Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13752, for Benjamin Lines, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE

Conn.

Lines, Benjamin

S. 13752

carded

CONTENTS
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2961
Connecticut
Benjamin Lines
of New Haven in the State of Connt who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain McGreiger in the Regt commanded by Col. Derkee in the Connecticut line for 12 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Decem 1832 and sent to Henry White New Haven Connt.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $60
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 20
$80

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Eras D. Bullock Clerk
Book D Vol. 3 Page 53
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War Department
Pension Office
May 24th 1832

Sir, 
In reply to your note of yesterday I have to inform you that I find the name of Benjamin Lines on the rolls of Captain McGreiger's Company for Eight months service. He enlisted in June 1779.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards

Hon. S. A. Foot
Senate United States
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2070

Pension Office

Adjust
12 mo private
$40

Sent 
Henry White
New Haven
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
State of Connecticut
County of New Haven Ss.

On this third day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the District of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, being a court of record, now sitting, Benjamin Lines a resident of New Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged 70 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the continental line in the former part of June, 1779 ^ for eight months in the Company of Captain McGreiger & in the regiment of Colonel Durgee & in the brigade of General Parsons of Middletown Connecticut, that he enlisted in New Haven & marched to Robinson farms a place in the North River a little before West Point & there joined General Parsons Brigade, thence he was marched to Peekskill & thence to Stony Point, thence to Morristown in the Jersey & there continued until his time of service expired, that he came to Danbury & there received a written discharge from ^ a Captain Buel, which ^ he has since lost that he served eight months in this campaign, was not in any battle but was engaged in several skirmishes - 

that previous to this time he served in the Connecticut State troops as he thinks they were called, as a substitute for his brother Ashbel Lines, that he commenced this service in August 1778 in the Company of Capt Jesse Goodyear of Hamden, the officers of their company were
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Lieutenant Russel of Branford & Ensign Gideon Todd of North Haven ^ all in Connecticut - that their company was sent alone upon an expedition to Rhode Island, that he was marched to Windham or Colchester in Connecticut & there received counter orders to march to New London, that he was stationed for a while between New London & Fort Trumbull & there encamped. that he then crossed the river Thames to Fort Griswold, & there staid until the time of his service expired. that Major Ledyard commanded the Fort at that time, that his company was ordered there to supply the places of men who had been lately discharged, that he was discharged late in the fall but received no written discharge that he thinks his time of service was more than two months.

that in December of the same year the former part of the month he entered the service in the Connecticut militia as a substitute for Wheeler Beecher of Woodbridge Connecticut, in the company of Captain Hamlin Dwight of New Haven, that he was stationed in New Haven to guard that town, that he continued at this time only one month, having been taken sick with the small pox, that on this account - he was dismissed. That Timothy Jones of New Haven was orderly sergeant of this company.

that in the month of July as he thinks, in 1781, he again entered the service as a substitute for David Bernice of New Haven in the company of Captain Warner of New Haven, that he was stationed as a guard in New Haven; that John Clause of New Haven was ensign of the company. that he served at this time one month & was dismissed in August of the same year

that in the fall of the same year 1781, he was drafted for one month in the company of Capt William Vandeursen, that
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he was then also stationed in New Haven as a guard. that the Lieutenant of the company was Mr Painter of New Haven, that he received no written discharge except the one mentioned above, when he served in the continental line.

that he was born in New Haven in the State of Connecticut on the 16th day of August 1762, that he knows of no written record of his age, that he resided in New Haven at every time he when entered the service, that immediately after the revolutionary war in the year 1784, he removed to Branford in Connecticut & there resided four years, that then he removed go Guilford ^ in Connecticut where he resided until the year 1805, & then removed to New Haven in the same state where he has resided ever since until the present time - that the brigade of General Parsons to which he belonged when in the Continental army, consisted of four regiments, Colonel Willis' regiment on the right, next Colonel Reigs regiment, then Colonel Brussels regiment. that General Huntingtons brigade was generally stationed near General Parsons brigade; that with the exception of the first tour of service, mentioned above in Colonel Durgees regiment, his service was in the Connecticut state troops or Militia. that the whole time in ^ which he was in the service was thirteen months that Elijah Hotchkiss of New Haven can testify as to the second tour of service mentioned above in New London, & also to the fourth tour of service mentioned above in the company of Captain John Warner & also as to the fifth term of service above mentioned in Capt Wm Van Deursens company - that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure as to the other times stated above. - that the Rev Henry Lines & Mr. ^Joseph Punderson Hotchkiss both of New Haven are well acquainted with the declarant & can testify as to his character for veracity & as to their belief of his services above mentioned as a solider of the revolution.
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that he has no documentary evidence of any kind that can be procured for the facts stated in this declaration. except the rolls of Captain McGreigers company in the Pension office at Washington, on which he is informed by a letter from Mr J. L. Edwards ^ dated May 24th 1832 addressed to the Hon Samuel A Foot late a Senator in Congress from Connecticut, the name of the said declarant is to be found - 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of the agency of any State; Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Benjamin Lines

