Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,638, Ephraim Coy, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Coy. Ephraim Rebekah
No. 17,638
CONTENTS

Connecticut 23533
Ephraim Coy of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Com commanded by Captain Brush of the regt commanded by Col Parson in the Massachusetts line for 9 months Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct 1833 and Michael C Miss Norfolk
Arrears to the 1st of Oct 75- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 15-
$90
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 3 Page 30

4867. Connecticut
Rebekah Coy widow of Ephraim Coy who was a private in the Mass ts Line Mass
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Feb y 1844 and sent to Pensions Norfolk Cont-
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 64

8/19.27 K Ephraim Camp
Declaration to
no paper

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 State of Connecticut } B. Norfolk Probate District Litchfield County } on the first day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before me Michael D. Miles Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for Norfolk District in Litchfield County present Judge said Court now sitting Ephraim Gay of Norfolk aforesaid aged Seventy one years next January who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress which passed June 7 th 1832 he says that in the month of April or May, 1815 he then lived and resided in in the Town of Preston in the State of Connecticut that he was then a little over fourteen years of age he enlisted into the Army of the Revolution as a fifer for the Term of Seven months into the Company commanded by Capt Bruster and the Maj t of Col. Parsons we marched to New London where we staid about three week and were then marched to Boston or near there at Roxbury, where we were stationed until my time expired of seven months a day or two before our term was out I then listed again as a fifer for one year into the Company of Capt Bruster also as near as I can recollect and Col Simonds Preston and that he was station ed at Roxbury until about the

last of March 1776 soon after the British left Boston we were ordered to March to New York we came to New London by land and from there to New York by water soon after the British appeared near Long Island we were March on Long Island where he was for a number of days the most of the time on the look out and had some hard fighting at Flatbush in particular and were drove off by the British into New York and soon after were drove from York Island and during the remainder of the season were about in the vicinity of New York it was a hard time for us and were discharged at the end of my time but have long since lost it and that in the latter part of the winter of 1777. he acted as fifer and served two months in Rhode Island was about and near Providence but nothing in particular occurred during the two months at the end of the two months he came home to Preston and further that on or about the middle of April 1777. he enlisted as as fife Major into the Connecticut line in the Continental army for three years or during the war and that he joined the army and served as fife Major until about December 1778 when he had a furlough for fifteen days when he then

Returned to the Army and when he returned a Mr Brown had the Command as left Major he was a man well qualified for the office and very voluntarily gave up the office to him but remained with the Army until sometime in January or February when he deserted from the Army and was absent from the Army until the Spring of the year 1782 when General Washington published his Proclamation to Deserters that if they would then return should be pardoned when he in the month of April 1782 joined the Army near the Highlands under the Regt. commanded by Col. Sherman and was in the Infantry Company and was with the Army until the last of February or March 1783 and was discharged as near as I can Recall it by Genl. Knox but his discharge has long since been lost
And he further says that he was born and had in the Town of Preston in the County of New London in the State of Connecticut and was a Resident of said Preston at the time of his enlistment at each time merleand and since the war has  lived lived on Resided in the Town of Norfolk in Litchfield County where he now resides that he has  no no Record of his his age only has kept it in his mind that he is well acquainted with most of the People in the Town of Norfolk especially with the late Petitioner Esquire & Joseph Ballou Esqr. who can testify as to his his Character

and further that he hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or an annuity equal to the present and that he declares that his name is not on any the Pension Roll of any Agency in any state
Sworn and Subscribed this first day of August A 1832.
Ephraim Coy
We Augustus Pittiborn and Joseph Batchelder both of Norfolk in Suffolk County and State of Connecticut certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Coy of said Norfolk who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about Seventy one years old that he is related and believed to be a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion we also certify that the said Ephraim Coy is a man of undoubted veracity and is entitled to full credit.
Signed Joseph Batchelder Augustus Pittiborn
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court before me this first day of August A 1832
Michael F. Mills Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories proposed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier

and Service as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to the Court that Augustus Pettibone Esquire and Joseph Battell Esq. who have signed the foregoing certificate and both Residents of the said Town of Norfolk and Credible persons and that and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I Jo a V o Pettibone Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ephraim Coy for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832 —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this first day of August A.D. 1832
Jo a V o Pettibone. Clerk

Ephraim Loomis, 3 d declaration for his Pension under the act 9-1818. dated Febry 20 1820

