Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28696, Ezekiel Crandal, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
brandal, Ezekiel or brandle
S-28696
CONTENTS

10.12.1917 Ezekiel Crandall Chenango 6 o N York
5
P. 400 Supp 2
May 15-33
Wath 2 Taylor New Berlin 2 St. Pike 6 o Norwich Chenango 6 o N.Y.
CRANDAL, EZEKIEL (R.I.) 5-28696

BRIEF in the case of  Ezekiel Graven  of Chenango Co in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Graven  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 85  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.      May 1 st Enlisted in 1777 for the term of the war and served the whole from the first to the last  As a Private  Gen. S t Clair Gen. S t Clair Gen. S t Clair Gen. S t Clair   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Stonington Point, Kings Neck  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chatham Washington Co Rhode Island  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? yes, of property attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Geo. B. Whiting
Examining Clerk.

28812
New York
Ezekiel Brandle of Chenango Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Stanton of the Regt commanded by Col Babcock in the R Island time for 12 months, -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 15th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 1834 and sent to Hon. N Halsey Hot Reprod
Arrears to the 15th of Mar 34 $120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 34 20.00
$140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 131

Ezekiel Crandall
14.517
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ad. den
Waltham Taylor
So. New Berlin
Chenango Co.
N. Y.
12 mo. per
40 ¢

Ezekiel Crandall 14517
addition
William Taylor So. New Berlin Chemung Co N. Y.
12 mo. pri
40 3/4

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 — State of New York Chenango County ss
on the ninth day of October in the year 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Town of Norwich in and for the County of Chenango Now Sitting Ezekiel Brandal a resident of the Town of New Berlin in the County of Chenango and State of New York aged Eighty five years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 —
That he enlisted in the service of the United States under the following Named officers and served as herein stated first on or about the first day of May 1777 at Charlestown County of Washington and State of Rhode Island. He enlisted in Captain Augustus Stan- =ton's Company. Colonel James Babcock's Regiment of Rhode Island State Troops for and during the war agreeable to an act of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island passed for the purpose of guarding the sea shores from New London Connecticut to Pro- =vidence Rhode Island a distance of about fifty Miles and Mustered at Charlestown aforesaid and held in Readiness at a Minute's warning and was attached to General Joseph Stanton's Brigade and was called out at Stonington point when the British landed there and set fire to the Town a severe engagement took place which lasted forty eight hours when we drove the British from the Shore Next was called out at Noyes Neck

when the British Landed there a smart engagement took place after about thirty hours firing the enemy hauled off and Left the Shore Next alarm was at point Judith when a Skirmish took place. from there to Newport when the British were on that Island and Likewise in a Number of other engagement and was held in Readiness at a Moments warning to the Close of the war. This applicant held no office but was detached by General Stanton as one of his Life Guard and continued with him to the Close of the war at which time he was discharged but without a written discharge He knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Services as above stated
He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his Name is not on any pension Roll of the agency of any State
Ezekiel Brandal
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid

We Joseph H. Chamberlin a Clergyman resident in the Town of New Berlin County of Chenango and State of New York and Nathan Taylor with us resident in the same place do hereby that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Brandal who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty five years of age which he represents and that he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Joseph H. Chamberlin Nathan Taylor
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me J. K. Pike C. N. K.

Interrogatories
1 st Where and in what year were you Born —
Answer - Born in the Town of Westerly County of Washington and State of Rhode Island in the 1747 —
2 nd Have you any Record of your age. and if so. where is it Answer has no record of his age — except  except the family Bible.
3 rd where were you living when called into Service. where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live — Answer was living in the Town of Charlestown County of Washington and State of Rhode Island. when called into Service and lived there untill after the Close of the war and then removed to the Town of Stonington in the State of Connecticut lived there five years then removed to Pittsfield Berkshire County Massachusetts lived there ten years. then removed to the Town of New Berlin County of Chenango and State of New York where he has since resided and where he now lives
4 th how were you called into Service. were you drafted did you volunteer. or were you a substitute. and if a substitute. for whom —
Answer - enlisted voluntarily —
5 th 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 Service —
Answer General Stanton Colonel Babcock Major Barton.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it — Ans. received no written discharge when the war was over we were all discharged as one —
7 th State the Names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood and who can testify as to your Character capacity. and their belief of your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution —

Ans. Matthew Colkins Esqr General Augustus C. Welch Caleb S. Butts Nathan Taylor Esqr
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 Said Court further certify that it appears to them that Joseph H. Chamberlin who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of New Berlin and that Nathan Taylor who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of New Berlin and is a Credable person and their Statement is entitled to Credit, —
H c Tracy } Chieftains of Devi Bigelow Nathan Taylor Rev. Read Charles York Common Pleas

State of New York } Chenango County } Francis H. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County do certify that the within conta- -ins the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zehiel Crandall for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 10 th Day of October 1832 -
F. H. Pike Clerk
Zehiel Crandall
14517
ad. hen Walker Taylor So. New Bedf. Chenango Co. N.Y. John D. N. Y. 12 mos. here 40 3/4

State of New York Washington County ss.
Amended Declaration
Personally appeared Before me the undersigned one of the Judges of Chautauqua Common Pleas Ezekiel Brantley 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 order, and first was called out on our first alarm at Stan- 3- ington point and served three Months the first alarm was at Hoyes Neck and served three Months as near as this deponent can recollect, and then was called out at 3- Point Judith point and served a tour of three months at that place according to the best of this deponent's recollection, but the time when these three tours was was performed this deponent cannot precisely recollect the next alarm this deponent was called out on the Island of Newport thinks in August 1778 and served three Months these tours, all under 3- the same officers named in his declaration, this deponent saith he served as a private soldier or as a water for General Stanton all the time he was in the service and further this deponent says he considered himself either in the field or in Garrison from his enlistment to the close of the war a term of nearly six years as he was held as a Minute Man, and frequently called out on alarm to guard the sea shore the times so numerous to mention for some times we was called out for three or four hours, and some times for three or four days at a time which I have not stated in either of the tours before mentioned, and these alarms was so frequent during the war that it would be impos- -sible for me to state the number of times so called

out or even to get at the same. Suppose it to say that it was our Chief Business for the term of nearly six years and this deponent further states that the time he expended in the United States service was worse for him than in actual service for the term of three years. and further this deponent saith not —
Ezekiel Brandal
Sworn and subscribed before me this 9 th day of September 1833 — — — Nathan Taylor Judge of Chenango County of Common Pleas
I do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Ezekiel Brandal who signed the foregoing Affidavit and know him to be a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. Nathan Taylor Judge
see Clerk's Certificate at the next paper
W. B. C. 1833

State of New York Chenango County ss.
Elkanah Spear who being duly sworn depaseth and saith that well knew that the Legislature of Rhode Island Passed an act to raise a Regiment to guard the sea shores from New London Connecticut, to Providence Rhode Island and that Joseph Stanton was General of said Regiment and frequently saw Ezekiel Brandal the within Named applicant with General Joseph Stanton when called out on alarms and once in particular on the Island of Newport saw the said Ezekiel Brandal and General Joseph Stanton together in an action of Sullivan's Expedition being the same time as mentioned by the said Ezekiel Brandal in his fourth tour in his affidavit. as this deponent thinks and verely believes - and further saith not.
Elkanah Spear
Sworn and Subscribed Before me this 9 th day of September 1833 -
Nathan Taylor Judge of Chenango Common Pleas
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Elkanah Spear who subscribed the above affidavit and consider him to be a Credable person and that his statement is entitled to Credence.
Nathan Taylor Judge
State of New York
Chenango County ss.
I Lewis N. Pike Clerk of said County do certify that Nathan Taylor before whom the preceding affidavit of Elkanah Spear purports to have been sworn and whose name is signed to the Certificate of his credibility - and also before whom

annexed amended declaration of Ezekiel Brandall purports to have been signed by him at the date of the same a Judge of the Orange County Court - And that I am ac- quainted with his handwriting and readily be- lieve his name subscribed to the said several papers to be his genuine hand writing and signature
Witness My hand and seal of Office this 16th September 1833
P. B. Miller Dep. Clerk.

