Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,257, William Webb, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
New York Webb William W. 11.257
CONTENTS
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2184
William Webb
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BRIEF in the case of William Webb
of Say Brook in the State of Connt
(Act 7th June,1832.)
1.Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [balnk]
3. How old is he? 85 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
[blank] | Years, Months, Days | As a | Gen.
In 1775 | [blank] 2 [blank] | Private | Cap. Wail's Guard, N.Y.
76- | 5 or 6 | Corpl  Col. Hurlburt's Reg, Cap Bailey's Com
5. In what battles was he engaged? [blank]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Southhold
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] E. D. Dulecork
Examining Clerk.
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2184
Application of William Webb for a pension
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State of Connecticut}
County of Middlesex}
Probate District of East Haddam} SS East Haddam On the 11th this 4 day of August 1832 personally appeared in in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam, being a Court of Record having a Clerk and seal, now sitting William Webb a resident of the town of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged eighty five years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated 1st That in the month of June in the year 1775 he belonged to a Company of Militia in the town of Southhold [Southold] County of Suffolk on Long Island in the State of New York, commanded by a Capt Young, that early in the month of June he was ordered by the Captain of the Company to be one of the guard that was taken from that company and stationed at Oyster pond point in the town of Southhold [Southold] - The guard generally consisted of eight men and was under the command of a sergeant whose name was Vail-- The guard was stationed at that place for the purpose of looking out for the British feet and boats that lay off to the East of Gardners [Gardiners]
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Island - Some of the men from the fleet had previous to that time ^been^ on Gardners [Gardiners] Island in barges and shot and taken the cattle - That your deponent continued upon guard for the space of two months - when the rest of the Company was ordered to that place and the guard dismissed-- the company as deponent thinks a staid [sic] at the point until the Fleet left that vicinity Your deponent knows of no living witness that can testify to his service. All of those who were with the Deponent being either dead or removed beyond the knowledge of the Deponent, and he has no documentary evidence in support of the same

2nd Your Deponent afterwards in the month of June 1776 enlisted for either five or six months which your deponent does not precisely recollect into a Company of which Jonathan Bailey was Captain one Terry was Lieutenant - the name of Ensign the deponent does not recollect. the name of the orderly sergeant was Benjamin King-- they then embarked on board a sloop for New York, where (when they arrived, they joined a Regiment under the command of Col Hurlburt -- the name of the Major was Davis - the regiment belonged to the Brigade of Genl Scott. There were soon continental regiments at that time in New York, but the number your deponent does not know-- Your deponent recollects to have seen General Washington several times while in New York and also General Putnam. Your deponent quartered in a house not far from the middle of the City-- Your Deponent was present at the execution of Thomas Hickie one of Genl Washingtons life guard who had devised a plot to destroy him. The [lined out "regiment"] Brigade to which deponent belonged was ordered out to see him hung
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your deponent after having been in New York about three months was taken sick, but continued to draw his rations ^& pay till the time of his enlistment  expires^ -- and while sick he was [lined out "as he was"] as he was informed appointed a sergeant, but did not as he recollects receive any warrant, he was before a Corporal, your deponent continued sick for [lined out  some"] several weeks but could obtain no discharge and was returned sick, absent ^having been permitted to go home^ - your deponent has no documentary evidence in support of his claim and knows of no witness by whom his services can be proved -

The Deponent was born in the town of Southhold [Southold] County of Suffolk on Long Island State of New York on the 19th September 1746 - The deponent has no Record of his age except what is in a family bible The Deponent when called into the service lived in the town of Southhold [Southold] County of Suffolk on Long Island State of New York. The Deponent has since lived in New London in Connecticut about six months and ever since that in Saybrook Conn his present place of residence where he has lived more than fifty years. That when he was on guard he volunteered and afterwards on the tour to New York he enlisted Your deponent does not recollect the names of any regular officers with whom he served save those he has already mentioned, Gen Washington & Genl Putnam there were several continental and militia regiments at New York while your deponent was there but the number he does not know-- your Deponent has ment[ioned]
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[menti]oned most of the prominent circumstances connected with his service. He never received any discharge from the service. He is known to Judge Pratt. Joshua L. Homedieu [Joshua L'Hommedieu] Esqr-- George Pratt Esqr and most of the other inhabitants of Saybrook who can testify to his character and belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution

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
[signature] Wm Webb

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

We, William Case a Clergyman, residing in the town of Saybrook and Joshua L Hommedieu [Joshua L'Hommedieu] residing in Saybrook hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Webb, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
[signature] Joshua L Hommediu [Joshua L'Hommedieu]
[signature] William Case
Sworn and subscribed the 11th day of August 1832

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Case who has signed the preceeding [sic] certificate, is a Clergyman, resid[ent]
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[resid]ent in the town of Saybrook, and that Joshua L. Hommedieu [Joshua L'Hommedieu] who has subscribed the same, is a resident in the town of Saybrook and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
[signature] Eliphalet A Bulkeley Judge of said Court

I Matthew C Warner Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Haddam, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Webb for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 13th day of August AD. 1832
[signature] Matthew C Warner - Clerk
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Connecticut
Wm Webb
Rejected
not 6 mo actual service
See letter to E A Bulkeley 21 Nov 1830
11257
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[envelope]
FREE.
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
Washington City

rec'd O'ct

2184 Aug 21
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Sir
Enclosed is the application of Wm Webb for a pension. Any communications in relation to it may be addressed to Eliphalet A Bulkeley East Haddam Conn or to Wm Webb Saybrook Chester
Post Office

East Haddam August 14th 1832
With much respect
Eliphalet A Bulkeley
for Wm Webb-
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [blank] which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ]blank]
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [blank]
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ]blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [blank]
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [blank]
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [blank]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ]blank]
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? [blank] And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [blank]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [blank]
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No-
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? [blank]
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No-
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? [blank] And if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank]
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [blank] year [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] :and for such service I claim a pension."
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RELECTED
11,257
P.O. William Webb
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank]
Discharged: [blank], 18__.
Application filed: [blank], 18__.
Alleges: [blank], 18__.
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for, [blank],18__.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Webb, William GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10561 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 28, 1792
to Samuel Alexander, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.