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Veron
February 20 th 1820 - Before me Augustus Pitkin Esquire Chief Judge of the County Court for said Litch- field County personally appeared Ephraim Coy a resident in said Norfolk, who in addition to his former statements which are herunto annexed on oath declares and says, that the whole amount of services rendered by him in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary war as mentioned in his former state- ments were about five years; and that his services were rendered at that period of the war when they were most needed; - and that in common with the rest of the army he suffered much from fatigue, sickness and the privation of almost all the necessaries and conveniences of life during his said term of service - He further says that when he left the army in A.D. 1779 he did not desert to the enemy, but he went to Vermont where he continued a considerable portion of the time of his absence; and that while he was there he was called upon to assist the inhabitants in defending the frontiers of that State against the incursions of the British Canadians and Indians and that he actually performed many tours of duty of this description. - He likewise says that the term of his service during the revolutionary war before he enlisted the service in A.D. 1779 had been one instance ex- being for one year pired and he had been regularly dismissed from service and that he afterwards in 1778 enlisted and served a longer period than is required by the act to entitle him to a pension before first system and that after he rejoined the army in 1782 he faithfully served more than nine months before he was discharged at West Point as before stated - And he says that the fore- going facts will appear from a careful examination of the documents and entries on the files and books in the war office - He likewise says that during all his terms of service he never has been tried

convicted, punished or in any way censored by a military tribunal; - and if he was degraded as is suggested by the Hon ble Secretary of War's reply to his application from a life major to a company fife, it was in consequence of his leaving the army, or of his being absent on furlough by the mere will of his superior officer without any Court Marshal and he says that when he rejoined the army he did it as a private soldier and not as a musician and did duty as such during the whole term of his said service.
He says that the value of his lands have greatly greatly decreased, that about five acres of the most valuable meadow lands appear by burning the adjacent lands to belong to Phoebe Phelps the widow of Noah A. Phelps deceased which he says together with the fall of land, has damaged him the sum of five hundred dollars. He says that his losses in his stock have been very considerable and that he has sustained other misfortunes and losses in his property to such an amount that he thinks he may value his property at a fair estimate at at least eight hundred dollars less than it was when he made his former statement. He likewise says that by means of his advanced age, and in consequence of a rheumatic complaint contracted as he supposes in serving his country during the war, he has in a great measure lost the use of his right arm and hand and able to perform but little manual labour; that his wife has for a long time been confined by sickness from which there is but little prospect of her ever recovering that his expenses are at present very great and are likely so to continue during the residue of his life, while on the other hand his incomes are comparatively small, and the sources and the sources from which they are derived are daily diminishing - For the reasons above mentioned he thinks that upon a fair construction of the law he is entitled to the bounty of his country. Ephraim C.

State of Connecticut Litchfield
Sworn to before me this day and date aforesaid
Augustus Pittiborn Judge

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Connecticut ss Litchfield County Norfolk Probate District
On this 28 th day of November A D 1860 personally appeared before me Michael S. Mills judge of the Court of Probate for Norfolk District Now residing said Court in said Town of Norfolk Rebekah Coy a resident of said Town of Norfolk in the County of Litchfield aged Seventy two Years last September who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows That she is the Widow of Ephraim Coy late of Norfolk Deceased that the said Ephraim Coy her late husband served in the War of the Revolution as she has frequently heard him say that he served the greater part of the time of the war part of the time as a soldier and part of the time as a private That her late husband was a pensioner at the time of his decease and that the evidence of his service is in the pension office as she verily believes She further says that she does not know that before her marriage with the said Ephraim her

name was Rebekah Skins that she is the daughter of Henry Skins who died at Norfolk a number of years since that she was married to the said Ephraim Coy on the 20 day of September 1786 that Glosca W. Peax Esq who then resided in said Town of Norfolk about 60 rods North of the Muley House in said Town was the justice who married them that then the said Ephraim and her- self were published in the said Muley House on the Sabbath Night but one preceding her Marriage that they were married at the House of the said justice that the said justice his wife and two of her brothers the said Rebekah, (Aunt) to her Skins and Edmon Skins that were the only persons that were present at the Marriage all of whom are now dead that soon after their Marriage the said Ephraim & herself went to Hickory House about one and half Miles westward from said Muley House in said Town of Norfolk and about half a mile from her fathers and where they resided until about the year 1815 when she with the said Ephraim removed to a place about three fourths of a Mile east of the said Muley House and near the one she now lives in House in one of which, she has resided ever since
That her Husband the said Ephraim Coy died at Norfolk on the 14 day of January 1834 That she was not married to him prior to her leaving the same but the Marriage took place hereafter the first day of January Seventeen

