Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 5832, Ebenezer Bliss, Conn. Continental
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(3-1776)

SERVICE            NUMBER
Conn.      Bliss, Ebenezer     W 5832
Continental      Lucinda
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L W.K. Morris, Aug 30, 1838
12,345
New York
⎬
Ebenezer Bliss
Oneida by in the State of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stark of the N Hampshire
line, for the term of
One year, 1776.
Inscribed on the
at the rate of
Roll of New York
8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 2 of April 1818
Utica
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 July 1819
and sent to [illegible]
Mitter
Utica N York

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 88.70
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep 19 $48.
$136.760{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued

Pensioner: Lucinda Bliss
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6214
Lucinda Bliss
widow of Ebenezer Bliss N.H. 

who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 10th March 1826
Hamilton in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Capt. Walker of the regt commanded
by Col. Clark in the N. H.
line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
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 4th day of June
1841 and sent Nathan Ames, Cincinnati. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $200.00

Act July 7,
1838.
Book A Vol. 26 Page 215
M.K. Addison, Clerk
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[illegible] 26
Ebenezer Bliss
Admitted 30 July 1810
Not on rolls of [illegible] company
correct State's troops [illegible] on any of the rolls of Enos' regt


Morris S. Miller, Esq.
Judge,
Utica, Oneida County,
New York
Ebenezer Bliss,
New Hampshire line,
Revolutionary Claim

The rolls of New Hamp
are not in the pension
office.
For testimony relative
to the applicant service,
and reduced circumstances
See endorsement in the
case of Noel Bostwick
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tate of New-York,
ONEIDA COUNTY, ss.
┃ MORRIS S. MILLER, First Judge of the county of Oneida, do certify, that
it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Ebenezer Bliss
did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, on the Continental
Establishment, for the term of nine months or longer, as stated in the declaration
hereto annexed. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had
before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of
the Act of 18th March, 1818. Dated this 14 day of May
1818 and that by reason of reduced circumstances he is in need of a pension from
his country for support
M. S. Miles
First Judge of Oneida.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
CLERK' S OFFICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY. ┃

I do certify that the above signature, and the signatures
to the certificates of the affidavits hereto annexed,
are in the proper hand writing of Morris S. Miller, the
First Judge of the county of Oneida. In witness whereof
, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court.
Dated the
of May
1818.
Fann A Moodgoodall
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State of New York
Oneida County ⎬ SS
Ebenezer Bliss being duly sworn saith
he is a resident of the County of Oneida and State of New York
- that he is Sixty one
years old and upwards
that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he
is in need of assistance from his country for support
that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws
of the United States that he served as a soldier in the
war of the Revolution on the continental establishment
one year & nine months or thereabouts, that he enlisted in 1776 in Walker Company
Starks Regt. New Hampshire line and served therein one year - In 1778 he enlisted
in Bissells Company, Colonels name or Regiment not recollected in the Connecticut line and served therein nine months. That he was honourably discharged
in 1779. His discharge is lost

Ebenezer Bliss


Sworn this 2 Apr 1818. Before me
M. S. Miller
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State of New York
Oneida County ⎬
Isaac Byington being sworn saith that
knows the within named Ebenezer Bliss and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity, and
that he this deponent fully believes the matters set
forth in the within affidavit of Ebenezer Bliss - to be true
Isaac Byington

Sworn this 2 Apl. in
1818
Before me

M. J. Miller

[illegible] Judge of Oneida
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STATE OF NEW YORK. Oneida Common Pleas, ss.
On this 9th
day of Sept
1820, personally appeared in
open Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, being a Court of Record,
Ebenezer Bless - aged 63 years, resident in Westmoreland in said
county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare,
that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: One year and nine
months enlisted in 1776 in Walker Company Starks Regt
New Hampshire and served therein one year 1778 in
listed in Bessells Company but dont recollect the reg't but Connecticut Troops and served Nine Months and was honorable discharged on both service-
That he has received a pension, and the number of his pension certificate is
12345 That he is by occupation a Farmer in such infirm health
that he cannot do the little work at his own door- such as cutting wood
& nor can be till same which he occupies
That the number and names of his family residing with him: their ages and
capacity to contribute to their support is as follows, viz.
His wife Lucinda aged 57 years in good health
a Son John aged 12 years a weaker boy unable to walk
nor can he attend school more than half his time on account
of health
AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, that I was a resident citizen of the
United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner
whatever, 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 and naval
service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I
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 and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and declared, on the
day of Sept
1820.
Ebenezer Bliss
before
J. Miller First Judge of Oneida
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SCHEDULE, containing the whole estate and income of
Ebenezer Bliss
the life lease of thirteen acres
of land in Westmorland with a small house upon it: at
on
rent of one shilling and is worth about sixty five dollars for [illegible] lives

