Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6849, for Ebenezer Pattrick, New York
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE New York 
Pattrick, Ebenezer 
or Patrick 
Nancy E 
NUMBER 
W 6849 
B. L. Wt. 29.055-160-55. 
COMMENTS [blank]
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4875 
New York A. 
Nancy E. Patrick widow of Ebenezer. who served in the Revolutionary war, N. Y. as a Sergeant. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120. dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 
Certificate of Pension issued 20. day of Jany. 1853 and sent to Archibald Bull Troy N. York 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a Fruary 3, 1853, Page 25. Vol. H 134
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Mr A. Bull Feb; 2 / 56 
Vol. P. 15. [illegible - initials?] 

125.878 } Act March 3 / 55 
May 9 / 55 
Patrick 
Nancy E. Pattrick 
Widow of Ebenezer Pattrick Sergeant 
Capt. Jno Thompson 
Revolutionary, War . 
Pensioner, under Act Feb 3 / 53 
N. Y. Feby 53 - 4875 
At:160 acr May, 22d / 56 
[illegible - signature? ] 

Arch. Bull Troy N. Y. 

[overwritten horizontally:] 
No29055 iss May 29 / 56
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Dead - see letter to H N Patrick 
May 23. 1836 - fo - to P. Agt. 
Sept. 27. 1836 - 
Died 8 July 1834 
8766 
New York 
Ebenezer Patrick of Still water in the State of New  York who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Thompson of the Regt commanded by [blank] in the N. Y. line for 24 mo. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Apl. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $240.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 60.00 
#300.00 
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. } 
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk 
Book E Vol. 4 Page 28
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No 7531 
[corrected from 7534] 
Ebenezer Patrick 
admitted 24 mo. Orderly Serjeant. 
45:14.15.16 
P-41 
Sep 8 1832 
Nov 10 1832
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7534 
BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Patrick f Stillwater n the State of New York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank] 
3. How old is he? 78 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. Years, [blank] Months, [blank] Days. [blank] 
In 1775 "Entered the service and was out in the militia at different periods during the whole war. That combining the different tours of duty it would amount at least to one third of the whole war - say 2 years" 
Years,
Duration of Service.
Rank.
As a
O Sergt. 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. [blank] 
Capt John Thompson
5. In what battles was he engaged? Still  Water 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Still Water 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
Ezra Buel saw Declarant at Fort Miller in the Militia. dint [didn't] recollect the year also saw him in 1790 assisting in building a block house.  &  at other times during the war 
Elisha Andrews and  Andrew Seymour prove traditionary evidence 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not authenticated. 
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case 
[signature:] A Keintzel Examining Clerk
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125.878 
Nancy E. Pattrick 
Application for a Bounty Land under act 3rd March 1855 
Archibald Bull - Agent Troy N. Y.
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State of New York, County of Rensselaer, } SS. -
On this 7th day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five,
personally appeared before me, a Commissioner of Deeds within and for the county and State aforesaid, Nancy E. Patrick aged Seventy three years, a resident o Troy  Rensselaer Co in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Ebenezer Pattrick deceased, who was a Sergeant, in the company commanded by Captain John Thompson in the [blank] regiment of Infantry commanded by [blank] in the war of the Revolution. 
["with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that her said husband was mustered into service at
on or about the day of A. D., for the term of
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged on the day of A. D. " is crossed out] 
who served as set forth, by him in Declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of 1832. 
She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Pattrick in Stillwater N. Y. on the Nineteenth day of March A. D., 1800. by one Jesse Gleason a Congregational Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy E. Stetson that her said husband died at Stllwater on the Eighth day of July A. D., 1834, and that she is now a widow. She has not, nor does she know of any more evidence of her marriage 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she
may be entitled under the"  act approved March 3, 1855. And she refers to the proof on file in the office of Commissioner of pensions to obtain a pension under the act of February 3d 1853. to prove her said marriage 
[signature:] Nancy E Pattrick 
We, James Van Schoonhoven and Benjamin Marshall residents of Rensselaer County, in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy E. Pattrick in our presence, that we believe, from the appearance & Statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be- J. [signature:] J. V . Schoonoven 
[signature:] B Marshall 
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the

