Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,556, Ezekiel Willcox, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.)
Willcox, Ezekiel Wilcox or
S 34,556
CONTENTS

Ezekiel Willcox
Sherburne R. I. Regt.
Willcox

Ezekiel Willcox Certificate

Middletown November 27: 1780
This may Certify whom it may Concern that Ezekiel Willcox has served in the army of the United States of America four years and one month and was not hired by any Person or Persons into S r Service.
W th me Jared Shepard Captain

Ezekiel Willcox Receipt

Morristown March 5 th 1780
This Certifies that I have the c d of Capt. Abijah Savage concerning the following Articles. Viz
To whom it may concern
Offa Lynd Elton

Commonwealth District of Massachusetts
Berkshire County ss.
On this tenth day of May A.D. 1818.
before the subscriber Samuel Putnam
Personally appeared Ezekiel Willcox aged seventy years resident in the Town of Newmarlborough in S County in S District, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" — That the S. Ezekiel Willcox , enlisted in Middletown in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt. Cheney Sumner in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Willis , in the month of Dec r 1775, that he continued to serve in S d Corps in the service of the United States until the month of Jan y 1777. — that on the 1 st of March 1777 he enlisted at Middletown in the Company commanded by Capt. Abijah Savage in the Reg t commanded by Col. Henry Sherburn , that he continued to serve in the S d Corps in S d service until the 1 st of March 1780, when he was discharged from S d service in Albany in the State of New Jersey . That he was in the battle of the Retreat out of New York & of Rhode Island , and that he is, in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no pension now, and relinquishes all right to any other and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the papers hereto annexed.
Ezekiel Willcox

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s }
I Samuel Putnam one of the Justices aforesaid
do certify that it appears to my satisfac- tion that the said Ezekiel Wilcox did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court the 9 th May 1818 —
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s }
I Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in the County of Berkshire do certify and attest that the above named Samuel Putnam is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid and that the foregoing is his signature In testimony whereof I have here set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the day & year above written
J. Woodbridge Clerk

Joseph Fitch Esq. of New Marlborough do testify & say that, the fact I am well acquainted with Ezekiel Willcox & know him to be a man of truth & veracity, & that I have for years past frequently heard him state that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war, & that I have every reason to believe that he performed the services as stated in his application — Joseph Fitch
Berks. May 9. 1818 Sworn to by
the said Joseph Fitch Esq.
Before S. Putnam J.S.J.C.

34.556
Pay INVALID.
1931-Aug 31 - Hist. 6-mo. N.J. Welch - MLB.
File No. 34,556
Ezekiel Wilcox Pri Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]

d. of d. not in a.B
4185
Massachusetts.
Capt Savage Ezekiel Wilcox, Con n private Rhode Island Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Nov. 1818. and sent to Dr. Woodbridge, Esq. Stockbridge, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3 mos. 23/4/30. 30. 99 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Nov 1819. 148.00
$178.99
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
thru years No manborough Berkshire Co

Washington August 31, 1931
Mrs. W. J. Welch Genoa Nebraska
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34556, that Ezekiel Wilcox or Wilcoo enlisted in December, 1775, in Middletown, Connecticut, and served until January, 1777, as a private in Captain Ebenezer Sumner's company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Connecticut regiment. He enlisted March 1, 1777, in Middletown, Connecticut, and served as a corporal in Captain Abijah Savage's company, Colonel Henry Sherburne's regiment, and was in the retreat from New York, and in the battle of Rhode Island, and served until March 1, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, aged seventy years.
There are no family data.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Ezekiel Wilcox (all spellings of the surname searched) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Genoa, Nebr. Aug. 1, 1931.
U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
Bureau of Pensions.
Wash. D.C.
Dear Sirs-- off me Will you kindly look thru the records in the pension dept. and ascertain if a pension was ever granted to Ezekial Wilcox of either Conn. New Jersey or Rhode Island. His wife was Mary and she died about 1826.
They had children Eliza Ann. Hattie, Mary Jane and Abagail May. May have had others, I can not give you further dates but am hoping to trace to the Revolution thru Ezekial Wilcox.
Thanking you ,
I am Very Sincerely
Mrs. W.J. Welch. Genoa. Nebr.