Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23855, for Obadiah Purdy, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Purdy, Obadiah
S. 23855
CONTENTS

5682
New York
Obadiah Purdy
of Pottstown in the State of New York who was a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thomas in the New York line for 6 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Feb y 1833 — and sent to H. A. Ward No. 4. Feb
Arrears to 4th of Feb. 1832 $ 20 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th '33 40 $ 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stokes Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 25
1893 April 11 Ellis A. Brand history Purdy

14916 Obediah Purdy
adm d
Hon. A Ward No. of Rep:

BRIEF in the case of  Obadiah Purdy  of  Yorktown  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? Eighty five  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1776 — 6 — Lieutenant Capt. J. Cronk Col. Thomas N.Y.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cortlandt N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? In none. 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Geo. C. Hiles Examining Clerk.

14910 In the matter of the application of Obadiah Purdy for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York County of Westchester, ss
On this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester in the State of New York, now sitting Abadiah Purdie a resident of the town of Yorktown in the said County aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated that is to say; he entered the said service as a first Lieutenant in a company of Levies of the State of New York some time in the month of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six for the term of six months in the company commanded by Captain James Cronkite or Croak (as he was known by both of said names) and was attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas: That he served the said term in the said company and regiment and was at the expiration thereof, which was some time in the on or about the first of January 1777, verbally discharged from said service at Peekskill in the said County of Westchester: That at the time he entered the service aforesaid he resided in Crompond in the then Manor of Cortlandt, now town of Yorktown, in said County: and immediately upon his enter- ing the service at the time aforesaid, marched to the city of Kingsbridge near the city of New York and there joined the American Army under the command of General Washing- ton, which was then lying in and about the said city: That he was in the army in its retreat from thence to White Plains in the said County of Westchester, and was in the battle at that place in September 1776: That

after the battle, there, he was with the army in its retreat through the said County of Westchester to Peekskill in the northern part thereof and continued in the service in and about that place, until the expiration of said term and was then and there discharged as aforesaid ! that he was afterwards in the service, in the militia of the State of New York at different times during the war of the Revolution, for periods of from one to ten days, but cannot state with any precision the date of such services or what they would amount to in the whole --. And the declarant further states that he was born in the said County of Westchester in the year 1747. at Bronxpond; that he has no record of his age; that at the time he entered the service he resided at said Bronxpond, and has always resided there with the exception of a few years during which he resided in the adjoining town of Somers, and that he now resides at said Bronxpond; that he entered the service as a volunteer: That the only regular officers he now recollects, who were with the troops when he served are Generals Washington, Putnam, & Macdonald and General George Clinton of the State troops of New York. that he was ver- bally discharged from the service: that he was appointed a lieutenant and served as such in the said company of Captain Brookhite during the said six months but he does not now distinctly recollect whether or not he received his commission as such Lieutenant, if he did; it is lost or destroyed: that he received a commission of second Lieutenant in the year 1775 in the militia of the then Colony of New York: that said com- mission bears date the 20 th day of September 1775 and is signed by John Haring Chairman of the committee of safety safety of the Colony of New York; which commission is hereto annexed: that he has no documentary evidence of his service but that his service as first Lieutenant in Captain Brookhite's company for the term of six months and for which he claims a pension is proven by the affidavits of Robert Lee Esquire, Robert Travis & that the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood

And who can testify as to his character for truthfulness veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution are.
Robert P Lee and Seth Whitney of the town of Yorktown in said county that there is no clergyman in this place hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed this 3 d day of October 1832 before me N Bayles Atty
We Robert P Lee the Seth Whitney an attorney of the Supreme court of the State of New York & Seth Whitney a deacon of the congregation at church in said town of Yorktown in the county of Westchester and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Obadiah Purdy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty five 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 to and subscribed this 3 d day of October 1832 before me Robert P Lee Seth Whitney N Bayles Atty
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories forenscribed
was in the battle at that place in September 1776: that

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 Robert P Lee who has signed the preceding certificate is an attorney of the Supreme court of the State of New York, and that Seth Whitney who has also signed the same is deacon of the congregational church in the said town of Yorktown and that they are both residents of that place and that their statements are entitled to full credit.
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Obadiah Purdy for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
N Bayles Clerk of said Court

State of New York County of Westchester
Robert Travis of the said County, being duly sworn on his oath, saith that he is well acquainted with Obadiah Purdy in the managed Pension application matters, and that he was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war And the Deponent further saith that the said Obadiah Purdy was the first Lieutenant in a Company of Lanes raised for six months and commanded by Captain James or Cronkite, he was known by both names and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Sherman in the year 1776. And the said Deponent saith that the said Obadiah Purdy served with his Company during the said six months in the Army of General Washington, in the said County. That the said Purdy together with the said Company joined the said Army near Hudsonbridge in the said County at the com- which was some time in the month of Septm 1776 mencement of said term; and was with the Army in its retreat to White Plains in said County and was in the battle at that place and with the Army in its retreat from said White Plains to Peekskill in said County, and continued in the service at that place until the expiration of said term which was about the latter days in 1776 and was then and there discharged And further Deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this
23 d day of August 1832 before me,
Robert Travis
A. G. Harn Commissioner of Pensions
at Lollabarak, sometime during the said
was in the battle at that place in September 1776: that

