Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,104, Eliphalet Ferry, Conn.
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(8-1776)

Service
Conn.

Ferry, Eliphalet
Mercy

Number W. 21.104
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200
Connecticut
Mercy Ferry widow of Eliphalet Ferry
of Fairfield Co. in the State of Connecticut
who was a Pri & Sergt in the company commanded by Captain Benedict of the regt
commanded by Col Watertbury in the Connect line for 12 mos. 25 days.
Conn.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 45 Dollars -- Cents per
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Wildman Esqr.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Nov 1836 and sent to Ira R. Wildman Danbury, Conn.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept: 1836 $247.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 10 March 37
22.50
$270.00
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1836
Recorded by Wm S(?) Allen Clerk,
Book Vol. 1 Page 7
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County  S.S.

on this 7th day of November 1836, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury, the same being a Court of Record in said County and State, personally appeared Mercy Ferry a resident of Danbury in the said County, aged eighty two years, after being first duly sworn according to law,  doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836,- That she is the widow of Eliphalet Ferry
who was a Private Soldier and Sergeant
in the Army of the Revolution; and that
he served in the said Army as follows. to wit- He served Eight months in the year 1775, in a Regiment of Connecticut Troops commanded by Colonel David Waterbury in a company commanded by Captain Noble Benedict. The
Corps in which he served was engaged at the North, and the said Eliphalet served at the taking of St. Johns and Montreal- He entered the service in March or April and returned home in the month of December of that year.
After his return from the North, on his
last mentioned term of service he enlisted
in January 1776 in said Colonel Waterbury's
Regiment for the term of two months, and
served the said term and about two weeks, more, in the City of Newyork [New York]. The preceding service he performed as a Private Soldier In the fall of the same year, 1776, he 
served two months as a Sergeant in
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Colonel Joseph P. Cooke's Regiment of
Connecticut Militia in Captain Daniel Hickok's Company- in this term of service he was at the City of Newyork [New York] and places adjacent- He also served in the same Company and Regiment in the fall of 1777 at Peekskill and other places on the Hudson River a term of two months, as a sergeant and, when the Villages of Fairfield and Norwalk were burned in July 1779, he served two weeks as a sergeant in the said Regiment commanded by Col. Cooke, and in said Captain Hickok's Company-
She further declares that she was married to the said Eliphalet Ferry at said Danbury, on the 28th day of October 1773: That her Husband the aforesaid Eliphalet Ferry died on the 12th day of February 1827, and that she
has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed-
Sworn to, said subscribed in open Court the day and year first above written.
Mercy her X mark Ferry

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter that Eliphalet Ferry above named, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as the said Mercy Ferry hath above stated; that the said Mercy was married to the said Eliphalet on the 28th day of October 1773 - that the said Eliphalet is dead, and that she has remained a
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widow ever since his death as she states, and that she is a resident of said Danbury- And I the undersigned the Clerk of said Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the
said Mercy Ferry for a Pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court
of Probate this 8th of November AD 1836 -
Ira R Wildman Clerk
I Nathaniel H. Wildman of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in the said County and State do hereby certify that Ira R. Wildman who hath signed the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of said Court of Probate, duly appointed and sworn that the preceding signature purporting to be his, is in the genuine handwriting of the said Ira R. Wildman and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such Clerk- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of November 1836 -
Nathanl. H Wildman Judge
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Huldah Taylor of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy nine years, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that she is the wife of David Taylor of said Danbury that she is a native of said Danbury and has all her life time known and been acquainted with Mercy Ferry, formerly the wife, now the widow of Eliphalet Ferry deceased - she also knew the said Eliphalet from the earliest period of her recollection until his death which happened on  the 12th day of February 1827-
The Deponent further saith that in her youth, she was on intimate terms with the said Mercy Ferry; and was present at her marriage with the said Eliphalet - Her maiden name was Mercy Taylor, and she was married to said Eliphalet by the Rev. Noah Whitmore a Clergyman of said Danbury- The Deponent was invited by the said Mercy to be present at her wedding, as a Bridesmaid,- The Deponent consented and acted as such on the occasion. Their marriage took place before the Revolutionary War, and in the month of October 1773-
Since the death of said Eliphalet the said Mercy has remained unmarried and is now a widow, residing at said Danbury-
Huldah her X mark Taylor
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County S.S.
on this 28th day of September 1836, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in the said County and State the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Huldah Taylor the above named Deponent and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and being duly sworn made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true-
The said Deponent is a person of good
character for truth and a credible witness.
Ira R Wildman Clerk
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21,104
Mercy Ferry 
widow of Eliphalet Ferry
Sergt Rev War

Act June 7th 36
Index: Vol. A, Page 234
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Eliphalet Ferry
Comptroller's
Certificate

Mercy Ferry No. 566 3 dec.
Connt.

