Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4848, William Webster, Conn.
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(3─1776)
SERVICE
Conn

CONTENTS
Webster, William
Anna

NUMBER
W. 4848
B.L. Wt. 31.773.-160-55_

CONTENTS
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5135
Pennsylvania
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Anna Webster
widow of William Webster
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
43 Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of Oct'r 1849.
and sent to
L.M. Drury
Canandaigua
New York
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 289 Vol. 2

[right side, on edge]
177673

Reported
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Vol W 1=94

177, 673, act 3 March
25. June 55

Anna Webster wid of
William Webster
Pri.

Capt. John Treadway
Col
Ct. mil [Connecticut Militia]
Ent [Entered] ___________
Dis [Discharged] __________
-
Revolutionary Pensioner
Rev: War
Annual pension $43.
No of Certificate 3135

Penn Feb 48-5135
Ad: 160 Acr [Acres] from 26th 1856

[signature] Boynton

A. W. Blaine
North East
Erie Co. Pa
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[LEFT SIDE:]

[?]384
14113
New York
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William Webster
Chautauqua in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Carpenter of the Regt commanded
by Col Jones in the Ct Ma [Connecticut Militia]
line for 13 months
9
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May
1833 and Sent to 
Brown & Tew, Jamestown
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $86.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 $21.66
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$108.32
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.  }

Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk,
Book. C Vol. 4  Page 36

[RIGHT SIDE:]
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 7th April 1838
from 4th Sept 1838 to 4 March 
1839. Agent notified 1 May 1840.
 ----
Let to Benjamin Dole
Nov. 28, 1840. 
Let to Pen [Pension] Agent
Nov. 28: 1840
Let to Benjamin
Dole, March 16, 1841
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William Webster
14384
Allowed

Passed
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State of New York
Chautauque County ⎬ ss

On this twelfth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County now sitting, William Webster a resident of Ellicott in the County of Chautauqua and State aforesaid aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered
the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the month of September 1776 he was drafted, that he then lived in Lebanon in the State of Connecticut, that his Captains name was Ephraim Carpenter, Lieut's name Daniel Clark, Ensign Simon Abel, Col's name was _____ Hosford [Horsford], that the Majors name was Mason, that he marched from Lebanon to New Haven, thence to Rye, then to Frogs point near New York, that the main Army marched to White plains, that Hosford's [Horsford's] Regiment retreated back to Rye & from thence to the Saw pits near Byram River, that there was a skirmish at the saw pits, wherein this deponent took a part, between a few of the British and a party of Tories and the American militia, that some of the British & Tories were killed and a number wounded, that immediately after the skirmish Gen. Parsons came on with a Brigade and dispersed the enemy - that this deponent & the Regiment to which he belonged  remained at the saw pits for a few weeks, that the Regiment was then discharged, that this deponent got home to Lebanon in the month of November and

[Notation: Lt. Col. Obadiah Horsford is the possible Colonel referred to above.]
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that he served just two months in this expedition.
That in the month of April or May 1777 there was an alarm and this deponent was drafted, that he marched from Lebanon aforesaid to New London, a distance of about 25 miles, that he did duty in Fort Trumbull as a soldier for two months and then was discharged, that during this tour his Capt's name was John Skinner, Lieut's name he does not recollect nor does he recollect the Ensigns, the Col's name was Samuel Chapman, he does not recollect the Majors names. 
That in the summer of the same year and he thinking in June another alarm was made and this deponent marched, being drafted from Lebanon aforesaid to Groton and that he staid at Groton in Fort Griswold for two months, that while there he frequently saw the British fleet and at one time three ships came and lay at anchor for about one week - his Captains name was Buel, Lieut Clark - Ensign - Abel. The Colonels name was Jones - Majors names are not recollected.
That in Sept. 1777 he was drafted again to go to the north, that he marched under Capt. John Skinner, his Lieut. name he does not recollect his ensigns name was - Abel - Col. name Robert Lattimore, Major Abbott- that he marched to the taking of Burgoyne, that he was there at the surrender of Burgoyne, that soon after his surrender he was discharged, that he served two months in this expedition--
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That in March 1778 there was another alarm and this deponent again marched to New London and staid two months in the fort there, ["that he then marched from Lebanon
to New London - a distance of about 25 miles" lined thru], that his Captains name was Daniel Clark, Lieut's name he does not recollect, his ensign was Malachi Thomas;
the Colonels name was Mason, the other field officers he does not recollect.
That in Sept. 1778 there was another alarm and this deponent marched from Lebanon aforesaid to Fort Griswold at Groton and served two months under the command of Azariah Right [Wright], Lieut's name Joseph Wartrous, Ensign is not recollected, Colonel Eliphalet Buckley.
That in ["October or" lined thru] November of 1778 this deponent under the command of Sergeant Clark, with four others, at the particular request of Governor Trumbull who was then Governor of Connecticut and who resided at Lebanon aforesaid, went to Stamford & Fairfield in pursuit of Tories, who were supplying the British with provisions on Long Island, that they took three of them and brot [brought] them to Lebanon and that they remained as prisoners for a number of months, that he marched more than one hundred miles in this expedition and was gone from home one month.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service-
He hereby relinquishes every claim what -
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ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension ["List" lined thru] Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
[signature] James B. Lowry, Clerk [signature] William Webster

