Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12163, Ebenezer Bennet, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
New York | Bennett, Ebenezer | S.12163
 | or Bennett |
Carded
CONTENTS
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3002 New York
Ebenezer Bennett
of Kent in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Illott of the Regt commanded
by Col Swartwout in the New York
line for 7 months -
V
Inscribed in the Roll of New York
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of December 1832 -- and sent to Henry B.
Cowles, Carmel, Putnam Co, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 - $34.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar:33 11.66
$46.65
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 146.
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State of New York
Putnam County
In the matter of Ebenezer Bennett
Pension Papers
10.898
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State of New York
County of Putnam

On this thirteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court, before Frederick Stone, Samuel Washburn, – Bennet Boyd Esquires three of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Putnam aforesaid, Ebenezer Bennett, aged Eighty six years, who being 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 7 1832. That he was born in the town of Preston in the state of Connecticut in the ^year^ 1745. That he has no record of his age, the record formerly in a family bible has been lost or destroyed for a great number of years.  He lived when called into the service in that part of the now county of Putnam which is called Patterson to which place he came to live when he was quite a boy, that he lived there during the revolutionary war & has lived within four miles of the spot of his then residence ever since: a part of the time in the town now called Patterson & a part of the time within the limits of the now town of Kent in Putnam County  - has lived in said town of Kent for the last nine years & now resides there– He first entered the service by volunteering into the militia & he volunteered in both instances hereinafter stated.  That he entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated – That he first volunteered into the service for five months in the summer of 1776 (the month is not remembered) in Captain Mott’s company, in Colonel Swartwout's Regiment, William Calkins was a lieutenant & there was a Captain Swartwout also but the declarant does not remember the names of any other officers – Captain Mott was promoted to the rank of Major & William Calkins took command of the company – Declarant
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served in the full period of service of five months & at the Expiration of that period was honorably discharged.
Soon after declarant entered the service as before said, he marched with his company to Peekskill Westchester County, in the State of New York, & afterwards to Kings Bridge by land by the way of Singsing – At Kings bridge, the declarant with the other troops there was engaged in throwing up redoubts & building a fort, which he think was called Fort Independence. While they lay there, the battle of Long Island took place & the British took New York City. The declarant does not recollect what other troops were there at this time, but he remembers that General Washington & General Lee & Captain [illegible (Roquefort?)] & Ludington he think General Putnam were there. He does not remember the name of any other officers except those herein stated, The declarant then marched from Kingsbridge with the army to White Plains & was there with them at the time of the battle of White Plains.

The declarant again entered the service as a volunteer, in his place of residence above stated, in Captain David Hencock’s company, for two months, in the spring or summer of 1778 – Joseph Chandler was lieutenant but he does not remember who commanded the regiment to which he belonged, for there were only two or three companies in the service in which they were employed– thinks that Pierce was Colonel at this time but he might have been a Captain. He remembers the names of another officers. The declarant and his company marched to & along the Hudson river through Fishkill & with one or two other companies went below Fishkill into the Highlands on the East Side of the river & encamped – They lay there & were occupied in guarding that part of the country & scouting occasionally – At the expiration of the term of two months the declarant after serving out the said term was discharged – thinks there were no other troops there except as stated.
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The declarant is not able to make a more full statement of his services than herein contained –
He was not a substitute for any person in either of the times of service above stated–
He has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, other than those whose affidavit and hereto annexed –
He received a discharge in writing after the expiration of the five months tour, thinks it was given by Colonel [illegible (Swartwout?)] at Peekskill, he preserved it for a time but it has been lost for a great many years, thinks his children or grandchildren destroyed it, when children, for he has not seen it for many years – His other discharge was verbal –

The persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood among others & who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution are John Robinson & Russel Stephens –

He hereby 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 –
Subscribed and sworn in open court September 13th 1832
J. Morehouse Clk 
His mark
Ebenezer Bennet
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We John Robinson residing in the town of Patterson in the County of Putnam aforesaid & Russell Stephens [lined out "of the"] residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Bennet, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be eighty six years of age. that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
[signature] John his X mark Robinson
[signature] Russell Stephens
Sworn & subscribed September 13th 1832
in Open Court J. Morehouse Clk

