Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,511, for Ezekiel Huntley, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Huntley Ezekiel
S 135-11
CONTENTS
carded

2731- Connecticut
certificate handed to the Sec y of War 6 Dec. 1832 to be sent by him to Mr. Segourney
Ezekiel Huntley of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Perkins of the Regt commanded by Col Huntington in the Connecticut line for 1 mo 5 days
* * * Continental General after 1860 Records compiled
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 23 Dollars 85 Cents per annum to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of December 1832 and sent to Henry L. Porter Hartford Conn
As to date of Sep 1832 $35.78 Pension allowance ending Sept. 1833 11.95 $47.73
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Nov June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Elias D. Bullock Clerk Book 5 Vol. 3 Page 47

State of Connecticut County of Hartford } p.
On this twenty fifth day of August A. 1832 personally appeared in Open Court, before the County Court for said County of Hartford, now sitting, Ezechiel Huntley, a resident of Hartford, County of Hartford State of Connecticut, age eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the fol- lowing Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.; That he

Deposition.
Ezekiel Huntington was born April 13 th 1752. at Franklin, four miles from Norwich, in the County of New London, State of Connecticut. At the age of Eleven, he went to reside in Norwich, where he continued until November 1829, when he became an inhabitant of Hartford. He first entered the service of the United States, as a volunteer in the State troops, in June 1775, and continued to do duty as a common soldier until December of the same year. He received at the expiration of his term of service, a regular written discharge, which he kept till within a few years, but has since lost. The company into which he enlisted, was raised and commanded by Sedediah Huntington of Norwich, who held the rank both of Captain & Colonel, and afterwards, that of Brigadier General. Rev. John Ellis of Franklin was Chaplain, Asa Kingsbury of Franklin, Lieutenant, Phineas Tracy of Norwich, Ensign, - all of whom, with the remainder of the Officers, are, according to the best of his knowledge, deceased. With regard to the circumstances of their march, - on the day of their departure from Norwich, a dinner was provided for them by their Captain, at the tavern, on the plain of the old town, - after which they paraded, and listened to an address from him, in which he encouraged them in their enterprise, promised to do all in his power for their comfort during their absence from their homes, & incited them to put their trust in God. On the morning of the third day of their march, an express having been previously sent forward to the house of General Putnam in Brooklyn, then absent with the army, - a breakfast was hospitably provided there for the whole company. They halted at Jamaica-Ford, in the neighbourhood of Boston, for several days, and then encamped at Roxbury, until the period of their disbandment. His second enlistment was as a private soldier and volunteer, in the militia, in the month of September 1776. Zebadiah Rogers of Norwich held the rank of Colonel, Jacob Perkins Captain, Joseph Carew Lieutenant, & Seth Miner Ensign. They, with the other Officers, are, as far as he can obtain information, all deceased. The regiment with which he was connected, was stationed at Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York, and principally employed in guarding the stores of the larger armament.

which lay in the vicinity. — Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth was there, attending to the department of Commissary. — E. Huntley returned to his home in Norwich, in the month of November 1776, after two months service. — His memory does not enable him to specify the particular days of his enlistment, or discharge, — and he was never personally engaged in any battle. — Beside these eight months of regular service, he was repeatedly called out to perform military duty at New London, in cases of apprehended danger, — remaining there at his own expense, several days or a week at a time, as the occasion might require. — These alarms continued during all the later years of the war, until the burning of New London in Sept. 1781, when he was there for the last time as a soldier.
Having no written account of these services, he is not able to make a positive statement of their duration, but thinks, at the lowest computation, their aggregate must be two months. — That he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, except Caleb Huntington Also Lyman of Norwich, & Jacob Kingsbury of Franklin, & both of New London before Connecticut.
And to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, & put by the Court, that said Esau Huntley answered;
1. That he was born in the Town of Franklin, then a part of the County of N. & S. Town of Norwich, on the 13 th day of April A. D. 1752. 2. My age is recorded in my Family Bible, now in my possession. 3. I was living in Norwich when called into service & have continued to reside there from 1763, till Nov. 1829, since which time I have been an inhabitant of Hartford. 4. I was a volunteer, & served for myself, & not as a substitute.

5. I have already stated the names of such officers as I recollect.
6 th I received a regular written discharge at the expiration of the service from the Commanding Officer, which has been in my possession, till within a few Years, but is now lost, or not to be found.
7. I would name Deacon Caleb Huntington, Asa Lathrop & Samuel Avery of Norwich, and
of Hartford, who can testify about my character for truth & veracity, & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State. Erastus Root
Sworn to, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the Investigation of the matter, & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears, to them, that Caleb Huntington & Samuel Avery, who have signed the accompanying certificate are residents in the town of Norwich, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
And the Court further certifies, that the Applicant could not produce in court, without too much expense & inconvenience to him, the said Caleb Huntington & Samuel Avery.

I, David Griswold, Clerk of the county court for said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the ap- plication of Ezekiel Hountly for a Divorce.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 25 th day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred & thirty two.
David Griswold Clerk to Court H. Co.

We leave Huntington and Samuel Avery both residing in Norwich in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Huntington late of said Norwich now of Hartford in said State, an applicant for a pension under the Act of January passed June 7 th 1832, that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is rejected and believed in the neighborhood where he resided till within three years last past, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in this opinion. And the said Huntington knows, that said Huntington served more than two months in the Connecticut Militia at P'keepsie in the State of New York guarding the United States Stores at that place and we do hereby believe from the knowledge we had at the time, and the reputation of the past since, that said Huntington performed a term of duty of six months among the troops stationed at P'keepsie in the year 1775 in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sedgwick Huntington
Ebenezer Huntington Samuel Avery
Subscribed & sworn to August 18 th 1832
James H. Hildreth Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Deacon Caleb Huntington and Mr Samuel Avery who have signed the certificate on the other side written on both resident in said Norwich are persons of great credibility and that their statements is entitled to the most implicit faith.
Attest James Medcalf Justice of the Peace
Co. Co. Hartford Co. Connecticut p. August Term 1832 - Filed in Court August 25 th Ex. 1832 - David Griswold Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 3 yrs Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1776 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1777 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1778 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1779 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1780 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1781 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1782 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.   1783 1 yr Private Col. John Munday N. H.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War City of Washington

Hartford, Conn t August 27, 1832.
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War,
Sir
Enclosed are sundry documents from Ezekiel Huntley a revolutionary soldier & applicant for a pension, which I forward at his request. It is his wish whenever you forward the necessary papers & orders, relative to his receiving a pension, that you transmit them to myself by mail not to him, when they will regularly be placed in his hands.
I have the honor to be very Respectfully Your Obedt. servt.
Henry C. Porter

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Sir:
Washington, D. C., January, 1893
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ezekiel Kennebec , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 Prov.   June 1775 6 mos. Pvt Newington Conn.   Sept. 1776 2 " Pvt Perkins Rogers  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned Residence of soldier at enlistment, Trumbull, Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug. 25 1832. Residence at date of application, Hartford, Conn. Age at date of application, Born at Franklin April 13 1752 Remarks: Pension was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Green B. Ramey Commissioner.
Miss Almer P. Alden 614 - Capt. St San Francisco

Nov 1892
24 Marshall St., Hartford, Conn.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me the record of service of Ezekiel Huntley, who was a Connecticut Pensioner under act of 1832.
Respectfully, (Mrs.) A. C. Bates Secretary, Ruth Hyllyp. Chapter, D. A. R.
Feb. 14, 1917.

424 Hubbard St. Allegan Michigan May 3- 1908
Pension Bureau - Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Wishing to establish my eligibility to become a member of a Chapter of the D.A.R. I am writing to you for data pertaining to one Ezekiel Brantley - He was a Connecticut man

Siorin Act of 1832, re- siding in Hartford County. This list of petitions appears in Senate Docu- ment 1st Session 23d Congress 1833-34- I lack dates of his birth and death, dates of his mar- riage or any informa- tion in regard to his wife or family that you can give me will be a great help. The ex

peruse if any of obtaining these data, of course, to be sent to me - Thank- ing you in advance for your kindness I remain Yours
Truly Mrs. B. E. DeLoach

San Francisco Cal. June 9 th 1892.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Sir: I desire for immediate use a copy of the pension Certificate of Ezekiel Bentley of the Connecticut Line of the Con- tinental Army (Rev. War) residing at Hartford Ct. granted in 1832.
Very Respectfully Alma P. Holden #644 Capp St. San Francisco Cal.

1893 Jan. 19. Hist. Miss Alma P. Alden. San Francisco Cal. 1916 May 20 Hist. to Mrs. B. E. Dancy V. L. Ex. 1917 Feb 24 Hist. to Mrs. A. C. Bates.
Rehman
13511  INVALID.
File No. 13 511
Ezekiel Huntley  Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Comptrollers Office Aug. 22. 1832
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears from a copy of an original pay roll of the first Company of the eighth Regiment of Connecticut troops commanded by Jedediah Huntington Esq. duly authenticated & remaining in this Office, that Ezekiel Stanley enlisted into said Company on the 11 th day of July, was discharged therefrom on the 16 th day of December & served therein five months & five days. No date of the year appears upon the face of the copy; but the certificate of Brigadier General Joseph Spencer indorsed upon it, bears date Roxbury. December 1775.
Elisha Phelps
State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ss. Gov. Court August Term A.D. 1832
Filed in Court August
A.D. 1832.

State of Connecticut. Secretary's Office, August 25th, 1832.
Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify, that James Skedman and John B. Dyer Esqrs. whose names are subscribed in the handwriting of each, to me well known, to the foregoing certificates purporting to be signed by them respectively, are, and for more than one year last past, have been, Justices of the Peace within and for the county of New London in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, that Elisha Phelps Esq. whose name is subscribed to the last foregoing certificate is, and for more than one year last past has been, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for said State; and that full credence is due to the official acts and attestation of said Officers respectively.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year above written.
Thomas Day
3856

I Jacob Kingsbury of Franklin in the county of New London State of Connecticut seventy six years old being duly sworn testify & say that in time of the revolutionary war I enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States in a company of state troops commanded by Capt. Leutnant Ezra Kingsbury of which company Jonathan Brewster was Lieutenant & Phinehas Lyman Tracy was Ensign understand that said company was stationed at Roxbury in Massachusetts that said company was of the Regiment of Col. Seddich Huntington and we were enlisted for a term of six months and that Ezeziel Huntley then of Norwich now of Hartford enlisted in said company in the summer of 1775 & marched with us & was at Roxbury with us and further the deponent saith not
Jacob Kingsbury
New London County ss. Franklin August 14 th 1832.
Personally appeared Col. Jacob Kingsbury & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me John Hyde
Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut ss. Hartford Co. County Court August Term held in Court this 25 th day of Aug 1832. Saw Griswold Clerk.

I Caleb Huntington of Norwich in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged eighty three years being first duly sworn do testify & say: - That I am well acquainted with Ezekiel Huntington late of said Norwich now of Hartford in said State. That in the year of the Revolution in the year 1776. The militia were called from the eastern part of the State of Connecticut to guard the United States Stores at Rye in the State of New York. That considerable numbers went from said Norwich among them the said Ezekiel Huntington and myself. We were called out for two months. We marched from Norwich on the 10 th day of September 1776 and returned on or about the 19 th day of November in the same year. The said Huntington was a private soldier during the whole of said term of service and was in the same company with myself. The company was commanded by Sarah Perkins. Joseph Barrow was lieutenant also with Minor ensign. The Regiment in which we served was commanded by Ezekiel Rogers and the whole body of troops at that time stationed at Rye which then consisted of five Regiments was under the command of Col. Matherbush. I recollect the day on which we left Norwich for Rye I paid a sum of Money to a Mr Whittmore which now appears charged on my book as paid on said 10 th day of September A.D. 1776. While we were on our return from Rye we distinctly heard the firing at the attack & capture of Fort Washington which was a little

after the middle of said November. I further depose and say that in the summer of 1775 the said Hurlbut was drafted or went as a volunteer in the State of Connecticut Troops in the service of the United States. He entered the service as I believe in the month of June and served till December. He entered the company commanded by Col: Sedickah Huntington who also commanded the Regiment to which said company belonged. They were stationed at Rox- bury near Boston. I was not in the service at Roxbury but well recollect that the said Hurlbut was others who went from Norwich having Norwich, and their return, and that their term of service was extended a six months term. It is possible I may be mistaken as to the company said Hurlbut entered but I believe the above statement to be correct.
Calib Huntington Subscribed Sworn to August 18 th AD 1832 James Hetherage Justice of the Peace
I Asa Lathrop of Norwich in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged Twenty Seven years being first duly sworn do testify and say that in the war of the Revolution I served in the Militia of the State of Connecticut which were stationed at Rye in the State of New York to guard the stores of the United States at that place. That I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Hurlbut now of Hartford in the State of Connecticut but not within

Three years last past an inhabitant of Norwich aforesaid that said Kinsley served as a common soldier in the same Regiment & company with myself during a term of more than two months at said Place in the year 1776. That we left Nor- wich in the early part of the month of June AD 1776 and returned a little after the middle of November of the same year. The Regiment in which we served was under the command of Colonel Boyer of said Norwich. The commanding officers of the company in which we served were Sarah Perkins Joseph Coase & toth Minnie Shekins, tho I am not certain, captain Wheat commanded said company part of the time. ASA Lathrop
Subscribed & sworn to August 18 th 1832
James Hildreth Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } In County Court August Term County of Hartford } A.D. 1832.
Filed in Court this 25 th day of August A.D. 1832
J. Griswold, Clerk