Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3221, Esek Eddy, R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R.I.
Eddy, Esek 
NUMBER
R.3221
CONTENTS [blank]
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State of New York
County of Eire sc.
On this seventh day of August 1840, personally appeared in open Court before the Recorders Court of the City of Buffalo in said County of Erie now sitting Esek Eddy a resident of the Town of Boston in said county of Erie and State of New York aged 78 years and two months 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 7th 1832. That he lived in the town of Gloucester Providence County and State of Rhode Island and was born there on the 27th day of May 1762. And lived there at the time of his performing the service hereinafter mentioned that since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Rhode Island and Connecticut and has lived for the last 41 years in the State of New York and now lives in the Town of Boston in the County of Eire and State of New York - that in the winter of 1777 or 1778 the exact month he cannot tell he was hired by a man who was draughted [drafted] to take his place as a substitute in the militia of the State of Rhode Island under Captain John Eddy Col. Thaddeus Brown. That the said company was stationed as a guard in Providence and he remained on duty at that time under said officers one month - That in the month of August 1778 he was draughted as a militia man to aid in the expedition of General Sullivan. That he served one month at that time in said expedition and well recollects the retreat,-That he cannot through infirmity and old age and defect of memory recollect
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the names of the officers under whom deponent acted in said expedition. That in the summer of 1779 he was draughted to serve in the militia of the State of Rhode Island and served four months at Newport and Brentons Point under Col. Potter his first name he cannot recollect and Lieutenant James Caldwell acting commander. That the particular duty performed by the regiment to which he was attached was to secure Brentons Point and keep the Tories and refugees away and guard the coast. That in the summer of 1780 he was draughted and served one month, and then hired himself out as a substitute for another month [word "making" crossed through] which he served out making two months in all in that year. That the name of the Captain was Peter Lewis, Col. Asa Kimball. That he was stationed that year at the town of Newport acting as a guard. That in the next year 1781 he was hired as a substitute in the militia and served two months acting as a guard on the Island Of Rhode Island. That from the shortness of the periods of service he can not recollect as well as he other wise might the names of the officers. That he never received any discharge from the various officers under whom he served - That he has no documentary evidence of his services that he knows of or person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - That Benjamin Williams Daniel Peck Ira E. Grist[?] are persons acquainted with him - And further that there is no clergyman residing in his immediate vicinity - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever [continued]
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to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or agency of any State - 
[signature] Esek Eddy
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid in open Court
[signature] M. Cadwallader, Clerk}
We Benajah[?] Williams residing in the Town of Boston in the county of Erie and State of New York and Ira E. Irish residing in the town of Hamburgh in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Esek Eddy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be 78 years of age and upward. 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.
[signature] Benajah Williams
[signature] Ira E. Irish
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid in open Court - 
[signature] M. Cadwallader, 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 Benajah Williams and Ira E. Irish who have signed the
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preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit - 
I Michener Cadwallader Clerk of the Recorders Court of the City of Buffalo do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Esek Eddy for a Pension - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of August 1840.
[signature] M. Cadwallader, Clerk.
[seal affixed to the left]
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Esek Eddy
Suspended[?] Case
N. York
Dec. 4 1832[?] [faded]
Robert W. Young
Solicitor of Courts[?]
Washington, D.C.
att.
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State of New York
County of Erie } sc.
Be it known that before Jesse Lockwood a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, personally appeared Erastus Eddy who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say. that he is the child of Esek Eddy deceased, ["widow of" crossed through] (who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution) that he now makes this declaration to recover any pension moneys that may be due on account of the services of Esek Eddy as aforesaid, for the benefit of Erastus Eddy as guardian, under any acts or resolutions of Congress applicable to the case, and that he is directly interested in the same, and makes this affidavit to be filed by his attorney
Sworn and subscribed this 19 day of April 1852 before me, Jesse Lockwood Justice of the Peace.
[signature] Erastus Eddy
Know all men by these presents that I Erastus Eddy child of Esek Eddy deceased, (who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution) for value received do hereby constitute and appoint Robert W Young Esq. Washington, D. C. my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me, and in my name to prosecute my claim to any pension moneys that may be found due on account of the service of said Esek Eddy as aforesaid; and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers and documents touching my claim, on file in the departments at Washington or elsewhere, and file any additional evidence or arguments he may think proper, to ensure recovery of the same.
Witness my hand and seal this 18 day of April A.D. 1852
Signed and sealed in the presence of
Witness, [signature] W. Van Lechter[?]
Witness, 
[signature] Erasmus Eddy [oval seal with L. S. in center]
State of New York
County of Erie } sc.
On this 18 day of April A.D. 1852[?], before  the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Erastus Eddy and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
[signature] Jesse Lockwood Justice of the Peace.
State of New York
County of Erie} sc.
Be it known, that on the 20th day of April A.D. 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared [blank] and [blank] two disinterested and respectable witnesses, and made oath according to law, that they were well acquainted with Esek Eddy deceased, (who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War) and that Erastus Eddy was guardian of the said Esek Eddy - And that the said Esek Eddy is now desd.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me.
