In 1832, William applied for a veteran's pension. His affidavit, which follows, provides details about his life and military service during the War of American Independence.
State of New York
Delaware County
"On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Said County now sitting William Holliday resident of the town of Colchester in Said County & State aged 77 years last December who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he was born at a place formerly called Courtlands Manor now called Somerstown in the County of Westchester in the State of New York- that he entered the service of the United Statesin the Revolutionary war under the following named officers & served as herein stated that he was enrolled in a company of militia at the place aforesaid & was first called out in the year 1776 in said company of militia, commanded by Capt. Andrew Brown of the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Drake, that he was in the service with the militia for the space of five years that he continued under the command of said Capt. Brown for the space of two years - that he was then under the command of Capt. Samuel Heat for the space of three years - that during said five years he with the rest of Said company was enrolled & stood as a minuteman & for much of the time he was called out almost daily that he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy - that in the year 1778 as he believes he was marched under the command of Said Capt. Heat to Peekskill where the Company & regiment aforesaid lay during the Summer -that while there a detachment of British troops landed at a place called the Continental Village about two miles North of Peekskill & attacked the regiment to which he belonged - that Said Regiment retreated to a place called Scrub Oak Plains about 10 miles from Peekskill where they obtained a reinforcement from a regiment from Dutchess County Commanded as he believes by Col. Ludington- that they then drove the Brittish back to the Hudson river - that the next year he was again marched from place to place for the purpose of keeping guard in Said County of Westchester he was successively at Rye, White Plains, Scarsdale, Marneck during the summer & fall under the command of Said Capt. Hait - that he continued in Service in the manner aforesaid for the a space of five years as aforesaid after which he was not called out until the close of the war - And he further declares that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Christopher Roff, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.
"He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State."
William Holaday.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid C B Sheldon, Clerk
Pension File S 23704 - National Archives.
William Holliday married Pamphelia HITT, circa 1778, likely at Cortlandt Manor, Westchester Co., New York. What follows here is a biographical sketch of William Holliday.
[HISTORY of DELAWARE COUNTY, by Jay Gould]
"WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, aged one hundred and four years, one month and twenty days, died at Colchester, in this county, on the 21st of February last. Mr. Holliday was born in the town of Rye, Westchester county, in this State, on the 26th of December, 1750. He removed to the town of Harpersfield, in this county, in 1791, where he remained until 1795. He then removed to Colchester, where he has since resided. At the time he came to this county, he had to place his movables on the back of horses, there being no carriage-roads. He assisted in making the first ten miles of road ever made in this county, which was at the head of the West Branch of the Delaware river. Where the village of Delhi now stands, there was but one log hut. Mr. Holliday was a professor of religion, and was a member of the Baptist church for seventy-six years, and for fifty-six years a deacon. He had thirteen children, eighty grandchildren, one hundred and fifty-one great-grandchildren, and seventeen great-great-grandchildren total 261.
"There are very few, if any persons now alive, who were in the county at the time Mr. Holliday came into it, and he has after outliving the generations that came on the stage with him, been gathered to those that went before him."
State of New York
Delaware County
"On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Said County now sitting William Holliday resident of the town of Colchester in Said County & State aged 77 years last December who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he was born at a place formerly called Courtlands Manor now called Somerstown in the County of Westchester in the State of New York- that he entered the service of the United Statesin the Revolutionary war under the following named officers & served as herein stated that he was enrolled in a company of militia at the place aforesaid & was first called out in the year 1776 in said company of militia, commanded by Capt. Andrew Brown of the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Drake, that he was in the service with the militia for the space of five years that he continued under the command of said Capt. Brown for the space of two years - that he was then under the command of Capt. Samuel Heat for the space of three years - that during said five years he with the rest of Said company was enrolled & stood as a minuteman & for much of the time he was called out almost daily that he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy - that in the year 1778 as he believes he was marched under the command of Said Capt. Heat to Peekskill where the Company & regiment aforesaid lay during the Summer -that while there a detachment of British troops landed at a place called the Continental Village about two miles North of Peekskill & attacked the regiment to which he belonged - that Said Regiment retreated to a place called Scrub Oak Plains about 10 miles from Peekskill where they obtained a reinforcement from a regiment from Dutchess County Commanded as he believes by Col. Ludington- that they then drove the Brittish back to the Hudson river - that the next year he was again marched from place to place for the purpose of keeping guard in Said County of Westchester he was successively at Rye, White Plains, Scarsdale, Marneck during the summer & fall under the command of Said Capt. Hait - that he continued in Service in the manner aforesaid for the a space of five years as aforesaid after which he was not called out until the close of the war - And he further declares that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Christopher Roff, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.
