Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16812, Ezra Franklin, Conn.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE          NUMBER
Conn.       Franklin, Ezra.    S.16812
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CONTENTS
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17,075 Connecticut
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Ezra Franklin
[illegible] Brooklyn in the State of Connect
who was a Pri in the lease commanded
by Captain ----- of the Reg command
by Danielson Col in the Eonnt
line for Militia
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July
1833 and sent Ammi
Bolles. Brooklyn Tet.
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Arrears to the 4th of March: 33 $60
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept " 15
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$75.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page 13
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Ezra Franklin
No 3
No 2,857
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Admd
Pew utr q nw utty - $30.00

Return to be made to
Armin Bolles.
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,}
COUNTY OF WINDHAM,} SS.
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 Franklin a resident of the town of Brooklyn in the County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 78 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 names officers, and served as herein stated: In the month of Dec, in the year 1775 I enlisted in the Connecticut State Troops for the term of three months, in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Marcy, Lieuts Wm. O[illegible] and Maj. Baker, Ensign William Lyon. I lived in Woodstock Connecticut when I enlisted as above & marched from thence to Cambridge (Ms.) where I was [stationed] part of the time and then marched to Roxbury where I remained during the term of enlistment. And was then discharged at said Roxbury [illegible] mentioned above I was one of the company of 50 men who were [illegible] ordered on to Dorchester point to make [entrenchments] and the day following the British left Boston. I well recollect Generals Washington & Putnam who were quartered in the same neighborhood.
In the latter part of the month of August in the year 1776 I was ordered in a [illegible] of duty together with the whole of the Regt. to which I belonged for the term of three months. I was in the Regiment commanded by Col. Williams, was in the company commanded by Capt. Amos Paine, Col. Davidson & Major Samuel McClellan of t he Connecticut Militia. I joined said company at Woodstock in (Conn.) where I then lived & marched through Hartford to New Haven when we drew our ammunition [illegible] and march from thence to Hesser N H and on to York Island & then crossed the North river & marched to Bergen in New Jersey & was  stationed in t hat neighborhood for 6 weeks when I was taken sick and sent to Newark, and after a few [illegible] joined said Regt. at the English neighborhood where we were stationed. [illegible] my said term of 3 months had expired and I was there dismissed. I was in the opposite side of the river when Fort Washington was taken by the enemy. 
In the month of Dec 1777 I was drafted in said Woodstock for the term of [illegible] Williams and Lieut Phipps, and marched from said Woodstock to [illegible] Genl. Spencer commanded the troops while I was stationed at Provide[illegible] for the term of 3 months to New Sinclair, Saybrook & in (Conn.) in the company commanded by John Badger to take my place and the said for me during the [illegible]

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 w hat year were you born? I was born in Woodstock (Con.) in the year 1753
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have a record of my age in my bible
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you live now? Lived in Woodstock when called into service. I have lived in the Woodstock & in [illegible] except 2 years in which I lived in the state Maine.
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 all I can recollect on this subject
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. I have stated above.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? I never got a written discharge
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 in the revolution. Rev. Ezra B. Kellog & Capt. [illegible]
Ezra Franklin (signature)
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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 Ezra B. Kellogg a clergyman, residing in the town of Brooklyn in said Windham County, and Joseph Scarborough residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezra Franklin who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 78 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.
Ezra B. Kellogg
Joseph Scarborough
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 Ezra B. Kellogg who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Brooklyn and that Joseph Scarborough who signed the same is a resident in this said town of Brooklyn and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Armin Bolles Clerk
I Armin 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 Franklin for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 7th day of August A. D. 1832
Armin Boles Clerk

[illegible] months and [illegible] said term in the Company commanded by Capt. John [illegible] R S and was there stationed during the whole of said period & there dismissed [ illegible] as above. In the month of June in 1780, I was [illegible] at said Woodstock commanded by Capt Green, during this tour of duty I hired a man by the [illegible] and I paid him therefore. I have no documentary evidence and am very poor and unable to produce any further evidence in support of this application
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October 10, 1935
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BA-J/MCS
Ezra Franklin,S.16812

Mrs. Lune Merrell
Duncan
Arizona

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension records of Ezra Franklin of Windham County, Connecticut, and David Avery of New London County, Connecticut.

