Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16161, for Ebenezer Ingalls, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
Ingalls, Ebenezer
NUMBER
S. 16161
Carded
CONTENTS
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New York No 24.907
Ebenezer Ingalls
Essex Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded
Captain Thomas of the Regt. commanded
Col. Reid
in the N. Hampshire line
for 10 months & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 34 Dollars 43 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March
1834
and sent to Hon. R.
Whallon, H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834
103.29
allowance ending 4 Sep "
17.21
$120.30
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E.
Vol. 4
Page 63
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Ebenezer Ingalls
Application for a Pension
30,108

Admd
10 mo. 10 ds pri
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State of New York
Essex County  SS
On this 26th day of September in the
year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and
thirty three personally appeared before the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid
Ebenezer Ingalls a resident of the Town of Kune
in the County of Essex and State of New York aged
Eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according
to Law, doth upon his said oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made
by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832-
That he enlisted in the army of the United States
in the year 1775 with Captain Phillip Thomas
and served in Colonel James Reids Regiment
of the Continental Line, under the following named
Officers Towit
Colonel James Reid Lieutenant Colonel
Gilman, Major Nathan Hale, Captain Phillip Thomas
Lieutenant Harper and Ensign and he enlisted at the
Town of Jeffery Cheshire County New Hampshire on the
first day of May in the year 1775 and left the Service
on the first day of January in the year 1776 he
was discharged at Winter Hill in or near Charlestown
in Massachusetts he enlisted for Eight months service
& Marched under the command of the Captain Coffee with
the other regts raised in Jeffery to a place called Mistic in
Massachusetts at which place he mustered and
found the Regiment marched with the Regiment from
Mistic to Bunker Hill in Boston. and was in the Battle of
Bunker hill the 19th June 1775 under Genl Warren
at which time they situated & was marched to Winter in
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in or near Charlestown and was stationed there for some length
of time and were employed in building fortifications all
the time while there was march over from Mistic before going to
Bunker hill to Chilson A Butes for Topsall Schooner
had grounded on the Bar near. Wisemet Ferry and
the Regiment we marched down to Chelsea and set
fire to and burnt the schooner. the crew having all
Either been killed by the five previous to burning or had
Escaped we had kept up a heavy fire on her for some
time before she was set fire to after the Battle of Bunker
hill and marching to Winter hill he was kept at the
Latter place until the first of January 1776 when he
Received his discharge & went hometo Jeffery he did
not receive a written discharge the whole Brigade
We discussed on parade by General Sullivan who
had the command-- three me two other Continental
Regiment stationed with them at Winter hill on
commanded by Col. Stark the other by Col. Poor
was in no other engagement during the period of seven
& marched through part of New Hampshire from
Jeffery to Martin from them to Bunker hill and
from there to Winter hill
And the said Ebenezer Ingalls further declares on his
said oath that in January 1775 he volunteered as a
minute man in the Militia of New Hampshire being before
his enlistment aforesaid and was to hold himself
in readiness to march at a moments notice he was
not called on untill the 20th of April 1775 where
he was called out under Captain Hale the Company in
which he served being the only Company Marching at the
time. The British had marched out of Boston to Bennington
and [illegible Back by the Militia, the alarm
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was spread through the country and Capt Hale Called at
his company and we were marched to Cambridge near
Boston on arriving at Cambridge the British had retreated in
to Boston and the company remained there a few days when
he made up his mind to enlist and on return he did
enlist as before set forth he served at this period
for ten days not quitting the service after being
called out on this alarm until discharged he not having been
discmissed. before he signed his enlistment
And the said Ebenezer Ingalls upon his said oath
further declares and says that in the month of
July and deponent believes the 15th he hired as a substitute
to one John Henderson of Jeffers aforesaid being one of
his neighbors the said Henderson was Drafted for
two months service in the New Hampshire Militia and
having a [illegible] family had deponent to take his place
he (deponent immediately entered the service under
Col. Nichols & Major Moor. Captain Salmon Stone Genl
Perry & Ensign Mason in General Starks Brigade of
New Hampshire Militia Joined the Regiment at Charleston
New Hampshire and Marched to Manchester in Vermont
remained at Manchester Eight or ten days untill
General Stark and being under command of Genl
Lincoln of the Continental line until Genl Stark came
took command marched from Manchester to
Bennington Vermont and was in the Battle of Bennington
with the British Troops under Col Burr on the 16
17th Aug. 1777. after the Battle of Bennington they
remained a short time when the Brigade marched to
Stillwater or Bemis Heights deponent was left
at Bennington as one of the Guard left by General
Stark to take charge of the sum who were unable
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to follow or march with the Brigade deponent had the
charge of the guard no commissioned or Warrant Office
having been
left at Bennington, he remained at Bennington
having charge & can of the fire untill the made
of
or 15th of September 1777. when General Stark returned with
his Troops and deponent was discharged did not
receive a written discharge he has no documentary
Evidence of his service and he knows of no person
living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
Except Caleb Ingalls whose affidant is annexed
 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
And he further
says that from old age and the consequent loss
of Memory he can not swear positively as to the
precise times of entering the service at all his periods of
 but from the best of his recollection he served
not see that the period's after Stated and
in the following grades Town from April 20th
1775 10 May 1st 1775 being 10 days I served as a private
from 1st May 1775 to first Jany 1776 I served as a
private & for the two months service in 1777. from July
September I served as a private & for such service
claim a Pension
[signature] Ebenezer Ingalls
Subscribed & Sworn to the
day and year aforesaid
in open Court before me
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk

The Court propounded the Interrogatories prescribed by
the war department to which the applicant made
the answers following to the first inventory
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1. When and in what year were you born?
ans was born in Candor, Essex County Massachusetts, in the
year 1745 Novr 18th
2. Have you any Record of your age & if so where is it?
ans has a record of his age in the Clerks office in Andover aforesaid
has no other Record of his age
3. Where were you living when called into the service where
have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where
do you now her?
and Lived in Jeffery Cheshire County New Hampshire when
came into service at each time as he served in Unity
New Hampshire untill the year 1828 when he moved to Keene
Essex County New York & now resides in Kune
4. How were you called into service were you Drafted did
you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute
for whom?
Ans
for the first term of ten days I volunteered the second
for Eight months I enlisted and the last term for
months. I was a substitute for John Henderson
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with
the Troops when you served, such Continental and
Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general
circumstances of your service
ans. While at Winterhill. Mayer Genl Lee Brig Gen Sutton
Genl Putnam Col Poor & Col. Stark & Col Reed me all
Regular Office Statured them and the continental Regiment
in the Divisions at Bennington Genl Stark & General
Lincoln Lincoln how was not in the Battle
Col Rands Regiment of Militia from Massachusetts
me also at Bennington & came then as a reinforcement
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6. never recd a written discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your
present Neighborhood who can testify to your character
for veracity & their belief of your serve as a solder
of the revolution
ans Caleb Ingalls & Gilman Graves and I could name
others but none that are here attending Court and I do not
think it would be required most of my service being
in the Continental line. we have no clergyman living
in the town when I reside

We Caleb Ingalls and Gilman Graves both residents
of the Town of Keene in the County of Essex and State of
New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Ebenezer Page who has subscribed and sworn to the
foregoing Declarations that we believe him to be Eighty seven
years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a solder of the
revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signature] Caleb Ingalls
[signature] Gilmore Graves
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court be Ingalls
the day & year aforesaid before me Gilman prove
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk
---
State of New York County
Essex County
Caleb Ingalls of Keene New York aged 78 years being duly sworn doth upon
his said oath the law and say that he was well acquainted with
the applicant named in and who has subscribed and
Sworn to the foregoing declaration Ebenezer Ingalls
during the Revolutionary War. That he knows that he
the said applicant volunteered as a minute man in 1775
and Nknew that he fjoined the company in April 1775 to
March to Cambridge, the not see him again
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untill the month of October following when he saw him
at Winter hill doing duty as a soldier in Captain Thomas
Company in Col. This Regiment & Sullivans Brigade
Learned from said Ingalls & also from his officers that
that he had been a soldier in said Regt & Company
service the 1st May 1775, deponent enlisted in the same
Company & Regt on the last day of October 1775 and
served in said Company with said Ebenezer Ingalls the
the first day of January 1776 at what time (he Ebenezer
Ingalls) was discharged and went home deponent
continued with the Regiment until the next fall in
the year 1777. deponent served in the same company
with the said Eben Ingalls under Capt. Salmon
Stone & saw him there at the Battle of Bennington
& knows that he served for the full term of two
months as a Militia Soldier, from the time he
served as a substitute for John Henderson, which
witness was knowing to untill discharged at Bennington
deponent served with him until the Troops left for [illegible]
[signature] Ebenezer Ingalls
Subscribed & sworn to in open
Court the day & year aforesaid
before me-
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk
-
And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the department of War that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states and the Court further certify that it
appears to them that there is no Clergyman resident
in the Town of Keen when the above applicant resides
and that Caleb Ingalls and Gilman Graves
who have signed the proceeding certificate are by the
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Residents of the Town of Keene and are reputable and
Credible persons and that the statement is Entitled
to Credit
Signed by Order of the County
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk

I Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Ingalls for
a Pensions
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and official seal of Office this 26th day
of September in the year 1833
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
September 29, 1920

Mrs. Frank I. Lee
3421 University Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa

Madam;

I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S. 1161 that EBENEZER INGALLS was born November
18, 1745, at Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Jeffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, he
enlisted and served as a private with the New Hampshire troops as follows:
From April 20, 1995, ten days in Captain Hale's Company.
From May 1, 1775, until January 1, 1776, in Captain Phillip Thomas
Company in Colonel James Reed's Regiment; he was in the battle of Bunker
Hill.
Jul 15, 1777, until September 15, 1777, in Captain Salmon Stone's
Company in Colonel Nichols' Regiment; he was in the battle of Bennington.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1833,
at which time he was a resident of Keene, Essex County, New York.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
In order to find date of last payment of pension and possibly the date
of death of Ebenezer Ingalls you should apply to Civil Division, General,
Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data:
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EBENEZER INGALLS, Certificate 24907, issued March 19, 1834, rate
$34.43 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York
Agency.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. Ebenezer Ingalls S16161
[Chart]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Apr 20 1775
May 1 1775
July 2 1777

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
10 days
Jany 1776
Sept 1777

RANK,
Minuteman
Pvt
"
 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Philip Thomas ofHale
Selmon Stone

COLONEL.
Militia of James Reed
Nichols

STATE.
N.H.
"
"

Battles engaged in, June 17 1775 Bunker Hill Aug 16 1777 Bennington
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Jefferson Co [illegible]
Date of application for pension, Sept 26, 1833 His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Keene Essex Co NH
Age at date of application, 87 born at [illegible], Essex Co Mass Nov 18 1745
 Remarks: [illegible]
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3 - 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by S.D. L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Ebenezer Ingalls
Service N.Y.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. claim, State records.
190.
No claim, combination records , 190
REMARKS:
No claim as above
Try Quod 16161
Chief Division
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August 11 1926
Pension Department
We are desirous of knowing if in your Revolutionary Records are to be found the record of Ebenezer Ingalls whose enlistment is on Roll from New Hampshire. April 23-1775 in Capt Philip Thomas Co Col James Reeds Reg 7th Co. Will Tarllows Co expedition against Canada 1777
Also in Capt Salmon Stones Co. each enlistment was a short service. We are trying to find a record of death also of his wife Elizabeth Wheeler Ingalls. If pension were granted to eighter no doubt you may furnish us with dates.
Sincerely yours
Mrs Frank I Lee.