"He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State."
William Holaday.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid C B Sheldon, Clerk
Pension File S 23704 - National Archives.
William Holliday married Pamphelia HITT, circa 1778, likely at Cortlandt Manor, Westchester Co., New York. What follows here is a biographical sketch of William Holliday.
[HISTORY of DELAWARE COUNTY, by Jay Gould]
"WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, aged one hundred and four years, one month and twenty days, died at Colchester, in this county, on the 21st of February last. Mr. Holliday was born in the town of Rye, Westchester county, in this State, on the 26th of December, 1750. He removed to the town of Harpersfield, in this county, in 1791, where he remained until 1795. He then removed to Colchester, where he has since resided. At the time he came to this county, he had to place his movables on the back of horses, there being no carriage-roads. He assisted in making the first ten miles of road ever made in this county, which was at the head of the West Branch of the Delaware river. Where the village of Delhi now stands, there was but one log hut. Mr. Holliday was a professor of religion, and was a member of the Baptist church for seventy-six years, and for fifty-six years a deacon. He had thirteen children, eighty grandchildren, one hundred and fifty-one great-grandchildren, and seventeen great-great-grandchildren total 261.
"There are very few, if any persons now alive, who were in the county at the time Mr. Holliday came into it, and he has after outliving the generations that came on the stage with him, been gathered to those that went before him."
In 1832, William applied for a veteran's pension. His affidavit, which follows, provides details about his life and military service during the War of American Independence.
State of New York
Delaware County
"On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Said County now sitting William Holliday resident of the town of Colchester in Said County & State aged 77 years last December who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he was born at a place formerly called Courtlands Manor now called Somerstown in the County of Westchester in the State of New York- that he entered the service of the United Statesin the Revolutionary war under the following named officers & served as herein stated that he was enrolled in a company of militia at the place aforesaid & was first called out in the year 1776 in said company of militia, commanded by Capt. Andrew Brown of the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Drake, that he was in the service with the militia for the space of five years that he continued under the command of said Capt. Brown for the space of two years - that he was then under the command of Capt. Samuel Heat for the space of three years - that during said five years he with the rest of Said company was enrolled & stood as a minuteman & for much of the time he was called out almost daily that he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy - that in the year 1778 as he believes he was marched under the command of Said Capt. Heat to Peekskill where the Company & regiment aforesaid lay during the Summer -that while there a detachment of British troops landed at a place called the Continental Village about two miles North of Peekskill & attacked the regiment to which he belonged - that Said Regiment retreated to a place called Scrub Oak Plains about 10 miles from Peekskill where they obtained a reinforcement from a regiment from Dutchess County Commanded as he believes by Col. Ludington- that they then drove the Brittish back to the Hudson river - that the next year he was again marched from place to place for the purpose of keeping guard in Said County of Westchester he was successively at Rye, White Plains, Scarsdale, Marneck during the summer & fall under the command of Said Capt. Hait - that he continued in Service in the manner aforesaid for the a space of five years as aforesaid after which he was not called out until the close of the war - And he further declares that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Christopher Roff, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.
"He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State."
William Holaday.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid C B Sheldon, Clerk
Pension File S 23704 - National Archives.
William Holliday married Pamphelia HITT, circa 1778, likely at Cortlandt Manor, Westchester Co., New York. What follows here is a biographical sketch of William Holliday.
