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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** State of New York} }Ss.: Herkimer County } On the twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me, John B. Dygut, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the County of Herkimer aforesaid Chloe Cady, a resident of the Town of Schuyler, County of Herkimer aforesaid and State of New York aforesaid, aged eighty nine years the twenty ninth day of April just past, who, first being duly sworn according to law , doth on her oath make the following 7, 1836; declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th. That she is the widow of Ebenezer Cady, deceased, late of the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia in the said State, who was a Captain of a company in the militia regiment of Colonel William B. Whiting during nearly the whole revolutionary war - That in January in the year 1776, and according to the best of this declarant's recollection, the regiment of the said Colonel Whiting was called out to make an expedition into the Mohawk country for the purpose of disarming Sir John Johnston and his partisans. That the said regiment assembled in the town of Chatham, then called the town of New Concord, and marched, as she, the said Chloe understood and verily believes to be true, to Albany and from thence Caughnawaga (sp.?) in the said Mohawk country, about forty four miles west of Albany aforesaid and aided the disarming of the aforesaid Sir John Johnson & his partisans. - That the said Ebenezer Cady, the husband of said Chloe, rendezvoused at Chatham aforesaid with his company, he having been ordered out as a captain, and accompanied the said regiment to Caughmanuaga (sp.?) aforesaid, as she understood from her said husband and from other persons who went out - That The said Ebenezer Cady was out on this tour of service about two weeks - - That the said Ebenezer Cady was then a resident of Chatham aforesaid, then called New Concord. That she has no documentary evidence to prove said tour of service. - - That the Lieutenant Colonel of the said regiment was Asa Waterman and the Major Martin Beebe and that adjutant was of the name Warner, and she believes there was a captain named Bostwick, and as to the other officers she does not now remember their names. - - And the said Chloe Cady further saith that according to the best of her recollection and belief the regiment of the said Colonel Whiting was ordered out toward the later part of June in the year 1777 to oppose the ******** of General Burgoyne. - - That the said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, belonged to the said regiment, and was the captain of a company, and went out as such with the said regiment and was absent till a few days, and she believes not over a week, before the Bennington battle, having been out six weeks or more. - - That the said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, as she understood from him and other persons who were with out him and which she believes to be true, was as far north as Fort George in this tour of service, and that the regiment of said Colonel Whiting, to which he belonged, marched to Fort George aforesaid by way of Albany, Saratoga and Fort Edward. - - That the officers that went out on this tour of service besides her said husband Ebenezer Cady whose names she now remembers were Colonel Whiting, Lieutenant Colonel Waterman, Major Beebe and adjutant Warner above named. - - That the said Ebenezer Cady , her husband, was at the time he was called out as aforesaid s resident of the aforesaid town of Chatham, then called New Concord in the aforesaid county of Columbia. That this claimant has no documentary evidence whereby she can prove the said tour of service. That the third tour which said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, served commenced about a week after the last preceding service ended. That the regiment of the said Colonel Whiting was again ordered out to the north and about the time of the Bennington battle, or a little after, to join the American Army under the command of General Gates to oppose the enemy under Burgoyne -- That her husband, the said Ebenezer Cady, then a resident of the aforesaid town of Chatham in the aforesaid county of Columbia, accompanied and marched with his company as captain along with the said regiment and was absent from home till after the surrender of Burgoyne, being a period of two months. -- That in this tour of service he served as a captain That the said Colonel Whiting, the commander of the said regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Waterman were out at the same time - - That the said Chloe Cady, the applicant, understood and was told by the said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, on his return that he was with the American Army at Stillwater, Bemis Heights & Saratoga, and he was present when the Army of Burgoyne laid down their arms. - - That this declarant is unable to state the day of the month when her husband Ebenezer Cady was called out but thinks it must have been about the middle of August. Nor can she state the day of the month he returned home, but she believes it must have been towards the last of October in the year 1777. - - That this claimant has no documentary evidence as to the latter tour of service done by her said husband or the time he was out. - - That the fourth tour of service that the said Chloe remembers the said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, to have performed began in the early part of the Spring of the year 1778, but she cannot whether it commenced in the later part of March or the forepart of April of that year. - - That her said husband, Ebenezer Cady, was then a resident of the aforesaid town of Chatham in the above said County of Columbia, and marched as captain of a company of drafted men as their captain to Fishkill on the Hudson. That he was absent sometime, but how long she is unable to say, though it must have been over two months. - - That she understood from Ebenezer Cady, her husband, on his return home that he was at Fishkill. That she, the said Chloe the applicant has no documentary evidence whereby she can prove said tour of service. - - That the said Ebenezer Cady as Captain was out with his company or a company of drafts, and which she, the said Chloe Cady, is now unable to say, on a tour of about a month's service to Cherry Valley in the County of Otseego in the Year 1778, and about a month or six weeks before that place was burnt. - - That at the time he was ordered out he was he was a resident of the town of Chatham aforesaid in the said county of Columbia. - - That the Ebenezer Cady, her husband, on his returning home informed her, the said Chloe Cady his wife, that he had been with said company to Cherry Valley aforesaid, and that he had marched to Cherry Valley by the way of Albany, Schenectady and Canajoharie (sic.) , which information the said Chloe then believed and still believes to have been true. - - That this claimant has no documentary evidence whereby she can prove the said last tour of service. - That the sixth tour of service which the said Chloe remembers her said husband Ebenezer Cady to have been out in was the year when Sir John Johnson invaded the Mohawk country and ravaged it, which she thinks must have been in the year 1780 and in the month of October. That the regiment of the said Colonel Whiting to which he belonged was ordered out in mass & marched, as she understood, to the Mohawk country. That said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, was then a captain of a company in the said militia regiment and marched with the said regiment from his residence in Chatham aforesaid in the said county of Columbia, he then being a resident of that town, and that he was out upwards of a month on this tour of service. That the aforesaid Major Beebe was out at the same time - - That the said Chloe Cady was informed by her said husband Ebenezer Cady that in this tour of service he was at Cuughnawaga, Johnstown, Stone Arabia & Fort Herkimer in the Mohawk country and that he was nearby when Colonel Brown was killed at Stone Arabia, and that the militia then out were commanded by General Van Rensselaer, which information she, the said Chloe then believed and still believes to have been true. - - That she has no documentary evidence which she can prove the last tour of service. - - That the seventh tour of service performed by the said Ebenezer Cady which the said Chloe Cady remembers was in the year 1780 , but she is unable to state the month. - - That he was a resident of the said town of Chatham in the county of Columbia aforesaid when he performed this last tour of service - - That a part only of the said militia regiment to which he belonged was ordered out and that those so ordered out marched to Fort Edward, as she understood and that the said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, in said tour served as a captain and that he was out about six weeks according to her best recollection. - - That she has no documentary evidence by which she can prove the said last tour of service. - - And this Declarant says that the said Ebenezer Cady, her husband, was out a captain and served as a captain several times during the said revolutionary war besides the tours which she, the said Chloe, particularly specified, but how many times and the length of the several times she is unable to state, but she is of the opinion and fully believes he must have served in all , taking the tours she has stated, considerably over a year & a half. And the said Chloe Cady further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Cady on or about the twelfth day of February in the year one thousand and seven hundred and sixty seven, and that her husband, the aforementioned Ebenezer Cady died on the eleventh day of September in the year one thousand and eight hundred and sixteen at Chatham aforesaid in the county of Columbia aforesaid of the num palsy; and that she has remained a widow since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed. Her (s) Chloe X Cady mark Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me. (s) John B. Dygut, Judge. _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Herkimer County } Zephaniah Hough (Zepheniah Huff, as