Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,828, for Eliphelet Ludington, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Cann
Ludington, Eliphelet Luddington or Eliphalet
S. 31. 828
CONTENTS

24. 687- Connecticut
Elphalet Suddington of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Comp by Captain Douglass of the Connecticut Troops 1 year infantry 1 year artillery
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 90 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Oct 1834 and G B Woodruff Litchfield Connecticut
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1834 315 Semi-ant. allowance ending June 35 45 360
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 32 Vol. 3 Page 24

9464
Elphinstone Luddington
Butler's

Declaration of Eliphalet Liddington of the Town of Bethlehem Litchfield County State of Connecticut in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 —
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } for the District of Litchfield } for the District of Litchfield
On this 10 th day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Frederick Wolcott Judge of the Court of Probate in & for said District now sitting — Eliphalet Liddington a resident of the Town of Bethlehem in said County aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 —
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated —
That he was born in East Haveren New Haveren County State of Connecticut in the month of January 1754 that he does not know of any record of his age but thinks it probable that there is a record of it in the records of the Town of East Haveren or New Haveren —
1 st In the month of April or May 1775 the said Eliphalet Liddington being a resident of the Town of East Haveren, enlisted into a company of State Troops, in the War of the Revolution, commanded by Captain Douglass (I think W m Douglass) to serve as a private for the term of seven months & marched immediately to Hornsbrook in Connecticut & joined the troops under the command of General Rooster, a company was stationed a short time at Hornsbrook & was then ordered to Haverlen in the State of New York & were encamped in that place a few weeks & were then ordered to join the American Troops at Ticonderoga & marched immediately under the command of General Gates & joined General Montgomery's Troops at Ticonderoga from them went to Crown Point then on Lake Champlain with a view to attack St Johns, immediately after landing near St Johns & in the neighbourhood of that place the Troops of which I was one had a Battle with the Indians, and were at this time commanded by General Montgomery soon after this we erected a Battery near St Johns & made an attack upon that place threw Bombs into the Town from the

Battery & & we then went to Fort George & remained there until General Wooster arrived with a new recruit of Troops & the term of service for which I enlisted (viz) seven months having expired I was with others belonging to the company (discharged May (if I recollect correctly) a General Order I think there was not any written discharge given, Isaac Burns & Ephraim Chidsey of the Town of East Haver were both privates with me in the company commanded by Capt. Douglass & served in the company with me during the campaign aforesaid I have no documentary evidence of my service but rely upon the testimony of the said Isaac Burns & Ephraim Chidsey whose depositions are hereto annexed to support my Declaration to this term of service — I also state that the deposition of said Burns & Chidsey was by me obtained with a view to apply for a pension in Sept 1829 & that is the reason why this deposition forwarded herewith is dated Sept 23 d 1829. After performing the aforesaid term of service I returned to my Father's house in East Haver & in the spring following (I think in the spring of 1776 (the month I cannot state) I again enlisted into the service of the United States as a private in a company of State Troops commanded by Captain — Brackets of New Haven County in the state of Connecticut to serve for a period of six months & was immediately ordered with the rest of the company to the City of New York, was stationed in that city a short time & was then ordered & went across to Long Island to Flat Bush, were encamped at that place a short time & was then ordered by General Washing- ton with the rest of the American Troops to leave the Islands which we did in the night season & had very nigh been taken by the British We were then stationed a short time in New York, then at Turtle Bay, then at Kingsbridge, from thence we were marched to Hommetske in Connecticut & in the fall of 1776 at Hommetske & at the expiration of six months from the time of my said enlistment I was discharged I having served the full term of six months as aforesaid my impression is that I had at this time a written discharge but of this I am not certain if I had one it has long since been lost & I have not now any thing of the kind in my possession I have no documentary evidence of my said service but rely upon the testimony of Thomas Shepherd and Ephraim Chidsey whose depositions are hereto annexed to support my Declaration to this term of service —
I then returned to my Father's house in East Haver

and remained there during the Winter. In the Spring of 5 th 1777 I again enlisted to serve as a private in a Company commanded by Captain — Wilmot of New Haven at which place I enlisted to serve for the period of one year from the time of my said enlistment. This was Bradley was a lieutenant in said Company. I was immediately after my said enlistment stationed with said Company under the command of the said Captain Wilmot at New Haven & in the neighborhood of said New Haven as a guard & performed duty as a guard during the term of Twelve Months from time of my said enlistment and in the Spring of 1778 I was discharged whether I was discharged by an order from the commanding officer or had a written Discharge I cannot say I have not now any Discharge in my possession neither do I recollect to have had one I have no documentary documentary evidence of my said service but rely upon the Testimony of Dea d Luddington & Ele Grannis who were both members of the same Company with me & performed the tour of duty last aforesaid in said Company with me whose Depositions are herunto annexed to support my Application to this term of service —
4 th Soon after my leaving Discharge in the Spring of 1778 I enlisted at New Haven to perform duty as a Marine on board a Brig called the General Washington which had been fitted out as a privateer under the command of Captain William Rogers said Brig was at this time lying in port at Boston I went immediately to Boston & went on board said Brig & immediately went to sea on the 14 th Day after we sailed from Boston we met with a British armed vessel carrying 22 Guns (viz), 20 Nine pounders on her main Deck & two six pounders on her fore castle, after a short battle with her we captured & sent her to

