Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,460, for Daniel Purdy, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born New York.
Purdy Daniel
S. 9460
carded
CONTENTS

142 86 New York
Daniel Purdy
of West Chester in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the 60 th — commanded by Captain Dootittle of the Reg t — commanded by Col. Waterbury — in the N.Y. line for 3 m 15 days private 9 " — Drummer 4 " 15 Sergeant 3 " 15 Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York. at the rate of 113 — Dollars 84 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1833 and sent to Frederick P. Coffin West Chester Co. North Salem N.Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1833 . . $227.68 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 . . 56.92
$284.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk. Book E, Vol. 1, Page 40.

14286  New York Daniel Purdy
of West Chester the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bortle of the Regt commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Revolution
for services 1.85 Private 9.00 @ 1.00 per month 2.10 Begg 11.50 Sick Conn. N.Y. Feb. 24/48 Records completed.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 198 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834, and ending 10 March, 1840, when he
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of August, 1848. and sent to Wm. H. Allen
Arrears to the 4th of March of Pension allowance ending
Increased from $113.89. Due to all former payments under this Act { Revolutionary Class, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. D. Sampson Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 55
Report
Payable to
Daniel Purdy Walter B. Purdy,
Ada Archer,
& Hannah Capron,
only surviving children of

23976
Daniel Purday State of New York
MC
Frederick B. Coffin Westchester City NY

Call 1781. no 3 - 2 Lieut Capt Lockwood Col Crane
1782. no 3 - 2 Lieut Same Officers
Reported. Pay Mark
Full pay     Rank the claim Period when the service was rendered.   Years. Months. Days.     1 2 3 4  
A Statement
The evi- been examined, and your case in a tal- the subjunct notes. before a pension necessary to be done you will find man- you return your you will, by com- claim.
832, has ment of ides and renewed, what is directed, ' when ' and ' your
WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
72
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Purdy Westchester Co. State of New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist. 1775 3 priv. Genl. Wooster Col. Matherbury Capt. Roddick 28 years North Traditionary   " 1775 15 — Col. Van Rensselaer Col. Drake Salem Hudson   Enlist. 1775 3 Drummer Capt. Sturrock NYork Evidence and Service (Witnesses for general service)   " 1776 11 Drummer Col. Thomas Capt. Delavan   Call. 1777 15 Sergt. Capt. Delavan Col. Drake 1 Witness certified as credible who prove general service   " 1777 15 Sergt. Capt. Delavan Col. Drake   " 1777 3 Sergt. Capt. Delavan Col. Drake I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions:   " 1777 15 Sergt. Capt. Delavan Col. Purdy   " 1778 1 2 Sergt. Capt. Lockwood Col. Drake 1780 3-15-2 Sergt. Capt. Lockwood Col. Crane Perform other service this year as a Ranger. time not given   " 1779 2 Sergt. Col. Crane Capt. Lawrence Capt. Lockwood Col. Drake  

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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 of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as 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 in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York
Westchester County } ss.
On this second day of March 1833 Personally Appeared before Erza Lockwood Esq r one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Daniel Purdy of the Town of North Salem in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy years who being duly sworn according to Law doth Depose and say and makes the following Declaration in order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress Passed the 7 th of June 1832
The Declarant States that he entered the service of the United Colonies in the war of the Revolution at an early Period before Independence was Declared And on or about the first of June 1775 he lived in North Salem now called but was then called Cortland's Manor in the Colony or province of New York in the County of Westchester And that he went to Connecticut at that time and enlisted in a Brigade of Infantry com- manded by Brigadier General Wooster his first Name not Recollected in Colonel David Waterbury's Regiment in Captain Ichabod Doolittle's Company his under Officers were Albert Chapman first Lieut. Thaddeus Rockwell second Do and Mabel Gosham Ensign that he enlisted as a private his term of enlistment was from the first of June 1775 to the 1 st of November then next and that he armed and equiped himself immediately and joined the Company and Regiment and the Brigade was formed the Brigade at Greenwich in the southwest Corner of Connecticut that the Brigade was Marched to New York and on their March at New Rochelle State New York General Washington on his way to Boston halted and Reviewed the Brigade Marched to New York took off and secured the Kings stores And further states that he believes that some time in July Colonel David Waterbury's Regiment was sent on an Expedition to Canada And the Regiment was sent by land and Water to Tienderoga on Lake Champlain and saith that as he Believes by reason of a heavy cold and Fatigue he was rendered unfit for duty and on the sick list and was Discharged on the Report of the Doctor as well as several Invalids of the same Regiment and the written Discharge Containing all the names were put in the hands of

