Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,965, Ebenezer Tyler, R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R.I.

Tyler, Ebenezer
Eunice

NUMBER
W.15,965

CONTENTS
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Reported
Letter to the Secretary of the Interior, March 30 1850
" Wm K Hoyt 16th April 1850

H.H. Sylvester Mch 28 1851

H.
4914
New York.
Eunice Tyler widow of Ebenezer Tyler who died on the 6th July 1817. of [blank] in the State of [blank] who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Johnson of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for R.Island

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of December 1849 and sent to W. K. Hoyt, New York

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1832, Section the [blank]

Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol. 2 Page 357
J.G. Austin
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Eunice Tyler
Wid of Ebenezer
NM
Act 4 July 1836

admitted
Pr 2 yrs - $80
com 4 March 1831

W. K. Hoyt
New York
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
On the thirty first day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before me Meshach Strait a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Eunice Tyler a resident of Stephentown in said county who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth depose ad say that she is the widow of Ebenezer Tyler late of the town of Stephentown deceased who during his natural life was a revolutionary pensioner and she further deposeth and say that she is now ninety one year of age and that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one she was married to Ebenezer Tyler. She was married by a Justice of the Peace of the town of Scituate in the state of Rhode Island by the name of Angel and that the marriage took place at Angel's house in said town of Scituate aforesaid, and she recollects that her brother George Whitman now deceased was present at the wedding and also Amy Whitman Patty Austin and Prudence Austin Anne Corey Stephen Young, and many others. She further testifies that she and her husband moved to Stephentown in the state of New York in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that during the time of our intermarriage she had nine children during the life time of the said Ebenezer Tyler her husband who died on the sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have remained his widow ever since his decease. The following are the names of my Children born during said intermarriage and the time of their birth who were all born in the town of Stephentown the place where this deponent has always resided since she came from Rhode Island to wit Robey Tyler born Sep 30th 1781 Rufus Tyler Born June 1st 1783. Elisha Tyler June the 2d 1785 Ebenezer Tyler born August the 17 1787. Amy Tyler October 16 1789 Whitman Tyler born
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June the 3d 1793 Sally Tyler born October 17th 1791 Eunice Tyler born August 29 1795 Barton Tyler born December 14th 1797. And she further states that her husband the said Ebenezer Tyler served in the revolutionary war in 1775 at Boston Bunker's Hill and Roxbury either eight or nine months and from 1776 to 1780 he served from three to four years under Colonel Robert Elliot and others and in 1782 her husband listed for nine month he went to fort Herkimer and did not return till some time in January 1782 about the middle of the month, The above are her statements to the best of her recollection.
Eunice Tyler + her mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 31st day of October 1849.
Meshach Strait
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Eunice Tyler and have known her for more that forty years and that her reputation for truth and veracity is good, and to be relied on
Meshach Strait Jus' Pe'
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State of New York,
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Ambrose H. Sheldon, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Meshach Strait before whom the annexed Deposition was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this Sixth day of November 1849
A H Sheldon Clerk
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1604
Eunice Tyler
widow of Ebenezer
N.Y

Wd Tyler
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
On this Seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and Thirty seven personally appeared in open Court before Hon John P Cushman Recorder of Troy & Judge of the Mayor's Court now sitting in the City of Troy County aforesaid Eunice Tyler a resident of the Town of Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 That she is now the widow of Ebenezer Tyler late of Stephentown County of Rensselaer & State of New York deceased That she was married to said Ebenezer Tyler in June 23d 1780 or 1781 in the Town of Situate in the State of Rhode Island that they lived together until the 6th July 1817 when the said Ebenezer Tyler died That her husband Ebenezer Tyler as she has been informed & verily believes was born in Scranton R.I in the year 1757 as near as she can recollect as appears that he was about two years older that this declarant That she has been credibly informed and verily believes her husband the said Ebenezer Tyler served much in the War of the Revolution and at the commencement of said War the said Ebenezer Tyler resided in Situate in the State of Rhode Island that in the year 1775 as near as she can recollect the said Ebenezer Tyler inlisted as she was informed & so believes under Capt Johnson & marched from Situate R.I. to Boston Ms. that he was gone 9 months sent away in the spring of the year also in 1777 or about that year she was informed & so believes that that the said Ebenezer Tyler inlisted again for 9 Months & said to have marched off in the Company of Capt Samuel Wilbour marched from Situate R.I. and was gone at that time 9 months or more also in 1776 the said Tyler inlisted again & marched from Situate R.I. to Trenton N.J. was gone at that time 9 months & returned wounded on the right shoulder it was a sore when he returned about a year after the said Ebenezer Tyler with my self moved from Situate R.I. to Stephentown where she has resided until the present time that in the Spring of 1781 or 1782 that as she was then informed & so has believed the said Ebenezer Tyler inlisted for 9 months under Capt John Fonda & marched on West of Albany in the State of New York & was gone at time 9 months
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That he returned home to Stephentown aforesaid in very cold weather as near as she can recollect in January For eht blanks left in this declaration for the Marriage age death &c to her papers already on file at the War Department at Pension office which contains the facts in this case that there is no evidence of the Marriage in Church or family Record that she know of and cannot find any aditional [sic] testimony to that already sent on touching the Marriage. that she knows of no written documents of papers or any written discharge from said service
That she knows of no other persons except Benoni Whitman that can testify to the service of her said husband Ebenezer
That she knows Nathan Howard & Claudius Moffitt Eber Moffitt Henry Plant Jeremiah Greene Elbrige G. Greene William L Gardner and many other persons residing in her neighbourhood who can testify to her character for truth & veracity & this behalf of said Ebenezer Tyler services as a soldier of the Revolution
She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present & declares that her name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state that she is still unmarried and remains the Widow of the said Ebenezer Tyler deceased

1 That she was born in Situate R.I.

2 Has no record of her age that she knows of

3 that her husband resided in Situate R.I. when first called into the service & as above stated came to Stephentown aforesaid where he resided utill his death & that she the said Eunice has resided for the same length of time at the same places

4 That she cannot tell any more respecting her husbands being called in the service than above stated

5. 6 & 7 as above stated in her declaration

Subscribed & sworn in Open Court the day & year above written
Henry R Bristol Clerk
Eunice Tyler +her mark
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We Nathan Howard & Claudius Moffitt residing in the Town of Stephentown County of Rensselaer & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eunice Tyler who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration that we believe her to be 78 years of age that we believe her statement above to be correct and that she is a person of truth & veracity also that we knew Ebenezer Tyler in his lifetime & that he was reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Nathan Howard
Claudius Moffitt
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Open Court
Henry R Bristol Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the said Ebenezer Tyler was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as stated in the above declaration and the above named applicant is now the widow of said Ebenezer Tyler and a credible person as appears to the Court and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Nathan Howard & Claudius Moffitt who has signed the preceding certificate are residents as in said certificate mentioned and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

City of Troy ss I Henry R Bristol Clerk of the Mayors Court of the City of Troy do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the proceedings had before the said Court in the matter of the above Application. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and & affixed the seal of the said Court this 7th day of September 1837
Henry R Bristol Clerk
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Sate of New York
Rensselaer County ss.
Benoni Whitman of Stephentown aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith that he is 83 years of age that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Tyler late of Stephentown aforesaid deceased that said Tyler was about the same age of this deponent that he knew the said Ebenezer Tyler to have been a Soldier of the Revolution that in the commencement of that War the said Tyler resided in Situate in R.I. a near dweller to this deponent that in the year 1775 as near as he can recollect the said Tyler inlisted [sic] with Captain Johnson & marched from Situate to Boston Massachusetts in the spring of the year for 9 months & was gon [sic] that length of time This deponent had a Brother who is now dead that was with the said Tyler had heard them both say that they were 9 months together saw the said Tyler & his Brother when they marched from Situate. That in 1777 this deponent went as a soldier in the same Regiment under Capt. Saml. Wilbour that he knew the said Tyler then inlisted for 9 months this deponent & said Tyler served the whole of the said 9 months to gether [sic] that they marched from Situate on to Rhode island when they served their time out also in 1776 the said Tyler inlisted again but does not recollect under what officers but does recollect that the said Tyler marched from Situate aforesaid to Trenton N.J. as he was informed & verily believes that on the return of said Tyler from Trenton this deponent met him on the road that the said Tyler then showed this deponent a wound on the right shoulder which was then a sore & which said Tyler informed him he received at the battle of Trenton aforesaid that he served 9 months at this time as he was informed & so then believed and has no doubt of the same now That about a year after this deponent & the said Tyler moved from Situate R.I. to Stephentown first mentioned where he has remained until now that in the spring of 1781 or 1782 the said Tyler inlisted for 9 months under Capt. John Fonda & this deponent inlisted at the same time & served together the 9 months marched from Stephentown to Albany but not in body each soldier took his own march to get to Albany where the company was organized & marched from Albany to the German Flats or Fort Herkimer where they served their times out was out on marches several times had some attacks by the Indians that they returned home to Stephentown recollects it was in the winter & a little past new year day when they got home etc.
Benoni Whitman X his mark
sworn & subscribed before me this 1st day of August 1837
Nathan Howard Com etc

