Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,040, Ephraim Wesson, N.H.
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NH   Wesson, Ephraim    S.22.040


This soldier married Mabel Abbot widow by William Abbot. See claim R.11334.
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9261
Vermont
Ephraim Wesson
of Groton in the State of Ver
who was a Pri. in the com commanded by
Captain Simpson of the Reg commanded by
Col Mooney in the N. H. line for
7 Mo 27 -
Inscribed on the Roll of Ver
at the rate of 26 Dollars 14 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of April
1833 and sent to Claimant
Groton, Caledonia Co. Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March [18]33 $52.28
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 4 [18]33. 13.07
[Total] $65.35
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 97
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Vermont
County of Caledonia
On this [illegible] day of Sept. 1832 Personally appeared before the Judge Probate [illegible]
Court for the District of Caledonia and State of Vermont. Ephraim Wesson a resident of Groton in the County [inserted] and district of Caledonia and State of Vermont aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress. [illegible] June 7th 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United Staes in the year 1776 with Capt Thomas Simpson and served [inserted] as a Corporal in the regiment of the Militia Rangers of the New Hampshire line under the following named Officers, Viz: Thomas Simpson, Capt. Joshua Hayward or Howard Liet. & Thomas Simpson jr Ensign in a regiment commanded by Israel Morey [illegible] that he enlisted into said Company & Regiment in the Month of September 1776 & served untill the Month of December following  Making three Months as he thinks when he was Discharged & paid by the State of New Hampshire that he was Stationed During said Service on the Frontier on & adjacent to Connecticut River a guarding [illegible] & scouting towards Canada in order to prevent Depredations being committed on the Frontier Inhabitants by the Enemy and that at the time of being Discharged it was done by a request of the Government of New Hampshire that One Company out of said Morey Regiment would reenlist to go into the State of New York to join the Continental Army untill the first Day of March 1777 & that he & others Reenlisted under the said Joshua Hayward or Howard [insert] Capt Benjamin Flood & Abel Lyman [illegible] Regiment Whereof David Gilman Esq. was Colo Bartlett [illegible] Colo & Captain Major he thinks his Enlistment was on or about the 20th Dec. 1776 to continue till the 1st [insert] of March 1777 & that he received of said Israel Morey Esq his Billeting or Ration money to travel to New York & one Months Advance Pay we marched from Haverhill down Connecticut River to Hartford Connecticut & from there to Piggshills in the State of New York & there joined the Continental Army under the Command of General Macdugal our
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duty was Principally a Guarding against the Enemy and Protecting the Public Stores untill his term of Service was out and we were Honorably Discharged and Returned home having Served in this Tower [tour] Two Months and Ten Days besides fifteen Days in Returning home.
That in the fall of the Year 1777 on the News of General Burgoins [Burgoyne's] Armys Marching into the Country Volunteers were Called for and he thinks that on the last of August or the first of Sept 1777 that he turned out as a Volunteer under Capt John Howard and Marched from Haverhill in New Hampshire by Manchester in the State of Vermont to Saratoga on the North or Hudsons River and joined the Main Army he thinks under the Command of General Horatio Gates and there Remained untill the Surrender of General Burgoin[']s Army to General Gates and then Returned home to Haverhill in said New Hampshire the Place of his several Enlistments or Engagements this Tower [tour] being as Near as he can Recollect Two Monts [months] Jonathan Chase Esq he think was Colo of the Volunteer Regiment and that in all cases
he was Paid by the State of New Hampshire in the whole 7 Months and 25 Days.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pention or an
annuity, Except the Present, and he declares that his name is
not on the Pention roll of any agency in any State
Sworn and Subscribed to the day and Year aforesaid 
Ephraim Wesson
Before Benj F Deming Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above
Named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he States.

I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for the District of
Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing [covered by seal]tains the original proceedings of said Court in the in [covered] of the application of Ephraim Wesson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this first day of
September A.D. 1832
Amos Paul Register
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February 3, 1936
XXX
BA-J/EEL
Benjamin Lilley-S.37624
William Abbot R.11334
Ephraim Wesson-S.22040
Mr. Edwin Lilley
113 Nobes Avenue
Lockport, Illinois

Dear Sir:
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.37624, based upon the military service in that war of Benjamin Lilley.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of
Benjamin Lilley are not shown.
Benjamin Lilley enlisted, place not shown, in April, 1777,
for three years, served as private and sergeant in Captain William Toogood's Company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, and when his term of service had nearly expired, was transferred to a corps of sappers and miners, commanded by Colonel Gouvion, Engineer, and served until the end of the war.
In 1806, he was residing in Franklin, Massachusetts (Maine).
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7,
1818, at which time he was a resident of Monroe, Massachusetts
(Maine).
In 1820, he was residing in Castine, Maine, and gave his age
fifty-six years. At that time he stated that he served, also,
for two years "in the late war." No further details of this service
are given. In 1820, his family residing with him consisted
of his wife, Mary, aged forty-four years. He did not give her maiden name nor the date and place of their marriage and there is
no reference to any children.
Benjamin Lilley died January 31, 1828, place not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and
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the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Benjamin Lilley (S.37624), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Benjamin Lilley, Certificate No.9123, issued April 9, 1819,
rate $8 per month, commenced April 7, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818,
Maine Agency.