The following answers were given to the interrogatories propounded by the Court-
1. He says he was born at Lebanon, Conn. 19 of August 1758 -
2. He says he believes there is a record of his age at the town Clerks office in Lebanon aforesaid.
3. He says he was living at Lebanon aforesaid when he was called into service,  that about six years after the close of the war he moved to Canaan, New Hampshire, where he resided for about six years, then he went to Hartland, Vermont & staid there until he came to North East in the State of Pennsylvania, resided there 4 years thence to Ellicott, Chautauqua - Co. - N. Y. where he now resides and has resided for ["four years" lined thru] six months.
4. He says he was drafted generally, & that he never served as a substitute.
5. He says at the taking of Burgoyne he recollects that General Gates, General Arnold, General Poor were there, that General Poor commanded the Brigade this deponent belonged to.
6. He says he never received any discharge.
7. He says he has been acquainted
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with David Akin of Ellicott for about fifteen years, that he has been acquainted  with Elder Spencer for about two years and with Rufus Tifft about four years.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. [signature] William Webster
[signature] James B. Lowry, Clerk

We David Akin residing in the town of Ellicott in the County of Chautauqua and Rufus Tifft of North East, St. [State] of Pennsylvania hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Webster, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed  & believed in the neighborhood where he has resided to be a man of truth & veracity and  to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
[right, signature] David Aiken
[right] his
[right] Rufus X Tifft [X being his mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Sworn & subscribed theday & year aforesaid
[signature] James B. Lowry, Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and Served as he Stated.
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that David Akin who has signed the preceding certificate is now a resident of Ellicott in the County of Chautauqua, and that Rufus Tifft
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who has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of North East in the state of Pennsylvania and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, James B. Lowry, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Chautauqua, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of William Webster for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 12th day of October 1832.
[signature] James B. Lowry Clerk

[illegible Seal of Office affixed at left]
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

177.673
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BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

Mrs Anna Webster.

[illegible Seal affixed]

Widow of William Webster
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PRESENTED BY
A. W. Blaine
North East, Erie Co., Penn.
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[Illegible] Print, Erie, Pa.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie } SS.
On this twenty third day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Anna Webster aged ninety nine years, a resident of North East,Erie County in the State of Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn, according to law, swears that she is the widow of William  Webster deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain John Treadway in the [blank] Regiment of [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain That her said husband entered the service at Lebanon Connecticut on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A. D., [blank] for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in said war for the term of five years or more and was discharged at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. [blank]
She further states that she was married to the said William Webster in Glastonbury Conn. on the tenth day of November A. D. 1783 by one James Eals a Presbyterian Clergyman and that her name before her marriage was Anne Hodge that her said husband died at North East on the tenth day of January A. D., 1841 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, she refers to the papers in file at Washington, where she obtained a pension certificate dated October 12th 1849.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3, 1855.
She also declares that she has never received nor applied for bounty land under this or any other at of Congress, her pension certificate grants her forty three dollars per annum during life and is numbered 3135. In the absence of papers she cannot give dates, but for evidence she refers as above.
[signature] Anna Webster
Sworn to and submitted before me the day and year above written and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
[signature] A. W. Blaine J. P. [SEAL]

Affidavit of Witnesses.
State of Pennsylvania
COUNTY OF Erie } SS.
On this twenty third day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Herbert Hughes and George Staley residents of the State of Pennsylvania and County of Erie who being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Anna Webster and saw her sign her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that the is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested persons.
[signature] Herbert Hughes
[signature] George Staley

