Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,794, Ebenezer Withington, Continental (Mass.)
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SERVICE
Continental (Mass.)

Withington, Ebenezer

NUMBER
S. 30,794

CONTENTS
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360
Massachusetts

Ebenezer Withington
of Dorchester Co in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Boylston of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Knox in the Mass
line, for the term of 3 years
from Apr
1779 to 17__

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of Eighty Dollars per [crossed out:] month [inserted:] annum, to
commence on the 4th day of May 1831
and____

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Augt
1832 and sent to H on I
Dearborn Boston Mass

____the Roll on ____day of
____182_ and notification sent to
Amount due on 4th of
____ at
Pension commencing on the____
of____182_

Amount due on 4th of Mar 1832 $80
Semi annual [illegible] 4 Sept ..      40
$120

Revolutionary Claim,
Acts [crossed, the rest of this line:] March18, 1818,
[crossed, the rest of this line:] May 1, 1820.
7 June 1832
Recorded Book D
Vol 2 Page 93

Date of death not
on A. B.
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This may certify that I Ebenezer Withington
of Dorchester in the County of
Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
did, on the first day of July
in the year seventeen hundred & seventy
five, enter Captain Edward Boylston's
company in Genl Knox's Regiment
of Artillery, and did continue in said
regiment until the first [inserted, two words:] of April seventeen
hundred & seventy nine; I then received
a discharge from Captain Boylston.
The time of my service in the army of
the revolution was three years and
nine months, and my discharge is
now among the papers transmitted
to the war office, at the time I applied
for a pension under the Act of 1818.
I further certify that I was placed on
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the pension [inserted:] list in conformity to the provisions
of the last named act, but was
stricken from the same in the year
eighteen hundred & twenty. I now reside
in Dorchester aforesaid & did at the time
I first made application for a pension.
I hereto annex the certificate of
Soloman Thayer who served with me
in Genl Knox's Regiment of Artillery
and request that my name be allowed
on the pension list in conformity to
the Act of June the 7th 1832.
Dorchester August 16 1832.
Ebenezer Withington

Personally appeared before me Ebenezer
Withington, and made oath to the above 
certificate, on this 16th day of August A.D
1832.
Abel Cushing
Justice of the Peace
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Dorchester July 16 1832
This may certify that I Solder Thayer of
Brantree did know Ebenezer Withington
To be in General Knoxes regiment of
Artillerry in the year Seventeen hundred &
Seventy six & Seventy Seven
Solomon Thayer
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Norfolk ss. July 8th_ 1832
[Illegible] the within named Solomon Thayer
made oath that the within certificate by
him & [illegible] is true before me
Abel Cushing
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May 9, 1934

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

EBENEZER WITHINGTON
S. 30794
BA-J/MLB

Mr. A. H. Withington
26 Rutland Square
Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Ebenezer Withington,
of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who, you state, died in 1832.

You are furnished below the history of the only soldier
named Ebenezer Withington found in the Revolutionary War records
of this office, the date of which were obtained from the papers
on file in pension claim, S.30794, based upon his service in
the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his
parents are not given.

He enlisted July 1, 1775, place not stated, served as private
in Captain Edward Boylston's company, Colonel Henry Knox's regiment
of artillery, was at the battle of White Plains and was discharged April 1, 1779.

Ebenezer Withington was allowed pension on his application
executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was a resident of
Dorchester, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, where he was still
living August 17, 1832.

There are no family data shown in the claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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30794
Revy INVALID.

File No. 30, 794
Ebenezer Withington
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7 32".
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 455

[Arrangement of 1870.]

12 Nov. 13 Hist. Mrs. Anna
[Illegible] Boomer V.L. M.
34, May 9- Hist. to A. H. Withington [Illegible]
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8, 476
Massachusetts.

Ebenezer Withington
Dorchester Co in the state of Masstts
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Knox, of the Massachustts
line for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 14. of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of March 1819.
and sent to John Davis, Judge
Boston Massachusetts. _

Arrears to 4th of March, 1819--- 85.56
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4. Sept.-- 48 "
10 mo. 17/30 1819} ------------$133.56
& 4/31

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

[Illegible] letter Feb. 21. 1829 to Hon. J. Bailey H [Illegible]
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April. 1. 177?
My Discharge
Ebenezer
Withington
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Springfield April 1 1779
This to Certify that Ebenezer Withington
faithfully served in the service of the
United States three years & tenth months two years
and ten months private & one year [two words illegible:]
under the direction General Knox
As witness my hand Edw Boylston Capt
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.

