Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,278, Ephraim Brockway, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Brockway Ephraim
S 12278
carded
CONTENTS

1892 New York
Ephraim Brockway
of Montgomery in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Corklin of the Reg. commanded by Col. Webb in the Cont. time for 14 months
Letter to H. Pan date 8 Decr '38
Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of the 6 th April 1838 from Sept 1837 to 30 Nov 1838 the day of his death. — Agt notified 18 th April 1839
Dead
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1835 — and due to P. Potter Minaville
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $93.33 Pension allowance ending 4 Sep. '33 23.33 $126.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
G. H. Tibb
Clerk,
Recorded by
E.
Vol.
3
Page
46

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 10 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Ephraim Brockway, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency, at the rate of Forty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837, to the 30 th November, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Present.

No 12,660
Ephraim Brockway
March 26 '33
Oct. 4 5 11. 14
P. 319
July 6- 1855 - 14
✓ DT
Platt Potter
Agent
Minakille
New York

No 12600
BRIEF in the case of Ephraim Brockway of Florida County of Montgomery in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
78 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 April or May — 5 upwards private Capt. Franklin   1777 April 1 st to 2 nd about 9 — Col. Eno or Webb. thinks it was Eno Capt. Rogers  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
in Sharon - Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
1 living Witness and traditional Evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk.

12.660.
Ephraim Brockway
Pension papers
nominal 14 mo per
$46.66
By Ephraim Brockway
By Ephraim Brockway

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss
On this 19 th day of September personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Ephraim Brachman a resident of the town of Hoosick in the County of Montgomery and State of New-York aged Seventy-Eight Years, the second day of May last past, 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, and served as herein stated.
That in the Year 1778 he entered the service under Captain Conkling either in the Month of April or May of that Year, but cannot state specifically which, nor can he state the precise day he entered into said service. The other officers of the field and Company, he is unable to name, excepting Stephen Cook who was a Sergeant in Captain Conkling's Company. That he continued in the service at that time, five Months, and upwards. That he was called and went to P'keepsie at the time the British burnt the Continental Stores, and was stationed there all the time, during said five Months, excepting when they were called off to defend Danbury, where the British set the Continental Stores on fire, at that place. That he left the service in the fall of said Year, either in September or October. That he was a volunteer. That he resided at the time of his entering the service, in the town of Sharon, County of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut. That in the Year 1777 he entered the service, either the first or second day of April, in said Year, under the Command of Colonel Eno or Webb, but rather thinks his name was Eno, and continued

and a Regiment called the Leather Caps, his Captain's name was Rogers, Lieutenant Pickett, Ensign Rusho, & Orderly Sergeant See, and Sergeant Root does not recollect the other officers' names. That he left the Service on the first day of January in the year 1778, making about nine Months Services, at this time. That during the time he was in said last Service he went down to a Fort near Kings Bridge, about ten Miles up the North River, from New York, the name of which he does not recollect. Their intention was to storm the Fort; they had a small French with the British, who were in possession of the Fort, at that time. That he was a Militia man, and stationed on the line at Horse-Neck. That he marched from Sharon to Kent, from Kent to New Milford, from New Milford through Redding to Standridge & Horse-Neck. That he listed at this time as a volunteer; the company that he listed in was a company raised out of four towns, to wit, Sharon, Salisbury, Canaan and Cornwall. That they were on the same line with the Leather Caps Regiment, and commanded by the same Colonel. That he resided in the town of Sharon and State of Connecticut when he listed this time. That he has no documentary evidence of his services. That he knows of no person in this section of country, whose testimony he can prove, who can testify to his services; but Rebecca Muesdal, whose affidavit is hereto annexed. That he was drafted in the Spring of 1780 or 1781, in the regular Service, and that owing to sickness in his family he hired a substitute, whose name was Henry Lugin- in ham, who served out the time of four Months being the time for which he was drafted. That he lived at that time in the town of Sharon, County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. That he was frequently called out, in cases of emergency and when the Tories were infesting the country and neighborhood. That he has no record of his age.

That he was born according to the age given him by his parents on the 22 nd day of May in the Year 1754. That he never received a written discharge, the Rev Nicholas Hill & Bethuel Dean residing in his neighborhood can testify to his character for veracity. He hereby renounces 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 this day of Year aforesaid
Ephraim Brockway
G. D. F.
We Nicholas Hill a clergyman residing in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and Bethuel Dean of the same place do certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Brockway who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Nich s Hill
Bethuel Dean
And the said Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery 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 Ephraim Brockway was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nicholas Hill who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Florida in the County aforesaid and that Bethuel Dean of the same place who has also signed the said certificate is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit
I George D Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Brockway for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 th day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty two
Geo: D. Ferguson

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Aug 3 am
November 17, 1925.
Mrs. John V. Morris 150 Guy Park Ave. Amsterdam, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12278 , it appears that Ephraim Brockway was born May 2 or 22, 1754 at Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While residing at said Sharon, he enlisted in April or May 1776 and served five months as a private in Captain Conkling's Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in April 1777 and served nine months as private in Captain Rodgers' Company, Colonel Enos' Connecticut Regiment.
He was out on several alarms, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while a resident of Florida, Montgomery County, New York. He died November 30, 1837.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension

Claim, S. 43785, it appears that Henry Pawling was born in February 1753, place not stated.
He was appointed November 21, 1776, Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Lee's Company in the Fifth New York Regiment, in October 1777, he was taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery and held until in 1781, he soon after joined the Second New York Regiment, he was commissioned, November 6, 1782, Captain in said regiment and served until in June 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 25, 1818, while a resident of Amsterdam, Montgomery-County, New York. He died June 29, 1836.
Owing to the great pressure of current work, the large number of similar inquiries, and the lack of a clerical force available for such a purpose, not more than two records of Revolutionary War pensioners are sent to any inquirer or organization.
You or anyone designated by you may examine and collect data from Revolutionary War pension claims, by calling at the Bureau, which is the usual practice

in such matters, as said records are open to the public, for research work, under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1901.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1925 Nov 17 - Tombstone Data to Mrs John V. Morris Aug
Rec'd
12.278 INVALID.
File No. 12,278
Ephraim Brockway Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 2 Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Greenman one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Montgomery do certify that Rebecca Innesdal whose affidavit is attached to the Pension papers of Ephraim Brockway and which was subscribed & sworn to before me on the 15 th day of August 1832 and to which this Certificate is now attached is a person of Credibility and entitled to belief. Dated 19 th April 1833
State of New York James Greenman Justice
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Montgomery Ephraim Brockway of Florida in said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade. For one Year and two months I served as a private soldier and for such service I claim a pension. And this deponent further saith that five months of the said service was performed in the Year 1776 commencing in either the month of April or May of said Year and continuing until it was completed. And that nine months of said service, was in the Year 1777 beginning on the first or second day of April & ending on the first day of January Succeeding
Subscribed & sworn this 19 th day of Ephraim Brockway of April 1833 before me Geo. Warnick Justice

I George D Ferguson Clerk of the County of Mont- gomery do hereby Certify that George Warick before whom the preceding affidavit was taken, and James Green man before whom the preceding Certificate was taken were at the time of taking the same Justices of the Peace of the County of Montgomery, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of both the said James Greenman and George Warick and believe that their respective Signatures thereto are Genuine In Testimony Whereof I have here set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said County this 2 nd day of May 1833
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York. Montgomery County ss Rebecca Smidtal of the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery being duly sworn, says she is Seventy four Years of age and is well acquainted with Ephraim Brockway of the same place, and has been personally acquainted with him for about sixty Years, that during the time of the revolutionary war she this deponent lived in the town of Sharon in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, that said Brockway was born & resided in the same town within half a mile of this deponent, that the said Ephraim Brockway served in the Army of the revolutionary war either in the Year 1775 or 1776 as this witness believes, for about the term of five Months, that this witness saw him with his Military dress & equipments on and under ... stood he went to Pekskeill but cannot recollect any other place, that the fact of this service was well understood & be- lieved in the neighborhood where the said Brockway lived & that this deponent never heard it doubted, that this de- ponent further saith that in the Year 1777, the said Ephra- im Brockway Enlisted in the regular service for the period of nine Months, that he enlisted sometime in the Spring of the Year, that during this term she understood he was at Horse Neck but cannot recollect any other place, that this enlistment and service was also well understood & believed in the place where this deponent & the said Brock- way resided & that she never heard it doubted, that this deponent recollects this service from the fact that she has Married in January in the Year 1778 and that her marriage had been put off to wait for the return of the said Brockway, after his service had expired, to attend her wedding, and this deponent further says

That she understood & believes from information which she received at that time, that some two or three years after the service of his enlistment in the regular service that the said Ephraim Brockway was drafted for the term of four months, and that in consequence of sickness in his family he hired one Samuel Henry Ingraham to serve out the said term of four months, that she was also well acquainted with the said Ingraham & the facts of his service was well understood & believed, that this defendant is infirm & unable to appear in Court and further saith
Not The word "Ephraim" in 19 th line
Rebecca Prudden
in 5 th line above bottom the word
"Samuel" erased before sworn to
Subscribed & sworn to this 15 th day of August 1832 before me.
James Greenman Justice of peace
State of New York & Montgomery County. 3 d Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county, do hereby certify that James Greenman, before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the peace of the said county & that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice & truly believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 20 th day of September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson
Affidavit of Rebecca Prudden in the matter of Ephraim Brockway

Port Lockson P. Affin
Montgomery Co. York
Feb the 1. 1838
To The Hon. L. Edwards Esq.
In this Enclosed is a Pension Subst. Certificate to draw the Balance due Catharine Brockway - I forward the same to you & do not know the next bearer the person I presume you know & therefore leave the matter to your discretion. Please forward the paper to Mr. Abner Read, in so doing you will much oblige - yours &c.
Henry Randall P. Abner Port Lockson

MRS. JOHN VEDDER MORRIS 150 GUY PARK AVENUE AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
Pension Bureau Revolutionary War Records Section.
Dear Sir;
Ephraim Brockway, a Conn soldiers who received a pension in 1833 was living in Montgomery Co. N. Y. at that time. I would like very much to know when he came to Montgomery Co. and when died, he,

Any thing that is given on his pension paper, will help me a great deal.
Thanking you
Yours truly
E. S. Morris
Sept. 26th 1925.