hundred and ninety four was at the time above stated about the Twentieth day of September Seventeen hundred and eighty six
And she further declares and says that she has never been the Mother of any child That she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of the said Ephraim Gay That she knows of no record of their Marriage That her father never kept any record of the birth or Marriage of his children as I ever knew of
Rebekah Gay I Swear and Subscribed this day one year of ones and before Mr. Michael F. Mills Judge of the Court of Probate for Norfolk District
I Michael F. Mills Judge of the Court of Probate for Norfolk District do hereby certify that in the office of this Court is the last will and Testament of Henry Thens late of Norfolk of Norfolk deceased who died about thirty four years ago and the record of the settlement of the estate and distribution of his estate is said last will is a legacy seven and in the distribution there is bequeathed to Rebekah Gay the wife of Ephraim Gay 3 rd daugh- ter of said Henry Thens brother a considerable amount
Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

9276
Ephraim Day Connecticut
Connect Roll
Returned from March 1782 prints 9 months $30.
Michael F. Still Norfolk Connecticut

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
16 th June 1833
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. These 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 Ephraim Coy  Litchfield Co. Connecticut
   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 1 7 ~ fifer Capt Brister Col Parsons Flat Bush New London 11 Years   " — 1 4 ~ fifer Col — Prentice Boston Town of Traditionary   " 1777 ~ 2 ~ fifer Barbury Preston Evidence   " 1777 time not life stated impt. " Sherman N York Connecticut Attest 2 Witnesses   Long Island Papers Not   Rhode I. 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

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 , 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of Connecticut } ss. Norfolk Probate District Suffolk County } on the 6 th day of July 1833 personally appeared before before me Michael F. Mills Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk and now holding said Court - Ephraim Cady of said Norfolk who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
In addition to his former Declaration made before this Court on the first day of August 1832 - That by reason of the length of time he cannot state who the officers were under whom he served the two months down in the year 1777 as mentioned in his former Declaration - And as to the time he enlisted into the Continental line as a major he is confident that it was about the middle of April 1777 as mentioned in his Declaration and that the time he left the army as stated in his Declaration formed near

The last work of January 1779 and from some circum- stances he is confident it must have been the 28 or 29 of the month of January 1779 having served one year nine months and a half and that he returned under General Washington's proclamation he is confident it was the last of March 1782 and joined the army as soon as it ended and until as he is confident the month of February 1783 and he believes March but is confident it was in later February 1783 when he was discharged and he further says that from some circum- stances he believes that he resigned the office of a life Major in the month of June or July 1778 but cannot say with absolute certainty as to the day I swear and subscribe the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Ephraim Coy
And I Joseph Eldredge for Clergymen residing in the town of North hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Coy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that I believe him to be of the age he stated in his sworn declaration that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I can say in that opinion and that the said Ephraim Coy is a man of fair character and that his statement is true to the best of my knowledge I swear and subscribe the day and year aforesaid Friday July 6 1833 Joseph Eldredge Jr.

Sworn and Subscribed before me.
Michael F. Mills Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk
I Michael G. Mills Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Cady for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. A.D. 1832
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6. day of July A.D. 1833
Michael G. Mills Clerk

Per WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17638
Rebekah Coy Widow of Ephraim Coy Priv. Rev'war
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:—Vol. 68 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6063. Connecticut
Rebecca Coy , widow of Ephraim Coy, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 14 January 1833 of Siloah Field in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Buel of the regt commanded by Col. Parsons in the Massachusetts line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 70 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Feby 1841, Issued to M rs . M ary Mills, Norfolk, Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1841 $ 150.00 Semi-annual allowances ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. M c Curdy Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1, Page 173

Rebekah Coy Wid of Ephraim Conn
Ad July 1838
Married 1786
Died 1834
Allan & 30 m
ams
M D Mills Esq Nashville Conn

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Ehrhard Cory born - at Smyrna on the 18th of March 1834 paid $30.
Died 14 Jan 1833 p. 2. this period
H. H. S. Nov 19-41
to Harry