Sergeant Henry Whitney of the Company to which he Belonged this was on or about the first of September of the same year after three months service and they were Honorably Discharged and after the Campaign broke up he received three months pay as a private And faith he verily believes and is well informed that the last Sergeant who had the Discharge is dead and the same cannot be found And he further states that he verily believes and is well informed that his Company Officers are all dead and after a strict enquiry he cannot find any person by whom he can prove his services aforesaid
And he further States that as the discharge is lost he cannot Recollect the Officer who signed the same And further States that when they arrived at Ticonderoga he believes that General Schuyler was Commander on that Station and after General Rich and Montgomery was in command that he the declarant was in said Campaign to the North & served 3 months And the Declarant further states that after his return home on Cortland Manor Aforesaid New York State and he had recovered his health that some time he believes in the month of November the Revolutionary County Committee had appointed to meet at the Court house in Westchester County at the White Plains that at this time it was generally reported and believed that Governor Jay on the Kings Governor officially was still in New York on Board the Kings Ship in the harbour and that a Circuit Court was ordered to meet at the same time It was also reported and believed that the Loyalists in the County were to collect and arm themselves to Defend the Kings Court and to take off the Committee and put them on Board the Kings Ships The Alarm being given the Militia from the North part of the County turned out and marched to the Court house And it was reported that a party of Loyalists had met who were dispersed by patrols from the Militia and that after the Militia arrived there the next morning while the Kings Court was sitting a Lieutenant's Guard armed marched (Judge Ludlow presiding) into the Court house broke the Sheriffs sword who opposed their March and marched in front of the Court and ordered arms the Committee marched Colonel Peter Van Cortlandt Chairman of the Committee the Judge says Colonel Van Cortlandt do you not know that it is high Treason to Disturb his Majestys Court Answer for I demand your seat the Court marched out the Committee took seats the Declarant saith that he was one of the Lieutenant's Guard who And the Declarant further States that the Militia were in taking up and disarming the Loyalists the time of service he knows was as half a month And they Dismissed from service — Service 15 Days.
He further states that he is now in the best of his health and has returned to the discharge of his duty

3 And they Dismissed from service and further states that he believes that Major Ebenezer Dundy of the Militia had the Command And the Declarant States that on or about the fore part of December 1775 he enlisted in a Regiment of Volunteers raised in the County of Westchester raised by order of the provincial Congress of New York the term of their enlistment was for three Months In Colonel Samuel Drake's Regiment he enlisted and served as a Drummer in Captain Cornelius Steenrod's Company of the same Regiment Captain Steenrod under Officers were Micajah Fuller first Lieutenant and Morris Wheeler second Lieut and Deliverance Brown Ensign and that they marched to New York and served in a winter campaign and were employed in constructing a fort on New York Island a few miles above the City by the East river near Hurlgate called Horns Hook fort the fort was laid out by an Engineer under the Inspection of Major General Lee who was in New York at that time and States that on or about the fiftieth or twentieth of March in the year 1776 the fort was compleated and the time of Service was expired and having served three months and he verily believes a few days over they were Verbally Discharged (Service 3 months) And he further States that Lieut Colonel Samuel Drake Commanded and was under no other officer as Commander
And the Declarant further States that on or about the first of July 1776 he enlisted as a Drummer in a Regiment of State troops raised in the County of Westchester Commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas the term of enlistment was to expire on the first of January then next and he enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Delavan's Company his under Officers were Samuel Lawrence first Lieut John Miller Miller for second Lieutenant and Thaddeus Coane Junr Ensign that they were put under order to prepare to march And that he verily believes that the Company marched and joined the Regiment on or before the fifteenth of the same Month July and were Attached to General George Clinton's Brigade he being a Brigadier General and was Attached to General Washington's Army that they were employed in constructing Fort Independence and part of the time on Guard duty at Throg's Neck at the lower part of the County and when the British took Possession of New York And the American Army marched to the White Plains the Division of the to which the Brigade to which he Belonged under he believes Major General Heath marched from the fort Independence near Kingsbridge

