Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,448, John Tracy, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Tracy, John Esther
16,448
CONTENTS

New-York (A.) 2070.
Esther Tracy, widow of John Tracy, deceased,
who died on the 14 th of January, 1820; of Tompkins Co. in the State of New-York, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain J. Johnson of the reg t - commanded by Col. Huntington - in the Battle - time for 7 mos. 20 days. private -
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York (A.) at the rate of 24 Dollars 43 Cents, per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of May 1838 and sent to Henry R. Mygatt, Oxford, N. York.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 - $ 171:01 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " = 12.21
$183:22
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 5 th }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott, Clerk Book A, Vol. 2, Page 119.

3281
Escher Tracy widow of John
N.Y.
adm d
7 mo. 10 days pri
24.43/1.00
no deduction
Henry R. Mygatt Oxford N.Y.

Comptroller Office Hartford Connecticut November 21st 1837
I certify that Capt Isaac Johnson is credited on Haskell's Receipts Jan'y 12th 1781 for Militia service. New London Alarms S o 33. Q. 3.
I further certify that John Tracy is credited on a pay roll in this Office for service from July 16th to December 16th 1775 a period of five Months, said roll is headed as follows, to wit, "A Pay Roll of the first company of the Eighth Regiment of Connecticut Troops commanded by Judiah Huntington Esq."
The following certificate is annexed to said pay roll, to wit,
"The within & above is a true copy of Col Judiah Huntingtons original pay roll and settlement with him thereon made."
J Seymour Ez Williams } Com te Pay Table O Ellsworth }
No Pay Roll of Capt Isaac Johnsons company has been found in this office.
Wm Field Comptroller

Mr John Tracy Orford Chenango County New York.

State of New York Tompkins County ss.
On this Third - day of November 1837 personally appeared before me Omaha Dana First Judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for said county, the same being a court of record in the state of New York Esther Tracy a resident of Ithaca in said County of Tomp- kins and state of New York aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of John Tracy who was a private in the war of the Revolution. That she has been informed and believes that said John was an enlisted soldier and served six months at and near Roxbury in Massachusetts in the year 1775 and also served as a soldier in the year 1776 in Capt Isaac Thompson Company for two months and upwards near Rye & Sawpit

in Westchester County & State of New York. That she does not know the officers under whom he served further than is above stated. That the said John Tracy was called out and served several days in said Captain Isaac Johnsons Company of Militia at the time New London was burnt in the year 1781. That she cannot recollect the number of days of said service but believes it was not less than ten days. That said last mentioned service was rendered after her marriage with the said John Tracy That she was married to the said John Tracy on the Twenty second day of April in the year 1781 at Norwich in the State of Connecticut by the Reverend Mr Lee. That her husband the said John Tracy died at Columbus Chenango County and State of New York on the fourteenth day of January 1820 and that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the

proof hereto annexed
Esther Tracy
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first aforesaid and I certify that in my opinion said Esther Tracy is unable in consequence of bodily infirmity to attend in court
Amasa Dana 1 st Judge etc
State of New York Tompkins County ss:
I Arthur F. Johnson Clerk of said county hereby certify that Amasa Dana is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Tompkins resident at Ithaca in said county of Tompkins & that the signature above purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have in herewith set my hand & seal affixed the seal of said county of Tompkins this day of November 1837

State of New York Tompkins County ss:
Otis Eddy of Ithaca Tompkins County and State of New York aged fifty - years being duly sworn, on oath saith that he was acquainted with John Tracy and Esther Tracy his wife who formerly resided at Columbus in Chenango County and State of New York and who removed to said last mentioned place from Franklin in the State of Connecticut That he this deponent married a daughter of the said John and Esther, that said John Tracy died at Columbus aforesaid in January 1820 and that said Esther has remained a widow from the death of her said husband till this time. That she has for several years past resided and now resides in the family of this deponent That this deponent has been intimately acquainted with the family of the said John & Esther & their concerns for more than twenty years & has never

seen or heard of any family record of the marriage of the said John and Esther and that he has made inquiry for such record of said marriage & was informed then was no such record & this deponent believes there is none
It's Eddy
Sworn to & subscribed the third day of November 1837 before me & I certify that said It's Eddy is a credible person Amasa Dana 1 st Judge of Tompkins Co.
State of New York } Tompkins County } ss. I Nathan S. Johnson Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Amasa Dana before whom the above and within affidavits were taken and whose name is subscribed thereto was at the date thereof, First Judge of the court of common pleas of said county, duly commissioned and qual- ified, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his signature sub- scribed thereto is genuine. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said county the 3 d day of November 1837 N. S. Johnson Clerk By E. H. Bennett Sup. Clerk

