Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 43066, for Ebenezer Newell, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Newell, Ebenezer

NUMBER
S. 43066

CONTENTS
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16,732 R
New York
--
Ebenezer Newell
of Essex cy in the state of New York 
who was a fifer in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Elmore of the Connecticut
line, for the term of one year
--
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818
--
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of April
1820 and sent to Hon E. C. Gross H of R
--
Arrears to 4th of March 1820         $185.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept             48.--
                                                        $233.03

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued

[written on facing page]
[illegible] sent [illegible] 1821
Hon. E. C. [illegible] of [illegible] United States
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44426
Ebenezer Newell
Private
Elmores Cont Regt
1776. one year
1 aprl. 1818

declaration 1st Apl. 1818
Lieut Austins affidavit missing
dec of Col H he got it
Proof of Service
required
service admitted on D Brydia testimony-
there is also the affidavit of R Sherwood, Aaron Austin & Merill; 
statements are also filed in favor of Applicant
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State of New York
County of Essex __________, ss.
On this 1st day of July 1817 , before me, the subscriber, first Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the
said county, personally appeared Ebenezer Newell aged sixty two years, resident in Westport in the said county, 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 "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Ebenezer Newell- enlisted for the term of one year in the
month of April in the year 1776 at Persbeck
in Lower Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain William Chatterlee of the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Elmore in the line of the State of Connecticut
on the Continental Establishment; that he 
continued to serve in the said corps, or in the
service of the United States, until the last of February following, when he was
discharged from service at Fort Hancock state of New York, that he was in the battles of
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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 services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. Ebenezer Newell
Dan Ross first Judge
I, Daniel Ross Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Ebenezer Newell did serve in the
revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance
of his country for support. I also certify that he made a previous declaration ^about this^ on this first day of day of April 1818
Dan. Ross first. Judge

SEAL OF 
THE COURT
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State of New York
Essex County ss}
I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk
of the County of Essex and of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the said County
Certify that Daniel Ross Judge before whom
the preceding and subjoined affidavits
or declarations of Ebenezer Newell were made was at the time the same [illegible]date first Judge of the Court aforesaid and that his name ^sworn by^ subscribed to the preceding and subjoined declarations and certificates
as in his own proper hand writing
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court 
affix [illegible] this 18 day of July 1819
Ashley Pond Dep Clerk
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State of New York }
[illegible] County ss } on this 15th day July 1819
before me the subscriber first Judge of the Court
Common pleas  in said County personally
appeared Ebenezer Newell who after being duly
sworn doth make a further declaration as
follows that the reason of his enlistment at the
place mentioned in the preceeding declaration was
this that is, he enlisted in the year 1775 at New Hartford
in the state of Connecticut in the month of May
for the term of eight months under one Captain
Shubel Griswold - in Colonel Himmons Regment and
he marched from there to [illegible] [illegible] lake
Chaplain to the isle and navy was at the lake
thus in a
that he being a [illegible] was transferred in to
Major John Browns Battalion that he went from there
to Quebeck that was then at the morning of the
[illegible] of Quebeck and continue [illegible]
he enlisted in to the company of Captain Satterlee
mentioned in the preceeding declaration and was
afterwards Honorably discharged at the place mentioned
in the preceding declaration Ebenezer Newell
Sworn & subscribed this 16th day of July 1819
Dan Ross first Judge
I Daniel Ross [illegible] first Judge as aforesaid
that I believe the declaration to just and true
Dan Ross Judge
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Ebenezer Newell
[illegible]
Westport 15732
Essex Co April 20
NY. Sep
C
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State of New York 
Essex County ss
on this 26 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty personally appear in open Court called a court of Common pleas and being a Court of record before the Judges of the same Court Ebenezer Newell aged 63 years of the Town of Westport in the County of Essex & State of New York
who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare and say that he
served in the revolutionary war as follows,
Colonel Elmore Regiment Capt William
Sattler Company in the Connecticut line and that the Original Declaration was made on the first day of April 1818 and that the certificate [illegible] by the Honorable the Secretary of War on the 19th day of April 1820 and that he
has not as yet received any pension or pay and
that the number of his certificate is 16732 and
that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift grant or sold or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision of an Act of Congress Entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary was passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that 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 income than what is contained in the Schedule hereto [^illegible^] & by me subscribed
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Schedule
1st 
Real Estate as follows one small house lot
containing 3/4 of an Acre which is Mortgaged
for the purchase money which was $250 nothing
paid
2nd
Personal Estate as follows one cow 2 tables 6
Common chairs 1/2 doz knifes & forks one
Iron 4 pails Kettle with a hole in it 1 pot
1 dish Kettle 1 tea [illegible] one sett of tea cups and Saucers
tea pot sugar bowl one cream 2 qt Bowles
1 pine Chest and drawers one old pine
Chest (worth $233 50 cts) Ebenezer Newell
Debt bonifida owing by declarant $25, 75
debt or credits due the declarant $12, 50
the declarant by occupation a Sadler and Harness
Maker health not good aged 69 years wife aged
62 years infirm one daughter by name of Almira
aged 25 now sick and has been for some time
Declining with consumption and under Doctors
care one grand daughter 
residing with me Named Adeline Woodruff
aged 17 years health good the declarant lives
in a house owned by his son Elijah
Newell and supported by his son principally
Ebenezer Newell
Sworn to & declared in
open Court this 26th
day of September 1820 
Thos Stower Clerk
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Essex County }
Clerks office ss. } I Ashly Pond Deputy Clerk
of the Court Common Pleas aforesaid Certify
that the foregoing oath and the Schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from
the records of the said Court and I 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 thirty five dollars & fifty cents
and I do also further certify that the aforesaid
Court is a Court of record having the power of
fine & imprisonment & keeping a [illegible] of its
proceedings
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my name & affixed the seal of the said Court
at Elizabethtown this 2d day of December 1820
(In the absence of Thos Stower Clerk)
Ashley Pond Dep Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section,
June 19, 1925.