Boston, she was laden with clothing & cheese for the British army and bound for New York - We then steered for the West Indies & within a few days came across & captured a British vessel laden with between 90 or and 100 Frenchmen of Reims & sent her to Boston We then went to Martinique & after remaining at that Island a few days, again put to sea & immediately met with a British Brig laden with codfish & sent her into Martinique, about one week after this the Brig General Washington was captured by a large armed British ship, I with others of the crew of the General Washington was put in chains & confined in the hold of the British ship & was carried to Barbadoes and was there confined in the common Goal two months, we were then sent to Martinique there & liberated & sailed in an American vessel ship for Boston, on our passage home we were again captured by the British and carried into Halifax & were with others confined in the common Goal in Halifax for the term of six months we were then exchanged and went to Boston where we arrived at the expiration of about one year after we first left that Port in the Brig Genl Washington I have no documentary evidence of my said services on board the Brig Genl Washington & of my imprisonment but rely only wholly upon my own declaration to support prove the truth of the above aforesaid -
The Rev. Peabody, Samuel Jackson Esq. & Nathan Harold Dyer - all of whom are residents in said Town of Bethlehem & to whom I am well known can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution -

I hereby waiving relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state —
Elizabeth Luddington
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Frederick Wolcott Judge of Probate Litchfield District, Conn. 4.
We Paul Couch a clergyman residing in the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut and Samuel Jackson residing in said Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elizabeth Luddington who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion, we do also further certify that the said Elizabeth Luddington's character for veracity is good and his declaration as in our opinion entitled to credit —
Paul Couch Samuel Jackson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Frederick Wolcott Judge of Probate Litchfield District, Conn. 4.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories named presented by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further

certifies, that it appears to them that Park, Cook who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Bethlehem in the County of State aforesaid and that Samuel Jackson who has also signed the same is a resident of said town of Bethlehem and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit —
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate, District of Litchfield Conn.
I Phineas Miner Clerk of the Court of Probate within for the District of Litchfield do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Eliphalet Liddington for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office this 18 th Day of August A.D. 1832
Phineas Miner Clerk

9464
Alphalet Liddington Connecticut
Post paper file grams Return e. i. f.
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Geo B Woodruff Litchfield Conn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
7th June 1832
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 subjoined 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
Elephalet Luddington Silsbee B. Conner
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist 1775 — 7 — Pr. Capt Douglas Genl Skirmish Mass 78 Years   ~ 1776 — 6 — priv Breket Master with the Mass 78 Years Traditionary   " 1777 — 12 — " Genl Washington Genl Indian Connect Coaty of Evidence   to 1778 about 1 — Marine Milnot Monfe Some Sea Harlem State of 15 Witnesses   (was twice captured at sea)   New York Connecticut   New London St Johns   St Johns Fort George   Fort George New York   New York Long Island   Long Island Kerse Neck   Kerse Neck New Haven   New Haven from the port of Boston   Papers, not Authenticated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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) 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 day 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
17th, cert.
The cert by

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 he 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 places 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.
Certificate of the magistrate in relation to the credibility of Thomas Shepard the witness supposed to be attached to Department may be found on the back of the Deposition of Darius D. Cheney

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
February 8, 1926
Edward K. Allen 304 Forest Park Ave Springfield, Mass.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31828, it appears that Eliphelet Ludington was born in January 1754 at East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
While residing at said East Haven, he enlisted and served as a private in the Connecticut Troops, as follows-
From April or May 1775, seven months in Captain William Douglas' Company, Colonel Wooster's Regiment.
From the spring of 1776, six months in Captain Jacob Brackett's Company, Colonel William Douglas' Regiment.
From the spring of 1777, one year in Captain Wilmot's Company of Artillery.
In the spring of 1778, he went on board the pri-

vateer "General Washington", Captain Rodgers, they captured two British vessels, and sent them to Boston; They were captured by a British vessel and carried to Barbadoes and held two months, and then sent to Martinique, where liberated, and sailed for Boston on an American vessel, on their way were captured and carried to Halifax, and held six months, when exchanged and returned to Boston, having been gone one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, while a resident of Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
It is stated that he married in East Haven, the name of his wife is not given, nor are there any details as to marriage. no data on file as to child- No children date as to child- died.
It also appears in said claim that Ephraim Chidsey served as a private, seven months in 1775, with Eliphalet Ludington; but the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show a claim for pension on file for any Ephraim Chidsey.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Depositions

I Enos Hemingway of East Harn Conn aged 79 years being duly sworn do depose & say that in the summer & fall of the year 1775 I was a member of a Company of United States Troops belonging to the Northern Army commanded by Capt W m Douglass, in Gen. Wooster's Regiment. I was then well acquainted with Eliphalet Juddington then of S t East Harn now of Bethlem Conn I know that he served with me in said Company at the North. How he was discharged from that service I do not now remember, I never heard it intimated or suspected that he deserted & if he had deserted I am confident that I should have known & remem- bered it. He continued to live in East Harn S t East Harn after he returned from the North & I worried here if he had deserted it would have been known; but I never heard such a thing suggested. After we had served about six months I remember that several soldiers in our Company left it by direction of our superior officers in consequence of their being sick & disabled to do military duty, & were sent into the hospital or home & among these was William or Bill Erv- ton, & the names of the others I do not now rec- ollect. I recollect that Ervton was one because he belonged to the same mess to which I did after they left I & others continued our military ser- vice in said company about a month & then we were dismissed
Dated at East Harn this 17 th day of September 1834 Enos Hemingway
New Haven County ss East Harn Sept 17 th 1834. Personally appeared Enos Hemingway, a gentleman to me well known, & who subscribed is entitled to full credit & sub- scribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Bela Farnham Jur. of Peace