July 7, 1934.
Minnie T. Laraway 25 Cortland Street Norwich, New York.
am BA-J/ILL Ezekiel Crandal S. 28696
Dear Madam:
The record of Ezekiel Crandal is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 28696, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Ezekiel Crandal was born in the year 1747, in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, he was a minute man from early in the war, guarding the sea-coast, served as private in Captain Augustus Stanton's company, Colonel James Babcock's Rhode Island regiment, three months when the British burned Stonington, Connecticut and was in a severe engagement there, three months at Noyes Neck and was in an engagement there, three months at Point Judith where there was a skirmish, and three months in 1778 in General Sullivan's Expedition and was in the battle of Newport; he stated that he was called out at various times, and continued in the service until the close of the war; a part of the time he was guard to General Joseph Stanton.
After the war, the soldier moved to Stonington, Connecticut, and remained five years, from there moved to Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where he lived ten years, and then moved to New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he resided in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.
There are no data relative to soldier's family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

State of New York Chenango County - ss.
Ezekiel Grandal of the Town of New Berlin County and State aforesaid who being Duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he was a Soldier of the revolutionary war from May 1777 to the Close of said war and served under the following Named officers Joseph Stanton General James Babcock Colonel Harry Babcock Lieut Colonel — Barton Major and Augustus Stanton Capt and was in the Battle at Stonington point and was Stationed and served there three Months under the above Named officers and was in the Battle at Hopes Neck under the same officers and served there three Months Next was Called at point Judith was Stationed and served there three Months under the same officers and from thence we were Called on the Island of Newport and served there three Months in General Sullivans Expedition and served under the above Named officers and was subject to their Command and they subject to the Command of General Sullivan. this deponent further says as this Brigade was Raised for the Express purpose of Guarding the sea Coast from New London Connecticut, to Providence Rhode Island. a distance of about fifty Miles, by an act of the General Assembly of Rhode Island and the officers appointed by the same authority and we were held in readiness at a Moments warning, and were frequently Called out on alarms at other times besides the ones above stated, and served from one day to five, ten or fifteen days at a time at different times and at different places but times and places it would be impossible for him to state as they were so frequent from the commencement of the war to the Close of the same, but the services performed by this deponent at the last mentioned alarms were they all put together would make in the judgment of this deponent at least one year, besides the four first Mention- ed Tours, and this deponent further says that the Manner in which he was held in readiness and the services by him performed was worse for him than to have served three

years in the regular service, and in the judgment of this deponent he is honestly and justly entitled to a full Pension, but this he must submit to your better judgment and further says he served under the within named officers from the commencement of the war to the close of the same, and further and further this deponent can not state, unless some particular which has escaped his recollection
Ezekiel Crandal
Sworn and Subscribed Before me this 23 d day of November 1833
Nathan Taylor Judge of Common Pleas
and I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ezekiel Crandal who signed the foregoing affidavit and have been for forty years and that his character as to truth and veracity is good and be found reproach-
Nathan Taylor Judge
State of New York Chautauqua County ss:
I, David H. Pike Clerk of the said County do cer- tify that Nathan Taylor, Esquire, before whom the within or preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for said County, and that I am ac- quainted with his handwriting and truly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the preceding certificate of credibility to be his genuine handwriting and signature
Witness my hand and seal of said County this 23 d day of Nov: 1833
P. B. Puddle Dep Clerk
I would refer you to Henry Mitchell of the House of Representatives for explanation &c of any matter that may be considered doubtful or as requiring any additional light

To New Berlin Free June 20 th
Hon. Henry Mitchell Member of Congress City of Washington