to the White Plains and formed on the Left of the main Army And after the Battle of Chatterton hill some few days the the British Army were in Motion and made an Attempt to turn taken the left when the division under General Heath was stationed in which the Declarant belonged which terminated in Canon Cannonading the Chief of the day And after the British Army fell back and took Fort Washington the Division to which he belonged marched to the North part of the County of Rappahannock and served in the same until the first of January 1777 and he was Discharged with the Regiment & Company the term of service from the Enlistment six Months and from the time of Marching five Months and a half and a half his Discharge was Verbal not by writing
from the time of Enlistment for months 1777 And the Declarant states that in the winter of the year 1777 he believes in the month of February but cannot be certain of the precise time he was called into Actual Service in the Militia under Captain Nathaniel Delavan he was a sergeant of his Company the regiment to which the Company belonged was on Cortland Manor but was under the Immediate Command of Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Drake the Regiment was Marched to or near Kings Bridge in the lower part of the County And joined troops from Connecticut and Dutchess County under the Command of General Wooster and General Scott an Attack was made on Fort Independence and the British then  then Major General  General took off from Valentine hill but the troops generally served as guards for a great number of teams taking the forage from the lower part of the County which was within the power of the enemy and having effected that purpose a Retreat was ordered in a severe snowstorm about forty miles from the Residence of the Declarant the term of this service was at Least a half a Month and he was verbally Dismissed to march home snow about two feet deep the service 15 days And the Declarant states that in the month of March in the year 1777 when the stores at Park's Hill  Red Hill were Destroyed by the British he was called into Actual Service as a sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Delavans Company for the protection of the Inhabi- tants with the Regiment and for guard of stores the term

1777 5 the Regiment was under Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Drake who had the Command the term of service in this Period was half a month - and he was Verbally dismissed and the Declarant states that in the summer and fall 1777 believes to the best of his Recollection about the first of August he was called into Actual service with the Militia in Captain Drake Nathaniel Delavan's Company he being a sergeant under the Regiment under the Command of Lieut Colonel Gilbert Drake before and after Fort Montgomery was taken which was as he believes about the ninth of October in the year 1777 1777 he served on guard duty at Crompond and at several places and served by Detachments on the lines for the protection of the Inhabitants and served on guard duty where stores were stored belonging to the United States within the Regiment on the line of Communication by land from the Eastern States to the South- ward and there being no Continental troops on the east side of the river the whole County was left open to the Enemy by land and water he knows that he was in Actual service as a sergeant in the Company and Regiment in this tower of duty aforesaid from on or about the first of August until after the fort was taken until some time in November and knows that he served in this period of service three months and was verbally dischar- ged this tower of duty 3 months 
And the Declarant states that some time in April to the best of his recollection he was ordered out into Actual Service with the Company to which he belonged under Captain Nathaniel Delavan and some part of the Regiment on Portland manner under the Command of Major Ebenezer Purdy in the year in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he himself was a sergeant was marched to the Town of North Castle towards the middle of the County and there served as guards of Forrage for the Army brought from the lower part of the County the winter before the time of service was a half a month and he was Verbally Dismissed by the Officers Commanding he states he hath no proof of this tower of duty

1778 And the Declarant States that the 25 th of June 1778 he was appointed a 2 d Lieutenant in Captain Lockwood's Company in Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Drake's Regiment of Militia it being the same Regiment to which he belonged the under officers of the Company were Isaac Keeler first Lieutenant the Declarant Second Lieutenant and William Roger Ensign and the name of the Captain Ephraim Lockwood his Commission which he received, was signed by George Clinton Governor of the State of New York under the seal of the State for Military Commissions and dated the 25 th of June 1778 and that he was sworn to service before Richard Hatfield then Clerk of the County of Westchester on the 31 st of July 1778 And further States that under by virtue of the said Commission he served in the said Company and Regiment until, on or about the 21 st of June 1779 when a new Regiment was formed by General Orders to which the Company belonged in which he served to wit Captain Ephraim Lockwood's Company and Captain Samuel Laurens' Company were Detached and annexed to the new Regiment with several Companies from Colonel Thomas' Thomas's Regiment and that Thaddeus was appointed Lieutenant Colonel and took Command of the same his Commission was dated as he verily believes the 21 st of October 1779 and after Lieutenant Colonel Crane took Command of the Regiment he served in the same during the War of the Revolution which was upwards of three years But States he cannot bring forward his Commission for that after the war was over his Commission is either mislaid or lost and he cannot find the same therefore refers for proof to a Certificate from the Office of the Secretary of the State of New York under his Seal of Office And to a Certificate from the County Clerk of the County of Westchester under his Seal of Office to prove that he was sworn to office which Certificates
1778 Are annexed here to
Also the Declarant States that the County of Westchester was a scene of hostile operation during the war the greater part of the time in which the Militia participated in a great degree and was continually in alarms from the Enemy's Light Horse and Mounted Infantry

