Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Sur. File 41,329, Ephraim Whitcomb, Mass.
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Whitcomb, Ephraim      Mass.

See claim of Ephraim Whitcomb
Sur. File 41.329
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Eph. Whitcomb
declaration 
Private
Col. Sprouts regiment
Massachusetts line
1779-3 years

Rejected
not on Rolls
4 June 1819
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State of Vermont
Georgia District SS
On this second day of December 1818 before me the subscriber Judge of Probate for the District of Georgia and State of Vermont personally appears Ephraim Whitcomb aged sixty seven years resident in St. Albans in said District of Georgia who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions 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 Ephraim Whitcomb enlisted in Princeton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a Company commanded by Capt. Luther Barly in a Regiment commanded by Col. Sprout in the continental establishment & Massachusetts line. (He now cannot recollect but thinks it was in the spring 1778) for three years. Upon reflection he thinks it must be in the spring of 1779 but is not certain. That he ^continued to serve in sd. compy. in the service of the United States^ the full period of his enlistment ^which was three years^ and was discharged at West Point in the State of New York. But the year cannot recollect but thinks it was in the Winter or Spring of 1782 perhamps in 1783. That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support that he has not any other evidence now in his power of his said services. 
Ephraim Whitcomb
Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid.
Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont
Georgia District SS
(seal)
I Luther Brigham Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Georgia and State of Vermont do hereby certify that Seth Wetmore Esquire before whom the within declaration of Ephraim Whitcomb was taken, and the Certificate hereof made was at the dates thereof and now is Judge of Probate for said district and duly qualified for that purpose acting under the authority of this State and his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature. Also the Court over which he presides is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court of Probate at St. Albans this third day of December AD 1818.
Att. Luther Brigham, clerk
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I Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate in & for the District of Georgia and State of Vermont do certify that it appears to my sattisfaction that the said Ephraim Whitcomb did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy on the Continental establishment for the full period of nine months at one period of service. That I am personally acquainted with the said Ephraim Whitcomb and do certify that he is in reduced &indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for a support. that he is broken down with age & infirm; his memory very poor. That the Court over which I preside is a Court of Record. And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this second day of December one thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate
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Returned for correction-as from the discharge produced in evidence of service, that dates of enlistment & discharge as expressed in the declaration cannot be correct.
Corrected 29 July 1819
Admitted 11 Sept. 1819

I hereby certify that the said Ephraim Whitcomb is well known to me. He was on the 18 day of March 1818 and yet is a Citizen of the United States an inhabitant of St. Albans in the County of Franklin & State of Vermont. I further certify that at the time the said Ephraim Whitcomb made his said declaration his discharge was then mislaid. that since the said declaration was returned that the declarant's name "not on the roll" the discharge was found & is here annexed.
Given under my hand this third day of Jan.
Seth Wetmore Judge of Probate
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duplicate of Document #6
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M. C. S.
Rev. & 1812 War Section

August 29, 1928

Miss Agnes Doolittle
Knoxville,
Iowa

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary Was pension claim, S. 41329, it appears that Ephraim Whetcomb (signed Whetcomb and pensioned as Whitcomb) enlisted in Princeton, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1781 as a private in Captain Luther Bailey's Company in Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharge December 24, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 2, 1818, at which time he was sixty-seven years of age and was living in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Hopkins and Joseph Doolittle and Bernard Lynch.
In order to enable this Bureau to identify a particular soldier of the Revolution by the name of William Conklin you should furnish, besides the date of birth, as much as possible of the following data: approximate date of death, place of residence at enlistment and after
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service and first name of widow.

Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan 
Acting Commissioner
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Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Ancestral Chart

Agnes Doolittle
Knoxville, Iowa
Father: Eugene Whitcomb Doolittle
Mother: Libby Ann Lynch

(paternal)
Eugene Whitcomb Doolittle's
Father: Frederick Doolittle
Mother: Abigail Whitcomb

Frederick Doolittle'
Father: Hopkins Doolittle
Mother: Elizabth (blank)

Abigail Whitcomb's
Father: Israel Whitcomb
Mother Abigail Holman

Hopkins Doolittle's
Father: Lt. joseph Doolittle
Mother: Abigail Rockwell

Elizabeth (blank)
Father:
Mother:

Israel Whitcomb's
Father: Ephraim Whitcomb
Mother: Sarah Longley

Abigail Holman's
Father: blank
Mother: blank

Agnes Doolittle
(maternal)

Libby Ann Lynch's
Father: Wm. Nichols lynch
Mother: Agnes Brownlee

Wm. Nichols Lynch's
Father: Watson Bradbury lynch
Mother: Ann Maria Nichols

Agnes Brownlee's
Father: Nicol (parents born in Scotland)

Watson Bradbury Lynch's
Father: David Lynch
Mother: Deborah Ann White

Ann Maria Nichols's
Father: Robert Ruel Nichols
Mother: Johannah Conklin

David Lynch's
Father: Bernard (?) Lych
(have no definite date for Deborah Ann White & Robt. Ruel Nichols)