[NOTE: see next page, 9. for corrected copy. The rest of this page is covered up by another page, as follows:] 
STATE OF NEW YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } SS. 
I AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do hereby certify that Charles W Root whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Commissioners of Deeds of the County of Rensselaer, dwelling in said county ; duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument, is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 7 day of May A. D., 1855 
[signature:] A Sheldon Clerk.
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State of New York, County of Rensselaer, } SS. -
On this 7th day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five,
personally appeared before me, a Commissioner of Deeds within and for the county and State aforesaid, Nancy E. Patrick aged Seventy three years, a resident o Troy Rensselaer Co in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Ebenezer Pattrick deceased, who was a Sergeant, in the company commanded by Captain John Thompson in the [blank] regiment of Infantry commanded by [blank] in the war of the Revolution.
["with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that her said husband was mustered into service at
on or about the day of A. D., for the term of
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged on the day of A. D. " is crossed out]
who served as set forth, by him in Declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of 1832.
She further states that she was married to the said Ebenezer Pattrick in Stillwater N. Y. on the Nineteenth day of March A. D., 1800. by one Jesse Gleason a Congregational Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy E. Stetson that her said husband died at Stllwater on the Eighth day of July A. D., 1834, and that she is now a widow. She has not, nor does she know of any more evidence of her marriage
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she
may be entitled under the" act approved March 3, 1855. And she refers to the proof on file in the office of Commissioner of pensions to obtain a pension under the act of February 3d 1853. to prove her said marriage
[signature:] Nancy E Pattrick
We, James Van Schoonhoven and Benjamin Marshall residents of Rensselaer County, in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy E. Pattrick in our presence, that we believe, from the appearance & Statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be- J. [signature:] J. V . Schoonoven
[signature:] B Marshall
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
[signature:] Charles W Root Commissioner of Deeds Troy Renss. Co N. Y.
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7531. 
Ebenezer Patrick admitted 
24 mo. Orderly Serjeant.
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State of New York County of Saratoga } SS. On the fifth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga, now sitting, Ebenezer Pattrick a resident of the town of Stillwater, in the County of Saratoga, and State of New York, aged seventy Eight 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 7th 1832 - That the applicant emigrated from Connecticut, to New York in 1774, That he Entered the service of the United States in the militia of the State of New York in the year 1775. and served as herein stated First, as Orderly Sergeant in a Company of which John Thompson, was Captain Josiah Benjamin, and Joseph Roe were Lieutenants, and Isaac D. Fonda. Ensign then of the District of Saratoga and County of Albany - now town of Stillwater, and County of Saratoga, all of whom are now dead, and was out in the militia, at different periods during the whole war. At one time he was out in the north / east of the (now) County of
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Saratoga with a detachment of militia . employed in building a block house. but does not recollect under whose immediate command when this applicant acted as orderly Sergeant. and one Michael Beagle, was orderly Sergeant of an other [another] detachment. from another part of the District of Saratoga on the same duty. which was just before Burgoyne reached this part of the country , and were out, as this applicant recollects, and informed, about two months. That at another time, he was out with a detachment of 
at Fort George before Burgoyne or any part of his army had got there. Does not recollect the officers of the expedition - nor what particular service they wee on, but remembers that Gov. Clinton was there, and after being from home some time, they were dismissed to march back again without provisions. At another time he was out in the militia, the year Burgoyne was coming down. in the company of Captain John Thompson (aforesaid) who marched from Stillwater to Fort - Edward, about 24 miles, and from thence, was one of a detachment to Fort - George. to bury the Dead. after the battle there, with a part of the British Army. one Col. Livingston was 
[the entire next line is crossed out]
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for veracity, and belief in his services. And that he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity. Except the present, and he [crossed out word] declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State. 
[signature:] Ebnr. Pattrick 
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid} 
[signature:] Thomas Palmer Clerk
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Commander of the American troops. that then lay at Fort - Edward, it was in what was called the "retreat" from the Northward. by the Americans on the advance of the British Army. He then with several other families in the neighbourhood of Stillwater. removed his to Connecticut. and in 
the fall of the same year (1777) returned with some other persons to Stillwater they met the American army seven or Eight miles north of Albany. advancing upon the British. and came up in the rear of them 
And when the Battle took place, at what is called "Bemus' Heights" in Stillwater, they took their arms and joined in the battle .  on that day as volunteers, not as parts of any Company. but as so many Individuals. That for the first and second year of the war, the militia of this part of the country, was almost constantly out in small Parties . performing local duties. for short periods. - Such as scouting parties - to discover . and capture parties of the [crossed out word] British. that were frequently Coming down into the country. and for the purpose of apprehending and bringing in disaffected persons. 
That about the third year of the war, the Company to which this applicant belonged, was Divided into what was called "squads" or fire parties [??]
