Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,204, Ebenezer Burch, Conn.
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(3─1776)

SERVICE                                                   
Conn.     

Burch, Ebenezer or Birch,
Phebe

NUMBER
W. 16,204.

CONTENTS
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19.761
New York
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Ebenezer Burch
of Rensselaer Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Stoddard of the regiment commanded by Colonel Burrell in the Connecticut line, for the term of the year
from January 1776 to January 1771
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at
the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30th day of March 1827
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of April 1827 and sent to Archibald Bull Esqr
Troy New York
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Arrears to 4th of Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1827                                                       $41.57
                                                               $41. 57
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Acts March, 18, 1818,}
{and May 1, 1820.}
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Rensselaer ss.  Ebenezer Birch named in the annexed papers, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he did make application to subscribed on the pension list, in the month of April 1819. and the application has been continued ever since, that the papers of this deponent on such application, were returned to Judge Vandersee at Greenburk on the
11th day of March 1819 who has since left the County, This deponent has had several to do his business, but until the communication
recently received from the war department, by the Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, he has not understood absolutely what was wanted
or why his name was not inscribed in said pension List, And this deponent
further faith that the amount of property contained in his Schedule annexed to his first application or that which he has had
since any one time has not exceeded in value the sum of Forty dollars. The property contained in his first Schedule has all been expended for the support of this deponent and his wife does not now recollect what was contained in said first Schedule or Inventory, but from the fact of his being very poor at the time & finds it must have been property of very little value if any-    Ebenezer[his X marks] Birch

Sworn to this 17 day of
February 1827 before me
Archi Bull Commr.

Rensselaer , John Stearns of the Town of Schodack being duly sworn doth depose and pay that he has been re-acquainted with the above named Ebenezer Birch for more than nine years last last & has lived as neighbor to him during that time, and from such acquaintance
has no doubt but what the facts above stated are true-                                         John Stearns

Sworn to this 17 day of February 1827 before me. -Archi Bull Commr.



Archibald Bull do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Ebenezer Birch & John Stearns above named & verily believe them credible men and John Stearns & Moses Bishop I believe to be credible & disinterested witnesses -
February 17, 1827.
Archi Bull, Commission
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ⎬
 I certify that Archibald Bull whose signature is
affixed to the within affidavits & certificate was at the time of taking the same respectively one of the Commissioner of the County of Rensselaer duly authorized to take such affidavit-
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County this 17 day of February 1827  -           
Archibald Bull Clerk
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss}

At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court
in the City of Troy in & for the County of Rensselaer
On this first day of February 1835, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the said County of Rensselaer, Ebenezer Burch aged Seventy two years, resident in the Town of Schodack in said County, who being first duly from according to Law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows: that is to say, that he enlisted in the month of January 1776 at Salisbury in Connecticut State into Luther Stoddard's Company in Colonel Bunnrels Regiment for one year and that he marched the same route to Quale returned from there with the continental army; and further that he was discharged late in the fall of the same year, after he had served about Ten months - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War"" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, by me subscribed-Ebenezer
[his X marks]Birch

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
this first day of February 1825}
Benj Smith Clerk

Scheduled & Inventory of all my property both in Law equity possession reversion remainder or expectancy -

I have no real estate of any kind nature of description whatever-
I have no property except one suit of wearing apparel for myself and each - nor have I any debts securities, choses in action or income
whatever I have a wife living with me aged Sixty five years and Seven children who are filed -
Ebenezer Birch [his X mark]

I Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court: & I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule
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does not exceed the sum of Twenty dollars~

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this
first day of December A.D. 1826.
Archibald Bull, Clerk
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Albany 3772
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Phebe Burch widow of Ebenezer Burch
who was a pensioned under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 22d Nov. 1834
Albany Co. in the State of N. York who was in the company commanded by Captain Stoddard of the regt commanded by Col. Burrell in the Con. line for 1 year
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars---Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of August 1839 and sent to Lemuel Jenkins
Albany, N.Y.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 39                 120.00
Semi-annual allowance ending Sep.           20.00
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                                                                    $140.00
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{Act July 7,  1838.}


Recorded by  D. Brown, Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 68
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[In the matter of the application of Elizabeth
Luther Son of John Luther for a Pension under the act July 4, 1836,]
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Declaration Hc

N.Y .493
In the matter of the application of Phebe widow of Ebenezer Burch for a pension under the Act of July 4, 1836.