Miss Bertha Stafford Newell
Hotel Canterbury
San Francisco, California.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim S-43066, it appears
that Ebenezer Newell, while living at New Hartford,
Connecticut, enlisted in May 1775 and served eight
months as a fifer in Captain Shubael Griswold's Company
Colonel Benjamin Hinman's Connecticut Regiment.
He was at the siege of Saint Johns and the battle of
Quebec.
He enlisted in April 1776 and served nine months
as a fifer in Captain William Satterlee's Company, Colonel
Samuel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 15, 1819 while residing in Westport, Essex County,
New York, aged sixty-two years.
In 1820 he stated he had a wife aged sixty-two years
name not stated, a daughter Almira, aged twenty-five years,
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granddaughter, Adeline Woodruff, aged 17 years,
and a son, Elijah, with whom he then lived, aged not
stated.
The above noted is the only Ebenezer Newell found
on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau,
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
parents
not named
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1925 June 19. feel to Mrs Bertha
Stallard Newell
1925 Oct. 21. B.S. Newell infd
names of parents & date
& place of birth not on record
43066
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 43.066
Ebenezer Newell
Fifer Rev War
Act: 18" March 18" 
Index: - Vol. S, Page 368
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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I David Brydia of Vergennes in the
County of Addison and State of Vermont being
duly sworn depose and say that from the spring
of the year 1776 to the spring of the year 1777 I was 
a private in Capt. Wm Satterlee Company of Col
San Ellmore Regt in the Connecticut line, for
which service I have been placed on the pension list
roll of the United States in pursuance of the Act
of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War" during that
time I was and still am well acquainted with
Ebenezer Newell of Westport in the County of
Essex and State of New York and well know that
said Newell served in said Company commanded
by said Satterlee as aforesaid for more than nine
months as a fifer, and I perfectly recollect that
some part of said time said Newell served as fife
Mayor of said Regiment - And I further testify and
say that the said Ebenezer Newell is the same
person who made his application before the Hon
Danl Ross Judge of said Ezra County Court of Common
pleas to be placed on the pension list of the United States
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in pursuance of the act of Congress aforesaid
first day of April AD 1818.
David Brydia
State of Vermont }
Addison County ss } Sworn and subscribed before
me this 27th day of January AD 1820 and I
further certify that the above deponent is in my
opinion a credible witness
E. O. Wood Judge Jus Peace
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State of Vermont. Secretary of States Office
Middlebury January 28th 1820
I William Slade Jun. Secretary of the
State of Vermont do certify that Enoch
D Woodbridge, before whom the foregoing affidavit
was made was at the date of his certificate thereof,
a Justice of the peace, acting under the authority
of this State, and that the signature of his name
affixed to said certificate is in his own proper hand
writing
Witness the seal of this State, at Middlebury
aforesaid, the day & year above written
William Slade Jun
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There is only one Ebenezer Newell
he was born in 1757
& lived Conn & NY S43066
sent April tenth
nineteen & twenty five
Hotel Canterbury
San Francisco
To the
Commissioner of Pensions
at Washington D.C.
My dear Sir
my ancestor, my
great Grand Father is, Ebenezer Newell
I am anxious to find his ancestors.
Perhaps you can help me?
D.C.
Washington
Pension Roll Lists
page 144
Report of Sec of State Edition 1835
on page 144 he is given
Ebenezer Newell 
Rank Fifes Annal amt
then follows
total amt $1289.06
Connecticut line
Placed on Roll 19 April 1820
Commencement of Pension April 1818
(Probably this is Westport,} Essex County New York State (Living in)
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Ebenezer Newell 
b 1757 circa
on 1780 - New Hartford Conn
d 1830 - Ogdensburg NY
In "New York in the Revolution page 124
p. 124 Ebenezer Newell 13th Reg. Albany Co.
Col Cornelius Van Veghten
In "Connecticut in the Revolution
P. 118 Fifes-
636 Sergeant arrived in Camp July 13, 1778
page 144 Pension Roll. "Report of Sec State" Edition 1835 Washington D.C.
Bank Fife Connecticut Line
April 1818 Com of Pension
April 19, 1820 Placed on Roll, Essex County New York
(on Lake Champlain)
[illegible] 62 a Revirius Newell Rutland Co Vermont
Pension [illegible] May Feb 1822
Drafted 1820
who may be
a family connection? [illegible] 1827 Ohio
Census 1790
Newell Ebenezer - 2 - 3 - 4 Cornwall Addison Co Vt
Revirius - 1 - 2 - 6 " " " "
Seth - 2 - 2 - 2 Panton Addison Co Vt
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Ebenezer Newell {Born 1757 Circa
{M.1780 New Hartford Conn Nancy Flower
{d 1830
Bertha S Newell California
Geo Baker Newell, b. Westport N.Y. & California in 1850
Lake Champlain m 1852 Sarah Stafford Lewis of Westport NY 
Elijah Newell {b Cornwall Vt. 1790
{m Charlotte Vt 1827 m {Harriet 7 Baker of Wm 6 of Wm 5 of Wm 4 Baker
{d Westport N.Y. 1865
Ebenezer Newell {born 1757 circa
{m. New Hartford Conn 1780 Nancy 4 Flower of Elijah 3 of Lamroch 2 of Lamroch 1 Flower of Hartford Conn. 
Places lived {Richmond, Mass (given in Connecticut early marriages book III) 
{New Hartford - married
{Cornwall Vt. birth of son Elijah
{Westport New York on Lake Champlain Essex Co. pension
{Cornwall Vt 1790 Census
{Ogdenburg N. York death?
"Connecticut in the Revolution"
pages 118 & 536 give him first as a fifer and
then page 536 as Sergeant arrived in Camp July 13 1778
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think my grandfather Ebenzer Newell is
from a Hartford and Farmington, Connecticut
family but can not find the connections.
I am anxious for his place of birth
and the names of his parents
the names of any relatives may
be
of assistance (& addresses perhaps) of such [illegible]
I will be very grateful for
your assistance
Sincerely Bertha Stafford Newell
(Miss)
Saturday May the tenth
nineteen & twenty five
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Wars Section.
Oct. 31, 1925.
Bertha Stafford Newell,
Hotel Canterbury,
San Francisco, Calif.
Madam;
I have to advise you that the dates and places
of the births of the soldiers and the names of their
parents are not on record in the following pension
claims: Ebenezer Newell, S. 43066; Ethan Andrus, S.
23515; Riverius Newell, W. 805; and Nathan Lewis, W.
20000.
The Bureau is unable to aid you further in this
matter.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
She is only trying to fit in
with the, Ebenezer Newell
and asked these specific
questions
two pages of general genealogical dates
relative to any soldiers of above
names sent back to her
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Sept Revolutionary War. 750 Sutter St.
&-or Commissioner of Pensions San Francisco California
at Washington DC Sept 21 1925
&-or Wildes Metcalf Esq
My dear Sir
I am still searching for the parents & birthplace born May 7, 1757 
Riverius Newell p 62 Rutland Co Vt. from Connecticut {of my Great Grandfather Ebenezer Newell, Fife Sergeant of Essex Conty
{enlisted from New Hartford Connecticut 1775
{can give me the birth place & parents of Riverius Newell it may
{help possibly he is a connection.
Essex Co. New York
Nathan Lewis Essex Co NY. p 144 {A Nathan Lewis parents & birthplace I am also
{in search of (my mother Sarah Stafford Lewis Newell's father's father)
{that is I use, a advisedly three are is many of the name Nathan Lewis
{Nathan Lewis of Esser Co N.Y. Artificer
Ethan Andrus pg 85 Rutland Co. Vermont from Connecticut
{An Ethan Andres was brother of my great
Grandmother Marcha Andrus Baker (Children of Eldad
{Andrus of Cornwall Vermont). and Sophia Benedict his wife
{Ethan Andrus was Co & Sergt Conn Line  of Rutland Co Vermont
Answer these questions only
Revolutionary Service
{to find - birthplace and parents birthplace of {Rev Pensions
{Riverius Newell private p 62  Rutland Vermont
{Nathan Lewis artificer p 144 Essex Co N York
{Ethan Andrus Co & Sergt p 85 Rutland Vermont
Reference pages refer to Early Edition of Pension list
issued by Commissioner of Pensions
Published at Washington
Letter of June 19 1925 Signed M.D.G.