Further this deponent deposeth & saith that he knew that the said Ebenezer Tyler was a pensioner in consequence of the wound he had received at the battle of Trenton and drew a pension for a number of years
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That the year before the said Tylers death in 1817 or 1818 he had made application and obtained a Certificate from the War department for Ninety six Dollars per annum that the said Certificate of 96$ per year whas [sic] handed to Mr Henry Platt & as this deponent was informed was handed by said Platt to a son of the said Ebenezer Tyler who lost the same
Benoni Whitman X his mark
Sworn & subscribed at the same date of the above
Nathan Howard Com. &c
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Benoni Whitman & that he is a credible person and statements above are entitled to credit
Nathan Howard Com &c

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss.
I Henry R Bristol Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Nathan Howard Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of deeds duly appointed & qualified Also that his signature above written is genuine  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County this 7th day of October 1837
Henry R Bristol Clerk

8 mo 1775
9 mos Apr - Oct 1776
7 mos 1782
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Washington D C Nov 26th 1849
Sir
In the matter of the claim of Eunice Tyler the widow of the late Ebenezer Tyler of Stephentown Rensselaer Co NY for a pension under the Act of July 4th 1836, and in which case I am authorized to act as her Solicitor I would respectfully say after duly examining the proof now on file in the Pension Department I have arrived at the conclusion that the above claim (assented in virtue of the revolutionary military services of her late husband who was himself pensioned under two different acts viz First as an invalid by authority of the then Provisional Congress of 1785 for or on account of dissabilities [sic] received whilst in the discharge of his duties as a soldier in said war And secondly was as appears by proof now on file as aforesaid pensioned under the Act of March 1818 And who it appears deceased the following Year) comes strictly within the provisions of the Act of July 4th 1836 and that the same is well supported in evidence and that too to the full amount or length  of service that the law requires to entitle the claimant to the same pay per annum that her husband received whilst in the service and also at the time of his decease

I would therefore on behalf of the above claimant as her solicitor respectfully beg leave to appeal from the decision of the Pension Department
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to the Secretary of the Interior and would say so far as appears by documents now on file (in the absence of the Commissioners Reports) that the points at issue in this case appears to be as pursuant to be alledged [sic] by the Pension Department a deficiency of proof of military service to entitle the claiment [sic] to the full amount claimed. And in answer to which objection would say as appears by the testimony of several respectable witnesses as proven to be and also revolutionary soldiers who served in the same service and under the same requisitions with the said Ebenezer Tyler and that too at different periods of said war. And have since been pensioned themselves for that service. We consider by the evidence of those witnesses as by refference [sic] thereto will more fully appeal That the above claim is well supported But in addition to the parole evidence we have the testimony of Benjamin Cowell of Providence R.I.. who had the records of the service of Colonel Robert Elliots command of a regiment of Artilliary [sic] which was raised in said State in December 1776 for fifteen months and which a regiment was continued in service after the expiration of said term by two subsequent enlistments of 12 months each which brought the time down to March 16th 1780. And he the said Cowell further certifies that he finds borne upon said records the name of Ebenezer Tyler as a private; and further that he finds credited to him for depreciation of his pay the sum of [british pound sign] 18:17:8 This documentary evidence in the absence of parol proof since the identity of the parties is so clearly proven
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would or as we consider aught to be deemed sufficient to establish the claim. And as the marriage as we believe has been clearly and satisfactorily proved to have taken place prior to the last term of her husbands services. We therefore under these considerations respectfully request the claim of Eunice Tyler the widow of Ebenezer Tyler be submmited [sic] to the Hon Thomas H Ewing Secretary of the Interior for his adjudication thereon
I am
Sir
very respectfully
your humble servt
Wm K Hoyt

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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no answer required
certificate = of Eunice Tyler issued this day 12 December [18]49
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New York Dec 18th 1849
Sir
Not having heard from the Pension Department since writing on the 6th Inst and inclosing [sic] there with a affidavit made by Eunice Tyler whose claim for a pension it appears was allowed on the 30th of Nov last under the Act of July 4th 1836 And having waited a sufficient time to have received an answer therefore I again write requesting your advise as to the sufficiency of proof that the above named claimant is still living or whether you have decided the same or not. And as there was an occurence [sic] of the non receipt of testimony of this kind at the Department during the past season; which caused a long delay in the settlement of two claims. We do not wish a similar delay in the case in question if it can be avoided. As we will if necessary procure additional evidence that the claiment [sic] is alive. Will you please wither write me on the subject and inform me whether the testimony is satisfactory or not or send the certificate of settlement at your earlyiest [sic] convenience
I am very respectfully your
humble servant
Wm K Hoyt

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of New York
Rensselaer County
Town of Stephentown
Nathan Howard of the town of Stephentown in the County and state aforesaid being duly Sworn doth depose and say that he is a resident of the town of Stephentown aforesaid and is well acquainted with Eunice Tyler and was well acquainted with her husband Ebenezer Tyler in his life time and have known them for more than thirty years and did assist in making out the papers of Ebenezer Tyler when he obtained his pension and I do hereby further depose and say that she is not living in the town of Stephentown and that he saw her at her own house on this date
Nathan Howard

Sworn and Subscribed before me this 8th day of December 1849
Meshach Strait
Jus Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nathan Howard and that he is a person of good reputation for truth and veracity
Meshach Strait
Jus' peace
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State of New York,
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Ambrose H. Sheldon, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Meshach Strait before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County, this Tenth day of December 1849
A H Sheldon Clerk
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New York Dec 12th 1849
Sir
I here with inclose [sic] to you additional evidence that Mrs Eunice Tyler is alive and respectfully request that you may no longer delay a settlement of this case. As it is now six days since I before wrote sending evidence to the same fact and at the same time requested to be advised immediately if that testimony was not satisfactory
I am
Very Respectfully Your
humble servant
Wm K Hoyt

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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I William Wilkinson of Providence R.I. on oath do Testify and Say, That in the War of the Revolution I served in the Rhode Brigade of the State Troops from July 1777 to March 1780. In 1785 Commissions were appointed by the General Assembly of Rhode Island to ascertain the amount of Depreciation of wages due to the Officers and Soldiers of said Brigade and the Report was duly made. On that Report is the name of Ebvenezer Tyler as a Soldier in Col. Elliotts Regiment of Artillery, with the Sum of 18.[pounds] 17. [shilling] 8 [pence] (Sixty twon 94/100 Dollars) as due to him. From that amount reported, he must have served a full year in said Regiment. I had no personal knowledge of said Tyler.
William Wilkinson
Providence Sept 9 1844

Providence sc. Providence September 9th 1844. Then the above named William Wilkinson a witness to my knowledge entitled to the fullest credit signed and swore to the aforegoing affidavit before me
Charles Holden Jr
Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
I Certify that at the date of his affixed certificate above the said Charles Holden Jr was a Justice of the Peace within the City of Providence duly elected and commissioned as appears of record in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State at the Secretary's office in Providence, the day and year above written.
Henry Bowen
Secry State
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Additional Testimony on the claim of Wd. E. Tyler for a Pension
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss.
Benoni Whitman of Stephentown aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and says in addition to his former deposition (in relation to the services of Ebenezer Tyler a Revolutionary soldier) dated Aug 1. 1837 that in 1776 he cannot recollect any more respecting that tour but in 1777 James Cornwell was the Col. & Samuel Wilbour Capt as he before stated in his former deposition. in 1775 the first tour of his service as was stated in the former deposition the said Tyler inlisted under Capt Edmund Johnson & marched from Situate Ri. to Boston where the said Capt Johnson was appointed Col. under whom he served the 9 months and on the promotion of Johnson to Col. one Greene was appointed Capt. of the same company. That in the year 1782 or the year or fall before the service that was done under Capt John Fonda who was in command & 5 other  Companys that the said Fonda had the command of all of them but dont know that Fonda held any Com. but that of Capt. This deponent further says that he has been acquainted with Eunice Tyler the former wife of Ebenezer Tyler & his Widow now was a near dweller to said Tyler all his life time & also to the said Eunice is now his reputed Widow and that he has no doubt of the same that he is Brother to said Eunice
Benoni Whitman X his mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 7th day of June 1838
Nathan Howard Com. &c

