Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,666, Elijah Day, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Day, Elijah Wilcox, Mary
W. 22,666
{ B.L.W. 526-200-Lieut. Issued Oct. 15, 1789. No papers.
Former widow.
CONTENTS

1882 G.L.O. given no. of this sold- 8-17 ier's land warrant. 154 on let- ter of qualified heir to G.L.O. only child Polly Lizer NER.
8596.
New York Albany
Mary Wilcay deceased widow of Elijah Day who was a Lieutenant in the Revs
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. and ending 4 th May 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of July 1849. and sent to
A. L. Lynde Warrens N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 90

Elijah Day L t Mass. Line - Paving Land? Bry
Warr t . 526. for 200, anno ipsius 15 o Oct r 1789. to Elijah Day, of the Mass s Line, who is returned as a Lieutenant, and as entitled to "commutation pay" and land

State of New York Livingston County
I Thankful Bancraft being duly sworn according to law do on my oath depose and say that I was born on the 8 th day of March in the Year 1770 & am now upwards of 77 Years of age. That I was daughter of David & Mary Mason of West Springfield Massachusetts where I was born & resided with my parents until after I was married. That my mother was the daughter of Hezekiah Day and had a brother whose name was Elizah Day & they were the only children of the said Hezekiah Day living after my remembrance. That during the war of the revolution my father & mother & family lived in the same house with my Grandfather the said Hezekiah Day & his family & my father worked the farm until after the war closed when my grandfather gave his farm to his son the said Elizah Day who had been a Lieutenant in the army & gone from home during the greater part of the Revolution. That Capt. Luke Day also resided in West Springfield & was a relative of my mother & was frequently at my fathers. That I can distinctly recollect some events which took place in the first Year of the Revolution to wit that my uncle the said Elizah Day went to Boston in the service & my father took his ox team & went to Boston with a load of provision or baggage. I also recollect that my uncle the said Lieutenant Day frequently came home during the war on furlough and I recollect that one Lieutenant Buffington used to come with him also one other person whose name I cannot distinctly recollect. Buffington was an officer & I think a Lieutenant but about that I cannot be positive. I also recollect distinctly the difficulties at Northampton in 1782 & that several persons in our neighborhood were arrested & taken over to East Springfield & put into prison to wit Abner & Moses Leonard who

were our near neighbors. I also recollect that at the time & for some time previous to the Northampton difficulty my uncle the said Lieutenant Elijah Day was at home & that he went to Northampton he had been at home sick or rather in poor health on furlough and afterwards went back into the service & I cannot be mistaken about his going to Northampton I can recollect those events as clearly as though they were of late occurrence There was an Army at Springfield which was very large & called Lincoln's Army, they crossed the river & I recollect my feelings when they arrested our neighbors lest they should arrest & carry off my father That My uncle the said Elijah Day married Mary Leonard who was daughter of Benjamin Leonard & who lived not more than about 100 rods from my father's house That I was well acquainted with the said Mary Leonard from my earliest recollection & recollect distinctly when the said Elijah & Mary were said to have been married & that they went out of the State to be married & were not published at West Springfield. That my uncle & the said Mary after the date of the said alleged Marriage lived together at said West Springfield several Years & finally removed to the Delaware Coun- ty where he died of the same disease with which he was sick at home in 1781 & which was called a cancerous humor. That I recollect that the said Elijah Day went to Boston to be doctor'd for said disease That I now recollect two other persons who used to come home with my uncle the said Elijah Day when on furlough to visit one Regiment who I think was an officer & one other person whose name I think was Tabor. That I never knew at said West Springfield any

other person of the name of Eliza Doy Subscribed & sworn to this 19 th day of August 1848 before me } Thankful her Bancroft Jonas Howe Justice } mother
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Thankful Bancroft and that she is a person of unquestionable Moral Character & entitled to full credit also that she is a person of sound mind & memory. I also
STATE OF NEW-YORK, LIVINGSTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I Certify, that Jonas Howe Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 18 day of Sept.
A. D. 1848.
Wm H Whitney Clerk.

other person of the name of Eliza Doy Subscribed & sworn to this 19 th day of August 1848 before me } Jonas Howe Justice } Thankful her Bancroft mother
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Thankful Bancroft and that she is a person of unquestionable moral character & entitled to full credit also that she is a person of sound mind & memory. I also Certify that the said affiant is unable to write on ac= count of old age & want of practice
Jonas Howe Justice

I Henry Robinson of Suffield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, do on oath depose and say, that I am the husband of a granddaughter of the Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Gay, who was formerly Pastor of the First Congregational Church in said Suffield, and was succeeded in that office by his son, the late Reverend Ebenezer Gay, and that the Records of the said Reverend Dr. Gay have remained in the possession of his descendants rather than that of his successors, as I have understood, in accordance with the decision of a competent Ecclesiastical Body, & that they are now in my possession in consequence of my relation to his said granddaughter, my wife, and that the following, under the Head of Marriages, is an extract from them.
Seventeen Hundred Eighty Five October twenty eight. Elijah Day and Polly Leonard. W. Springfield.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows; "1785. Oct. 28."
Henry Robinson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County ss
March 25 th 1847
Then Henry Robinson within named personally appearing before me at West Springfield in said county of Hampden made solemn oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true
Henry Bly Justice of the Peace
Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston April, 6 th 1847
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Henry Ely was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Pennsylvania ss County of Potter
Be it known That on this twentieth day of November the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before me a Judge of the court of the county aforesaid. Mary Wilcox, widow, a resident of said county, whose husband was Lieut. Elijah Day, of the Revolution, aged Eighty five years, and who is unable to appear in court by reason of bodily infirmity. Who being first duly sworn according to her oath or her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Provisions made by the act of congress passed July 7. 1838. and other subsequent acts, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; "that she is the widow of Lieut. Elijah Day, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, under capt. Luke Day, during the war.
She further declares that she was married to the said Lieut. Elijah Day on the seventh day of November A.D. 1785. that her husband the said Elijah Day died on the fourteenth day of December
A.D. Seventeen hundred and ninety two that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. to wit at the time above stated, that she is now a widow, her second husband Wilcox being deceased, in A.D. 1841
Mary Wilcox
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me J. L. Rooks A.B. Judge

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Potter County, ss.
I Samuel Haven Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Potter do hereby certify that John L. Brooks Esquire before whom the foregoing writing was executed - was on the date thereof an associate Judge of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn - and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said judge and verily believe that the within & foregoing signature is genuine - and that the certificate is in due form of law and entitled to full credit - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Connersport this 22 nd day of November A. D. 1845
Sam l Haven
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Potter County Penn a

133 43
Mary Wilson and Medora Eliza May
Act 7 th July 1880
admitted
Lt: 2 yrs $320, per ann com. 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
Under act 3 March 1843 to 17 June 1843 for the year 1843 to the 4 th of May 1846
one child Pills Diger, Pills Diger
A. L. Lynde Warsaw N. Y.

