Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Ezra Wilcox, (Vt. Res.)
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Wilcox, Ezra Dis. no papers  (Vt? res.)
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Miss A. Estella Aldrich 100 Ocean Ave Brooklyn, N. Y. Nov. 5, 1935
Veterans Administration, Washington, DC
Will you please send me the war records and birth and marriage statistics, if you have them of Ezra Wilcox, mentioned on pp. 49 and 55 in book "Conn. Men in the Revolution."?  Is this the same Ezra Wilcox who is listed on pages 318 and 418?
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Thanking you for this courtesy and assistance in my D. A. R. application, I am,
Very truly yours
A. Estella Aldrich
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November 19, 1935.
BA-J/ILL
Ezra Wilcox
Dis. Rev.
Ezra Wilcox
W. 18420

Miss A. Estella Aldrich
1050 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, New York.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Ezra Wilcox, whose name is borne on page 649, and Ezra Wilcox whose name is borne on page 655, Connecticut Men in the Revolution and desire to know whether or not these men were identical with Ezra Wilcox cited on pages 318 and 418, same volume.

The records have been found of only two soldiers with name, Ezra Wilcox, of Connecticut, who received Revolutionary War pensions. Their records are given herein. This office has no way to determine whether or not either of these pensioners were identical with Ezra Wilcox recorded on pages 418 and 382, Connecticut Men in the Revolution. The name Ezra Wilcox has not been found on page 318 of that volume.

EZRA WILCOX-DIS. REV.

In the Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States, which was printed in 1835, the name Ezra Wilcox is shown on the list of Invalid Pensioners who had received pension at the Connecticut Agency and whose residence
could not be ascertained in consequence of the destruction of the papers of the War Office in 1801 and 1814. That report shows that Ezra Wilcox served as a private in the Revolutionary War, received an annual allowance of $15, pension commenced March 4, 1793, Act of April 20, 1796, and that he died May 14, 1805.

There are no further data on file in regard to that pensioner, because of the loss of papers as stated above.
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EZRA WILCOX-W. 18420.

The following data are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 18420, based upon service of Ezra Wilcox in the Revolutionary War.

Ezra Wilcox was born in the year 1762, in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Guilford, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as private in the Connecticut troops, shown as follow: from sometime in August 1778, two months in Captain Josiah Baldwin's company, Colonel William Worthington's regiment; in July 1779, a few days in Captain Timothy Field's company when the British landed at New Haven; from sometime in November 1779, three months in Captains Gilbert Dudley's and Elias Grave's companies, Colonel Andrew Ward's regiment; from April 1, 1781 until January 1, 1782, in Captain Peter Vail's company, engaged in guarding the sea coast; subsequently, three months in Captain Thomas Hodgkins' company, and three months in Captain Timothy Todd's company.

Ezra Wilcox was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he resided in Madison (formerly East Guilford), New Haven County, Connecticut. He stated then that he had lived there during his entire lifetime, except eight years during which he resided in Saybrook, Connecticut.

The soldier died May 1, 1836, at his home in Madison, Connecticut.

Ezra Wilcox married September 15, 1782, Rebecca, the daughter of Timothy Munger, or Mungers: the ceremony was performed by a minister at the home of her father in East Guilford, Connecticut. The name of her mother is not shown.

Rebecca Wilcox, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 28, 1838, at which time she resided


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in Madison, Connecticut. Rebecca Wilcox was then aged seventy-two years. In 1839, she was living in New York, with a son-in-law, his name not shown.

In April 1839, one Jesse Crampton of Madison, Connecticut stated that he was born in September 1783, that he lived as a school boy in the house with Ezra Wilcox and his wife, Rebecca, and that their oldest son was a few months older than himself; he did not however, state the name of that son, nor of any other children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Rebecca Wilcox, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Rebecca Wilcox, widow of Ezra Wilcox,
Certificate 2872
Issued May 20, 1839
Rate $46.66 per annum
Commenced May 2, 1835.
Act of July 7, 1838.
Connecticut Agency.


Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. War Section.

July 10, 1913.

Mr. W. H. Robinson,
1497 Lemon Street,
Riverside, California.

Sir: 

In reply to your letter dated the 3rd and received the 9th instant, you are advised that in the report from the Secretary of War in relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States, which was printed in 1835, the name Ezra Wilcox appears on the list of invalid pensioners who have received pension at the Connecticut Agency and whose residence cannot be ascertained in consequence of
the destruction of the papers of the war office in 1801 and 1814, as follows that Ezra Wilcox private, Revolutionary Army received an annual allowance of $15.00, pension commenced from March 4, 1793, under Act of April 20, 1796 and that he Died May 14, 1805. There is no further data on file in regard to said pensioner because of the loss of papers as stated above.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.