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } ss.
Stephen Ellis of Herrick Township in said county of Susquehanna being duly sworn doth on his oath say that he was born between 60 & 70 1768 and that he is a soldier of the Revolution that was well acquainted with John Tracy who moved to Chenango county in the State of New York where he died, that said John Tracy was a private in the war of the Revolution and in the year 1775 enlisted as a soldier in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Regiment for six months which was stationed at Roxbury Massachusetts. Said Tracy entered the service in the spring of said year and was discharged in autumn following. Said Tracy then resided in Norwalk Westfarms Society State of Connecticut and the principal towns through which he must pass from thence to Roxbury in a direct route would be Plainfield, Providence, & Dedham. I do not recollect the Capt. of the company in which he did duty not being of sufficient age to take an active part in transactions of the day. ————— The above S d Stephen Ellis further deposes that in Fall of the year 1778 while the British troops were making depredations on the Jersey shore White Plains & places contiguous there was a requisition for the whole of the Militia from the Town of Norwalk and that the aforesaid John Tracy performed a two months tour of duty at New & the saw pits in the vicinity of Nyack River and that he was left an invalid & was brought home by his friends and was for a time after in a debilitated and low state of body. This service was rendered under the command of Gabriel Rogers Col d of the Regiment and Isaac Johnson Capt. of the company to which S d Tracy belonged and the probable course & the most direct route to get to place of rendezvous would be East Haddam, New Haven, Fairfield, Norfolk, Housatonic & ————— For the year 1781 September ————— when Newtown was burnt by B. Arnold and the Massacre at Fort Grown the S d Tracy to my personal knowledge was present acting under the same Capt. Johnson above mentioned (myself being exempt at the time & did not do duty in the militia company but my first service was placed in the Alarm List & so forth) S d Ellis further states that the S d John Tracy was frequently called upon during the Revolutionary war to guard our seaboard when the British fleets were on our coast. —————
Stephen Ellis
Sworn to at the sixth 1837 before me and I testify that I am acquainted with said Stephen Ellis and that he is a credible person
W m Wells Justice of the Peace Susquehanna County

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County
I Geo. Walker Prothono- tary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that Thos. Wells Esq., before whom the within acknowledgment and affidavit was taken, was at the time, and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Montrose, the thirteenth day of October A.D. 1837.
Geo. Walker Prob.

State of Connecticut } New London County } ss. William Lee of Lisbon in New- London County and State of Connecticut, being duly sworn, doth on his oath say that he is Fifty two years of age, and that he is Deacon of the second (Congregational) Church in Lisbon aforesaid, that deponent's father, who is now deceased, was the pastor of said second Church in Lisbon aforesaid in the year 1781, and that deponent has searched the original church records, kept by his father Andrew Lee and that deponent finds on the 83d page of the first Book of Records, the following entry "Married on the 24th of May" "1781 John Tracy 4th & Esther Pride,"
And deponent further saith that said entry is in the hand writing of his said father,
Sworn to December 28 th 1837 Before me, and I certify that I am well acquainted with said William Lee and that he is a credible person
William Lee
William G. Sisson
Justice Peace in Lisbon for S t . New London County Conn o

State of Connecticut, } ss. I John D e Witt Clerk New London County. } of the County Court in and for said New Lon- don County do hereby certify that William Sisson esq before whom the within deposition of William Lee was taken, was on said 28 th Dec 1837 and still is a justice of the peace in and for said New London County and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the Seal of said County this 30 th day of December A D 1837
John D e Witt Clerk

State of New York Chenango County
vs Uri Tracy of Oxford in said County of Chenango, being duly sworn. Says that he is 74 years of age, and that he was well acquainted with John Tracy and Esther his wife who lived in 1781 in Hartford  Hartford Connecticut, that said John Tracy moved to the aforesaid County of Chenango where he died, and that as deponent has been informed and believes true his wife Esther Tracy resides at Ithaca in the County of Tompkins and State of New York,
That deponent is a Soldier of the Revolution and resided in 1781 in Hartford  Hartford Connecticut, and was a Soldier in Captain Isaac Johnson's Company of Militia in Colonel Galdad Rogers Regiment, and that in 1781 September, when New London was burned this deponent was absent in service at New London, and that said John Tracy was in active service with said Company at the same time, and was absent at New London with said Company at least ten days.
Given to January 20. 1838
Before me, and I certify that I have from my
Uri Tracy
visancy been acquainted with said Uri Tracy and that he is a credible person, and that he has been a Member of Congress from and just Judge of said County of Chenango.
Uri Tracy Jr. Justice of the peace

State of New York Chautauqua County
} fs.
I John Connelly a Notary Public in and for said County of Chautauqua do hereby Certify that this Trust Deed is a true copy of the same as above, and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and Seal of office this January 20th 1830
John Connelly Notary Public

April 22, 1938
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John Tracy, W.16448 BA-J/MCS
Virginia A. Peirce 1235 S. Wisconsin Street Racine, Wisconsin
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Joshua and John Tracy.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information relative to a Joshua Tracy.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.16448, based on the military service of John Tracy.
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While living at Norwich, "Westfarms Society", Connecticut, he enlisted July 16, 1775, and served until December 16, 1775, as private in the First Company in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Eighth Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in 1776 and served "two months and upwards" as private in Captain Isaac Johnson's Company in Colonel Zebdiel Rogers' Connecticut Company. In 1781, at the time of the burning of New London, he served about ten days in Captain Isaac Johnson's Company in Colonel Zebdiel Rogers' Connecticut Regiment.
He married May 24, 1781, Esther Pride, and both were residents of Norwich, Connecticut. The marriage was recorded in the Second Congregational Church in Lisbon, Connecticut, and the soldier was then referred to as John Tracy, 4th.
He died January 14, 1820, at Columbus, Chenango County, New York, and it was stated that he moved there from Franklin, Connecticut.
See Conn. Men in Rev. for Col. Zebdiel Rogers of Norwich, Conn.