[from extract]
Regent
MRS. CHARLES G. SAUNDERS
34 Oakland Court Apts.
Council Bluffs
Vice-Regent
MRS
CLARENCE VAN EPPS
430 North Clinton Street
Iowa City
Recording Secretary
MRS. HAROLD F. SHRAUGER
Atlantic
Historian
MRS. WILSON H. HAMILTON
508 West Spring Street
Sigourney
CHAIRMEN STATE
COMMITTEES
Daughters of the American Revolution
Towa Deciety
MISS AMY GILBERT, Vice-President General
State Center
Corresponding Secretary
MRS. FRANK I. LEE
Des Moines
Consulting Registrar
MRS. G. A. CHILGREN
412 North Street
Burlington
Treasurer
MRS. FLOYD L. CHAMBERLAIN
302 Alta Vista Avenue
Waterloo
Librarian
Mrs. J. E. LEMMON
200½ S. Iowa Avenue
Washington
Auditor
MRS. EUGENE HENELY
2 University Avenue August 11 1926
Pension Department
Americanization, Ellis Island and
Manual for Immigrants
MRS. J. E. FITZGERALD
1821 Ross Street
Sioux City
Better Films
MRS. J. F. AUNER
Revolutionary Dept
3101 West Grand Avenue
Des Moines
Circulating Genealogical Library
MISS AMY GILBERT
State Center
We are desirous of knowing if in your
Conservation and Thrift
MRS. D. CYRUS WOLF
Hampton
Revolutionary Records are to be found
MRS E. E. CORRY
the record of Ebenezer Ingalls
646 Forty-second Street
Des Moines
D. A. R. Student Loan Fund
MRS. CARL RICHARDSON
enlistment is on
Denison
Genealogical Research
MRS. EUGENE SHIPFER
whose
Hampshire
Coll from New
Sigourney
April 23-1875 in
Historical and Literary Recipis Capt Philip Thomas C
MRS. F. M. HUNTER
603 East Second Street
Ottumwa
Historic Relice
MRS. LOUIS B. SCHMIDT
231 Lynn Avenue
Col James Reeds Reg.
Ames
Historic Spots
MRS. L. S. DORCHESTER
7th Co.
Also in
Were Tarltons to expedition
Clear Lake
International Relations
MISS MARY FULLER
against Canada
1777
212 South Seventh Street
Co. Salmon Stone Co
lore Room, Morris Continent Also in Capt Jones
each
MRS. E. G. BOWMAN
2231 Bancroft Place N. W.
Washington, D. C.
enlistment was of short service. We
Magazine
MRS. RAY I. SMITH
1101 North Fifth Street
are
Burlington
trying to fired a
record of death
Patriotic Education
Mrs. E. R. HOLLAND
also
2903 Kingman Boulevard
of
Des Moines
Publicity
MISS BLANCHE WINGATE
434 Twenty - eighth Street
of
his wife Elizabeth Wheeler Ingallspensions
were granted to Either
Des Moines
Standing Rules
MRS. L. H. BUSSELLE
no doubt you may furnish us
North Grand Street
dates
Sincerly
Mrs Frank
Yours
Lee
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16161
INVALID.
File No. 16161
Ebenezer Ingalls
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 188
(Arrangement of 1870.}
1908 - June 24 Hist to
K.A. Furman V.S.M.
1926, Sept. 29 hist
to Mrs Frank I Lee MCS
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To the Com of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Si
Can you tell me if there is any record
service in
Revolutionary
war, New York State
one Ebenezer Ingalls from
Madison Co. N.Y
I have been referred
to you by the Adjutant General
Yours truly
K.A. Furman
225
Lafayette St.
Schenectady
June 14 1908