Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14729, Ezra Trim, Conn. Continental New York
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE | | NUMBER
Conn | Trim, Ezra | S.14729
Continental
New York | | Carded
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New York 14773
Ezra Trim
of Valney [Volney] in the State of N. Y.
who was a matross 2 pri in the Company commanded
by Captain Williams of the Regt commanded ┃
by Col Scammel [Scammell] in the Militia*
June for
9. M. Matross-- 37.50.
15 mo priv of Infy) 50.00
187.50
Continental * (and) N.Y. ^and Conn.^ Records completed Mch. 22/07 ^and^
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y.
at the rate of 87 Dollars 50 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June
1833 and sent to
Pensioner, Volney, Oswego Co. N.Y
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 175.10.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 43.75
$218.85.
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by FFFranciosi Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 80

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Sec letter to [lined out "Hon"] Pensioner Sept. 18. 1834
"  ltr  " J. Fleming Esqr. "  "  "
"  "  " Lovwell Johnson Dec 15. 1834
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In the matter of
Ezra Trim
Revolutionary Soldier
No 1496

admd
9 mo Matross
15 mo pri. of Infy.
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
State of New York}
Oswego County ss} on this ninth day of August personally appeared before Lowell Johnson one of the Judges of Oswego County Courts (which is a court of Record), Ezra Trim ^a resident^ of Volney in said County of Oswego and State of New York being so infirm as not to be able to appear before the court in Session being of the age of eighty one years & eleven 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 the 7th 1832.

The he was born in North Bolton in the State of Connecticut in the year 1750 that he has no other record of his age but one in his bible and does not know whether there is any other record existing and cannot now remember who put the statement in his bible - did not make it himself - cannot write. That he was living in the town of Pawling in the County of Dutches {Dutchess] and State of New York when he part intered (sic) the service which was in the year 1775. That at this time he enlisted in the Connecticut Troops for five or six month cannot be certain which under Captain Beardsly [Beardsley] in Colonel Waterbury, Regiment in the spring of the year but cannot tell what month that he enlisted as a Volunteer that he went to St Johns on Lake Champlain was in no other battle at this time but some skirmishes with the Indians  - that he was discharged at Ticonderoga in the Fall [lined out "some time"] cannot tell what month - was in actual services in this [illegible] [left margin note "5 or 6 +"] five or six months cannot tell for certainty which

That in 1776 he lived at the same place and enlisted ^as volunteer^ in Captain Percy's company and Colonel Rudolphus Richmoven [Ritzema] regiment in the York troops-- That they mustered at Fishkill and went to New York - That he enlisted in March for the term [left margin note "9"] of nine months which he served out and was dismissed some time the latter part of December of the same year the Colonel leavin (sic) his Regiment and going to the enemy. - That ^they^ lay in the City of New York most of this campain (sic) but was in the battle at Harlem and the battle of White Plains this year. That the Brigadier General as the thinks was Alexander McDugle [McDougall]

That the next term which he can state definitely was in the spring of 1781 he believes about the part of April that the Militia company was blessed and he was hired [left margin note "9"] by the Class and served nine month of this time That he mustered at Fishkill under Capt Williams and joined the regiment at Dobsons Ferry under Colonel Scammel [Scammell] and Marched to White Plains and lay there all summer but the Colonel went with the troops to take Cornwallis That in the part and last of the above terms he had a written discharge each time but that they are lost That the second term he had no written discharge [lined out "That he had served [illegible] at times"] That that he served the last year of the war under
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Captain Moody in Colonel Lambs Regiment of artillery and was hired by the class in the same manner as mentioned before. That he mustered at Fishkill and command service [left margin note "9"] the fore part of April and served nine months and had a written discharge from General Knox but has lost his discharge that they lay at West point on the Hudson river the whole time-- That he served more or less every year of the war but cannot tell the particular circumstances attend it other than as above. That he knows of no person living who can testify to his service Except John Robinson of Fabius and Jonathan Pendle of Lyons and that they are knowing to but a small part of his service That he had hereto fore procured the affidavit of the said Jonathan Pendle which was forwarded to Joseph Hawkins Esqr a member of Congress from the State of New York about two years ago and that he has now the affidavit of the said John Roberson which ^was^ afterward procured for the same purpose. That he moved from Pawling to Saratoga near forty year ago and from Norton to Pompey about twenty years ago and from Pompey to Volney nine years ago where he now lives That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no ^one^ whose testimony he can procure other then as above. That he is known to Nathaniel B White and Ebenezer Wallace Humpry Dullicor Asaph Graves and many others who are neighbors, who can testify to his character for truth and veracity That 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
[signature] Ezra his X mark Trim