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Each under the command of a commissioned officer and were held in constant readiness to turn out as occasion required. That their requisitions and services were frequent, & continued during the whole war. and for the purpose just before mentioned. But this deponent cannot now recollect the date or circumstances of any other Expedition or service. he may have been in, but is well satisfied. from his general recollections.  that combining the different tours of duty. [several illegible words] the militia. it would amount to at least. one third of the whole war - say two years. 
That the applicant was born on the 14th day of October in the year 1754. in the town of Voluntown State of Connecticut, and has a record of his age in his family Bible. That he lived at Stillwater when called into service by drafting and lived there until 1814 when he removed to Albany, and after residing there two years he returned to Stillwater. where he remained until 1825 when he moved to Schaghticoke Point: in 1826 he moved to Watervliet where he resided about two years, and moved from thence to the town of Hoosick where he lived until the spring of 1834 when he removed to Stillwater in which town he now resides That he had no discharge, and has no documentary Evidence of his services and refers to Elisha Andrews & William Seymour, persons in his neighborhood who will swear to his character
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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 Elisha Andrews & William Seymour, who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents of the town of Stillwater, and that they are credible Persons, and that their statement is Entitled to credit 
I, Thomas Palmer, clerk of the ["court" is crossed out] Court of Common Pleas of the county of Sarasota and State of New York, do hereby Certify. that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Pattrick for a pension 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office 
This fifth day of September on thousand Eight hundred and thirty two 
[signature:] Thomas Palmer Clerk
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Nancy E. Pattrick widow of Ebenezer Pattrick a Revolutionary Soldier 
Application for Pensions
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State of New York Rensselaer County } SS. 
On this Twenty seventh day of November in the year One thousand eight hundred & fifty four, personally in Open Court, before the Honorable Charles C. Parmeler Judge of Rensselaer County Court, appeared Nancy E. Patrick, a resident of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer, aged Seventy three years who, being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3d, 1853. that she is the widow of Ebenezer Patrick who was a United States pensioner under the act of 1830 at the rate of one hundred twenty dollars per annum and the same was paid at the agency in the City of Albany, that the said Ebenezer Patrick, at the time of, his application for said pension & at the time of his death resided in the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga - She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Patrick on the Nineteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred, that her said husband, the aforesaid Ebenezer Patrick, died on the Eighth day of July in the year One thousand eight hundred & thirty four; that she was  married to him at the time above stated. She further Swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act; and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension, that she was married to the said Ebenezer Patrick at the time above mentioned by the Reverend Jesse Gleason at the said Town of Stillwater, who was a minister of the Congregational Church at that place & the Church aforesaid has long since dissolved & broken up - and the records thereof destroyed as she been informed & believes and that the said Jesse Gleason has been dead many years; That she knows of no person now living, who was present at her said Marriage, And that she has no records, or other written evidence of her said Marriage with the said Ebenezer Patrick, That they lived together as husband & wife from the day of their said marriage to the day of the death of the said Ebenezer Patrick - and reared many children, Several of whom are now living and reside in the United States. That she as the widow of the said Ebenezer Patrick after his death, by proof then produced, in accordance with the Rules of the Commissioner of Pensions, as often recommended by the Department received the balance of pension due to the said Ebenezer Patrick at the time of his death - 
[signature:] Nancy E Pattrick 
Subscribed & Sworn in open Court this 27th November 1854. 
[signature:] Chas. C. Parmeler Rennsselaer County Judge
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State of New York Rensselaer County } SS. 
I Ambrose H. Sheldon, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer Do hereby Certify that Charles H. Parmeler whose signature is affixed to the within declaration, was & is the Judge of Rensselaer County Court - and that the same was made in Open Court & his signature & Certificate thereto is his proper hand writing - 
In Testimony thereof, I have hereunto Subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County this 17th. day of November A. D. 1854. 
[signature:] A. H. Sheldon
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State of New York Rensselaer County } SS: 
James Van Schoonhoven of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer & State of New York, being duly Sworn doth depose & say: That he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Pattrick, the Revolutionary pensioner, in annexed declaration of Nancy E. Pattirck, his widow, mentioned. And also with the said Nancy E. Pattrick, widow of the said Ebenezer Pattrick, 
The marriage of the said Ebenezer & Nancy E took place at Stillwater according to his belief, more than fifty years ago. He was intimately & well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Pattrick & Nancy E. Pattrick & several of their children & the family - The said Ebenezer Pattrick ["Pattrick" is crossed out] died at Stillwater as this deponent believes about twenty years ago. The said Nancy E. Pattrick has not intermarried since the death of the said Ebenezer Pattrick but is still his widow. 
[signature:] J. V. Schonhoven 
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this Ninth day of January A. D. 1855 And I Certify that the above named James Van Schoonhoven is a Credible witness. 
[signature:] Archibald Bull Comr of Deeds, Troy N. Y. 

