Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,118, Ebenezer Bennett, Conn
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Conn.             Bennett, Ebenezer      S.23.118
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New York 24.669

Ebenezer Bennett
Delaware in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Mead of the Regiment commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Con line for 17 mo.
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State of New York
Delaware County p: On this tenth day of December  in the year one thousand, eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in the open court in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Delaware, before the judges of said Court now sitting and being a court of record in and for said County, constituted and declared by the acts of the Legislature of the State of New York. Ebenezer Bennett a resident of the town of Franklin in the County of Delaware and the State of New York, aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law both on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he the said Ebenezer Bennett enlisted as a volunteer at the town of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut where he then resided in the last days of March or the first days of April according to his best recollections, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, for the term of seven months into the company commanded by Captain Matthew Mead, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Waterbury in the militia of the State of Connecticut, and said Regiment was annexed to the Brigade commanded by General Wooster. And after his enlistment, said Regiment marched to Horseneck in the State of Connecticut and was stationed there about a month and then marched to Harlem in the State of New York, and the Brigade then joined the continental army under the command of General Montgomery and were stationed there about six weeks and the army then marched under the command of General Schuyler to Fort George in the State of New York and from there to Ticonderoga and was there stationed about four weeks that Fort having been taken just before we arrived there.
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and the army then marched to a place near Fort St. John's and when we landed there, we had a battle with a small party of Indians and the Captain of our Company was wounded and two Sergeants and one Corporal were killed within the distance of twelve feet of me and the army took Fort Chamblee and afterwards took Fort St Johns, under the command of General Montgomery, General Schuyler having left the army, and the army lay about two months opposite to Fort St John's before it was taken. And after Forts Chamlee and St John's were taken, a guard of two persons from each company was drafted in October one thousand seven hundred and seventy five of which deponent was one, to convey and conduct the prisoners to Fort George and after the guard with the prisoners had arrived at Fort George, this deponent was discharged at that place by Colonel Peter Yates a continental Officer there in command and received the written discharge hereto annexed on the fourth day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, and received his pay for seven months of service.

That he said Ebenezer Bennett was drafted at said Norwalk in Connecticut where he then resided in the month of May or June one thousand and seven hundred and seventy five, for three months into the Company of Captain Nathan Gilbert in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead in the militia of the State of Connecticut, and the Regiment went by water to New York and was there annexed to a Brigade commanded by General Wooster and joined the Continental Army under the command of General Washington and continued to serve in said corps for said term of three months. Durin the time of said service. New York
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after that battle, this deponent with the Company wad discharged at the end of said three months but did not receive a written discharge. That he the said Ebenezer Bennett at said Norwalk in Connecticut, where he then resided in the month of Augus in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, was drafted for the term of three months into the Company of Captain Natha Gilbert in the militia of Connecticut and immediately marched to Horseneck in Connecticut and the Company was thee annexed to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead and said Regiment was stationed at Horseneck to guard and protect it from the attack of the Britian, for said three months he continued to serve in said corps for said term of three months and was discharged at Horeseneck but did not receive a written discharge.  

That he the said Ebenezer Bennett at said Norwalk in Connecticut, where he then resided int he month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight was drafted for the term of three months into the Company commanded by Captain Nathan Gilbert in the militia of Connecticut and the Company immediately marched to Standford in Connecticut and was there annexed to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead and said Regiment was stationed at said Standford to guard and protect it from the attack of the British and this deponent continued to serve in said corps for the term of two months and was there discharged at said Standford but did not receive any written discharge.