Subscribed & sworn this 9th day of August before Samuell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Courts}

We Asaph Graves a Clergyman residing in the neighborhood
of the above named Ezra Trim in the Town of
Volney County of Oswego and State of New York and
Humphrey Dolbear residing in the same place hereby testify that we are well acquainted with the said Ezra Trim
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that
believe him to be of the age of eighty one years as stated
by him 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] Asaph Graves
[signature] Humphrey Dolbear
Subscribed and sworn this 19th day of August 1832 before me Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Courts}
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I Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Court do certify that the said Ezra Trim is so infirm as to be unable to appear in open Court or to in any manner travel to the place where the said Court is [illegible] and that therefore the foregoing examination was taken before me and that ^it^ is my opinion after the investigation had of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department and from my personal knowledge of the said Ezra Trim and of the General reputation of his being a revolutionary soldier that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And I also Certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Asaph Groves ^who has signed the preceding affidavit^ and know him to be a Clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the said Ezra Trim in the Town of Volney aforesaid and that Humphrey Dolbear who has also signed the same is a resident in the same neighborhood and is a Credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit dated August the 9th 1832
[signature] Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Court

I Eric Poor Clerk of the County of Oswego in the State of New York do hereby certify that Lovwell Johnson whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate is a Judge of the Oswego County Courts which is a Court of Record having a Seal which is hereunto affixed and that I am the Clerk of said Court That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Lovwell Johnson and believe his signature attached to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing dated as In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this tenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
[signature] Eric Poor. Clerk
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military historyof Ezra Trim, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [lined out "(or his widow's)"] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.File 14,729
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.
Apr. 1775 | 5 or 6 mos. | [blank] | Beardsley | Waterbury | Conn.
Mch 1776 | 9 " | [blank] | Percy | Rudolphus Ritzema | N. Y.
Apl. 1781 | 9 mos. | [blank] | Daniel Williams | [lined out] | N.Y. see P.257 Col. Hist N.Y.
Apl. 1783 | 9 mos. | Matross | Moody | Lamb | Continental artillery
Battles engaged in, Harlem, White Pl
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pawling, Dutchess Co NY
Date of application for pension, Aug 9, 1832
Residence at date of application, Volney Osage Co. NY
Age at date of application, B. North Bolton Conn. Sept. 1750
Remarks: Sol died May 25, 1834 having no widow but a daughter Sally Trim and other children names not mentioned.
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POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
To the Department of Interior
Beaureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[circular stamp]
RECORD DIVISION
DEC 8 1908

[circular stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
DEC 7 1908

[circular stamp]
FULTON, M
DEC 5
190-
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Fulton Dec 5th 1908
To the Department of the Interior
Beaureau of Pensions
Washington D C. Please send me by return mail the Revolutionary Record of my ancestor Ezra Trim so I can fill out a D. A. R Blank
My Grandfather lives in Duchess Co NY. at the
time of his enlistment in the spring of 1775
I think there were three other enlistment between that time and 1783
and oblige
Mrs Ellen A Harding
704 Emery St, Fulton NY
Oswego Co
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1906 July 27 - History to Miss
Allie Schenck, letter in
S.F. 24016 Abraham Milley C
1908 Dec. 17. Hist to Mrs. Ellen Harding

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Rev War
14729
INVALID.
File No. 14,729
Ezra Trim
Matross Rev. War
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Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. Page 379
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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3 - 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Brief by L. D. L.
Claim No. [blank]
Certificate No. [blank]
Claimant [blank]
Soldier Ezra Trim
Service N.Y
Additional Service Rev. War
No [blank] claim, State records [blank], 190[blank]
No claim, combination [blank], 190[blank]
REMARKS:
No claim, except
I.#14729
0-8  Chief Division
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Ezra Trim
Payments to be made
at New York
by Pres: U.S. br: bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 4
Page 80 by Francis F. Francion Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I Certify that in conformity with the law of the United State of the 7th June, 1832, Ezra Trim of the State of New York who was a Matross and private of Infantry during the Revolutionary war is entitled to receive Eighty Seven dollars and Fifty- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States this Twentieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[signature] John Robb
Acting Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.}
[signature] J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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N.Y. Dec 8
Ezra Trim
cert. Ut'd for correction