Old Horse -One cow-- one yearling
2 Hogs 4 sheep
Household furniture with four Dollars
he came home except for eight shares of Seneca [illegible] Stock which yields sixteen dollars a year
I am in debt a little more than one hundred and fifty
Dollars
Ebenezer Bliss
Sworn to and declared, on the
the
day of Sept 1820,
●
before
M.S.  Miller First Judge of Oneida
State of New-York Oneida Common Pleas. A Court of Record by
of the Term of Sept
1820.
Statute.
The whole of these proceedings were had in open Court; and
in the opinion of this Court the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the above schedule is one hundred & Eighteen
dollars and no more.

I FRANCIS ABLOODHOOD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for
the county of Oneida, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the
Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said
Court: And I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the
total amount, in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
dule is One hundred & eighteen dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court, on this eighth day of September, 1820.
Francis A Bloodgood Clk
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V No. 7261
Lucinda Bliss
of Ebenezer Bliss
Ohio
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State of Ohio
Hamilton County ⎬
S.
On this first day of 
August eighteen hundred
and forty personally appeared before the undersigned
A. C. Read President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
9th Judicial Circuit State of Ohio Lucinda Bliss late a resident of Butler County Ohio at present a resident
of the City of Cincinnati Hamilton County Ohio aged
seventy six years the sixteenth day of January eighteen
hundred and forty who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order 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 Bless
who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and
drew a pension of ninety six dollars up to the fourth
of March eighteen hundred and twenty six - The
further declares that she was married to the said
Ebenezer Bliss on the ninth day of July seventeen
hundred and eighty three - that her husband
the aforesaid Ebenezer Bliss died on the tenth day
of March eighteen hundred and twenty six
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service but the marriage took place previous
to the first of January seventeen hundred and
ninety four, viz, at the time above stated She
further states that she was married in the state of
Connecticut at Simsbury now called Canton by
publication of banns - that no record of the mar
age exists to the knowledge of this deponent that
no family record was ever kept and
that this deponent can furnish no more evidence
of her marriage. And further that she is so
afflicted with rheumatism and infirmities as to be
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unable to attend in open court to make her statement

Her 
Lucinda X Bliss
Mark
---

On the day and year first above
within the place of residence in
the City of Cincinnati Hamilton County
Ohio personally approved before me
the undersigned Men and Judges of
above stated Lucinda Bliss the above
named applicant for the benefit of this
pension, each to whom the contents of the above affidavit were read by me and
then being duly
sworn according to law
[illegible] that said Lucinda Bliss
[illegible] contained are true and
in witness thereof thereunto affixed
her mark. I hereby further certify
That the above named Lucinda Bliss
was too feeble and infirm to appear
open court and further
I believe her to be a credible
person and further believe her oath to be entitled to full
credit. I further certify that being too
tend to write her now she affixed
the above
mark and that prior to
her being sworn or her affixing her
mark I read and for word
to her the above declaration slowly &
distinctly, so that she fully under the
the same
In testimony when of I hereunto
affix my official signature
the
day and date above written
N. C. Read
President Judge of
the Court of Common in
9th Jundicial Circuit Ohio
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the State of Ohio
Hamilton County ⎬
I William H. Harrison Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas within and for said
County, do hereby certify that N. C. Read
is the acting President Judge of the ninth Judicial
Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas within
and for said State, duly commissioned and
Sworn; that his signature to the within Certificate
is genuine. And that full faith and credit are
due and ought to be given to all his official
acts as such President Judge
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
Seal
of our said Court at
Cincinnati this first day of
August Anno Domini 1840
W. H. Harrison Clerk
[illegible]
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Power of Attorney to
examine the papers of
Lucinda Bliss widow of
Ebenezer Bliss a
Suspended case Act of 1838
of Ohio
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Know all men by these presents that I Philemon Bliss grandson of
Lucinda Bliss deceased late of the County of Hamilton in the State of
Ohio & who was the widow of Ebenezer Bliss Revolutionary
of the United States and late a resident of the County of Oneida in the
State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint B. B. Chapman
my true & lawful attorney to prosecute the claim of said Lucinda Bliss
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension that may be due and I
hereby the said Attorney to examine all the proper [illegible]
documents on file in the Department at Washington or elsewhere
to file additional evidence or arguments & to receive the certificates
which may be fined for said claim to appoint one or me substitutes
under him for the purposes herein expressed Hereby ratifying and
confirming all my will attorney shall lawfully do in the premises
Witness my hand & seal this 11th day of March A.D. 1852