Admitted
8 mos. 15 days Pri 28 33 1/3
4 mos. 10 " Sergt 16 66 2/3
12 " 25 $45.00
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Connecticut
October 6th 1836
I certify that the name of Eliphalet Ferry
appears on a Payroll now in this Office, headed as follows, viz "Payroll of Capt Noble Benedicts Company in the Regiment of the forces of the United Colonies under the command of Col David Waterbury raised in the Colony of Connecticut" &c. he is named as entering the service May 22d and as being discharged December 13th, making 206 days, said Payroll is dated 1775.
The name of Capt Noble Benedict appears on a payroll headed as follows viz, "Dr. State of Connecticut for sundry payments of Troops of said state in Continental service" &c. and he is credited £1612_12_6 & for Enlisting Premiums Arms Commissions &c. £309_3_6_ said Payroll purports to be for Balance of wages Billiting [billeting] and milage, Connecticut troops in service Northern
Department &c 1775. He is also named in an account of monies advanced by Major Gen Schuyler to the officers in the Norther [Northern] Department in 1775.
The name of Capt Daniel Hicock [Hickok] appears on a document headed as follows viz, "List of Payrolls exhibited and lodged with the Pay Table on account of the Militia who were ordered for the defence
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of the Town of New Haven Fairfield and
Norwalk, on, the alarm occasioned by the desent [descent] of the enemy July last," said roll is dated "Pay Table Office June 12th 1780" said Hicock [Hickok] is credited for 10 days service, in this account the names of 
privets [privates] are not entered, and no roll of his company has been found.
I further certify that the name of Capt Daniel
Hickocks [Hickok] appears on Haskells Receipts, under the following head viz "The United States Dr to the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for bounties, extra allowances, wages &c of Militia from said State who served with the main Army at and near Peekskill in the State of New York" and he is credited August 31st 1779- £332.7.3 nominal Money
Wm Field Comptroller
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Thaddeus Morehouse of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged Eight seven years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he well knew and was acquainted with Eliphalet Ferry late of said Danbury deceased- The said Eliphalet Ferry enlisted as a Private Soldier in the company commanded by Captain Noble Benedict in the Regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Colonel David Waterbury in the month of March or April 1775- and in said month of April or early in May, said company marched from Danbury under the command of said Captain Benedict, and joined the said Regiment at Stamford- They thence marched to Newyork [New York], where they remained several weeks- time to Half Moon Point, now Waterford in the State of Newyork [New York] where the Corps halted & encamped for a short period and afterwards proceeded to Canada- Said Regiment was employed in capturing St Johns & Montreal, and was discharged at Montreal in November of the same year 1775- The said Eliphalet Ferry served as a Private Soldier throughout the whole of said Campaign- It has been the opinion of this Deponent heretofore that said Company marched from Danbury in the month of April- but he may have been mistaken and it may have been in May- He was a Corporal & Sergeant in said Noble Benedict's Company and has personal knowledge that the said Eliphalet Ferry served as a soldier in
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said company until they were discharged at Montreal as aforesaid, and he returned to his home in Danbury, a part of the way, in company with said Ferry, where he arrived on the 8th day of December 1775. And said Ferry served in said tour including the time necessarily occupied in returning home from Montreal, more than seven months.
Thaddeus his X mark Morehouse

State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield S.S.
on this 8th day of November 1836, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in the said County and State, the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Thaddeus Morehouse the above named Deponent, and Subscribed the foregoing Deposition: and being duly sworn, 
made solemn oath to the truth of the same. And the said Court certifies that the Deponent is a person of good character for truth, and a credible witness-
Ira R. Wildman Clerk
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Darius Starr of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged forty eight years, being duly sworn doth  depose and says that he is Town Clerk of said Town of Danbury, duly chosen and sworn, and that as such Town Clerk, he has examined the Records of said Town this day, at the request of Mercy Ferry, but can find no entry or record therein of the marriage of said Mercy Ferry to Eliphalet Ferry- The Records of said Town do not extend beyond the year 1777, the previous records of said Town having been burned, as this Deponent has always understood and believed, in the month of April of that year when said Town was destroyed by the British-
Darius Starr
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County S.S.
on this 8th day of November 1836, before the Court of Probate in the District of Danbury in the said County and State, the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Darius Starr, and subscribed the foregoing Deposition, who being duly Sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the same- And the said Court doth certify that the Deponent is a person of good character for truth, and a credible witness-
Ira R Wildman Clerk
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28th Lot

Eliud Taylor of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy eight years, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he was born, and has all his life time resided in said Danbury, excepting a residence of some years at Winchester [illegible] and was acquainted with Eliphalet Ferry formerly of said Danbury, now deceased: and with Mercy Ferry formerly the wife, now the widow of said Eliphalet.
She has always resided in said Danbury and now resides there. Her maiden name was Mercy Taylor, and she is the sister of the Deponent. The said Eliphalet and Mercy were married at said Danbury in the month of October 1773, by the Revd. Noah Whitmore, then a Presbyterian Clergyman settled in said Danbury. They were married at the House of the Deponent's Brother and the Deponent was present, and saw them joined in marriage by the said Rev. Mr. Whitmore- The said Eliphalet Ferry died in The year 1827, on the 12th day of February. That said Eliphalet and Mercy from the time they were so married lived together as Husband and wife, until the death of said Eliphalet as aforesaid- and the said Mercy has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of said Eliphalet and is now a widow-
And this Deponent further saith, that in March or April 1775 the said Eliphalet Ferry enlisted at said Danbury, as a Private Soldier with the Regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Company commanded by Captain Noble Benedict.
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he left home the last of April or early in the month of May following with the said Company, and was absent in the said service until the month of December in the same year- more than seven months-
That after the return of said Eliphalet from
the North and in the latter part of the year 1775 he again entered the service, as a private Soldier in said Regiment commanded by Colonel Waterbury- In this term of service,
the said Eliphalet served the term of two months, and one or two weeks, to wit, from January until March- He was enlisted for the
term of two months ["but" crossed out] and served at Garrison duty in the City of Newyork: [New York] but owing to the delay of Troops expected from Boston, said Regiment was detained about two weeks after their term of
service had expired - this Deponent served at said city of Newyork [New York] at the same time  and has personal knowledge of the performance of said service by said Eliphalet- He is not positive in what Company the said Eliphalet served but believes it was in the Company of said Captain Noble Benedict, and served from January until March 1776
That in the month of August or September 1776 the said Eliphalet Ferry belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Hickock [Hickok], in the Regiment of Connecticut militia commanded by Colonel Joseph P. Cooke
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and was a sergeant in said Company-
He was then drafted into the service of the United States, and again served two months, as such sergeant in sd Company- He served at said City of Newyork [New York], was there when it was taken by the British; and was afterwards at the Battle of White Plains- This Deponent was in service at said City of Newyork [New York] and at said Battle of White Plains, but served in another Corps, to wit, in the Regiment of State Troops commanded by Colonel Silliman- but he has personal knowledge of said last mentioned service of sd Eliphalet, that in the month of August or September 1777, the said Eliphalet Ferry served in said Regiment of militia commanded by Colonel Cooke and in sd Company of Captain Hickok, two months, as a Sergeant; that is to say the said Regiment was called out in August or September and served two months- It was at the time General Burgoyne was marching Southward from Canada, and said Regiment was ordered first to Peekskill, thence along the Hudson River as far northward as Rhinebeck, and thence back to Peekskill- This deponent served on said tour in the same Company with said Eliphalet Ferry-
That in the month of July 1779, when the Villages of Fairfield and Norwalk in said State of Connecticut were destroyed by the enemy, the said Eliphalet Ferry served two weeks as a Sergeant in said Captain Hickoks Company of Militia
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at said Fairfield and Norwalk- In this last mentioned term of service this Deponent again served in the same Company with said Eliphalet. 
Eliud Taylor 

State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County S.S. 
on this 28th day of September 1836, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury, in the said County and State, the same being a Court of Record, personally appeared Eliud Taylor the above named Deponent, and subscribed to the foregoing Deposition, and being duly sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the same- The deponent is a person of good character for truth, and a credible witness- 
Ira R Wildman Clerk
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Erastus Cole of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged forty years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is now the settled Clergyman of the Parish formely [formerly] under the charge of the Rev. Noah Whitmore in said Danbury and has the custody of the records of said Parish- That he has examined the said records and can find no entry or record therein of the Marriage of Eliphalet Ferry and said Mercy There being no marriages recorded in the said Records
Danbury Novem. 7. 1836
Erastus Cole

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County S.S.
On this 7th day of November 1836, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in said County and State, personally appeared Erastus Cole the above named Deponent, and subscribed the foregoing Deposition, and being duly sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the same-
The deponent sustains a good character
for truth, and is a credible witness-
Ira R Wildman Clerk