Declaration Hc
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State of New York
County of Albany ss}

On this 31st day of October in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, personally appearances before the Justices Court of the City of Albany, the Justice
Court of Renss.)  Phebe Burch a resident of the Town of Scheduck, in the County of Rensselaer and State aforesaid
aged seventy -seven years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on  her oath marks the following declaration-in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836: That she the Widow of Ebenezer Burch, who was a private in the army of the revolution, and served as such in Capt Stoddard's Company(she does not recollect the regiment,) and who was at the time of his death a Pension under the Act 18 March 1818, that his Pension Certificate bears date the 10th day of April 1827-

She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Burch, during the revolutionary war, and whilst he was in
the service of the United States as such private as above stated-
That she has no read or command of the date of her Mary, but she knows that she was at the time of her said marriage on the age of nineteen years, and under the age of twenty years which met make the period of her said marriage, about the year 1777, she being now upwards of
of seventy seven years of age. She further states that she was married in the Town of Amenia, formerly called Albany)
in the County of Dutchess by a Presbyterian Minister, named Rogers, commonly called Dock. Rogers of the City of New York who had left the said City, in account of its being the in the
to possession of the British Troops-
She further declares that her Husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Burch died on the twenty second day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty four and that
she has remained a Widow since that period, as will
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more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed. That she could formerly with her name, but is not now able to do so owing to the infirmities of age of the want of practice -
Sworn & subscribed, on the day and in above written in open Court-}           Phebe [his X mark]Burch 
John G. Wasson Clk &


States of New York}
Albany County-SS} Dora Hall of the Town of Schoench the County of Rensselaer, being duly sworn according to law, depth and saith - That she is sixty some years of age and upwards
That she was well acquainted with the within named Ebenezer Birch in his life time, and is well acquainted with his widow & the above named Phebe Birch. That the said Ebenezer and
Phebe were married to each other, when this Deponent and about the age of ten years. That the marriage took place in the Town of
Amenia in Dutches County - That at the time of said marriage  the said Phebe lived in the family of this deponent; for the and the although this Deponent was not present at the marriage
distinctly recollects that it took place as above stated, and this Deponent has known the said Ebenezer & Phebe as Husband & wife ever since until the time of his death. That he died
about two years ago, and said Phebe has an since that paid, remained & still is a widow-
This Deponent owing to a trembling hand is unable to write her name- Dora [his X mark] Hall

Sworn to and subscribed, in open County
this 31st day of October 1836.
John G. Wasson Clk
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State of New York}
Albany Justices Court}

 I certify that the within named Dorcas Hall
is a credible witness Witness my hand the seal of the said Court this 31st day of October 1836.

John G. Wasson Clk
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March 13, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-S/EEL
Ebenezer Burch-W. 16204
Mrs. Frank Manning
Washington Depot
Connecticut

Dear Madam:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.16204, based upon the military
service in that war of Ebenezer Burch.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Ebenezer Burch are not shown. The name appears, also, as Birch.

While a resident of Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Ebenezer Burch enlisted in January, 1776, served as a private in
Captain Luther Stoddard's Company, Colonel Burrall's Connecticut Regiment, went on the expedition to Queber, and was discharged
late in the fall of the same year having served for ten months.
He enlisted in the spring of 1777, and served nine months in Captain Ebenezer Hatch's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 1, 1825, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided in
Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York.

He died November 22, 1834, place not shown.

The soldier married in the spring of 1777, or September 15, 1778 ( both dates are shown), at Oblong later Amenia, Dutchess County,
New York, Phebe Doty.
Soldier's widow, Phebe, was allowed pension on her application executed April 25, 1839, at which time she was a resident of School
dack, New York, and was aged seventy-nine years.
In 1825, the soldier stated that he then had seven children nall settled but did not give their names. In 1839, son Nathaniel Burch was aged fifty-five years and resided in Schodack, New York There are no further data as to soldier's family.

Very truly yours


G. H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1931 May 1 - Hist. to
Mrs Carl H. Getty, EEL
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1936. Mar 13- Hist & Mrs Frank Manning


REV. WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 16204.

Phebe Burchn Will of Ebenezer Burch

Pri Rev War

Act: July 4th 1838

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 109

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Albany
Phebe Burch
widow of Ebenezer
Suspd.
See letter to Leml Jenkins
11. Nov. 1836

Let to June Apl 13. 1837
same July 20, 1837
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Albany
Ebenezer Burch act 1818 to what time paid?
N L

Died 22d  November 1832 & paid to that time
S. H. K.
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20, 151
Ebenezer  Burch,
Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
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Pension Office
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Archibald Bull,
Troy, N.Y
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Rec'd 10 Apr. 1827
James Barbour

Dec'd of War Department
Washington City, (D.C.)