I Levi Potter of East Harn Conn aged 77 years being duly sworn do depose & say that in the summer & fall of the year 1775. I was a member of Capt William Douglass's Company in the northern army in the service of the United States, in Gen. Wooster's Regiment. I then was acquainted with Eliphalet Judington then of East Harn now of Bethlehem Conn, & know that he was a member of 2 d Company & served with us at the north. I cannot tell when & how he was discharged but I well remember that several of the members of our Company were sick & unable to perform military service, & were dismissed before our term of service (7 months) had expired, so that many of the original members of 2 d Company were not there to be dismissed with the company generally. Those who left 2 d Company on account of sickness were dismissed by Captain Douglass or some other superior officer. No written discharges were given to my knowledge. Eliphalet Judington lived in East Harn after this service & I never at any time heard it suspected or suggested that he deserted. Mr. Judington belonged to the same Company.
Dated at East Harn the 17 th day of Sept. 1834.
Levi Potter
New Haven County Conn ss East Harn Sept 17 th 1834 Personally appeared Levi Potter a person to me well known & who is entitled to credit & subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Bela Farnham Just Peace.

I Mehitable Bradley of East Harn (ann. aged 74 years) do depose & say that I am a sister of Eliphalit Luddington of Bethlehem (ann.), & that I remember his returning from the northern army in 1778, & that he at that time , said he had been dismissed by Gen. Wooster, & came home to East Harn with William Burton of S d East Harn, He came home very much out of health & extremely feeble I at the time when he came home understood, & have always understood from him that Gen. Wooster dismissed him or gave him liberty to come home He came home a little while before the other members of his Company (who belaged here,) came back -
(Dated at East Harn this 17 th day of September 1834)
Mehitable her X Bradley mark
New Harn County ss East Harn Sept 17 th 1834
Personally appeared Mehitable Bradley a person to me well known & who is entitled to credit & who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Bela Harnham Just s of Peace

I Jesse Luddington of East Haven aged 77 years being duly sworn do depose & say that I am brother to Eliphalet Luddington of Bethlehem Conn. & that he was a soldier in the Northern Army in the year 1775 in the United States Service, & that I remem- ber that in the latter part of that year he & one William Dutton of S t East Haven returned to S t East Haven (where S t Eliphalet then lived) from said Army, both sick; my brother was very feeble & his health much impaired, I un- derstood at the time & have always under- stood that they had permission to come home in consequence of their being out of health & unable to perform military duty (Dated at East Haven the 17 th day of Sept r 1834
Jeff. G. Denton
New Haven County ss East Haven Sept 17 th 1834
Personally appeared Jesse Luddington a witness to me well known & who is entitled to credit & sub- scribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me (DeGrasse wealthy Justice of Peace)

I Sarah Tallmadge of the town & county of New Haven Conn: aged 64 years being duly sworn we choose & say that I am a daughter of William Easton formerly of East Haven now deceased; that he died about two years ago, & that he was during the early part of the revolutionary war a soldier in the United States service, in the northern army. I remember that he returned from the northern army to his home in East Haven much out of health, that he was very pale & feeble & with difficulty read & heard & that he was sick for a considerable length of time after his return. At that time, & often for years before his death I heard my father speak of his services at the north, of being at St Johns, & of the hardships that he there endured. He said that he was taken sick at the north & of being sick in the hospital at Fort George, that in con- sequence of his sickness he was dismissed by some officer & permitted to return home as being unable to perform military duty, that he did return & I well recollect his speaking of passing through Albany on his way home. I was accompanied to East Haven with him but what I cannot with certainty remember. His former my Father spoke frequently, he said that he was sick with him, & was dismissed & came home with him on account of his sickness, that his companion, not being so feeble as my father, was very kind to him &c. I have often heard my Father speak of Elizabeth Liddington & of their services together at the north but whether said Liddington was the person who came home with my Father I cannot with cer- tainty remember but my impression is that he was
(Dated at New Haven this 18 th day of Sept r 1834
Signed in presence of Wm. B. Bristol.
Sarah X Tallmadge mark

New Haven county ss. New Haven -
Personally appeared Isabel Tallmadge a person to me known and who is entitled to credit and having subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence made solemn oath in due form of law to the truth of the same, before me this 18 th day of September 1834
Wm. B. Bristol Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss
I Mr. Beach Clerk of the County Court in for said New Haven County hereby certify that Bela Farnham, Deliape Mally, & William B. Bristol are sworn at the several dates above foregoing Springfield severally Justices of the Peace in for said New Haven County duly commissioned sworn & qualified to administer oaths, and that the signatures by them made to the above foregoing, are respectively their genuine official signatures - P
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this 18 th day of September A.D. 1834
Wm. Beach Clerk

I Eliphalet Luddington of Bethlehem in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut being duly sworn do depose and say that I have made my Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 before the Hon. Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield Connecticut. In said Declaration I stated that I served as a private soldier one year (viz), from the Spring of the year 1777 to the Spring of 1778 in New Haven Conn. in a company of State Troops commanded by Captain Wilmot. I now further state (what I think I did not state either in my original declaration nor in any subsequent amendment thereto) that said company was a Matross or Artillery Company, and that I served through said year as an Artillery man in said company and for such service as a Artillery man. I claim a pension for proof that it was a Artillery Company I refer to the accompanying Depositions of Jesse Luddington and Stephen Bradley and also to a pay Roll of Captain Phineas Bradley's company said to be in the Pension Office at Washington said Phineas Bradley tho. a Lieutenant in Captain Wilmot's Company, afterwards as I am informed and as I believe commanded the same company. The reason why I did not state that Captain Wilmot's Company was an Artillery Company in my original declaration (if indeed I did not) was because it did not occur to me that it was material either for fixing the amount of Pension or for any other purpose — I also stated in my original Declaration that I enlisted into a company of State Troops in the Spring of 1778 to serve as a private soldier for the term of seven Months that I went immediately to Housatonic in Connecticut & was put under the command of General Wooster that soon after I was ordered to Harlem in the State of New York & after remaining at that place a few weeks I Douglas's Company was ordered up the Hudson River under

the command of General Waterbury, I would now further state that I together with the Company to which I belonged (viz) Capt W m Douglass Company were taken out of General Wooster's Regiment or Brigade at Harlem & placed in General Waterbury's Regiment & marched to the War Department as by me before stated and that General Wooster did not accompany us but remained at Harlem and it is my present impression and belief that he remained with a view of raising additional men & I am very confident he did not arrive at Fort George until the next fall & about the time that my term of service expired I would further state that at the time of the expiration of the seven months for which I enlisted I was not with the Company to which I belonged but was sick in the Hospital at Fort George also a man who belonged to the same company was sick with me at the same place by the name of W m Evertson & we were both discharged at Fort George by General Wooster and we being sick and unable to travel General Wooster procured a man to carry myself & Evertson in a Wagon to Albany General Wooster had just arrived at Fort George with recruits & after discharging myself & Evertson & procuring the means for our transportation to Albany, he then as I was afterwards informed proceeded to St Johns with his recruits at which place the rest of Captain W m Douglass Company were discharged and it is owing most likely to the circumstance of my being separated from the Company in the manner aforesaid that my name does not appear on the list of Discharged soldiers who served in the Northern Army in 1775, in the Comptroller's office in Hartford, I am not mistaken in relation to the term of service performed by me at the time last aforesaid as set forth in my original Declaration and I served as before stated on the term of Duty the full term of seven months as stated in my original Declaration

Dated at Bethlehem this 16 th Day of April 1834
Eliphelet Luedington Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last aforesaid Before me Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace H C D W
State of Connecticut } to Litchfield April 18 th 1834 County of Litchfield }
I, Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within & for said County do certify that Morris Woodruff Esq. was on the 16 th day of inst o April a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commis- sioned & qualified & that the signature annexed to the certificate to the preceding affidavit of Eliphelet Luedington which purports to be the signature of said Woodruff is genuine & his proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the day & year above written Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } Litchfield 11 th October 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Litchfield Eliphalet Liddington of Bethlehem in the County aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth & saith "that on the 10 th Day of August 1832 he made his Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 before the Hon d Court of Probate in & for the District of Litchfield in & County and that in said Declaration the Deponent stated that he served as a private in a company commanded by Capt. Wilnot & that he was stationed with said Company at New Haven & in the neighbourhood of New Haven as a guard & that he performed Duty as a guard a guard during the term of twelve months & for further particulars he would now refer to his original original Declaration above mentioned & to his affidavit dated the 15 th June 1833, and in order to explain more fully in relation to the above mentioned term of Duty in order to meet the objection made in the accompanying letter from the Hon d J. L. Edwards dated 20 th September 1833 The Deponent further saith that the said Company to which he belonged commanded by the said Capt. Wilnot was stationed at & near New Haven as a guard in the manner stated by the Deponent in his original Declaration, but that said Company was at times divided & a part of the Company performed Duty in that part of New Haven now called East Haven in a Fort then called Black Rock Fort now I believe known by the name of Fort Hale situated on the easterly side of New Haven Harbour at a place called Morris Cove The other part of the Company performed Duty in the City of New Haven & in the suburbs of the City as Detachments or guards & the Deponent further saith that he has no recollection that said Company or any part of the same were employed during the year in which he belonged to said Company (viz) 1832-3 in any different service than by him before mentioned, but that it is possible as troops stationed upon the coast

During the Revolutionary War were often called upon to perform different services & parts of companies were some times taken to perform duty in some respects different from other parts of the same company that this might have been the case in some instances with the Company under the command of Capt Wilmet but that he feels the fullest confidence that the statement made by him in his original declaration upon oath & in his affidavit dated June 16 th 1833 in relation to the services of the Deponent is correct & he is wholly unable to account for any discrepancy which may exist between his own & the Declarations of Ele Grannis & Joseph Dington except unless it has arisen from the circumstances mentioned by the Deponent in this affidavit & further the Deponent saith not.
Eliezer Dington
Sworn to & subscribed this 11 th Day of October AD 1833
Morris Woodruff Justing the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield, Conn hereby certify that Morris Woodruff Esq. as right was on the 11 th day of Oct in 1833 for a long time before was now is, a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Litchfield aforesaid & that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate appended to the foregoing disposition of Eliphalet Luddington which purports to be the signature of the said Woodruff is genuine & his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal attested the seal of said Court at Litchfield this 14 th day of October 1833
Frederick Wolcott Clerk

I Eliphalet Luedington of Bethlehem Conn aged 80 years being duly sworn do depose & say that I made application in the year 1832 to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 & that I therein claimed a pension for services in the northern army in the year 1775 as to that tour of service I cannot add to what I said in my supplement to s d application made I think about 10 months since I still insist & declare that I was sick at Fort George & my commander Gen Wooster came from below, & found me & M c Cracken sick at s d Fort, & that he told us that if we went back to St Johns where our company was, it would be of but little use as our term of service (7 months) had nearly expired, & that he then & there gave me & s d Cracken permission to go home, & hired a wagon to carry us to Albany. I never deserted the service of the United States but served truly & faithfully at all times till dismissed by my superior Officers
The officers under whom I served in 1775 were according to my best recollection the following viz Col. William Douglass, Lt. Col Arnold, Major Potter Capt Jacob Brackett, Lieut. Israel Potter, & I think Ensign Mansfield, but in consequence of old age & loss of memory, I may be mistaken as to some of their names, tho' I believe I am correct
Dated at Bethlehem this 20 th day of Sept r 1834
Eliphalet Luedington
Subscribed & sworn to, before me this 20 th day of Sept. A.D. 1834 at Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Conn.
No. C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace

I, Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield, Conn. do hereby certify that Geo. C. Woodruff was on the 20 th day of Sept in a session of the Peace in & for said County & that the sig- nature annexed to the within certificate which purports to be his, is his genuine handwriting, & that he is duly commissioned & qualified to administer oaths. Given under my hand & the seal of said Court at said Litchfield, this 20 th day of Sept. A.D. 1834. Frederick Wolcott Clerk.
Elizabeth L. Dickinson Deputy Clerk of Court
Frederick Wolcott

State of Connecticut Litchfield County - Litchfield 15 th June A.D. 1833 -
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Litchfield Eliphelet Luedington of Bethlehem in the county aforesaid who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that on the 10 th of August A.D. 1832 he made his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 before the Hon. Courts of Probate in & for the District of Litchfield in said County and that by reason of old age & 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, viz, 1 st During the first term of service mentioned in said Declaration I served as a private for the full period of Seven Months 2 d During the second term of service mentioned in said Declaration I served as a private for the full term of Six Months 3 d During the third term of service mentioned in said Declaration I served as a private for the full term of One year I also state in relation to this term of duty that I was not during any part of said term employed in any civil pursuit but performed duty as a guard in & near the city of New Haven during the time aforesaid - 4 th In relation to fourth term of service mentioned in said Declaration I served as a Marine for the full term (including my imprisonment) of One year - and for such service I claim a pension -
Eliphelet Luedington
Sworn to & subscribed this 15 th Day of June A.D. 1833
Before me Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
(Signature)

Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Morris Woodruff Esq. was on the 15 th day of June A. 1833 & that he now is a Justice of the Peace for said County be- -ing duly commissioned & qualified, & that his name subscribed to the foregoing and to the within affidavit of Elephale Ledington, is his genuine signature & the proper handwriting of the said Morris Woodruff Esq.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court this 18 th day of June A. 1833.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.
ct (Enquiry)

Conn Litchfield Aug 22 d 1834
Sir
I returned to your department in (I think) Apl last Eliphalet Luddington's "Old Revolutionary claim", but have not heard from it since. As I have heard from several sent to you since, that time one sent within the last month, I am led to fear that Mr Luddington's has never reached your Office. Please inform me if it has not.
Respectfully
Your Oble Servt
Geo. C. Woodruff

I Elle Granniss of the town of East Haven & County of New Haven Conn. of lawful age, being duly sworn do depose & say that about two years after the commencement of the revolutionary war viz in the spring of the year 1777 I enlisted into a Company of troops in the service of the United States commanded by Capt. Wilmot to serve as a soldier for the period of one year, & immediately entered on said service, I served as such soldier in said Company near & in New Haven Conn. a considerable part of the  the  2 years I served at a fort on the East side of New Haven Harbor then called Black Rock fort, sometimes mud fort now called Fort Hale, & a part of the time I served in the City of New Haven, said Company was large & was frequently divided & parts thereof were stationed at different places about the Harbor & coast in & near New Haven, I served as aforesaid in said Company for the full period of one year. I was then well acquainted with Eliphalet Ludington then of S t John's East Haven now of Bethlehem in Litchfield County, Conn. Said Eliphalet enlisted into said Capt. Wilmot's company about the same time that I did & served therein as I believe for the full period of one year next after his enlistment. I know that he was a member of said Company, & I have a distinct recollection of seeing him at New Haven, in service as a soldier having served at the Fort, but that he served as aforesaid at New Haven I personally know I served as a soldier to guard the country in & about New Haven about 3 years, & at different places & I may not accurately recollect precisely where I was stationed at any particular period, but I believe that the facts above stated relative to myself are correct & I know that S t Ludington served as I have stated and further saith not. Dated at East Haven this 21 st day of Nov r 1833
Elle Granniss

New Haven County ss East Haven Nov 21 st 1883 Personally appeared Ellie Granniss, a person to me well known, & who is entitled to credit, & who after being care- fully examined, subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me D. Grafton Malsby Justice of peace
I, Jesse Ledington of the town & County of East Haven & County of New Haven of lawful age being duly sworn do depose & say that in the year 1777 or 1778, I was a private in the Artillery Company in the service of the United States commanded by Capt Milmot, & served as such private soldier in & near New Haven Conn The Company was large & was often divided & station- at different posts in New Haven, & near there; a part at Muck Rock Fort, part in New Haven & part at other places for the purpose of guarding the country I was not in New Haven the whole of said years but in the fall I think of 1777 I served two months on the North or Hudsons River, But during some part & I think the greater part of said time I served near New Haven, at said Fort or in the City I personally know that Eliphalet Ledington then of East Haven now of Bethlehem Conn, was during some part of the above time a member of said Capt Milmot's Company, & I distinctly recollect that he served as a soldier therein in the City of New- Haven, I cannot positively say how long he served from personal knowledge, but I believe & have always understood that he served in said Capt Mil- mot's Company the full period of one year I cannot say how long I served with him in the City of New Haven, but that he did serve in said Company I do personally know. From old age & the consequent loss of memory I cannot swear pos- itively as to dates, nor as to precisely where I was stationed at each particular time, but that I served with said Eliphalet in said New Haven I have no doubt tho' for I was sometimes stationed at the Fort & other places, & further saith not Dated at East Haven this 21 st day of Nov r 1883 Jesse Ledington