State of Pennsylvania } Mc Kean Co } S.S. Be it known that at a court of Common Pleas held in and for said county at Smithport personally came Polly Sizer and on her oath to her duly administered according to law, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 That she is the daughter of Elijah Day who was a lieutenant in the American Revolutionary Army and Mary his wife. That the said Elijah Day resided at West Springfield in the State of Massachusetts. That the said Elijah Day was married to Mary Leonard at West Springfield in the month of November 1785. That the said Elijah Day died at Beavertill in the State of New York in the month of December in the year 1792. That on the 5 th day of May 1796 the said Mary Day widow of the said Elijah Day was married to James Wilcox at West Springfield in the State of Massachusetts. That the said James Wilcox died at Mantua Portage Co Ohio on the 10 th day of March in the year 1841. That the said Mary Wilcox died at Portage Potter County, State of Pennsylvania on the 4 th day of May 1846.
That after the death of the said James Wilcox, the said Mary Wilcox formerly widow of the said Elijah Day had not intermarried but remained a widow. That she has no documentary evidence of her father's services, or record of his marriage with the said Mary Leonard.
Subscribed and Sworn in Open Court this 23 rd day of February 1847 Polly Sizer
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Smithport this 23 rd day of February 1847
Richard Cladwick, Prothonotary.

January 3, 1933
Rose B. Searing 307 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater Florida
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Elijah Day, W. 22666 William Sizer, S. 33672 BA-J/MCS and J.L.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Elijah Day and William Sizer, soldiers of the Revolution.
The record of Elijah Day, given below, is obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 22666, based upon his military service during the Revolution.
He was the son of Hezekiah Day. The date and place of his birth were not given.
While living in West Springfield, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from January 1, 1777, until November 19, 1777, as ensign in Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks' Regiment; from November 19, 1777, until December 31, 1780, as lieutenant in Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks' Regiment; from January, 1781, through February, 1782, as lieutenant in Captain Luke Day's (who was soldier's uncle) Company in Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks' Regiment; from June 12, 1782, until June 17, 1782, as lieutenant in Captain Luke Day's Company in Colonel David Mosely's Regiment.
While living in West Springfield, Massachusetts, he married October 28, 1785, Mary, the daughter of Benjamin Leonard of West Springfield, Massachusetts. The marriage was recorded in the First Congregational Church of Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut.
Elijah Day died December 14, 1792, at Beaver Kill, New York.
See Hartman for this name as Lt. Col. instead of Col. & Mass. state report gives it Lt. Col.

His widow, Mary, married at West Springfield, Massachusetts, May 5, 1796, James Wilcox and he died March 10, 1841, at Mantua, Portage County, Ohio.
On November 20, 1845, said Mary Wilcox, a resident of Potter County, Pennsylvania, aged eighty-five years, applied for pension as the widow of Elijah Day. The claim was allowed.
She died May 4, 1846, at Portage, Potter County, Pennsylvania. Mary who married Hiram Sizer of Portage, Pennsylvania, was her only surviving child. Reference was made to a son of Elijah and Mary Day but his name was not given.
Elijah Day's sister, Mary, married David Mason of West Springfield and they had a daughter, Thankful, who was born March 5, 1771, and married --- Bancroft.
The widow, Mary Wilcox, had a brother Frederick Leonard, who was born and lived at West Springfield, Massachusetts, until many years after the Revolution and in 1849 he was living in Wilmington, Delaware, aged eighty-two years, and had been mayor of that city.
Abner and Moses Leonard were living in West Springfield, Massachusetts, during the Revolution, but their relation to the widow was not given.
In 1848 Henry Day of West Springfield, Massachusetts, aged sixty-eight years, stated that he was the grandson of Colonel Benjamin Day who was the soldier's uncle.
In 1848 Theodosia Root of West Springfield, Massachusetts, aged seventy-five years, stated that her first husband (his name not given) was the son of Captain Luke Day, the soldier's uncle under whom he served.
Lydia Dwight of West Springfield, Massachusetts, stated in 1846 that Elijah Day was her cousin.
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10.690
New York Albany
Mary Wilcox deceased
Widow of Elijah Day , who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 1792 of Beaver Killin the State of New York who was a Lieut. in the Company commanded by Captain Day's _____ of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 2 years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 320 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of July 1849 and sent to A. L. Lynde Warrenton
Total amount, $ _____
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Geo. Schuring Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 533

Springfield Washington Co West Springfield

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
November 13 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Olijah Day , is borne upon an Account in Army Books as a Lieutenant in Col Brooks's regt and there credited by his Service from January 1 1777 to December 31 1779 36 Months — 10 Months and 19 days as an Ensign at £6, and 25 Months and 11 days at £8 — Upon another Account in said Books as a Lieutenant in said Regt, and there credited by his Service from January 1 to December 31 1780, 12 Months at £8 per Month. Upon a Return of the Field Staff and Commissioned Officers in the 6th Massachusetts Battalion, lately Commanded by Col

Ichabod Alden, encamped at Cherry Valley February 24 1779, as a Lieutenant No Service Named.
Upon Several Muster Rolls of Capt Luke Day's Company, in Lt Col John Brooks's Regt, are Lt taken for the Months of January, February March April May June July August September, October, November & December 1781, and January & February 1782. Upon Several of the Muster Rolls against his Name And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence it is noted of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this as follows Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search viz "Sick at was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- Springfield . cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Packer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Command of Col David Mosely raised to support Government at Northampton in the Month of June 1782, as a Lt from June 12 to 17 1782
Upon a Pay Roll of the Field, Staff & Commissioned Officers of 3 d Regt of Militia in the County of Hampshire under the