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 and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Robinson & Russel Stevens, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Patterson in the County of Putnam, & are credible persons & ^that^ their satatement is entitled to credit
Frederic Stone First Judge
Samuel Washburn Judge
Bennet Boyd Judge
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State of New York
Putnam County ss: John Robinson of the town of Patterson in said County being sworn says That in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he resided in the town of Fredericksburgh in the County of Dutchess and State of New York a part of which is now the town of Patterson in said County of Putnam, that deponent was then acquainted with Ebenezer Bennett who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that about the first of July 1776 deponent went into service in the army of the revolution as a private in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Mott in the regiment commanded by Col. Swartwout, that the said Ebenezer Bennett was of private in the same company; that said company marched from [lined out "Patterson"] the place now called Patterson to Peekskill in Westchester County where it remained a short time and then marched by land to Kingsbridge where the said Company remained untill after the City of New York was taken possession of by the British army; that during all said time the said Ebenezer Bennett was a member of said Company; that after said City was taken possession of by the British a part of said company remained at Kingsbridge as a guard & afterwards passed into New Jersey, and the other part of said Company moved towards the White Plains, that deponent was one of said Guard and the said Bennet belonged to that part of said company which moved towards White plains; Deponent further says that he is seventy six years of age and has been acquainted with said Bennett ever since the commencement of the revolutionary
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war during all which time deponent has resided within a few miles of the residence of said Bennett and that said Ebenezer Bennett has always been reputed in the neighborhood of his residence to have been a soldier of the Revolution and to have served as such and that deponent has never heard such fact disputed
[signature] John his X mark Robinson
Sworn & subscribed September 13th 1832
in open Court J. Morehouse Clk

State of New York
Putnam County ss: Russell Stephens of the town of Patterson in said County of Putnam being sworn says that he is seventy one years of age and has been acquainted with Ebenezer Bennett who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration ever since the commencement of the revolutionary war; that deponent served in the army of the revolution as a private in a company of militia commanded by Captain David Heecocks, that said ^company^ was on duty for two months ^in the year 1778^ in the town of Fishkill in the County of Dutchess & State of New York and that the said Ebenezer Bennett was a member of said Company and served as a private therein during said two months; Deponent also understood that said Barnet has before that time performed a tour of service in the revolutionary Army; deponent further says that said Bennett has always been reputed to have
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been a soldier of the revolution in the neighborhood of his residence and that deponent has never heard that fact disputed; and that deponent has resided within a few miles of the residence of the said Ebenezer Bennett ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary War 
[signature] Russell Stevens
Sworn & subscribed September 13th 1832 in open court- J Morehouse Clk
State of New York
Putnam County Ss" I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Bennett for a Pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
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1st Brief
No 10898
Ebenezer Bennett
admitted
7 mo
$23.33
Henry B Cowles
Carmel
Putnam Co NY
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BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Bennet of Kent [lined out "Putnam"] County of
of Putnam in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[blank]
3. How old is he?
86 years.-
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
[blank] | Years, Months, Days. | As a. | Gen.
In 1776. | [blank] 5 [blank] | private | Capt Mott, Col Swartwout
1778. | [blank] 2 [blank] | " | Capt Henrack Colshire
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Battle of White Plains.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Patterson Putnam County N.Y.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By two living witnesses. -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in due form.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] James Ord Examining Clerk.
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[initialed in upper right] "MCS" and "QUI"
Rev. War Section
Miss Elma S. Morris
156 Guy Park Ave.
Amsterdam, N.Y.
Madam:
January 2, 1924
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.12163, it appears that Ebenezer Bennet or Bennett was born in 1745, in Preston, Connecticut.
While residing in Putnam County, New York, he enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served five months as a private in Captains' Mott and William Calkins Company, Colonel Swartwout's New York Regiment, and ^he^ was in the battle of White Plains.
From the spring or summer of 1778 he served two months as a private in Captain David Hecock's New York Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 13, 1832, while residing in Kent, Putnam County, New York.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
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ELMA S. MORRIS
150 GUY PARK AVENUE
AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
Pension Bureau;
Dear Sir,
Will you please give me the Rev. War service record of Ebenezer Bennett, of Putnam Co. N. Y.? and oblige
yours truly
(Miss) Elma Strong Morris
Nov. 14th 1923

[circular stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
N NOV 16 1923
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Rev. War
12.163
INVALID.
File No.
121163
Ebenezer Bennett
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Jan. 2. 1924 Hist to Elma S. Morris