Sworn to and subscribe before me this twenty third day of May A. D. 1855;
and I certify that the said that Herbert Hughes and George Staley are credible and rspectable citizens.
[signature] A.W. Blaine J. P.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I [blank]  of the County of [blank] and State of [blank] and Widow of [blank] deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint [blank] Penn'a, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from the United States the  Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers or their widows and minor heirs, for service rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful act and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall, in my name, legally do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this [blank] day of [blank] in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty [blank]
[blank [SEAL]

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a [blank] in and for the County of [blank] and State of [blank] this [blank] day of [blank] 185_.
[blank] [SEAL]

STATE of Pennsylvania
County of Erie } SS.
I, Alfred H King Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that A W. Blaine Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit, ["and power of attorney," lined thru] is, was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office at Erie this 21st day of June A.D. 1855
A. King Pro. [Prothonotary]
by [signature] J Skinner

N O T E S.

The declaration to be made before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.

State in what war─whether in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, or either of the Indian wars, naming the same.

Then will follow after the words "that he" whether the officer, or soldier, enlisted, volunteered, or was drafted.

If the claimant has presented his discharge with his former application which he made under any former acts, or had no discharge, let him state the facts in this declaration.

If the soldier rendered service in different wars, let him set forth each service fully in his declaration.

The affidavit of two witnesses must be taken to establish the identity of the claimant.
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14384
William Webster
Chautauqua Co.
N. Y.

8

admitted
13 mo. Private

Brown & True
Jamestown
Ky.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

BRIEF in the case of William Webster [??] of Chautauqua in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Table with the following column headings]
Period.
Duration of Service. Years,
Duration of Service. Months,
Duration of Service. Days.
Rank. As a
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.

[Presenting table data in a narrative format]
Served in Sept 1776 for 2 months as a Private under Capt Carpenter, Col. Hosford.
Served in May 1777 for 2 months as a Private under Capt. Hemmer, Col. Chapman.
Served in 1777 for 2 months as a Private under Capt. Ball, Col. Jones.
Served in Sept 1777 for 2 months as a Private under Capt. Shimmer, Col. Lattimore.
Served in March 1778 for 2 months as a Private under Capt. Clark, Col. Mason.
Served in Sept 1778 for 2 months as a Private under Capt. Right, Col. Buckley
Served in Nov. 1778 for 1 month under Sgt Clark

5. In what battles was he engaged
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lebanon Con't. [Connecticut]
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers attached as required

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie ss.
On this sixteenth day of March 1849, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge in the said County Anna Webster of the town of North East in said County aged Ninety One years who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed 7th July 1838, and the acts subsequent thereto.
This declarant States that she is the widow of William Webster deceased late a resident of Chautauqua County in the State of New York who was a soldier of the war of the revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $43.33 - that the said William Webster died on the 10th day of January in the year eighteen hundred & forty one (1841.)
This declarant further states that her maiden name was Anna Hoage that she was married to the said William Webster in the year seventeen hundred & eighty five (1785), in the town of Glassenbury [Glastonbury] County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, by a clergyman by the name of Rev. James Elias- that from the period of her marriage with the said William Webster to the time of his death she lived with him in lawful wedlock & had children boree before the first day of January 1794. And that since his he death she has not again intermarried.
[right] her
[right] Anna X Webster [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Sworn & subscribed to the day & year first above written before me
[signature] John Brawley
Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas
State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie
ss. I hereby certify that
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the above named Anna Webster is unable by reason of old age & bodily infirmities to appear in open Court. And I further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced before me that William Webster the husband of the above named declarant died on the tenth (10th) day of January eighteen hundred & forty one (1841) & that since that time the said Anna his widow has not again married.
[signature] John Brawley Associate
Judge of the Court of Com.
Pleas of Erie Co. Penna

State of Pennsylvania
Erie County ss }
I James Skinner Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Erie do Certify that John Brawley Esqr before whom the above proceedings were had and who in his own proper hand writing to me well known, is, and was at the time of signing the same an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Erie duly commissioned qualified & Sworn and to all whose official acts as such full faith & credit are, and of right ought to be given and that his signatures above are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 19th day of March AD 1849
[signature] James Skinner Prothy

