Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,332, Eliphalet Elsworth, Continental (Conn.) War Of 1812
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SERVICE                               
Continental (Conn) Elsworth, Eliphalet
or Ellisworth
NUMBER 
R.3,332
Mar 1812
Jemima
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13,665                                     4
New York
Eliphalet Elsworth
of Oswegatchie in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sherburne of the R. Island line for the term of three years 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of July 18[remaining date missing] and sent to [name crossed out] John Scott, Esq Ogdensburg, N.Y.

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 [illegible]   82.66
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819. 48.00
                                                         $130:66
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued
Notice sent Dec. 7th 1820 to Joseph York Clk of Court Ogdensburg St Lawrence Ct N.Y.

[Facing Page added notes]
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6, April 1838 drawn 4 March 34 to 24 July 1834, Agent Notified, 17 Oct 1844.
Letter to Hon Preston KIng __ H R
Jan 16,1844
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District and State of New York
St Lawrence County
-
On this twenty fifth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas for the County
of St Lawrence in the State of New York
personally appears Eliphalet Elsworth,
aged fifty five years resident in the Town of
Oswegatchie in the County & State aforesaid
who being by me first duly sworn according to
law, doth, on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the provision
made by the late act of Congress entitled
to "An act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the Land and Naval service of the United
States in the revolutionary war"" That he thus
said Eliphalet Elsworth enlisted in
Windsor in the State of Connecticut on
the sixth day of May in the year 1777 
in the Company commanded by Captain
Blackman or Blackson in the Regiment of
Colonel Henry Sherburne in
the Connecticut *Rhode Island
that he continued to serve in the said
Corps or in the service of the United States
until the 6th day of May in the year
1780 when he was discharged from service in Morristown in the State of New Jersey
that he was in the Battle of Rhode Island
and a number of skirmishes with the
.
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Common Enemy and that he is in
reduced circumstances and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support
and that he has no other evidence now
in his power of his said service
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Nathan Ford First Judge of St Lawrence County
Eliphalet Elsworth

I Nathan Ford Esquire Judge & as
aforesaid do certify that it appears to
my satisfaction that the said Eliphalet a person
well known to me did serve
in the Revolutionary war
as stated in the preceeding declaration
against the Common Enemy and I now transmit
the proceedings and testimony taken and
had before me to the Secretary of the department
of war pursuant to the directionsof the
aforementioned act of Congress
Witness my hand and the
Seal of the said Court this
28th day of April 1818
Nathan Ford
First Judge of St Lawrence County
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Myrtle B. Hitchcock
Clerk of St Lawrence
St Lawrence Cty
State of New York
I Certify that Nathan Ford whose signature appears to the within certificate is First Judge of the County aforesaid and that the same is his signature Dated May 4, 1819
Mytrle B Hitchcock, Clerk

I Nathan Ford Esq. Judge & as aforesaid
do in addition to the within certificate
made by me further certify that
Eliphalet Elsworth the within applied
is to my knowledge in reduced circumstances
and stands in need of the assistance of his
Country for support

Nathan Ford First Judge of St Lawrence
County-
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I Nathan Ford Esq. Judge & as aforesaid
do in addition to the within certificate made by me further Certify that Eliphalet Elsworth the within applied
is to my knowledge in reduced circumstances
and stands in need of the assistance of his country
for support
St Lawrence Cty
State of New York⎬ 
I Certify that Nathan Ford whose signature appears to the within 
certificate is first Judge
the County aforesaid & that the
same is his signature
Dated May 4th 1819
Myrtle B. Hitchcock
Clk
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In the matter of
Eliphalet Elsworth     ?
a Private
___________________
April 25.1818
____________

Sherborn's Reg. did not
belong to the Connecticut Line,
as it is stated in this declaration.

