Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3222, Josiah Eddy, Green Mountain Boys (Vt.)
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Green Mountain Boys (Vt.)

Eddy, Josiah
Hannah
NUMBER
R.3222

CONTENTS
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12,640
Hannah Eddy widow of Josiah Vt
act 7 July 1838
87 CM
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State of New York
Wyoming County of 
On this 25 day of March 1845
before me Alonzo B. Rose a judge of
Wyoming County Courts
personally appeared Hannah Eddy who having been duly sworn according to law on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"" That she is the
widow of Josiah Eddy who was a private in the
American Revolutionary Army and resided at the date of his service in the present County of Rutland & State of Vermont that according to her best recollection her husband served in 1775 under Col Ethan Allen & in 1775 1776 & 1777 he belonged to Col Warners Regiment of Green Mountain boys. That he was at the taking of Ticonderoga Chataqu St Johns & Montreal also of Quebeck at the death of Gen Montgomery and was at the Battles of Hubbardton & Bennington & at the taking of Burgoyne & also served at other
times.  that she was married to the said Joseph
Eddy at Pittsford Vermont by Rev Eleazer Harwood according to her best recollection in the month of June 1787. That she has no record of her marriage nor any documentary proof of the services of her husband the said Josiah Eddy. That the company officers of her husband according to her best recollection were Capt Allen, Lieutenant Isaac Clark & Ethan Pier that Pier was brother in law of said Josiah Eddy that her husband the said Josiah Eddy died at Harlan in the State of New York on the 2d day of July 1817.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but
the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
┃ Sworn
That her maiden name was Hannah Tupper
to & subscribed on the day year first above written before me
Alonzo B. Rose a judge of Wyoming County
Hannah Eddy
County
mark
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State of New York
Wyoming County } On this 10 day of January 1846 personally came before me a Justice of the peace for said County personally ['came to' crossed out] Hannah Eddy to me well known who having been by me duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following sub declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. That she is the widow of Josiah Eddy who was a soldier of the Revolutionary army and resided in Rutland County Vermont at the date of his service and belonged to Col Seth Warners regiment of Green mountain boys That she was not married to the said Josiah Eddy until after his services were rendered and that her only knowledge of his said services was derived from the statements of her said husband That her memory is so much impaired by age & bodily infirmities that she is unable to set forth the circumstances duration & expiration of each period of the Service of her said husband with the names of the company of field officers, That her husband served at several different times and she can recollect only the names of Capt Allen & Lieutenants Clark & Pier but at what particular dates he served under these officers she is unable to say
/s/X her Mark Hannah Eddy

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above written before me and Certify that from conversation with the family of the said Hannah that her memory is much impaired by age
/s/Horace Gibbs A Justice of the peace
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Wyoming County Clerk's Office} ss
I Walter Howard Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Horace Gibbs before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county duly authorized to act s such and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to said proof of affidavit is genuine.
[county seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed My Official seal at Warsaw in said County this 10th day of February 1846
/s/Walter Howard Clerk
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I Sam'l H Kellogg of Pittsford County of Rutland Vermont of lawful age do depose testify & say that I am the Legal Town Clerk ['of' crossed out] of the Town of Pittsford af'd and that I have examined the Records of this Town now in my office & I find no Record of Marriages of as early date as A.D. 1786, and cannot find on Record in my office the marriage of Josiah Eddy & Hannah Tupper.
I further testify & say that my Maternal Grandfather, the late REv. Eleaser Harwood was the first settled Minister of this Town That he resided with my Parents untill his decease which took place in 1807. & that in pursuance of his arrangement with my father all his papers & manuscripts were left in the possession of my father, the late Amos Kellogg who deceased in 1826. and that I was one of the Executors of the last Will & testament of my said father & consequently all his papers, & also the papers of my Grandfather are now in my possession. I having always resided in the same dwelling where both my ancestors before named deceased and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of my said Grandfather. And further that there is in my possession a little Manuscript Book - of 16 pages containing a Memorandum of Marriages & Baptisms performed by my said grandfather while he was the Minister of the Parish in this Town. The first page is headed with the word "Marriages" Then follows on the first page the names of 16 couple, in the following order (viz) Luther Drury & Rhoda Hopkins, Rufus Montage & Catharine Sanford &.c. and upon the same page is the names of Josiah Eddy & Hannah Tupper. But there is no date to any of the Marriages from the 1st page, The second page contains 14 Marriages in the following order except the first two couple, (viz) Nov 13. 1788. ['Martin Hopkins Deceased' crossed out] Caleb Churchill Sarah Halley. 
Nov 27. 1788. Roger Barnard & Matilda Hopkins & Ashbel Hopkins Susannah Tupper &c then follows a large number of Marriages ministered in the same order with dates down to the year A.D. 1800. And I am fully satisfied that the minutes before named were kept in good faith by the said Eleaser
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Harwood while he was duly authorized to perform Marriages as Minister of the Gospel & that as near as I can ascertain ['he' crossed out] the said Eleaser Harwood was settled in the Ministry about the year 1785 and I have no doubt but that Josiah Eddy & Hannah Tupper were joined in Marriage by the said Eleaser Harwood between the years 1785 & 1788. and further say not.
/s/Sam'l H Kellogg