New Haven County ss East Haven Nov 21 st 1833 Personally appeared Jesse Lindington, a witness to me well known, & who is entitled to credit, & who after being carefully examined, subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Bryon M c D e Graefe Notary Public
I Stephen Bradley of East Haven in the County of New Haven Conn aged 75 years being duly sworn do depose & say that from some time in the winter or spring of 1777 I was a new soldier in the ser- vice of the United States, & served till the spring of the year 1778 in an Artillery Company commanded by Capt Milmot, that, that company was raised principally in New Haven County & was divided & different parts of it were stationed in different pla- ces, one part was stationed in New Haven, a part I believe in West Haven or Milford, a part at Black Rock Fort, now called Fort Hale, & another division with which I was, was stationed at a place called South End, about two miles south of s d Fort, I well knew Eliphalet Lindington, then of East Haven, now of North Haven Conn, at that time He was a member of s d Capt Milmot's Company, & was in that division of s d Company stationed in the City of New Haven, Those of us stationed at South End, used to go up to New Haven to draw our provisions & when there I often saw s d Lindington in service of the United States as a member of said Artillery Company. I cannot say precisely how long he served in s d Company, but I probably know that for a considerable length of time between Jan y 1777 & May 1778 he did serve as a soldier of said Company in s d New Haven, & further saith not
Dated at East Haven this 21 st day of Nov r 1833
Stephen Bradley

New Haven County ss East Haven Nov 21 st 1833 Personally appeared Stephen Bradley a person to me well known, & who is entitled to credit, & who having been carefully examined, subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Bela Farnham Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss. New Haven Nov. 21 st 1833. I, J. W. Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County hereby certify that De Graff Maltby & Bela Farnham are Justices of the peace in & for said New Haven County, duly qualified to administer Oaths & that the signatures by them made to the foregoing affidavits, respectively, are their genuine official signatures.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand Suffice the seal of said County Court the day & date above written
J. W. Beach Clerk

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.
James
Old Revolutionary Claims

(Conn) Litchfield, Sept. 27 th 1834
Dear J. L. Edwards,
Sir It seems from the enclosed Letter from you dated the 30 th ult. that Eliphalet Luddington is required to be more "precise as to the Officers under whom he served in 1776" This he has done in the enclosed affidavit made by him
He is also required to prove "the manner in which he left the service in 1775" - because, as I understand, his name does not appear on the list of discharged soldiers of his Company, in the Comptroller's Office in Hartford
He is unable to prove by direct testimony, the manner in which he left the service, because all those who then knew the manner, are dead
He in the first place explained this, in his affidavit supplemental to your his declaration, now in your Office, and also by a similar statement (tho' more brief I think) in the enclosed affidavit - And to prove his statement refers you to the other enclosed depositions. They go to show that Luddington & W m Evertan were dismissed a short time before the remainder of the Company were; & if they were dismissed at Fort George as Luddington swears they were by Gen Wooster, on account of sickness &c it would seem to be a satisfactory reason why Luddington's name is not on the list of discharged soldiers. Evertan's name is not on that list - It seems to me that all the depositions strongly corroborate Luddington's explanation - The depositions also prove that Luddington was never reputed to have been a deserter ; & as most of that Company was raised in East Harn & its vicinity, it would seem that if Luddington had deserted, that fact must have been known to his comrades. Some of the depositions prove that he gave the same explanation in 1775 on his return which he gave last fall & now
Permit me to suggest another circumstance, which I should think calculated to prove that he did not desert in 1775. In 1775 he served in Capt W m Douglass Company, & he was found the next year serving under the same Officer as a Col. in New York. A Deserter

would hardly return to his former place of resi- dence, & remain there openly, & in the place too where one or more of his Company Officers then dwelt, & can be found the next year serving under one of them.
Then Troops were paid by the United States; & can not the Pay Roll or Muster Roll of Capt Douglass' com- pany be found at Washington? They are not at Hart- ford nor is a copy of either there. I should suppose one or both of them would settle this question, if they can be found
Depositions establishing the applicants good char- acter for veracity, can be procured & forwarded to your department if it will be of any use to do so
I remain Sir
Yours Respectfully
Geo. C. Woodruff

J. L. Edward Concord, Mass 6 days 1835
Witchville Hingham
G. C. Woodruff Esq
Litchfield
Connecticut
Dear Sir,
Yb
Yours sincerely Yours for a while
Eliza M. Loring

War Department
Pension Office
August 30 th 1884
Sir
The additional proof in support of Elizabeth Luddington's claim has reached this office. The years service in Capt Wilmots Artillery company will be allowed upon the evidence furnished. It is desireable that the claimant should be more explanatory and precise as to the officers under whom he served in 1776 - if his statement is satisfactory that term will be allowed. But the service in 1775 from which he does not appear to have been discharged cannot be admitted unless prove the manner in which he left the service. Upon the facts which now appear, the presumption is exceedingly strong that he deserted. The papers remain on file. I am respectfully your ob d serv t
J. L. Edwards
G. C. Woodruff Esq. Fitchfield Conn

on the application
Pension
the disservice- ult. by his
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Oct 18
Oct
PA. H.
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Litchfield Oct 14 th 1833
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
I again return the application of Eliphalet Luddington for a Pension
He has endeavoured to explain the discrepancy alluded to in yours of the 20 th ult. by his affidavit which is enclosed therein
Respectfully Your O bt Serv t
Geo. C. Woodruff

