Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12169, for Ezekiel Lyman, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
Continental
CONTENTS
Lyman, Ezekiel
Mabel
NUMBER
W. 12169
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154
New York
Mabel Lyman,
widow of Ezekiel Lyman,
Conn
who was a private,
in the Connecticut line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1844 4th
July, 1844, the day of his death.

Certificate of Pension issued the
day of March, 1846
and sent to Hon C.S. Benton,
H. R
 Recorded in Book D Vol. 1 Page 167 -
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10.966
New York
Ezekiel Lyman
of Lewis County in the State of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Hill & Prentice of the Connecticut
line, for the term of 3 years 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 8th of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of May, 1819
and sent to Judge Silas Stow, Louisville, Lewis County New York.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819
                                                        79. 22
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.00
2431

                                         $137.22
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}



Continued
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12359
Mabel Lyman
NY
Act 7. July 38 185,
m. 85
d. JUly 4, 1814 
-
Rejected


Act March 184443. 144

2 yr  pre
$80 from
4 July 44 the day
her husband's
death

Hon C.S. Benton
HR
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838
entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York,
Lewis County
in the year
On this Twenty eighth day of March
one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Horace Johnson one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lewis and
State of New York, Mabel Lyman a resident of the town of West Ten in the County of Lewis and said State of New York, aged
Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838
entitled ""an act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Ezekiel Lyman late of the town of West in
the State of New York who departed this life on the fourth day of July 1844
That her husband, the said Ezekiel Lyman was a private soldier during the
War of the Revolution and served upon different occaions. She recollects of hearing her late husband said Ezekiel
Lyman, decd, say that he first entered or enlisted into the service at Lebanon, Connecticut and served six months and after
wards enlisted at Providence for three years. The names of the
officers under whom he served Declarant owing to old age and loss
of memory cannot now relate if she ever heard them mentioned. That Declarants late husband was at the time of his death
a Revolutionary Pensioner and received Eight Dollars per month in
der the act of March 18. 1818
and declarant further saith, That she was married to the said Ezekiel Lyman
on the twenty second day of eptember1785
by Revd Enoch Huntington of Middletown Conn. that the following persons
were present at her marriage, to wit: Prudence and Submit Mitchell and others now believed to be dead
That previous to her marriage she resided in the town of Middletown, Connecticut and
bore the maiden name of Mabel Mitchell
That her husband, the said Ezekiel died
as aforesaid on the
fourth day of July (1844) Eighteen hundred and forty four, since
which time she has remained his widow and that from the said time of
marriage until the said day of the death of Ezekiel Lyman, she this
Declarant resided with him as his lawful wife
                         Mabel (her mark) Lyman
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid, for me, and I certify that the Declarant Mabel Lyman is unable to attend Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity and I further 
certify that the above named Declarant made her mark as her signature being unable to
write by reason of her infirmities
                        Horace Johnson   
   Judge of Lewis County Courts
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State of New York Lewis County
West Turin March 28th 1845
Aaron Parsons of West Turin aged seventy
four years having been duly examined and sworn depose and say that from my youth I have known Ezekiel Lyman
late of the town of West Turin, deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner and his widow Mabel Lyman whose maiden name
was Mabel Mitchell. That I was knowing to their marriage at the time it took place by common report, but was not present at the wedding, at the time I lived but a few miles distant from them. I have been personally acquainted with said Ezekiel Lyman, deceased and his wife ever
since their marriage and that said Mabel Lyman is personally known to me to be the widow of said Ezekiel
Lyman now deceased and that said deceased died in
said town of West Trevin on the 4th day of July last
past and further this deponent saith not.
                          Aaron Parsons

Sworn to and subscribed on the twenty Eighth day of March
1845 before me and I certify that
 Aaron Parsons the deponent is personally known to me and is a credible person and
his statements may be relied on
Horace Johnson Judge

State of New York
Lewis County Clerks Office ss
 I Julius A. White of Lewis County court
Clerk of said County dwelling in the said County and duly qualified, that the annexed affidavits were madee, was at the date of the said affidavit a Judge of the said County, I am well acquainted with 
his hand writing and verily believe his
signations subscribed within & above are genuine.
 Witness my hand and seal of office, this 27th day of December 1845
Julius A. White Clerk
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Ezekiel Lyman & Mabel Mitchell were married
Sept 22. 1785.
 Sept. Twenty second. One thousand
Seven Hundred & Eighty five -
 Jany 18. 1845
The foregoing is a true
except as to the words
Copy of Record
M Full Tuck of the
Town of Middletown
State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex
ss. Middletown
On this twentieth day of January A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and forty five, before me the undersigned Justice of
the Peace for said County duly commissioned and Sworn
dwelling in said Middletown personally appeared John
Fisk Esq. above named known to me to be the Town
Clerk of said Town of Middletown and keeper of the
Records thereof and made oath in due form of Law
that the foregoing transcript from said Records by
him certified as such Town Clerk is a true copy of
Record with the exception by him noted. I further
certify that the said John Fisk is a credible witness
Jonathan Barnes
Justice of the Peace.
State of Connecticut
Middlesex County
John Fisk Clerk of the County Court
of said County of Middlesex do Certify
that Jonathan
Barnes Regt is a Justice of the Peace within & for said
County of Middlesex of the Commission on file in my
office & that his name subscribed above
is his proper hand writing & signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affix the seal of
20 day of Jany 1845.
W. Fisk
Court this
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Ezekiel Lyman
applicant for a pension
Feb 1 1819