Rec'd 10 April 1827
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Hon. James Barbour
Sir:
I again enclose you the papers of Ebenezer Burch for a pension, when they were returned to me the last time the direction was that the Justice before whom Bishops affidavit it was taken, should certify to his credibility or to Martins the witness. The Justice (James Cox, before whom Bishops and Martins affidavits were taken is dead. I have drawn her affidavit which is annexed to the inclosed paper with I believe all the Department require please give
me an answer as soon as is consistent that you may in that afford the only hope of comfort to that worky old man Ebenezer Burch can expect 


Yours truly,

Archibald Bull
Clerk of Rensselaer Co.

Troy N.Y. March 30. 1827.
War Office 14 March 1827 -
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Rensselaer County ss. Do it remembered that on the 28th day of March in the year of our Lord 1827. personally came before me Silas Thomas
Esqr one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County of Moses Bishop of Stephentown in said County & being duly sworn deposes and faith that some time in the year 1776. I was an enlisted Soldier in Captain Luther Stoddards Company in Col. Burrell Regiment, and was in the service during a campaign to Quebec, and
that about the time I enlisted. I became acquainted with Ebenezer Burch, who was also an enlisted Soldier in the same company and
Regiment, and was with me during a campaign to the northward which campaign or term of service, was about one year, and that
we were regularly discharged, and that we retired in company to Salsbury & Canaan in Connecticut on the respective place of
above, and that I have been acquainted with the said Ebenezer up to this day, and know him to be the same identical Ebenezer Burch that I alluded to the above mentioned service-and further judgement.

Sworn to this 28 day of March 1827 before me}
Silas Thomas Justice of the Peace

Rensselaer County ss
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Moses Bishop that he is a man of good moral character and full faith and credit may be given to his testimony
Silas Thomas Justice of Peace
Stephentown March 28th 1827


State of New York
Rensselaer County} ss.

I certify that Silas Thomas whose signature is affixed to the above Testimony affidavit & certificate was at the time of taking them respect one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Rensselaer.
In testimony any whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said County this 30th day of March 1827.
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Be it remembered that on the
30th day of December one thousand eight hundred and
twenty four personaly came before me James Cox Esq one of the
Justice of the peace in and for the said County of
Rensellor, Moses Bishop of Stephentown in said
County and being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that
sometime in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy
Six I was an enlisted soldier in Capt. Luther [illegible] Company
in Col. Burrell regiment, and was in the service during 
a campaign to Rebeck, and that about the time I enlisted
I became acquainted with Ebenezer Burch who was also an
enlisted soldier in the same company and Regiment, and
was with me during a compaign to the northward, which
campaign or time of service was about one year, and that we were regularly discharged, and that we returned in company
to Salsbury & Canaan in Connecticut our then respective places of abode, and that I have been acquainted with
the said Ebenezer Burch up to this day, and know him to be the same
identicle Ebenezer Burch that I aluded to in the above
mentioned service
Moses Bishop
Sworn before me this
30th day December 1824
James Cox J. Peace
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Rinsellar County ss

the 30th day of December 1824
came before me James Cox Esq an of the history of the peace in and for the said  County Ebenezer Martin of [illegible] in said court, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is
personly acquainted with Moses Bishop of Stephenton, and
does believe him to be a man of good moral character, and
are to be believed when under oath
Ebenezer Martin
Sworn before me this
30th Day December 1824
James Cox J. Peace
State of New York
elder County ⎬ I Certify that James Cox whose signature is affixed to the above [illegible] affidavits was as the time of taking the same respectfully one of the 
Justices of the Peace in for the County of Renselaer
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said County
first day of December 1826.
Archibald Bull Clerk
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State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss
Isaac Bird of Salisbury in Litchfield County
aforesaid depose & say that in the year one
thousand seven hundred & seventy six I was an
enlisted soldier in Capt Luther Stodards Company
in Col Burralls Regiment, Connecticut line
I was in the service during a company to [illegible] & at the time I enlisted I became acquainted with
Ebenezer Burch who was also an enlisted Soldier
in the same Company & Regiment I went with the
Company aforesaid together with Ebenezar Birch to Julia & 
when we arrived their the small pox there waited
I had it & so did said Birch have the small pox
at the same time we were both of us
sick at the same time & both of us we were in the same room together 
during our sickness except that
said Birch recovered before I did. the Brittish
came down upon us while we were [illegible] which
was on the 6th day of May 1776 Birch [illegible]
recovered he went on duty again as I [illegible] I was kept in the rear of the army being yet not  [illegible] 
of the small Pox this was the last time I ever saw
Ebenezar Birch untill within a day or two since he
called on me & I know him to be the same Ebenezar Birch
that enlisted as aforesaid before I recovered of the small
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Pox or before I had recover from the effets of it  I was discharged from the Army
Isaac
Bird
Litchfield County ss
Salisbury 3 day of February 1827
Personally appeared before me Isaac Bird
the Deponent & subscribed to the forgoing Deposition
&
being duly sworn made Solemn Oath to
the truth of the same before me
John G Mitchell Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named Deponent Isaac Bird
with whom I am personally acquainted
is a 
man of good moral character & a man of truth & veracity
Attest John S Mitchell Justice of Peace

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the
County Court or Court of Common Pleas
within & for the County of Litchfield in
the State of Connecticut, certify that
John G. Mitchell Esq. now is & for
more than one year last past hath been
Justin of the Peace within & for
said County legally commissioned &
qualified & that the signatures to the
above certificate which purport to be
and as I unity believe genuine this
proper hand writing. Witness my hand
the seal of said Court this 7th day of
February Ad 1827 Frederick Wolcott Clerk
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Montgomery Co. Ss}
Ephraim Brockway of the town of Florida  in the county of Montgomery being duly sworn doth depose & say that at the commencement of the Revolutionary War this deponent lived in the town of Sharon in the county of Litchfield and sate of Connecticut that Ebenezer Birch was also a resident of the same place and  neighbor and n intimate acquaintance of this deponent. Deponent well recollects that the said Burch some time in the winter of seventeen hundred & seventy seven returned to Sharon from Canada where he had been engaged in the service for some time previous to his said return and that in the spring of the same year the said Burch was married to Phebe Doty, a sister in law to the brother of this deponent. And this deponent further saith that soon after the marriage of the said Burch and during the same spring in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven the said Burch again enlisted for the period of nine months and that his said enlistment was for a company of Militia commanded by Captain Ebenezer Hatch who was also a resident of the town of Sharon aforesaid and this deponent further says that after his enlistment the said Burch continued in service for the full period of his enlistment and that to the best of his recollection & belief the company to which the said Burch belonged was for the most of that period at Peekskill in the Hudson river in this state. Deponent further states that the said Phebe is now living the widow of the said Burch  & is in indigent cir(cumstances)
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(cir)cumstances. Deponent further states that he the said deponent is now eighty three years of age but is in the possession of good bodily health and well recollects the events that transpired at the period above referenced to further deponent saith not
Ephm J Brockway
Subscribed & sworn before me June 19th 1857
Joseph French Justic P

I certify that I believe Ephaim Brockway the above named deponent to be a man truth and readily and possessed of his mental faculties
June 19 1837
Joseph French J P

State of New York Montgomery}
County Clerks Office } Ss
I Richard H. Cushney Deputy Clerk of the County of Mongomery do hereby certify that Josiph French Esquire the person whose name is subscribed to the (Illegible word) of the foregoing affidavit purporting to have been made by Ephraim Brockway was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said Conty and that i am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that the signature of said Justice to the (Illegible word) of said affidavit and also to the accompanying certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Conty this 20th day of June 1837
R.H. Cushney Dep Clk
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Albany January 10th 1837
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In the case of Phebe Burch, an
applicant for a pension under the 3d section of the act of July 4. 1836, & when declaration &c an now on file in your office
[illegible] the affidavit of a Witness proving her [illegible], which
is, I believe, the best evidence in her power to give of that for
It was obtained by her son at the expense & trouble of
two journies to Connecticut. I am sir
very respectfully
Your obt Serv
Lemuel Jenkins
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Albany June 24, 1837.
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir
Your letter of the 13th of April
last, respecting the case of Phebe Burch, was duly received
I now enclose the affidavit of Ephraim Brockway
in her case, showing that her Husband was in the
service after their marriage
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
your obt Serv
Lemuel Jinkens
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I Nathaniel Hunter of Sharon in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do depose and say that I was married in the year 1778 and about a year previous (to wit) in the year 1777 I was present at the marriage of Ebenezer Burch and Phobe Doty now Phebe Burch and saw them joined in marriage by the Rev'd Dotr(?) Rogers of New York and that I was knowing to the said Ebenezer Birch serving in the army of the Revolution after his marriage as of said
In witness whereof I have hereunto set hand and seal this 3d day of Oct 1836
Nathaniel (his X mark) Hunter

State of Connecticut Litchfield County SS at Sharon Oct 3d AD 1836
Personally appeared Nathaniel Hunter (illegible word) to the above affidavit and made witness oath to the truth of the above before me
Nathl P. Perry Justice of Peace

The reason why the aforesaid Nathaniel Hunter made his mark instead of writing hi name to the above affidavit, was because he had the use of his hands by numb palsy so that he is unable to write at all
Attest Nathl P. Perry Justice of Peace

I also certify that the above named Nathaniel Hunter is a credible Witness . dated at Litchfield Decr 3 1836
Nathl P. Perry Justic of Peace
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State of Connecticut}
Litchfield} Ss
I Origen S Seymor Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that Nathaniel P. Perry whose name is subscribed to the within Certificates by  me this day of the date of the Janes(?), a Justice of the Peace in & for said Court, duly commissioned and sworn and that his name so subscribed is his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said County, this fifth day of January AD 1837
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Albany April 26, 1839
Sir, I enclosed the declaration & in the case of Mr. Phebe Burch on her application for a pension under the act July 7perceive by this declaration that she was and applicant for a pension under the act of July 4. 1836, but did not receive, for the amount I believe, of sufficient proof that her husband was in the service after the marriage.
You will please refer to the proofs in that case, which are on file in your office , as evidence in support of her  present claim-
I am sir,
very respectfully
your obt. sevt.
Lemuel Jenkins
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5277
3772
Phebe Burch
Act July 7. 1838
Married 15 Sept 1778
Husband died 22d Nov 1834
Admitted
Private 12 months
Lemuel Jenkins
Albany
N.Y.
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State of New York
Albany County  [illegible] On this 25th day of April in the year One thousand eight hundred & thirty nine, personally appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Albany (the same being a
County [illegible] Phebe Burch a resident of the Town of Schoduck in the County of Rensselan, aged seventy nine years and upwards who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in or to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Burch, who was a private in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, and served in the Connecticut line of the Army, and at the time of his death a pensioner under the act of March 18, 1818-
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Burch, when she was between the age of nineteen and twenty years as near as she can recollect, and she believes the marriage took place in or about the fifteenth day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight
That the evidence of her said marriage is as she is informed by Samuel Jenkins Esq. now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, and she can therefore
only state it from memory having no render memorandum of the same to refer to-
That her said Husband, the aforsaid Ebenezer Burch died on the twenty second day of November in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty four
[crossed out and illegible]
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marriage was Phobe Doty, and the marriage took place in America, Dutchess County. That she made application some time ago for a pension under the Act July 4, 1836., but, as she is infirm, failed of process, for the wants of sufficient proof that her Husband served after the marriage and she hereby refers to his said application for further proofs in support of this application.
That owing to disuse & also age she is unable to writer her name
Phebe (her X mark) Burch
Sworn & subscribed in open Court on the day & year first above written.
Witness the seal of said Court
I the signature of the Clerk thereof
The word "year" interlined & hisca(rest of word covered by a piece f paper) words exist(?) on the first page
John G. Watson Clk

State of New York}
Albany Justiça's(?) Court}Ss
Nathanial Burch of Schodack in Rensselaer County, being duly worn, deposeth, that he  is fifty five years of age, and is a son of the within named Ebenezer Burch and Phebe Burch. That his father died on the 22?  day of November 1834 leaving the said Phebe his widow, and she has ever since remained & remains a Widow
Nathanial Burch
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 25th day of April 1839 
J. G. Watson Clk

It is hereby certified that the above deponent is a credible witness. By order of the Court. Witness this Seal thereof & my signature this 25th day of April 1839
John  G. Watson Clk
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5277 Apl 29
N.Y.
7 July 1838
Phebe Burch
wid of Ebenezer

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept.
City of Washington 
2
365/1500000 (
+14600
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J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions

T.W. Olcott Esq
Pension Agent 
Albany
New York
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Mrs. CARL H. GETTY
8 RIVER STREET
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y.