J. L. Edward Comm r of Pensions
G. C. Woodruff Esq r
Litchfield
Connecticut
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War Department
Pension Office
November 5, 1833
Sir,
The statement of Eliphaleth Ludington relative to the arrangement of the forces around New Moon in 1777-8 does not render credible the testimony of Elle Grannis and Jesse Ludington, who testify in the affidavit annexed to the papers, that they served with the claimant in Capt. Wilmot's company, while in their own declarations they allege service elsewhere at that time. If the claimant cannot remove the difficulty, he should call on the witnesses to do it, as in the present state of the case the claim is not established for want of proof —
As to the services in 1775 proof may be obtained from the Rolls in the Office of the Comptroller at Hartford, if the claimant served under Col. Waterbury as he states. —
The papers are placed on file awaiting the requisite proof and explanation —
I am respectfully
Your Obet. Servt.
J L Edward
G. C. Woodruff Esq. Litchfield Connecticut

We Jesse Luddington & Elle Grannis of East Haven in New Haven County and State of Connecticut of lawful age, do testify and say that Eliphalet Luddington late residing in said East Haven but now in the town of Bethlehem in Litchfield County in said State did enlist as a private in the State service in the year 1777 in the company under the command of Captain Wilmot for the term of one year, in which said company we were privates, and that said Eliphalet Luddington did faithfully serve said term of one year in said company in the Revolutionary War.
Elle Grannis Jesse Luddington
State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss East Haven
On this 20 th day of June A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me DeGrasse Maltby a justice of the peace for New Haven County, Jesse Luddington & Elle Grannis to me well known to be persons whose character for veracity is good, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by them subscribed
DeGrasse Maltby justice of the peace
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss. New Haven Aug 18 th 1832 I Mr Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County certify that DeGrasse Maltby Esq. whose name is above written & subscribed as he was on the 20 th day of June 1832 a justice of the peace in for said New Haven County I duly qualified to administer Oaths & that the same is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this day & date above written.
Attest Mr Beach Clerk

We Isaac Barnes and Ephraim Chidsey of the Town of East Haven State of Connecticut of Lawfull age do testify and say that Eliphlet Ludington late residing in said East Haven but now in the Town of Bethlehem in in said State did enlist as a private in the State Service in the year 1778. in the company under the Command of Captain Duglah for the term of seven months in which said company we were privates and that said Eliphlet Ludington did faithfully serve said time in said company in the Revolutionary War - and also the said Ephraim Chidsey do further testify that the said Eliphlet Ludington enlisted and served as a private for six month in the State Service in the company under the Command of Captain - Brackett in the War of the Revolution in the year 1776 ISAAC BARNES East Haven Sept. 23 d 1829
Ephraim Chidsey
State of Connecticut New Haven County
East Haven September 23 d 1829
Personally appeared Isaac Barnes and Ephraim Chidsey and made oath to the truth of the foregoing testimony by them subscribed to before me
Bela Farnham Jus t . of Peace
Thereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Ephraim Chidsey who has subscribed the foregoing Deposition and do consider him as entitled to belief and have no doubt of his testimony being considered by his neighbours to be as good as any person in this Town and I have also the same belief with respect to Isaac Barnes the other Subscriber who is since dead Bela Farnham Jus t . Peace

I Thomas Shepherd of the Town of East Haven in New Haven County and State of Connecticut of Lawful age. do testify and say that Elephlet Ludington late a resident in said East Haven but now a resident of the Town of Bathlem in s d State did enlist as a private in the State Service in the year 1776 in the Company under the command of Capt s Brackett for the term of six months in the State troops in the Revolutionary War - and continued the full term of time in said Service - I being a private in said company at said time
East Haven June 20 th 1832.
Thomas Shepherd
State of Connecticut } ss East Haven June 20 th 1832 New Haven County }
Personally appeared before me Thomas Shepherd and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Testimony by him subscribed to -
Hela Farnham Jus t Peace

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Thomas Shephard who has subscribed the foregoing Deposition and do consider his testimony, in any Court to be good and he is so considered by the neighbourhood in general —
Bela Farnham Jur. Peace
State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss New Haven Aug r . 18 th 1832 I J. D. Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for New Haven County, certify that Bela Farnham Esq. whose name is above foregoing written & subscribed is & was at the dates above foregoing respectively, a Justice of the peace in & for 1 st New Haven County & duly qualified to administer Oaths & that the same is his genuine signature In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this day & date above written
Attest J. D. Beach Clerk

George B. Woodruff Esq. Fitchville Connecticut

Comptroller's Office Dec r 5 th 1833
I Olisha Phelps, Comptroller of the Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that I have not been able to find a roll of Capt. William Douglass' company, Gen. Wooster's regiment, which served in the Northern Department in 1775.
There is a list of discharged soldiers, who served in the Northern Army in 1775, in Wooster & Housmans regiments, but I cannot find the name Ephraim Ludington upon it.
O. Phelps