William Abbot
R. 11334
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of William Abbot are not shown.
William Abbot enlisted July 13, 1775, at Haverhill, Grafton
County, New Hampshire, served as a private in Captain James Osgood's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment of Rangers and was discharged December 31, 1775; during this tour he went on an expedition to Canada; he immediately reenlisted and served one your in Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment: he enlisted September 26, 1777, and served until October 26, 1777, as sergeant in Captain Joshua Howard's Company, Colonel Jonathan Chase's New Hampshire Regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne; he enlisted April 1, 1778, and served one year as private in Captain Timothy Barron's Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's Vermont Regiment: He enlisted at the time of the burning of Royalton, in 1780, and served ten days; names of officers not given.
The soldier married December 9, 1777, Mabel Whittlesey.
They were married at Haverhill, New Hampshire, of which place both were then residents and their marriage was recorded on the town records of said Haverhill. The date and place of birth of Mabel and the names of her parents are not shown.
William Abbot died June 14, 1807, at Haverhill, New Hampshire, and his widow, Mabel, married September 24, 1828, at Peacham, Vermont, Ephraim Wesson. Ephraim Wesson died February 28, 1835, in Groton, Vermont, in the eighty-first year of his age.
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Mabel Abbot Wesson died November 2, 1836, in Bath, New Hampshire, in the eighty-first year of her age.
On January 3, 1851, Moses Abbott (as he signed) then aged
seventy-two years and a resident of Bath, New Hampshire, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of his father, William Abbot, in the Revolutionary War.
He made said application on behalf of himself and the following
named children of William Abbott and his wife, Mabel.
Joseph Abbott of Groton, Vermont.
Amos W. Abbott " Ryegate, Vermont.
William Abbott " Romeo, Michigan.
Ann Knight " Ryegate, Vermont.
Sarah Fuller " Barnet, Vermont.
Abigail Robbins " Lowell, Massachusetts.

The ages of the above named children are not shown nor are the
names of the husbands of the daughters given.
The claim was not allowed as there was no provision of law
under which the children of the soldier were entitled to pension.
The name Ebenezer Abbott appears; no relationship to the
soldier shown.

Ephraim Wesson
S.22040
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of
Ephraim Wesson are not shown.
While residing in Haverhill, New Hampshire, Ephraim Wesson
enlisted in September, 1776, served until December, 1776, as corporal in Captain Thomas Simpson's Company, Colonel Israel Morey's New Hampshire Regiment, and was engaged in guard and scout duty on the frontiers, he enlisted December 20, 1776, [note] Identified sol. in these last 2 services in N. H. books. and served until March 1, 1777, in Captain Joshua Howard's [note] Sometimes spelled Hayward - see this capt's pension claim O.16416  - he signs Howard, Company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire Regiment and again enlisted September 1, 1777
and served two months in Captain Joshua Howard's Company, Colonel Jonathan Chase's New Hampshire Regiment and was at 
taking of Burgoyne.
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Ephraim Wesson was allowed pension on his application executed September 1, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-seven years and resided in Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont.
He died February 28, 1835.
There are no data as to family in the papers in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and
the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ephraim Wesson, (S.22040), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Ephraim Wesson, Certificate No. 9261, dated April 17, 1833,
rate $26.14 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Admit
7 Mo 25 private
26.14
Claimant
Groton
Caledonia Co Vt

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Deposition Joshua Howard
for Corporal Ephraim Wesson
5 Dec 1776
3 mo 11 days
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I Joshua Howard of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of Lawfull Age Testify and say that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Wesson of Groton in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont that he was at my House a few Days since and I Perfectly Recollect him to be the same Ephraim Wesson that Served under me the these services for which I made my application Reference thereto being had and I think he Served a Part or the whole of the time as a Corporal and that he was a faithfull Good one-
Joshua Howard

State of New Hampshire
Grafton SS
Bath 11th November 1832 Personally appeared Joshua Howard Signor of the above Deposition and made Solem [solemn] Oath that the same in his belief is true before me the
Subscriber Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace

And I further state that I have been Acquainted with the said Joshua Howard for more than Sixty Years last Past and believe him to be a Credible Disinterested Impartial Witness
Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do certify that Moody Bedel Esq is a Justice of the peace within and for said County duly qualified to take affidavits and that
I believe the above to be his genuine Signatures
Witness my hand and the seal
of said Court this 9th day of
February 1833.
Geo Woodward Clerk
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[stamp] Received Dec 26 1930 Mail Sub Div
USVM Read [illegible] 30
General Accounting Office
Washington
RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
R - LA
December 22, 1930.
Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
Attention: Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
In compliance with your recent telephone request for a
copy of the report of the Court, dated March 9, 1835, in the case of Ephraim Wesson, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, Certificate #9261, Vermont Agency, said  report is quoted below:
"I, Amos Paul, Register of the Court of Probate for
the District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify
that it has been made to appear to the satisfaction
of said Court that Mabel Wesson of Groton in said district
is widow of Ephraim Wesson late of said Groton,
deceased that the said Ephraim was a revolutionary
pensioner of the United States and that the said Ephraim 
Wesson died on the 28th day of February A. D. 1835."
For the Comptroller General of the United States.
Respectfully,
W. Richardson
Chief, Records Division.
[stamp] Chief Clerk Bureau of Pensions
Dec 27 1930
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Revolution 22040
INVALID.
File No. 22.040
Ephraim Wesson
Pri Rev War
Act June 7 [18]32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 441
Arrangement of 1870

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1936- Feb 3/ Hist to Edwin Lilley- See letter in case- Benj Lilley S.39624
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February 3, 1936
BA-J/MMHF/eel
Mr. Edwin Lilley
113 Nobes Avenue
Lockport, Illinois

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further
information in regard to Benjamin Lilley, James Abbot and William Abbot, in whom you are interested.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in
the Revolutionary War of the James Abbot who was born in 1717,
married Sarah Bancroft, served in the New Hampshire line and died in 1833.
The records of Benjamin Lilley and William Abbot are furnished
you herewith as found in pension claims, S.37634 and R. 11334, respectively, based upon their services in the Revolutionary War.
The record of Ephraim Wesson, S.22040, is given, also, because he
married Mabel Abbot, widow of William Abbot, R.11334.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.