6 May 1777 to 6 May-80
25th April 1818
Admitted.
(? signature)
The Judge has not certified as to reduced circumstances of the applicant
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Eliphalet Elsworth
copy 13.665
July '19
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State of New York 
St. Lawrence County ?- On this tenth day of October 
1820 personally appeared in open court hearing the Court of Common Pleas for the county of St Lawrence and state of New York aforesaid, which is a court of Record or record Eliphalet Elsworth aged fifty seven years, resident in the town of Oswegatchie County and state aforesaid when living duly sworn according to law doth are his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ?? in Captain Blacken's company of infantry in Colonel Henry Shirburne's Regiment in the Rhode Island ?? that he made his original declaration and application for a pension on the twenty eighth day of April 1818 and that the number of his pension certificate is 13665-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a induct  citizen of the of the United States as the 18th day of March 1818 -and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner  disposed of my property or duty part thereof with intent thereby lo to de-minish  it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress untitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged  in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war paped on the 18th  March 1818-And I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any
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income other than what is contained in 
the Schedule hereto annexed and be
Subscribed
Schedule
4 axes $4- 1 sythe $1- 3 hoes $1.25
2 Sickles $0.50, 2 pitch forks $1, 1 sled $1.25 $9.00
2 rakes $0.37½ 1 spade $0.50 1 flail Kettle $4
1 Spider $0.50, 1 tea kettle $1 1fire Shovel $1
1 doz Knives & forks $1.28 Spoons $0.12 1/2 - 2 (illegible) $0.75
8 plates, $0.50- 5 basics $0.31 - 6 tin plates $0.37
1 qt cup $0.30- 1 pt. ? $0.10 - 1 tin pail $0.37
2 Wooden ? $0.75 - 1 churn $0.50-
1 Candle Stick & ? $0.50 - 1 gallon bottle $0.50
3 chairs $1.12½ - 1 table $0.75 - 1 Barrel $0.50
1 Wash tub $0.75, 1 Sugar tub $0.25
3 cups & Saucers $0.20- 1 tea pot $0.12 -
4 glass bottles $0.50, 1 bed stead $1.50 Cow $16.
13 swine old & young $28. - 2 Calves 5. - 7 geese $1.75
1 Cow bell $0.75 1 ? $1.50, 1 saddle  & bridle $5
1 ? $0.50- 16 fowls $2. 1gun $5
$84.92
$93.92
(Signed) Eliphalet Elsworth   
And the declarant further saith on his oath
that his occupation is farming that he is unable to declare hard labor from a wound he received in the services of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he has a wife named Jemina Elsworth aged forty
four years living with him, who is able to support
herself-he has also nine children living with
him towit - Esther Elsworth aged thirteen years.
Charles Elsworth aged twelve years. Samuel Elsworth aged Eleven years, Ladwick Elsworth aged ten years, Erastus Ellsworth aged nine years Adaline Elsworth aged seven years, Moses Elsworth aged five years Valentine Elsworth aged three years
and Orison Elsworth aged two years, 
neither of whom are able to support themselves
(Signed )
Eliphalet Elsworth
Sworn & declared at One
their this tenth day of
October 1820 before
Joseph York Clerk of St
Lawrence County
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State of New York
St Lawrence County - I Joseph York -
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the Schedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records
of the said Court - And I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court
that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
ninty three Dollars and ninty two & one half
cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the said Court this twenty fifth
Day of October 1820-
Joseph York Clk
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ss:
State of New York
County of St Lawrence
On this sixth day
of February in the year of our Lord One
thousand Eight hundred and forty four
personally appeared in open
Court before the circuit court (illegible) of the County of St Lawrence aforesaid
Jemima Ellsworth a resident of
the town of Macomb in the County of St
Lawrence aforesaid, aged Seventy three
years supwards, 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, 1838, entitled
An act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows. That she is the widow
of Eliphalet Ellsworth, who was a private
Soldier in the war of the revolution
and she was informed by him, in his life
time, & believes it to be true, that he served
during the whole war, but she cannot
remember when he said he served
nor under whom, nor at what place-
that she does not know of the existence
of any discharge or other papers showing
said service, nor has she any evidence
to prove his service other than such
as may be on file in the War Depart
ment. That her said husband
after the passing of the pension law
of 1818, applied for and received a
pension certificate, (redacted) bearing date the 21st day
of July 1819 which certificate she supposes
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is now on file in the war department.
And that in November 1820 he received
a notification from the War Department ┃
which is hereunto annexed - there
appears upon the back part of the last
mentioned paper a memorandum
but she does not know where or by
whom it was made nor for what
purpose. She refers to the proof made
filed by her said husband, when he
applied for & received his pension certificate
for evidence concerning his services
She further declares that she was married
to the said Eliphalet Ellsworth, her said
husband on the fourteenth day of
October in the year Seventeen hundred
and ninety two, in the town of Oswegatchie
now in the County of St Lawrence, by one
Nathan Ford, who was then a Justice
of the Peace, residing in said town.
duly authorized by the laws of the State of
New York to solemnize Marriage -
that she is informed and believes