Application for certificate of Revolutionary services, made by the Attorney of the party who rendered the service, State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk, and City of Boston.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of Elijah Day in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Mt Springfield in the County of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts. - year not known.
He served under Col. David or Daniel Mosely at Northampton as Lieutenant, in the Summer of 1782, and it is supposed that he served during a greater part of the war, and that he was at Bunker Hill and Cherry Valley.
No farther particulars are known.
Witness my hand this seventeenth day of October A. D. 1846
Signed by said F. Hall in my presence
Franklin Hall Atty. for the Widow
John C. Dodge Just. of the Peace

I Lydia Dwight West Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Elijah Day then of West Springfield (He being my Cousin and my nearest neighbour our dwellings being separated by little more than the width of the highway) and that near the commence- ment of the revolutionary war he left home, and as I then under- stood he went to Roxbury near Boston as a soldier and was absent from home I think about a year and during the whole period of the revolution he was absent (as I then understood in the capacity of a soldier) for most of the time, only visiting home occasionally on furlough I further state that I then understood that for a part of the time He was A Lieutenant and a recruiting Officer.
Lydia Dwight
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six Before me Henry Ely Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Lydia Dwight the above named affiant and that she is a person of truth and veracity
Henry Ely

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 17. 1846
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto attached, Henry Ely was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Henry Day of West Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I have seen among my fathers papers a letter signed by Elijah Day written I think from Valley Forge to my Grandfather Col: Benjamin Day who was Elijah Days uncl and that the letter was accompanied by what purported to be a draw- -ing of the fort or fortification at that place
Henry Day
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and forty six Before me Henry Ely Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Day the above named Affiant and that he is a person of truth and veracity
Henry Ely

6 days. The preceding is all the evidence of Desire of any one of the Name, Shown by the Military Records in this Office.

12,470 Mary Wilcox wife wid of Elijah Day Pa
act 7 May 1838
Frederick Leonard Wilmington Del
John Connell at Mr Sprigg Capital Hill
J. J. Foxworth Commissioner of Pensions of Beecherpton Colts

State of Delaware.
New Castle County S.S. Before the undersigned a Notary Public, in and for New Castle County in the State aforesaid, personally appeared Frederick Leonard, Esquire, of the City of Wilmington, in said County, to me, the said Notary well known, entitled to full faith and credit; who being first duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is personally well acquainted with Mary Wilson of Potter County in the State of Pennsylvania, widow, that she is the sister of this deponent, that he saw her married to Lieut' Elijah Day, in the year of seventeen hundred and eighty five, in the State of Massachusetts - that the said Lieutenant Day was attached to (Capt') Luke Day's company, and served during the war of the Revolution, that the said Elijah Day and his sister were married by the Rev d Joseph Lathrop long since dead, and the Record and documentary Evidence are lost or destroyed - That since the decease of the said Lieut' Elijah Day his said sister intermarried with James Wilson, who died many years past, and that she is now a widow, and in reduced circumstances, and requiring the aid of the country her husband so ardently served to aid in the establishment of National Independence, to which she is advised she is now entitled - she being now in the Eighty Sixth year of her age
Signed.
Frederick Leonard.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and Notarial Seal, at Wilmington the Twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty five.
(16) Seal.
Signed Thomas McDowell
Not y Public.

State of Pennsylvania SC. County of Potter
Be it known that on this twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and forty five - personally appeared before me, a Judge of the Court, of the County aforesaid, Mary Wilson, widow, a resident of said County, who was widow of Lieutenant Elijah Day, of the Revolution, aged eighty five years, and who is unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, and other subsequent acts; Entitled an act, granting half pay and pension, to certain widows, that she is the widow of Lieut. Elijah Day, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, under Capt. Lusk's Bay, during the War.
She further declares that she was married to the said Lieut. Elijah Day, on the seventh day of November A. D. 1785 that her husband the said Elijah Day, died on the fourteenth day of December A. D. Seventeen hundred and ninety two, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated - that she is now a widow, her second husband, Wilson being deceased, in A. D. 1841
Mary Wilson Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me J. L. Rooks, Asst Judge.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Potter County S d
I Samuel Slaven, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Potter do hereby certify that John L. Rootes, Esquire before whom the foregoing writing was executed, was on the date thereof, an Associate Judge of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn - and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and verily believe that the within and foregoing signature is genuine, and that the certificate, is in due form of law, and entitled to full credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and here affixed the seal of the said Court at Coudersport This 22 d day of November A. D. 1845
Sam l Slaven
Prothonotary of the Court Common Pleas of Potter County Penn ia

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston March 1 st 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Henry Ely was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M. B. Ely, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I know all men by these Presents that I Henry Day of West Springfield in the county of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts having made a deposition in relation to the Revolution- ary services of Elijah Day of West Springfield before Henry Ely Esq. on the fifth day of Oct 1846) do depose & say (in addition to what is stated in said deposition) that the Elijah Day therein named is the only person of that name in West Spring- field that I ever knew or heard of & that I have always understood that he married Mary Leonard & that I was familiarly acquainted with the family especially with their son he being a playmate of mine & about my own age which is now sixty eight years
Henry Day
Given to & subscribed this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty eight
Before Me Henry Ely Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Day the above named Affiant & that he is a person of truth & veracity Henry Ely

I Theodosia Root of West Springfield in the county of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath depose & say that my first husband was a son of Capt Luke Day of this town & that I was personally acquainted with the said Luke Day & have always supposed and believed that he was a captain in the army of the Revolution & that he was generally reputed and believed in the neighbourhood to have been a Captain in the Revolution & I further depose & say that I was well acquaint- -ed with Lieutenant Elijah Day also of this town & that he was generally reputed & believed to have served in the Revolution- ary army as Lieutenant and as I fully believe in the company of Capt Luke Day I further depose & say that I never knew or heard of any other Elijah Day than the person above named and that he married Polly Leonard I being seventyfive years old & having been well acquainted with the parties both before and after their marriage
Her Theodosia X Root mark
Sworn to & subscribed this seventeenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
Before Me Henry Bly Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Theodosia Root the above named affiant & that she is a person of truth & veracity
Henry Bly

Whereas I Hannah Eldridge of West Springfield in the county of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 26 th of March 1847 before Henry Ely Esq made a deposition in relation to the Revolutionary services of Luke Day & Elijah Day Both of West Springfield Now therefore in addition to what I have stated in said Deposition I do testify and say that it is my belief that the said Elijah belonged to Capt Luke Days Company & I further state that the Elijah Day of whom I speak was the only Elijah Day that I ever knew or heard of And that he married Polly Leonard I further state that I am now eighty three years of age being nearly of the same age as Polly Leonard and being familiarly acquainted with both the parties before & after their marriage
Hannah Eldridge
Sworn to & subscribed this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord 1848
Before me Henry Ely Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Hannah Eldridge the above named Affiant & that she is a person of truth & veracity
Henry Ely