Sir
Mr Ladington is mistaken in supposing that Capt Douglass belonged to Waterbury's Regt in 1775. Capt. W m Douglass belonged to Gen. Wooster's regiment, & 1 st Col. John Douglass commanded a company in Col. Jed. Huntington's regiment. No Capt. Douglass belonged to Col. Waterbury's. — Gen. Wooster & Col. Hinman & Waterbury served at the North.
In the list of discharged soldiers belonging to Capt. W m Douglass Co., I find the name Samuel Ladington — discharged by Gen. Schuyler 28 th Nov — 1775 —
If I can serve you — command me —
I am Sir —
I am very respectfully O. Phelps

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Hon. J. L. Cavanas Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

Litchfield Conn Dec 20 th 1834
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Permit me to call your attention to the Application of Eliphalet Luddington for a Pension. It was first made two years since, & further evidence being required it was obtained (it was believed that it would be satisfactory) & forwarded to your Department I think about the first of October last
I am With much Respect Your O bt Servt
Geo. C. Woodruff

from Dept War- ness under -than ant's ged legi- Kida- by
Apr. 22 d 1837- add l evidence for S. Laddington Heads
Old Revolutionary Claim
FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

Fitchfield April 18 th 1834
Dear J. L. Edwards
Sir
After some delay in consequence of the illness of E. Luedington, I return to your Department yours of the 5 th Nov. last, together with further proof & explanation.
It will be perceived that the Depositions of Ella Granniss & Jesse Luedington have been retaken with a hope that they might obviate the difficulty you suggested — In addition to these I forward a new deposition to prove applicant's service in 1777-8 viz Stephen Bradley's
As to applicant's service in 1775, It appears from E. Phelps Letter to me, which is enclosed, that Capt M c Douglass' Company did not belong to Waterbury's Regiment, although applicant thinks he served under his command, but that Douglass' company belonged to Wooster's Regiment, under whose command applicant states he was put when he first joined the army. Although applicant's name does not appear in the list of discharged soldiers referred to by Mr Phelps in his certificate , the applicant explains this in his affidavit or supplemental declaration, enclosed, by stating the fact that he was not with his Company at St Johns, but was in the hospital at Fort George when discharged by Gen. Wooster.
It will be observed that in the accompanying supplemental declaration applicant claims that he served 1 year as an Artillery man in 1777-8.
Respectfully Your Ob dt Serv t
Geo. C. Woodruff

War Department Pension Office September 20. 1833
Sir.
The years service of Eliphalet Liddington in Captain Wilmots Company in 1778-8 is supported by the testimony of Ele Grannis and Jesse Liddington who allege they served at the same time in the same company. On recourse to the declarations made by these witnesses for pensions under the Act of June 7 th it is found that they set forth that at the time mentioned they were in performance of services of another description. An explanation of this discrepancy is necessary. The service on board a privateer is not within the Act of Congress. The papers are herewith returned —
I am Respectfully Yo: Obd: Servant J L Edward
G. C. Woodruff Esq Litchfield Cont

Connecticut
Rev. .
Act 7. June 1832
Elizabeth Liddington
Suspended
Letter to
G. C. Woodruff
Nov. 5. 1833
at same 30 Aug t 1834,

204 Forest Park Avenue Springfield, Massachusetts
Dec. 31, 1925.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Can you inform me if Ebenezer Chidsey of East Haven, Conn. applied for or was granted a pension under the Pension Act of 1818? Also, if you have any record of such a Revolutionary soldier by which I could verify the date of his birth and the date of his death?
I am seeking this information in order to complete the necessary facts to establish the eligibility of Mrs. Allen to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Ebenezer Chidsey enlisted in Lieut. Phineas Bradley's (of New Haven, Conn.) company of matross's, Apr. 16, 1778, as shown by a pay roll of that company. He was discharged Jan. 1, 1779.
He also served from July 5, 1779 to Feb. 4, 1780 in this same company. This company raised for the defense of New Haven was stationed partly in the town and partly at East Haven and West Haven at the time of Tryon's invasion.
Ebenezer Chidsey enlisted in Capt. Bradley's company of artillery guards in the State of Connecticut service March 14, 1780 and was discharged Jan. 1 1781. This was a New Haven, Conn. company.
Ebenezer Chidsey married Elizabeth Grannis, June 26, 1761, and had seven children: Isaac, Mary, Jacob, Sarah, Elizabeth, Desire and Abigail. Isaac married Lydia Smith 1791, Mary mar. Asher Moulthrop 1783, Sarah mar. Samuel Grannis 1790, Elizabeth mar. Caleb Smith 1794 and Abigail mar. Levi Northrop.
Ebenezer Chidsey is thought to have died Sept. 26, 1828 in East Haven, Conn.
There were several contemporaneous Ebenezer Chidseys and we are trying to locate a record somewhere that will identify this one and reveal the date of birth and verify the above mentioned date of death.
Hoping to hear from you at your earliest opportunity, I am
Yours very truly,
Edward K. Allen

204 Forest Park Avenue Springfield, Massachusetts
Dec. 31, 1925.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:--
I would like very much if you could inform me regarding Eliphalet Luddington. He is recorded as having been pensioned by the Government, see Draper 350 and S 31828.
What I want first to know is, For what reason was he pensioned? Was he a soldier? If so where and when did he serve? Also please identify him by giving either the dates of birth and death, or his recorded age at time of pension.
Any further information that will be helpful in establishing an eligibility to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Edward K. Allen

1926-308-8-11-22 to Edward H. Allen - aut.
31828 Recy INVALID.
File No. 31,828
Eliphalet Ludington Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 9 , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]