that the said Justice did not keep
a record of the Marriages which were
entered into before him-- that she
has no record evidence of her said
marriage. that she has resided
in the said town of Oswegatchie
from the time of her said marriage
until about the month of July 1840 -
that about July 1840 he went to
Rochester in said State of New York
to reside with a daughter, and that
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she returned from there the forepart of July 1843 or in June of that year and has resided from that time to the present in the Town of M____ _______ - ___ her husband, the aforesaid Eliphalet Ellsworth died in the ___ town of Oswegatchie on the 24th day of July 1834; 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 - viz - at the time abovestated.
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10617
Jemima Ellsworth
NY
Act 7 July 38
d.34
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County: Be it known that before
me David M. Chapin a Justice of the Peace
in & for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by
law to administer oaths, personally appeared
Charles E. Ellsworth of Oswegatchie, Samuel
Ellsworth of Rossie & Erastus Ellsworth of
Macomb, all of said County of St. Lawrence
and did seriously make oath in due form of
law that they are the sons of Eliphalet
Ellsworth & Jemima Ellsworth, which said
Eliphalet was the identical person who was a
pensioner, and who is now dead & to whom
a certificate of pension was issued for his
services in the Army of the United States in
the war of the Revolution, and which certificate was surrendered upon occasion of the
application of the said Jemima for a pension
in or about the year 1843. And the said deponents each for himself doth further depose &
say that their said father Eliphabet Ellsworth
died on the 24th day of July A.D. 1834 and
that their mother the said Jemima died on
or about the twenty third day of January A.D.
1849. and that they the said father & mother of
these deponents were married as these deponents
understood & always believed, in the year 1792.
That said Eliphalet & Jemima resided at the town of
Oswegatchie aforesaid at the time of their
said marriage & continued to reside there for
thirty one years after which be removed to the
town of Morristown in said County & there
resided until the time of his death. And
that said Jemima resided at Morristown aforesaid
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at the time of her death.
And these deponents further say that their said father was a soldier in the service of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Brittain & served as such, as near as they can state, three years in the company commanded by Captain Church in Forsyth regiment & was stationed most of the
time at Ogdensburgh, & was then wounded by a
musket ball in the arm. And the deponents
are unable to declare whether he so served as
militia man or volunteer
And they hereby apply for any all arrears
of pension & Land that may be due them
as the children of said Eliphabet & Jemima
or in right of either of them
Sworn & Subscribed this 31st day
of August 1852 before me
D. M. Cha----(illegible)
Justice of the Peace
St Lawrence County Clerks Office
Charles E Ellsworth
Samuel Ellsworth
Erastus Ellsworth
his X mark
I, George S. Winslow
Clerk of said County and also clerk
of the Courts of record directed by law to be held therein Do hereby certify that D.M.
Cha---(illegible) before whom the foregoing
affidavits of
Charles E. Ellsworth Samuel
Ellsworth & the Erastus El;sworth were
taken was at the time of taking the same
a Justice of the peace of said County
and duly authorized to take the same
and I
further certify that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of
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The said Justice and County believe his signature to the [illegible] of the foregoing affidavits is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county and courts this third day of September 1832
George S. Winslow Clerk
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The following is a true record of the family of Eliphalet Elsworth, as taken from the family bible of the said Elsworth by Moses Smith.
Eliphalet Elsworth was born Sept. 20th 1763
Jemima Elsworth was born May 20th 1777
Eliphalet Elsworth and Jemima Fairchild was married Oct 14th 1805
Esther Elsworth born July 21 1806
Charles E Elsworth born Sept 24 1807
Samuel F. Elsworth Jan 3 1809
Loudwic C. Elsworth born March 23 1810
Erastus A Elsworth August 15 1811
Adaline T Elsworth born Nov 15 1812
Moses T Elsworth born July 27 1814
Valentine Elsworth born Feb 15 1815
Orson Elsworth born June 26 1816
Eliphalet Elsworth died July 24, 1834 aged 72 years
Jemima Elsworth died Jan 20 1849 aged 74 years
St. Lawrence County ss
Adaline Elsworth being duly sworn Deposeth & says that the foregoing is a correct transcript of the family records of Eliphalet Elworth deceased, as taken from the family bible of the said Eliphalet Elsworth. Adaline Elsworth
Subscribed & sworn before me the 12th day of August 1853. S.S. Wait, J.P.
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State of New York, County of St. Lawrence, ss.
I, Symanet Ingalls Deputy, Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence, do hereby certify, that S. S. Wait Esq whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the annexed affidavit and thereon written, was at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly authorized to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said jurat is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the fourth day of November 1853.
S Ingalls Dep Clerk.
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S of P
O.W.N. Division
on
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., April 18, 1893
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of
Eliphalet Ellsworth
a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please
find below the desired information as contained in his appliction for pension on file in this Bureau.
R. 3332

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT.
May 1777
LENGTH
OF SERVICE 
3 years
RANK.
Pri
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Blackmon
COLONEL.
Henry Sherburne
STATE.
RI
This one service included what
was required for a
Maximum pension & no other, if any was rendered, was required.
He was wounded; when & where omitted to State
Battles engaged in, R.I. probably Aug 28 1778 under Gen Sullivan & number of skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment Windsor Conn
Date of application for pension, April 1818
Residence at date of application, Oswegatchie, St Lawrence County NY
Age at date of application born Sept 20, 1763
Remarks: Mar'd Oct 14 1805 to Jemima Fairchild at Oswegatchie NY
He died July 24, 1834 & his widow Jany 23. 1849 both in Morristown NY.
.
.
Very respectfully,
Hon P Sawyer
U.S. Senate
City
7941 b-3m
(Illegible) Commissioner
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At a Circuit Court & special term
of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York held at the Court house
in the town of Canton in & for the County of
St Lawrence on the twenty third day
of June in the year One thousand
Eight hundred
& fifty three
Present
Daniel Cady,
Justice
In the matter of the
application
of the heirs
of Jemima Ellsworth
for arrears of pension
After the Examination
on oath of Charles E.
Ellsworth in Open Court
in respect to the matters herein after mentioned
the Court Order a Certificate entered in the
minutes that it is proved to the satisfaction of
the Court. That Eliphalet Ellsworth late of
the town of Morristown in said County
deceased was a Revolutionary Pensioner of
the United States, and died at Morristown
aforesaid the 24th day of July in the year
One thousand Eight hundred & thirty
four
That Jemima Ellsworth was the lawful
wife of the said Eliphalet according to
the laws of the State of New York & survived
the said Eliphalet. That said Jemima departed this life at the Town of Morristown
aforesaid on the 23d day of
January One
thousand Eight hundred & forty nine, 
having in the mean time remained the
widow of the said
Eliphalet Ellsworth,
That the following named
are the
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children of the said Eliphalet & Jemima
Ellsworth who survived the said Jemima
viz, Esther wife of William Pellin, Charles E.
Ellsworth, Samuel Ellsworth, Lodwick C
Ellsworth, Erastus Ellsworth, Adeline Ellsworth, Moses Ellsworth, Valentine Ellsworth
& Orson Ellsworth. All of whom are still living
Enter this Certf
Daniel Cady a justice of
the Supreme Court
St Lawrence County
⎬
Clerks Office
I George S Winslow
Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a correct copy of a certain
order made in the aforesaid Court the 23d
day of June 1853 and entered in the minutes
of the Court and that it is a correct.
copy of the whole of such order
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said
County & Court the 28th
day of June 1853
G. S. Winslow Clerk
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Ogdensburgh N.Y.
Sept. 8, 1852
D. Sir
I send you herewith the application
of Charles E. Ellsworth & others, sons of Eliphalet
& Jemima Ellsworth, deceased, for same
& pension to which their parents are
entitled
You will find among the records of
the department the proof upon which
the pension certf. was issued to Eliphalet
Ellsworth & all the proofs upon which
a pension was applied for by Jemima
Ellsworth his widow who died while
his application was pending
If further proof is required
please advise me
Yours 
Wm. C. Brown
To the Commissioner of Pensions
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Rose, New York
Sept 22, 1953