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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Anna Webster
Act of 7th July 1838
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Jerusha Goodall of Jefferson in the County of Ashtabula & State of Ohio of lawful age being first duly sworn depose and say that I was present at the marriage of Anna Hodge (now Anna Webster) to Wm. Webster; that the marriage contract was solemnized at my fathers house, in the month of September or October in the year (1785} seventeen hundred eighty five, by the Rev. Eells in Glastonbury Connecticut, and further this deponent saith not.
[right] her
[right] Jerusha X Goodale [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of December 1848 
Before me [signature] E W Hickok Justice of the Peace

I certify that from my personal acquaintance, I am satisfied & believe the above affiant to be a credible witness, that full faith and credit ought to be given to her statement above made.
[signature] E W Hickok Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County, ss } 
I, A.C. Hubbard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid,  do hereby certify that E.W. Hickok is a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Ashtabula duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio, and that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his, is genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 6th day of December AD 1848.
[signature] A.C. Hubbard Clerk

[illegible Court Seal affixed above left]
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I Lydia Covell of Glastonbury County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged ninety three years depose & say that my maiden name was Lydia Hodge daughter of Benjamin Hodge. That I have a sister named Anna Webster now living as this deponent supposes in the State of Pensylvania. She is about Two years younger than I am.
That many years ago, this deponent says over sixty, my sister Anna before named was married, by the Revd James Eells then the Minister of this place, to William Webster, who had been a soldier in the revolutionary war. I have a distinct recollection of the marriage and was present. My father made a wedding on the occasion. My father also served in the war, and I distinctly remember it talked over in the family that William Webster had been a Soldier. And further the deponent saith not.
[right] her
[right] Lydia X Covell [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ss. Glastonbury May 15 1849
Personally appeared Lydia Covell signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me. And I hereby Certify that she is a credible witness and her evidence entitled to credit.
[signature] George Merrick Justice of the Peace
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

State of Connecticut.

I, ROGER H. MILLS, 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.
That George Merrick is and for the year last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, 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 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 his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said George Merrick to be genuine.

[illegible State Seal affixed at left]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State at Hartford, this 27th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
[signature] Roger H. Mills
Secretary of State.
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[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

September 27, 1911

[illegible initials]

Mrs. Marietta L. Parkhurst,
485 Porter Avenue,
Buffalo, N. Y. [handwritten on edge] (letter retturned)

Madam:
In response to your letter addressed to Mr. W. L. Kinney on the 7" instant, and received in this bureau on the 26" instant, you are advised that William Webster was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York.
He stated that he was born August 19, 1758, at Lebanon, Connecticut, where he resided when he was drafted and served in the Connecticut troops as followed:
September, 1776, Private under Captain Ephraim Carpenter and Colonel Horsford, 2 months.
April or May, 1777, Private under Captain John Skinner and Colonel Samuel Chapman, 2 months.
Summer of 1777, Private under Captain Buel and Colonel Jones, 2 months.
September, 1777, Private under Captain John Skinner and Colonel Robert Latimer, 2 months.
March, 1778, Private under Captain Daniel Clark and Colonel Mason, 2 months.
September, 1778, Private under Captain Azariah Right and Colonel Eliphalet Buckley, 2 months.
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[typed letter, page 2 of 2]

November, 1778, in expedition after Tories at Fairfield and Stamford, 1 month.

Engaged in a skirmish at Saw Pits, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne.
After the war he resided in Canaan, New Hampshire, Hartland, Vermont; North East, Pennsylvania; and Ellicott, New York.
He married at Glastonbury, Connecticut, in September or October, 1785, Anna Hodge daughter of Benjamin Hodge. Soldier died January 10, 1841, at North East, Pennsylvania, and his new widow Anna was allowed pension, Wid. File No. 4,848, on her application executed March 16, 1849, while ninety-one years of age and a resident of North East, Pennsylvania.
Children's names are not stated. in 1849 a grand-daughter Mrs. Pamela Ann Staly was twenty-three years of age.
No. fee.

Very respectfully, 

First Deputi Commissioner.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]
[first one or two lined torn off]
information as contained in his (of his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. William Webster W. F. 4848
[Table of service periods with the following column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. COLONEL.
STATE.
[table data presented in a narrative format]
September, 1776, Private under Captain Ephraim Carpenter and Colonel Horsford, 2 months.
April or May, 1777, Private under Captain John Skinner and Colonel Samuel Chapman, 2 months.
Summer of 1777, Private under Captain Buel and Colonel Jones, 2 months.
September, 1777, Private under Captain John Skinner and Colonel Robert Latimer, 2 months.
March, 1778, Private under Captain Daniel Clark and Colonel Mason, 2 months.
September, 1778, Private under Captain Azariah Right and Colonel Eliphalet Buckley, 2 months.
November of 1778, Private in expedition after Tories at Fairfield and Stamford under Sgt. Clark, 1 month.