[signature] H. B. Burt[?] Justice of the Peace.
[signature] Daniel Peck
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State of New York, Erie County Clerk's Office } ss. I Wells Brooks Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that H.B. Burt & Jesse Lockwood before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof thereof, was each at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, 24th day of April A.D. 1852.
[signature] Wells Brooks Clerk.
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April 29, 1938
Esek Eddy
R. 3221
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Vinnie A. Rasor
1594 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary war record of Esek
Eddy of Rhode Island.
The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in pension claim, R. 3221,
on the military service of Esek Eddy in the
Revolutionary war. This is the record of the only Esek Eddy found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Eddy was born May 27, 1762 in Glocester,
Providence County, Rhode Island. The names of his
parents were not given.
Esek Eady resided in Glocester, Rhode Island
during the War of the Revolution.
He applied for pension August 11, 1840, at
which time he was living in Boston, Erie County,
New York, having lived in the State of New York
about forty-one years. He stated that he served
in the winter of 1777 and 1778, one month in Captain
John Eddy's company, Colonel Thaddeus Brown's Rhode
land Regiment, as a guard in Providence, in the
summer of 1778, one month in General Sullivan's
Expedition, in 1779, four months under Lieutenant
[continued]
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James Caldwell and Colonel Potter, guarding the coast against the Tories, in the summer of 1780, two months in Captain Peter Lewis' company, Colonel Asa Kimballs's regiment, and in
1781, two months, names of officers
for this tour not given.
The claim for pension was not allowed as proof
of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.
In 1852, Erastus Eddy of Erie County, New York,
stated that his father, Esek Eddy, had been dead
several years, and that he was one of the heirs. He
did not give the date of death of his father, nor
names of other heirs.
It was not shown that the Captain John Eddy
under whom the soldier, Esek Eddy, served was a
relative.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further reference to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Columbus O. Feb 18 - 1938
Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly tell me if Esek Eddy of Providence R.I. b. 1731 d. 1820 was on your pension list?
Did he have the rank of Captain? I am trying to establish my line for membership in the D.A.R. and will be so glad if you can help me.
Thanking you in advance for this favor I am
Yours respectfully
(Mrs) Vinnie A. Rasor
1594 Neil Ave
Columbus Ohio
[faded stamp at bottom illegible]
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3221
P.O. [blank]
Esek Eddy
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank],
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank],
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank],
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension.
Alleges: "No evidence of such service in this department B [because?] of giving the names of the officers some proof may possibly be found in the R.I. records"
Attorney: [blank]
P.O.
Recognized, Contract.
[left facing page]
1888 Mch 29 F. M. Eddy - history
1938 - Apr 29 Hist to Mrs Vinnie A. Rasor cwy
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N. York
Esek Eddy
[line crossed through]
Sam Lake May 19/63
R.W. Young 22nd Nov./1853.
3221
Act June 1832
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A. Sawin[?]
10 Sep. 1840
OC
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Pension Office
10 Sept. 1840
Sirs
The papers of Esek Eddy an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 have been examined and filed - It is alleged that the claimant was drafted in 1779 from the Rhode Island Militia for 4 months and served that term at Newport & Branton's Point - There is no evidence in this office of such service - Some further and more satisfactory proof may be had by application to Henry Brown Esq. Sec of State Providence R.I. In the application the name of his Captain in each tour should be given - He should likewise assign a sufficient reason for having so long neglected to apply for a pension
Albert Sawen Esq
Willink
New York
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Buffalo Dec^r 7th 1852
J E Heath Esq
Sir - My Father Esek Eddy made application for a pension for Revolutionary Services about 12 years past but from some cause never received his Certificate. Will you please inform me what periods of service he claimed whaer [were] performed that appears upon the Records and what proof is required to obtain the claim - 
I am one of the Heirs. My Father has been dead several years.
Respectfully Yours
[signature blotted out]
[signature below] Erastus Eddy
Direct to the case of Samuel Luke
Buffalo Dec 13, 1852
Sir - The heirs of Mr. Eddy have rec^d two letters from some Agent in Washington offering to obtain the claim for 40 or 50 per cent but if they can make the proof they are entitled to the amount due without giving half to some Agent at the seat of Government for handing in the papers, I wish you would have the goodness to give all the facts, so that we may have a full understanding of the situation of the claim & what further is required - Respectfully yours
[signature cut off]
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Sept. 8 1840
N.Y.
Esek Eddy
Act 1832
Pension Papers
[faint seal over text illegible]
[addressed]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
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To J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions -
Enclosed is the application of Esek Eddy for a pension.
In the case of Jeremiah Carpenter I have not been able to get any further testimony from the Comptrollers. It seems that the papers on file in that department do not shew any thing concerning the officers under whom he served - 
Yours [illegible]
Albert Sawin[?]
[illegible] Apr 3, 1840 -
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35.047
Esek Eddy

[faint writing illegible]