That he the said Ebenezer Bennett at said Norwalk in Connecticut where he then resided, in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine was drafted for three months into the Company commanded by Captain Nathan Gilbert in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead in the militia
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of Connecticut and that said Regiment marched immediately to a place near New York and was arrested to a Brigade commanded by General Waterbeugard joined the Continental army under the command of General Washington and said Company and Regiment were stationed with the army new New York and Ebenezer Bennett continued to serve in said corps. for the term of two months and was then discharged, but did not receive any written discharge.
And the said Ebenezer Bennett further says that by reason of old age and the consequent lap of memory, he cannot swear more positively than he has above in this declaration as to the precise length of his services. but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods above mentioned and under the several officers and at the different places above mentioned. And that during all said terms he served with an embodied corps called into actual service by the authority and under the Government of the Sate of Connecticut: that he was either in the field or marching or in garrison, and the said several terms of time, during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. And that he cannot recollect the names of any officers, under whom he served or were in command in the army beside those above mentioned, and that he has no documentery evidence of his services, except the discharge hereunto assessed and that he does not know of any person, who was either an officer or soldier in the army or in service with him, who is now living, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services: ======= For all which said several terms of service, amounting in the whole to seventeen months the said Ebenezer Bennett claims a pension.
In answer to the interrogatories of the Court, the said Ebeneezer Bennett says that he was born on the fifteenth
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day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty one in said town of Norwalk in Connecticut and that he has now in his house, the record of his age which was kept by his Father and which he believes to be correct and that at the several times he enlisted or was called into service and during the revolutionary war (except while in actual service) he resided in said Norwalk and that since the war he resided in Norwalk until the month of April one thousand eight hundred and six, when he moved into said town of Franklin in Delaware County, where he has constantly resided ever since until the present time- That he entered the said service as a volunteer at one time and was drafted four times as above mentioned. That he does not now recollect the names of any General officers either in militia or continental army, besides those above named. And did not receive any written discharge beside the one hereto aforesaid. 
And the said Ebenezer Bennett further says that he is not acquainted with any Clergyman, who may know or is acquainted, that this declarant is reputed or believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution. That this deponent belongs to the Church and Society of the denomination of Christians called "Methodists" and that no clergyman of that denomination, now resides in the town where this deponent resides, or has resided in that town since this deponent has resided there, for more than one year at any one time. And that this deponent resides more than four miles from the Presbyterian meeting house of Presbyterian Clergyman in that town and that he has very little acquaintance with that Clergyman who has resided there only a few years and that said Presbyterian Clergyman is not acquainted with the reputation or has any information of the services of this deponent as a soldier of the revolution.
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And this deponent further says that Noah Wiswall and Amos Douglas residing in said town of Franklin and County of Delaware are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character and reputation for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
C B Sheldon, Clerk

[signed] Ebeneezer Bennett
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., June 20, 1923

MMSTS
S.23118

In reply to your request of ________, for the history of Ebenezer Bennett, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldiers claim for pension.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment, Length of Service, Rank, Officers under whom service was rendered (Captain/ Colonel), State

Mch.31 or Apr 1, 1775 to Nov 4, 1775, Pub, Matthew Mead, Waterbury, Conn.

1776, 3 mos, Nathan Gilbert, Matthew Mead

Aug 1777, 3 mos, Nathan Gilbert, Matthew Mead

June 1778, 2 mos., Nathan Gilbert, Matthew Mead

June 1779, 2 mos, Nathan Gilbert, Matthew Mead

Battles engaged in, Ft. Chambly, Ft. St. Johns, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 10, 1833, His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Franklin, Delaware Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born Sept. 15, 1751 in Norwalk, Conn.
Remarks: He moved from said Norwalk to Franklin, N.Y. in 1806. No family data on file.

Did not use months "May or June", 1776 as bat. of Wh Plaines.
Date of death not on A.B. moves chair 3 mos hence.

Respectfully,

Commissioner

Government printing service
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I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of
the County of Delawan do
hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings
of the 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 10th day of December 1833.
Sheldon Clerk
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We Noah Wiswall and Amos Douglas residing in the town of Franklin in the County of Delaware, hereby certify that we are and have been for ten years past well acquainted with Ebenezer Bennett, who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration and that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, and that he has always sustained a good reputation and character for truth and veracity and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed in open court the day and year aforemen.
Cl. B. Sheldon, Clerk

Noah Wiswell
Amos Douglas

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the ware department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Noah Wiswall and Amos Douglas who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said town of Franklin and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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Revolution
23118
INVALID
File No. 23118
Ebeneezer Bennett
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th, 82"
Under: - Vol, 2, Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870]

1923 June 20- Hist to Ruby Castle Davis (Mrs. Homer J) letter in Ch S. 42824
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Ebenezer Bennet
Conn
S2.3118

THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVICE
of THE
UNITED STATES
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Whereas Ebnr. Bennet a Sold. in ?

Regt in Capt ? Company has been ?
to me by the District ? Hospital
for further Duty??
therefore hereby Discharge
Lortgeorge Nov 4th 1775