Battles engaged in, Sk. [Skirmish] at✓ Saw Pits. Surrender of Burgoyne.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct 12, 1832. His cl. [claim] was al. [allowed]
Residence at date of application, Ellicott, Chatauqua Co. N. Y.
Age at date of application, b. [born] at Lebanon, Conn. Aug 19, 1758. d. [died] Jany 10, 1841 at North East, Penn.
Remarks:
Soldier married at Glastonbury, Hartford Co. Conn. Sept. or Oct. 1785 or Nov. 10 178Anna daughter of Benjamin Hodge . She was al. pens. on an application executed Mch 16, 1849 while a resident of North East, Erie Co, Penn. aged 91 yrs. Children are referred to [illegible] but no names are stated. Mrs. Pamela Ann Staly a grand daughter was 23 yrs old in 1849.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

31793b5m1c-07
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8660
Pennsylvania.
===================
Anna Webster
widow of Wm. Webster
who was a Private
in the Revolution
for 13 months
===================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 43 Dollars 33. 
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
===================
Certificate of Pension issued 
the 12th day of Oct 184[?]
and sent to
L. M. Drury
Canandaigua
New York
===================
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page119
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10744 
Pennsylvania.
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Anna Webster
Widow of Wm. Webster
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32 
and who died on the 10th Jany 1841
of Cantqe [Chatauqua] in the State of N. Y.
who was a Private in the Company 
commanded by Captain Carpenter of the
_____________ commanded by _____________ in
the ___________________ line for _______________
===================
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia 
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 10th day of 
["March, 1836." lined thru]
Jany.  1841, Send  4th Mar. 1841
===================
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of 
Oct 1849 and sent to
L. M. Drury, Canandaigua, N. Y.
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Total amount,               $
                                  ----------------
[Act of July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by JP Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 235
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
April 21st, 1840.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, William Webster, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Forty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838 to the 4th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K.  Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Anna Webster
widow of William
["New York" lined thru]
Pa
Suspended
let July 21, 1849
S. M. Drury
let 6 Aug 49 Hon T.
Ewing: let to L. M. Drury, Aug.
16. 1849 -

Act 7 July 1838






















hon T.
Ewinds. to L.M. Dury, Aug.
16. 1849-
Act 7 Jun 1838
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William Webster, Chatauqua Co. NY. Act 7 June 1832
To what time was he last paid? G.C.A.

Pension Office
 Oct 8th 1849 ⎬This pensioner is paid to 4th Sept. 1840. BLB

N.B. no rate stated above, but pensioner A is the correct man. BLB
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No 13900
Anna Webster
wid of William
Penne. ["NY" lined thru] Pa
Act 7 July 1838
Award, $43.33 pr an
from 10 Jany to 4 March 1841
Award Act 3 March 43 to 
17 June 44
$43.33 pr an
from 4 March 1843 to 4 March
1848
Allow'd Act 2 Feby 1848
$43.33 pr an
frm 4 March 1848

S. M. Drury,
Canandaigua
NY
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Canandaigua N.Y. Aur. 31, [torn off]

Sir
Herewith is presented the additional testimony in the case of Anna
Webster under act 7th July 1838 in compliance with your letter of recent date.
It would be a favor if the certificate could be issued very soon.
Very respectfully,
[signature] L. M. Drury

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com'r of Pensions 
Washington
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Buffalo N.Y. March 1st 1841

Sir
In the month of November last I forwarded to you the application for an increase of William Websters Pension and sent you the affadavits of Jonathan Bill & William Webster booth [both] pensioners of the U.S. 
it appears from your letter to me of the 28th of Nov in answer to the application that the statements contained in the affadavits of Jonathan Bill & William Webster could not be relied upon and that the statement of William Webster in his affadavit were different from those made on which he was already placed on the Pension Roll.
In answer to the above I would inform you that at the time said affadavit was made by the said Wm. Webster he had been sick for the last two years previous to making said affadavit & had not been able to leave his bed for the last year previous to making said affidavit that his mind & faculties were verry much deranged and it is not probable that he knew what he had signed and sworn to in said affadavit but was urged by Jonathan Bill to make an affadavit who assured him that the one he had already made was true.
That in the month of February last the said William Webster has died of the disease which he was afflicted at the time of making said affadavit. The facts contained in these statements are true as I am informed and can be substantiated by the affadavits of respectable persons who will swear that at the time of making said affadavit by William Webster he was wholly incompetent to make an affadavit as his memory was nearly distroyed by old age and disease
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William Webster has left a widow who is very old and in indigent circumstances & has no means of support the object of this communication is to assertain [ascertain] how she may be able to draw the money now due to William Webster deceased as it appears from your letter to me of the 28th of Nov last that you had suspended William Websters pension will you point out the necessary steps for his widow to persue [pursue] in order to draw the back pension of William Webster deceased
Respectfully Yours
Edwards Esqr
[signature] Benjamin Dole