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Episc. Cong. Ch. Pittsburgh Pa. May 1821
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Wids File No 17.638

5275 Janu 29 1844
61:
Rebecca bay
20 March 1843
$30 per ann
100 Hrs.
Certs to the Pension at Norfolk bay
J. Edwards
Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
FRANK

Norfolk Jan 25. 1866
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Please forward me the result of the case inclosed And Much Oblige Yours John Denell
Norfolk Litchfield County Ct

Ephraim Bous. d. 1834 Rebekah m 1780
Pm. 1832 p 30

7590 Dec 21. 1840
Cl- July 7 1835 Rebekah Gray
To sister mother brother cousin friend
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

Norfolk Ct. December 16. 1860
Hon J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
Included is the application of Widow Rebekah Cag, of this Town for a pension as her late Husband Ephraim Cag, was a pensioner at the time of his death the evidence of her service is in your office Mrs Cag, wishes me to as you to examine the case of Mr Cag, since and although he was a deserter from the army As he noted under the proclamation of Genl Washngton and served whether she cannot be allowed a full pension Should her claim be allowed she wishes you to forward her certificate to me
Yours with Respect Michael F. Mills

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
21 Feb 1839.
SIR:
The further evidence transmitted in support of your claim under the abovementioned act has been examined. The act provides for no other non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, than those who enlisted in the Continental line for the war, and served until its termination. It is acknowledged that your enlistment was for three years; and, even admitting that you returned to the service, it does not appear that you did more than complete the term for which you enlisted. Under the circumstances of the case, I have not found myself at liberty to allow your claim.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush,
M c Ephraim Coy. of Litchfield Co. Conn.

State of Connecticut Norfolk Probate District ss.
On the sixteenth day of January 1844 personally appeared before the subscribing Judge of Probate within & for said probate district Rebecca Coy a resident of Norfolk in the County of Litchfield & State aforesaid aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Ephraim Coy who was a private in the Revolutionary war & that she is entitled too and has received a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Rebecca Coy I certify that the above declarant Rebecca Coy is personally known to me & that the foregoing declaration was duly sworn to & subscribed before me day & date above written.
James C. Swift Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut
Probate office Norfolk Probate District Jan. 16 th 1844.
I Salomon Swift Clerk of said Court do certify that James C. Swift whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of proof and declaration in the matter of Rebecca Coy was, at the time of taking said declaration or proof a Judge of the Court of Probate duly sworn & authorized to act as Judge in said district and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge of Probate and truly believe that the signature to said written instrument is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said office the day & year last above written.
Salomon Swift Clerk

I Augustus Pittbone of Norfolk in the County of Suffolk and State of Connecticut being in my seventieth year being duly sworn according to Law do hereby say that I have lived and resided in said Town of Norfolk from my Infancy and within less than half a mile of the Meeting House in the center of said Town that I have for a number of years held the office of chief Judge of the County of Suffolk also that of Justice of Peace I further say that I am well acquainted with Rebekah (say the widow of Ephraim say late of said Norfolk deceased that her name was Rebekah Atkins before she was married to Mr. say and a daughter of Heman Atkins deceased was well acquainted with her before her marriage she being two or three years younger than myself her father lived within about half a mile of where I lived I further testify that soon after the close of the Revolutionary war it was said & talked about that the said Ephraim say was about to be married to the said Rebekah then Rebekah Atkins and that in the year 1786 as I very well know from my recollection and other circum- stances it was said that the said Ephra- im and Rebekah were married and that they were married by Hanson Wilcox a Justice of Peace the said Hanson Wilcox resided in said Norfolk sixty rods north of said Meeting House I further say

That soon after the term it was said they were Married the said Ephraim and Rebecca went to Haver and from that time contenued a few years together as Hus- -band and wife until the death of the said Ephraim that they resided near the center of the Town I never heard any one express a doubt of their being legally and legally Married and I have no doubt in my mind but what they were legally Married in the year 1786 I further say that I was well acquainted with the said Haseu Wilcox his wife Asker & Edmund their and that they are dead and have been for a good many years
I further say that I now mention My holding the office of Judge of the Circuit and Justice of the Peace at the time of the request of Mrs. Gay.
Augustus Pettibone
State of Connecticut ss. Norfolk Probate District on this 10 day of December 1840 personally came the Augustus Pettibone Esquire and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed And I certify that I am well acquainted the said Augustus Pettibone that he is a man of fair and respectable character for truth I swear and I believe before me
Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