I Lydia Dwight of West Springfield in the county of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts (on the fifth day of October A D 1846 Before Henry Ely Esq having made a deposition in relation to the Revolutionary services of Elijah day of said West Springfield) do depose & say in addition to what is therein stated that at near the close of the war the said Elijah day was at home sick for some time but recovered and returned to the service before the army was disbanded Also that the Elijah day of whom I speak was the only person of that name that I ever knew or heard of & that he married Mary Leonard & further that I am Eighty eight years old & have lived in West Spring- field & its immediate neighbourhood almost the whole of my life & was intimately acquainted with both Elijah day & Mary Leonard before & after their marriage
Lydia Dwight
Sworn to & subscribed this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord 1848
Before me Henry Ely Justice of the Peace
I do here by certify that I am personally acquainted with Lydia Dwight the above named affiant & that she is a person of truth & veracity
Henry Ely

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, December 21 st 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto attached, Henry Ely was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Cushing
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Enoch N Smith of West Springfield in the county of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath before & say that I am Clerk of said West Springfield and have been for the last since April last and that the records of that town are in my possession and have been during that period. I further testify & say that I have made a careful search of said records for evidence of the services of Elijah Day in the war of the Revolution but do not find his name mentioned therein nor that of any other person who served from this town. All I find relating to the Revolutionary war is the record of the votes of the town for raising Minute men & money for the payment of soldiers wages bounties &c but no account of the disbursements of these moneys. The Selectmens order books for that period if there ever were any have probably been lost as I have never seen any; the town records & papers for the period of the Revolution appear to have been badly kept & such I am informed by my predecessor is the case. I further testify and say that I have heard Elijah Day spoken of as having been a soldier of the Revolution and I believe & it is generally reputed & believed among the older inhabitants of the town that he served as Lieutenant during a great part of the war. Enoch N. Smith Hampden 18 th Decem 1848
Then Enoch N Smith above named personally appearing made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me Henry Oly Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 29 th 1849.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Elijah Day is borne upon a Return of the Field, Staff and other Commissioned Officers in the 7 th Massachusetts Regt, Commanded by Lt Col John Brooks, as Ensign and Lieutenant of Springfield from January 1 1777 to December 31 1779 inclusive. — Promoted to a Lieutenant November 19 1779.
From other Returns of said Regt. Commanded by Lt Col John Brooks, it appears that Lt Day was absent on account of sickness from July 1781 to November 1782.
In the Returns of October 23 rd , November 2 nd , 17 th and 23 rd , and December 14 th 1781, Lieut Day is reported absent at " Springfield ". In all the others it is generally stated; " Massachusetts ". So far as the Records show there appears to have been only one Elijah Day in said Regt, or Lt Day.

3712 M And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. D. Calhoun,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to certify whether or not the records in his office show to what town Lieutenant Elijah Day, of Capt. Luke Day's company in Col. John Brooks' Reg t , belonged, and whether they furnish any evidence of the identity of said Lieut. Day, other than that contained in the certificate of his services, dated Nov. 12. 1846.
Dated at Boston this twenty eighth day of March, 1849.
J. Hall. for A. L. Lynde.
Signed by said J. Hall in my presence John C. Dodge
Justice of the Peace.

13347 Mary Wilcox Let to A. L. Synoe May 6. 1847

No 13343 Mary Milroy ad Pa
Set to A. L. Lynde May 11 '47 Sub. to Wm. H. Putnam April 27th 1848
act 7 July 1838

Mary Wilcox, widow of Lieut. Elijah Day fatherward of James Wil- cox -
Pa - Delaware
act 7 July 1838
Proof of service, & marriage, &c. wanted. agent so informed in 1846 -
Wm H. Putnam July 9, 49.

Warsaw New York
July 7 th 1849
J. S. Edwards Esq
On the 11 th June I mailed to your address a letter calling your attention to several Pension cases in which I had sent proof to your office & had received no answer although sufficient time had elapsed to have authorized me to expect an answer
Having been absent from the 18 th June until the 5 th instant I find on my return your letter of the 16 th June requiring further information in relation to the cases which you will find below
1. Case of Mrs Mary Wilcox deceased widow of Elizab Pay. under act of July 7 th 1838. This case has been pending since Feb 1847. On the 9 th day of April last I sent to you a certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts and an affidavit of Frederick Leonard Esq. of Wilmington Delaware, brother of Mrs Wilcox, also I sent with them a copy of declaration of Mrs Wilcox which you sent to me instead of the original for the prothonotary's certificate. This case has been very much delayed and I had hoped that the proofs sent would have been sufficient to have established the claim before this
2 d Case of Eunice Crofman In this case I sent to you in January or February last through Hon Harvey Pitman a declaration of the widow of Lieutenant W m Crofman under act of July 29. 1848. & certificate of the Town Clerk of Wells Vermont, William Lamb shewing children of said William & Eunice to have been born in that town before 1800.
3 d Case of Sarah Viner This is a claim under the act of March 3. 1843 & its supplements. On the 28 th February 1849. You
Feb 16 to answer

required me to furnish evidence that the applicant was the same person who was a Pensioner under the act of July 7. 1838 & formerly resided in Massachusetts I sent to you the required proof on the 30th March last
4th On the 7th May last I sent you in the case of Anna Watkins formerly widow of Levi Hale a declaration and proof under act of June 17, 1844 & its supplements.
Respectfully Yours A. L. Lague
handed a Mexican claim for Col. Brevet 72 July 49
1800

Pennsylvania } McKean County }
Personally came before me, the subscribing a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mary Wilson; who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that she was formerly the wife of Lieutenant Elijah Day, now deceased, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War. and that the said Elijah Day, had, at the time of his decease, a Warrant for two hundred acres of land, and that the said Warrant was not disposed of at the time of his decease, but was afterwards unlawfully taken or stolen by some person or persons unknown, as she verily believes.
And further that Polly Sizer formerly Polly Day, is the only surviving heir of the said Elijah Day, deceased.
Sworn and subscribed before me the 14 th day of September 1841.
Mary Wilson
William Shields J.P.
Pennsylvania } McKean County }
I Richard Chadwick, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County; do hereby Certify that on the 14 th day of September 1841 William Shields Esq. was an acting justice of the peace, duly commissioned and sworn, & that the above signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal at Smithfield; the first day of July 1848
R. Chadwick Prothon.