You did not name the war in which these men served, therefore, there was no way to determine in which records you were interested. The record of a David M. Avery, a soldier of the Civil War, was furnished you October 7, 1935, and the Revolutionary War record of Ezra Franklin follows as found on file in his pension claim.

The data contained herein was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 16812, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ezra Franklin.

He was born in 1753 in Woodstock, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of that place, he enlisted and served as private with the Connecticut troops as follows: from sometime in December, 1775, three months in Captain Nathaniel Marcy's company; from late in August, 1776, three months in Captain Amos Paine's company in Colonel Williams' regiment; from December, 1777, three months in Captain John Williams' company in Colonel Obadiah Johnson's regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut.
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He stated that he had always lived in Woodstock and Brooklyn with the exception of two years when he lived in the state of Maine.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

Ezra Franklin, Certificate 17075, issued July 19, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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16812
INVALID

File No. 16812
Ezra Franklin
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. 1,  Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870]


Jany 12, 1904- Hist 
Miss Lizzie Trowbridge
Whitinoville Mass
1930 Apr 24 hist to
Hon. Richard P. Freeman
for Mrs. Mary Bishop
MCS
1935 Oct. 10 hist to
Mrs. Lue Merrell MCS
1936 Feb. 18 hist to Hon. Wm.
L. Nelson for Miss Anna Burt
see corres in Rev clm David
Avery S. 12022 MCS
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham} ss. Brooklyn April 12th 1833
Personally appeared Mr. Ezra Franklin of sd Brooklyn aged seventy nine years, and after being sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he served in the army of the revolution three tours of duty in the service of the United States as a private soldier, in the manner stated in his declaration which is hereunto annexed, & which was sworn to before the County Court for said Windham County on the 7th day of August 1832. First term of service 3 months in 1775 and 1776 at Cambridge & Roxbury in Massachusetts under Capt. Marcy. Second term of service 3 months in the year 1776 in the compy commanded by Capt. Amos Paine in Col. Williams' Regt in the State of New York & New Jersey. 3d term of service 3 months in 1777 & 1778 at Providence in the State of Rhode Island in Capt. John Williams company in Col. Obadiah Johnson's Regt, amounting in the whole to the full period of nine months, during which term of 9 months I served as a private soldier, and for such service I claim a pension. I further depose and say that since the return of my papers from the Pension Office I have procured the affidavits of William Barrett and John Clarke in support of my claim for a Pension, which said Affidavits are hereunto annexed. I further depose and say that I have now produced the best evidence in my power and that I do not know of any person or persons now living who were with me in said service by whom the same can be proved in addition to the affidavits which are herewith transmitted. I further depose and say that I have no documentary evidence in support of my claim for a pension, and I do not know that any can be produced. I have none done all in my
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power as respects proof in support of my claim for a pension and I hope and trust that the Department will grant me a pension for the full period mentioned in my declaration.
Ezra Franklin

State of Connecticut
County of Windham} Brooklyn April 12th 1833
Then Mr. Ezra Franklin signer of the foregoing affidavit personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me. I also state that I am well acquainted with the said Franklin and know him to be an upright, honest man, and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Armin Bolles Justice of the Peace

I John Parish of Brooklyn in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged 68 years do testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Ezra Franklin of said Brooklyn (now here present) and that said Franklin has always sustained a fair moral character. I also state that he is a man of temperate habits, that his memory is good for a person of his age, and he has always had the reputation in the neighborhood where he resides of having been a soldier of the revolution and I fully concur in that opinion. I further state that said Franklin is poor but strictly honest & in my opinion the War Department may with safety rely on his statement respecting his revolutionary services as being correct.
Brooklyn April 12th 1833
John Parish

State of Connecticut
Windham County} ss. Brooklyn April 12th 1833
Personally appeared John Parish Esq. signer of the foregoing affidavit, who is a person well known to me as a credible witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me.
Armin Bolles Justice of the Peace