March 27.1931
Pension Bureau
Dept. Interior
[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE MAR 28 1931

Gentlemen,
Can you give me any information concerning Ebenezer Burch? who died [illegible] 22, 1831 aged 82 yrs. 1 mo. 17 da and is buried at Castleton N.Y. and his sone Henry Burch who died June 23, 1865 aged 73 years 2 mos 1 da. and is buried in the same place. 
Ebenezer served in the Revolution and during the was of 1812. According to Albany County by Parker. (Vol 2- page 140) which also states that Ebenezer had a pension which
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Mrs. CARL H. GETTY
8 RIVER STREET
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y.

afterward reverted to his widow. The family are supposed to be English and came to this county before the Revolution and settled in New Jersey or Dover, Delaware.
I do not have the wifes name although it may be _____ Stearn.
Another son Ezra met his nephew Joseph of Ithaca N.Y. had land granted to him in Buchanan, Mich. on the strength of his fathers service in the Revolution.
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Mrs. CARL H. GETTY
8 RIVER STREET
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y.

I am very sorry not to have dates. 
Any information concerning either Ebenezer Burch or Henry Burch will be gratefully received.
Yours truly
Mrs. Carl H Getty

[stamp]PENSION U.S. OFFICE MAR 28 1931
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Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs: Please give me the Revolutionary War Record of the service of

I Ebenezer Burch or Birch
(wife-Mary Dakins)
from Durchess County
New York State
II  John Burch or Birch, Sr.
(wife Mary Beasey)
Dutchess Co N.Y.

III Johannes Kipp
(Please give wife's name)
Columbia Co. N.Y.
Yours Truly
Mrs. Frank Manning
Washington Depot
Conn.
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May 1, 1931
Mrs. Carl H. Getty
3 River Street
Hoosick Falls, New York
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
EEL
Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 16204, that Ebenezer Burch (the name also appears as Birch) while residing
in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, enlisted in January, 1776, served as a private in Captain Luther Stoddard's Company, Colonel Burrall's Connecticut Regiment, was in the expedition to Quebec, and was discharged
late in the fall of the same year, having served ten months.
He enlisted in the spring of 1777, and served nine months in Captain Ebenezer Hatch's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 1, 1825, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided in Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York. 
He died November 22, 1834.
The soldier married in the spring of 1777, or September 15, 1778 (both dates appear in the claim at Oblong (later Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, Phebe Doty.
She was allowed pension on her application executed apr, 25, 1839 [crossed out October 31, 1838,] at which time she was a resident of
Schodack, New York, and was aged seventy-seven [nine handwritten below] years "and upwards".

In 1825, soldier stated that he then had seven [children]
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dren "all settled" but did not give their names.
In 1839, son Nathaniel Burch aged fifty-five years and resided in Schodack, New York
The above is the history of the only soldier named Ebenezer Burch found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau and the Wat of 1812 records fail to show that a claim for pension was ever made on account of the services of Henry Burch, as described by you.
Very truly yours.
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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In reply to your request of _________, received ____________for a statement of  the military history of Ebenezer Burch 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     Length of  Rank   Officers under whom     state
enlistment  Service                 service was rendered
or appoint-                             Captain   Colonel
ment
Jan 76         10 mos    Pri           Luther        Burrall       Conn
                                                Stoddard
                                                Exp to Quebec

Spring 1777   9 mos                 Ebenezer Hatch

Name also appears Birch
Battles engagedin
Residence of soldier at enlistment  Sharon Conn
Date of application for pension  Feby 1825  allowed
Residence at date of application  Schodack Renassaler CO NH
Age at date application:  72 died NOv 22, 1834
Remarks:  1825 (?) no names   Sol m at Oblong DUchess Co NY
Spring 1777 Phebe Dotry
Inf Appli (Oct 31, 1836 at 88 res Schodeck  ny

P offic note no rank and file of said ( 0
Very respectfully
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March 11, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. Frank Manning
Washington Depot
Connecticut

EBENEZER BURCH
W. 16204
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of Ebenezer Burch, or Birch, John Burch or Birch, both of Dutchess County, New York, and Johannus Kipp, of Columbia County, New York.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of the John Burch or Birch described
by you, or of any Johannus or John Kipp. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
The record of only one Ebenezer Burch or Birch has been found, on account of whose service in the Revolutionary War a claim for pension was made to the United States, and it is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator