Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12395, Ebenezer Burrill, Conn.
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SERVICE  Conn.
Burrill, Ebenezer
NUMBER
S. 12395
carded
CONTENTS
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3064
New York
Ebenezer Burrill
of N.Y. City in the State of New York 
who was a Priv ate in the Company commanded
by Captain Phineas Bradly of the Regt commanded
by Col Woodbridge in the Connecticut
line for 8 mo. and 28 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 37-Dollars 20 Cents per
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Decem
ber 1832 and sent to Claimant
Present
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832----$55.80
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33---18.60
$ 74.40
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book D Vol. 5 Page 146
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of New York}
City and County}
of New York} ss On this twenty seventh day of October 
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
two, personally appeared in open court  before the Court Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York now sitting; Ebe
nezer Burrill a resident of the City of New York in the County and
State of New York aforesaid who being first duly sworn according 
to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in or-
der to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he was born in the State of Massachusetts on the 27th
day of July in the year 1762 as appears by family record now
in his possession, that he entered the service of the United States
as a volunteer, some time in or about the first part of the month
of July 1779, that he enlisted as a private in a company com-
manded by Captain Horsford belonging to the Regiment under
Command of Colonel Woodbridge, which he thinks was raised to
protect the towns on the sea coast, and stationed part of the time
at New Haven, and part of the time at East Haven in the state
of Connecticut, that at the time of entering such service, he resided
at New Haven, but how long he was attached to said Regiment
he does not recollect and is unable to say. That afterwards he was
engaged in service in different companies in said State of Connecticut 
until he enlisted in a company of Artillery Guards, under command
of Captain Phineas Bradly and stationed at New Haven aforesaid, as
appears by the Enlistment Roll a true copy of which is hereto annexed
marked B. and to which he refered. That he continued to serve in
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said Company of Guards until the first day of January 1781, when
it appears by the Pay Roll of Captain Bradly (a true copy whereof
marked A, is hereto annexed and to which he referes) he was dischar-
ged, after a service of Nine months, [Illegible] two days. (See Af-
fidavit of William Stover annexed marked C.). He further
thinks he served on on occasion as a substitute but in what com
pany, and in whose room and for what period he does not recollect
nor yet the names of any of the officers attached to said company.
He does not recollect of ever receiving any written discharge from
service, or if such discharge was ever received, the same is now lost.
He further states that he was in an engagement on the fifth
day of July 1779 between a company of volunteers under command
 of James Hillhouse Esq. of New Haven, and a detachment of
British Troop under Command of Tryon and Garth on which
occasion he was made prisoner with a number of others, some
of whom were killed, others carried to New York, and others (of
whom he was one) escaped in the hurry of embarkation imme-
diately after which he enlisted in Colonel Woodbridges Regiment
as above mentioned, and served in the manner already stated.
That a period of more than fifty years having elapsed since the
events herein mentioned, he is unable at this distance of time to
State the particulars of his said service more distinctly than he
has already set forth, having never preserved any record or memo
rial thereof, but thinks the period of such service was in the
whole full eighteen months, according to his best recollection and
belief, or within a few days of it.
And in confirmation of this his Declaration he refers to the
affidavit of William Stover hereto annexed marked C, who it
appears was an enlisted soldier in the same company with this
applicant; and also to the certificate of Marcus Merriman and
Martin Parrot hereto annexed marked D.
He also refers to copies of Enlistment and Pay Roll hereto an-
nexed and respectively marked A and B, which copies were taken
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by himself from there originals, and which he verily belies to be
correct.
There appears to be a slight discrepancy between the affidavit
of William Stover (C.) and the enlistment Roll (B.) with regard
to the date of enlistment, the former fixing it on the 3rd of April
1780 while the enlistment Roll itself is dated March 14th previous.
He presumed however that the former date (3rd April) must have
referred to the time when he was actually called into service

He further states that since the Revolutionary War he has
lived in the States of South Carolina, Rhode Island, and New York
at which last place he now resides.

And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not
on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed}
the day and year aforesaid}
Abm Asten Clerk Com Pleas
City and County New York            E. Burrill

We Herman Norton a clergyman residing in the
city of New York and William B. Johnson residing in the same
place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebeneze
Burrill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration,
that we believe him to be Seventy years of age, and that he is
reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to
have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that
opinion - 27th Oct 1832            
Sworn and subscribed}                Herman Norton
the day and year aforesaid}         W.B. Johnson
Abm Asten Clerk
Court of Com Pleas NY
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department that the above named appli-
can't was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated. And
the Court further certifies that it appears them that Herman
Norton, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy-man resident in the city of New York, and that William B. Johnson
who has also signed the same is a resident of the said city and 
is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to
credit.
Jno T Irving
[Illegible] of the Court of Com
Pleas for the City and County of
New York

I Abraham Asten clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the
City and County of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said court in the matter of applicant-
tion of Ebenezer Burrill for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of
October--one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abm Asten Clerk
[SEAL]
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Depart-
ment. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolution-
ary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O.W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY


L.W.B. 
I. 12395.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
July 22nd, 1898,

Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Ebene-
zer Burrill madę an application for pension on October 27th, 1832, at
which time he was 70 years of age and residing in New York City, N.Y.,
and his pension was allowed for eight months' and twenty-eight days'
actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a
part of the time her served under Capt. Bradley and Col. Woodbridge. He
enlisted in New Haven, Conn.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mr. V. E. Keeler
82 Wall Street, 
New Haven, Conn.
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Ebenezer Burrill S. File 12395

