Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12434, Ezra Cady, Conn.
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(8-1776) 
Service                                  Number
Conn.     Cady, Ezra               &12434

Contents                                  carded
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9128
Connecticut
Ezra Cady--
of Brooklyn in the State of Connt who was a Pri. in the Conn commanded by Captain Abbot of the Regt. commanded by Col William in the Conn. army for state troops 6 mo 

Inscribed on the roll of Connt. on the rate of 20 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of March 1833 and (unreadable) Urial Fuller. Brooklyn. At arrears to the 4th of March- $4000
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept. 1000

$5000

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 3 Page 7
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Ezra Cady
NY
No. 2.931

Return to be sent to
Uriel Fuller Esq
Brooklyn
Connecticut
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, SS.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM,
On this 7th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, Ezra Cady a resident of the town of Brooklyn in the
County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: In the year 1776 he performed a tour of duty in the service of the United States
, in the Connecticut Militia, of three months-- in the Company
commanded by Capt Joseph Abbott of Brooklyn (Conn) in the
Regiment of Col Ebenezer Williams of Pomfret. Lieut Colo William
Danielson of Killingly. Major McClellan of Woodstock and
Adjutant [illegible] of Thompson-- The Regt of Militia to which he
belonged was ordered out by the commanding officer in the month
of August in said year while he was engaged in [illegible]. He started with the Regt from
Pomfret for New York, crossed the Hudson into New Jersey
from thence he proceeded to the fort at Powles Hook, and after
after a term of service of three months was dismissed by the commanding
officer of his Regiment & returned to his home in Brooklyn
about the 1st of December the same year

In the year 1777 he performed another tour of duty in the service
of the United States, of three months in the Connecticut Militia. In the
of month of August of said year he drafted to go to the North
in the Company commanded by Capt Stone of Woodstock, Lieutenant
Clough of Thompson, and Ensign Foster of Canterbury in the
Regiment commanded by Col Robert Latimer of New London, Lt
Col. Jones of Middletown and Major Joseph Abbott of Brooklyn
He started in said month of August from Pomfret in (Conn) from
thence proceeded to Albany in the State of N. York-- from thence
to Stillwater & Saratoga was present at the time the army was
under Genl Burgoyne was captured. After the surrender of Genl
Burgoyne his Regt returned to Albany, from thence to Hudson, when
after a short period of service, the Regiment was dismissed by the commanding
officer & he returned to Brooklyn the latter part of the month of
November 1777-
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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.
The following interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant, viz:--
1. Where and in what year were you born? In what was then Pomfret, now Brooklyn, in 1756
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have, on the records of sd Pomfret
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
in Brooklyn, then Pomfret, where I now reside & have ever since
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
I have stated above
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Genl Gates, Genl Arnold
Genl Stark Brig. Genl Poor
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
no other, except as stated as above
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief in your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Joseph Davison,
Rev. Samuel J. May


Ezra Cary
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Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
Attest Armin Bolles Clerk

We Samuel May a clergyman, residing in the town of Brooklyn in said Windham County, and Joseph Davison residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezra Cady
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age; 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.
Samuel J. May
Joseph Davison

Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
Attest Armin Bolles Clerk

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further
certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel J. May who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Brooklyn and that Joseph Davison who signed the same is a resident in the said town of Brooklyn and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Annin Bolles Clerk

I, Annin Bolles Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezra Cady for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court, 7th day of August A.D.1832
Annin Bolles Clerk
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12434
Invalid 
(unreadable) 

File No. 12,434
Ezra Cady 
Priv. Rev. War. 

