave.,
1904blm
Lowell, Mass.
Commissioner.

I Cyril Lee of London Derry in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of seventy years of age do testify and say that in the spring of the year A.D. 1775 I lived in Pomfret in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, with one Asa Grosvenor who then resided in said Pomfret, but now in Reading in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts. That in April 1775 I knew said Grosvenor went on the alarm of the Lexington Battle to Cambridge with his brother Samuel and was there about half a month and his brother still remained there but he the said Asa returned. I further say that in the last of August or first of September A.D. 1776, I still lived with him, and said Asa then belonged to a company in said Pomfret commanded by Caleb Clark in Col Eben Williams Regiment, and that about the first of September said company had orders to march to New York, and if I mistake not marched about the sixth day of September aforesaid, and said Asa went with them and was taken sick before his arrival at New York as I was then informed and remained till after the Regiment was discharged which was not far from the 8 or 10th of December following, having been out about 3 months and said Asa come home sick and remained sick some time afterwards.

After this in the year 1778 in the fall he was a Sergeant and was drafted and went as I was then informed to Providence R. Island and was some one month or more. In 1779 he received an ensigns Commission and was kept constantly in readiness and once actually marched to New London, and was then in the same company with him. This was late in the fall perhaps in December, and we then had counter orders to return, and we were under arms and marching a month or a little more if I mistake not. In December A. D. 1780 he received a Lieutenants Commission and to a place called
Horse Neck, and as I was then informed did the duty of a Captain. I at this time lived with him and took charge of his domestic concerns at home, and can safely say that he was then absent in the Military service all of three months, and returned I well remember the eighth or tenth of March following
In August 1781. When Arnold came to New London and burnt it Our whole company of which said Asa was Lieutenant turned out and went to New London and soon had counter orders to return. On which occasion I should say said Grosvenor served with the Company from 10 to 15 days. Making in all the services which I remember him to have been in about eight months and 15 days.
Reading Sept. 27. A. D. 1833.
Cyril Lee
State of Massachusetts } County of Middlesex } - On this 27 th day of Sept r A. D. 1833, personally appeared the above named Cyril Lee and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed were true according to his best knowledge and belief. And I further state that said Lee is a credible witness.
Before me Joshua Prescott Jr. Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
I Isaac Dyer Register of the Court of Probate in and for the county of Middlesex, hereby certify that Joshua Parris whose name appears hereunto is at the deposition of Cynt Lee apud and is a justice of the Peace in the said County of Middlesex. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this nineteenth day of December A D 1833.
Isaac Dyer Reg
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Mabel Hubbard Depot.
For Asa Grosvenor
Pension

I Almin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Ebenezer Foster Esq before whom the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within signature of his name is 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 Public Seal of said Court this 6 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Almin Bolles Clerk

Bushnell Hobland of Pampat in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I enlisted into Capt Samuel Thompson's Company on the 25 th day of December 1780 and went to Stamford & Horse Neck Count and served the term of two and a half months in Col d Mead's Regiment. I further testify that Asa Grosvenor was first Lieutenant of said Company and served as such the same term of time I served in the State troops of Count. The said Grosvenor at the time of my service resided in said Pampat. Dated at Pampat the 4 th day of August 1832 Bushnell Hobland
State of Connecticut Windham County S s - Pampat August 4 th 1832 -
Personally appeared before me the subscriber Mr Bushnell Hobland the subscriber to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same - This deposition is taken at the request of Capt Asa Grosvenor who resides in North Reading - Massachusetts - The said Hobland is a credible witness unto his deposi- tion above subscribed full faith and credit are to be given -
Chauncy Fenton Justice of the Peace

OLD WAR & NAVY MA 21 1895 F.I.O.B.
PENSION U S OFFICE. MAR 19 1895

871 Larchview Avenue H. Lowell, Mass. March, 15 th 1895.
Hon. William Lockwood Deputy Secy Will you kindly tell me upon what census Capt. Asa Grosvenor based his application for pension! He is enrolled in 1833 as a pensioner. and allowed I believe $166.23 per year. His great-granddaughter, the wife of Hon. Edward M. French of Lowell, Mass.

know that he was in the Revolutionary War but not being able to find his name upon the Mass. Revolutionary Rolls, I think that he would be found enlisted from Connect Connecticut, which records of military service are imperfect. He died in Reading, Mass., but was from Connect Connecticut. If you will kindly inform me as to his own statement

in his application, you will oblige me very much.
Yours truly
Emile Thom Reads
D. A. R.

O. M. H.
R
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me the Revolutionary War record of Asa Grosvenor, of Pomfret, Conn.
Very truly yours
Address Helen Glorr. Helen Glorr. 37 Gates Street.
April 19/1905. Lowell, Massachusetts.

Mil. Miss to Mrs. H. Army Lake Union Ave. Lowell Mass P.H.
Apr. 29, 1905 Dist. to Miss Helen Glover, Lowell Mass
Perkins
10762 INVALID.
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File No. 10,762
Asa Grosvenor
Lieut. Col. U.S.A.
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 152
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Send to
Mrs. Harry Reade
871 - Lake View Ave -
Lowell Mass -

10762
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
 O.W. & N. DIV.  MAILED 1895  CHIEF'S DESK. 
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name Asa Wheeler
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Pomfret Conn
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Reading. Mass
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He was.
Remarks: was also survived
in '32 or '33 -
Wanted Mrs Tuck - applied for by Mrs Harey
Your name and address: Reade - niece of marriage of B. F. Butler -
Send Miss Elizabeth May Wilkys Board Revision

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JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of the State of Connecticut , in AMERICA
To Asa Grosvenor GENT. GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Ensign of the first Company or Trumbull in the 11th Regiment in this State Reposing special Trust and Confidence, in your fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, I do, by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me the unto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and Charge, as their Ensign carefully and diligently to discharge that Trust; exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the Use of their Arms, according to the Discipline of War; keeping them in good Order and Government; and commanding them to obey you as the Ensign for the Service of this State. And you are to observe all such Orders and Directions, as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from me or from other your superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of this State Stafford the 27 th Day of October Anno Domini, 1775
By His Excellency's Command, George Wyllys Sec'y.
J. Trumbull

NATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire, -General and Commander in Chief in and over the STATE of CONNECTICUT in AMERICA.
M c Gravenor
GENT. GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Captain of the first Company or Trainband in the 11 th Regiment in this State
reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, DO by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and empower you to take the said Company into your Care and Charge as their Captain carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the Use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and commanding them to obey you as their Captain and you are to observe all such Orders and Directions as from time to Time you shall receive, either from me, or from other your superior officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Public Seal of this State, at Hartford the 21 st Day of October A. D. 1777
Excellency's Command.
George Wyllys , Secretary.
N. Trumbull