And the Declarant States that after he was sworn into Office on or about the first first day of July 1778 as a Second Lieutenant in Captain Ephraim Lockwood's company in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel Samuel Drake he served on the lines in said County of West Chester on Guard duty and on raising detachments for the guarding the Stores within the Regiment at various places in said County of West Chester where Stores and Munitions of War were placed belonging to the United States from the above named date
1. 15-30 th July 1778 for one month and a half. — And Declarant further States that on or about the 1 st day of April 1779 the whole Regiment to which he was attached was called into actual Service within the lines in the County of West Chester aforesaid and was stationed at a place called Green Pond in said County that he continued in Service with Capt. Ephraim Lockwood's company in the Regiment of Colonel Samuel Drake for 2- two months, during all this time he was in actual Service and acting under his Commis- sion as Second Lieutenant
In the year 1780 this Declarant States that he still continued attached to the company of Captain Ephraim Lockwood in the Regiment then under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus Crane as Second Lieutenant of said company that he served in said Company as 2 nd Lieutenant as aforesaid during this year three 3-15 months and a half. That he was in this time often called out as an Officer to take command of a party to perform Guard duty that he was sometimes called to the lower part of the County of West Chester

with detachments of Rangers that on one occasion 8 in this year he went down with a Lieutenant's command through the Towns of Harrison White Plains & Rye and on his return fell in with a party of Refugees of British Infantry when he attacked & dispersed them he took on the occa- sion two prisoners.
And this Deponent further states that he was called into actual Service in the year 1781. that he then served in the company of Capt. Ephraim Lockwood and Regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Shaddens brave that he truly believes he was in actual Service in various parts of the County of Westchester for at least three months during this 3 year that he was during this time acting as Second Lieutenant under his said Commission He distinctly recollects that in the course of this year that the whole Regiment marched to the lower part of the County thro' the White Plains and was Stationed in the Town of Harrison at one time in the said year for the period of three weeks; that part of the time in this year this Deponent was Stationed on Guard duty. that he was Stationed with a Lieutenant's Guard for half a month in this year at a place on Cat- lands Manor was called Somers Tower.
And this Deponent further states that in the Spring of the year 1782 the British Cavalry were out in the County and the Regiment under the command of Colonel Shaddens brave were ordered out that this Deponent was got attached to the company of Captain Ephraim Lockwood as Second Lieutenant that he joined the Company and that he marched with the Regiment to the lines in the

said County of West Chester that he continued on duty in the lines with the said Regiment and on duty at different places in the said County for at least three months during the year 1782 during all which times he acted as Second Lieutenant.  And this Deponent further states that after the close of the War of the Revolution a pay Roll was made out by Colonel Shaddens for the several Companies comprising his command that Certificates were made out and delivered to each of the Officers and privates for the several amounts due to them respectively that this Deponent received a Certificate for the full amount of pay said to be due to him for his services for nine months as a Lieutenant as above stated in the Regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Shaddens for the amount of money for which the Certificate was given is not recollects nor does this Deponent now recollect what his monthly pay as a 2 d Lieutenant was but believe that it was twenty Seven Dollars and fifty Cents. And this Deponent further states that during the whole time of the War of the Revolution he resided on Catlands Manor at the now Town of North Salem in the County of West Chester and State of New York that he knows of no person who can testify to his services except John Brown Abraham Van Droy & John Merrill + Col. Joseph Benedict whose Affidavits are herunto annexed that he has no documentary evidence of his services except the the Certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of New York under his Seal of Office and the Certificate from the County Clerk of the County of West Chester both of which are herunto annexed.  He hereby relinquishes and claims nothing to a Pension

10 a annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Army of any State -
I solemnly subscribed this second day of February March 1833 before me Ebenezer Root One of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in & for said County -
(Daniel Purdy)
The following Interrogatories were preferred by the said Engr. to the said Daniel Purdy viz 1 st When and in what State were you born?
Answer I was born in the present town of North Salem in Westchester County, State of New York.
2 Have you any Record of your age if so when is it?
Answer I have no Record of my age -
3 rd When were you living when called into Service when had you lived since the Revolutionary War and when do you now live?
Answer I lived in what is now called North Salem Westchester County State of New York when first called into Service he always since has and yet resides in North Salem aforesaid -
4 th How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute & if a Substitute for whom?
Answer He first enlisted in a Brigade commanded by General Worcester and for the term of five months as set forth in his Declaration & to which he now refers this was in the year 1775 In the same year he again enlisted for the term of three months in Colonel Samuel Dake's Regiment as also is

in his Declaration to which he now refers. In the year 1776 He again enlisted as a Drummer in Colonel Thomas's Regiment as set forth also in his Declaration to which he refers. On every other occasion when he was called into Service it was by order of the Officers of the Militia Company to which he was attached as a private. That his Service from & including part of the year 1778 to the close of the War was under his Commission as Second Lieutenant as set forth in his Declaration.
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect in the general circumstances of your Service?
Answer He recollects General Washington General Clinton and General Heath he also recollects to have seen Genl. Washington. The above are of the Regular Service. He also recollects Officers of the Militia Regiments several to wit Colonels Thomas Thomas Gilbert Drake and Shaddick. He has no recollection of any general or particular circumstances of his Service other than as set forth in his Declaration.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service? If so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer I never but once received a discharge in writing that was at Providence his name together with a number of others was inserted in a list of persons discharged being on furlough on account of sickness. He does not know by whom the discharge was signed nor what has become of it. The discharge was not delivered to him. Except at the time above mentioned he was always discharged verbally.

7 to State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. Timothy Van Scay, and Epinetus Wallace of North Salem. Answer Timothy Van Scay & Epinetus Wallace residents of North Salem aforesaid each of whom are and have been for many years well acquainted with me —————
We Timothy Van Scay a Licensed Preacher of the Baptist Church, & Epinetus Wallace residing in the Town of North Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Purdy who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and we also believe him to be a man of truth and veracity —————
Sworn & Subscribed the way as you aforesaid before me this 2 d day of March 1833. James Mills, J. P.
Timothy Van Scay Epinetus Wallace
And I the said Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Westchester do hereby declare my opinion after putting 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 I swear as to the facts and I do further certify that it appears

to me that Timothy Van Scoy and Epenetus Wallace who have signed and sworn to the foregoing certificate are residents of the Town of North Salem in the County of Westchester & are near neighbors of the said Applicant that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and I do further certify that the said Daniel Purdie cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court to make his Declaration.
Ezra Lockwood

Sept 11 mo 5 - 148 88 Sept 2 - 10 11 66 Dec 9 - 33 00 Oct 1 - 15 3
2400 of 19854
W. Nelson house of Reps. Wm. Valentine Agent. Albany N.Y.

State of New York County of Westchester Surrogate Court
On this 27 th day of July 1848 it was proved by the annexed testimony which is satisfactory to said Court that Daniel Purdy a pensioner of the United States, died in said County on the tenth day of March in the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty. And left no widow, but left the following named children viz Daniel Purdy, Walter R Purdy, Ada Archer and Hannah Capron. That they are his only surviving children and each of them twenty one years of age.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said Court the day & Year first above written.
The word "States" interlined before execution Lewis L. Platt Surrogate
Justice of the Peace
Miss Grace
60

State of New York } ss. County of Westchester }
Roberts Purdy, being duly sworn according to law Depose that Daniel Purdy a Pensioner of the United States died in Said County on the Tenth day of March One Thousand Eight hundred and Forty, and left No widow, but left the following named children viz. Daniel Purdy, Walter R. Purdy, Aba Purdy and Hannah Capron, that they are his only surviving children, and each of them are over twenty One years of age.
Subscribed & sworn to, before me This 3 rd day of July 1848.
Roberts Purdy
Alfred S. Hawley, Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that Roberts Purdy, above named is a credible and competent witness, and I verily believe his statement is entitled to full faith and credit
Alfred S. Hawley, Justice of the Peace
See Lease.

State of New York } County of Westchester }
Daniel Purdy, being duly sworn according to law Depose that Daniel Purdy a pensioner of the United States died in said county on the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty. And left no widow, but left the following named children viz, Daniel Purdy, Walter R. Purdy, Abie Fisher and Hannah Capron. That they are his only surviving children and each of them are over twenty one years of age —
Subscribed & sworn to before me
this 3 rd day of July 1848
Alfred S. Hawley
Daniel Purdy
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Daniel Purdy, above named is a credible and competent witness & I verily believe his statement is entitled to full faith & credit
Alfred S. Hawley Justice of the Peace
Hannah Capron, that they are his only surviving children

State of New York County of Westchester ss. State of New York,
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Alfred D. Hawley Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace , in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the
Twenty Seventh
day of
July
1848
Munson I. Lockwood Clerk.

State of New York } County of Westchester }
On this 3 rd day of July 1848 before me Alfred Hawley - a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Walter R Purdy of North Salem in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the increase of pension which he has been informed & believes was due his father Daniel Purdy under the Act of June 7 th 1832. That he is one of the children of Daniel Purdy who was a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States That his father the said Daniel Purdy died in the County and State aforesaid on the tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty and at the time of his death left no widow but left him surviving, the following named children viz: Daniel Purdy, Walter R. Purdy, Asa Archer and Hannah Capron. That they are his only surviving children and each of them are over twenty one Years of age, in support of which claim, he refers the pension Department to the proof on file in that office, in connection which such as may be furnished by his Agent Mr Valentine of Albany N.Y. Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 3 rd day of July - 1848 Alfred S. Hawley Justice of the Peace.
Walter R Purdy
I hereby certify that Walter R Purdy above named is a person of truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
Alfred S. Hawley Justice of the Peace.
Note. The word States in the twelfth line from the top was interlined before the execution hereof.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Purdy of the State of New York who was a Lieut. in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive One hundred and thirteen dollars and 84 —cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 17 th day of May — one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lee
Secretary of War.
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Examined and

Dan Purdy Pension certificate
$113.84/100
Payments to be made at the City of New York by the President of the D o D o U s Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N Y
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book Vol.
Page by George Taylor Clerk.

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.
 In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz: 
    1777. Oct 27 Daniel Purdy, Sergeant No. of Cert'e issued, 20,241, £ 01 09 11   " Nov 2 Do Do Private " " " 20,325 01 04 10 2/3   " Nov 2 Do Do Sergeant " " " 20,383. 01 14 00   1781. Nov 15 Do Do Lieutenant " " " 38.532 119 05 06   " " " Do Do Private " " " 38.583 08 14 11   £132 09 02   3.3.11   750   750   2800   4000   25 - any   in Aug 1777 - Re a   allow for 2nd   
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, July 29 -
 184 
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 5, 8 - now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
    First — under Capt. Samuel Delavan in Lt Col. Gilbert Drake Regiment.     Second “ “ Samuel Knight “ “ “ Do Do “   Third “ “ Nathaniel Delavan “ “ “ Do Do “   Fourth “ “ Ephraim Lockwood “ Major Haddens Crane “   Fifth “ “ Do Do “ “ Do Do “   Sixth “ “   “ “ “   Seventh “ “ “ “ “   Eighth “ “ “ “ “   Ninth “ “ “ “ “   Tenth “ “ “ “ “   Eleventh “ “ “ “ “   Twelfth “ “ “ “ “   Thirteenth “ “ “ “ “   Fourteenth “ “ “ “ “   Fifteenth “ “ “ “ “   
I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £132, 19s 6d to be correct.
John Hance
Examining Clerk.
William Filmer
Comptroller.

Revtran
9460 aw
INVALID.
File No. 9460
Daniel Purdy Lieut Revtran
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 304
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Daniel Purdy Application for a Pension under Act of 1832
23970

West Chester County
Joseph Burdick being duly sworn with depon and say that he is well acquainted with Daniel Purdy of North Salem in the County of West Chester that during the whole period of the War of the Revolution he was well acquainted with the said Daniel Purdy that in the year 1775 the said Daniel Purdy served in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Cornelius Stein and for the term of three months in Colo. and Daniel Purdy's Regiment. In the year 1776 the said Daniel Purdy served as a Drummer in the  Nathan De Larani's Company of Militia in Thomas Thomas's Regiment for six months. That for and during the remainder of the War the said Daniel Purdy was in the Service and the said Daniel Purdy still continued in the service the  then  Regiment but in different Companies that for a considerable portion of the time from the year 1776 until the close of the War he often saw the said Daniel Purdy in actual service. That the said Daniel Purdy received a Commission as 2 d Lieutenant he saw the Commission which Commission bears date some time in the year 1778 He saw the said Daniel Purdy often acting in the Service as a Commissioned Officer in the year 1778 & afterwards, during the War.
Sworn to this 28 th day of January 1833 before me Ezra Wood One of the Judges of Westchester County.
Sealed & Record

18 State of New-York Secretary's Office
I Certify that it appears by the minutes of the council of appointment of this State that on the 25 th of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Ephraim Lockwood was appointed Captain, Isaac Keeler First Lieutenant, Daniel Purdy Second Lieutenant & William Rogers Ensign of a company in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Westchester whereof Samuel Drake was Colonel
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office at the City of Albany the Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

House of Reps. 4 th April 1848
Sir
The accompanying papers (the application of the heirs of Lieut. Purdy etc) have been sent to me, with a request that I should present them to the Comm ee of Pensions - I do so & respectfully request your attention to them at your earliest convenience
Respectfully
W. Nelson
Col. Edmunds } Comm ee of Pensions }

21 State of New York } County of West Chester } J. Abraham Van Scy of the Town of North Salem in the County of West Chester and State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is seventy three years of age that he was born in the Town of North Salem aforesaid that from his infancy he was well acquainted with Daniel Purdy of North Salem aforesaid during the whole period of the War and ever since that the said Daniel Purdy always since his introduction has and yet does reside in the Town of North Salem aforesaid. And this deponent further saith that in the year 1780- this deponent was a private in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Ephraim Lock raised in the Regiment of Colonel Thaddeus Crane that the said Daniel Purdy was Second Lieutenant of the said Company that this deponent and the said Daniel Purdy served in the said Company this deponent as a private and the said Daniel Purdy as Second Lieutenant of said Company until the close of the War in 1783. That the said Company was very often called into Service and he has often seen the said Daniel Purdy performing duty as Second Lieutenant he recollects that on one occasion an attack was made by a party under the command of the said Daniel Purdy on a party of Refugees the result was the capture of two prisoners of the Refugees, this attack was at a place called King Street near the White Plains. This deponent further saith that he cannot distinctly recollect as to all the services per- formed by the said Daniel Purdy but he does recollect that he often saw the said Daniel Purdy acting as Second Lieutenant in the said Company that generally he knows that the said Daniel Purdy was in Service whenever the said

22 Company was called into session at any time during the period of time above set forth. In witness to this 18 th day of February 1833  Abraham his Van Scoy before me Samuel B Mead Justice of the Peace
I Samuel B Mead one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of West Chester do hereby cer- tify that I am well acquainted with Abra- ham Van Scoy above named that I believe him to be a man of respectable character and that his statement is entitled to full belief. Samuel B Mead

14 I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before Ezra Larkwood Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County in the matter of the application of Daniel Pindy for a pension. And I do further certify that the said Ezra Larkwood was a Judge of the said Court on the day when the annexed Declaration of the said Daniel Pindy was sworn to before the said Ezra Larkwood that the signature of the said Ezra Larkwood to the several papers herunto annexed is his genuine signature and I do further certify that James Mills before whom the Affidavit of Simon Van Scay and Ephraim Wallace was made and sworn to was on the second day of March 1833 a Justice of the peace of the said County of West Chester that the signature of the said James Mills to the said Affidavit subscribed is his genuine signature. And I do further certify that Joseph Wilson before whom the Affidavit of John Brown which is herunto annexed was on the third day of December 1832 a Justice of the peace of said County that the signature of the said Joseph Wilson to the said Affidavit subscribed is his genuine signature. And I do further certify that Samuel B Mead before whom the Affidavit of Abraham Van Scay which is herunto annexed was on the 18 th day of February 1833 a Justice of the peace of said County that the signature of the said Samuel B Mead to the Affidavit subscribed is his genuine signature. And I do further certify that David Horton before whom the Affidavit of John Merritt which is herunto annexed was on the 14 th day of October 1832 a Justice of the peace of

15 The said County that the signature of the said David Horton to the said Affidavit Subscribed is his Genuine Signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of April in the Year 1833 —
N Byles Clk Said County

John Kennett Affidavit

State of New York
Westchester County
22
Before me David Horton one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally came John Merritt of the Town of Bedford in the said County well known to me who states that that that his age is seventy seven years who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Daniel Purdy of the Town of North Salem in the County aforesaid and was before the war of the Revolution and during the same and knows that he took up arms at an early period of the war and saith that he knew that he the said Daniel Purdy belonged to a regiment raised in the County aforesaid Commanded by Colonel Thomas on or about the first of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and was a Drummer in Captain Nathaniel Delavan's Company who belonged in the said Regi- -ment and that he the Deponent belonged in the same Regiment in Captain Elijah Hunter's Company and verily believes that the Companies joined the Regiment on or about the middle of July the same Month and was Marched near Kings Bridge and Attached to Brigadier General George Clinton's Brigade and served with the Continental Army during the Campaign which terminated on the first of January then next which was the term of the enlistment of the said Regiment And saith that the Regiment served in Building Fort Independence and on Guard at Morristown point and served at the White Plains after the British came into the County of Westchester and at Peekskill the north part of the County aforesaid and saith that he knows that the said Daniel Purdy served as a Drummer in the Regiment & Company to wit in Captain Delavan's Company aforesaid and has reason reason to believe that he served the whole term of six months from the enlistment and five months as a half from the time of joining the Regiment and of this he hath no doubt on his mind but the same is true and further the Deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn to the fourteenth day of October
In the year 1832 before me
John Merritt
David Horton Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify from the acquaintance I have had with the deponent that in my opinion his testimony is entitled to belief
David Horton Justice of the Peace