March 5 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named Ebenezer Withington by reason
of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Jno Davis
District Judge U. S. 
Massachusetts Dist.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, SS.
Boston June 19 A.D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Ebenezer Withington
subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary 
war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony
in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of
war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary
"war;"" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid,
with the accompanying document marked A
together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the District Court of the United States for this District
to be hereunto affixed.
Judge of the District Court U.S.
Massachusetts District.
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Dorchester April 14, 1818
This may certify that I Ebenezer Withington
of Dorchester did Serve in Capt Edward Boylston's
Company of Artificers on Col. Hennery Knox's
Regiment of Artillery dureing three years & nine months
Ebenezer Cassen
Mass Distr. April 14 18??
Sworn to before me Jno Davis
D. J.
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No 423
Ebenezer Withington

[Written across the next five lines:] Admitted
Rejected- [illegible]
except [illegible, two words]
= [illegible] not
[this line, illegible]
act of Congress

artly artfn

New evidence
marked B. & C.
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I Ebenezer Withington of Dorchester County of Norfolk
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts wheelright
An Applicant for a pention from the United States
Agreable to an Act of Congress of the Eighteenth of
March Seventeen [sic] Hundred & Eighteen entitled an
Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
Land & Naval Service of the United States In
The revolutionary War, do hereby declare &
make oath that I am a resident of the United States,
that I did enter the service on the first
day of July seventeen Hundred & seventy five
under Capt Edward Boylston his Company of
artificers, in Col Henry Knoxes' Regiment,
of Artillery, & did continue in said service
Till April first Seventeen Hundred & seventy 1779
Nine having served three years &
nine months, & haveing received my pay
In continental money greatly depreciated
Ebenezer Withington

Massachusetts Districth Boston 14 April 1818
Sworn to before me
Jno Davis
Dist Judge Man Dist.
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Hon
J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
War Department
Washington City.

$80 per
anum
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Brinley Place, Boston
August 17. 1832

Dear Sir,

I enclose the [illegible]
of Ebenener Withington
of Dorchester, as to his services 
during the revolutionary war; and as he
lives in an adjoining town, & knowing
his estimable character, I can
with confidence vouch for the
correctness of the statement, [illegible]
[illegible] a man of the strictest veracity.
I sincerely hope the old man will
obtain a certificate, for I do not
know a soldier, [two words, illegible] more minds
the beneficence of the government
Very respectfully, your
[illegible] servt
J. L. Edwards Esq Jno Dearborn
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United States
Massachusetts District
Ebenezer Withington, of Dorchester, in the County of Norfolk, and
District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States,
and applicant for a pension from the United States, under an
act of Congress entitled an Cct to provide for certain persons,
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary war, maketh oath, that he served as a
private in the war of the revolution, upwards of three years.
in manner following, [illegible] entered in July 1775, in the company
commanded by Captain Edward Boylston, in the Massachusetts
corps of artillery, commanded by General Henry Knox, and served
in said corps, in New York and Massachusetts, until April 1779.
He was at Fort Washington, when the English ships passed up
and at the battle of White Plains, and was honorably discharge
in writing, at Springfield in Massachusetts, which discharge
is herewith transmitted
Ebenezer Withington

Mass. Dist March 3
1819
Sworn to before me
Jno Davis
Dist Judge
Mass Dist
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BOSTON MASS. M
MAY 5 6 PM
1934

BACK EX

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

RECEIVED MAY 7 1934 
MAIL SUB-DIV.

Commissioner of Pensions
Interior Dept
Washington 
D.C

Bureau of Pensions
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May 6 /34
26 Rutland Square Boston Mass
Pension Dept. Washington DC 
I wrote you some days ago but have received no answer
in reference to Ebenezer Withington Dorchester Mass
a Revolutionary Soldier - 1776-1782
did he receive a pension from the US Govt_ if so
what was his record of service, Company _
regiment, if any engagements
I would appreciate a reply to my letter
Very truly yours
A. H. Withington
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Adams Nov. 8. 1912
N.Y.
Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir:-
Ebenezer Withington
1751 -or-
1753 - 1832,
Revolutionary Soldier
Born and died in Dorchester Mass.
Son of Samuel (1720-81)
who also was a Rev. Soldier
from Dorchester.
Was son Ebenezer a
Pensioner?
Mary Preston his wife -
Respectfully
Anna C. Boomer
Mrs. E. H.
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Apr 28 /34
26 Rutland Square
Boston Mass

APR 30

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington D C
Dear Sirs
as a descendant of
Ebenezer Withington Dorchester Mass
died 1832) I am writing to know
if he drew a pension as a soldier
in the Revolutionary War, and have you
a record of his rank - Company,
Regiment if in action at any battles
and length of service as a minute man
and later as a soldier in the Artillery
Continental Army-
Very truly yours
A. H. Withington
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RECORD DIVISION. 3 -- 525.
S. F. 30794

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 Ebenezer Withington
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
July 1775

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Apr. 1. 1779

RANK.
Prt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Edward Boylston
COLONEL.
Henry Knox's artillery

STATE.

Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment,____
Date of application for pension,Mch 3 1819. His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Dorchester, Norfolk Co. Mass.
Age at date of application,____
Remarks: The only one

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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