Sworn to in open Court Aug 3rd 1832
Attest, Anthony P Sanford Clerk

We Henry Lines a clergyman residing in the town of New Haven and State of Connecticut, and ^ Joseph Punderson Hotchkiss residing in said New Haven hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Lines who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that his character for veracity is good, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where resides to have been a solider of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Henry Lines
Joseph P Hotchkiss
Sworn to in open Court August 3rd 1832
Attest Anthony P Sanford Clerk
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I Elijah Hotchkiss of New Haven in the State of Connecticut being of lawful age & duly sworn do depose & say that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Lines of said New Haven ^ who has made the declaration hereto annexed that I served in the same company of Connecticut troops with the said Lines in the year 1778, that Jesse Goodyear of Hamden was Captain of the Company & Mr. Russel of Branford was Lieutenant & Gideon Todd of North Haven was Ensign, that said Lines entered the service at the same time with me which was in August 1778, that we marched together to Colchester in Windham, that from there we marched to New London, that said Lines was with us during all the time that we were encamped at New London & in Fort Griswold, that said Lines served at this time at least two months, & as is now in my best recollection and belief three months. that after our term of service was expired, said Lines & myself set out to come home together with the rest of the company in a vessel, that we came to Popes ferry about 5 miles from New London & there landed and came the rest of the way on foot.

That said Lines afterwards in the year 1781 served with me in Captain John Warners company in New Haven, that as deponent thinks, said Lines served more than a month in said company, that we served as a guard for New Haven.
that said Lines afterward served with me in the latter part of the year 1781 in Captain William VanDeusens company in said New Haven, that we then acted as a guard in New Haven. that said Lines was in their company at this time one month - that deponent believes said Lines to be 70 years of age & further the
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deponent saith not - Dated at New Haven in the State of Connecticut on the third day of August AD 1832
Elijah Hotchkiss

Sworn to in open court Aug 3rd 1832
Attest - Anthony P. Sanford Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Lines who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of New Haven & state of Connecticut & that Joseph Punderson Hotchkiss who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of New Haven and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chas A. Ingersoll
Judge of said Court

I Anthony P Sanford clerk of the court of probate for the District of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Lines for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office. This third day of August 1832
Anthony P Sanford Clerk
State of Connecticut Probate District of New Haven Ss
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August 3rd A D 1832
I Charles A Ingersoll Judge of the Court of Probate for said Probate District, do certify that Anthony P Sanford whose signature is to the foregoing certificate is Clerk of said Court of Probate duly appointed and sworn, and has the keeping of the record of said Court; that full faith and credit are due to his official acts; that the foregoing seal is the Seal of said Court of Probate; and that the foregoing attestation is in due form.
Chas A Ingersoll
Judge of Said Court
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., - 19 - 

In reply to your request of - , received - for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Lines a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 13752

[Column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.]

Aug. 1778 | 2 mos. | Pvt. | Jesse Goodyear | Conn.
Dec. 1778 | 1 mo. | Hamlin Dwight | Durkee
June 1779 | 8 mos. | McGreiger | Durkee
July 1781 | 1 mo. | John Warner | Durkee
Fall 1781 | 1 mo. | William Van Deursen | Durkee

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Haven, New Haven, Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 3 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, New Haven, New Haven Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, b. in New Haven, Conn. Aug 16 1762
Remarks: 

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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1916 Jan. 17: history to Mrs. Bennett W. Morse

Rev War
13752
INVALID.
File No. 13.752
Benjamin Lines
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 224
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Benj Lines
P - 56.

H White
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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 Benjamin Lines which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
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?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
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?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
Not directly and distinctly
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? No
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?

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 - year - months and - days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a -: and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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New Haven, Connecticut November 21, 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Secretary of the Pension Office

Sir,
[illegible]
of Benjamin Lines, an applicant for a pension, which was returned by the War Department as defective, with a supplementary declaration made by the applicant, with a view to obviate the objections to the former one. I enclose also the objections made by the War Department, that it may be seen how for they are obviated.
I am respectfully
Your obedient Servant
Henry White
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Supplementary Declaration of Benjamin Lines
State of Connecticut
County of New Haven Ss.