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions
Washington
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Buffalo Erie Co. N York Nov. 12th 1840

Dr. Sir
Inclosed I send you William Masters Original Pension Certificate he claims that he is entitled to a Pension of Eight dollars per month instead of the one he now receivesd of Forty three & 33/100 dollars per Annum Also inclosed is an affadavit made by Jonathan Bill & by Webster himself setting forth the account of services rendered by the said Webster Should there be any defect in the formality or want of further evidence you will please point out to me such defect.
Respectfully Yours
[signature] Benjamin Dole

James L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
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Nov 18 1840.
NY

[date stamp]
BUFFALO
No 18
N.Y.
[/date stamp]

[right] free
James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, City
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

William Webster
Payments to be made at New York by Presd. U.S. Br Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York

6

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 4
Page 36 by W. J. Williams
Clerk.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
 I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, William Webster of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty Three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4 March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 9 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
[signature] Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

[illegible Seal affixed at left]

Examined and
Countersigned. ⎬
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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William Webster being Sworn Saith that the with affidavit of Jonathan Bell is substanshaly [substantially] true as he verily believes
[signature] William Webster

Sworn and subscribed to before me a justice of the peace in and for Chatauqua County State of New Your Oct the 5th 1840.
[signagure] John Smith J P

State of New York
Chautauqua County ⎬ ss. 
I George W. Tew Clerk of said County certify that Jesse Smith was a Justice of the peace of said County, on the day of the date of the above affidavit, duly elected and qualified, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

[illegible Official Seal affixed at left]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this seventh day of November 1840.
G W Tew Clerk
by [signature] Rich'd Willing Depy
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State of New York 
Chautauqua County ⎬ ss
Jonathan Bill being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War that he served under Capt. Elisha Lee in Col John Durkee Regiment Connecticut Troops, that he is now a Pensioner and was a Sergeant under said Capt Elisha Lee that he is well acquainted with William Webster who lived Lebanon State of Connecticut and said William Webster Enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a Soldier and served under him while he was a Sergeant in said Capt. Elisha Lee Company in sd Col. John Durkee Regiment for three years or more.
[right] this his
[right] Jonathan X Bill [X being his mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Sworn and Subscribed to this 3d day of October 1840
Before me
[signature] Wm. H. Fenter J Peace

State of New York
County of Chatauqua ⎬ ss.
I George W. Tew Clerk of said County certify that William H. Ten who is a Justice of the Peace of said County, duly [illegible] & sworn & that the signature Wm. H. Fenton above subscribed purporting to be his is genuine in testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 2nd day of October 1840. 
[signature] G. W. Tew Clerk

[illegible Seal of Office affixed at left]
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This cannot possibly be true as the Conn. book shows Jonathan Bill a Sgt. from Mch 3. 1777 to Feby 1780 in Col. Durkees Regt. and Soldier was engaged in other services according to his declaration from Apr. 1777 to Nov. 1778.
I have not therefore put this service in 
V. L. M. Apr 14, 1911
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[left side]
Anna Webster
Act 7th July 1838.

[right side]
13900
Anna Webster
Widow of WIlliam
Pa
["New York" lined thru]
Act 7 July 1838

Married before 1794
husband died 10 July 41

Marriage - After the
sending of the money
[illegible]

Act 7 July 1838
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Glastonbury 17th May 1849
Fraray Hale of Glastonbury in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut have Examined the records of the Town
And also the parish records and I do not find the Marriage of William Webster to Anna Hodge on record
Attest [signature] Fraray Hale Town Clerk

Dr L M Drury
Sir I send you My Covell's Depposition which I think will be sufficient for your purpose the in finus are two dollars which you can send to me Yours Truly
[signature] F Hale
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[right] free

J. L. Edwards Esq
( Com'r of Pensions )
Washington
D. C. 

[lower left]
Add'l evidence in Case of Anna Webster

[left side, on edge]
Sept 4/49
Add'l evidence
Anna Webster

[mostly illegible date stamp lower left corner]
[?]
[?]
N.Y.
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County SS }
Before me the Subscriber Personally came Mrs Anna Webster aged ninety one who being sworn according to law doth depose and say, that she has no family record of her Marriage with William Webster, nor does she know of any family record being in existence containing a record of her marriage. She never was married but once
[right] her
[right] Anna X Webster [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Sworn and subscribed this twenty Seventh day of August AD 1849 Before
]signature] John Brawley one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County

State of Pennsylvania
Erie County SS }
Before me personally came Mrs. Pamelia Ann Staly Granddaughter of the above named
Deponant Aged twenty three years who being sworn according to law doth depose and say that she never heard of her grand mother Mrs Anna Webster having any family record of her marriage. She has been his housed in the family with her grand mother
[signature] Pamela Ann Stay
Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of August A D 1847, Before 
[signature] John Brawley one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas for said Co.
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County ss } I James Skinner Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Hon. John Brawley before whom the within Affidavits were taken is now and was at the time of taking the same an Associate Judge of said Court duly Appointed Commissioned and Sworn & to all whose acts as such full credit should be given Also that his signature to said affidavits are in his own proper hand writing to me well known In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Erie August 28th 1849
[signature] James Skinner Pro

[illegible Court Seal affixed upper left]
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[right side]

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4848
Anna Webster
Widow
William Webster
Pvt. Rev. War
File No.
Act: Feby. 2d 1848
Index:─Vol. H, Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[left side]

19 Apr. 15 Hist to Flora E Webster V.L.M.
1911 Sept 27. Marietta L. Parkhurst. C
1914 Mch 5 Hist to O. W. Webster
1914 Nov. 28 Hst to H. L. Webster
1921 Mch 29 Hist to Helen D. Atkinson
1926 July 15 Hist to Anna P. Sprinker AWF
1927 Jan 11 Hist to  Mrs W. Avery AWF
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[right] free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington

[left side on edge]
July 5/49
inq'y resp'g [inquiry respecting]
Cl [Claim] Anna Webster

[illegible date stamp]
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Jamestown, Chautauqua Co: N.Y.
June 27th 1849 -

Hon J. L. Edwards

Under the act of 1832 William Webster, then of this town (Ellicott) was pensioned. He died at North-east, about 40 miles from this village, on the 10th of Jany 1841. His widow, aged 91 years, now lives at Northeast.
Her son at her request has called on me for information. She says that her husband did not draw his pension for about 15 months before he died. Is this so, and if it is cam the widow draw the arrears of her husbands pension of the sends on papers duly authenticated. If she cannot will you tell me why - I was the Attorney (Known as Tew) that drew his original papers.
The above request is I hope and confidently believe one in which the Department will willingly send an answer.
Mrs. Anna Webster, the widow of the aforesaid William Webster, is I understand pensioned, and there is about 400 Dollars due to her, and her Attornies, Owen & Drury of Canandaigua, as she informs
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me claim one half for their services.
She is willing to pay them 50 Dollars, which is I think a very liberal compensation. They have her certificate.
Is this certificate "illegally withheld" under your rule, page 109, Ser: No. 126 26th Congress House of Rep.
An answer to both of the above enquiries, or one if the other is incompatible will much Oblige
[signature] Samuel A Brown
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[top left corner] Rev Service

Chicago Ill. Nov. 20, 1914.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen-
Kindly send me pension certificate of service of my ancestor as follows:
Revolutionary War
William Webster served in Conn. Militia, enlisting Aug 26: dis. Nov. 2, 1777, Capt Skinner's Co. He resided Chautauqua Co. N.Y. when pensioned, I believe, receiving $43.33 annually. Please furnish everything shown by your records, and greatly oblige.
Yours very truly
[signature] H. L. Webster
R. 1333 Stock Exchange Bldg.
Chicago, Ill.
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[printed shield letterhead, top center]

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE Y
MAY 5 1926
[/date stamp]

101 South Main St. Newton, [?] Kansas
May 2nd 1926
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen
Can you give me any information on William Webster who was born in Litchfield, Conn. moved to Penn. about 1820 and applied for pension for Revolutionary service. He was in Venango Co. Penn at time of application for pension.
Thanking you for this service -
Sincerely -
[signature] Anna B. Sprinker
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[letter, page 1 of 3]

Tacoma, Wash.,
Feb. 19 1921

Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs:

In filling out my application for membership in the D.A.R. I find that I lack some necessary information which I think you may have on record.

