Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,141, Thomas Bradley, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Bradley, Thomas
NUMBER
R. 1,141
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Thomas Bradley Ap d for Pinson
31. 040

State of New York County of Essex ss.
On this 17 th day of June in the year of our Lord. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty four, Personally appeared in open Court before His Honor Judge James I. Van Rensselaer the first President of the State of New York the Assistant Judge the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex Thomas Bradley a Resident of the Town of West Port in the County of Essex and State of New York aged Eighty Two Years. Who being first duly sworn according to Law Upon his Said Oath makes the following Declaration in Order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. 1 st . That About the first of May in the year 1776. he Volunteered in the service of the United States under Captain Ezekiel Lewis of Woodbury Connecticut in a Company of Connecticut Militia, which Company was raised for the purpose of joining the American Army. When Stationed at New York City. And he joined the Company at Woodbury And the Company remained there keeping a Camp. & were paraded & disciplined by Captain Lewis. Who had Rec d orders to raise Volunteers for the service of the Company Elisha Clark was Lieutenant & Phoebe Martin Ensign. The Company remained at Woodbury until the first of July and did not receive orders to march, to join the Army. At which time Rec d Lieutenant Elisha Brace Rec d orders to march for the Continental Service When a Great Number of the Company Enlisted Among the 3 rd West Connecticut Infantry. Under the Said Lieut. Brace for five Months Service and joined the Regiment at New York. About the first of August 1776. he served in Colonel Silliman's Regiment of the Continental Line under Lieut. Colonel Chandler & Major Mead. Capt. Hurd Lieutenant Brace & Ensign Clark marched from Woodbury through Newtown to Norwalk where they embarked on Board a Schooner & sailed to New York. The Continental Army then under the command of General Washington then

were Stationed at New York, he then joined his Regiment & Remained at New York but a Short Period when they Moved over to Long Island for the purpose of Preventing the British Troops Landing on Long Island they however effected a Landing in the Night at Flatbush. The Regiment to which he belonged was Stationed as a guard all the next day and at night was Relieved by a Brigade and Early the next day the whole of American Troops Retreated from the Island to New York having been engaged with the British and the firing kept up on both sides until the last Boats were out of Reach of their Shots in which engagement many were Killed on both sides. The Army Remained at New York until the 15 September when they Retreated from New York to Harlem Heights and the British Army under Genl. & Cr. Admiral Howe Took possession of the City. They Remained at Harlem Heights about three Miles and then the Regiment to which he belonged as also the Rest of the Army who were Stationed there and at Kings Bridge Marched to White Plains. They Remained at White Plains but a few days when they were Attacked by the British and after an engagement with the Advanced Guard of both Armies of which he was one. The Main Armies came out & had a General engagement for one and a half hours. The Americans Retreated, he was then sent out to Danbury with a Woundice Man and left him at Danbury and again joined the Regiment some few days thereafter at North Castle. To which place they had Retreated from White Plains at which place he Remained with the Regiment until the first of January 1777 having served from the time of his first enlistment Six Months being One Month more than the term for which he enlisted when he was dismissed by his Captain & Returned home taking up about a weeks time to get home on account of being Sick & too weak to travel far

in a day. Brigadier Generals Patnam, Mays Genl Spence Genl Starling . of the Continental Army. Who were sta- tioned at New York when he was there.
3 d That in the month of July 1777. he was Drafted in the Town of Vitefield Connecticut for two Months Service in the Connecticut Militia under Captain Collins of Vitefield And was Ordered to Equip and be ready at a Minutes warning to march to the North River in the State of New York The Company were called out & Inspected & Ordered to Return home And to hold themselves in Readiness to march at any time he prepared himself with equipment & but was not called on. Still during the two Months he was not engaged in any business of consequence Expecting daily to be called on and consequently could not engage in any business. That That he Resided in the Town of Woodbury in the County of Vitefield and State of Connecticut when he entered the Service at each period that he was in the Battle on Long Island in 1776. in the Battle of White Plains. Same year. and in several skirmishes of little note. And that he only marched through the State of Connecticut & part of the State of New York. — He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity. Except the pension and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn & Subscribed this day and Year aforesaid in open Court before me. Edw d Cuyler Clerk.
Thomas Brady.
The following Interrogatories were performed by the Court & the answers as follows.
1 st When and in what year were you born Ans. Was Born in Guilford County of New Haven State of Connecticut Oct. 25 th 1750.
2 d Have you any more of your age & if so when is it?