State of New York Rensselaer County } SS: 
Amy Adkins of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer & State of New York, being duly Sworn doth depose & say, That she was well acquainted with Ebenezer Pattrick a Revolutionary pensioner mentioned in the declaration of Nancy E. Pattrick hereto annexed, his widow, and has been acquainted with the m both for more than Sixty years last past. She well recollects the time of their marriage, which took place at Stillwater in the County of Saratoga, about fifty five years ago, That the said Ebenezer Pattrick died at Stillwater aforesaid more than Twenty years ago, as she verily believes - The said Ebenezer Pattrick & Nancy E. Pattrick, after said marriage had and raised a numerous family - The said Nancy E. Pattrick has not intermarried since the death of the said Ebenezer Pattrick but is still his widow. 
[signature:] Amy Akins 
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this Ninth day of January A. D.
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1855. And I hereby Certify that the said Amy Adkins is a credible witness
[signature:] Archibald Bull [remainder of signature is covered by another page] 

STATE OF NEW YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } SS. 
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Archibald Bull before whom the annexed affidavits was made, and whose names thereto subscribed, was, at the day of the date thereof, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this Ninth day of January A. D. 1855.
[signature:] A H Sheldon Clerk. 

Nancy E. Pattrick widow of Ebenezer Pattrick Revolutionary Solder 
Application for Pensions
Revolutionary Soldier
Archibald Bull Agent Troy N. Y.
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Nancy E. Pattrick widow of Ebenezer Pattrick Revolutionary Solder
Application for Pensions
Revolutionary Soldier
Archibald Bull Agent Troy N. Y. 

[the following appears to be on a page sideways underneath this one:; see also page 21, second page of the declaration of Amy Adkins.  

1855. And I hereby Certify that the said Amy Adkins is a credible witness 
[signature:] Archibald Bull Clerk of Deeds Troy N. Y.
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October 1, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Ebenezer Pattrick-W.6849 
Mrs. Ruby L. Blyth Macedon New York 
Dear Madam: 

Ebenezer Pattrick was born October 14, 1754, in Voluntown, Connecticut and moved from that state to New York state in 1774. he names of his parents are not shown. 
While residing in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, he enlisted in 1775, as orderly sergeant in Captain John Thompson's Company of New York Troops, and was out at different periods during the whole of the war, scouting, spying, at the forts and protecting the inhabitants, and served at least two years in all. In the fall of 1777, he moved his family back to Connecticut, and on his return to New York, met the American Army above Albany, joined it as an individual and fought in the battle of Bemus Heights, but was not assigned to any company or regiment. 
In 1814, he moved to Albany, where he  resided for two years; then moved to Schaghticoke Point; in 1826, moved to Watervliet and resided two years; thence to  Hoosick, where he lived until the spring of 1830, when he returned to Stillwater. 
Ebenezer Pattrick was allowed pension on his application  executed September 5, 1832, while residing in Stillwater, New York. He signed Pattrick- was pensioned Patrick. 
He died July 8, 1834, at said Stillwater. 
The soldier married March 19, 1800, in Stillwater, New York, Nancy E. Nelson. 
Soldier's widow, Nancy E., was allowed pension on her application executed November 27, 1854, at which time she was aged seventy-
three years and resided in Troy, New York. 