Esther Whitman of Stephentown aforesaid being duly sworn says she is now 70 years of age that in 1782 as near as she can recollect that she was knowing to Ebenezer Tyler going from Stephentown in company with Benoni Whitman into the service of the Revolutionary War that they left Stephentown in the spring of the year April or May that they were gon [sic] until the first week in Jany, thereafter when they returned home she was well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Tyler & that it is reputed & believed that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War of which she has no doubt
Esther Whitman X her mark
Sworn & subscribed before me this 7th day of June 1838
Nathan Howard Com. &c
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I Eber Moffitt residing the the Town of Stephentown County of Rensselaer and State of New York hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Tyler and also with Eunice Tyler Wd. of the said Tyler and that it is reputed & believed in the neighborhood that Ebenezer Tyler was a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion I believe the said Eunice Tyler to be a person of truth & veracity. I am 54 years & have known the said Tyler & Eunice from my boy hood & I know that my Father Hosea Moffitt which Member of Congress was the agent & provided a Pension certificate for said Ebenezer Tyler as an invalide Pension some 25 or 30 years ago and further saith not
Eber Moffitt
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 7th day of June 1838
Nathan Howard Com. &c

I certify that I am well acquainted with the foregoing deponents Eber Moffitt Esther Whitman & Benoni Whitman & full faith & credit is due to their Depositions
Nathan Howard Com. &c
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
Henry Platt of Stephentown aforesaid being duly sworn says he has been acquainted with Ebenezer Tyler deceased that the said Tyler was formerly a Pensioner that in 1813 this deponent then a Power of Attorney executed by the said Ebenezer Tyler for the purpose of drawing his money from the agent for paying pensions in the City of New York that he continued drawing his money semi Annually from 1813 to March 1817 that on the 6th of July 1817 the said Tyler died as this deponent verily believed 
That he is well acquainted with Eunice Tyler former wife & now Widow of the said Ebenezer Tyler and believed her to be 79 years of age & considers her character for Truth & veracity good Has this day seen her Declaration in order to obtain a Pension dated Sept 7th 1837 and believes her to be the same person there described This deponent is 74 years of age has resided in the Town of Stephentown aforesaid 52 years and within a few Miles of the residence of the said Tyler
Henry Platt
sworn & Subscribed before me this 8th day of June 1838
Nathan Howard Com. &c
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Henry Platt & that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to his deposition
Nathan Howard Com. &c

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
I Henry R Bristol clerk of said County do hereby certify that Nathan Howard Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been sworn & by whom the foregoing certificates purports to have been signed was on the respective dates thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized to take said affidavits. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Commissioner and verily believe his several signatures subscribed to said Affidavits and Certificates are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 9th day of June A.D. 1838 Henry R Bristol Clerk
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
On this second day of April A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of Stephentown County of Rensselaer and State of New York Nathan Howard of Stephentown aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on oath depose and say that he is well acquainted with one Eunice Tyler of said Town who has recently been made a pensioner in virtue of the Revolutionary military services of her husband Ebenezer Tyler Deceased and who obtained her pension through the agency of William K Hoyt a councellor at Law of the City of New York as he was informed and verily believes to be true And deponent further saith that the Claim of the said Eunice was put into the hands of the said Hoyt through the influence and advice of he himself as he had been previously acquainted with and had full confidence in the abilities of the said Hoyt to the discharge of the duties of his profession And further saith that the said Claim was put into the hands of the said Hoyt wholly unsought on his part as this deponent had previously been the Attorney and agent in the above case and the Claimant becoming impatient in waiting for her Pension put her business into other hands and several individuals as this deponent was informed had made unsuccessful attempts to procure the allowance of the said pension Claim but lastly it having been put into the hands of the said Hoyt he procured its allowance under the Act of 4th July 1836 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum after this the Certificate was sent to this deponent a power of Attorney given by the pensioner to a disinterested man to draw the money for the Claimant on said Certificate and which as deponent understood & believes was drawn accordingly as the same was paid over to the parties according to the previous understanding & the money was intrusted to the hands of this deponent and by him paid to the said Mrs Tyler to the entire satisfaction and as he was at the time informed to the satisfaction of all parties and that the said Hoyt never saw the said Eunice Tyler or any agent of his to deponents knowledge or belief nor had he any hand or agency in settling the matter
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of her said Pension after the money was drawn deponent further saith that there was one Nial Pease of Lenox Massachusetts. who had had some correspondance in the above matters as he was informed and believes and who and who [sic] had manifested great disatisfaction [sic] because he himself did not succeed in gitting [sic] the money on the above claim into his own hands and in consequence indeavoured [sic] to create dissatisfaction by misrepresentation and insinuation
Nathan Howard
Sworn and Subscribed on the second say of April 1850
Ira Gist
Justice

I do hereby certify that the subscriber to the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity and whose statements are entitled to full confidence and further that he is the Post Master of Stephentown aforesaid and has been and officiated as Magistrate and Post Master for many years last Past and who has always enjoyed the confidence of the People according to the best of my knowledge and belief
Ira Gist
Justice
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State of New York,
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Ambrose H. Sheldon, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Ira Tist before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County, this third day of April 1850
A H Sheldon Clerk
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James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of pensions
Washington D.C.

[illegible writing above the address]
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New York Dec 4th 1849
Sir
On the afternoon of Saturday last the 1st Inst I was informed at the Department of the Interior that they up to that time had not yet received the documents from the Pension Department bearing the claims of Jonathan Owens a suspended pensioner since 1836 and who was pensioned in 1833 under the Act of 1832. Nor that of Eunice Tyler the widow of the late Ebenezer Tyler who asserted her claim for a pension under the Act of July 4th 1836 in virtue of the revolutionary military services of her said husband And both of which claims we had respectively appealed to the Department of the Interior some time previous thereto And had since those appeals were taken called on the commissioner of pensions requesting him no longer to delay transmitting the above claims to the office referred to and had the assurance that such transmission should without delay be attended to and which if it has not already been done we wish to call the attention of the Commissioner of pensions again to the subject of the above appealed cases
I am
Sir respectfully your humble
servant
Wm K Hoyt

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of pensions

Let to W. K. Hoyt 30 Nov 49 in case of Eunice Tyler

Jonathan Owens reported 6 Dec 49 to [illegible] of [illegible]
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N Howard | May 24 '37
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" | Aug 3 -
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Claimant | " 23 -
" | Apr 19 43
G C Waite | Sep 1 -
J Tilley | June 17 44
" | Dec 17 -
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E F Brown | Oct 17 -
N Pease | Aug 6 48
same | Sept 23 46
same | Nov 37 1847
Sus. Act 1836
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Julius Rockwell
[illegible] 11 '48
[illegible] May 8th '48
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Dec 7/49
W W Allison
James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

FREE

[postmark]
NEW YORK
DEC 8
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New York Dec 6th 1849
Sir
In answer to yours of the 30th Ultimo but which is mail marked Washington Dec 4th 1849 In the matters of the claim of Eunice Tyler for a pension under the Act of July 4th 1836 (and which has just come to hand) and on which claim we had a few days previous to the date of yours as above taken an appeal And which on a subsequent examination by the Pension Department as appears has been allowed and a Demand made by the Department for us to prove that the claimant is at this time either alive or dead And if dead for us to prove whether she left any child or children surviving hereof
In answer to which I would say the claimant was on the 3rd of the present month living in the town of Stephentown Rensselaer County New York and I presume she is still living. And for the further satisfaction of the Department I herewith inclose [sic] a declaration duly executed by the above named Eunice Tyler bearing date Oct 31st 1849 And on account of my absence from the City has just come to hand which as will
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more fully appear by refference [sic] thereto bears the dates of the births of the children of the said Ebenezer & Eunice Tyler And if the inclosed [sic] document is not satisfactory evidence that the said claimant is still living by you advising us of the fact. I will cause other evidence to be produced on the receipt of such advise

I am
Sir
Very respectfully your
humble servant
Wm K Hoyt

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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April 13 1846

Add'l by can

Mrs Tyler
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Lenox April 9th 1846
J.L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I sent a certificate of the service of Ebenezer Tyler - of his services performed in Rhode Island and Also the Deposition of the Widow of Benoni Whitman stating what she knew of Ebenezer Tylers services they were all sent in September last I think E.F. Brown presented them I have not heard from them by way of yourself or E.F. Brown. The Widow is very anxious to hear from her claim

Respectfully yours
Nial Pease
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Centre [illegible]
Paid 1[illegible]
April 8
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Washington D.C April 15th 1850
Sir
In reply to that part of yours of the 13th Inst relative to my not providing you according to my promise any explanation to some insinuations purporting to have been (as per letter) made some time since in relation to my having as stated previous used or resorted to improper means in the settlement of a Pension Claim recently allowed Eunice Tyler or Hannah Tyler as the name is called in the letter in question under the Act of 4th July 1836

I wish to know what I am to understand you to say or mean in yours of Saturday the 13th Inst whether I have failed to furnish you any reply to the letter in question purporting to have been dated at Albany on January 24th 1850 or whether the evidence or reply so furnished does not satisfactory. I respectfully request an immediate answer to this note. As I did send you according to my promise a reply to the letter in question of the above date. And that answer too was duly certified by the gentleman who attended to the settlement of the same matters of which it appears I had been complained of for improperly doing

You would favor me with an
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early answer to this as I wish to know whether or not the required evidence and explanation was received at the Pension Department I wish to leave the city today and should be pleased to learn the facts in the case in question before leaving
Very respectfully your
humble servant
Wm K Hoyt

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of pensions
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New York April 6th 1850
Sir
We herewith inclose [sic] to you an affidavit from Nathan Howard Esqr imbracing [sic] his evidence on the subject of a late settlement of the claim of Eunice Tyler of Stephentown Rensselaer County NY And whose testimony I wrote for in March last past whilst I were last in Washington and ingaged [sic] to present the same to the Pension Department as soon as it should be received. But in consequence of sickness as I understand it appears to have been delayed until the present time. The within testimony is produced to shew that I myself had no hand participation or agency in the settlement of a pension claim allowed at Mrs Eunice Tyler in the month of January last past in which it appears by a letter addressed the Pension Department about the time of the settlement of said claim. That I had through myself or agent acted a conspicuous part in broaching the settlement of said claim much to the prejudice of the interests of the Claimant. Though the claimant in the letter in question is called Hannah Tyler the widow of Ebenezer Tyler deceased. But my refference [sic] to my documents I find I have no Hannah Tyler on file and hence conclude the writer must have refference to the said
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Eunice Tyler as he has given her husbands christian name. The name of the town of her residence & the act under which her claim was allowed all correctly And therefore we have good reason to infer he had refference [sic] to this case in which the testimony of Mr Howard sets forth the facts
Sir
On the receipt of the within we respectfully request to be furnished with a duly certified copy of a letter dated at Albany January 24th 1850 with the authors name And which we have not yet been favored with any further than the letter without the author or reputed author And also that the receipt of the within evidence may be duly acknowledged. And thus oblige your very humble servant
Wm K Hoyt

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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April 25th 1848
Niel Pease
8636*43
NY

Apl 25 1848
Heirs of Geo Whitman
and Eunice Tyler

J.L Edwards Esqr
Washington City
D.C.
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Lenox April 12th 1848
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
I have waited a long time for the certificate of the heirs of George Whitman the Declaration was made by John Whitman & it ha been made so long that I begin to think you have actually forgotten it. Mr Whitman is now uneasy & impatient concerning it I wish you would attend to it & forward as soon as convenient, there has been a Man prowling about here for some weeks by the name of John Thayer & sayes he lives at Washington & has been trying to get the Whitman heirs to give their claimants his hand & he tells them that their claim is well proved & Also the Widow Tylers claim is well proved & no attention is paid to it by the Clerks only to get rid of it as long as possible as they are paid on salary and it appears by by [sic]  his conversation that the longer it is continued & the more objections raised the money they get I did not have the pleasure of seeing the gentleman but gather it from the heirs. I am aprised their [sic] is some truth in it
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It appears that Thayer has got the consent of one or two of the heirs living at a distance that he should wish them & Thayer has been and over three or of the Depositions that I sent to you last year & also the family record of the childrens births so that you can readily see that its a sham piece of work I write you at the request of the Whitman heirs as they do not feel satisfied with the gentleman Mr Thayers conduct I wish on immediate attention paid to their case
Respectfully yours
Nial Pease

P.S. I wish the declarations of Ebenezer Tyler & the Widow Eunice Tylers Declaration sent me as soon as convenient I wrote you some days ago respecting them, It appears to me that if you will examine them thougherly [sic] you would send her certificate
Yours &c
N Pease
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Rev Widow, &c.
File No. 15965
Eunice Tyler widow of Ebenezer Tyler
Pri Rev War

Act July 4th 32
Index: Vol. M, Page 388
(Arrangement of 1870)
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Town Clerks Office
Scituate, R.I. September 29 1846
I hereby Certify that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the town of Scituate, Rhode Island; and I further Certify that I have a Book in my possession containing the record of Marriages in said town, and that I have carefully examined the same and am unable to find the marriage of Ebenezer Tyler to Eunice Whitman
J A Harris T. Clerk

Providence ss
Scituate September 29th 1846
Then personally appeared John A Harris and made oath to the above statement to be true and just and is a creditable witness
Before me Fenner Smith Public Notary
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's Office, Providence,
Sept'r 30th A.D. 1846

I Henry Bowen Secretary of said State; Keeper of the Records and the Seal thereof; Do certify, that on the twenty ninth day of September inst. Fenner Smith was a Public Notary within the County of Providence duly elected and commissioned, as appears of record: and as such by law authorized to take Depositions, the Acknowledgment of Deeds and other Instruments, and administer all necessary oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, as Providence, the day and year above written.
Henry Bowen
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Town Clerks Office
Scituate, R.I. September 29 1846
I hereby Certify that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the town of Scituate, Rhode Island; and I further Certify that I have a Book in my possession containing the record of Marriages in said town, and that I have carefully examined the same and am unable to find the marriage of Ebenezer Tyler to Eunice Whitman
J A Harris T. Clerk