Warsaw N Y R April 7, 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr. Sir
Your letter of the 9 th of February last in the pension case of Mrs Mary Wilcox widow of Elijah Day was duly received
I have procured a certificate from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in relation to the residence & service of Lieutenant Day and the affidavit of Frederick Leonard Esquire one of the most respectable Citizens as I am informed of Wilmington, Delaware, in relation to the services of Lieut Day his marriage with the sister of Mrs Leonard, the Mrs Wilcox in whose right the pension is claimed
I had previously to the receipt of your letter supposed that the proof of the marriage of Day with Mary Leonard was satisfactorily established by the copy of the record of that event which I sent to your office in the Spring of 1847 & which has been confirmed by the testimony of a number of witnesses. I think the Clerk in re-examining the case must have overlooked a part of the evidence upon that point
I have not procured a new declaration to be made as I knew it would be impossible for Mrs Sizer, who was quite young at the date of her father's decease, to set forth specifically each term or term of service rendered by him. Mrs Day in her life time made a declaration claiming a pension for the very service which appears upon the records at Boston, & I cannot think that a requisition which I think is quite unusual under such circumstances will be insisted upon

The Court will not be in session before June if I am correctly informed & the making of a new declaration would be attended with considerable trouble to Mrs Sizie who lives some 20 or more miles from the County seat & in the wilderness. I can assure you that my friends Mrs Sizie has no Commission on other documentary Evidence of her fathers services as I have made diligent inquiry into that matter in the hope that we might find some old papers which would settle the question of identity in this case satisfactorily to you.
You enclose to me a paper purporting to be the original declaration of Mrs Wilcox sent by me to your office. When I received it I was well satisfied that it was not the one which I sent to your office. Yet I sent it to Mr Naven who is the present Prothonotary who in reply stated that he recollected having made a certificate of the kind in this case but that was not the one.
The declaration which I sent was in the hand writing of Mrs Frederick Leonard & was signed by Mrs Wilcox herself in a tremulous handwriting indicative of old age. If that needs the Prothonotary's certificate I will cheerfully obtain it.
I cannot but express the hope that the proof now sent will be deemed sufficient with that previously filed fully to establish the Claim & that a certificate may be issued at an Early day.
Very Respectfully A. L. Lynde

Can J. L. Edwards
Cam & K.

Warsaw N.Y. Dec 26. 1848
Hon Henry Patnam
Dr. Sir
Enclosed please find proof in the Pension case of the surviving child of Mary Wilcox widow of Elizah Day which I trust will be deemed sufficient with the proof previously to establish fully & satisfactorily the claim.
Very Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde
P.S. Please send to Pension Office & request an early examination
also for - cancellation,
(Dear Sir,
I forward papers in case of Mary Day Wilcox - also the line of Mr Lynde'sunts & share arranged -
Respectfully Yours H. Patnam -

Hon Harry Putnam M.L., Washington D.C.

Washington Jany 1. 1849-
Colo J. L. Edwards,
(Dear Sir,
I forward papers in case of Mary Dag Wilcox - also the bill of Mr Lynde Minto & have arranged -
Respectfully Yours & H. Portmann -

Washington April 17. 1848
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Cam. P. K.
Sir, Herewith I send papers in the case of Mary Wilcox for a pension - A statement of the evidence forwarded to me by Mr Lynde I also send -
Please allow them as early examina- -tion as convenient and inform me of the result -
I transmit the papers as I rec- d them - Mr Lynde expresses a strong opinion in their favor - I have none to give as I have not examined the evidence -
I am Respectfully
Yours &
H. Putnam

State of New York Monroe County } ss. Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County personally appeared Alexander Ely to me well known as a citizen of the City of Rochester of good moral character & entitled to full credit as a witness who being by me duly sworn according to law on his oath deposes & says that he was eighty- five years old on the eighth day of January last that he was born at West Springfield in the State of Massachusetts & resided there with his parents from the date of his birth till the year 1780 when he joined the Contin- -ental Army as a six months recruit & performed the duty without pay or emolument of any kind what- -ever suffering great privation never receiving more than one half of the promised daily ration. It was his fortune to stand within about 20 feet of Maj. Andre when he was executed. After he left the army he resided about three years at Northampton and joined a volunteer company in defence of the Government. After the Revolutionary war was over he spent about ten years migra- -ting from place to place over the country. After that he resided about twenty years at Pittsfield Mass & then came to Rochester where he has resided ever since. That Defendants Father's name was John Ely & Defendant was well acquainted with Capt Levi Ely who was killed in the State of New York in the Revolutionary Service. That during the revolutionary war until the year 1780 he was constantly at home at said West Springfield. That he was well acquainted with Col Benjamin Day Capt Luke Day & Lieut Elijah Day & the parents of Mary or Polly Leonard. That Luke Day was a Captain & Elijah Day a Lieut in the American Revolutionary

service & were gone from home in said army except when at home on furlough during the chief part of said Revolutionary war. That he recollects seeing the said Elijah Day at home during the said war on furlough & that he spent some time at home toward the latter part of the Revolution being out of health. That Elijah Day the Lieut was according to the best of Deponent's recollection the son of Hezekiah Day & nephew of Col Benj Day & that Luke Day was he thinks Uncle to Elijah Day. That he never knew any other Elijah Day at West Springfield and is very confident that during the Revolutionary War & for many years thereafter there was no other person of that name residing at West Springfield. That Polly or Mary Leonard was daughter to Benjamin Leonard as he thinks & that her Father & the Day family of Elijah Day resided within eighty rods of Deponent's Father on the same street & Deponent was per- -fectly well acquainted with them & the fact that Lieut Luke Day & Lieut Elijah Day served during the War in the Continental Army was a fact as notorious & as unquestionable at West Spring- -field at the date of the Revolution as were the services & death of Lieut Levi Day or the services of any other citizens of said town. That about the year 1780 Deponent left home & joined the Army & staid away from West Springfield most of the time for several years thereafter. That he then returned to West Springfield for a short time & found upon his return that the said Elijah Day & Mary Leonard had during his absence were married & were living together as husband & wife without reproach & he never heard the fact of their having been married questioned & the said Elijah & Polly lived at said West Springfield some years after their said marriage.

as husband & wife. Taken, subscribed and sworn to this 7 th of April 1848 before me: after having been read over to the said Alexander Ely in my presence
Alexander Ely
James S. Teyon Justice of the Peace
of Monroe county & State of New York
STATE OF NEW-YORK, MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I Certify, that James S. Teyon Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, a
Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. And that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Rochester, this 8 day of April
A. D. 1848
John C. Nash Clerk.