{Your letter of my Great Grand Father Ebenezer Newell Fifer & Sergeant was appreciated
{Claim S. 43066. In which you told me all that you
{Knew of him from your Revolutionary Records, in Pension Dept
Sincerely Bertha Stafford Newell
Hotel Canterbury San Francisco California
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Jne
Deposition of Joseph Newell Taken
As Seated before me and to be opened
by the Honorable Secretary of the
War Department at Washington
Aaron Austin Just Peace
adv proof (perhaps)
5
Conn
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I Joseph Merrill of New Hartford in the County of
Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age do
depose & say that some time in the month of May
1775 that Ebenezer Newell was an apprentice [illegible]
in my neighbourhood and when about 17 or 18
years of age he enlisted in the Continental service
a fifer in a Company commanded by Capt Shubael
Griswould and according to my best recollection has
returned to his Master untill the month of Feby 1777
and always understood by information that he continued
in the service in that army untill that time
and further the Deponent says not 
Joseph Merrill 
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss New Hartford 18th Sept 1818
Personally appeared before me Joseph Merrill
and made Solemn oath to the truth
of the
foregoing Deposition
Aaron Austin Just of Peace
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26
Additional proof of
the services of
Ebenezer Newell of
Litchfield County
Connecticut
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Elizabethtown, Essex Co
N. York, Oct. 8. 1818.
N. Nicholson tramms
addl evidence in the
case of Ebenezer Newell
a revo: Soldier.
recd Octr. 19. 1818
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Hon. J C. Calhoon
Secratary at War
Washington
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To the Honorable J C Calhoun
Secretary at
enclosed I send
the deposition of Aaron Austin
a Lieutenant in this revolution
who enlisted Ebenezer Newell
whose application I forwarded
some time in the month of April
or May last I have never
heard any returns from any of
them as I sent per asked
Yours
N. Nicholson
Elizabethtown Essex
County NY
Oct 8th 1818
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The Deposition of Aaron Austin Esq
To be opened by the Hon Secretary of
War, at Washington Taken &
sealed up by Asa Goodwin
Justice of the Peace
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I Aaron Austin of New Hartford County of Litchfield
and State of Conneticut do testify and say
that at New Hartford Not far from the first day of May 1775
Ebenezer Newell who then resided in New Hartford Inlisted
into a company commanded by Capt Shubael Griswould
in which I was Second Lieut and in the
Regiment commanded by Col Benjamin Hinman in
the Continental Army in the Northern Department
Mr Newel served in the Regiment until about the
Middle of November following when the Regiment left
Canada Mr Newel according to my best recollection
did not leave Canada with us but like many others
I believe engaged in the service and as he says in
Colo Elmers Regiment Colo Elmer I was well
acquainted with and know that he remained in
Canada During the winter and Summer following I am
confident that Mr Newel did not return to New
Hartford until 1777 Mr Newel is a man of
Strict varasity in whom reliance can be placed
and further the Deponent doth not say
Aaron Austin
Litchfield County ss New Hartford Sept 18th 1812
personally appeared before me Aaron Austin Esq &
made Solemn Oath that the foregoing Deposition by him
subscribed contains the truth according to his best knowledge
and belief
Asa Goodwin Justice of the Peace
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I Benjamin Sherwood of Cornwall in
the County of Addison and State of Vermont
being duly sworn depose and say that
in the year 1776 I became acquainted with
one Newell a fifer in Capt William
Satterlee Company Colonel Samuel Elmers
Regiment of Connecticut at Albany where
we say about three months and from thence
Marched to German flatts where we remained
about two months the regt marched
from thence to Fort Stanwix and a part
of the regt remained at sd fort and a part
Returned to Johns Town cant entirely
say when he was discharged but presume
to say that he served more than nine
Months in the company and my aforesd
and from his general character have no
Doubt but it is the same Eben Newell
that made his declaration before the
Hon Daniel Ross first Judge of the Court
of Common pleas for the County of Essex New York
Benjamin Sherwood
State of Vermont }
Addison County ss} Sworn and subscribed
before me this 28th day
of January AD 1820 and I further State
& Certify that the above Deponent is a
credible Witness Asahel Bingham Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Secretary of States office
Middlebury January 28. 1820
I William Slade Jun. Secretary of the
State of Vermont do certify that Asahel
Bingham within named is a Justice of
the peace within & for the County of
Addison in this State, acting under the
authority of this State, and that I
believe that the signature of his name
within, is in his own proper hand
writing
Witness the seal of this State at
Middlebury aforesaid, the day & year
above written
William Slade Jun