Ans. He had a record of his age, at his Brothers, in Vetsfeld Connecticut. The last time he heard of it it stands on record in the Town Clerks office in Guilford Connecticut.
3 o When were you living when called into the Service; when have you last seen the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Ans live at Woodbury Connecticut when he was called into the Service has since lived in Castleton & Poughkeepsie in Vermont And now resides in Mistress Esopus in the State of New York in which County he has lived for about thirty years. At the time you were called into the Service were you drafted. Did you Volunteer, or were you a Substitute. And if a Substitute for whom
Ans. He once Volunteered. Once he Enlisted And was Once Drafted.
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served; such Continental And Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your Service.
Ans. Gen Washington Maj Gen Schuyler Gen Putnam Sterling who were with the Troops at New York. Now not recollect any of the Continental or Militia Regiments by their names The remainder of this Interrogatory answered in the V Series of the Declaration.
6. Did you ever receive a written Discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it.
Ans. Never Rec d a written Discharge from the Service.
7 th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood who can certify as to your Character for Veracity and their belief of your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Mr. Crastus Lovilard and.
I would also have named the Rev Mr Sawyer but the

Baptist Association are now in Session in West Port & he is busily engaged with his duties, as a Pastor
The above Interrogatories answered in open Court Edw s Cuyler Clerk We, Erastus Voorland and Diadorus Holcomb of the Town of Westport, in the County of Essex hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Bradley who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion Given and subscribed the day 13 th  Dec r 1841 Diadorus Holcomb Erastus Voorland before me Edw s Cuyler Clerk of Essex Com Pleas.
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the Investigation of the Matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further Certify that it appears to them that Erastus Voorland and Diadorus Holcomb, who have signed the foregoing Certificate are both Residents of the Town of West Port and that they are Credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to Credit Signed by order of the Court Edw s Cuyler Clerk

Essex County ss. I Edw d S. Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Thomas Bradley for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this twentieth day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & thirtyfour.
Edw d S. Cuyler Clerk

Rej. 1,141.
June 10, 1897.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning Thomas Bradley , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on January 17, 1834, at which time he was 82 years of age and residing at Westport, N. Y. In his declaration for pension he alleges that he enlisted in May, 1776 and served a tour of duty under Capt. Lewis of Woodbury, Conn. His claim was rejected however on the ground that he failed to show six months' service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832, under which the claim was filed.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs Rufus H. Roys,
614 Holland Avenue,
Saginaw, Mich.

BRADLEY, THOMAS (CONN.) R 114

Dr. Edwards Com d of Pensions. Free
E. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Pension Office Washington D.C.
Original Thomas Brady
31.040

West New York January 21 st 1834
Dear Sir
I have with Transmitted the Application of Thomas Bradley made for the purpose of procuring a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1834. Which he is anxious to obtain. Returns from as soon as possible after the Examination of his case
I am Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Edw d S. Cuyler
J. L. Gurnee Esq d Comm ee of Pensions.
BRADLEY, THOMAS (CONN.) R 1141

New York Thos Bradley Rev. J. Suspended Un let. to Hon. R. Wharton May 21 '32
1141
Act 7 June '32

June 10. 1897 - History to Mrs. Rufus H. Royb 614 Holland Ave Saginaw. Mich.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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P. O. Thomas Bradley
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Wm
B
Bureau of Pensions
Sir --
Can you give me any information in regard to Thomas Bradly a soldier of the Revolutionary war ? a pension was granted either to him or his widow - at the time it was granted I think they were living in Westport Essex Co. N.Y. but I do not know where he lived at the time of the war. I do not know as I am

writing to the right place for information - but know of no where else to look - He was my great grandfather - and I wish to join the "Daughters of the Revolution" -
Yours Truly K. L. P. Roy -
Nov. 27 -
Address
Mrs. Rufus H. Roy 614 Holland Ave Saginaw Mich.