Hon Henry Patnam Esq.
Washington
D.C.
To the Hon Comm ee of Pensions
Will send you the bill for the same

Warsaw New York
11 th April 1848
Hon. Harvey Putnam
Dr. Sir I wish through you to send to the Pension Office the enclosed proof in support of the pension claim of Mrs Mary Wilcox formerly widow of Elizoh Day who was a Lieutenant in the Revolution
1 st Is the declaration of Mrs Wilcox made in her life time setting forth her claim as the widow of Elizoh Day a Lieutenant in Capt Luke Days Company during the war At the date of her death her brother Fredrick Leonard Esquire a highly respectable citizen of Wilmington Delaware & former Mayor of that City was acting as her agent in the prosecution of her claim & had the declaration in his possession. Upon hearing of the death of Mrs Wilcox he supposed that her claim expired with her & consequently did not file any papers in the case. Since I sent the former papers in this case to the Pension Office the original declaration has been obtained from Mr Leonard & sent to me 2 d Is the proof of several Witnesses to show that the Lieutenant Elizoh Day who served in Capt Luke Days Company is the same person who married Mary Leonard late Mrs Wilcox 3 rd Is the affidavit of Erastus Kentfield a soldier in Capt Luke Days Company showing that Lieut Elizoh Day at the date of the insurrection at Northampton in spring of 1782 was at home at West Springfield & not on duty with the Company at West Point. & therefore may have rendered the service at Northampton while absent on furlough on account of ill health. Such we suppose to be the fact. At any rate the rendition of such service at a time when he was absent from his Company at home on furlough. does not create any presumption

against this claim particularly in view of the fact that the widow herself in 1845 claimed the service as the records shew it to have been rendered under Capt Luke Day. She at the time having no knowledge of the proof upon the records at Boston, whatever.
I think the proof now sent with that on file must satisfactorily establish the service of Elizur Day & his identity as the former husband of the present Claimant & of his marriage with her previous to 1794
Will you please send to the Pension Office with a request for an early examination of the case and issuing of the Pension Certificate
Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde

Elizah Day Dunson 12 Jan 1777 - St 16 Nov 1779
7 Maps Rept -
Warrant for Bonner Land issued to St Day in 1789 No 526

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Sept 11 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that William Tryon was a Sergeant in Capt Luke Day's Company, Lt Col Brooks Regt - the same Company and regiment that Elijah Day served in as a Lieutenant. Samuel Buffinton was a Lieutenant in same regt, as also appears from same records. The name of Bigelow is not found as a private or Officer in Lt Col Brooks regt.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Gailor
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is requested to certify whether or not, it appears that the following persons viz. One Buffington who was an officer, One Bigelow who was an Officer & one Teyon, served in the same or Brigade regiment with Elijah Doy who was a Lieutenant in Capt Luke Doy's Company in Col Brooks regiment for during the War. Dated at Warsaw New York the 28th day of August 1848
Albertus L. Lynde Atty for the heirs of Doy's Widow
Signed in presence of { Roswell Gould Justice

11 125 141 26 46
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington

Warsaw N.Y.
12 th April 1847
J. L. Edwards Esq. Dr. Sir
Herewith I send papers in case of Mary Wilcox widow of Elizeh Doy who was a Lieutenant. You will observe a discrep- ancy between the declaration & proof in relation to the place of the marriage. The daughter sup- posed they were married at West Springfield where they both resided but in searching for proof of the marriage there we learned from their old acquaintances that in order to avoid the publication laws of Massachusetts they went into the adjoining town of Suffield in Connecticut & were married & on investigation there we find the enclosed proof I trust the evidence will be deemed sufficient to authorize the issuing of certificate for a full pension as Lieut.
Very Respectfully A. L. Lynde

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Day Case Declaracion
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State of Pennsylvania } Mc Kean County } ss I Richard Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Mc Kean County. Hereby certify that at a Court of Common Pleas held at Smethport in and for said County. Satisfactory proof has been exhibited that Mary Wilcox who was formerly widow of Elijah Day died at Portage in the County of Potter in the State of Pennsylvania on the 4th day of May 1846. She was at that time widow of James Wilcox. That she left one child whose name is Polly Sizer. That the Polly Sizer is more than twenty one years old, and she is the only child of the said Mary Day her surviving.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Smethport this 23 d day of February in the year of our Lord 1847
Rich d Chadwick Prothonotary

State of Delaware
New Castle County ss. Before the Undersigned a notary Public in & for said County personally appeared Frederick Leonard Easquire to me the said Notary well known to be a person of good moral Character & entitled to full Credit as a witness, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that he was well acquainted with M rs Mary Wilcox deceased late of Potter County in the State of Pennsylvania who was a sister of this deponent. That he is now eighty five  82 years old and was born & during the Revolution & for many years after resided, at West Springfield in the State of Massachusetts as did his said sister the said Mary that being the place where our parents then lived. That at said West Springfield he was well acquainted with Capt. Luke Day & Lieutenant Elijah Day both of whom were in the service in Massachusetts Line of the Con- tinental Army for the term of during the War & both of whom resided at said at said West Springfield at the date of the Revolution & for several years thereafter. That in the year 1785 or thereabouts the said Elijah Day was married to deponent's sister Mary Leonard both of whom at that date resided at said West Spring- field and after said marriage until the death of Day lived together as husband and wife. That some years after their marriage the said Elijah & Mary removed to Colchester in the County of Delaware where the said Elijah died in the year 1794 or thereabouts and deponent was present at his death and burial That the said Elijah Day & deponent's father were near neighbors & the families intimate and during the Revolution the said Day was several times at home on furlough when deponent frequently saw him and toward the close of the war deponent

