Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,841, Elnathan Gregory, Conn.

SERVICE
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Conn.
Gregory, Elnathan
S. 29,841
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21. 362 Massachusetts
Ebenezer Dyer
Residence in the State of Mass who was a Drum-Major in the Conest commanded by Captain Star of the Regt commanded by Col. Kinnear on the Mass Con te time for 6 Mo. 5 ds. 21. 362 $133.86 10 16. Drun. 33.46 34 15 Cnd 33.46 $66.93 7 mls $167.32
Received on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 66 Dollars 93 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sep. 1833 and Little H. N. Bishop Seny.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $167.32 Semant. allowance ending Sep 34 33.46 $200.78
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Sules Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 94
77 Dunker

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
On this 26 th day of
July 1832. before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for said County personally appeared David Root of said Milford in said County aged Seventy five years to me well known to be the person described in and who is entitled to all credits as a witness. Who being first duly sworn according to Law, deposes & says that some time in the Month of May 1775. he enlisted as a Private in a company raised under the authority of the State of Connecticut for the period of Seven Months, & served therein until the expiration of said period, & until said company was discharged, or disbanded, which was at Concordia in the State of New York; that during said period said company served at Fort George, Secondawaga, on Lake Champlain at the Isle of Isle and at the Siege & capture of St. Johns to the neighbourhood of Montreal; The Officers of said company were Capt. Josiah Stear, Lieutenants Hall & Yates, & Ensign Hodge. The Reg t to which it belonged was commanded by Col. Hinman and this deponent further says that he well knows Elathan Gregory in said company, who

was enlisted for 3 years, & served the whole of the period therein as a Gun- ner - Said Gregory at the time of his discharge was at New Milford and was an apprentice to Benjamin My- gatt of New Milford; but his native place & the residence of his parents was at Danbury in the County of Fairfield.
Soon after the return of this Deponent to the 1 st Com- pany from the Northern service, they both again enlisted under the same Capt. Stone at New Milford, about the first part of Jan y 1776 as this Deponent believes, for the period of two and a half Months, & served together in 1 st Company of Col. Webb's Reg t of Connecticut troops, & served out the full period of their enlist- ment, in New York & on Long Island, until the 3 rd Regiment was discharged. The other commission- ed Officers of 1 st Company were Lieutenants Elisha Cook & Elisha Warner & the Ensign was Noah Wheeler - During this last tour of duty 1 st Gre- gory was then Major of 1 st Reg t .
And further this Deponent saith not.
David Ball
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first

1 st above written before me
David S. Boardman J. P. Rorer
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. A.D.
Reuben Booth
I Reuben Booth Notary Public within and for the said County of Hartford duly appointed commissioned and sworn do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that the Honorable David S. Boardman before whom the foregoing deposition was subscribed and sworn to is Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in the said State and a Justice of the Peace for said County duly appointed and sworn; and duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions. And that the signature above written which purports to be the signature of the said David S. Boardman is in truth his proper handwriting.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Danbury aforesaid this 26 th day of July 1832 Reuben Booth Notary Public

1892 Elizabeth Gregory Lansdowne Apprentice to Paris Sept 25 1892

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER , Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Ebenezer Gregory a resident of the town of Hanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. Enlisted as a Drummer in the month of April or May in the year 1775 . in a Company raised under the authority of the State of Connecticut for the period of eleven months or more which Company was commanded by Capt. Horatio Gates . Said Shall & Bates & Elizur & Hodges in the Regt. commanded by Col. Aspsden and in the said month of April or May he marched from the town of New Milford in the State of Connecticut aforesaid the place where he enlisted to Salisbury — the State of New York , from thence to Skaneateles , State of New York , from St. Johns was at the siege & capture of Montreal in the latter part of Nov. or for part of Dec. in the same year he was discharged at Skaneateles , he does not recollect whether he received a furlough discharge or not if he did he has lost it — In the first part of January 1776. He enlisted again in the Company commanded by the same Capt. Horatio Gates for the term of three months and served as a Drum Major for the term of two months or fourteen days in the Regt. commanded by Col. Mordbrant he was at New York and during this last period he was on Long Island after having served the time of his enlistment he was discharged at Long Island after which he was commissioned Officer of said Company the other commissioned Officers of said Company were First Lieut. Ebenezer Root & Elizur Haines and Ensign Noble Haines . In the month of June or July in the year 1776 . He joined a Company of Militia at Danbury in said State of Connecticut which Company was commanded by Capt. Isaac Mudgett and as he now believes by Capt. Isaac Mudgett and marched from Danbury to New York & was there at the time the British took possession of New York, and was during the East Campaign he served about two months . In the month of September in the year 1777 according to the best of his recollection, the Militia was called out and he turned out as a Drum Major and marched with said Militia to Pickskill in the State of N. York and from thence to Pickskill in the State of N. York and was out about four weeks .