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} Be it known that on this 11th day of June 1844 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, personally appeared the said Sam'l H Kellogg who hath subscribed the preceding deposition in my presence & made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the said Deponent is a credible witness
/s/Abel Penfield Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } 
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, I certify that Abel Penfield Esquire was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to take depositions and that I verily believe his signature to the  same is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Rutland in said County, this 19th day of June Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
/s/F. W. Hopkins
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State of New York
Steuben County} Be it known that on this - day of January 1846 personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said county Ethan Pier Eddy who having been by me duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth & say that he is the oldest son of Josiah Eddy deceased Except one, that as he was told his age by his father when living he now is fifty nine years old That he also learned from his father the said Josiah Eddy that previous to the war of the revolution he came to reside in the New Hampshire grants as it was then called & now Rutland County in the State of Vermont that the said Josiah Eddy had  a brother in law named Ethan Pier from who this deponent was named that his said father has frequently when deponent was young related to him his services in the Army of the American Revolution & deponent recollects that his father informed him that in the year 1775 he was one of the men who under Colonel Ethan Allen surprised & took fort Ticonderoga & That at the time of the organisation of Col Seth Warners regiment of Green Mountain Boys he the said Josiah Eddy enlisted into the said regiment and remained in the same in the said revolutionary service until after the taking of Burgoyne in 1777. That he was in said regiment at the taking of St John Chamblee & Montreal went to Quebeck & was with Major Brown at the time that Montgomery was killed That he than came back with the said regiment & was in the battles at Hubbardton. Bennington & Saratoga That the said Josiah Eddy served at other times out deponent does not recollect the particulars of said service That his father also informed this deponent that he was married at Pittsford in
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Said Rutland County to Rebecca Owen who was the mother of this deponent and died when deponent was eighteen days old in the year 1786 That subsequently to that date & not long after his father the said Josiah Eddy married Hannah Tupper with whom he lived until his death 
That deponent cannot state positively  his officers at any particular period of his services but does remember the names of Captain Allen & Lieutenant Clark & Pier That he is very confident that his brother in law Ethan Pier was with him at the date of his services in Warners regiment in 75 and 76 & 77 and he is very confident that he was his Lieutenant at the date of the said service & he thinks that Ebenezer Allen was at one time one of the officers in Warners regiment 
/s/E P Eddy
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this twenty day of January 1846 and I certify that the said Ethan P. Eddy is a credible witness and a person of good character
/s/Levi Grinolds Justice of the Peace 
I reside in the town of Troupsburgh Steuben County of York - /s/Levi Grinolds J. P. 

State of New York
County of Steuben ss} I Paul C Cook clerk of the said county do certify that Levi Grinolds Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was ast the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature.
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and seal of office this 7th day of February AD 1846
/s/P. C. Cook Clerk
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[typewritten letter]

Rev. & 1812 War Section
[initials: own M.C.S.]

August 2, 1928

Ruth S. E. Eddy
566 Angell St.
Providence, R. I. 

Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 3222, it appears that JOSIAH EDDY lived in Sheffield and Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, before the Revolution and that his parents (their names not given) lived in one of these towns.
During the Revolution Josiah Eddy lived in Rutland, Vermont. 
He married (date not given) at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont, Rebecca Owen, and she died in 1786.
He married in June, 1787, at Pittsford, Vermont, Hannah Tupper.
Josiah Eddy died July 2, 1817, at Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York. 
In January, 1846, Ethan Pier Eddy stated that he was the oldest son of Josiah Eddy except one and that he was then fifty-nine years of age. He also stated that his mother, Rebecca, died when he was eighteen days old.
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[typewritten letter]

In 1844 Josiah Eddy stated that he was fifty-four years of age and was the son of Josiah and Hannah Eddy and that his mother was then living in Warsaw, New York.
The above noted is the only Josiah Eddy who served with the Vermont troops that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
No charge is made for this service.
Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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State of New York
Wyoming County} ss On this 29th day of June 1844 personally appeared before me Eli Rood a Justice of the said County Josiah Eddy who being by me duly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith that he is a son of Josiah Eddy and Hannah his wife. That he is now fifty four years of age That he has heard father when living tell of service in the American Revolutionary army and of being in several battles among which was Bennington & Hubbardton That as he learned from his father he served between three and four years That his mother Hannah Eddy widow of said Josiah Eddy is now living in Warsaw Wyoming County New York
/s/Josiah Eddy
Sworn before me this 29 day of June 1844
/s/Eli Rood Justice

I certify that the above named Josiah Eddy is a credible witness /s/Eli Rood Justice

State of New York
Wyoming County } ss I Walter Howard certify that at the dates of the several papers hereunto annexed Alonzo B. Rose was a Judge & Eli Rood was a Justice of the peace in & for said County & their signatures thereto are genuine
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand & official seal this 11th day of July 1845
/s/E W Andrews Deputy Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm'r Pensions
Washington D. C.
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[handwritten letter]

Warsaw Wy'o Co N Y
July 11, 1845

Dr Sir
I enclose the declaration of Mrs H Eddy with proof of marriage & identity & request an early examination of the records of your office for proof of the services of her husband Josiah Eddy.
respectfully yours
/s/A. L. Lynde
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12040
Hannah Eddy
Vt
Let to A. L. Lynde Augt 21. '45 
to Hon Albert Smith April 14, 1846
A. L. Lynde Sept 24/53
same May 19 1856 - 

act 7 July 1838
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[handwritten letter]

House Reps. 17. Feb. 1846

Sir, 
I enclose papers of Hannah Eddy which I have attach'd & oblige
very Respectfully your ob't ser't
/s/Albert Smith
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[handwritten letter]

[letterhead: The Eddy Family Association, Inc.
FOR HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH [coat of arms] 
PLYMOUTH: OCTOBER 29, 1630
ORGANIZED: SEPTEMBER 15, 1920
INCORPORATED: OCTOBER 23, 1923
TERCENTENNIAL: OCTOBER 29, 1930
PRESIDENT. DAVID BREWER EDDY, S. D. 
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. WILL CURRIER EDDY
48 WOODBINE STREET
AUBURNDALE, MASS.
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER. GEORGE WINSLOW EDDY
177 MILK STREET
BOSTON, MASS.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. JAMES WILLIAMSON EDDY
17 PEARL STREET
P. O. BOX 1328, BOSTON, MASS.
RECORDING SECRETARY LUELLA (EDDY) EDDY
349 WEST 85TH STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y.
CHAIRMAN GENEALOGICAL COMMITTEE RUTH STORY (DEVEREUX) EDDY
666 ANGELL STREET
PROVIDENCE, R.I.] 
[receipt stamp: ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK WAR DEPT. SEP 14 1927] [initials: AG]
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED OLD RECORDS DIVN. SEP 15 1927]

Pension Bureau
War Department, Washington, 

Gentlemen, 
I am compiling The Eddy Genealogy In the Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War of Vermont, under Josiah Eddy, it is advised to seek further information from The Pension Office, I am searching for descendants of this Josiah Eddy or other relatives of his, also the places where he lived and where he died and name of his wife. (I do not care for his service.)
If you can furnish me with any information, I will be grateful and will send check for same when apprised of the amount due. 
Sincerely 
/s/Ruth S. D. Eddy
Sept 13, 1927
[receipt stamp: 7 Received A. G. O. SEP 14 27]
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[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE F SEP 10 1927]
1st Ind. [initials: gws-ORD]

War Department, A. G. O., September 19, 1927. - To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Attention is invited to the basic communication.
/s/Lutz Wahl
Major General, The Adjutant General.
By P.T.A.
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[handwritten letter]

Warsaw New York
April 23, 1856

Hon J. Minot
I [illegible] Years since applied as attorney for Hannah Eddy widow of Josiah Eddy for a pension under act of July 7, 1838 for services rendered by him as a citizen of Vermont
Subsequently I learned that he had resided at Sheffield & Great Barrington Massachusetts and it was not certain that he was in Vermont before 77 or 78. & I obtained evidence from the Secretary at Boston that Josiah Eddy of Sheffield served in the 8 months service in 1775 which was filed in the pension office.
Recently I have obtained possession of a large amount of old papers left by Mr Eddy & among them I filed papers made from 1777 to 1782 inclusive in which he is described as of Timouth in Rutland County
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[handwritten letter]
Our application to the Town Clerk of Tinmouth he informs that the records in his office show that he was a resident of Tinmouth as early as 1775 & this shows that he could not have rendered the service from Sheffield in that year
Among Mr Eddys papers I find an order of which the following is a copy 
"Addison July th23. 1776"
"Capt Stanton Sir pleas to pay to Josiah Eddy the sum of six shillings Lawful money & reduct the same out of my wages"
"David Stanton"
"Nathan Marvin"
"X his mark Herman Knickerbaker"

Endorsed as follows
"I Except to pay y'r written order where "I receive sd Knickerbakers" wages August "yr 18th 1776 Pr Jos Stanton Capt"

It is supposed that Eddy at the date of this order & acceptance was
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[handwritten letter]

in the service & in the same Regiment with the other persons mentioned
Have you any rolls of Capt Stanton & of the regiment in which he served & will you inform me whether the name of Eddy appears upon those rolls & oblige
Respectfully
/s/A. L. Lynde
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[verso]

['Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.' crossed out]

3222
P.O. Hannah Eddy
Service: Josiah
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank].
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank].
[overwritten: REJECTED]
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank].
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank Recognized. [blank] Contract.

[recto]

1888 March 29 - F. M. Eddy - history Prior
1928 Aug 2 data furn. Ruth S. D. Eddy. MCS
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Proof in case of Hannah Eddy

A. L. Lynde
Warsaw New York
atty for claimant
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[handwritten letter]

Warsaw New York Aug 12. 1853

Hon L P. Waldo
In the case of Hannah Eddy applicant for a pension under act of July 7, 1838. I send the enclosed proof Mrs Eddy originally claimed for service in Vermont troops. subsequently I learned from Mrs Eddy that her husband had resided in Sheffield & Great Barrington Massachusetts. That his parents resided in one of those towns & he learned his trade in the other & she thought he must have resided in the latter town at the date of service & that he did not go to Vermont before 76 or 77. This information led to the application to the Secretary of Massachusetts. I cannot at present adduce proof of identity but I was fully satisfied by conversation with the old lady that Mr Josiah Eddy her husband served in Massachusetts for he went to Vermont & that the enclosed is probably the service rendered by him 
Truly Yours
/s/A L Lynder
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
[state seal affixed]
Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 15 1847.

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Josiah Eddy is borne upon a Master Roll of Capt Stebbins's company, in Col Jonathan Brewer's regt in the Eight months service as private of Sheffield, from May 13 to August 1 1776, 80 days.
Upon a Return of said company, in said regt as a private of Sheffield no services named, & said Return is not dated.
Upon an Order of said company for coats(?) dated October 26 1778"
Not upon rolls of Col. Warner.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
/s/John G. Palfrey, 
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk and City of Boston.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the services of Josiah Eddy in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire in said State and served two years or more. He was out in '75 & '76. went to Canada and was at the taking of Montreal and storming of Quebec, but under what officers, is not known. 
It is believed a portion of his service was under Col. Warner. He afterwards resided at Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont. and at same time lived at Sheffield Mass. and Salisbury, Connecticut.
Witness my hand this second day of July A. D. 1847
/s/Franklin Hall
Atty. for the widow.
Signed by said F. Hall in my presence 
/s/Wm C. Dodge Justice Peace.