On this twenty first day of November AD 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven in the State of Connecticut being a court of record now sitting Benjamin Lines a resident of New Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 in addition to ^ and explanation of the declaration heretofore made & sworn by him before said Court on the third day of August AD 1832, said declaration having been returned by the War Department as in several respects defective.
That he enlisted in the service of the United States, in the continental line in the former part of the month of June AD 1779, but that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot recollect the precise day of said June in which he enlisted - That he enlisted as a private soldier, for the term of eight months, in the company commanded by Captain McGreiger & in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durgee, & in the brigade commanded by General Parsons of Middletown, Connecticut - that the declarant enlisted in New Haven in Connecticut, and served as a private soldier in said company for the full term of eight months - that after enlistment he was marched to Robinsons farm a place on the North River a little below West Point, & there joined General Parsons Brigade, thence he was marched to Peekskill, thence to Stony Point, thence to Morristown in the Jerseys, and there continued until his term of service expired - that he came to Danbury in Connecticut & there received a written discharge from the service from one Captain Buel, which discharge he has since lost. that during the campaign he was not engaged in any battle, but was in several skirmishes, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory
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he cannot recollect the precise day on which he was discharged, but that he knows he served as a private in said company, the full term of eight months for which he enlisted. - that he cannot obtain the testimony of any one living witnesses to this term of his service & knows of no one living who is knowing to the facts above stated - that previous to the last mentioned term of service, he entered the service of the United States as a private in the company of Connecticut state troops as he thinks they were called, commanded by Captain Jesse Goodyear of Hamden in Connecticut - that he entered this company in the month of August AD 1778 and was discharged late in the fall of the same year, but the precise day in the month of August in which he entered the said company & the precise day & month in which he was discharged from it, he cannot now recollect by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory - and that he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service in said company, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than two months in said Captain Goodyears company - that he entered said last mentioned company at said New Haven as a substitute for his brother Ashbel Lines - that the officers of said last mentioned company were Lieutenant Russel of Branford in Connecticut & Ensign Gideon Todd of North Haven in said state - that this said company was sent alone upon an expedition to Rhode Island - that in consequence of this he was marched to Windham or Colchester he cannot now recollect which in Connecticut, and there said company received counterorders to march to New London ^ in said State where he accordingly was marched, that he was stationed for a while between New London and Fort Trumbull & there encamped, that he then crossed the river Thames to Fort Griswold, and there remained until the term of his service expired - that Major Ledyard commanded this fort at that time - that this said company of Captain Goodyear was ordered there to supply the places of men who had been lately discharged - that the declarant received no written discharge from said company and served as a private soldier all the before mentioned term of time in said company - that he knows of no testimony & can procure none to the facts last stated respecting his service with Captain Goodyear, except the deposition of Elijah Hotchkiss annexed to the declaration to which this is an addition. that in December AD 1778 in the former part of the month he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the company of Connecticut Militia commanded by Captain Hamlin Dwight of said New Haven, that he served as a private soldier in said Dwight's company for the full term of one month, and
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was then discharged on account of his having been taken sick with the small pox in the former part of the month of January AD 1779, but the precise day of the month in which he entered & was discharged from said Dwight's company he cannot now recollect for the reasons mentioned above, but he knows he served not less than one month as last stated - that he entered said Dwight's company at said New Haven as a substitute for Wheeler Beecher of Woodbridge in Connecticut - that said Dwight's company was stationed in New Haven to guard that town, and was in a trial service all the time while he the declarant was a private in said company - that the declarant served constantly during the period he was a private in Dwight's company - that Timothy Jones of said New Haven was orderly sergeant of said Dwight's company at the time the declarant was a private aforesaid - that the declarant received no written discharge from the said Dwight's company - that he knows of no testimony and can procure none as to the facts stated above respecting the service in said Dwight's company. that in the month of July AD 1781 he again entered the service of the United States as a private solider in the company of Connecticut State troops commanded by Captain Warner of said New Haven - that he entered said Warner's Company at said New Haven as a substitute for David Bunce of said New Haven - that he served as a private solider in said Warner's company for the full term of one month, and was discharged from said company in the month of August 1781 - that for reasons mentioned above viz. his old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot now recollect the precise day of ^said July in which he entered said Warner's company, nor the precise day of said August when he was discharged, but that he knows he served not less that one month in said Warners company - that he received no written discharge from said Warners company - that said Warners company was stationed as a guard in said New Haven and was in actual service all the time while the declarant was a private in said company, & that the ^ declarant served constantly during the period he was a private in said Warner's company as aforesaid - that John Clance of said New Haven was ensign of said company at said time last mentioned - that he knows of no testimony & can procure none as to the facts stated above respecting his service in said Warners company, except the deposition of said Hotchkiss before mentioned that in the fall of the year 1781, the declarant was drafted for one month into the company of Connecticut state troops commanded by Captain William Van Deursen of said New Haven - that the declarant served as a private in said Van Deursens
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company for the full term of one month, and was then discharged he having been drafted for one month only - that for the reasons mentioned above, viz his old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot now recollect the precise month nor the precise day of the month on which he entered said Van Deursens company or was discharged there from, but that he does remember that he was drafted for one month in the fall of the year 1781 & served the full time for which he was drafted - that he entered said company at said New Haven where said company of said Van Dueursen was stationed as a guard - that said Van Deursens company was in actual service all the time the declarant served as a private in said company & the declarant served constantly during this period that he was a private in said company - that he received no written discharge from said company - that one Painter of said New Haven was lieutenant of said Company - that the declarant knows of no testimony & can procure none as to the facts above stated respecting his service under Van Deursen, except said Hotchkiss deposition before mentioned. that the declarant was born in New Haven in the State of Connecticut on the sixteenth day of August 1762 - that he knows of no written record of his age that he resided in said New Haven at every one of the times above mentioned when he entered the service of the United States, that immediately after the revolutionary war viz, in the year 1784 he removed to Branford in Connecticut & there resided four years, that thence he removed to Guilford in Connecticut where he resided until the year 1805 - that thence he removed to said New Haven where he has resided ever since until the present time - 
that the declarant has no documentary evidence of any kind as to the facts stated above, and knows of none which he can procure; that by the letter of J.L. Edwards Esq to the Hon. S.A. Foot dated May 24 1832 ^ and annexed to the declaration to which this is an addition it appears that the name of the declarant is on the rolls of Captain McGreigers company for eight months service; that to these rolls in the possession of the War Department he would refer for proof of said terms of service as a private in said McGreigers company - that he knows of no person now living or who was living at the time of his former declaration to which this is an addition, who can testify to any of the facts stated in either of said declarations, or to the times at which the declarant entered & left the service of the United States or to the length of time for which he served at any of the periods of service stated above except so far as Elijah Hotchkiss of said New Haven & one Perkins of Woodbridge in Connecticut can testify to said facts. That said Perkins can certify only to the same facts respecting the service of the declarant in Goodyears company which said Hotchkiss has sworn to - that by reason of the distance at which said Perkins lives from the declarant & the poverty of the declarant he cannot procure said Perkins deposition.
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that said Hotchkiss' deposition is annexed to the declaration to which this is an addition [crossed out] - that he cannot procure the testimony of any living witness to any of the facts stated in either of his said declarations, except the testimony of said Elijah Hotchkiss to such facts as said Hotchkiss has stated in his said deposition. 