That soon after the term it was said they were Married the said Ephraim and Rebecca went to keeping House and from that time continue a few years until the death of the said Ephraim & set the as Husb- -band and wife that they resided near the center of the Town I never heard any one express a doubt of their being regularly and legally Married and I have no doubt in my mind but what they were legally Married in the year 1786 I further say that I was well acquainted with the said Haseu Wilcox his wife Asker & Edmund their and that they are dead and now been for a good many years I further say that I now mention my holding the office of Judge of the Probate and Justice of the Peace at the time of the request of Mrs. Cay-
Augustus Pettibone
State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Probate District on this 10 day of December 1840 personally came the Augustus Pettibone Esquire and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed And I certify that I am well acquainted the said Augustus Pettibone that he is a man of fair and honest character for truth I swear and I believe before Me.
Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

I Stephen Norton of Norfolk in Lyford County being in my seventieth year of age being duly sworn do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Cady late of said Norfolk because I believe Cady has told me that I married the sister of the said Ephraim that I never met him in the year 1788 and I well remember that it was then said about twenty years before I was married which would be in the year 1785 that the said Ephraim Cady was married to Rebekah Hkins who is his widow at this time that the said Ephraim & Rebekah have lived and resided in said Town of Norfolk from that time until the death of the said Ephraim as husband & wife have been frequently at their house I have no doubt of the fact of their being married as above stated
Stephen Norton
State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Preliminary Testimony on this 18 day of Decem- ber 1840 personally came Stephen Norton of said Norfolk to me personally known and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed And I certify that the said Stephen Norton is a man of fair character for truth sworn and subscribed before me Michael G. Mills Judge of Preliminary for Norfolk district

I Hannah Norton the wife of Stephen Norton been in my sixtieth ninth year of my age being duly sworn do hereby say that I was married to my husband Stephen Norton in the year 1788 that I am sister to Ephraim Carr late of Norfolk deceased that it was said and as I recently learned that Ephraim Carr was married to Abigail Carr his present widow about two years before I was married it was talked about in the time of it and there no doubt of the fact that this the same Ephraim & Abigail lived together as husband and wife until the death of the said Ephraim have been frequently at their house in year of 1840 I the undersigned Michael F. Mills
State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Probate District on this 10 day of December 1840 personally came Hannah Norton to me personally known and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition as as above by her subscribed And I certify that she is a person of fair character for truth sworn and subscribed before me
Michael F. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Noyes Wilcox Esq in the years of 1786 & 1787 was
and for more than
last past,
was a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Simsbury in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Wilcox
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 30 th day of Nov in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty
And I certify that the signature of said hereunto annexed genuine.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary.

I Aaron Hoys of Norfolk being duly sworn according to law do testify and say that I am Town Clerk of said town of Norfolk and have the books of record in my possession, and having duly examined the records with a view of ascertaining the marriage of Ephraim Coy and Rebecca his wife and I find no such record, & also find that records of that kind at the time claimed to be the time when they were married were unfaithfully and negligently performed.
Aaron Hoys T. Clerk
State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Probate District on this 10 day of December 1840 personally came Aaron Hoys Town Clerk of the Town of Norfolk to me well known and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition and has subscribed before me and I certify that he is a person of credibility and truth.
Michael G. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District
I Joseph Eldridge to testify and say that I am the clergyman of the town of Norfolk and have in my possession a book of Records in which my predecessor recorded marriages solemnized by them. I have examined said book and find in it no record of the marriage of Ephraim Coy and Rebecca Coy.
Joseph Eldridge
State of Connecticut ss Norfolk Probate District on this 10 day of December 1840 personally came Joseph Eldridge of said Norfolk Clergyman of said town to me well known and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition and has subscribed before me and I certify that he is a man of free character for truth and his credibility.
Michael G. Mills Judge of Probate for Norfolk District

Norfolk Probate District Norfolk December 12 1840 I Michael G. Mills Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norfolk do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rebekah Coy for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office this twelfth day of December 1840 Attest Michael G. Mills Clerk

Anthony Dickinson Esqr
Treasurer Department

Washington Feby 19 th 1829
A Dickens Esq r
Sir
I have sought in vain for the Proclamation of Genl Washington alluded to in the declaration of Col Clegg - it is not to be found in the Journals of the old Congress nor in the volumes of old Newspapers preserved in the Library of Congress - I find the following Resolution in the 7 th Vol of the old Journals "Monday Dec r 10 th 1781 - Resolved - That it be recommended to the Legislature of each State to fill up the quota thereof of land forces by enlistments for three years or during the War" -
It is in proof that Clegg enlisted for three years and served to the end of the War and as he returned to his duty under the Procl s of the Genl I hope he will be placed on the roll. at any rate I hope you will make a speedy decision on his case -
Respectfully yours
O. Mewborn

I. Ephraim Coy of Norfolk Litchfield Co Conn:- in addition to my former affidavit in application for Relief as a revolutionary soldier under the Act of 15 May 1828. do depose & say that I was held in service, & so returned as I was repeatedly told by my Commanding Officers, for, & during the war, & that was a leading reason in my indiscreet & young mind for deserting the Army as I did, which was a matter of great sorrow & regret to myself & all my connections at home, & that I did hope to be restored & pardoned, before Genl Washington Proclamation of a pardon to deserters, was published & was made very happy as was all my connections when the proclamation appeared & that I did return under it, & joined the Army at Wat point where I continued & did my duty faithfully till the close of the war - when I was honorably discharged as before stated, at Wat point, in 1783 - I further report say, that I never was degraded or received any punishment for any crime or neglect of duty during my actual service which in the whole previous to my Enlistment in 1777 afterwards was about five years, (excepting the time of absentee during my desertion, in which I suffered more than in any other period of the war)
I did serve as 1st Major in the early part of my enlistment, but in an absence on furlough one B r took my place, & I undoubtedly took the 1st & after at the close of the war, a Major, but this was not considered by myself or others as any degradation or punishment. dated in Norfolk this 21 day of Jan y 1828
Ephraim Coy

Litchfield County Jo. New York January 21. 1829.
Personally appeared before me Ephraim Coy signa of the foregoing deposition I made solemn Oath to the truth of the same.
I also certify that the said Coy is well known to me & is a man of integrity & full credit ought to be given to his testimony.
Corrups by me Joseph Battell Just. of Peace
1 Ephraim Coy his true Affidavit Jan 21 1829

Casey & Co. 604
Chas. Walters
Apprentice
Jan 21 1829
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

I Charles Walter of Norfolk Litchfield Co. & State of Connecticut, do hereby say that I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in the year 1782 — I was knowing that Ephraim Coy of said Norfolk, returned to the Army and joined Colo Shermans Regt. It was generally said at the time; and I have never had any doubt of the fact, that he had previously deserted & joined the Army under a Gen- Washington Proclamation of a general Pardon to deserters who would return & do their duty in the Army. I further depose that, I was well acquainted with said Coy in the Army. I know that he did duty as a soldier in the line after his return & never heard of his being punished for his desertion, & verily believe as before stated that he was accepted under the said general pardon; & furthermore that to say, it was considered at the time, & I have always & do now fully believe that he was regularly & honorably discharged, with the Army of the War's then, in the month of June or a little previously in the year 1783 — I was attached to Colo Webb's Regt. which was stationed at West Point in 1782 & 1783 with Colo Shermans Regt. to which Mr Coy belonged. & I know it was generally supposed, & as I believe that he was of the number that was held in the Service for & during the War. I the witness whereof I have set my hand this 21 day January 1829 Chas Walter

State of Iowa. Litchfield County ss. Notorthe 21 Jany 1824 Personally appeared Charles Walter the signer of the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the said deposition. I further certify that the said Walter is a man of truth & full credit ought to be given to his testimony —
Certified by me
Joseph Buttsclt Just of the Peace

Colbrook I Ethanah Coy. of Hartford Litchfield Co. Conn do depose & say that Ephraim Coy who is now making application for relief under the act of 15 May 1828 for soldiers of the Army of the Revolution is a Brother of mine, & that he served for many years in said Army, & that it was considered by all the family that he was held to service in the said Army for & during the war, & for myself I knew that I always so considered the fact, for my brother did desert from the Army, & his being held to this service, was a subject talked about as a matter of fact, & regretted by the family I further depose & say that he did return & join the Army under a pardon granted & published by the Commanding General, to deserters that would return to their duty. & that my said brother did serve to the close of the war & returned home with his uniform & his discharge at the close of the war in 1863. & I further depose & verily believe that my said brother never was subjected to any punishment in the Army for desertion or any neglect of duty, never having heard it suggested from any quarter— witness my hand in North the 21 day of January 1880 Ethanah Coy

State of Conn Litchfield Co's. Noticks 21 Jan'y 1829
Personally appeared Elkanah Elkanah Coy the person of the foregoing deposition. I mean solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me. I do furthermore certify that the said Coy is well known to me as a man of truth & full credit ought to be given to his testimony —
certified by me
Joseph Battell M r . of the Peace
This certifies that Joseph Joseph Battell is a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and that his signature as by him subscribed to the affidavit in the case of Elkanah Coy her a thereto is genuine —
Washington } Jan'y 27 th 1829 }
Orange Merwin Member of the H. R. from Connecticut
2nd Copy of Elkanah Coy Elkanah Coy Affidavit Jan'y 21 1829

Norfolk Litchfield Co. Conn.
July 24 1828
Hon O B Porter
I enclose Mr Ephm Coy's declaration to obtain the benefits of the Act of 15 May 1828. for his Revolutionary services
He is a worthy industrious Man, and his application for a Pension under the former Act was rejected by Mr Calhoun in 1820 as stated in his reply on the ground of property.
I should be pleased to have you direct the attention of the Pension Office to this claim, as soon as your association will admit of it I return an answer directed to my care in this place
Very Respectfully
Your obedt
Joseph Battell

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Ephraim Goy of Norfolk in the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * private in Captain Douglas or Sarrow's Company, in the Col Sherman's Regiment, of the Connecticut Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
† I believe the number of the Reg t was the 5. th I was some part of the time a Musician but I voluntarily exchanged my fife for a Musquet & was a private, when discharged at West Point in 1783. Witness my hand, this twenty second day of July , in the year 1828
Ephraim Goy
Before me,† Joseph Battell Esq. Justice of the Peace in the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut personally appeared, this day, Joseph Jones Post Master and Warren Cone both of Norfolk of the said county, who did severally make oath that Ephraim Goy by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 22 nd day of July in the year 1828
Joseph Battell
I, Frederick Wolcott Esq Clerk of the Court of the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, that Joseph Battell Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this 23 rd day of July 1828 .
Frederick Wolcott, Esq.
as the case may be. that on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United 326, the sum of dollars, paid to me by the
other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
as the case may be.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug. 15. 1828.
Ephraim Coy, of Norfolk in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Douglas, or Darrow, 's company, in Col. Sherman's regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, H. D. Dikins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 23 d August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to [blank] in the [blank]
It further appears that Ephraim Coy - [blank] is now on the pension list of [blank] agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of [blank] dollars per month.
The name of Ephraim Coy cannot be found among those of the Connecticut line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued.
It appears from the Muster Rolls of the Connecticut line, that Ephraim Coy enlisted as a Fife Major, in the 1 st Regiment of that line, on the 14 th April 1777, for three years, and that he deserted on the 26 th January 1779, having been reduced to Fifer on the 1 st June 1778 -
John H. Hays Auditor

I Sherriff Charles J. Norfolke in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut Depose and say that during the Revolutionary war I then think in the winter 1782 I was well acquaint- -ted with Mr. Ephraim Loay who now and then lived in said Town of Norfolke - and while he was here in the Winter 1782 it was reported and he acknowledged he had deserted from the Army and wanted to return and join the Army again and as he was in my neighbourhood it was agreed to send a man and see if a pardon could be procured and a man was sent for that purpose - About the same time there appeared in the Newspapers a General Pardon for the Deserters to return and join the Army purporting to be from General Washington and they had a right to join any time before May then next following - The said Loay approved to the gain at it and said he should join the Army immediately and to the best of my knowledge in the Month of February or March 1782 he left this Town as was said to join the Army and I have no doubt but what he did - At the close of the war he again was in Norfolke where he since has lived he came here with his Regimen- -tal Clothes and said he had come from the Army and was Discharged and that since has been reported to be the fact

and further the Deponent saith not
Gleenezer Cook
State of Connecticut Litchfield County To November first day 1819 -
Personally appeared before me Gleenezer Cook the aforesaid Deponent and made Salomon Oath to the truth of the aforesaid affidavit signed by him - And I further testify from my personal knowledge I know him to be a man of character and truth and full credit ought to be given to his testimony - testified by
Augustus Dittibone further of me
I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, certify that Augustus Dittibone Esq. is Judge of said Court & also a Justice of the Peace within
said County legally commissioned & qualified, that his name above subscribed is his hand writing, and that the Seal here affixed is the Seal of said Court. Litchfield Conn t November 11 th A. D. 1819.
Frederick Wolcott

I Mary Phelps of Norfolk on the County of Suffolk being aged seventy eighty two years desire and say that I am the sister of Rebekah Coy of said Norfolk and the daughter of Henry Atkins who died at said Norfolk about thirty six years since that I was Married to Darius Phelps before the said Rebekah was Married and after my Marriage I resided with My Husband a near Neighbour to My Father and was frequently at My Father's House and am confident I was at Meeting at the time My Sister Rebekah was published to be Married to Ephraim Coy, they agreed to make no wedding and to go to the House of Haseu Wilcox a sister of the bride to be Married the subject of her Marriage with Mr Coy was frequently talked about in the family before and after their Marriage I was not present at the Marriage nor at My Father's at the time they left to go to Haseu Wilcox's to be Married but I was knowing that they had fixed on a day to be Married and to go to Esq. Wilcox's for that purpose I cannot recollect the day of the Month or the Month for certainly but am confident from a number of cir- cumstances that it was in the fall of the year 1786 and I believe in the month of September Soon after the marriage of the said Ephraim & Rebekah Coy they went to house- keeping a near Neighbour to My Hus- band and My self their land joining ours

We lived very near Hugh Davis & was very frequently in their house until the spring of 1798 My Husband & myself & family moved onto a place adjoining the green by the Muley House about a mile from the said Ephraim and in the spring of 1815 the said Ephraim & Rebekah removed on a farm about three quarters of a mile East of the Muley House I have never been since the marriage of the said Ephraim & Rebekah Internally acquainted with them & their situation they never had any children I can further say that their sons and daughters my two brothers who went with my sister & she has married one hath Dead and have been for a number of years I have frequently heard them speak of the wedding about the time at such place I further say that my father never kept any family records of the birth or marriage of her children to my knowledge
Mary Phelps  Norfolk Probate District On this 28 day of Novr 1840 personally appeared Mary Phelps the above named Deborah and made solemn oath to the truth of the above described by her substance and I certify that I am well acquainted with her that her character is as good as any one being considered a deny upon her sworn Michael S. Miller Judge of Probate Court of Probate District

Ephraim Coy of Colebrook in Suffolk County deposes and says that he is a brother of Ephraim Coy of Norfolk that he was knowing to the said Ephraim entering into the Army as he has stated in his Declaration by him subscribed and sworn to before the Court the day that the said Ephraim was absent in the Army as he verily believes and he also knows that the said Ephraim was at home on furlough and that he deserted as stated in his Declaration and that he well remembers that the said Ephraim left to join the Army in the year 1882 and came home in 1883
Ephraim Coy
Subscribed and sworn to before me This first day of August A 1882
Michael F. Miles Judge of the Court of Probate for Norfolk District
and the Court hereby certifies that Ephraim Coy who has signed & sworn to the above affidavit is a Resident of the Town of Colebrook and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Michael F. Miles Judge.

I Charles Walter of Norfolk in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do hereby and say, that I was a New Englander, Father and in the year 1782 in the Spring of the year was knowing that Ephraim, Coy of said Norfolk returned to the army and James Cal Sherman Regt. and it was said he joined the army {having previously deserted} on a General General pardon A desertor from General Washington and I am knowing of his doing duty as a Soldier after he returned and never knew of his being punished for Desertion and very believe he was accepted on the pardon and did duty until discharged previously to the Spring of the year 1782 I was acquainted with him as a life Mayor in said Regt. and it was generally reported he had deserted which I suppose was true and I believe also he returned on the pardon I belonged to Col. Webb's Regt. and knew that he was in the army the winter after he returned to the army, Charles Walter
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court before Me this first day of August A 1882
Michael T. Miles Judge of the Court
of Probate for the District of Norfolk
And the Court certifies that the above named Charles Walter who has signed and sworn to the above statement is a true and correct Norfolk is a credible person and that his statement entitled to credit
Michael T. Miles Judge of Probate