FREE
Revolutionary Claims
Con of J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Dear Sir
Yours of Sept last was received requesting a return of the Pension Certificate of Ezra Trim for the purpose of correction Ezra Trim died on the twenty fifth day of May last and at the time your letter arrived proceedings were taking to obtain for his daughter the proportioned share of his pension from the 4 of March last until the time of his death on the 25 day of May as aforesaid 
I now wish to state she came to you for your direction & advice Mr Trim left no widow having buried his wife some few years before his death. For some number of years preceding his death his daughter Sally an unmarried woman of about the age of 35 years lived with and assisted to take care of her parents and after the death of his wife he was wholly supported by the industry of his said daughter Sally and the [illegible] of some of his neighbors His other children and especially his sons having [illegible] abandoned him after he drew his pension he paid up some few debts and lived comfortably on the rest but thought as [torn out] daughter aforesaid had taken care of him without th[torn out] part of reward that he had aught to leave to her a[torn out] should remain he therefore made a Will by wh[torn out] devised to her whatever undrawn share of his pension should remain at the time of his death which would be near $20. now I wish you to direct me how this may be obtained for her as I believe it to be account of Justice Please write me as soon as possible and direct the amended certificate to me 
your obed't serv't
[signature] Lovwell Jackson [illegible]
Palermo Oswego Co NY