P. Bliss
Witness my hand & seal
Signed & sealed in the presence ⎬

Schuyler Putnam
H S. Rockwood
State of Ohio
County of Lorain ⎬ On this 11th day of March A.D. 1852 before me the [illegible]
Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Philemon Bliss & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney
to be his act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned that he did make
oath that he was interested in said claim in the manner above stated
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
the day & year aforesaid and my official Seal
Schuyler Putnam Notary Public
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Revy Widow &C.
File No. 5832
Lucinda Bliss
Wid. Ebenezer Bliss
Pvt.  NH Line 
Act July 1838
Index: Vol A Page 66
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7261
Lucinda Bliss
of Ebenezer
Ohio
Admitted
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Pr. 1 year $40.
Cap Walker Col. Stark
N. H.
died 10 March 1826
Act 7 July 1838
Nathan Ames
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Commercial Bank of
Cincinnati
Pension Agency 10th June 1841

Sir:

A Case has presented itself this morning which seems to call for your decision-
Your letter Authority payment of a Pension to
Lucinda Bless was yesterday received and now the son of Pensioner
presents himself and states that his mother died on the 14th day
of March 1841 in the County-- inasmuch as She was not living at
the time when the pension was granted a doubt arises with regard
to the payment
Will you be pleased to forward instructions as to
the course to be pursued in this matter
The application has been pending an informed
for two years or more for want until recently of adequate proofs
I am Very Respectfully
Robt Sert
James S. Armstrong Pens. Agent
By John G Anthony
Pension Clerk


To J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC.
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I Samuel Parsons of Springfield in the County of
Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman
of lawful age testify & say that I belonged to the
company commanded by Capt Sylvanus Walker
in Col John Starks Regiment in the Revolutionary War, and that Ebenezer Bliss of Springfield was
a private soldier in said Company & served with me in what was called
the Northern Expedition
in 1776 and continued in the service as I think about
One year from
January 1776 until the [illegible] of the
year that he went down to New York with me &
I think was at the Battle of Benton in the
Jerseys at the taking of the Hessians. I am confident
that said Bliss continued in the Company Eleven
months but as he had two Brothers in the same
company by the name of Bliss I am not perfectly
confident that the said
Ebenezer was at the
Battle of Benton & further the Deponent saith not
Lemuel
Parsons
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden & Personally
appeared
before me
Lemuel 
Parsons and made solemn oath to
of the foregoing Deposition
by him subscribed
Edmund Bliss Justice of the Peace
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Hampden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial
Court within & for the County of Hampton
do Certify that Edmund Bliss Esq is a Justice
of the Peace within & for said County of Hampden
and that the within signature is his proper hand
writing - In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affixed the seal of the County
this seventeenth day of February in the year of
our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & Nineteen
John Ingersoll Clerk
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I Simeon Colton of Longmeadow in the County
of Hampden
& Commonwealth of Massachusetts
depose & say that Ebenezer Bliss went from the Town of
Springfield in said Commonwealth to Roxbury where he
enlisted in to the Company of Capt Silvanus Walker
in the Regiment of Col John Stark in the New Hampshire line about the first of June A.D. 1776 & enlisted
as a private soldier in said Company in the Revolutionary war
with Great [illegible], that he the said Bliss proceeded with
said Company to New York about the first of April following
& from thence to Albany the 11th of May then next following
& from thence to Fort George & from thence to St Johns in
Canada & continued in said Company through the summer & fall of said year & returned with said Company to
Albany the latter part of November following, and the
begining of December following he the said Bliss with said
Company went aboard a vessel to go down the in &
Join the army under command of General Washington
I further depose & say that I the said Simeon enlisted into
the same Company of Capt Silvanus Walker at the same
time with said Ebenezer Bliss & continued with him all
the time from the first of January Anno Domini 1776
until the first of December in the same year and said
as a soldier in said Company during that him at the and
of which I was taken sick at Albany & was discharged
Simeon Colton
Hampden S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts February 16 1819
Then personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace for the said County of Hampden the above
named Simeon Colton and made solemn oath to the truth
of the foregoing Deposition by him Signed
Ethan Ely

Hampden 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial
Court within for the County of Hampden
do certify that Ethan Ely Esqr is a Justice of
the peace within & for said County of Hampden
and that the above signature is his proper
hand writing - In testimony whereof
I have hereto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the County this Seventeenth day of
February in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight Hundred & Nineteen
John Ingersoll Clerk
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The State of Ohio of
Trumbull County ⎬ ss
Be it known that before me Lebbeus Beach
a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid
personally appeared Seymour A Moses of the
Township of Hartford in said County to me
well known to be a creditable person and a person of truth & veracity and he being first duly
sworn according to law does on his oath depose
& say. That he formerly lived in Simsbury in the
County of Hartford & State of Connecticut
and was there well acquainted with Ebenezer
Bliss & his wife Lucinda who lived within about
a half mile of him the said deponent both before
and after their marriage that they were legally
married has not the least doubt tho he does not remember being present that the said Eben. Bliss & his wife Lucinda lived together in the same
neighborhood with deponent at least ten
years after their marriage & had several
children and were always recognized in all legal & other transactions as husband & wife were credible
& respectable persons that the said Bliss was a
regular member of the Presbyterian church in that place
Deponent cannot acertain the particular date of
their marriage but verily believes it must have
been in the year 1783 or in 1784 - that they removed
from their aforesaid residence into the State of
New York since their real deponent has had no
particular knowledge of them has heard that said Bliss
died some years since & that the widow now resides
in Cincinati Ohio
Seymour A Moses
Sworn to and subscribed Before me at Hartford in the County
aforesaid the 12th day of April A.D. 1839
Lebbeus Beach Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County ss
Be it known
That before me Lebbius Beach
a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid
Personally appeared Mercy Beach of Vernon
Township in the County aforesaid well known to me as a person a person of credit truth & veracity who being duly sworn according to Law
she on her oath deposeth & said that she was
formerly a resident of Simbsury since named
Canton in the County of Hartford and State of
Connecticut that she was acquainted Ebenezer
Bliss & Lucinda Wilds before their marriage
and for a number of years afterwards they living
within a mile of Deponents residence in said
Simsbury knew at the time when they were
married but cannot now be certain as to the
particular date is confident however that
this marriage took place after the year 1782
and before the year 1785 and further the deponent
saith not
Mercy Beach
Sworn & subscribed at Vernon in said County the
11th day of April A.D. 1839
Before me
Lebbeus Beach Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio Warren April 19. 1839
Trumbull County ss ⎬ Before me D. Taylor a Notary Public
duly commissioned and sworn, dwelling in the Town of
Warren County of Trumbull and State of Ohio, and authorized
by the Laws of said State to take depositions. This day
personally appeared Lois Brigham who being first duly
sworn on her said oath depose and says that about
twenty two years since upon her removal to Westmoreland
in Oneida County New York she became acquainted with
Ebenezer Bliss and Lucinda Bliss who were then residents
of that place, who had formerly emigrated from Canton
Connecticut, the same place from which I came they lived
together as husband and wife until the death of the
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said Ebenezer which took place about the year Eighteen
hundred and twenty six or Eighteen hundred and twenty
Seven Lucinda Bliss his widow continued to reside in Westmoreland until some time in the year Eighteen hundred and
thirty seven, when she removed to Cincinnati Ohio, to reside
with her Daughter
Deponent removed from Westmoreland to Kinsman
in Trumbull County Ohio in the month of September last
Wm. Bliss was in his lifetime a revolutionary pensioner of
the United States as deponent always understood.
And further this deponent saith not
Lois Brigham
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year
above written. And I do certify that I believe the
said Lois Brigham to be a credible person
In Attestation whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Official
Seal

J. D. Taylor
Notary Public
of
State of Ohio
Trumbull County
I John Hutchins Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for said
County do hereby certify that
Lebbius Beach whose name is
subscribed to the two first foregoing  Certificates
and before whom the Depositions of
Seymour A Moses & Mercy Beach
was taken is an acting Justice of the peace in and
for said County duly commissioned and sworn. And also that J.D. Tayler whose proper name is subscribed to the
above certificate, is a Notary Public for said
County duly commissioned authorized and sworn, and
whose acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit

In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
and affix the seal of said Court at Warren this
19th day of April AD. 1839
John C. Hutchins Clk
J. Fuller Depty


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The state of Ohio
Hamilton County
⎬
Know all men by these presents
That on the Second day of August 1839 Nathan Ames of the County of Hamilton State of Ohio
Personally came before me the undersigned
Notary Public of said County and being by
me duly sworn & speaks the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth upon his
Oath states that he may (?) acquainted with Ebenezer Bliss formerly
of Connecticut and reputed the
Revolutionary Soldier that he this Deponent
became acquainted with said Bliss
in the year eighteen hundred and twenty
in Oneida County State of New York
and knew him well untill the time of his death
which he thinks took place in the year
1826. That said Bliss during his life time
and up to the time of his death received a
Pension from the United States as a
Revolutionary Soldier. That this deponant
was also well acquainted with Lucinda
Bliss now the widow of said Ebenezer Bliss during the
period between 1820. And his death. That she
the said Lucinda and Ebenezer Were Reputed as
husband & wife and always received as
such by all their acquaintance, and had
together as such untill the death of said
Ebenezer Bliss. That said Lucinda
Bliss is now living in Butler County
Ohio about 20 miles from Cincinnati
and has never since the death of the
said Ebenezer Bliss intermarried but
still remains the widow of said Ebenezer
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Bliss; The deponant States that said Bliss
died in Oneida County New York about.
the time specified above
Nathan Ames

Sworn to and Subscribed before me at
my office in Cincinnati this 20th day of
August 1839. and I further certify that
I am well acquainted with the witness
Nathan Ames who resides in Cincinnati
and that he is a man of good character
and standing for truth and veracity and
that the fullest faith reliance is due
this statement
In Witness where of I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of
Office at said City the 2nd August 1839
at B Enness
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Cincinnati Aug 31 1840
Sir

the communication and papers
enclosed to the office and mailed more than
a month past have not yet been heard from.
If the said papers have been received
it may not be improper or inconsistent with
the duties of your office to acknowledge the
Law
.
respectfully
your obt svt

Nathan Ames
for 
W Avis

J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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Cincinnati, May 25 1841
Com of Pensions
War Department
.
Sir
by
Accompanying this is the remaining
testimony for obtaining the pension of Lucinda
Bliss, widow of Ebenezer Bliss of Whitestown deceased
The letter written to me by the [illegible] regarded the
existence or nonexistence of a marriage record
which is now brought to an issue, and is submitted
to your examination. Please give it your attention
as soon as possible-
I am your edt Servt
Nathan Ames
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Elyria Lorain Co Ohio March 31st 1832

Sir

I herewith enclose several power of Attorney
authorizing me to examine the papers on file in your
office to which they relate Expecting to be in Washington
about the 8th of April I would be pleased to make
the examination at that time and Mr. Cole would
very much oblige me by having them ready for me
B.B. Chapman
Comr of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Cincinnati August 4. 1840
Sir

I herewith forward to the Pension Office
sundry papers relating to the obtainment of a
pension for Lucinda Bliss, the widow of
Ebenezer Bliss dec. who was a pensioner as will be
found by the records of war Dep
These you will examine and compare according to the duties of your office
our respectfully
your obt servt
Nathan Ames
by H. Ames

J. L. Edwards
Comm. Pensions
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I Robert William aged 73 years of the Town of Canton
which Town was formerly a part of the Town of
Simsbury untill 1800 in the County of Hartford do Depose
& say that I was formerly well acquainted with Ebenezer 
Bliss & Lucinda Wilds who both resided in said Town of
Simsbury. & as I verily believe they were Lawfully Married
about 58 years since in said Simsbury by the Reverend
Seth Say who was then the part of the Society in this
place, they lived together as man & Wife in said
Simsbury until they had 4 children & then moved to
the Westward I was born & have lived most of my
days very near where I now live which is in
the same Neighborhood where said Ebenezer & Lucy
lived both before & after there Marriage, the Reverend
Seth Sage Married my sister, I lived his most
Neighbor during his ministry here until he
moved to the State of New York where he served
I have no knowledge that Mr Sage [illegible]
or kept a record of the Marriages Solemnized by him
& I very believe he did not, for had he I think he
would have left them with me, the County
have now
records I have them now in my possession & there is no record of Marriages upon it said Society
has become extinct, the meeting house taken down
Canton May 13th 1841
Robert Wilson
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State of Conneticutt ss
Hartford County ss Canton May 13th 1841
Personally appeared before me
the within named Robert William made
Solemn oath to the truth of the within Deposition
by him subscribed & I certify that the deponant
is a credible witness 
Julius Chapman Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut ss
Town Clerks Office Simsbury Hartford County May 18th 1841
This may certify that I have carefully examined the Records of the town of Simsbury and that I cannot find
upon said records of any marriage certificate of the
marriage of Ebenezer Bliss and Lucinda Wilds & further
more that I cannot find any certificate of any man
as having been solemnized by the Red Seth Sage excepting
the Marriage of Reuben Barber & Elizabeth Case which
said certificate was entered by me since the year 1824
and I also certify that the town of Canton was  belonged
to the town of Simsbury until the year 1806 when the present
to town of Canton was incorporated into a separate town from
Simsbury and
a small part of New Hartford
Moses Ensign Town Clerk
May 15th 1841 I hereby certify that Moses Ensign is Clerk of the Town of
Simsbury duly qualified Julius Chapman Justice of Peace
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J. Jeffery O. Phelps of Simsbury in the County of
Hartford aged 50 years depose & say that on the 10th & 13 day of May 1841 I made diligent search + inquiry
in the County where the Reverend Seth Sage formerly Preached I was the Pastor, (which is now in
the Town of Canton, but untill about 1806 was
part of the Town of Simsbury) for the records of
Marriages Solemnized by the Reverend Seth Sage
during his ministry, but could find none to
was informed by the Elderly people who were
of his society or resided near him that they
never be of any such record having been kept,
either by said Mr Sage or any other person - I was
at the same time shown the records of said
Society which commenced about the year 1780
& closed about the year 1827 according to my best
recollection & examined the same & I found no
records of Marriages recorded thereon from my
inquiry & examination I am clearly of opinion
there is no record of Marriages Solemnized by the
Rev Seth Sage to be found a small part of the
Town of Canton (viz) the southwesterly part was taken from
the Town of New Hartford that part of Canton composing
Mr Sages Society was taken from Simsbury by May
18th 1841
Jeffery O. Phelps
State of Connecticutt
Hartford County of Simsbury May 18th 1841 personally appeared before
me the within named Jeffery Phelps has made solemn oath
to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed & I certify
that the Deponent is a credible witness.  

Julius Chapman Justice of Peace
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I, Royal B. Hinman, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of
the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern
Julius Chapman Esqr
is
and for more than six months past, has
been a Justice of the Peace within and for the
County of Hartford in said State, duly
appointed, commissioned, and qualified, having full
power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take
the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same;
also to administer oaths to witnesses, and to take
Affidavits
and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates
thereof; and that full faith and credit may and
ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of
the said Chapman
---
in Court and County
In Testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set
my Hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the
18th - day of May
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and forty one
And I certify that the signatures of said Chapman
hereunto annexed are genuine.
Royal R Hinman
Secretary of State.
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1422 
Aug [illegible] 18 [illegible]
Pension office
Ebr
Bliss
Ohio [illegible]
NY  17 July 79
To the Secretary of War
Washington City
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Cincinnati Augt 22 1838
Lucinda Bliss the widow of Ebenezer Bliss
alone of the Revolution, and who died about 12
years since claims the pension provided
for by the act of 7 July 1838. By the statute
the forms of evidence and the nature of this is
left to the determination of the Secy of War
As yet I have seen no published statement from your office in relation to
the records that you will require
I will therefore thank
you to cause me to be informed
On this subject. please advise
me whether such a name on
a pension list as Ebenezer Bliss
was on 12 years ago as he
resided in State of New York at
the time he attained his pension
it is thought
and with consideration and
 Respect I remain
W. B. Morris

the Secretary of war of
U.States
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I Eli Bliss of Boston in the County of Suffolk, and District of Massachusetts
am of lawful age, testify and say, that
enlisted in March 1776, in the company
commanded by Captain Walter
in the regiment commanded by Col Stark of the New Hampshire
line, and served in said corps until the 5th January
1777 when I was honorably discharged at Albany
and well
know my brother Ebenezer Bliss of Hampton in the State of
New York. to have served also as a soldier in the same corps
during the same
time and to have been honorably
discharged at Albany Jan 1777-
Ell Bliss

Sight Boston February 10th 1819
Personally appeared the above named Eli Bliss and made
oath that the above statement
by him subscribed is true
before me and I certify that the above named
Eli Bliss is in my opinion a credible witness
Stephen Hooper Jus. Peace


Suffolk,
ss
I hereby certify that the above named Stephen
Hooper is a Justice of the peace for this county & qualified by
law to act as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto of
fired the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for this County
this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred & nineteen
In
[illegible]Callendar M of Boston ┃
Court Com. Pleas for
Suffolk County


Pensioner: Lucinda Bliss