[HISTORY of DELAWARE COUNTY, by Jay Gould]
"WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, aged one hundred and four years, one month and twenty days, died at Colchester, in this county, on the 21st of February last. Mr. Holliday was born in the town of Rye, Westchester county, in this State, on the 26th of December, 1750. He removed to the town of Harpersfield, in this county, in 1791, where he remained until 1795. He then removed to Colchester, where he has since resided. At the time he came to this county, he had to place his movables on the back of horses, there being no carriage-roads. He assisted in making the first ten miles of road ever made in this county, which was at the head of the West Branch of the Delaware river. Where the village of Delhi now stands, there was but one log hut. Mr. Holliday was a professor of religion, and was a member of the Baptist church for seventy-six years, and for fifty-six years a deacon. He had thirteen children, eighty grandchildren, one hundred and fifty-one great-grandchildren, and seventeen great-great-grandchildren total 261.
"There are very few, if any persons now alive, who were in the county at the time Mr. Holliday came into it, and he has after outliving the generations that came on the stage with him, been gathered to those that went before him."
State of New York
Delaware County
"On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of Said County now sitting William Holliday resident of the town of Colchester in Said County & State aged 77 years last December who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he was born at a place formerly called Courtlands Manor now called Somerstown in the County of Westchester in the State of New York- that he entered the service of the United Statesin the Revolutionary war under the following named officers & served as herein stated that he was enrolled in a company of militia at the place aforesaid & was first called out in the year 1776 in said company of militia, commanded by Capt. Andrew Brown of the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Drake, that he was in the service with the militia for the space of five years that he continued under the command of said Capt. Brown for the space of two years - that he was then under the command of Capt. Samuel Heat for the space of three years - that during said five years he with the rest of Said company was enrolled & stood as a minuteman & for much of the time he was called out almost daily that he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy - that in the year 1778 as he believes he was marched under the command of Said Capt. Heat to Peekskill where the Company & regiment aforesaid lay during the Summer -that while there a detachment of British troops landed at a place called the Continental Village about two miles North of Peekskill & attacked the regiment to which he belonged - that Said Regiment retreated to a place called Scrub Oak Plains about 10 miles from Peekskill where they obtained a reinforcement from a regiment from Dutchess County Commanded as he believes by Col. Ludington- that they then drove the Brittish back to the Hudson river - that the next year he was again marched from place to place for the purpose of keeping guard in Said County of Westchester he was successively at Rye, White Plains, Scarsdale, Marneck during the summer & fall under the command of Said Capt. Hait - that he continued in Service in the manner aforesaid for the a space of five years as aforesaid after which he was not called out until the close of the war - And he further declares that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Christopher Roff, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.
"He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State."
William Holaday.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid C B Sheldon, Clerk
Pension File S 23704 - National Archives.
William Holliday married Pamphelia HITT, circa 1778, likely at Cortlandt Manor, Westchester Co., New York. What follows here is a biographical sketch of William Holliday.
[HISTORY of DELAWARE COUNTY, by Jay Gould]
"WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, aged one hundred and four years, one month and twenty days, died at Colchester, in this county, on the 21st of February last. Mr. Holliday was born in the town of Rye, Westchester county, in this State, on the 26th of December, 1750. He removed to the town of Harpersfield, in this county, in 1791, where he remained until 1795. He then removed to Colchester, where he has since resided. At the time he came to this county, he had to place his movables on the back of horses, there being no carriage-roads. He assisted in making the first ten miles of road ever made in this county, which was at the head of the West Branch of the Delaware river. Where the village of Delhi now stands, there was but one log hut. Mr. Holliday was a professor of religion, and was a member of the Baptist church for seventy-six years, and for fifty-six years a deacon. He had thirteen children, eighty grandchildren, one hundred and fifty-one great-grandchildren, and seventeen great-great-grandchildren total 261.
"There are very few, if any persons now alive, who were in the county at the time Mr. Holliday came into it, and he has after outliving the generations that came on the stage with him, been gathered to those that went before him."
Inscription
William Holiday.
Died
Feb. 23, 1855,
AE. 104 Ys. 1 Mo. & 21 Ds.
Gravesite Details
William's gravestone, listing his three wives, may have replaced his wives' original gravestones.
Family Members
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