And the declarant would again state that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear more positively than he has stated above as to the precise times in which he entered & left the service of the United States or 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 & in the following grades - viz. For eight months I served as a private soldier in Captain McGreigers company ^ in the continental line; for two months I served as a private soldier in Captain Goodyears company in the Connecticut State troops; for one month I served as a private soldier in Captain Hamlin Dwights company of Connecticut Miltia - for one month I served as a private in Captain Warners company of Connecticut State troops - For one month I served as a private soldier in Captain Van Deursens company of Connecticut state troops - and for such service of thirteen months in all in these different companies I claim a pension. And the declarant hereby now relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin Lines
Attest Anthony P. Sanford Clerk
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And he said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And the court further certifies that Elijah Hotchkiss of New-Haven in Connecticut who has subscribed & sworn to the deposition annexed to the former declaration of the applicant to which this is an addition is known to so count, and that Elijah Hotchkiss is a credible person and that his deposition above named is entitled to full faith & credit.
Chas A. Ingersoll
[illegible] of [illegible] Court

I Anthony P. Sanford clerk of the court of probate for the district of the New-Haven in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matte of the application of Benjamin Lines for a person.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21st day of November AD 1837.
Anthony P. Sanford Clerk

State of Connecticut
Probate District of New Haven
November 21st AD 1832
I Charles A. Ingersoll Judge of the Court of Probat for said district, do certify that Anthony P. Sanford whose signature is to the foregoing certificate is clerk of P. Court of Probate duly appointed & sworn, whos the keeping of the records of said court - that full faith & credit are due to his official acts - that the foregoing seal is the seal of said court of probate and that the foregoing attestation is in due form.
Charles A. Ingersoll
Clerk of P Court
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137 Wall Street
New Haven, Conn
January 13, 1916

Rev Sec H
To the
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you be kind enough to inform me if my great grandfather, Benjamin Lines, (born in New Haven, Conn, on August 16, 1762, and died in New Haven , Conn on October 22, 1840) who was a private in the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers in the Revolutionary Wart, received a pension from the United States Govern
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ment for services?
I am getting information for use in making application of membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Very Truly yours,
Mrs. Bennett W. Morse
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME: Lines, Ebenezer
GRADE: Private
LINE: Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER: 6100
ACREAGE: 100
ISSUED: Oct. 12, 1789
to - not shown -

*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 Ward 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.