A copy of the enlistment roll of
Capt. Phineas Bradley's co. of
artillery guards for the Di-
vision of New Haven Town,
dated [Illegible] 14, 1780,
and
A copy of a pay roll of said Capt's.
co of artillery guards, Conn.
service 1780 and 1781 in 4 Di-
visions, 
have been removed from this
case for the purpose of transferring
the same to the War Dept at some
future time.
These papers may be found in
the safe in the rooms of the Chief
of the O.W. and N. Div.
M. [Illegible]
July 10, 1905.
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12395
INVALID
Rev War
File No. 12,395
Ebenezer Burrill
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 22 '98
V.E. Keller.
New Haven, Conn.
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State of Rhode Island}            Secretary's Office
and Providence Plantations}       Sept. 28th AD. 1803
 
I Certify that it appears of Record in this
Office, That Ebenezer Burrill, Esq. was elected
Adjutant General of the Militia of the State
at the annual Election in May, AD 1799 and 
that he was afterwards reelected to said office in
May 1800 and in May 1801--
Samuel Eddy Secry.
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E. Burrill
Application for
A Pension

Eben. Burrell
[Illegible] to the
[Illegible] office

$37:20 per ann
8 mo. 28 days
applicant
Present
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Application of
Ebenezer Burrill
for a Pension
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D
Personally appeared before us General Ebenezer 
Burrill who is mentioned in the above affidavit of
Mr William Stover and after an absence of more than
half a Century (at the members of Said Company)
we cannot say we recognize him perfectly but from
examination of the enlistment card/ pay Rolls
we firmly believe him to be the same person whose name
is affixed to them and from other Circumstances made
known to us there is no doubt on our minds that
he is the only person there set forth in the above
affidavit of Mr William Stover- And further
we would state that we are well acquainted with 
the Said William Stover and know him to be a
man of good standing in Society and whose
veracity is undoubted given under our hands
twenty fifth day of September A.D. 1832
Marcus Merriman
Martin Parott
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B
New Haven, Conn
June 13, 1898
To H Clay Evans
Dear Sir:
Can you tell me whether
Ebenezer Burrill a soldier
in the Revolution war a
pensioner, if so is the name 
of his wife recorded, and 
under whom did he serve
and how long.
Yours truly,
V.E. Keeler
82 Wall St.
New Haven 
Conn
{US PENSION OFFICE STAMP}
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C
I William Stover of the City and County of New Haven
Connecticut, depose and say that I have now in my possession copies
of these several Return Pay Rolls of a company of Mathuss or Artillery
guards, annually raised by Voluntary Enlistment by the Authority of the
State of Connecticut in the War of the Revolution, and stationed at New 
Haven for the defense of said Town and Port in the years 1778. 1779. and 1780. under
command each of those years of Capt. Phineas Bradly, of said New Haven
I have also in my possession the three commissions of said Capt. Bradly for
the [Illegible] years above mentioned, all signed by Jonathan Trum-
ble, Governor of the State of Connecticut.- I have likewise several original
Enlistments bearing the signatures of the men who enlisted those several
Companies, in the years above named - all which papers and documents I
received from a surviving daughter of said Capt. Bradly now living in
this city, by whom they have been preserved and kept for more than thirty 
years, since the death of her Father.- On one of those original enlistments
for the year 1780. I find the name of Ebenezer Burrill written as appears
with his own hand, under date of April 3rd 1780. by which enlistment he [Illegible]
to serve in said company untill the first day of Jan. (then) next unless sooner
 discharged,- I also find on Capt. Phineas Bradly, Return Pay Roll for
the service of the year 1780 the name of Ebenezer Burrill returned a 
private, Enlisted April 3rd 1780. Served untill January 1st 1781. Term of Service
Returned- Eight Months and twenty eight Days- and I further testify that I was
myself and Enlisted soldier in the same company under said Capt. Bradly in
the year 1780 with said Ebenezer Burrill, I was acquainted him then and was
stationed with him in the division of the company which was posted in Town
where the Military stores and more was kept under immediate 
command of Capt. Bradly.- The company contained about one hundred men
including officers, and was posted for four divisions and stationed as follows Viz.
1 division in Town, under Capt. Bradly- 1 division at the Fort on the East
of the Harbour, under 1st Lieut.  Daniel Bishop. 1 division at the five mile
point, or South End, so called under 2nd Lieut. Evelyn Pierpont, and 1 division
at West Haven, under 3rd Lieut. Azel Kimberly- all under the con-
troul and subject to orders of said Capt. Bradly.- Altho I have not
seen said Ebenezer Burrill for a half century past, untill the present time
yet I am convinced by conversing with him, that the present applicant
is the same Ebenezer Burrill who was a soldier with me in the war of the 
Revolution, stationed at New Haven in the year 1780. under command
of Capt. Phineas Bradly of said New Haven--William Stover
and I the said William Stover further testify that I was a member of the family of the
said Capt. Bradly for six years commencing in the Spring of the year 1780. and that
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I was well acquainted with his hand writing at that time and that I have
now in my possession several papers in his hand writing of that opinion
with which I have compared the copier of the [Illegible] Pay Rolls before
[Illegible] to, and with which they will again, and I veryly believe that
the coppier of those [Illegible] Ray Rolls are in the hand writing of
A Capt. Bradly, and that they are authentic copies of the originals
which he returned to the proper Department at the close of 
such term of his military service- William Stover

Sworn to this 25th Sept 1832 Before Me
Wm Bristol Judge of the 
US [Illegible] Cou and Dis