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Armin Bolles before whom the foregoing affidavits 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 in dur form.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 12th day of April AD 1833.
Armin Bolles Clerk
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I Joseph Scarborough of Pompet int he County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged fifty sic years do testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Ezra Franklin of Brooklyn in said County, now here present and I do say that the said Franklin has always sustained a fair character/a honesty and integrity. I also state that he is a man of temperate habits and that his memory is food for a person of his age. I further state that I have been well acquainted with him for 40 years, and that he has always sustained the reputation in the neighborhood where he resides of having been a soldier of the revolution and I fully concur, in that opinion- I further depose and say that he is poor, but strictly honest and in my opinion the War Department may rely with confidence in his statement respecting his revolutionary services-Brooklyn April 12th. 1833-
Joseph Scarborough

State of Connecticut}
Windham County} ss. Brooklyn April 12th 1833-
The Capt. Joseph Scarborough signer of the foregoing affidavit personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me-I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said Scarborough and know him to be a credible witness-
Armin Bolles Justice of the Peace
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I William Barrett of Brooklyn in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut aged eighty one years being first duly sworn according to law do depose and say that in the autumn of the year 1776 I served a term of duty in the service of the United States for the period of three months in the Compy commanded by Capt. Abbott in the Regt. commanded by Col. Williams, Lieut Col. Danielsen to Major Samuel McClellan of the Connecticut Militia. I joined said Compy on the 1st day of Sept. 1776 at said Brooklyn and marched from there through Hartford, New Haven to (illegible) and on to York Island & then crossed the North River, and went to Bergen and the English neighborhood where I was stationed until the expiration of said three months and I was there dismissed- I well recalled that Mr. Ezra Franklin of said Brooklyn (now here, present) was a member of said Regt. and that he was int he Comp. commanded by Capt. Amos Paine and I know that he served in said Regt. with me for the full period of three months in the tour above mentioned, and we were both dismissed at the same time & place and we returned a part of the way home together
William Barrett

Brooklyn March 19th 1833
State of Connecticut}
County of Windham} ss. Brooklyn March 19th. 1833
Here Mr. William Barrett signer of the foregoing deposition who is a person well known to me as a credible witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts & stated in said affidavit before me
Armin Bolles Justice of the Peace
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I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Armin Bolles before whom the within affidavits were made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within signatures of his name are in his hand writing in due form.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Brooklyn in said County, this 12th day of April AD 1833.
Armin Bolles Clerk
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I John Clark of Country in the County of Tollund and State of Connecticut being 81 years of age do testify and say that on or about the 1st day of December AD 1777 one John Fuller of Hampton in Windham County was drafted into the service of the Army of the Revolution for a period of three months, and that I served as a substitute of said John Fuller during said period from on or about said 1st day of December 1777 to on or about the 3d day of March 1778 in Capt. William's Company, being the second company of Col. Obadiah Johnson's Regiment of Militia in the Connecticut line. During said three months we were stationed at Providence in the State of Rhode Island and were under the command of General Spencer. I would further testify and say that during all this time I was well acquainted with Ezra Franklin then of Woodstock in the County of Windham Connecticut, now a resident of Brooklyn in said Windham County and know that said Franklin was drafted at the same time that said John Fuller was and that he the said Franklin served in said Capt. William's Company with me during all of said term of three months from on or about said 1st day of December 1777 to on or about the said 3d day of March 1778, and was at the expiration of said time which according to my best recollection was the 3d day of March 1778 honorably discharged with the other members of said Capt. William's Company, and further the deponent saith not.
John Clark