Providence ss
Scituate September 29th 1846
Then personally appeared John A Harris and made oath to the above statement to be true and just and is a creditable witness
Before me Fenner Smith Public Notary
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Rensselaer County ss
I Oliver Chapman of Stephentown being duly sworn before Joseph Tayer a Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid & State of New York deposeth and says that I am eighty two years of age and that I have been well acquainted with Ebenezer Tyler & Eunice his widow for the term of fifty six or seven years I recollect the time well for I moved from East hadam [sic] in Connecticut fifty eight years ago last May & came into this town & purchased a farm near by them. I was well acquainted with them from that time untill [sic] the death of the said Ebenezer Tyler, and they raised a large & numerous family of children a they lived together as man & wife and I never heard it disputed or doubted but that they were duly married
Oliver Chapman
Subscribed and Sworn this 30 day of September 1846 before me
Joseph Tayer Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Oliver Chapman & know him to be a person of good moral character & a credible witness
Joseph Tayer Justice Peace
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
I Benjamin Gardner of the Town of Stephentown County aforesaid being duly sworn before Joseph Tayer Esqr a Justice of the peace of the county aforesaid deposed & says that I am seventy three years of age & says that I have been well acquainted with Ebenezer Tyler and Eunice his Wife for the term of sixty years & I further say that I moved from the State of Rhode Island with my father when I was about fourteen years of age which is about sixty years ago and settled within about half a mile of them at which place I have always lived untill [sic] the present time and the said Ebenezer Tyler lived here in said Stephentown at that time & they lived together as man and Wife untill the time of his death and they raised a large & numerous family of children. and I never heard it questioned that they were Lawfully Married and further this deponent saith not
Benjamin Gardner
Subscribed and sworn to this third day of September S.D. 1845 Before me
Joseph Tayer
Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Benjamin Gardner and know him to be a credible witness
Joseph Tayer
Justice Peace
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STATE OF NEW-YORK
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Ambrose H. Sheldon, Clerk of said County, doe hereby Certify, that Joseph Tayer before whom the annexed Affidavit was made and whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said Affidavit is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this fifth day of September 1844
AH. Sheldon Clerk
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I Pardon Burlingame of the Town of Cranston in the County of Providence, ans State of Rhode Island, of lawful age, do depose and say that I was at several diferent [sic] periods a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and on that account I am now a Pensioner of the United States, And I do further depose and say, that both before I was a Soldier in the Revolution and while I was a Soldier in said Revolution I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Tyler (Cornelius Tyler and William Tyler) all Revolutionary soldiers from the Town of Cranston, in the year 1775 I enlisted into ta Regiment Commanded by Colonel Varnun and went to Boston and the said Ebenezer Tyler Enlisted into a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Hitchcock & went to Boston and Staied [sic] at Boston and Cambridge about nine months and then in 1776 Enlisted in the fifteen months service and in 1777 or 1778 was in Colonel Elliots Regiment of Artillery and I think the said Ebenezer was wounded while off in battle and in [illegible] the said Ebenezer moved to Stephentown State of New York as I was informed and his brothers remained and died here
Pardon Burlingame X his mark
Attest
AB Bailey
Peter Harrington
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County of Providence sc In Cranston this 29th day of September A.D. 1847 Then personally appeared Pardon Burlingame Signer to the within instrument and made oath to the truth of the same and is a credable [sic] witness Before me
Ambrose B Bailey
Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence sc
Clerks Office Supreme Court
September 30th AD 1847
I Walter Paine Jr Clerk of said Supreme Court for said county of Providence, do hereby certify that Ambrose B Bailey Esq is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and has acted as such, and that the signature above written purporting to be his is genuine
Sworn under my hand and the seal of said Court the day and year above written
Walter Paine Jr Clerk
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence sc
I Certify that in North Providence on this twenty ninth day of September AD Eighteen hundred & forty seven the within deposition of Fenner Angell of North Providence was taken by me. That said Angell before deposing was duly cautioned & sworn by me to testify to the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth & subscribed said testimony by making his mark in my presence, & that the reason of his making h is mark is that he is blind. That said testimony was taken down by me in his presence & read to him before signing & that he is to the best of my knowledge & belief a credible witness
Wingate Hayes
Justice of the Peace

The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence sc
Clerks Office Supreme Court
September 29th 1847
I Walter Paine Jr Clerk of said Supreme Court of said State for said county of Providence do hereby certify that Wingate Hayes Esqr is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified and has acted as such, and that the signature above written purportin to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court the day and year above written
Walter Paine Jr Clerk
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Lenox Mass
September 2 46
Nial Pease
Pension case of 
Eunice Tyler
P.876
September 14 46
Pens Office
D.C
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Lenox September 9th 1846
W. L. Marcy Esq
Secretary of War
Sir
I wrote a letter to J. L. Edwards Esqr some three or four months ago & received an answer dated August 6, Stating he had received a Power of Attorney from Eunice Tyler of Stephentown New York appointing me her Agent to assist her in getting her Pension, It appears by her statement that some three or four years ago one John Tilly Esq agreed to assist her & finally dropt [sic] her case & left it silent for a year & she notifyed [sic] him that she did not wish his assistance, and it appears that he wrote on to the Pension agent after that & got his objections & the said Tilly has lost them or left them at Albany or some where else he wont tell where at any rate he says he has not got the letter, & Mr Edwards declined giving me the objections in his August Letter & I wish you to get those objections & forward them to me at Lenox Mass I have received several objections to claimants to [sic] numerous to mention at present which it appears to me some for no other reason only to keep Clerks in employment I will state you one or two of them so that you can se [sic] whether I am right or wrong in my opinion. one is person makes a Declaration & swears that a person died at a Certain time & another person
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on his oath says that he was present at the death & funeral & certified by a Justice of the Peace that he is a credible witness, I do not know of any stronger meaning than the above, more in the last they required some town record or Church or Minister or Doctor; I cannot se [sic] why their oath should be any better than any other mans & they request a better reason where a man swears on oath that he has lived a near neighbour fifty four or fifty five years & has been well acquainted with a person, & the Justice certifyes [sic] that he is a credible witness, I am at a loss what better reason a Man can give than the one given that he has lived a near Neighbor that length of time.

I sent the Certificate of the Secretary of the State of Rhode Island of the service of Ebenezer Tyler while in the state of R Island, & a Deposition of the Widow Whitman September 9th 1845, I think that my have been presented by E.F. Brown, of Washington City the said Brown has nothing to do with the Pension as agent. The said Tyler did 9 months service & 2 in the State of New York & Drew an invalid Pension for many years, & under the act of 1818 was admited [sic] on to the list as a regular Pensioner & Died in 1819, & if there any objections to her being aded [sic] on to the Pension list I wish to know what they be if none I wish her Certificate forwarded
Respectfully yours
Nial Pease
Lenox Mass
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PAID 
10

Wm L Marcy Esq
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.
Page 60

Eunice Tyler
Widow of Ebenezer Tyler

Claim sent 4 or 5 years
ago by Howard Tilley

E.F. Brown
Agent
8 Sept 1845
Page 61

I Esther Whitman of the Town of Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer & State of New York Widow of the age of seventy eight years, on oath depose & say that I was well acquainted with Ebenezer Tyler before the close of the Revolutionary war and up to his death & he was in the habit of calling on us frequently have heard him tell over his war stories & have also heard him tell of being out in the commencement of the war at Boston also heard him tell of being in Col Elliotts Regiment of Artilery [sic] was out in Pennsylvania & New Jersey & have often heard him tell of being in the battle of Red bank & was wounded in said battle this was while the said Ebenezer Tyler lived in Rhode island in the fore part of March A.D. 1781. the said Ebenezer Tyler moved to Stephentown Rensselaer County & State of New York in about the first April following he with my husbands father with many others went to Rome or Fort Herkimer and she thinks the Col or Generals name was Herkimer and he did not return untill [sic] the second week of January following & was absent nine months or more
Esther Whitman + her mark
in presence of
Joseph Tayer
[illegible] to the west Capt [illegible]
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Rensselaer County ss
Subscribed and Sworn this 23rd day of July A.D. 1845 before me and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Esther Whitman and know her to be a person of good moral character and a credible witness
Joseph Tayer
Justice of Peace

Dated Stephentown
July 25th 1845
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Ambrose H. Sheldon, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Joseph Tayer before whom the annexed Deposition was made and whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said, Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said Deposition is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this thirty first day of July 1845
A H Sheldon Clerk.
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State of Rhode Island &c
I Benjamin Cowell of the City of Providence in said State do certify that I have in m possession a Roll of those officers & soldiers who belonged to Col Robert Elliotts Regiment of Artillery and allowed depreciation of pay according to a Report a Committee of the Legislature of said State made at the October Session thereof AD 1785 And I further certify that on said Roll is borne the name of "Ebenezer Tyler" as a private & the sum of [British pound sign] 18.17.8 allowed him as depreciation on his pay. Said Regiment was raised in December 1776 for fifteen months & was continued in service by the subsequent enlistments of twelve months each until March 16 1786 as the acts of said Legislature do shew
Providence August 18 , 1845
Benja Cowell

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence sc. In Providence, on this Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1845, personally appeared the above named Benjamin Cowell, subscriber to the aforegoing, and made oath of the truth of the same and I do certify that said Cowell is a credible witness. Before me,
Gamaliel L Dwight,
Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence sc.
I, Albert G Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Gamaliel L. Dwight, who has signed the within Certificate, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said City of Providence, duly elected.
In attestation whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1845
Albert G Greene,
Clerk
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Atephentown N.Y.
Aug 6
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Free
Aug't 9
Eunice Tyler,  [illegible]
N.Y.
Page 67

Stephentown Aug 5 1839
Hon J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
Eunice Tyler W'd of Ebenezer Tyler of this Town has made application for a pension on act of her husbands services which met with several objections, which is proof from Ri of some of the old inhabitants & for documentary evidence &c. 

I have sent on for the evidence required & cannot prove any W'd Tyler now wishes you to grant her a pension on her husband's being an invalid pensioner & drew 48 per annum as will appear by the records of the War Department if not it has been proved by evidence now in the department that he was a pensioner for several years previous to his Death

Will you sir be so kind as to examine the case & if she has sufficient proof made to grant her a Certificate as an invalid W'd pensioner if not say what other Testimony is required
Yours Respectfully
Nathan Howard
Page 68

on roll of Elliott Regt in this office as within
Pen office
Nov 30 '49
Page 69

State of Rhode Island &c
I Benjamin Cowell of the City & County of Providence in said State do on oath certify that I have in my possession a list of the names of the officers and soldiers entitled to & allowed depreciation of pay which belonged to a regiment of Artillery of Rhode Island troops Commanded by Col Robert Elliott during the war of the Revolution as reported by a Committee of the Legislature of Rhode Island And I further certify that on said List or Roll is borne the name of "Ebenezer Tyler" as a private ad the sum of [British pound sign] 18 17 8 was found due him as appears by said Roll
Providence Jany 3d 1844
Benja Cowell

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations
On the third day of January A.D. 1844 personally appeared Benjamin Cowell, subscriber to the aforegoing deposition, and made oath of the truth of the same, and I do certify that said Cowell is a credible witness.
Before me
Gamaliel L Dwight
Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence sc
I Albert G Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Gamaliel L Dwight, who has signed the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said City of Providence, duly elected

In attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court this third day of January A.D. 1844
Albert G Green, Clerk
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Sept 15 1845
Ada'ter case
Eunice Tyler
The Commissioner of Pensions
Claim of Eunice Tyler
Page 72

[[letterhead]] Claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands, Contracts, &c Presented
EDMUND F. BROWN, NOTARY PUBLIC,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, &C FOR STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND
Public, Private,k and Confidential Gent
for settling Business of every description, with Congress, the Officers of the different Departments, Companies, and Individuals. Attention prompt.  Charges reasonable. Letters must be Postage Paid.
Penn. Avenue, near 13th st.
WASHINGTON CITY
T. Barnard, Printer
NOTARIAL and oyher Official Certificates prepared. Acknowledgements Taken, &c.
[[end letterhead]]

United States Agency and Notarial Office,
Washington City, 8, Sept. 1845

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm'r of Pensions
Sir, Herewith I enclose additional evidence in the case of Eunice Tyler, Widow of Ebenezer Tyler, an old applicant.

Also a letter from Nial Pease Esq. of Lenox, Mass to me, on the subject.

Please inform me what more is necessary to be done in this case.
Very Respy
Yr. Obt. St.
Edm. F. Brown
Page 73

This certifies that Ruben Delano Sup'd of a Class in Col Beckmans Regiment of Militia has this day delivered and mustered before me an able bodied man namely Ebenezer Tyler duly enlisted to serve for said class in the New York state serves till the first day of January next unless sooner discharged,
Albany 21st May 1782.
Peter B Tearce Capt. M. Mr.

We the subscribers belonging to the class of Ruben Delano of Steventown in Col Beckmans Regt of Militia being the Majority of said Class do hereby grant and transfer to Samuel Shaw his heirs and assigns all our right and title to the annexed certificate and to the gratuity or bounties of Two hundred acres of Land to which we are entitled by virtue of an Act entitled an act for raising Troops to complete the Line of this State in the service of the United States and the two Regts, raised on bounties of unapropriated [sic] Lands and for the further defence [sic] of the Frontieres [sic] of this State passed 23 of March 1782, as witness our hands and seals this 21 day of May 1782
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of us
Caleb Bentley
Ruben Delano
John Hands
Rowland Stafford
Palmer Tanner
Joshua Gardner
William Greenman
Nathan Brookwage
John Howard
Page 74

Comptrollers Office
Albany 23d Dec 1847
I certify that the preceeding [sic] is a true copy of a Revolutionary Document now remaining in this office
Philip Phelps
Dep Comptroller
Page 75

Ebenezer Tyler
75 | 9 mo | Capt Johnson | R. Id service
77 | 9 [mo] | Capt Wilbour | R. Id Service
76 | 9 [mo] | [blank] | R Id Service
81 or 2 | 9 [mo] | Capt Fonda | N. York
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Free
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Stephentown N.Y.
May 16

Wm Tler
In- ab. May 21
NY
Page 77

Stephentown May 16 1838
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir some two or three months ago I sent to the department the Declaration &c of Eunice Tyler Widow of Ebenezer Tyler of this Town Deceased who was in his life time a Pensioner I have not yet rec'd any answer to those papers Widow Tyler has often called on me to know whether or not she can have a Pension I have not a doubt of the Justness of her claim. And in her behalf want to say that she is very poor hast owing to good health notwithstanding her age she has maintained her self by hard labour as yet has no connexion who are able to help her I hop her case may shortly looked into soon that the old lady may know the best & worst of her claim
Yours very Respectfully
Nathan Howard
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House of Reps. Dec 30 1847
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir Enclosed is a paper, relative to the case of Widow Tyler, widow of Ebenezer Tyler, late of Stephentown N.Y. which I was requested by one of my constituents to forward to you
Very Respectfully
Your obedient servt
Julius Rockwell
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Grafton
17 Feby 1844
Hon: Sir,
Your letters in the case of Mrs Eunice Tyler have been handed to me. By reference to the one bearing date the 3rd Aug: 1838 to Nathan Howard Esqr it is expedient to furnish your department with proof from the archives of the State of Rhode Island & in compliance therewith I beg to submit to your consideration the enclosed certificate of Benjamin Cowell. At your convenience your answer to me will be esteemed.
I have the honor to remain
yours most respectfully
John TIlley

Hon: J.L. Edwards
Page 80

Grafton
2 Octr 1844

Hon: Sir,
The enclosed affidavit is the production of a person whose position in society entitles him to credit as far as I can learn. From all the information attainable on this case by me it is almost impossible to acquire further evidence of the service of Ebenezer Tyler as I can find no other records in the State of Rhode Island on this case
I have the honor to be
your's most respectfully
John Tilley

Hon J. L. Edwards
Page 81

Sep 26/49
Meshach Strait
Sept 15/49
In behalf of Eunice Tyler widow of Ebenezer Tyler dec'd claiming penison for his services in the Revolutionary War

W Ames
answer immediately

Commr of Pensions
please anser
Dept of the Interior
Sept 24 / '49

William L. Marcy
Secretary of War
Washington

To September
[illegible]
Sept 18th
Page 82

Stephentown Sep 15 1849
Dear Sir
At the request of Eunice Tyler the Widow of Ebenezer Tyler deceased I am requested to write in relation to her claim for a pension her husband Ebenezer Tyler was a soldier in the revolution and obtained a pension in his life time for wound received in that war her husband has been dead for many years and there has been much pains taken to obtain her pension she he has no means of support and is old and unable to work & destitute and needy and she says if she is intitle [sic] to any thing she now stands much in need of it. and if the matter is much longer delayed it will be of no use to her for she will soon be in her grave. If it should be little or much it would be very acceptable
Yours respectfully
Meshach Strait
for E Tyler

Wm L Marcy
Sec of War
Page 83

Dec 13 '50
H H Sylvester
Triplett Washington
Dec'd of Children of Mary Hunt
widow of Wm
act 31 - 4621
Eunice Tyler
N N at 36
W 4914

Hon J E Heath
Comr Pensions
Page 84

Act 6 July 1836
Page 85

Eunice Tyler
Widow of Ebenezer Tyler
Additional evidence

E.F. Brown
Agent
8 Sept 1845
Page 86

Lenox Sept 3d 1845
E.F. Brown Esqr
Sir
I send you a Certificate of Benjamin Cowell Esq of Providence R. Island of the service of Ebenezer Tyler. She wrote her declaration I think some four or five years ago a Mr Howard worked it over a spell and then got one John Tilley to undertake it & they all back out on account of it costing something to get a Certificate & the Widow Eunice Tyler has been trying to get me to assist her this 18 months past & I have finally concluded to assist her you will examine the old Declaration & if she needs a new one I will make it out she is in a great strait to get her money & she ought to have had years ago she wishes it attended to as soon as possible
Respectfully yours
Nial Pease
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[POST MAKR]
LENOX MASS.
SEP 3

PAID
PAID
20

E.F. Brown Esq
Pension Agent
Washington City
D.C.
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PAID 10
Mar 18 1846
Power of Atty
Eunice Tyler