As the widow of John Tracy, Esther Tracy was allowed pension on her application executed November 3, 1837, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and was living in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, and was living with Otis Eddy who was then fifty years of age and who married her daughter, name not given.
In 1838 one Uri Tracy was living in Oxford, Chenango County, New York, aged seventy-four years, and one Uri Tracy, Jr., was justice of the peace in that county but their relationship to the soldier was not given.
There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

16.4.48
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16448
Esther Tracy Widow of John Tracy Pr. New War
Act July 4 th 26
Index: Vol. M , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1892 Mar 7 Hist to Grandall Norwich Conn.
Nov. 14-1901
Mr. D. V. Dunlap. Bello Mt
1938 Apr. 22 Hist. to Virginia A. Peirce. W.D.

Myd kn in the war as a pri in Conn troops for 7 7 mos + 10 days after first set off from Norwich Conn. July 16, 1775. Dischgd finally sometime in the y 1781. The full Col Jeremiah Hartington capt Isaac Johnson Col Rogers
The info that she after that NY Mar 3 1837 aged 77 states that she was m'd to the said Apr 22 1781 and that ind'm at Columbus Ky, Jan 14, 1820 (his age not giv at all. A com of the soldier named Stephen Ellis whose abt is or he not known

States that she was present at the burning of New London and at the Massacre at Fort Griswold and was severely at the time as a prisoner Capt Isaac Johnson.

16 H 2 8
John Tracy
Mr. 3, 1837 - 77
Ithaca N.Y.
Aug 75 Norwich Conn
Capt -
Col Federal Huntington
Post 5 mos
76
Capt Isaac Johnson
Col -
Post 7 m
Mrs. Esther Pride
Apl 22, 1789 Norwich Conn
Died Jy 14, 1820.
Chenango Co. N.Y.
Mr Dab
Isaac Johnson John Tracy

Glen Baltimore Nov. 9th 1901
Chief of the Department of the Interior Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
NOV 13 1901
Will you please furnish me with the military history of the following soldiers who fought in the revolutionary war from the state of Conn. Jacob Hazen ✓ Residence - Norwich Conn. Andrew Hlyde ✓ " Norwich Conn. John Tracy ✓ " Norwich Conn. Joshua Doolittle " Plainfield Conn. Will you also inform me if your office

contains the muster rolls of the war of 1812, and if not to whom shall I communicate with, in regard to obtaining records of soldiers who fought in that war & oblige
Yours Very Truly Wm. H. Dineen
#620 N. Carey St.

1235 S. Wisconsin St. Racine Wisconsin April 4, 1938
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would like some information regarding Revolutionary records of one Joshua Tracy, born in Norwich, Conn. Aug. 1745 son of John & Margaret Hyde Tracy. He married Miss Waoma Bingham May 2nd. 1771, of Windham Conn. Also any records of one John Tracy, born in Norwich Conn. Dec. 21 1755, son of John & Margaret Huntington Tracy. He married Miss Esther Pride, May 24 th 1780 of Lisbon. Were any of these men pensioned or given land warrants?
Very truly yours Virginia A. Peirce

S. W. & N. DIV. P.S.
March 7, 1898.
Sir:-
Replving to your request for a statement of the military history of JOHN TRACY, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are informed that he served during that war as a private in the Connecticut troops and rendered 7 months and 20 days actual service. He first entered the service at Norwich, Conn., July 18, 1775. Discharged finally sometime in the year 1781. The following are mentioned as officers under whom he rendered service: Captain Isom Johnson, Col. Jedediah Huntington and Col. Rogers.
This information is taken from the application for pension on file o in this office of Esthe Tracy, the soldier's widow. She applied from Ithica, N.Y., November 3, 1827, aged 77 years. She states in her declaration that her husband died at Columbus, N.Y., January 14, 1820. The soldier's age is not mentioned in any of the papers on file with the case.
Very respectfully,
Hon. J. H. Grandall,
Norwich, Conn.
Commissioner.

Oxford, Chenango Co. N.Y. Jan'y 20. 1838
Sir,
I send the application of Esther Tracy widow of John Tracy for a pension,
He served 5 months in 1775 see Stephen Ellis and the Comptroller Certificate
2 months at Rye & in 1776 see Stephen Ellis affidavit
10 days at New London in September 1775
See Stephen Ellis & Mr. Tracy, affidavits
7 months 10 ds
They were married May 24. 1781 see Deacon William Lee affidavit.
He died January 10 th 1820 see Olin Eddy affidavit, and has since remained a widow,
She requests that you address me at the place above dated,
Very Respec t
Your obl Serv t
Henry B. Mygatt
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r Pensions War Dep t Wash City