Tolland County ss town of Tolland April 11, 1833 Then personally appeared John Clark who signed the above deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. I would further certify that and John Clark is a credible witness his statement entitled to full credit. Sworn before me.
Loren P. Waldo Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland} ss. County Clerks Office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do hereby certify that Loren P. Waldo Esq before whom the with deposition was taken and sworn is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland duly & legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions out of Court and that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be the signature of sd Justice Waldo is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 11th day of April AD 1833.
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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Brooklyn, Connecticut April 13th 1833
Sir
At the request of Mr. Ezra Franklin I again forward his papers in support of his claim for a pension. I would state that since his papers were returned from the War Department in Nov. last he has used every means in his power to furnish proof in support of his claim, and he has been successful in getting proof for all his service except one term of three months, as that service was performed in the early part of the War, he cannot learn from any quarter that there are any survivors by whom the same can be proved, these facts he has stated in his supplemental declaration of April 12th, 1833.
It is with pleasure that I am able to state that Mr. Franklin is a worthy old gentlemen, and his memory appears to be very good for a man of his years. His reputation for honestly and integrity cannot be impeached, and in my opinion the Department may safely rely on his statement as being correct.
Very respectfully your obedt servt
Armin Bolles
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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U S Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir
Will you favor me with a copy of the Pension Record of Ezra Franklin or lyn who died at Brooklyn, Conn 1845, born 1750. Thanking you in advance I am respectfully
Miss Lizzie Trowbridge
Whitinsville
Mass
Worcester Co
Dec 8th 1903
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cannot odent

Duncan Ariz.
Sept. 16- 35
Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.
Will you please give me the pension records of Ezra Franklin a resident of Windham Co. Conn. and of David Avery of New London Co. Conn. Please give any information that would be of genealogical value such as date or place of birth or names of parents wife or children, also places of residence and place and date of death.
Respectfully
Mrs Lue Merrell
Duncan Ariz.

Try
David M Avery
S C 87575

Try Ezra D Franklin
WC402868
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October 7, 1936

BAHB

Mrs. Lue Merrell,
Duncan, Arizona.

AVERY, David M.
S.C. 87 575

Dear Madam:

Receipt is acknowledged of your communication of September 16, 1935, requesting information regarding the pension records of Ezra Franklin and David Avery.

You will find enclosed a statement regarding the Civil War service and marital history of David M. Avery.

Information regarding Ezra Franklin, Revolutionary War veteran, will be furnished under separate cover.

By direction,

W. C. BLACK,
Chief Clerk.
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Sent to Hon. Richard P. Freeman
U.S. House of Representatives
For Mrs. Mary B. Bishop
Apr. 24, 1930

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16812, it appears that Ezra Franklin was born in 1753, in Woodstock, Connecticut.

While a resident of that place, he enlisted and served as private with the Connecticut troops as follows: 

From sometime in December, 1775, three months in Captain Nathaniel Marcy's company; from late in August, 1776, three months in Captain Amos Paine's company in Colonel Williams' regiment; from December, 1777, three months in Captain John Williams' company in Colonel Obadiah Johnson's regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut.

He stated he had always lived in Woodstock and Brooklyn with the exception of two years when he lived in the State of Maine.

There are no data relative to family.

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Also histories of
Edward Peace, W. 17431
Moses Pease, S. 11225
David Putnam W. 17503
sent with this history
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February 18, 1936
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Ezra Franklin,S.16812
David Avery,S.12022

Honorable William L. Nelson
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Nelson:

Reference is made to y our letter of February 14th, requesting the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Ezra [Franklin] and David Avery. This information is desired by Miss Anna Buck, 4 Kuhlman Court, Columbia, Missouri, and her letter is returned herewith.

You are furnished herewith, the records of Ezra Franklin,S.16812, and David Avery, S. 12022, as shown in papers on file in their claims for pension.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
February 18, 1936
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BA-J/MCS
Ezra Franklin,S.16812

Honorable William L. Nelson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Nelson:

The data contained herein was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 16812, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ezra Franklin.

He was born in 1753 in Woodstock, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of that place, he enlisted and served as private with the Connecticut troops as follows: from sometime in December, 1775, three months in Captain Nathaniel Marcy's company; from late in August, 1776, three months in Captain Amos Paine's company in Colonel Williams' regiment; from December, 1777, three months in Captain John Williams' company in Colonel Obadiah Johnson's regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut.

He stated that he had always lived in Woodstock and Brooklyn with the exception of two years when he lived in Maine.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family of Ezra Franklin.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator