Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22893, for Ezekiel Main, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Main, Egekiel
NUMBER S 22893
CONTENTS

11.108 Pennsylvania
Ezekiel Hain
Surgeon in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Guts — of the Regt — commanded by Col. Will — in the Connection — one for
14 Dec 18 Private — 48. 53
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 45 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of March 1833 — and sent E. Kingsbury, Matron Pa
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 — 97. 25 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 24. 31
$ 121. 57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 5 Page 39

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Ezekiel Main
Franklin Co.
Am o
4 mds 1.50 Private J 48.63
Eb. Kingsbury, Agent, Monroe Pennsylvania

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BRIEF in the case of  Ezekiel Main  of _____ in the State of _____  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
72 Years.
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.     Augst 1 st In 1780. Aug 26. 80 5. Substituted Gen. Stark   June 1 st 1781. 9. Private Col. Webb.   Nov 1 st 1778. 2. Substituted Capt. Stoddard. Genl. Waterbury.   Capt. Curtis.  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Harrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditional Evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Rod
Examining Clerk.

12.662
Ezekiel Main Pension Application

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County — 38 —
On this Eleventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two by personally appeared in open Court before the Hon- -orable William Thomson and David Dinnoch, Judges of the Court of the Common Pleas of the County of Susquehanna and State of now sitting, Keystone Pennsylvania, aged seventy two, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States un- -der the following Officers and served as herein stated. In 1780 he resided at Harrington, Litchfield County Connecticut and about the first of August of that year he was employed by Mark Prindle as his sub- -stitute and joined the Continental Army in New Jersey under the command of General Stark, that he was attached to the Regiment officered by Col. Mott, Lt. Col. Hunting and Maj. Willis that after remaining about two months in New Jersey he was marched to West Point up the West Side of the North River & continued there at West Point till he he was discharged on the first of January A.D. 1781, being about six months from the time he entered the ser- -vice till his discharge and being in full of the six months for which said Mark Maj. Willis, which is lost or destroyed He was drafted — that he received a discharge from That about the first of June of the year 1781, it being hoeing time, the next year, 1781, he enlisted in the Connecticut line for nine months

And entered the army at Horse neck in the state of Connecticut  New York his Captain was Stoddard & his Lieutenant was Ezekiel Lewis & the Company to which he belonged was attached to Major Humphrey Ballalieu, under the command of Genl Waterbury that he remained about one month at Horse neck and then marched to Stamford and assisted in building the fort and Redoubts that he remained till the expiration of the time for which he enlisted being Nine Months - was then discharged being about the first of March
And the said Ezekiel Main on his oaths aforesaid further states that in the year 1778 his father then resided resided at Mt Britain then called (now Burlington) in Hartford County, Connecticut and was drafted for two Months , but being unable to go, his father sent him (the said Ezekiel Main) and he entered about the first of November and marched to Green- -farms under the command of Capt Curtis & there till the first of January next -
And the said Ezekiel Main further states on his oaths aforesaid that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services aforesaid -
He 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 and subscribed in Open Court - Sept 11 th 1832
Asa P. Hocknell Prob.
Ezekiel Main Mark

Mr Davis Dinnick — a clergyman residing in Purgaratus in the County of Susquehanna State of Pennsylvania and Sheldon Meacham residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Main who has subscri- bed and sworn to the above and foregoing decla- -ration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of revolution, and that we concur in that opinion ————— Davis Dinnick Sworn & subscribed in open court Sept 11 th 1832 Asa D. Cook Clerk } Sheldon Meacham
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 foregoing named applicant was a voluntary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Dimach who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the township of Bridgewater in the County of Susquehanna State of Pennsylvania and that Sheldon Meachum who has also signed the same is resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
By the Court - Asa D. Nickols Pres

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County — 3/
I Asa Dinnick for Rollonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orig- inal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Main for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of — office the at Montrose the eleventh day of September A D 1832,
Asa Dinnick h Pro