well recollects that said Day was at home a long time on furlough out of health
That the services of the said Elijah Day as a Lieutenant under his Uncle Luke Day in the Continental Army during the revolutionary war were during said war and for many years after at said West Springfield matters of public notoriety and no person at that date and place called in question his said services and he was ever regarded and recognized as a Lieutenant under Capt Day in said War. That the said Mary Day widow of said Elijah Day subsequently married one James Wilcox who died several years previous to her death at which time she was his widow and that previous to her decease deponent as her attorney had prepared for her a declaration under the Pension act of July 7 th 1838 claiming a pension as the widow of said Elijah Day for his said services as Lieutenant under said Capt Luke Day as aforesaid. which said declaration had been duly executed by the said Mary Wilcox and was at the date of her decease in the possession of this deponent and has since been by him delivered to Mr. Hiram Sizer the husband of Mrs. Mary or Polly Sizer the daughter of said Mary Leonard deponent further states that he never knew at said West Springfield any person other than the one above mentioned bearing the name of Elijah Day
Fred Livermore
Subscribed & sworn before me this 12 th day of March 1849 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial seal at Wilmington in said County the Twelfth day of March in the Year of our Lord 1849 "interline under 'eighth line' between 9 th & 10 th lines"
Thos M. D. Merrill Noty. Pub.

See Case 1000

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
February 12 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Erastus Kentfield is borne upon the Monthly Muster Rolls of Capt Luke Day's Company in Lt Col John Brooks's Regt (the 7 th Massachusetts Regt) as a private from May 1781 to March 1782, inclusive, 10 months. — The rolls of Capt Luke Day's Company for the subsequent months in 1782 (none in 1783) are not in this Office. — From a Size Roll of Capt Luke Day's Company it appears that Erastus Kentfield, enlisted at Belchertown, February 15 1781, for the term of 3 years, and at the age of 17 — and was a farmer. Upon all these rolls with Erastus Kentfield is borne the name of Elijah Day as a Lieutenant and as "sick at Springfield."
of his return to West Springfield more distinctly on that account. I recollect that troops were called out to suppress an insurrection at Northampton in Massachusetts about a year after I joined the army at West Point. It was while I was in the army. And the said Lieutenant Day was not with the army at the time the troops were called to Northampton to suppress the insurrection under Col David Morley. But was then at home as I suppose although he afterwards came back and joined the revolutionary army. I served in the army about three years. I think the term of my service was a very -

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M. B. Callan,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Braster  Kentfield now of Ware in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath testify and say - That I am right thru years of age on the eighth day of February next. That I was born in the town of Belchertown in said County and have spent the most part of my life in said Belchertown although I have spent some years in Enfield and Granby both in said County I further testify that I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and am now a pensioner of the United States on account of services rendered in the Revolutionary War. I enlisted as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution at said Belchertown on the fifteenth day of February A.D. 1781. I then enlisted into Capt Luke Day's Company belonging to John Brooks Regiment. Said Luke Day belonged to the town of West Springfield then in the County of Hampshire now in the County of Hampden . I enlisted for three years. Said Luke Day then acting as a Recruiting Officer. About the first of April following my enlistment. Our Company marched to Springfield . about a week after we went to Springfield we Marched from that place to West Point in the state of New York . Brooks Regiment was the seventh Major Derby and Major Porter were the Majors. There was a Lieutenant Day belonging to said Company whose name was Elijah and he also belonged to said West Springfield . I did not see the said Lieutenant Day till we arrived at West Point . Lieutenant Day soon left our Company and went home to West Springfield . He said he was sick and gave that as a reason why he went home. As he was not confined but about daily. The soldiers laughed about it and said he had the Pox. And perhaps I recollect the part of of his return to West Springfield more distinctly on that account. I recollect that troops were called out to suppress an insurrection at Northampton in Massachusetts about a year after I joined the army at West Point . It was while I was in the army. And the said Lieutenant Day was not with the army at the time the troops were called to Northampton to suppress the insurrection under Col David Mosely . But was then at home as I suppose although he afterwards came back and joined the revolutionary army. I served in the army about three years. I think the term of my service was a very -
* where I was before signature

little less than three years - And during the my said term of service there was no other person by the name of Day in the employment of the said Luke and Elijah - nor have I ever known
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston February 15 th 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Stephen Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

about three years - I think the term of my service
little less than three years. And during the my said term of service there was no other person by the name of Day in the company except the said Luke and Elijah. Nor have I ever known or heard of any person by the name of Day who was an officer in the revolutionary army belonging to West Springfield except the two by that name above mentioned so wit Luke & Elijah although I have always been acquainted in West Springfield Attest Eli's Larson
Brastus his  X Huntfield mark
Hampshire ss January 31 st 1848. Then the above deposition was subscribed and sworn to before me
Ephraim Clark Justice of the Peace
And I further certify that the reputation of the said Brastus Huntfield for truth and veracity is good
Ephraim Clark Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania } We hear & }
Before the Subscriber-a Justice of the Peace in and for said said County personally came Stephen Lucare and Elizabeth Lucare to me well known and made oath in due form of law that they was formerly well acquainted with Mrs Mary Wilcox the mother of Mrs Polly Sizer of the town of Portage in the County of Potter in the State of Pennsylvania. That the said Mary Wilcox died at said Portage on the 4th day of May 1846. That they were the neighbors of the said Mary Wilcox at the time of her decease & present at her death and funeral
Stephen Lucare Elizabeth Lucare
Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of November 1847. And I certify the said deponent to be fully entitled to credit and to be a per- son of good moral character J. W. Freeman, J.P.
Pennsylvania } H. Koon County }
I Richard Chadwick, Prothonotary of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify, that Samuel M. Freeman Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn; and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office at Smithport the tenth day of November, 1847.
R. Chadwick, Protho.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston April 6 th 1847
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Henry Ely was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Robert Ely of West Springfield in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts on oath depose and say that I am now eighty four years old and that I well recollect many of the incidents of and some of the men who served in the Revolutionary War and among others I well remember Luke Day and Elijah Day both of this town and I depose and say that Luke Day was generally reputed and believed in the neighbourhood to have been a captain and that Elijah Day was a Lieutenant in the revolutionary army but whether Luke Day and Elijah Day were both in the same company I do not with certainty recollect but it was generally reputed and believed in the neighbour- hood that they both served a long period either three years or during the war and when they returned from service they returned at about the same time and I distinctly recollect seeing Elijah Day about that time wearing the Uniform of an officer having Epauletz on his shoulders
Robert Ely
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden S.S. March 26 th 1827
Then personally appeared before me the above named Robert Ely and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true Henry Ely Justice of the Peace

I Hannah Eldridge of West Springfield in the county of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts On oath depose and say that I was formerly acquainted with Luke Day and Elijah Day both of said West Springfield and it was generally reputed and believed that they were soldiers of the revolutionary army Luke Day in the capacity of Captain and Elijah Day in the capacity of Lieutenant they being commonly addressed and spoken of by those titles respect- ively
Hannah Eldridge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss March 26 th 1847
Then Hannah Eldridge above named personally appearing made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed
Before Me Henry Ely Justice of the Peace

William Sizer-S. 33672
The record given below of William Sizer is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 33672, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
William Sizer was commissioned June ---, 2 nd Lieutenant of a company from Connecticut; he stated that he performed various services as a commissioned officer, that he received a commission in 1776, but he did not state the rank; he was commissioned in July 1777, Lieutenant of Colonel J. Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers. He was commissioned February 19, 1780, Captain in said regiment, to rank as such from November 12, 1779 and served until June, 1781, when he went out of the service "not by resignation but by a derangement which took place by order of General Washington".
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, while a resident of Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts; he was seventy-one years of age at that time.
In 1820, William Sizer referred to his wife, Abigail, aged seventy years, and to a family which consisted of fourteen children; the only name stated was Francis, a son, aged thirty-eight years. One Almira Sizer, aged thirty years, lived with the soldier at that time but no relationship was stated.
The above record is that of the only soldier named William Sizer found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elijah Day a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. N. F. 22,666
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1, 1777 to Nov 19, 77 Ensign ✓ John Brooks Mass   Nov 19, 1777 to Dec 31, 80 Lieut ✓ " "   Jan. 1781 to Feb. 1782 " + Luke Day (his uncle) " "   June 12, 1782 to June 17, 82 " ✓ Daniel Moseley "   (Two acres of bounty land was allowed on Warrant No. 526 which was issued Oct. 14, 1789.)  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, West Springfield, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 20, 1845 . Her the cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Potter Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 85 yrs. She died May 4, 1846, at Portage, Pa. Potter Co.
Remarks: Soldier who was the son of Hezekiah Day, mar. Oct. 28, 1785, at Suffield, Conn. Mary, daughter of Benjamin Leonard, of West Springfield, Mass. Soldier died Dec. 14, 1792, at Beaver Kill, N. Y. Two children referred to, a son (name not stated) and Mary (Polly) wife of Hiram Liger. Soldier's widow mar. James Wilson who died March 10, 1841.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Clearwater Fla.
Dec. 3 rd 1932.
Sir:-
Would you kindly send me records of Revolutionary War veterans Capt. William Sizer . Born Middletown Conn 1746 - and if the information is correct that he was once private-secy. to George Washington as stated in Kellogg-genealogy- also son Elijah Day born 1754 West Springfield Mass - These records are needed for entrance to the D.A.R. society-
Thanking you,
I am sincerely
Rose B. Searing.
307 N. Osceola Ave.
Clearwater, Fla.

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1 Columbia Houseware Company
SPECIALISTS IN MOPS
Manufacturers of
"Columbian" Household Utilities, Sanitary Dustless Dusters Utility Mops and Floor Cloths COLUMBIA, PA.
September 14 1920
Revolutionary War Bureau, Pension Dept., War Department Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, -
Please supply me with the war record of
ELIJAH DAY born in W. Springfield June 6 1754 died Beaver Kill Dec. 14 1792
Yours truly,
Gayle Burlingame, Columbia, Pa. Gayle Burlingame

Mr. L. B. ... D
155 Gates Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Jan. 5, 1916.
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Would like record of pension and land grants given Elijah

Day who was Ensign 7 th Mass. Jan 1, 1777 - 2 nd Lieut. Nov. 19, 1777 4 th Mass. Jan. 1, 1781 - retired Jan 1, 1783 (in ward record Dpt May 22 '93). Place of burial or any information of said an- cestor will be greatly received. If fee is required please inform me. Resp. Lillian Holch

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H. W. Hubbard, MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN. ARTISTIC DRAWING OF ALL KINDS. DESIGNING ON WOOD FOR ENGRAVING. Patent Office Drawings a Specialty. NO. 50 WESTMINSTER STREET, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
Providence Nov 3 d 1880.
Hon. Commission of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
I desire information which I think you can give.
I will state the case, then ask questions.
Elijah Day was born at West-Springfield, Mass. & served in the "Revolutionary War", for which he was awarded a "Land- Warrant" for 200 acres, located about six miles from Columbus, Ohio. He died about 88 years ago leaving an only child Polly, 6 years old. She married Hiram Sizer of Chester, Mass. & with him -
RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS NOV 10 1880 FOR INFORMATION IN RE PENSION OF ELIJAH DAY

removed to Pennsylvania, where she now resides, at Sizerville, Cameron Co. About 1849- or 50, she applied for a pension through the agency of a man named Lynde of Warsaw, Wyoming Co. New York. (He afterward went to the city of Buffalo, N.Y.) In order that he might more readily secure the pension, he required the warrant of her, & she let him have it whereupon he procured a pension of $1800.- for her, & insisted that she should give him $800.- which she did for his services. She asked for the warrant & he pretended it was mislaid by his clerk, & as he was absent could not give it to her. She tried several times to get it, but he was always ready with an excuse, & not knowing how to compel him to surrender it, she allowed the matter to run along
till this late day.
I visited her the past week, & she told me her story. She is my Grand-Mother on Mother's side, & is in her 95 th year, & quite smart.
Now I wish to ask if the records show that the warrant has been presented & the land claimed? If so, by whom, and when, and what disposal has been made of it?
You will confer a great favor upon a deserving old lady, and receive the thanks of
Yours truly
H. W. Hubbard 81 Westminster St. Providence
R. I.
P.S. I am Sargent-Major "Arnold" Post- No. 4, G.A.R. Dept. R.I. H.W.H.

1916, Jan. 11. History to Lillian Holch. L.M. 1920, Oct-22 Hist. to Gayle Burlingame 1933 Jan. 3. Hist. to L. Dearing
Ref
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22666  Mary Wilson  widow of  Elizah Day  First Rev
Act March 3 rd /43  June 17 th 1844
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]