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Robert Travis who has shown to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. Dated Sing Sing August 23 d 1832
A. Graham
Chadiah Purdy Application

State of New-York, County of West Chester } ss. I. Nathaniel Payles Clerk of the County of West Chester DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That, Andrew Graham Esq  whose name is  before whom the annexed affidavit was taken  subscribed to the Certificate of the  hereof  of  the annexed conveyance, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the  date of the said Certificate, a Commission in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commission and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of A. Graham is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the fifth day of October 183 2
N Payles
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State of New York Westchester County ss:
Robert P. Lee of Yorktown in the county of Westchester Attorney at Law, maketh oath & saith, that he knows Obadiah Purdy of Yorktown aforesaid, and has been acquainted with him for fifty seven years last past, that this deponent is of the age of sixty-seven years, that this deponent resided during the war of the American Revolution in the said town and near the residence of the said Obadiah Purdy, that in the year 1776 there was a draft of the Militia of Cortlandt's Manor of which the said town constituted a part, to serve for six months, that Captain Cronk commanded the company of drafted men, and Obadiah Purdy was lieutenant, that these facts are recollected by this deponent more particularly because, he had two brothers who were drafted and served under Captain Cronk and Obadiah Purdy, that this deponent understood at that time, that the said company was in service on the East side of the North River between Peckskill & Rollabarack, sometime during the said war in the battle at that place in September 1776: that

six months, and had a skirmish with a British Tender that came up the river that this deponent then understood that the said Obadiah Purdy was in the service during the whole of the six months, that this deponent ver- ily believes, from his acquaintance with him that the said Obadiah Purdy is of the age of eighty years or upwards, be- cause he was a man of a family when this deponent was a boy. That there is no Clergyman now living in the imme- diate vicinity of the said Obadiah Purdy, that those Clergymen who heretofore have lived in the vicinity of the said Obadiah Purdy and would have been able to have cer- tified relative to his age and reputation of being a revo- lutionary soldier, are dead.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 rd day of October 1832 before me
Robert P. Lee
A. Bayle A.B.

Sing Sing, Westchester county, State of New York, Sept 28 th 1832
To The Hon. James  James

— I N P — O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., April _____, 1893.
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Obadiah Purdy , 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.
8,23855
DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. July 1776 6 mos Pt James Bonkite Thomas Thomas NY
Battles engaged in, White Plains NY Octo 1776
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Crompond Westchester Co NY
Date of application for pension, Oct 1832
Residence at date of application, Crompond NY
Age at date of application, born in Crompond Westchester Co NY
Remarks: he claimed to have served some short tour which he did not specify any date or place
Very respectfully,
Mr. Elias A. Buel
Danbury
Conn
Acty Commissioner.

Resolutions
23 855 INVALID.
File No. 23 855
Obadiah Purdy Lieut Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 222
[Arrangement of 1870.]

IN COMMITTEE OF SAFETY for the Colony of New-York, the
Twentieth Day of September — 1775.
To Obadiah Purdy of Westchester County Gentleman Greeting :
B Y Virtue of the Authority reposed in us by the Provincial Congress of the said Colony,—We do hereby nominate, authorize, constitute and appoint you the said Obadiah Purdy to be Second Lieutenant of the Militia Company of Foot whereof John Hyatt Esquire is Captain in the North Regiment of Foot in the County of Westchester
hereby requiring you, before you enter into the Exercise of your said Office, to make in Writing, and subscribe in Presence of the Chairman of the Committee of the City, Town, District, or Precinct wherein you reside, the Declaration appointed and directed by the Eleventh Section of the Seventh Resolve contained in the Rules and Orders for regulating the Militia of the Colony of New-York, recommended by the Provincial Congress on the 22d Day of August 1775, and authorizing you fully to execute all the Powers belonging to your said Office, by Virtue of the said Rules and Orders, and the said Declaration : And we do hereby require all Persons under your Command, to pay due Obedience to you, according to the said Rules and Orders, and such further Rules and Orders as shall be made and recommended for the Militia of this Colony, by the present, or any future Continental Congress, or Provincial Congress of this Colony.
By Order, of the Committee
Attest John M c Keyson
John Haring, Chairman.

March 10 th 93
Dear Sir:
I desire to join the Sons of the American Revolution - Our family record states that my grandfather's Grandfather Abadiah Burdy was a captain in the Revolution and died March 20 th 1835. Can you give me more definite information - Was he a pensioner? etc etc. I believe he lived near Peeke Kill N.Y.
Very truly R. Ellis A. Gm. Danbury Ct.