So New Berlin June 19 th 1834 —
Dear Sir by the request of Mr Ezekiel Crandal I now write you and wish that you would attend to Mr Crandals pension papers, which are now on file in the pension office agreeable to his last return he set forth and stated in his affidavit four actual years of service three months each, to which I think entitles him to one year pension and the remainder of his service he can not state definitely neither has he the means at present to prove his service any further than he has stated in his affidavit which does entitle him to one year service which he will be satisfied with, as the length of time and the death of his officers and soldiers puts it out of his power to show every particular relative to his service. Therefore if he can be allowed the service which he proved and actually done it will satisfy him, if not he wishes to have the papers remain on file, as he has lately heard that some twelve or fifteen pensions have been allowed, to men in Rhode Island in the same situation of himself therefore he thinks he can obtain proof to substantiate (perhaps) the Most or all of his service. but as it is at the distance of about three hundred Miles and he an old and infirm Man he has rather take up with what he has all ready proven if it can be allowed, then to take any further trouble. Sir your immediate attendance to this will greatly oblige Mr Crandal. and get the years service allowed which is proven, as it will be all most impossible for him at this late hour in the day and under his infirmities to make further proof — this from yours with
Due Respect —
Nathan Taylor
To Hon. Henry Mitchell —

28696 INVALID. Recy
1930 - April 22 - History to Mrs. Leon E. Jenkins. JLL.
File No. 28,696
Cecil Brant
Rec. Rec
Act: June 7 th 1927
Index: Vol 3 , Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Revs. New York
Suspended act 7 June '32
letter 2 Nov. 1833
To
Wath e Taylor
let. to same 16. May 1834
Adm d

Ames
H. H. H. H.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions
25/6
Agatha Cranston

H. of R. June 2d. 1834
Dr Sir,
Hon. H. Mitchell having left the City - will you have the enclosed request of Mr Taylor attended to and report made to me at as ear- ly a time as possible
Yours Obedt Servt
N. Halsey

H. of R. June 2d. 1834
Dr Sir,
Hon. H. Mitchell having left the City - will you have the enclosed request of Mr Taylor attended to and report made to me at as ear- ly a time as possible
Yours Obedt Servt M c Clusky

Ezekiel Randle
Judge Taylor

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? No enlistment of militia for the war known applicant requires the date, length of each term of duty specifically, with the number of the service when received. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 manner of his leaving 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

THE CHEMISTS' CLUB 52 EAST 41ST STREET NEW YORK
3744-77th St. Jackson Heights, N.Y.
Director of Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Have you any records of service in the Revolution of Ezekiel Crandall , b. Oct. 11, 1746 at Westerly, R.I. died 1848 at S. New Berlin, N.Y.? He served from Rhode Island.
Very truly, (Mrs Leon E.) Anna G. Z. Jenkins.

Norwich N.Y. June 23-1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs—
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War Service Record of
Ezekiel Crandall, Private R. I. Militia, received pension Chenango Co. New York. also of Silas Robey Private Mass. Militia

received pension in Chenango County, New York.
Very truly yours,
Minnie J. Laraway, 25 Cortland St., Norwich, N. Y.

July 7, 1934
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34-7/102
Minnie T. Laraway 25 Cortland Street Norwich, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Ezekiel Crandall, who served in the Rhode Island Troops and Silas Roby, who served in the Massachusetts Troops, War of the Revolution, both of whom received pensions while residents of Chemango County, New York.
You are furnished herewith the histories of Ezekiel Crandall and Silas Roby, the data for which were obtained from the respective claims for pension based upon their services in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. BILMER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL
April 22, 1930.
Mrs. Leon E. Jenks 3744 - 77th Street Jackson Heights, New York.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 28696, it appears that Ezekiel Crandal was born in 1747 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, he enlisted in May 1777 and served as a private in Captain Augustus Stanton's Company, Colonel James Babcock's Rhode Island Regiment. This regiment was raised for the purpose of guarding the sea shore from New London, Connecticut, to Providence, Rhode Island, and was called out at various times. (With part of original)
He served three months when the British burned Stonington, Connecticut, and was in a severe engagement there; three months at Keyes Neck and was in an engagement at that place; three months at Point Judith and in a skirmish there; and in 1778, three months in General Sullivan's Expedition to Newport.
He stated that he continued in the service until the close of the war and was called out on several alarms, always under the above mentioned officers; a part of the time he served as waiter to General Stanton.
Soldier stated further that after the war he moved to Stonington, Connecticut, where he lived five years, then to Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and after that to New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

III Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 33 Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 33
October 9, 1832, while a resident of New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
(one color sheet destroyed by mistake)