[margin note:] 
found sol. in N Y. book under Capt John Thompson in Albany Co. Mil.
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It was stated that Ebenezer and Nancy E. Pattrick had "many" children, the only name of a child that is shown is Harriet N. Patrick (as she signed) who was living in Hoosick Falls (state not given) in 1836.
There are no further family data. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
Date of widow's death not an A B
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Mechs. & Farmer's Bank 
Albany Pension Agency 
September 7. 1836. 
James L. Edwards Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir, The enclosed Vouchers in the case of the Widow of Ebenezer Patrick and in that of the Widow of Jonathan Brooks, Revolutionary Pensioners, have today been presented with this Agency - As the original pension  Certificates in these cases do not accompany the other Vouchers, I have to request your instructions, whether or not we should pay the claims on the Vouchers enclosed - Very respectfully Your obt. Servt. 
[signature:] Tho M Olcott Prs & Pension Agt
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Nancy E. Pattrick application for Pension Additional forms [??] 
Addional Date request [??] 
Troy N. Y. S.
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State of New York Rensselaer County } SS: James Van Schoonhoven of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer & State aforesaid being duly Sworn, says, That Ebenezer Pattrick & Nancy E. Pattrick, lived together and cohabited as husband & wife, from the time of their reported marriage at Stillwater in the County of Saratoga until the day of the death of the said Ebenezer Pattrick, and it was a matter of general notoriety, among all their friends & acquaintance, that they were married at the time Stated in the declaration of the said Nancy E. Pattrick and the general reputation is & was that they had been legally married - and were actually husband & wife and that the said Ebenezer Pattrick & Nancy E. Pattrick were and the said Nancy E. now is a person of the first respectable & Standing in society. 
[signature:] J. V. Schoonhoven 
Sworn to this 13th day of January 1855. and deponent is a credible Witness } 
[signature:] Archibald Bull Comr of Deeds, Troy N Y. 
N. B. Reference is made to Hon. W. L. Marcy - in behalf of Mr Van Schoonhoven -
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29.055 
Rev Army
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Hoosick Falls May 18th   Free 
Mr. E. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington Columbia D. 
May 23 
Ebr. Patrick Nysob [??] 
8766
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Hoosick Falls May 17th 1836 
Sir, I write you, at the request my mother, concerning the Pension of my father, Ebenezer Patrick who died July the 8ty 1834. There was four months and four days bac_ [edge of page missing] pay on his pension at his decese [decease] . We have let it pass thus for without knowing what steps to take to procure the money He died at Stillwater, Saratoga County his certificate and papers were sent to Washington by Hon. John Pierson , but they were lost or miscarried. You would confer a verry great favour on my widowed mother to write to me and point out the course necessary to be taken to obtain the money 
[signature:] Harriet N Patrick
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State of New York Saratoga County } SS Personally appeared before me Ashbel Palmer a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Saratoga Medad Cande of the Town of Stillwater in said County who being duly Sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Ezra Buel, Elisha Andrews and William Seymour witnesses to the applicants declaration and believe them to be men of undoubted veracity and integrity and that they are considered as such in the neighborhood where they reside - 
[signature:] Medad Candee 
Subscribed and Sworn this 21st day of Jany 1833 before me - [signature:] A. Palmer Justice 

This is to certify that the above named persons to Wit - Ezra Buel, Elisha Andrews and William Seymour and the subscribing Witness above are all known to me and are Men of undoubted veracity. 
Jany 21st. 1833 
[signature:] Ashbel Palmer Justice of the Peace
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State of New York County of Saratoga } SS. Personally appeared before me the undersigned and Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Saratoga Ebenezer Patrick of the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga & State of New York aged Seventy Eight years, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively 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" is crossed out] in the following grades: two full years in the grade of an orderly Sergeant, and for such Service claim a Pension - '[signature:] Ebenr Pattrick 
Subscribed & Sworn to this 18th Jany 1833 before me - 
[signature:] Ashbel Palmer Justice of the Peace }
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State of New YOrk Saratoga County } SS. Ebenezer Pattrick of the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga aforesaid being duly Sworn says that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighborhood where he lives - that our settled Minister removed to the City of New York before the Sitting of the County of Common Pleas in this County, which commenced on 25 Dec 1832 - 
[signature:] Ebenr. Pattrick 
Subscribed & Sworn to this Jany 1833 before me [signature:] Ashbel Palmer Justice of the Peace -
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No 5,372 
Nancy E. Pattrick wid: of Ebenezer. (?) Sent to A. Bull, Jany: 12 / 55 
ACL15 3 [or B?] - messy or crossed out]
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[postmark:] 
TROY N. Y JAN 14 

FREE 

Hon Loren P. Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D. C. 

Nancy E. Pattrick widow Ebenezer 
Boynton Jan 16 / 55
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Nancy E. Pattrick Wid: of Ebenezer. 
Rensselaer Co. N. Y. 
ACL / 53 
#120.00 per An: 
Com Feby, 3, 1853. 
Revy: 
Archibald Bull, 
Non. Ml [cut off] 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business Commissioner
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2 to 309, ref:10: transfer for fam: Chil. 
ir's 8 July . 24. 2 wit: 
wid: & in E wit: " 

[illegible signature:]
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Auditor Offices January 17 / 55. 