Incase Daniel Purdy, and NY act 7 June 1832
Adna, 11 mo 5 days Sen $48 88 2 " 10 " Serst 11 66 9 " — " Qmm. 33 00 1 " 15 " Mr 5 00 198.54
From 4 March 1831 to 10 th March 1840 the day of his death, payable to Daniel Purdy, Walter R. Purdy, Ada Archer, and Hannah Capron only surviving chil- dren of Daniel Purdy de- deducting what has been paid at the rate of $13 24 for the same time Hon Mr Nelson Home N.Y.

Daniel Purdy, Westchester Co NY act 7 June 32 #113. 84 p.m.
To what time was he last paid? Kb A.
Pension Office August 11 1848 3
Paid to March 1847 A 13. 8.
I stated in the papers in this case that Purdy died in 1840
Paid to 10 March, 1840 B 13. 8.

17 State of New York Westchester County Clerks Office
I Nathaniel Bayler Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that I have inspected the Roll and File of oaths of Office taken and deposited in this Office and that Daniel Purdy did on the 31 st day of July 1778 take and subscribe the necessary oaths as a Second Lieutenant of Militia which said oath I find taken before Richard Hatfield then Clerk of said County and duly subscribed by said Daniel Purdy as a Second Lieutenant
In testimony whereof I have affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 4 th day of Jan'y 1839
N Bayler Clk of said County of Westchester

19 State of New York Personally Appeared } Westchester County } Joseph Wilson
Before me Joseph Wilson one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid residing in South Salem in the said County John Brown a resident of the same Town and County who being sworn by me according to Law doth Depose and that he is well acquainted with Daniel Purdy now residing in North Salem town in the County aforesaid which Town was in the war of the Revolution was called Cortland's manor and that he knew him well and lived in the same town with him during the war aforesaid and saith that he knows that the said Daniel Purdy enlisted in a Regiment raised in the County of Westchester commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas in Captain Nathaniel Delavan's Company as a Drummer raised by the state the time of enlistment was from on or about the first of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and the same until the first of January next ensuing and the deponent enlisted with him in the said Company and Regiment as a private and that the said Company was put under Marking Orders and that he verily believes the Company marched and joined the Regiment on or before the fifteenth day of the same month July in which they enlisted and was attached to Brigadier General George Clinton's Brigade and served in the Continental army during the term for which they enlisted that they were employed in constructing Fort Independence near Kings Bridge and on the American Army leaving New York Island and marching to the white plains the Brigade left the fort and formed with the main Army and served in the said County until the expiration of the term for which they enlisted and knows that the said Daniel Purdy served the time out and the deponent further testifies and saith that in the summer and fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the said Daniel Purdy served in a three months town in the militia as a sergeant

Subject in Captain Nathaniel Delarian Company under the Command of Lieut Col Gilbert Drake the service was done at Pickskill and at Crompton now called York Town in the North part of the County as Guard and on the lines for some time for the protection of the Inhabitants this service was done before and after Fort Montgomery was taken and served until all in the fell after the fort was taken but cannot but cannot certain what time commenced the service but believe about one month and a half of the time was before the fort was taken and a month and a half after it was taken but knows that the said Daniel Purdy served three months and he served with him in the said Company the said term of three months and they were Verbally verbally Discharged And the the Deponent further saith that he knows that the said Daniel Purdy was appointed a Lieutenant in Captain Ephraim Lockwood Company and Lieut Col Samuel Drake Regiment and was after Attached to Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus Coeur Regiment in which he served during the war of the revolution and saith for the last two or three years of the war he served in the said Regiment and Company on Guard duty and on the lines often but cannot ascertain how long he served when the said Daniel Purdy was a Lieut and served as such during the time he served he in the said Company and further the Deponent saith not
John Brown
Subscribed and sworn this 3 rd day of December 1832
Before me Joseph Wilson Justice of the Peace
I Certify that from the acquaintance I have had with John Brown the above Deponent that his deposition is entitled to credit
Joseph Wilson Justice of the Peace