In the month of July or August 1777 He volunteered in a company of Militia and Marched from Danbury Connecticut to Fairfield in the State as Drum Major, and then fought a battle with the Enemy and took three or four Prisoners, Was out at this time about three weeks —
In the month of July or August in the year 1778 He volunteered in a company of Militia as Drum Major and Marched from Danbury in the State of Connecticut to Stamford in the State was out at this time about four weeks — In the month of July in the year 1779 He volunteered in a company of Militia as Drum Major and Marched from Danbury in the State of Connecticut to Norwalk in the State when we had a skirmish with the Enemy was out at this time about four weeks —
I was born in Danbury in the State of Connecticut Have no written discharge and know no person by whom I can prove my services —
Asah

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Elnathan Gregory
S.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
We Samuel B. Shaw a Clergyman, residing in the town of Sauisborough and Peter B. Curtis residing in Sauisborough hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elnathan Gregory who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
S.
Sam B. Shaw Peter B. Curtis
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel B. Shaw who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Sauisborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Peter B. Curtis who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Sauisborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Elnathan Gregory for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

I had read Mr. Howland of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged eighty three years being duly sworn to depose and say - That I was a sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel David Waterbury of the Connecticut State Troops in the year 1775, and was with said Army in the expedition of that year, which reduced St. Johns and Montreal under General Montgomery - When the Army proceeded to the North I remained at Schenectady about three weeks, and there saw Matthew Gregory in the service of the United States, aka Soldier, but I do not recollect to what Regiment he belonged. He was in the Connecticut State Troops - and was a drummer - It is my impression he also went to St. Johns, but of this am not certain - I recollect also that on my return to Connecticut, at the close of the campaign, I came a part of the distance from Schenectady in company with the said Matthew Gregory - Whether he had remained at Schenectady, or had accompanied the Army to St. Johns, he had continued in the said service from the time I do saw him at Schenectady until the end of the campaign, and arrived in Danbury on the 8th day of December 1775, and he returned about the same time - Being Blind, I subscribe this deposition by making my mark -
his Matthew G. Howland State of Connecticut. County of Fairfield ss. Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th day of July 1832 Nathan Root the Notary Public

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss -
I hereby certify that Judson Morehouse the above named Respondent is to me personally well known - and that he is a man of a good and unexceptionable character for truth, and his evidence is entitled to and deserves full faith & credit - Given under my hand this 18th day of July 1832
Reuben Root the Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } Danbury July 21. 1832
Be it known that I RUFEL HOOGT Notary Public duly appointed do certify that Reuben Root before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is a lawfully appointed Justice of Peace within and for Fairfield County and is by law authorized to take depositions and full faith is to be given to his acts as such - I also certify that I am well acquainted with his signature and know that the certificates attached to the foregoing deposition are made and subscribed by him
Rufel Hoogt Notary Public

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
On this tenth day of July A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William P. Weston Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire now sitting at Lambborough in said County Oliver Gregory of Lambborough in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following additional declaration in Amendment of his former declaration made on the Twenty fifth day of September A.D. 1833 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832-
That by reason of old age & 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 - At the first time mentioning in my aforesaid former declaration I served for eight months as a drum-mer - at the Connecticut line of the regular army - at the second time therein mentioning Three months in the said line of the regular army - two months & fourteen days thereof as a drum Major - that he served as volunteer in the Militia of the State of Connecticut

at different times amounting in all to seven months -
Elnathan Gregory
S. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker Judge of Probate.
I, Henry W. Bishop. Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the supplementary & additional original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elnathan Gregory for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office of said Court of Probate this Eleventh day of July A.D. 1833
Henry W. Bishop Register Probate

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Jonathan Gregory Map
Deer May 6 to 5 days December 10 - 16
5 to May 21 193
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H. M. Bishop Esq.
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BRIEF in the case of 60 of Durham
Elnathan Gregory in the State of Miss (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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. As a Gen.     May In 1745 enlisted 8 16 drummer Capt Star. Col. Hilmann   July 1746 60th Regt 2 14 Drum Major " " Col. Ward   July 1746 about 2 drummer Capt Wygett.   August 1747 volunteered about 28 Drum Major None mentioned   July 1748 about 28 "   July 1749 In what battles was he engaged? at the "Siege" and capture of St. John's fought a battle and took prisoners  
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? _____  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? one of the witnesses is not certified credible 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
19/11/31
2/14/5

29841 Reg INVALID.
File No. 29,841
Elnathan Gugry Dum Wafu Rev. Mr.
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Index — Vol. 9 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13913 Elnathan Gregory
H. W. Bishop Esq. Lent Map

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Umathan Gregory which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? yes
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
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 magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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.