Johannah Conklin's
Father: Wm. Conklin
Mother: Susannah Wood


Please send proof that Ephraim Whitcomb was pensioner, also others listed on back of sheet (if they were, E. W. was I know) to Agnes Doolittle, Knoxville, Iowa
I shall be grateful for further information about service rendered by any of these 5 Revolutionary ancestors.
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1. Hopkins Doolittle (son of Lieut. Joseph Doolittle) b. Feb. 22,, 1764 served in
(a) Capt. Hunt's Co. under Col. Weissenfels
(b) Capt. Stephenson's Co. under Col. Hays
(c) Capt. Lawrence's Co. under Col. Crane
(Name sometimes spelled (Dolittle, Dulittle, Dolette) etc.
2. Lieut. Joseph doolittle B. July 2, 1738
served in Col.Thos. (Thomas's)Westchester County New York Militia in Capt. Thaddeus Cranes's Co.
3. Ephraim Whitcomb of that part of Lancaster Mass. later called Bolton was a Revolutionary War Pensioner. Was born July 22, 1751. Was honorably discharged at close of war tho he had enlisted in 1781 for term of 3 yrs. Was he the Ephraim Doolittle who serve in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt. (23d) under Capt. Jonathan Davis & Capt. Aaron Haynes? His parents were Israel & Azubah (Houghton) Whitcomb.
4. Wm. Conklin (Ensign) born Jan. 18,1752 served in the 2d Orange County New York Militia.
5. Bernard (I believe) Lynch probably enlisted. Am not sure of his given name. Lived near enough Trenton or Princeton (Don't know which) that his wife during the battle either at Trenton or Princeton packed all household good that could be carried on oxcart and went to one or the other of these town for safety. Have a Bernard Lynch in the Revolutionary Pension Rolls? At present I can get no more definite data.
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Knoxville, Iowa
Oct. 8, 1927

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: Enclosed I am sending self-addressed stamped envelope for return of ancestral Chart which I enclose. On the face of the chart I have given only such data as establishes my line to each Revolutionary ancestor named. I can give dates & places but thought probably even that which I have
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given would be of no use to you. 
On the back of the blank I have listed so far as I know the companies in which these ancestors served. Ephraim Whitcomb I know, was a pensioner. Our lineage bood states this very definitely and mentions also his" discharge papers signed by General Washington" " a copy of which are to be found in the War Dept."
I am not sure of the other four being pensioners but do know that they served in the companies named.
the Doolittles (Lieut. Joseph & Hopkins) went from Westchester Co., New York. Lieut. Joseph had 2 perhaps 3 other sons in same regiment--(Corporal Reuben, Daniel & perhaps Joseph).
Wm. Conklin served as ensign in 2d Orange Co Regt. N. Y.
Of Bernard(?) Lynch I know very littles except what is stated on the back of the blank. He lived in New Jersey, I think. His son(Dr. David Lynch) lived & practiced medicine in Newark
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N. Jersey but was born in 1772 in Middlesex Co. New (York-crossed out) Jersey. So putting together that & the story of his other (David Lynch's) going to Princeton or Trenton for safety during the siege of the other city, I hope to establish finally that line also. I shall be very grateful for any assistance you may be able to give.
Sincerely,
Agnes Doolittle
Knoxville, Ia.
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41,329
Revy INVALID

Fie No. 41,329
Ephraim Whitcomb
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March '18
Index: vol. 3, Page 559

[Arrangement of 1870]

1928 Aug. 29 hist. to Miss Agnes Doolittle M.C.S.
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Notes by A. Wilson Aug. 1910 in pencil
(noted here by [ ] )
Soldier signs Whitcomb  41329
Whitcomb, Ephraim
[This man served only in one organization but what would you do where a man went into six services of Militia]
Private 2nd Mass. Regiment
P. O. address St. Albans Vermont
[where?]
allowed September 11,1819 Rate $8
[all privates got that under this act so what use]

Contents
1. Affidavit of claimant dated August 11, 1819
2. Certificate [from what] of discharge signed by Henry Knox, Major General dated December 24, 1783 [mutilated by piercing holes to put metal pieces thru]
3. [This should be 1st]  Declaration of Claimant December 2, 1818
4. Jacket [this does not explain anything]
5. Fire band [not his]

[If filed like this all the edges of the papers would have jagged & torn. The papers are incorrectly placed. His earliest declaration comes last so that all supplementary evidence is read first.]
This claim was arranged by Mr. Raines when the question of flat filing was first brought up by him in June 1909. And is left so to show system proposed by him, he did ot intend to have a jacket
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BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River
Ephraim Whitcomb-Soldier in the 2d Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York the 24th day of December 1783
By the General's Command,
H. Knox M.Genl.
Registered in the Books of the Regiment,
A. Tupper, Adjutant
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Ephm. Whitcomb
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State of Vermont
Georgia District Ss.
On the 11th day of August 1819 before me the subscriber Judge of Probate for the district of Georgia & State of Vermont personally appearing Ephraim Whitcomb the declarant on named, who being by me first sworn as the law directs & makes the following declaration in addition to the declaration made on the 2nd day of Dec. 1818 as follows to wit: that his memory has so far failed him that he cannot clearly recollect dates. From finding his discharge since he made his said declaration it has so far refreshed his memory so that he now states that he enlisted in the spring of 1781 & continued to serve till the 23rd day of Dec. 1783. That he enlisted for three years & was discharged before his time was out in consequence of the peace.
Ephraim Whitcomb.
Subscribed & sworn & declared before me the day & year aforesaid.
Seth Wetman Judge of Probate