Nov the 14th 1834
J. L Edwards Esqr
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In the matter of Ezra Trim a Revolutionary Soldier
Affidavits
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State of New York}
Onondaga County ss} I certify that on the 19th day of May 1831. before me George Pettit Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County being a Court of record, & expressly made such by the Laws of the said State by which ^it^ is created, personally appeared John Robinson, resident in ^the Town of Fabius in^ said County, & being by me duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that he was a revolutionary Soldier & served in the New York line, & that he is now nearly eight seven years old, & that he is well acquainted with Ezra Trim of the Town of Volney in the County of Oswego and was well acquainted with him in the army of the revolution, in the year 1781, and that said Trim belonged to the same company with this deponent, commanded by Capt. Daniel Williams, in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Scammel [Scammell], and that said company joined the continental forces at Dobson's Ferry in the Spring of 1781- that soon afterwards the deponent was taken sick and carried to the hospital, and the said Company marched on to the lines, & the deponent did not see the said Trim until they both met at home in the Town of Pawlings in Duchess County, after the expiration of our term of enlistment which was for nine months for Both - & further saith not
[signature] John Robinson
Sworn & subscribed before me this 19th day of May 1831}
[signature] George Pettit Judge of One Common Pleas
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State of New York}
Onondaga County}
Clerks Office} SS I Reuben L. Hess Clerk of Onondaga County ^courts^ do hereby certify that on the 19th day of May 1831 George Pettit before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was a Judge of Onondaga County Court duly appointed and qualified as such and authorised to administer oaths and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the within signature "George Pettit" officially subscribed to be in his own proper handwriting In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common pleas of said County of Onondaga this 24th day of May 1831.
[signature] Ruben L Hess clerk
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State of New York}
Onondaga County} SS I certify that about two years ago last May, an affidavit was taken subscribed & sworn to before me by John Robinson known to me, then of the Town of Fabius in said County, but since deceased, that the said John Robinson, was well acquainted with Ezra Trim of the Town of Volney in the County of Oswego, that the Deponent in said Affidavit ^& said Trim,^ both enlisted Soldiers, in the continental army in the revolutionary War, belonging to the same company & Regiment &c- &c- that I had been acquainted with said Robinson personally but a short time, say two or three years. at the time he deceased [lined out "in"] last Summer, that I have been long acquainted with a number of persons of good character for truth & veracity, who have known the said Robinson from their childhood, who have uniformly spoken of him as a man of truth and veracity, & that I have never heard or known any thing to the contrary - that this certificate is made at the request of a Mr Shepherd of Oswego County, who states that said affidavit had been sent to Washington in aid of an application in favor of said Trim for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832, & had been returned for the purpose of procuring my certificate of the truth & veracity of said Robinson that he, said Shepherd had been employed to present said affidavit to me for that purpose, but had since lost it.
[signature] George Pettit Judge of the County Courts in said County
Fabius, Nov 27th 1832
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State of New York}
Oswego County SS} William F Shepard of Palermo being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the annexed affidavit of John Robinson was handed to this deponent for the purpose of obtaining the certificate of Judge Pettit That while in the possession of this deponent said affidavit got miss laid and that this deponent called in said Pettit and obtained the within statement ^that^ on his return he found the said affidavit which is hereunto annexed dated Mary the 16th 1833
[signature] W. F. Shepard
Sworn this 16th day of March 1833 before me Lovwell Johnson a Judge
of the County Courts
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State of New York}
Wayne County SS} Jonathan Pendle [Pendell] of Sodus in said county being duly sworn before me the undernamed Judge deposeth and saith that that he is eighty three years last June and has been acquainted with Ezra Trim of Volney ever since he & the said Trim were boys together that the said Trim is about one year younger than this deponent that they lived in Bolton in the State of Connecticut most of the time till 1773 or 4 when they moved to Pawling in the County of Dutchess & State of New York and lived in the same neighborhood when not in actual service during the war of the revolution That this deponent ^understood that said Trim^ went in the spring of 1775 into the service in the Connecticut troops and knows that he the said Trim was gone through the season and although this deponent did not see the said Trim in actual service at this time yet he has no doubt but he did serve as much as five or six months That in the spring ^of^ 1776 this deponent knows that the said Ezra Trim enlisted & went in the New York Troops in Captain Percys company and was in service nine month at this time deponent saw the said Tim several times in the service during this term and though not in the same company yet by in another company near by where the said Trim very considerably of the time That the said Trim was out more or less every every year of the war and this deponent should think from seven to nine months in a year This deponent knows the said Trim was gone from home and it was understood at the time that the was in the moves and this deponent has no doubt that he was in the service and this deponent has no doubt that said Trim was in the service though this deponent did not actually see him doing duty except as above stated
That in 1781 the Militia were [illegible] and the said Trim went in the service as this witness believes in Col Scammels [Scammell's] regiment and by at White Plains though this deponent did not serve in the same regiment but has no doubt that such service was done and further saith not March the 10th 1833
[signature] Jonathan his X mark Pendle [Pendell]
Subscribed by making his mark & Sworn this 13th day of March 1833
before me Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Courts

I Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Court hereby Certify that at the request of the friends of Ezra Trim who is very poor I went to the dwelling of the above named deponent in the County of Wayne and took down the foregoing statement from the life of the said deponent That he spoke like a man who conscientiously was telling the truth that I enquired through the neighborhood as to the charter of the said Jonathan Pendle for truth and veracity and received a uniform answer which was that he was a fine old man whose word might be depended upon
[signature] Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Court
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State of New York}
Wayne County ss} Mary Pendle [Pendell] of Sodus in said county being duly sworn before me the undernamed Judge deposeth and saith that she is seventy seven years old that she past  became acquainted with Ezra Trim (who now lives in Volney) in Pawling in the County of Dutchess & State of New York about the year 1765 and has been acquainted with him ever since and lived in the same neighborhood with the said Trim during the war of the revolution that said Trim was gone from ^home^ as she believes every summer season during said war and that it was said and understood at the time that said Trim was in the service of his country as a soldier of the revolution and this deponent has no doubt that such was the fact and further saith not
dated March the 13 1832
[signature] Mary her X mark Pendle [Pendell]
Subscribed by making her mark and Sworn the 13th day of Mar 1833 before me Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Court

I Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Oswego County Court hereby Certify that at the request of the friends of Ezra Trim I [illegible] to the County of Wayne to the dwelling of the above named deponent and took down the statement above sworn to from her own relation of the facts that the said Deponent appeared in her story like one who was telling the truth and that I inquired through the neighborhood and found her to be a credible person and heard her character for truth and verily doubted by no one
[signature] Lovwell Johnson a Judge of Owego County courts