J L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Lenox June 15 1846
J L Edwards Esq
Sir
I forwarded some proof of the services of Ebenezer Tyler for his Widow Eunice Tyler it was sent to E.F Brown Esq Sept last & I have not received any answer except from E F Brown dated June 10th 1846 & that letter gives reference to a letter sent from the department to John Tilley Esq of Grafton what that letter contains I can not ascertain nor can the Widow, if there is any objection I wish you to sen it to me as the widow insists upon my assisting her about the Pension. I declined on account of others being engaged in it I was at her house the other day and I told her if she wished my assistance she must have it reduced to writing and she wished it so to be and gave it her mark as her signature which I enclose to you

Respectfully yours
Nial Pease
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington D.C.
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Stephentown Nov 22 1837

Hon J.L. Edwards
Sir
I herewith send additional papers on the claim of Mrs Eunice Tyler of this Town in order to obtain a pension
Your obt servt
Nathan Howard
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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Lenox Octr 25 1847
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
I send you the papers or several Depositions in the case of Eunice Tyler I also sent a Certificate of his services from the Secretary of the State of Rhode Island. That Certificate was sent to Edmond F Brown & he wrote me that he had handed it to the Commissioner of Pensions in May 1846 The Widow says she was married in June 1780 or 81. She thinks in 81 & in 81 She moved to Stephentown and in April 82 or April 83 she says her husband Ebenezer Tyler enlisted for 8 or 9 months he left home the first of April & went to Fort Herkimer & she received letters from him while absent & one thing makes it more particular clear to her recollection is that he wrote to her that he should be at home at New Years & a large collection gathered at her home & were disappointed as he did not get home till some days after. The Comptroller at Albany writes me that he cannot find that service & he thinks it must have been in 83 & that record is lost but there is proof of such service on the acts of the Legislaturer Shaw but the rolls are lost. I wish you to examine her case
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Closely & carefully & se [sic] if there is not proof sufficient to allow her under the act of 36. it appears that from the deposition of Benoni Whitman & George & her Declaration & other corroborating testimony of others in other cases that their was such service rendered in 82. & if you are not satisfied with it then send her under the Act of 1838 she is poor enough & an object of pity. & every living Person that can know her or her Husband Ebenezer are of decided oppinion [sic] that she ought to have her Pension. I wish the whole testimony examined & do the best you can by her
Respectfully yours
Nial Pease
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Stephentown N.Y
Feb 15 1837 
Free
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington 
D.C

No. 1604

20 Feb Tyler
Nathan Howard
Case Eunice Tyler
Act 4 July 36
Luce
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Stephentown Feb 1th 1837

Dear Sir
Inclosed [sic] is the claim of Eunice Tyler for the pension which was due her by act of Congress on act. of her husbands services which are on record at your department
Your obt Servt
Nathan Howard

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions &c
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Comptroller's Office
Albany November 3d 1849
Sir
I am in the receipt of a letter from Mr Niel Pease, of Lennox Mass requesting the Comptroller to make a thorough and extra search for services of Ebenezer Tyler.

Among that portion of the books and papers which I have lately collected and arranged, I find that a person named Ebenezer Tyler was invalided in 1777, and continued an invalid up to 1789, as will appear by the certificate enclosed. The books and papers referred to as having been lately collected were discovered in one of the store rooms of this office, among papers relating to taxes and quit rents from 1750 to 1790
Very Respectfully
John Hancock 
Clk

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
P.S. Mr Pease states that you say there are vouchers in this office which show that Ebenezer Tyler performed nine months service in 1782: Also that Geo Marcy "says his service is most certainly in that (this) office".
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"By the Honorable Philip Schuyler and Abraham Ten Broeck, Esqrs. Commissioners for Invalids

We do certify that in pursuance of the law of the state of New York entitled and act making provision for officers and soldiers and seamen who have been disabled in the service of the United States. We have examined the case of Ebenezer Tyler, of Stephentown in the County of Albany, farmer, and find that at a certain period of the late war, to wit, on the second day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, he was a private in a company commanded by Jeremiah Olney, Capt, in Colo Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment for the state of Rhode Island. That while in the service aforesaid and in the Company and Regiment aforesaid, in the year aforesaid, at or near Trenton in New Jersey he received a wound in his right shoulder from the enemy, by reason whereof the said Ebenezer Tyler contracted a sickness, ulcers, and swelling in his right side hear his breast. That hew as discharged the service as unfit for duty, in October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven. That by reason of the wound, ulcers and swelling in his breast, the said Ebenezer Tyler hath been hither to and yet is wholly incapable of obtaining his livlihood [sic] by any kind of labor: that he is nearly thirty four years of age. Therefore in pursuance of the law aforesaid, we do further certify that upon the principles of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1785, the said Ebenezer Tyler is entitled to receive an annual pension of forty eight dollars, to commence on the second day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, if not before paid
Given under our hands this 21st day of October 1789
Abm Ten Broeck
Phl Schuyler

We do certify that the with named Ebenezer Tyler, applied for relief in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Eight, but that no examination was had as no Board of Commissioners could then be formed, occasioned by the absence of two of the members and that no opportunity has afforded since in which to examine the said Ebenezer Tyler and his documents until this day.
Albany 21st day of October 1789
Abm Ten Broeck
Phl Schuyler

Ebenezer Tyler came before me Mathew Adgate, one of the Justices of the County of Columbia in the state of New York and made oath that he was examined by the Honorable Philip Schuyler and Abraham
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Ten Broeck, Esquires, appointed by the said state, for that purpose, and obtained a certificate setting forth that he had served in Capt Jeremiah Olney Company, in the Regiment commanded by Daniel Hitchcock, Esq; that he was disabled by a wound in his right shoulder, and that he is entitled to a annual pension of Forty Eight dollars, and that he now lives in Stephentown in the County of Albany and State of New York
Ebenezer Tyler X his mark

Sworn before me this 30th December 1789
Mat Adgate Just Peace

Ebenezer Tyler from 1st Jany 1782 to Jany 1789 is 84 months at 32/per mo
£134.98.80
Audited 1st April 1790

Comptroller's Office
Albany November 5 1849
I do hereby certify the preceeding [sic] to be a true copy of an entry in Book E. (page 12), of Invalid pensioners
W Hunt 
Comp
Examined John Hancock
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(Copy)

Stephentown January 31st 1850

Dear Sir,
I understand that Eunice Tyler the widow of Ebenezer Tyler has obtained a Certificate for a pension from the Office by William K Hoyt as her Atty. I was called upon on the Evening of the 19th of December last by Nathan Howard, Esq of Stephentown with a person I did not know, with printed blanks for Eunice Tyler to authorize a person I did not know to acknowledge a power of Attorney to draw the back pay if the pension should be obtained. Howard stated it would uncertain whether she got all the back pay the time had been so long but he said he had $100 to let her have and she should give up the back pay and she should have it whether she obtained anything or not and if she did obtain her pension she was to have what was to become due thereafter. I understood afterwards the man with Howard was Archibald Hoyt, brother of William K Hoyt, and that the person who drawed [sic] the back pay, 1480 dollars was Lyman F Bowe, a man said not to be not worth ten dollars. I heard him say he drew the money from the Pension Office at Albany and let William K Hoyt have the money and they gave him one dollar for his trouble, and let one of the Hoyt's Dexter or William have the Certificate
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Eunice Tyler is upwards of 90 years old and has never had or seen her Certificate. Mr. Pease had been employed by her to look up evidence to obtain her pension and he will write you on the subject. The friends of Mrs Tyler has gone before the grand Jury, but it is not known yet whether a bill is found. please to write me what course she must pursue in order to obtain her right and you will much oblige her.
Yours Respectfully
Meshach Strait

Ebenezer Tyler
[illegible] 160 - 120
1850 or 55
# Wid
15.965

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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Ebenezer Tyler lived at Stephentown enlisted 81 or 2 under Capt Fonda & served 9 months west of Albany

Capt Abraham Fonda had the command of a company of Service in 1781 (in period about 8 months) - He was the only Capt of the name in the Service = The name of Ebenezer Tyler is not on the rolls of his company
VL
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H H Sylvester
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State of New York,
County of Rensselaer ss.
On this twenty third day of November A. D. 1850, before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Eunice Tyler of Stephentown in said County who being duly sworn according to law, doth, upon her oath, make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the full benefit of the Act of Congress of 29th July, 1848, and the Joint Resolution of the 1st of July, 1848, to wit:
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Tyler late of said town, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of ninety-six dollars per annum: That since the decease of her said husband, she has been place upon the pension roll at the rate of sixty dollars [no] cents, per annum, and is now in the receipt of said pension. And she further states that she has been advised that by virtue of said Act of 29th July, 1848, and said Joint Resolution of 1st July, 1848, she is entitled to receive the same rate of pension that her said husband received in his lifetime.

She therefore herewith returns the Certificate she now holds, and prays that a new Certificate may be issued to her for such increase of pension as she may be entitled to by law. And she hereby appoints H H Sylvester her agent to prosecute said claim.
Eunice Tyler X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me,
Meshach Strait Justice of the Peace
Elvira Holden

I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me and the reason why she makes her mark instead of writing her name is because she never learned to write
Meshach Strait Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK,
County of Rensselaer ss.
I, Ambrose H Sheldon Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Meshach Strait Esq was, on the day of the date of the above instrument, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal, at [illegible] Rensselaer Co this Twenty ninth day of November A. D. 1850
A H Sheldon Clerk of Rensselaer County
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Know all men by these Presents that I Eunice Tyler the widow of Ebenezer Tyler deceased of the town of Stephentown in the Count of Rensselaer and State of New York who is entitled to a pension in consequence of services in the revolutionary war of the United States with England who was wounded and disabled in said service and Who received a pension there for for military services to the time of his death for divers good cause & considerations have made constituted and appointed & by these presents do make constitute and appoint William K Hoyt of the City County and State of New York my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to ask and receive from the Secretary of War or such other offices as shall be appointed for that purpose such certificate or sum or sums of money as are due or receiving unto me for my pension that I may receive in consequence of the service and wounds received by my late husband in said service of the United States by the Laws of the United States with power [illegible] one or more Attornies Under him to make and Substitute and to do all lawful acts requested for affecting the premises hereby notifying and confirming all my Attorney or Attorneys Substitute or Substitutes shall do therein by virtue hereof hereby revoking all power and authority heretofore given to any person or persons to demand and receive the same Witness my hand and seal this 8th day of December 1849
Eunice Tyler X her mark

Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
Nathan Howard
Dexter B. Hoyt
The word war written on Execute. the word for military service underlined also the word certificate & or underlined before Execution
Meshach Strait Jus Peace

State of New York
Rensselaer COunty
Town of Stephentown
On the 8th day of Dec AD 1849 personally appeared before me Meshach Strait a Justice of the Peace of the town of Stephentown County and State aforesaid and acknowledged that she had executed the above power of Attorney for the use and purposes thereon mentioned as her act and deed
Meshach Strait Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, ss. I, Ambrose H Sheldon, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do hereby certify that Meshach Strait whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed Instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace, of the County of Rensselaer, dwelling in said county; duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument, is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 10th day of December A.D. 1849
A H Sheldon Clerk
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Stephentown June 8 1846
Mr Edwards Esq
Sir
I hereby request that you send my certificate to Nial Pease of Lenox Berkshire County Massachusetts as the said Pease is my agent to do my business at this time respecting all Pensions, John Tilly of Grafton did undertake to get my Pension but neglected it and I gave him notice two years ago last March that I did not wish his assistance & I gave him that notice in writing & no other person has any right to assist or interceed [sic] for me but the said Nial Pease unless by his request
Witness my hand this Eighth day of June one thousand Eight hundred and forty Six
Eunice Tyler + her mark

Signed in my Presence
Spencer Whitman
Lighty Whitman
Maria Holden
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South Nassau 8 Apl 1843
Eunice Tyler
For a pension
7 82
17 April 1843
Pension Office
FREE
Eunice Tyler
NY
To Honourable  [sic]
John C Spencer
Secretary of War
of the United States
Washington, the Capitol
of U.S.

East Nassau NY
Apr 11

[note struck thru and illegible]

Referred to the War Department
[illegible] Aprl 17/43
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To Honorable
John C Spencer Secretary of War
Dear Sir
I take liberty to write in relation to a pension which I am informed that I am entitled to by Law for or on account of The service of my late husband Ebenezer Tyler who was a revolutionary Soldier in the revolution. I have made application several year ago, and the papers that was in the hands of my agents. I cannot obtain whether they are filed in your office. I know not. If you would be so kind as to inform me whether they are and what now would be necessary to substantiate my claim or whether a pension has been granted to me you would much oblige one who is poor and destitute of the means of support
Yours with Respect
Eunice Tyler
April 8th 1843
AB Please to Direct
Post office South Nassau
Rensselaer Co N.Y.
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East Nassau NY
Augt 20th
Free
J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
CIty of Washington

Eunice Tyler
N.Y [illegible] 36
Suspd

Arrd Aug 23 1839
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Stephentown August 16th 1839
Dear Sir
I am informed by my agent that I am intitled [sic] to a pension as being the widow of Ebenezer Tyler of the town of Stephentown deceased who was a soldier in the revolutionary War and was entitled to a pension of forty eight dollars yearly for wounds received in said war. I have made application by my agent about two years ago last March and my situation is in indigent circumstances and if it should ever be any advantage to me It must be soon. I would wish to be informed if a certificate has ever been made out for me or any money drawn on my account or what further proof is required to entitle me to a pension. I have had suspicion that my agent was not conducting the business fairly but I would not accuse any person wrongfully And if you would direct me a line to that effect It would remove all suspicion I have entertained and you will oblige yours
Eunice Tyler +her mark

J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions

NB Please to direct my a letter as soon as convenient to East Nassau Post Office Rensselaer COunty & State of New York
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V1604
Eunice Tyler
widow of Ebenezer
N.Y.

Claim of Wd Eunice Tyler
for Pension

1604
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
On the 4th day of February 1837 Eunice Tyler of Stephentown aforesaid was duly sworn in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress
says she was the wife of Ebenezer Tyler of Stephentown aforesaid deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner. That she was Married to said Tyler in 1779 or 1780 cannot be positive which year married in the Town of Situate in the State of Rhode Island by one Esqr Angel of the same place. that her husband Ebenezer Tyler died at Stephentown aforesaid on the 6th day of July 1818 that she is now the widow of the said Ebenezer Tyler deceased
Eunice Tyler +her mark
Sworn & subscribed before me the 4th day of February 1837
Nathan Howard Commissioner etc

Benoni Whitman being duly sworn says he is well acquainted with the above named Eunice Tyler that she was the wife & now the widow of Ebenezer Tyler deceased knows that she was the wife of said Tyler in the time of the revolutionary war that deponent was out in the service of said war with said Tyler that left the said Eeuice at Stephentown during one or 2 campaigns lived at that time within 1/2 mile of said Eunice & from that time to the present day the same distance saw her make her signature above & knows her to be the identical person there described and that her statement is correct deponent is Brother to said Eunice 
Benoni Whitman X his mark
Sworn an Subscribed before me the 4 day of February 1837
Nathan Howard Com. Etc

George Whitman being duly sworn says the above named Eunice Tyler is his sister that she was married to Ebenezer Tyler at Situate in the state of Rhode Island by Esqr Angel in the spring of 1779 that he was present at the wedding & saw them married by the said Esqr Angel at the dwilling [sic] house of the said Esqr Angel that the said Eunice with her said husband moved to the Town of Stephentown aforesaid where they have lived neighbours [sic] until the present time or the said Tyler until his death which was on the 6th July 1818 that the said Eunice is now his widow & a near dweller to this deponent knows the said Tyler to have been a soldier of the Revolution & previous to his death a Pensioner
George Whitman X his mark
Sworn & subscribed before me the 10th day of February 1832
Nathan Howard Com. &c
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I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Eunice Tyler Benoni Whitman & George Whitman & that they are persons of credibility & in this case are intitled [sic] to full faith & credit is & ought to be given to their deposition from the fact that I have been well acquainted with all of them for more than 40 years which time I have resided within 4 miles of them & knew the said Ebenezer Tyler from the same time up to his death previous to which I had taken his deposition several times to draw his Pension in the capacity of Justice of the Peace
dated Feb 10 1837
Nathan Howard Com &c

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
I Henry R Bristol Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Nathan Howard Esq before whom the above affidavits purports to have been sworn and by whom the above Certificate purports to have been signed was on the days of the dates thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Commissioner and verily believe his signatures above subscribed to be genuine
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 14th day of February A.D. 1837
Henry R Bristol Clerk