Two months substitute for his father A.D. 1778 Five months do. for Mark Prindle A.D. 1780 - Nine months Enlisted in State Troops, Count 1781 - Sixteen Months Total -

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
NEQ
May 3, 1927
Mrs. C. M. Brands Montrose, R.D. 2 Pa.
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22803, that EZEKIEL MAIN enlisted about the first of November, 1778, and served two months as a private in Captain Curtis' Connecticut Regiment.
While a resident of Harrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted about the first of August, 1780, and served five months in Colonel Webb's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted about the first of June, 1781, and served nine months in Captain Stoddard's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-two years.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier by the name of Ezekiel Main that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
W.R.H.
April 5, 1926
Mrs. Homer E. Johnson Montrose Pa.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22893, it appears that EZEKIEL MAIN enlisted about the first of November, 1778, and served two months as private in Captain Curtis' Connecticut Regiment.
While a resident of Harrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted about the first of August, 1780, and served five months in Colonel Webb's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted about the first of June, 1781, and served nine months in Captain Stoddard's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-two years.
There is no data on file relative to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier by the name of EZEKIEL MAIN found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Ezekiel Main 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. S. F. 22893.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1778. 2 mos. Pri. Curtis ✓ Conn.   Aug. 1780. 5 " ✓ Webb.   1781. 9 " Stoddard. ✓  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Harrington, Litchfield Co., Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 11, 1832. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Susquehanna Co., Pa. Age at date of application, 72 yrs.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ms. A.
February 16, 1924
Merna Main 314 S. Locust St. North Platte, Nebr.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22893, it appears that Ezekiel Main enlisted about the first of November 1778, and served two months as a private in Captain Curtis' Connecticut Regiment.
While a resident of Harrington, Litchfield Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted about the first of August 1780, and served five months in Colonel Webb's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted about the first of June 1781, and  and served nine months in Captain Stoddard's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-two years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

Montrose Pa. R.D. 2.
March 6-1927
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please be so kind as to send me the Revolutionary War Record of my great grandfather.
Ezekiel Main
And greatly oblige Yours truly
Mrs. C. M. Brandt Montrose, Pa. R.D. 2

38 The Blanche, Indianopolis Ind March 7 th / 1913
Pension Department - Washington D. C.
Gentlemen;
Please send me copy of Pension Record of my great grandfather Ezekiel Main of Connecticut. Also send any history connected with it, his age etc. Thanking you, Respectfully
Mrs W m A. Guthrie

Winnipeg Manitoba Canada July 24-1913
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions. Dear Sir I would like a copy of service of the following Pensions who she said to have served in Revolutionary war. Abner Duffie 2nd Lieutenant. 4th Battalion. from New York.
Ezekiel Maine. a Pensioner. from Connecticut lived in Susquehanna co. Pa. in 1800!
Col. Thomas Marshall from Franklin co Virginia. his wife was Mary Johnson Ruth.
Yours Respectfully Ida B. Cloroye 338 Colony-st Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

North Platte, Nebr.,
January 14, 1924.
Pension Department, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Did Ezekiel Main, from the state of Pennsylvania, who served in the Revolutionary War, ever apply for a pension? If so, will you kindly send me his pension record?
Yours truly,
Merna Main 314 S. Locust.

North Platte, Nebr., February 2, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Did Ezekiel Main who served in the Revolutionary War apply for a pension? If so, will you kindly send me his pension record.
I am tracing my lineage in order to become a member of the D. A. R. society.
Yours truly, Merna Main, 314 S. Locust.

Production
22893 INVALID.
File No. 22,898
Ezekiel Main His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 257
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913, Mch. 19, History to Mrs. Wm. A. Guthrie. for
1913, Aug. 5, History to Mrs. Ida B. Clary. for
1924, Feb. 16 Hist. to Merna Main. M.C.S.
1926 Apr. 5 hist. to Mrs. Homer B. Johnson See letter in case of Israel Hewitt W. 2796.
1927 Mar 3 M.C.S. to Wm. C. W. Brads M.C.S.