SS. Heas Certify the time which the within named
Pensioner was paid, on the date of his death. 
Very Respectfully
L P Waldo
Commissioner, 

Mr Randall
R. J. Atkinson Esqr Third Auditor Treasury, } 

Ebenezer Patrick died 8 July 1834 paid 
[illegible first and last name] Auditor
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Brief in the case of Nancy Patrick, Widow of Ebenezer Rensselaer County and State of New York. act 3d Feby. 1853. 
Claim, ("original." ) [" or ' for increase' " is crossed out] 
[blank] 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
[blank] 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, states the substance. 
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 1832. at the rate of $120 per An:. Two witnesses testify to 30 years of Cohabitation & reputation of Marriage. that the parties raised a large family of Children, Pensioner died 8 July 1834, as per the affidavit of two witnesses & report of the [two illegible words or names] neighbor 
identity is established by the affidavits of three credible affiants.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
[blank] 
Name and residence of Agent Archibald Bull. Esqr Troy, New York 
J Boynton, Examining Clerk.
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Mch. 28. 1902 
Horace N. Plummer Milton Mass 
1908 June 8 Hist. So Henry Broughton V. L. U. 
1908 July 15 Henry Broughton that statement was furnished for above. 
1910 Aug. 10. to Fred H. Benson. [e is crossed out - of a "cent" symbol?] 
1934 - Oct 1, Hist to Mrs Ruby L Blyth- Eah 

Revy. WIDOW , &c. 
File No. 6849 
Nancy E. Patrick Wid 
Ebenezer Patrick Sergt. Rev War 
Act: Feby 3 1863 
Index:-Vol. M, Page 110 
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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J. C Prewitt DC 
Augt 26 1891 
Ebenezer Patrick 
wid 
Mary [Nancy?] E Patrick 

[partially legible rectangular stamp:] 
S. 
WAR & Navy 
SEP 9 1891
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PREWETT & MEGQUIER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 
Augt 26. 1891 
Anacortes, Wash., 189 
.To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C. 
Dear Sir, I write to inquire if the record f Ebenezer Patrick is on the Pension rolls of the Government as a Revolutionary soldier. I am a grandson of his, and have always understood that my grandfather was with Yates at Saratoga and that my grandmother, Mrs. Nancy E. Patrick, who resided for many years at Troy, N. Y., received a pension from the government on acct. of my grandfather's service as a Revolutionary soldier until her death in '86 at her home in Troy. 
By giving me the above information, you will greatly oblige 
Yours Truly J. C. Prewitt
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Commissioner of Pensions, 
Dear Sir; - 
Will you kindly send me any date or particulars you may have concerning Ebenezer Patrick, who served in the N. Y. Militia, from Saratoga District. He was Seargeant [sergeant] , the date of the first enlistment, I have not been able to get, but the officers in the 2nd. Company, under Captain John Thompson, were reappointed in 1778. 
He drew a pension, so I write to ask, if you will please write me any partic- [particulars]
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-culars [particulars] you may have concerning him; or if you have not the needed information, will you kindly tell me where I would be most likely to find it. Very truly Yours; - Mrs. Horace N. Plummer.
Milton, Mass., Box 92. 
Milton Mass.. February third, 1902.
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L. S. W. [or H?]
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H. BROUGHTON & Co. 
FURS. 
269 RIVER STREET 
MONUMENT SQUARE 
TROY, N.Y. 
5/29/08. 
Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sirs: 
Kindly give me a description of the pension of Ebenezer Patrick for service in the Revolutionary War as shown by the following record on file in Albany: 
Page 443 
Patrick Ebenezer - Sargeant 
Regt. Van Vechten Company 
Woodworth
Regt. Van Veghten Company 
  "  "  " 
Regt. Van Veghten Company 
Thompson 
Col. V. 271 13 Albany Co. Regt. 
271
Ebenezer Patrick served in New York Militia in 13th Regt. from Saratoga District under Col. John McCrea and Lt. Col. Cornelius Van Veghten at one time in 4th Company - signal Capt. Ephraim Woodworth, at another time under Capt. John Thompson in the 2nd Company. The date of the first enlistment is not given but the officers were reappointed June 22nd, 1778. 
He also drew a pension.
Yours very truly, 
Henry Broughton 
HB/JE 
[circular stamp:] 
U. S. PENSION A OFFICE JUN 1 1908
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L. S. N. 
[note: the L may be another letter; the N may be a W.??]
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H. BROUGHTON & Co. 
FURS 
269 RIVER STREET 
MONUMENT SQUARE 
TROY, N.Y. 
7/3/08. 
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs: --
Will you kindly send me a certified copy of Ebenezer Patrick's service in the Revolution? I am making application for membership in the Sons of the Revolution and they require such a
certified copy. 
Truly yours, Henry Broughton. 
HB/JE
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Rev
W. 6849
Ear [or Eau? initials?]
H. BROUGHTON & Co.
FURS
269 RIVER STREET
MONUMENT SQUARE
TROY, N.Y.
7/16/08. 
Dear Sires"- 
July 3rd I addressed you requesting a certified copy of Ebenezer Patrick's service in the Revolution. 
Having had no reply I think my inquiry may have been too indefinite and I now write to say that Patrick's service was in the 13th Regiment from Saratoga District, N. Y. 
Kindly let me have an answer at your earliest convenience and oblige 
Yours truly, Henry Broughton 
HB/JE  
[circular stamp:] 
U. S. PENSION A OFFICE 
JUL 17 1908
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Rev
W. 6849
Ear [or Eau? initials?]
H. BROUGHTON & Co.
FURS
269 RIVER STREET
MONUMENT SQUARE
TROY, N.Y.
7/16/08.
Dear Sires"-
July 3rd I addressed you requesting a certified copy of Ebenezer Patrick's service in the Revolution.
Having had no reply I think my inquiry may have been too indefinite and I now write to say that Patrick's service was in the 13th Regiment from Saratoga District, N. Y.
Kindly let me have an answer at your earliest convenience and oblige
Yours truly, Henry Broughton
HB/JE
[circular stamp:]
U. S. PENSION A OFFICE
JUL 17 1908
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Syracuse NY July 29th, 1910
1526 S State St.

The Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Will you kindly inform me if Ebenezer Patrick was a pensioner of the war of the Revolution.

He was a soldier in the 13th Albany Co NY militia, Col Van Vechten & Col Knickerbocker and was later in another regiment.  Enlisted at Stillwater, Albany Co NY.  Had a wife and one daughter.  Would like as complete a record as possible, if you have a record of him.

Very truly yours,
Fred H. Benson

[File marked Aug 2 1910]
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Harvey H. Sharp, Chairman 
Durfee Hoag, Clerk 
Board of Supervisors 
1932 + 1933 
WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK
Office of RAY G. BLYTH Supervisor Town of Macedon 
Macedon, N. Y. 
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: 
Will you please send me the families, all information you can of the following Revolutionary soldiers I am trying to find the parentage of John Patrick b. 1788, who came from Albany County N.Y. to Pittsford Monroe Co., N. Y. then settled (in East Palmyra, Wayne Co. N. Y. He was a soldier in war of 1812. I also wish parentage of Lois Ann Parrish 1817 - 1897, whose first husband was Albert Spaulding, second- Tibbetts. I have reason to believe her people came from the east and settled round Alexander, Genesee Co. N. Y.
I do not know her mothers name. 
Yours truly (Mrs.) Ruby L. Blyth. 

4 sheets in OKE [handwritten noted apparently added later]
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[upper left corner of page is obscured] 
___  Chairman
Durfee Hoag, Clerk
Board of Supervisors
1932 + 1933
WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK
Office of RAY G. BLYTH Supervisor Town of Macedon
Macedon, N. Y. 
Please return these sheets 
not as Id 
Josiah Parrish (1706- 97) (1725 - 1806) - served as private in Capt. Hamilton's Co., Col. Webster's regiment from Hebron, N. Y. &. England settled Conn.? d. Hebron N. Y. In 1748 m. Elizabeth Plant (1719 - 99) 

This one not as des- 
John Parish (1761 - 1831) served as a private in Capt. Abraham West's Co., Col. Albert Rawling's Reg. N. Y. levies 
b. Bradford Conn. d. Hebron, N. Y. 
M. Sarah Osborne d. 1852 

none b. this date not gvt 
Jacob Parrish- (1752 - 1838) enlisted 1776 as private in Capt. Robt. Campbells Co, Col. Moses Hazen's Reg. Cont. troops 
b. Preston Conn. d. Randolph Vt. 
m. Mehitable Flint
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[upper left corner of page is obscured]
___ , Chairman
Durfee Hoag, Clerk
Board of Supervisors
1932 + 1933
WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK
Office of RAY G. BLYTH Supervisor Town of Macedon
Macedon, N. Y.
Israel Converse (1743 - 1806) served as sergeant Lexington alarm and Capt. of Conn. militia 
b. 1780 Stafford Conn. d. Randolph Vt. 
father of Mary Ann Converse 1803 - 1887, second wife of Jacob Kimball Parrish (1793 - 1881) son of Jacob 

Joshua Parrish seved 1777 as private in Capt. Jacob Cool's company, Col. John Ashley's Mass. Reg. He died 1799 in Fort Ann, N. Y. 
m. Phiebe Parrish d. 1810 

