Hello   I was doing some research for a descendant of John Tyler and Anna Rogers and I transcribed (to the best of my ability) his pension application and some of her widows pension application and wanted to post it for others:   DAR Ancestor #: A117669 Service: CONNECTICUT    Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 1759    N.STRATFORD FAIRFIELD CO CONNECTICUT Death: 11-5-1837     BRANFORD NEW HAVEN CO CONNECTICUT Pension Number:  S*W18178 Service Description:  1) CAPTS POTTER,GATES,STAPLES 2) COLS HALL,MEAD   Transcribed pension and widow pension applications Page 1 Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 State of Connecticut, County of New Haven On this 14th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before this _____ Court of the thirteen states now sitting John Tyler a resident of Branford In the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged 72 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.___ ___that in the year 1775, I the living at North Stratford in Fairfield County, as an apprentice in the Tailoring housewife?, I took the plea of an Ephraim Stanley who has been ____ for a three months service and served for that term of time , in a company commanded by Capt Stephen Potter of Branford, in the regiment commanded by Col. Theodore Hall of Wallingford, being this time I went to Boston and served there and in that ____ Gen Putnam commanded the brigade in which I served.  I was in skirmish with the British, when a party of Americans and ___ cattle, from Long Island (?), ____ to Glocuster Point and from then to Salem - when I had served my time out I went to Roxbury , and worked at my trade as a tailor.  After living in Roxbury for about one year, I came to North Branford in Connecticut. In March 1779, at said North Branford, I enlisted for one year in the Connecticut State Troops under Ensign Asahel Harrison, in Capt. John Gates(?) Company, in Col. Mather Mead (?) Regiment.  Soon after my enlistment I marched to Horse Neck and there served out my time. About the beginning of  February 1780, I was one of the party existing of about one hundred men, which went to Menirican(?) in New York and attacked a British ____ of light horse, in this expedition, several prisoners ( I ___ think about sixteen?) were taken and ____ to Horse Neck - Among the prisoners were Col. Hatfield,  Mr. Nathan Harrison now living at North Branford served with me in this enlistment and were ___ of the ____ of one hundred, that I have spoken of ___ my time Page 2 And I returned to North Branford in the year 1781 I enlisted in Capt Enoch Staples company of state troops and served six months That being the term of my enlistment, a law at Branford The expiration of my time.  I served another six months under Capt. Staples in a guard (?) boat along shore between New Haven and Sachems House - John Blackstone was with me in this ____ as was also Mr. Nathan Harrison for a part of the time.  I was born at North Branford in Connecticut on the last day of March A.D. 1760   I have no record of my age.  I have made diligent search for one but none can be found.  Ever since the Revolutionary War I have lived and now live in the town of Branford .After the expiration of my term of service and Boston, as stated above, I received a discharge __-by Gen Gage (or Sage) (or Page). Since(?) discharge, I have cont.(?). At the expiration of any ____.  _-time of service, I did not receive any discharge. I am ______(awaiting?) with Benjamin Page , Nathan Harrison, and Jonathan Rose and the Rev. Timothy P. Gillett, who I believe will testify to my character for ___ city, and their belief in personal knowledge of my service in the Revolutionary War . John Tyler   ***** In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7th July 1838..pensions to certain widows...Anna Tyler a resident of Branford..aged 78..declaration..widow of John Tyler who was a soldier during the Revolutionary War -further proof of this service please examine his papers forwarded to the pension office in thear 1832 or 1833 by which papers he proved that he was entitled to a pension of 80 dollars per year..which sum he received from the 4th of March 1831 to the 4th of Sept 1827. I cannot state the date of his pension certificate as it was surrendered into the agents office at Hartford, CT for paying pensions the 6th day March 1838 at that time I received the balance of this pension from the 4th of September 1837 to the 5th November 1837 which was the day of his death. She further delcares she was married to said John Tyler on the twentieth day November seventeen hundered eight six. that her husband the aforesaid John Tyler died on the 5th day of Nov. 1837 aged 78 years and the she has remained a widow .... ***** To all whom it may concern this...John Tyler was lawfully married to Anna Rogers both belonging to the first society in Branford, testified by Jason Atwater, Branford, June 8, 1798. married 20th day November 1786     Tracy Tomaselli