Martin Hark
Turin, NY

Nov 15, 1820
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State of New York
Lewis County        ss
: On this nineteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, to wit,  n the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in
the Town of Martinsburg in and for the County of Lewis, the same being a Court of Record in and for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount
keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing a Seal,
Ezekiel Lyman, aged sixty years, resident in Turin, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth ┃
on his oath, declare, that he served in the revolutionary War
as follows: during three years as a private in Capttain Elys Company, in Col. Huntingtons Regiment, Connecticut line, as set forth in his original declaration, bearing date the 8th day of May 1818 - That he has received
a pension, and the number of his pension certificate
is 10.966-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a
resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of
March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by
Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property,
any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish
it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act
of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons  engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
, in the revolutionary War, passed on the 18th March 1818. and I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts,
due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed and this deponent further saith that his
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occupation is farming; that his family consists of three persons, himself, his wife, Mabel Lyman aged Fifty Six years, who is very infirm, and his daughter
Anna Lyman aged sixteen years.
                                  Ezekiel Lyman
Sworn to and declared on the
Nineteenth day of September 1820 before John Safford, Clerk
of Lewis County

Schedule of the whole Estate and Income of Ezekiel Lyman
his necessary clothing and Bedding excepted)
2 ½ Acres Land and small Born
2 old Bags then Bay - $1.00
belonging to his wife -
1 Cow & Calf
$90.00
1 Table 1 Stand
-
15,00
1
1.50
3 Chairs 1 Chest 1.50
1 Swine
2.00
1 Fire shovel & tongs - 1.00
4 Sheep 3 Lambs
7.00
1 pair Andirons - 1.50
1 pail Iron Kettle - 2.50
1 do said Irons
---
50
Small
Do
751 Washing Sub
---
62
1 Iron Pot - 1 Spider 1 75 2 pails 1 Augur 62
1 " Tea Kittle ---
50
2 old Barrels
---
12
" Baron -
25
1 " Plate
---
-
12
one half of a Plough - 2.00
1 Frying pan
---
50 ┃
1 Small chain
4 Tin milk pans
---
-
1.50
50
1 Hoe six
4 Iron Spoons
-
20
-
1 Shovel 1 Sickle
½ doz Knives & forks
1.25 ┃
---
75 ┃
50
old age
1 do Tea Cups James
50
25 Tom
-
4 Earthern Bowls
5.00
25
1 Small Spinning which - 2.00
10
Milk Cup
10 ┃ Large
do poor-- 1.50
---
25
Tea Pot
25 1 Reel
4 "
Plates
251 pair Spectacles & cove - 75
1 Iron Tea Spoons
12 ┃
1 Bible 1 Hymn Book 1.00
4 Pewter Plates
50 ┃
1 old Razor
-
Baron
---
12 ┃
1
Platter
-
24.92
25 ┃
1 old Chum
-
123.18
" Musket
1 Small Looking Glass
37
---
2.00
and interest in 25 acres land at the Court to above
for $450. & Int on 16. Nov 1811
151.07
40.00
                                       $191.07
                         Ezekiel Lyman
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The Court estimates the Mortgage on the land at as much or more than the value of said Land
-
I John Safford Clerk of the County
of Lewis
and Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County,
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
records of the said Court; and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the
total amount in value of the property exhibited
in the aforesaid Schedule is One hundred ninety one
Dollars & Seven cents, in testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 29th day of September 1820
John Safford Clerk of
Lewis
County,
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Lewis County, N.Y
Ezekiel Lyman
Private
Colo Gill & Prentices Regt Connecticut
Line
1776 3 years
the 8th 
. May, 1818.
found on the rolls
Admitted
Silas Stow, judge,
Lowville, Lewis
County, N. York
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Edward Bancroft Clerk of the
County of Lewis do hereby certify that
Silas Stone who signed the foregoing
certificate was at the time of signing
the same the first Judge of said
County in the State of New York
duly commissioned and work and that I
verily believe the same to be his proper
hand writing
-
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my
hand and the public seal of 
the said County of Lewis this 3rd day
of November 1818
Edward Bancroft, Clerk of Lewis County
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State of New York
Lewis County
Silas Stow first Judge of
of Common Pleas in and for the Court
the said County certify that on the eighth
day of May 1818 Ezekiel Lyman formerly
 of the Town of Lebanon in the State of
Connecticut but now of the town of Turin
in the said County of Lewis being duly
sworn by me deposes and says that he is
fifty six years old that in the spring of
seventeen hundred & Twenty six
the year he thinks March) he enlisted into
the Army of the United States, into a Regi
ment of the Connecticut line commanded
as he thinks, at that time by Col.-- Sill, but
afterwards by Col. Prentice - His Captain's
name he does not recollect, but says his his tenants name was Tracey of Norwich in Connecticut- That he entered once at Valley forge was near, but not in the battle of Monmouth. That after serving faithfully three years he was honourably discharged in the spring of 1779 at Springfield in New Jersey
That he had a written discharge but has
lost it. That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. He further States that after serving as above he drew pay at Hartford Connect being fifty pounds in
four notes - He thinks the books then there will shew and wished them to be refered to
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I Silas Stone Judge as aforesaid certify
that I am well acquainted with the
herein before mentioned
deponent and
that I am satisfied he served as set
forth and stands in need of the
assistance of his county
for support
as set forth by him
Silas
Stow
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
Ezekiel Lyman W.F.12169
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
March 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 years

RANK.
Private
Battles engaged in _________

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Ely
COLONEL.
Huntington
STATE.
Coun
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Lebanon Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 8. His cl was al.
Residence at date of application,
 Turin, in Lewis Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application,
56   died July 4, 1844 at Turin, NY
Remarks: Soldier Married at Middletown, Conn, Sept. 22. to Mabel Mitchell. She was allowed pension on an application
executed May 28, 1845 while a resident of West Turin N.Y. aged 80 years. In 1820 daughter Anna was 16 years old.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner


The only soldier of that name &c

---

(Sill & Prentice were in Huntington's regiment (not a Colonel at that time)
Turin
1785
ation
Commissioner.
were not Col.
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Hon C.S. Benton
Washington DC
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Lowville Feb 21 1846
Hon C.S. Benton

Dear Sir,
Will you have the goodness to
present the enclosed papers of Mabel Lyman at the Pension Office to be passed upon. The papers are I believe in every respect perfect fully estab
lishing her claim to a Pension
as the applicant is in very needy circumstance
as I would be glad to receive a Pension Certifi
cate as early in the coming month as may be
Respectfully yours
Wm S. Easton
I am requested to unite your attention to the
above case at the eachest comment time
Feby 27
C.S. Benton
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118 Michigan Ave.
Pueblo, Colo.
14 July 1923

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please furnish the
records concerning Ezekiel Lyman
who was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War? He was a pensioner.
This is my second appeal and would, greatly appreciate receiving an answer
Respectfully yours
Miss  Liffie Smith

Answered July 30, 1923
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118 Michigan Ave.
Pueblo Colo.
June 18, 1923.

Pension Bureau
Washington, DC
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the necessary data relative to membership in the D.A.R.
My great-great grandfather was Ezekiel Lyman the second, born Aug. 18, 1760 and died June 4, 1845.
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He was a soldier in the Revolution. He married Mabel Mitchell of Middletown, Connecticut.
I understand Ezekiel Lyman, ---
the first, was a general in The French and Indian War.
Can you give me any data concerning him, please. I believe that knowledge would assist me in becoming a member of the Colonial Dames.
My great grandfather, Trumbull Smith was a soldier in the War of 1812.
Thanking you for this courtesy.
I am
Gratefully Yours
Miss
Liffie Smith
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Apr. 7, 1914
Mrs Arthur D. Perry
5 Stockton St., Dorchester center, Mass.
requests copies of papers in Rev. War
pension claim of Samuel Lesure
Mass Troops, Widow File 24528.
It was a personal inquiry and she
wished to be advised of cost at the
above address, not having time to
wait to pay in person,
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1 STEUBEN PARK.
UTICA. N. Y.
Feby 5th 1913
Dept of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
I should like to ascertain whether or not
your records show that an Ezekiel Lyman, who enlisted in the Revolutionary war from Conn. and who died in New York state received of his pension  up to the time of his death, and while in the
York State.
He was born Aug. 18th 1760 and died in
Turin, Lewis Co. N.Y. 1845.
If your records show
this to be as stated above
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will you kindly forward certification of
same.
Yours very truly
Dr. Jas. W. Fleming
1 STEUBEN PARK.
UTICA. N. Y.
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FRANK FARNSWORTH STARR,
GENEALOGIST AND FAMILY HISTORIAN,
MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
STARR'S ANCESTRAL REGISTER.
January 6, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
I wish to obtain a statement of the services in the Revolutionary  War of Ezekiel Lyman a Connecticut soldier who was pensioner and about 1818 was residing in the state of New York.
Respectfully,
Frank Farnsworth Star
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Rev war
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12169
Mabel Lyman
Widow of
Ezekiel Lyman
Private Conn. Line

Act June 12th 44

Vol. A  Page 449

(by Arrangement of 1870.]


1910 Dec. 31 Hist to
Annette B. Taggart &
Letter in M.F. 1792 Don
1913 10 Hist. to Frank
F. Farr, S.L.M.
1913 Febry 13 Hist. to Dr Jas W.
Heming. S.L.M.
1914 Apr. 29 Mrs. Arthur D. Perry
sent history. Letter in W. F.
1923 July 30 Hist to Liffie Smith