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE [?]
FEB 24 1921
[/date stamp]

[date stamp]
RECORDS DIVISION
FEB 28 1921
[/date stamp]
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[letter, page 2 of 3]

Can you tell me anything of James Sinnett, corporal in Wm. Gannon's Company, David Leonard's regiment?
He also served under Colonel Timothy Robinson. Have you any record of services? Were either he or his wife Elizabeth Harris pensioners?
If so have you dates of their birth marriage and death as well as the same dates for their children?
Of the Webster family I have the following data ─
Robt. Webster, son of John Webster Connecticut Colonial governor in 1656, served in Indian wars in 1775.
Robert's Grandson William Webster was a sergeant in the revolutionary war and was in the battle of Saratoga under Gen. Gates and in
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[letter, page 3 of 3]

be able to supply on either of these families.
Will you please forward as soon as possible as I must have papers complete by March tenth.
Sincerely 
[signature] Helen A. Atkinson

624 No. Ainsworth Ave.
Tacoma Wash.

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 24 1921
[/date stamp]
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W4848

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir

Can you give me the date of birth of William Webster, Conn, described in these papers, and return the same to me.

Yours Sincerely
[signature] Miss Flora E. Webster
174 West Genesee St.
Auburn,
N. Y.

April 10 - 1911 
Send back Comr reports.
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Coldwater, Kansas
November 9, 1926.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir - 

I would like the pension record of William Webster b. Litchfield, Conn.  A soldier in the Rev. War.  He lived in Venango Co. Pa., when he applied for Pension.

Thanking you,
Sincerely,
[signature] Dorothy B. Avery
Mrs. Wm. W.
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[printed letterhead, handwritten letter]

ROYAL EXCHANCE OF LONDON
FIREMENS OF NEWANK

PHONE R-2251

O. W. Webster & Son
[illegible]

WEBSTER INVESTMENT COMPANY
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND LOANS
W 2604

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

REFERENCE
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE

Commissioner Pensions
Washington D. C.

Der Sir: Can you tell me from your records, when Joseph Kroninger or Croninger got his
last pension for service in Rev. War. I have a memorandum saying Joseph Croninger. Says Private War of Rev. P.M. Dec 20-1833-80- Stark Co Ohio received this Pension under act Jun 7, 1832. Is there anything that shows where he got his last Pension?
I would also like to know if I can get any information about Wm Webster who was in Cap. Carpenters Co, Col Hosfords Regiment Connecticut = Who marched to East Chester NY 1776 = I think he was my Great Grand father but can get no other trace of him in Conn. = Did he get a Pension & if so what place in Conn. was he located.
I will appreciate any thing in way of information you can give me
[illegible]
[illegible]
[signature] O. W. Webster
1026 Oct
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[handwritten top right corner] AWY

[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

Rev. and 1812 War Section.

July 15, 1936

Anna B. Sprinker
101 S. Main St
Newton, Kans

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4848, it appears that William Webster was born August 19, 1758 at Lebanon, Connecticut.
While residing at Lebanon, he served as a private in the Connecticut Troops, as follows -
From September 1776, two months under Captain Ephraim Carpenter and Colonel Horsford, and was in a skirmish at Saw Pits.
From April or May 1777, two months under Captain John Skinner and Colonel Samuel Chapman.
In the summer of 1777, two months under Captain Buel and Colonel Jones.
From September 1777, two months under Captain John Skinner and Colonel Latimer, and was at
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[typed letter, page 2 of 2]

the surrender of Burgoyne.
From March 1778, two months under Captain Daniel Clark and Colonel Mason.
From September 1778, two months under Captain Azariah Right and Colonel Eliphalet Buckley.
From November 1778, one month under Sergeant Clark in an expedition after the Tories at Fairfield and Stamford.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, while a resident of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York.  He died January 10, 1841 at North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier married November 10, 1783 or September or October 1785 at Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, Anna, daughter of Benjamin Hodge.  She was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1849, while living at North East, Pennsylvania, aged ninety-one years.
Children are referred to, one a son, but no names are given.  Mrs. Pamela Ann Staly, a granddaughter, was twenty-three years old in 1849.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.