Parrish, Dr. John - surgeons mate i Col. Christopher Green's Reg. 1779 and retired from army 1781. He was member of society of Cincinnati. & Rhode Is. 1754
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[upper left corner of page is obscured] 
___ Chairman 
Durfee Hoag, Clerk 
Board of Supervisors 
1932 + 1933 
WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK 
Office of RAY G. BLYTH Supervisor Town of Macedon 
Macedon, N. Y. 
Ebenezer Patrick 1753 - 1834 - on pension roll of Saratoga Co. 1831 - as sergeant in N. Y. militia. b. Voluntown, Conn. died Stillwater, N. Y. 
1st wife Rebecca Campbell 
2nd " [wife] Sarah Ensign m. 
3rd " [wife] Nancy Nelson - 3rd wife m. 1809 
Robt. Wm Patrick- 1769 - 1815 served as private in Burgoyne campaign in N. Y. militia Albany Co. militia battles of Stillwater & Saratoga 
b. N. Y. d. Stillwater 
m. Pamelia Elizabeth Ives in 1781. 
Samuel Patrick 1730- 80, served as in Capt. Wm Smith's Co. 2nd battalion N. Y. militia B & d. Salem N. J.
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[upper left corner of page is obscured]
___ Chairman
Durfee Hoag, Clerk
Board of Supervisors
1932 + 1933
WAYNE COUNTY NEW YORK
Office of RAY G. BLYTH Supervisor Town of Macedon
Macedon, N. Y.
not as 
Wm Patrick 1733 - 1823 - served as private in Lt. Col. Cornelius Van Veghten's reg. of Albany Co. militia 
m. 1769 to Elizabeth Campbell 1736 - 1803 

? Capt. Wm Patrick 1741 - 78. in 1777 was Sergeant in Captain Asabel Smith's Co., Col. John  
Greaton's Reg - captain in Col. Ichabod Aldens 7th Mass. Reg. 
b. Dedham, Mass. d. Cobleskill, N. Y.
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I. Ezra Buel of the town of Stillwater County of Saratoga and State of New York. do hereby certify that I saw Ebenezer Patrick at Fort Miller in the militia; in the war of the revolution. do not recollect the year. and that I saw him at Palmer town in the year 1780 assisting in building a block house. and recollect seeing him several times during the war. but do not recollect at what times. 
Ezra Buel his X mark 
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of Septr 1832. [signature:] Thomas Palmer Clerk
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WE, Elisha Andrews & William Seymour. residing in the town of Stillwater, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Patrick. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy Eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed ["to" is crossed out] in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[signature:] Elisha Andrews 
[signature:] William Seymour 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court [signature:] Thomas Palmer Clerk
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Record Division. 
July, 15, 1908. 
Mr. Henry Broughton, 269 River Street, Monument Square, 
Troy, N. Y. 
Sir: In reply to your letter dated the 3" and received the 6: inst., you are advised that a certified statement of the service of Ebenezer Patrick, Wid. File # 6849, Revolutionary War, was furnished you June, 8, 1903.
It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to each person,
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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[note: the top section of this page, and the left edge of the first line are missing] 

 -- mation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ebenezer Patrick W.F.6849 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1775 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. was out in the militia at different periods during the whole war, his various Tours amounting in all to 2 years 
RANK. ord'ly Sgt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. John Thompson 
COLONEL. [blank] 
STATE. N. Y. 
Battles engaged in, Bemus Heights 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stillwater N. Y. 
Date of application for pension, Sept. 5 1832 His cl was al 
Residence at date of application, Stillwater, Saratoga Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, Born at Voluntown Conn. Oct. 4. 1754 
Remarks: Died July 8, 1834 at Stillwater, N.Y Soldier married at Stillwater N. Y. Mar. 19. 1800, Nancy E.. She was allowed pension or on application executed Nov. 27, 1854 while a resident of Troy, Rensselaer Co. N.Y. aged 78 years. There were many children no names
stated other than Harriet N. living at Hoosick Falls in 1836. 
Very respectfully,
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October 1, 1934

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/MXX/eel

Mrs. Ruby L. Blyth
Macedon
New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Josiah Parrish, born 1706 or 1725, married Elizabeth Plant, served in the New York troops and died in ew York State in 1795 or 1806; John Parish, born 1761, Bradford, Connecticut, married Sarah Osborne, served in the New York Troops and died in 1831 in Hebron, New York; Jacob Parrish, born in 1752,
Preston, Connecticut, married Mehitable Flint, served in Colonel Moses Hazen's Regiment and died in 1838, in Randolph, Vermont; Joshua Parrish; Dr. John Parrish; Israel Converse; Ebenezer Patrick; Robert M. Patrick; Samuel Patrick; William Patrick, born 1733, married 1760, Elizabeth Campbell, served in the Albany County, New York militia and died in 1823; Captain William Patrick, born 1741, died 1778.

There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any of the above named soldiers except Doctor John Parrish, Ebenezer Pattrick or Patrick and Captain William Patrick. Their records are furnished herewith as found in the respective claims based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.