Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,224, for Edward H Prince, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Prince Edward H.
S 14224
Carded
CONTENTS

20276
New York
Edward H. Prince
of Schenectady Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Bostwick of the Regt commanded by Col. Webb in the Cont. line for 16 Mo.
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Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. State at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug. 1832 and due to H.C. Clark Dumfries
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '31 $106.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th of Mar. '32 26.66 $133.32
Revolutionary Claim, Age June 7, 1832.
Recorded by C. C. C. Clerk Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 11

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Application
Edward H. Prince
Danbury
Connecticut
New York
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Ch. Clark
Same place
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed in June 7 1832
State of New York
Chenango County } ss on this third  fourth day of August  October 1832 personally appeared before Levi Bigelow Esq a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County. Edward H. Prince a resident of the Town of Bainbridge, County, & State aforesaid, 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 officers & served as herein stated. First This deponent saith that in the month of June the 26 day I cannot recollect 1775 at New Milford in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, this deponent enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Isaac Bostwick's Company of State Troops, in Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment Col Hall being the Lieut Colonel, for the term of six months That the deponent proceeded with said Bostwick's company from New Milford, to Litchfield to Hartford. Then down the Connecticut River in a scow to Rocky Hill, Then to Saybrook. Then to Lyme. Then to New London. Then to Norwich. Then Providence Rhode Island. Then to Roxbury Massachusetts & then to Temple

farm about Twelve miles from Boston, where we encamped, where the deponent remained untill his term of Service expired, where he was then honorably discharged, no written discharge was given. The whole regiment was paraded & dismissed by the Colonel verbally Second This deponent further declares that in August 1774, he was a resident of said Town of New Milford That at that time, this deponent was a private in Captain Elizer Warners company of State militia in Col Sillmans Regiment, That this deponent marched as a private in said company from said New Milford to Norwalk where we went aboard of a vessel & landed at New York where this deponent remained untill the British took possession of the City of New York, upon which this deponent & his company retreated to Harlem Heights, where we remained about ten days, & this deponent was then honorably discharged. The whole period of this service was two months according to the best of the recollection & belief of this deponent. This deponent was in the City of New York at the time General Sullivan was taken prisoner - 3 d This deponent further declares that in (the year 1777) in the Spring (the month this deponent cannot recollect) tho' he thinks it was the last of May at the same Town of New Mil-

ford where this deponent then resided, he enlisted as a private for the term of six months in Captain Ruben Bostwick's Company of State Troops, In Colonel Roger Enos Regiment of Infantry. That soon after such enlistment this deponent with said company marched to Fishkill State of New York, after staying there a short time we marched to Peks Kill New York where we remained about two weeks, & from thence we went to the Red mills East from Berkskill about ten miles. Then we marched to Cummipond. Then to north Street. Then to the Town of Rye & from thence to Horse neck, at which place this deponent was honorably discharged, about the first day of January 1778 having performed his full term of service. This deponent further saith that at Stratford in the State of Connecticut in the fall of 1779 (The month this deponent cannot recollect) this deponent enlisted for the term of Two months in Captain Noble Hines Company of State Troops. This deponent thinks that the said company was not attached to any regiment. The company with this deponent marched from Stratford to Fairfield Connecticut and there remained two months until the deponent was honorably discharged. And this deponent further saith he was born in

Old Milford New Haven County Connecticut in on the 20 th day of March 1755. That he hath a record of his age now in his pos- session in an old book in the hand writing of his Father. That this deponent removed  carried from Old Milford to New Milford, & from the latter place to the said Town of Bridge County of Che- nango & State of New York a- bout Twenty five years since, where he has ever since resi- ded. This deponent received dis- charges from the service as above set forth, but he can not recoll- ect by what officers signed & the same are lost or destroyed, & fur- ther saith that he is person- ally known to John C. Clark and D r Leo Root — who reside in said Town of Bridge & who are acquainted with my character for truth & veracity & who, this deponent thinks, believe that he performed the service above set forth. I can state as to my age & the common belief as to my services as a soldier in the Revolution. I have stated how I was called into the service & how I discharged. I have no documentary proof of my services — I can prove by Major Solomon Haines of Bridge of said my services in Captain Bostwick's Com y as above set forth and I can prove by Mathew Cole Esquire Post Master at Cole's ville, in relation to my services in Captain Haines Com y & Hines Com y , and I can prove by Nath l W l sey my services in Bostwick's Com y in 1775.