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 61

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham Ss. Brooklyn Jany 17th 1833
I Ezra Cady of said Brooklyn aged seventy five
years do depose and say that I cannot state the
names of any other officers under whom I served
in the revolutionary war in addition to those stated
in my declaration and sworn to before the County Court
for said Windham County on the 7th day of August
1832 - I further depose and say that I served for the
full periods mentioned in said declaration under the
officers therein named as a private soldier in the
following order viz. 1st term of service three months
in Capt Abbotts Compy in Col. Williams' Regt in the
State of New Jersey in 1776 - 2 term of service 3 months
in Capt. Stones Compy in Col Latimer's Regt
in the State of New York in 1777 - amounting in
the whole to the full period of six months and
for such service I claim a pension. I further depose and
say that I have no documentary evidence, and do not
know of any person or persons now living who were
with me in said service except the persons whose
depositions are herewith transmitted further depose
and say that I have produced the best evidence in my
power in support of my claim for a pension
Ezra Cady
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham  ss. Brooklyn January
17th AD1833. Then Mr Ezra Cady signer
of the within affidavit personally appeared & made
solemn oath to the truth of the same, before me
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said
Cady, and know him to be a man of veracity
and a credible witness-
Uriel Fuller Justice of the Peace

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within
and for the County of Windham in the State Connecticut
do hereby certify that Uriel Fuller Esquire before whom
the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled and
Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County
that the foregoing signature of his name is in his
hand writing and that full faith and credit ought
to be given to his acts as such-
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at Brooklyn
in sd County this 17th day of January
AD. 1832
Armin Bolles Clerk
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I Joseph Davison of Brooklyn in the County
of Windham & State of Connecticut of lawful age,
Testify and say that I perform a tour of
duty in the service of the United States in
the Connecticut Militia, for the term of three
months in the Company of Capt Joseph Abbott
& regiment commanded by Col Ebenezer Williams
of Pomfret. The Regiment to which I belonged
was called out by the commanding officer
in the month of August 1776 we proceeded to
Hartford from thence to New Haven & thence to
the State of New York to West Chester & crossed
the river Hudson into New Jersey from thence
to Powles Hook - and I further testify and
say that Mr Ezra Cady of said Brooklyn
was in the same Company & in the same Regt
with me, was a neighbor of mine & has ever since
remained in said Brooklyn-- & I further testify
and say that we were discharged by our commanding
officer & returned home according to
my best recollection in the month of December
of the same year. And further the deponent
saith not--
Joseph Davison

Windham County ss. Brooklyn August 7th 1832
Then personally appeared before me Joseph
Davison signer of the above Deposition, and
made solemn oath to the truth of the same
I also certify that said Deponent is a person ┃
of veracity
Uriel Fuller Justice of the Peace
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I Ebenezer Spalding of Brooklyn in the
County of Windham & State of Connecticut
of lawful age testify and say that I am
personally acquainted with Mr Ezra Cady
of said Brooklyn that during the revolutionary 
war in the year 1777 I was on a tour of duty
in the Company of Capt Howe at Stillwater
there saw the said Cady in the service of the
United States. I recollect that Joseph Abbott of said
Brooklyn was the Major of the regiment to
which said Cady belonged .  When I left
Stillwater the said Cady still remain
there & from any best recollection & from
personal knowledge of the said Cady. I have
no doubt that his statement is correct & entitled
to full credit & belief
Ebenezer Spalding

Windham County ss. Brooklyn August 7th 1832
Then personally appeared Ebenezer Spalding
signer of the above Deposition, and made
solemn oath to the truth of the same-
I also certify that the Deponent is a man
of veracity
Before me Uriel Fuller Justice of the Peace
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I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for
the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby
certify that Uriel Fuller Esq before whom the within
and foregoing affidavits annexed hereunto were made
is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said
Windham County, that the foregoing signatures of his
name are in his hand writing, and that full faith and
credit ought to be given to his acts as such

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Brooklyn in said County this
9th day of August A.D. 1832
Armin Bolles Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
26. November 1832.
SIR
I return herewith the papers in support of the claims of the persons whose
names are hereto annexed.
These papers are in several respects defective. Each case is accompanied
by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink,
given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to
the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great
number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from
attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented
under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the
greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to
your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive
labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would
consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is
in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct
in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative
answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L. Edwards
case of
Ezra Cady
Uriel Fuller Esq
Brooklyn
Connt
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admit
6 mo private
$20
Uriel Fuller
Brooklyn
Cnt
Page 85
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Ezra Cady which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For------
year ----- months and --- days, I served as a -----. For ----- months
and ----- days, I served as a ---- ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenting papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.