per Fernow's Roster of State Troops, p. 400, - for Tour under Capt. Cady's drafted Company that served at Fishkill under Col. Van Rensselaer. The second tour mentioned below. ) of the town of Schuyler in said County of Herkimer, aged seventy six years the twenty eight day of September last, first being duly sworn, doth deposeth and say that he is well acquainted with Chloe Cady, a resident of said townof Schuyler, the widow of Ebenezer Cady, deceased, late of the town of Chatham in the County of Columbia in the said State of New York, and an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed in July 1836. - And Deponent further saith that he resided at the aforesaid town of Chatham, then called New Concord, in the aforesaid County of Columbia during the Revolutionary War, save the time deponent was out in the public service, and that he was well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Cady, the husband of the said Chloe Cady, during the said war. - And deponent further saith that in the later part of the month of June in the year 1777 the regiment of militia commanded by Col. Whiting, to which regiment this deponent belonged, was ordered out to the north to aid in opposing Burgoyne, and that deponent was a private in one of the companies of said regiment, which said company was commanded by the said Ebenezed Cady, who was Captain of said company. That deponent accompanied the said Captain Ebenezer Cady, who marched with his company to Fort George at the head of Lake George from Chatham aforesaid by the way of Albany, Saratoga and Fort Edward. - That they were employed part of the time in aiding the the removing of the stores from Fort George to Fort Edward. - That the said Captain Ebenezer Cady returned home to Chatham aforesaid a few days, and according to deponent's best belief about a week before the Bennington Battle. - That the said Captain Ebenezer Cady was out with his company between six and eight weeks on this tour of service, deponent having been out with him during the whole tour. - And deponent further saith that after having been home a week or thereabouts the said Militia Regiment of said Colonel Whiting was ordered out again to aid in stopping the progress of General Burgoyne. That the said Captain Ebenezed Cady, the husband of the said Chloe Cady, marched with his Company in said regiment, & that this deponent served in said Company as a private. - That they marched from Chatham aforesaid to Albany and thence to Stillwater where they joined the American Army under General Gates, and that they marched with the said American Army to Bemis Heights, and they were with said Army till after the surrender of Burgoyne, and that the said Captain Ebenezer Cady was present at Fish Creek with his company when this surrender took place. - That soon after the surrender they returned home to Chatham aforesaid, it being towards the latter part of October 1777. - That they were out on this Tour of service about nine weeks. And deponent further saith that in the year 1778, and shortly before Cherry Valley was burn, and according to deponent's best recollection between a month and six weeks, the said Captain Ebenezer Cady was ordered out with his company to Cherry Valley. And that deponent belonged to said company and marched with said Captain Ebenezer Cady to Cherry Valley aforesaid by way of Albany & Canajoharie. - That they wereout a little over one month on this tour of service, the said company having been a month at Cherry Valley. And this deponent further saith that the said Captain Ebenezer Cady was ordered out with a company of drafted men to Fishkill on the Hudson in the said State of New York, but that deponent cannot say whether it was in the year 1778 or 1779. And the deponent belonged to said company of drafted men and marched with said Company to Fishkill aforesaid. - That they were out on this tour of service over two months, but the precise time the deponent is not more able to state. - That the deponent returned with the said Captain Ebenezer Cady from Fishkill aforesaid to Chatham aforesaid after serving as aforesaid. And deponent further saith that he became acquainted with said Ebenezer Cady, the husband of said Chloe Cady, about the beginning of the Revolutionary war, deponent's father having moved into Chatham aforesaid, then called New Concord, about this time. That the said Ebenezer Cady and Chloe Cady then lived together in said town as husband and wife, and that was universally reputed and believed among the whole of their acquaintances that they were married & that he had always understood and has no doubt but that the said Ebenezer Cady & Chloe Cady were lawfully married and lived together as husband and wife up to the death of said Captain Ebenezer Cady. - And deponent further saith that the said Chloe Cady is now a widow and has remained a widow since the death of her said husband Captain Ebenezer Cady. That for twelve years and upwards she has resided in the town of Schuyler, in which town deponent has resided for the last thirty years and within a mile of where said Chloe Cady has resided and still resides. His (s) Zephaniah X Hough mark Subscribed & Sworn