Sir,

This is to request that WG, Wade, may be acknowledged at your office as the agent, to investigate the claim of Jemina Ellsworth-an applicant for a pension under act 7th July 1838, as the widow of Eliphat Ellsworth, late of St Lawrence County New York-as he is duly empowered and authorized to prosecute such investigation, she was my mother.

Respectfully yours,  

Orson Ellsworth


Hon LP Waldo 
Com of Pensions
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State of New York
St Lawrence County

GeorgeNanncy of Oswegatchie in St Lawrence County being duly sworn before me the under named a Justice of the Peace of the said town in said County. Deposeth and saith that is now in his sixty third year that he was well acquainted with Eliphlet Ellsworth before his marriage with Jemima Fairchilds and was well acquainted with the said Jemima when she was a young woman before her marriage with the said Eliphlet that he well remembers the time when the said Eliphlet Ellsworth and Jemima Fairchild were married (but cannot tell the year as he was but a child)  that the said Eliphlet looked for his deponents father both before and after the marriage with the said Jemima this deponent does not recollect at this time whether he was present at the marriage or not but he knows that the said Eliphlet and Jemima lived together as man and wife after the reputed marriage more than forty years and raised a family of nine children that they resided for a number of years in the said town in the neighborhood of this deponent and for the last five years before the death of the said Eliphlet-they resided in the town of Morristown adjoining
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the town of Oswegatchie and that he was acquainted with both until the death of the said Eliphlet and this deponent further saith that he well recollects that where the said marriage took place the said Eliphlet was much older that the said Jemima and it made some talk in the family of this deponent on his fathers [unk] in [unk] to [unk] in the ages of this two that-this deponent believes he was about fifteen years old at the time of this marriage and further saith not.

George Ranney

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 12th day July 1843.

SB James
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of St Lawrence

Symauel Ingalls Deputy, I, Clerk of the County of St Lawrence, do hereby certify, that D James Esq whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the annexed affidavit, and thereon written, was at the time of taking affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly authorized to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the jurat is genuine.

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, this fourth day of November 1853.

S Ingalls Dep Clerk
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O. W. & . Div.
F , S,
M. E. C.
Rjt. 3332

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23, 1896

Sir:

In response to your request for the military record of Eliphalet Ellsworth, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on April 25, 1818, at which time he was residing in Oswegatchie, N. Y., and fifty-five years of age, and his pension was allowed for three years, actual service as a private in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Blackman and Col. Henry Sherburne. He enlisted at Windsor, Connecticut.

Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner

Hon. J. W. Babcock,
House of Representatives
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1893
March 18, Hon P Sawyer history prior
Mch 23/96 Soldier pensioner
Hon. J.W. Babcock House of Rep. [illegible]
3332 Rejected
P.O. Jemima Ellsworth
Service: Eliphalet
Married Oct 14 1805
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
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Ogdensburgh Dec 28, 1853

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:

I sent you in August but the application of the heirs of Eliphlet Ellsworth & Jemima Ellsworth, were and for arrears of pensions- but have not received any answer.
The applicants have [unk] better from two human agents at Washington referring to establish their claims for one half of what money & land might be [unkj].
If I can get no communication from you I shall of course have to [unk] the applicants to employ are of their agents, & pay this [unk] commission; but by [unk] to unmark that the [unk] of such [unk] is not at all and talk to your department.

Very respectfully your servant,
Wm. C. Brown
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Ogdusburgh Aug 13, 1844

Dear sir,

I have been reminded by a son of the widow Jemimah Ellsworth that I have not obtained from you a final decision in the case of her application for pension.
Will you , do the favor to write me the condition of her application,

Very respectfully,

Preston King

Col. G. Edwards
Com of Pensions
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Ogdensburgh Nov. 3, 1853

Sir:

In accordance with the suggestions in your letter of the 14th January but I have procured [unk] to you additional papers on to care of the application of Jermima Ellsworth's heirs, which I hope  & trust will be sufficient to establish their claim. Under the pension act of [unk] it can make no difference what ever the precise date of the marriage.

Respectfully yours

Wm C. Brown

P.C. Johnson
Com. of Pensions
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WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSIONS OFFICE
Nov 22, 1820
13.665

SIR:

You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
You will be paid at the next semi-annual payment in March next. Funds for that purpose will be transmitted at that time; but no arreages will be paid thereto.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. L. Edwards


To me. Eliphalet Elsworth
Oswegatchie 
St Lawrence Co
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House of Representatives
Dec 29, 1943

Dear sir,

Enclosed with this I send you letter of Edwin Dodge Esq- with papers of Jeremiah Ellsworth for widows pension your early attention in desired by the letter of Mr Dodge to this application-and you will much oblige me by an early reply to this.