Said Cole lives in Colesville Broome County New York and said Welsey lives in Bainbridge aforesaid - I can not to my knowledge procure further proof -
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 & Subscribed      Edward H Prince This 3 rd day of October 1832 before me Levi Bigelow
We John C. Clark Counsel at Law Dixie Kwell Merchant both re- siding in Bainbridge County of Chenango State of New York hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Edward H. Prince who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, That for thirty years of age, That he is respected, and a beloved in the neighborhood, where he resides & has been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion he is a man of veracity
Sworn & Subscribed      John C. Clark This 3 rd day of October      Dixie Kwell 1832 before me Levi Bigelow & Judge of Chenango Common Pleas

State of New York Chautauqua County ss. Be it known that on this 3 rd day of Octo- ber 1832 before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County personally appeared Edward H. Prince, and was by me, duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed. At the said Edward being from old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear in Court - And No having declared after an investiga- tion of the matter, and after put- ting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named application was a resolution any Soldier found as he states And I further certify that John C. Clark & De Witt Newel, the former a Counselor at Law & the latter a Mem- ber, both residents of said town, Painbridge County State of Ohio who have signed & sworn to the above certificate of me are credible persons, and their statement is in full to the credit.
Levi Bigelow
State of New York Chautauqua County Clerk's Office ss. I Garris H. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that Levi Bigelow being the person before whom the foregoing proceedings have been had at Ridge of the said Court duly commissioned & qualified to act as such, that his signatures above, are of his own genuine & proper

hand & name I bring acquainted with the same, and as he was such full age on the day of the date of said proceedings
Witness my hand & the seal of my said Office this 4 th day of October 1832.
An affidavit in the Certify that the signature of said image to the Inats of the official acts of Heath Kelsey & Solomon Warner hereto annexed, are the genuine true signa- tures of said persons.
Witness my hand & seal of office the day & year last aforesaid
J. B. Middle Dep: Clerk

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Edward H. Prince Chenango county N.Y.
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John C. Clark Bainbridge N. York

BRIEF in the case of  Edward H. Pierce of Chenango co  New York (Act 122  1899 .)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes 3. How old is he?
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.     Enlisted In 1775- 6 private Gen. Capt Bostwick, Col. Webb   Volunteered 1776 2 — Capt Warner, Col. Silliman   Enlisted 1777 6 Capt Bostwick, Col. Ennis   do. 1779 2 Capt Hines,  
5. In what battles was he engaged? 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield county, Conn. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses and tradition 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not corrected as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Bradford
Examining Clerk.

January 13, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Mrs. J. B. Meola 12 Front Street Norwich, New York
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14224, that Edward H. Prince was born March 20, 1755 in Old Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
While residing in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as private with the Connecticut troops, as follows:
From June, 1775, six months in Captain Isaac Bostwick's company, Colonel Charles Webb's regiment; from August, 1776, two months in Captain Elizur Warner's company, Colonel Silliman's regiment; from the spring of 1777, until January 1, 1778, in Captain Reuben Bostwick's company, Colonel Roger Enos' regiment; in the fall of 1779, two months in Captain Noble Hine's company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York, having moved there about 1807.
The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Norwich N.Y.
Dec. 12, 1930
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.,
Dear Sir -
Will you kindly send me the war record of Edward H. Prince whose name appears on the 1832 Pension list for Chenango Co., N.Y.?
Very truly yours
Grace Fugersell Mula
#12 Front St.,
Norwich
N.Y.
Mrs. J. B.

1931. Jan. 13. hist. to 16 yrs. J. B. Meola, M.C.D.
Reehan
14 224 INVALID.
File No. 14 224
Edward H. Prince Br. Rev. War.
Act: June 1 st 1899
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Cole. for. P. 11
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State of New-York } Chenango County } ss
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a judge of Chenango County Pleas, Edward H. Prince, who being duly sworn upon and saith that there is no claim and residing in the vicinity of this apartment whose affidavit he could obtain in pursuance of the regulations prescribed by the War Department in regard to Pensions.
Subscribed and sworn to the 18 th day of May 1833 before me
Edward H. Prince
Levi Biglow

State of New York } Chenango County } ss I, Jarvis H. Pike Clerk of Said County do certify that Levi Bigelow before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County that I am acquainted with this hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the Said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and Signature — Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 22 d Day of May 1833 —
J. H. Pike Clerk

State of New York Broome County ss. Nathaniel Cook of the Town of Collyville in said County and State being duly sworn on his oath doth depose and say that he is aged Eighty Five, the nineteenth day of the present month, That he is personally acquainted with Edward H. Prince, now a resident of the Town of Bainbridge in the county of Chenango and State aforesaid. That he was well and personally acquainted with him, when we to wit this deponent and the said Edward H. Prince were residents of the Town of New Milford County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Six, That this deponent knows that the said E. H. Prince enlisted in the Connec- -ticut Militia that was called to New York in the year 1776 and according to his best recollection for the term of two months. That said enlistment took place at New Milford. The said deponent then in the State Troops Conti- -nental line, That said E. H. Prince and deponent was again called out in an alarm to Norwalk on the eighth of July four days before Norwalk was burnt, but dont recollect the term of service, but was marched after Norwalk was burned to Canaan and from Canaan to Stamford was at Peekskill and Red-Mills in the State of New York on alarms but dont remember how long. And this deponent further states that in the year 1779 the said E. H. Prince did enlist or was drafted in Capt Noble Hinds Company in the fall of the year. That said enlistment took place at Stratford Fairfield Co. State of Connecticut for the term of two months. This deponent was then Clerk of the Company and perform- -ed the loyally Sergeants duty

And that this deponent continued in said Hine's Com- pany until he was regularly discharged at Fairfield Connecticut and that the said Prince was in like manner Honorably discharged at the same time and place
Nathaniel Cole
State of New York
Broome County ss. I Thomas B. Blakslee a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County & State do hereby certify that on this twentieth day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two personally came before me the above named Nathaniel Cole, who was by me duly sworn accor- ding to Law to the truth of the foregoing statements by him the said Nathaniel Cole, above subscribed. And I further certify that the said Nathaniel Cole is a resident of the Town of Colesville in the said County of Broome & State of New York. That he is a creditable person and that his statements is entitled to credit
Thos Blakslee
State of New York
Broome County ss
I B. Marvin clerk of said county do certify that Thomas Blakslee Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purport to have been taken was on the date thereof a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for this county also I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe the signature of Thos Blakslee to be genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 21st day of August 1832
B. Marvin Clerk of Broome com. pleas.

Kelley to Prince

State of New
York Oneida County ss. I, John Warner of Rainbridge County State being duly sworn according to law on my oath saith, that he is twenty one years of age on the fourth day of February last past, that he is presently acquainted with Edward G. Prince the person mentioned in the declaration annexed & subscribed by the said Edward. That he first became acquainted with said Edward at Fishkill in the State of New York in the year 1777, within a few days after the surrender of Fort Montgomery. The said Prince was then a soldier in Captain Ruben Postwick's Company in Col Robert Ems's Regiment Continental State Troops. This defendant was a soldier in said Regiment in Capt John Postwick's Company. He was entitled for six months - and this deponent further saith that he is knowing to the fact, that said Prince continued in said service in said Company until about the first day of January 1778, when he was honorably discharged from the service at Horse Neck on the Long Island Sound, at which time this deponent was also discharged.
John Warner
Sworn & subscribed this 10th day of Octo ber 1832 before me
Amos Riggs A Judge of Oneida County Court

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss. Be it remembered that on this 14 th day of October 1832 before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas with for the County of said prisonally appeared Solomon Warner, the prison who subscribed the within affidavit, to me known to be a person of creditability who was by me duly sworn according to law to the truth of the said affidavit. Witness my hand the day and year just above written.
David Riggs
And I certify the same in all respects as to Heth Kelly, who signed the annexed affidavit to me, duly sworn to the same according to law on this third day of October 1832
David Riggs
Thoma for Prince
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State of New York Chautauqua County ss. Heath Valley of Rensselaer County State of Ohio Pring duly sworn according to Law saith that he was Seventy Six years old on the 21 st day of November last past - That he in person ally acquainted with Edward H. Prince the person described in the annexed declaration - That he knew him in the month of June 1775, That he was then a soldier in Captain Gay's Hassie Boston's Company of Infantry in Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment of Connecticut State Troops - That he marched with said Company from the Vitehfield a County Connecticut to Temple's farms near Boston, when he with the Regiment were stationed in the service of the United States for six months, the period of his enlistment. That he continued in said service as a faithful soldier (I believe) for said Army and was discharged with the rest of the Regiment. That in the same Regiment in Captain Gay's and Hub- bell's Company served the same pe- riod - During this period I frequently saw said Prince in the service of I am known to his faithful ser- vice for the period aforesaid and to his being discharged - I have known said Prince ever since he has re- sided in said Town of Rensselaer being a period of about Twenty five Years, That said Prince is a man of creditability & I have no doubt that he is Seventy Seven years of age - In a just the

Upon oath not Sworn & Subscribed This 3 rd day of Sep tember 1832 before me Levi Biglow a Judge of Chenango Court of Sessions
Heth Halsey
State of New York
Chenango County Clerk's office ss I James H. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Chenango do hereby certify that Levi Big- low Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits made Solomon Warner & Heth Halsey were taken was on the days said affidavits were respectively taken, & now is a Judge of said Court duly Commissioned & qualified to act as such & that his signature to the journals of said affidavits is genuine & of his own free act & deed. Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 9 th day of October 1832.
P. B. Noble Dep Clerk