this 27th day of January 1837 before me. (s) Mitten(?) Haugh, Justice of the Peace _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Monroe County } David Cady, of the town of Penington in the County of Munroe and State aforesaid, aged about seventy seven, being duly sworn, doth depose and state that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Cady, late of the town of Chatham in the County Of Columbia & State aforesaid, deceased, the husband of Chloe Cady, now a resident of the town of Schuyler in the County of Herkimer and State aforesaid, and applicant for a pension under the act of July 7 - 1836. - And deponent further saith that he and the said Ebenezer Cady both resided in the town of Chatham aforesaid in the County of Columbia aforesaid during the whole revolution, save when they were out on Military Service. - That the said Ebenezer Cady, the husband of the said Chloe Cady, the above applicant, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war in the Militia Regiment of Colonel William B. Whiting, and that Asa Waterman was Lieutenant Colonel of the said regiment and Martin Beebe was Major. And the said David Cady further saith that according to the best of his recollection and belief the said militia regiment of said Colonel Whiting was ordered out in mass in the latter part of June 1777 against General Burgoyne. - That the said Ebenezer Cady, the husband of the said Chloe Cady, as Captain with his company accompanied said regiment and marched to Fort George by way of Saratoga and Fort Edward and was out till a little before Bennington battle, being a period of between one and two months. That about a week after the said Ebenezer Cady returned home from the above tour of service the said militia regiment of said Colonel Whiting was again ordered out, and that said Ebenezer Cady as Captain marched from Chatham aforesaid with his company along with said regiment to Stillwater where he joined the American Army under General Gates, and that he remained with his company in the service till after the capitulation of Burgoyne, and that the said Ebenezer Cady returned home towards the later part of October in the year 1777, having been out between two and Three months in this tour of service. And this deponent further saith that in the spring of the year 1778 said Ebenezer Cady as Captain was out with a company to Fishkill on the Hudson about three months, and that he returned home to Chatham aforesaid after the expiration of said three months. And this deponent further saith that the said Ebenezer Cady as Captain marched with his company from Chatham aforesaid in the early part of August in the year 1778 to Cherry Valley in the county of Otsego in the State of New York, he being ordered on this tour of service between one and two months. And deponent further saith that the said Ebenezer Cady, the husband of applicant Chloe Cady, was the brother of deponent & he has no doubt that they were lawfully married several years anterior to the revolutionary war - that they lived together as husband and wife and that it was reputed and generally understood at that time that they were married. (s) David Cady Subscribed & Sworn this 30th day of January 1837. (s) ******** *** ***** (Note: Sgt. David Cady, the Captain's brother, also served in Col. Whiting's 17th Albany Militia Regiment. The Battle of Bennington took place on August 16, 1777. Query: Was the service at the Battles of Saratoga in 1777 by Capt Cady's Company in the portion of the Regiment commanded by Lt. Colonel Asa Waterman in Gen Ten Broeck's Albany Militia Brigade, or was it with the portion of the 17th Albany that served in the Composite Albany Militia Regiment organized unser Col. Whiting's command in late August and assigned to Gen. Glover's Brigade? Sgt. David Cady mentions Lt. Col. Waterman. He does not state that he served in his brother's Company. The pension application of Ensign Elijah Cady may throw some light on this. Unfortunately it appears to have suffered a great deal of damage from dampness or water, and ink has soaked from one page to another. However enough can be made out to show that that he served as Ensign in Capt. Cady's Company for four months from the beginning of July 1777. Ensign Cady refers to part of the Militia going home while he remained. So, not all of Capt. Cady's Company returned home in August 1777. This, together with the return to the Army by Capt. Cady & men in his Company around August 16, 1777 which appears to have been before a part of the Regiment marched to join the Composite Regiment formed under Col. Whiting, suggests that Capt. Cady and the men under him may have been with the part of the Regiment that served in Gen. Ten Broeck's Albany Militia Brigade rather than Col. Whiting's Composite Albany Militia Regiment in Gen. Glover's Brigade. -- It is possible that Capt. Cady and others from his Co. went in service in June 1777, While Ensign Cady joined them with a detachment in July. Then, in turn, they were joined by Capt. Cady and the rest of his Company in mid August 1777. Ensign Cady was commissioned as Ensign in Capt. Cady's Co. when Capt. Cady was promoted from 1st Lt. to Captain. )