Very respectfully your obd. servant,

Preston King


Col. J. L. Edwards
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State of New York
St Laurence County

Charles E. Elsworth of the town of Macomb in said County, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is a son of the late Eliphalet Elsworth deceased, who was a soldier in the war of Revolution & was a pensioner; that deponent knows when they said Eliphalet Elsworth died, which was on the 24th day of July 1834- that deponent was present at his funeral. And further saith not.

Charles E Elsworth

Sworn before me this 7th day of July 1843
E W White
J.P.

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Charles E Elsworth who served the foregoing affidavit-that he is a credible person & his statements entitled to full credit.

E. W. White
Justice of the Peace
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10617
Jemima Ellsworth widow of Eliphalet, NY
Hon P King May 2 1866
Same Aug 19 1866
W.C. Brown July 14 1853
Same Dec 13 1853
3332 Rejected, married 1805, died 1849
Act July 7 1838
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Ogensburg Nov 8, 1853
D Sir
I try here to enclose to you two additional affidavits in support of the claim of the heirs of Jemima Ellsworth
Very Respectfully Your Servant James Burns
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State of New York
St Laurence County

James Taylor of the town of Osengatchen in said county being duly sworn deposes & say, that he is seventy years of age this 16th day of April 1853. That he was personally well acquainted with the late Eliphalet Ellsworth  of the town Morristown in said county & with Jemima Fairchild wife of said Eliphalet Ellsworth. That deponent was well acquainted with the said Eliphalet & Jemima before their marriage. That deponent was present at their marriage of said Eliphalet and Jermima which took place at Ogdensburgh in said county & the marriage ceremony was performed by Judge Nathan Ford then a [unk] of Ogdensburgh aforesaid since deceased. That deponent is entirely unable to fix the date of the said marriage, but according to him, but recollection it was almost fifty years ago. That said Eliphalet Ellsworth was always reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the service of the United States in the War of Revolution.

James Taylor

Sworn to this 16 day of April 1853 before me.
C. W. Baldwin
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
St Lawrence County
Clerks Office

L Syman N Ingalls Deputy Clerk of said County and also of the courts of record directed by saw to be held therein do hereby certify that L W Baldwin Esq before whom  the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized to take the same and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his signature to the [unk] of the said affidavit is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County & Courts this 24th day of June 1853.

Sey. Ingalls Dep Clerk
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State of New York
S Laurence County

George Ranney of the town of Oswegatchie in the County of S Laurence aforesaid, being duly sworn before me the undernamed, a Justice of the Peace of the said town in said County, deposeth and saith that he is now in the sixty third year of his age- that he has resided in the said town of Oswegatchie for fifty six or fifty seven years last past-that he was well acquainted with Eliphalet Elsworth before his marriage with Jemima Fairchild and was well acquainted with the said Jermima when she was a young woman and before her marriage with said Eliphalet -that he well remembers the [unk] when the said Eliphalet Elsworth and Jermima Fairchild were married (but cannot state the year as this deponent was then [unk] a child)- that the said Eliphalet worked for this deponents father both before and after his said marriage with the said Jemima-this deponent does not at this time recollect whether he was present at said marriage or not, but he knows that the said Eliphalet and Jemima lived together as man and wife after their reputed marriage more than forty years and raised a family [unk] children-that they resided within a few miles of this deponent until the death of the said Eliphalet, which took place, according to the best recollection of this deponent in the year 1834-that this deponent was acquainted with the said Eliphalet
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and Jemima until the death of the said Eliphalet and that the said Jemima now resides in the town of Macomb in said county.
This deponent further saith that he will recollect that when the said marriage took place the said Eliphalet was much older than the said Jemima and that the difference in their ages was a subject of conversation in the family of this deponent's fathers and further saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 9th day of December 1843 George Ranney
before me S.B. James JP
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named George Ranney who signed the foregoing affidavit - that he is a credible person. This statement entitled to full credit.
SB James, JP
State of New York St. Lawrence County Clerks Office, ss. I John S Russell clerk of the said county do hereby certify that Samuel B. James before whom the foregoing affidavit of George Ranney purports to have been subscribed and sworn, was at the date of said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of St. Lawrence, elected & sworn & duly authorized to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that his signature to said affidavit is genuine
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 16th day of December 1843. John S. Russell Clerk By S.J. Dervey Dept Clk
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State of New York County of St. Lawrence ss:
Joseph Watson of the town of Macomb in the County aforesaid, being duly sworn, before me, the under named, a Justice of the Peace of the said town in the said county, deponth and saith that he is of the age of sixty five years & upwards - That he was well acquainted with Eliphalet Ellsworth and Jemima Fairchild before their marriage - That he was present and saw them married by Nathan Ford Esquire, now deceased, who was a Justice of the Peace of the town of Oswegatchie in said County, that said marriage took place in the month of October in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two & according to the best recollection of this deponent about the middle of that month. And further this Deponent saith not.
Subscribed & Sworn this 3rd day of February 1844 Joseph Watson
before me John S. Snyder J.P.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Joseph Watson who signed the foregoing affidavit; that he is a credible person and his statement entitled to full credit. John S Snyder J.P.
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State of New York
County of St Laurence

I Martin Thatcher clerk of the Common Please court, of the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that John S Snyder is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of St Laurence duly [unk] and qualified; that this [unk] is dated on the 22nd day of February 1824 and will expire on the last day of December 1844 and his signature written is genuine.

Given, under my hand and the seal of said county the 16th day of February 1844.

Martin Thatcher Clerk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
Sept 15, 1843

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States: and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensions mar receive their pensions from the pension agents, the widow of Eliphalet Ellsworth dec-a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1834 to the 24th July 1836.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K Parris
Comptroller
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Jemima wid. of 
Eliphalet Ellsworth
Rev. claims
Suspended
see page 177
doc 37

:Service admitted marriage in suspence"
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Know all men by there presents that we the undersigned heir of Jeramia Ellsworth widow of Elizabeth Ellsworth a Revolutionary Soldier of the county of ?? and state of N.Y. for and inn consideration do hereby make constitute and appoint L.B. ?? of Washington D.C. our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names to examine all papers filed in any department or office of Government upon which a pXXXX or may be granted to us an amount of the services rendered in the name of the Revolution by our late father Eliphalet Ellsworth. Deceased and XX XX children of said Eliphalet Ellsworth; whose widow Jemine Ellsworth is also dead and to obtain by all lawful means any additional amounts that may be due from the United States to said heirs by virtue of said service as a priest in the Connecticut forces and for good and sufficient reason do hereby revoke and XX any and all other powers of attorney and authority which may at any forementioned time have granted to any person or persons for the above specified purpose and we do hereby xx the same xx in said attorney have appointed L. D. Tuce ?  of Washington, D.C.  XX whereof we have hereto XX. XX and xx on this 14th day of XX, A.D. 1823

in presence of Wells Porter 
XX


Charles E. Ellsworth
Esther Ellsworth
Samuel F. Ellsworth
Cook L. Ellsworth
Erastus Ellsworth
Adaline Ellsworth 
Moses Ellsworth
Volintine Ellsworth
Orson Ellsworth 

State of Ohio, County Of Cuyahoga
on this 14 day of Sept in the year 1823 personally appeared before me Wells Porter. I duly authorize by law to administer oaths annd acknowledge into and for the county of one Charles E. Ellsworth, Esther Ellsworth, Samuel L. Ellsworth, Erastus Ellsworth, Adeline Ellsworth, Moses Ellsworth, Orson Ellsworth, Cook Ellsworth  above and acknowledge the forgoing power of Attorney to be XX free out and XX for the XX and XX their mentioned and made oath in XX form of xx that they xx personally intended  in X X and I xx certify that xx Elisabeth, Samuel Ellsworth, Cook  Ellsworth, Erastus Ellsworth, Adeline Ellsworth, Moses Ellworth, Valentine Ellsworth, XX Ellsworth is personally knownn to me to be the indicated individuals. 
Wells Porter, justice of the peace
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in presence of 
Wills Porter 
???

Charles E. Ellsworth
Esther E. Ellsworth
Samuel F. Ellsworth
Cook L. Ellsworth
Erastus Ellsworth
Adaline Ellsworth 
Moser Ellsworth

The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, 88

I, James D. Cleveland, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, do hereby Certify that Wels Porter before whome the foregoing acknowledgement and now is an acting Justice of the Peace with and for said Cuyahoga County, authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio, to take acknowledgements as aforesaid, and duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due, and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere, and that said power of attorney is executed and acknowledged to the laws of the State of Ohio.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, at Cleveland, this 14th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four. 

Jas. D. Cleveland, Clerk
by J.M. Adams, Deputy Clerk