Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7013, for Ezekiel Masten, New York
Page 1

(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York

Masten, Ezekiel

NUMBER
R. 7013

CONTENTS
Page 3

Indians which frontier was in and along the Valley of the Mamakating then in the County of Ulster.  that during His service he was under the command of Captain John Newkerk, Lieutenant Conrad Bev[??].  and after him El[??] Sears and then one Crawford whose christian name he cannot recollect.  that he this declarant from the time he first entered into the service as aforesaid remained in said service during the whole war, a period of at least six years.  that he this declarant was regularly enrolled in said Newkerks company and remained therein as a soldier from the time he entered into said company until the close of the war a period of at least two years.  that he served in said [??] Company for at least three years, and that he was occasionally commanded by  other officers during the war.  Among whom he recollects the names of Capt. McMoody of Col Hasbroucks Regiment.  Captain Be[??] and many others

That during the whole time from his first commencing service under Captain [??] he then declared during the whole war was a soldier in the militia of the State of New York (except for about six weeks when he was in the service of a company of Rangers commanded by the above named Mapt McMoody and most of said time was attached to the companies of said Jansen and New Kerk according to the bets of said declarants recollection and belief and that during all of said period he this declarant was not employed in an civil pursuit nor engaged in any other business except that of a soldier.  excepting however that for some short periods he was permitted to return to the place of Residence of his father in the town of Shawangunk in said County of Ulster, and whilst at home assisted in the support of the family.
Page 12

January 29, 1932

BA-J/AWT

Mr. Walter E. Hope
15 Broad Street
New York City.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Ezekiel Masten, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 7013, based upon the military service of Ezekiel Masten during the Revolutionary War.

Ezekiel Masten, the son of Johannis Masten, was born February 4, 1758 in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. Shawangunk was on the frontier between the Americans and Indian settlements.

He stated that while residing in said Shawangunk, with his father, he served from sometime in July 1777, three months as private at Fort Montgomery in Captain Matthias Jansen’s Company in Colonel Johannes Jansen’s New York Regiment, and continued to serve at various times as private in the New York troops under Captains Matthias Jansen, John Newkirk, McMoody, Bevin, and Colonel Hasbrouck. He guarded the frontiers in the Manakating valley, was in several skirmishes with the Indians, and was in service until the close of the war.

He moved in 1784 to Mamakating, Ulster (later Sullivan) County, New York and thence to Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.

He applied for pension, June 13, 1833, then residing in Thompson, New York.

The claim was not allowed, as proof of six months …