Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,629, Ebenezer Annabil, Conn. Sea Service
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(3-1776)
SERVICE; NUMBER
Conn.; Annabil, Ebenezer; Nr. 5,629
Conn. Sea Service; Ann
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New York   N. 24, 1870
  Michigan
Ebenezer Annabil
of Onondaga Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Pr. Sman and V Sngt. in the company commanded
by Captain Silliman of the Regt command
by Genl Silliman in the N. York Troops          Conn
line for 8 months & 17 days Pr.    28.53
            7 "    Seaman                     56.00
            1 "     Sergt.                         5.00
                                                     $89.53
__________________________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 89 Dollars 53 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
_________________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of March
1834 and sent to Wm Eager
Orville N.Y.
________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833                   223.82
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34        44.76
                                                                    $268.58
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by  D. Brown    Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 42
                   to
         E         8         92
                                            R. B.

14th April '34 see let. to Wm eager esq. enclosing form for transfer & returning pension certif. Information required of N. York agent as to time when last paid - July 29 1834-
Transf to Michigan & notification issued 8th Augst 1834 for 4 Mar 1835

GWD
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with the hand writing of the said Commissioners and verily believe their signatures subscribed to the Jurats of the said several of affidavits to be the respective signatures of the said Commissioners
Witness my hand and seal of office this 10th
day of October 1833    A Edwards Jr Dep Clk
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State of New York
Onandaga County ss: On the eighteenth day of September in
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable
Daniel Mosby Vice Chancellor of the Seventh circuit for
the State of New York at a Court of Chancery now sitting for
said Circuit at the town of Onondaga, Ebernezer Annable
of the town of Manlius in the County & State aforesaid aged Twenty Six years the Sixteenth day of July last past, who being
duly sworn in open court according to law doth upon his oath
make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That as near as he can now remember he entisted
as a private soldier in the Army of the United States on
or about the first day of January in the year of one Lord 1776,
at Black Rock in the State of Connecticutt, into a company
then commanded by Lieut John Mills a select Company formed
as he thinks for the purpose of building Black rock Fort upon Long Island Sound, in which company he remained Eight months when Lieut Isaac Burr took the command & Deponent enlisted under him for three months as corporal during all which time (including both terms of service) being eleven months he remained in said Company at Black rock, and while there the company with himself built the Fort called "Blacklock Fort.  deponant cannot at this late period recollect the name of the other officers except one Mitchell who was chosen corporal at the time he was. the Lieut was the highest officer in command; Jabish Hubbel, John Canst Limon Jennings David Struges & Joseph Gould, whose names he recollects, with others, enlisted as soldiers at the time he did
& all from the same place & near vicinity, he thinks the company consisted of only 28 (half a company ) privates, was paid off & dismissed from the fort & that service about the first of December, he thinks, the same year & directly after he was enroled in the matter & to the best of his present recollection in Capt Seth Sillimans Company in Jan & then Simmons Regiment and Genl. Selick Sillimans Brigade and
was stationed seventeen days on guard upon the steeple of the meeting House in Fairfield in the State of Connecticut where he resided & was enrolled to watch the enemy shipping. after this about the first of January the year 1778 he enlisted as a marine aboard the Ship
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belonging to the State of Connecticutt called the Defence fitted out for cruising upon the high seas against the British & mounted Eighteen guns. Deponent enlisted for seven months, cruised off the West India Islands, and while at the Windward of the Island of Antigua had an engagement with a british Letter of Marque called the Oysus, of eighteen guns, which we captured & sent in to Boston, after this, engaged two Privateers of fCharleston both Sloops, the names of their commanders were Osborn and
Bickup but the names of the vessels he can not recollect
which they took into Charleston, South Carolina, where (Depon
nants term of service having expired) he left the ship and the
service as a Marine. In the year 1781. some time during the winter (or very cold weather at any rate) , Deponent served as a substitute in the Malitia, near black rock Harbour for one Silas
Curtis & held the office of Orderly Sargent in Capt Jaber Wheeler's Company and served in that capacity for one month. Deponant was often called out upon sorties & in skirmishes after this, & was in engagement at the time Fairfield was burned by the British which took place on the 7th & 8th of July 1779, and sometimes spent more & some times less time can not say how much he spent in this way and does not & can not take it into the account at all.
Deponent says that the whole amount of his service as claimed
under this Declaration is for Eleven months at Fort Black rock, under Lieuts Mills & Burr, 17 days on guard upon the Fairfield Steeple, Seven months as a marine aboard the "Defence, and one month as a substitute in the Malitia at Black rock, making in all one year seven months & seventeen days one month as orderly Sargent
Deponant says that he never had any written discharges and
has no written documents whatever that he now knows of & has no means by any living witness known to him by which he can prove his services. That in the year 1818 he attempted to come in under the Law of that year & proved by two (then) living witnesses who served with him, his division, but understood that he failed at
the war Department because his claims did not come within
the Law be not having been on the continental List, and since
which, he has not seen his said papers-- Deponant says he was born in the town of Fairfield where he enlisted first, and now resides in the town of Manlius Onondaga County, N. York
He hereby relinquishes any claim relation to a pension or
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annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State or Territory.
Sworn this 18th September     Ebenezer Annabel
1832   Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge  & Vice Chancellor
Mr Thomas Blanchard a Justice of the peace of the Town of Marlius in & for the County of Onondaga, and William Eager an Attorney & counsellor at Law of the said Town of Manlius hereby certify that we are acquainted with (John Young) Ebenezer Annabil who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of twenty six years as stated in his said Declaration, and that
he is respected in the neighborhood where he resides that he has been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn & Subscribed before me
                                                      Th F. Blanchard
this 18th day of September 1832     William Eager
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge
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 states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Blanchard who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Justice of the Peace, residing in the town of Manlius, and that William Eager who has also signed the same, is an attorney &
Counsellor at Law in the said town of Manlius
and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit-
Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor
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I Daniel T Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court
of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the
state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Annable
for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
-
18th day of September one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty two
Daniel T. Moseley
Deputy Clerk
-
13096
In the matter of the application of Ebenezer Annable
for Pension
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Territory of Michigan
Wasnow County ss: Personally appeared before me
the undersigned, a snowJustice of the Peace in & for the County of Warsaw in said territory, Ebenezer Annabil formerly of the town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga and State of New York but now of the town of Dexter in the said County of Wasnow Michigan Territory who being by me duly sworn saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear more positively than  he has already done in making his Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 before the Honorable Daniel Mosley Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor of the Seventh
Circuit for the State of New York on the 18th day of September 1832, as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollect not less than the periods mentioned below and before stated in his said Declaration, and in the following grades. For Eight months and seventeen days I served as a private soldier
for three months I served, as corporal, for one month I served as orderly Sergant; and for such service I claim a pension deponent further says seven months I served as a marine aboard of the Ship Defence which was a public armed vessel, as deponent understood & believes, then,belonging to the State of Connecticutt but in the service of the United States; making in all one year seven months & 17 days service.
and for such service he claims a pension. Deponant says that he can not state the names of any of the Regular Officers that were with the troops when he served, other than as stated in his said Declaration neither can he
at this late period designate the continental or Militia Regiment on the general circumstances more particularly than he has before stated in his said
declaration. Deponant says that the reason why he did not obtain the certificate of a Clergyman (in the place of a Lawyer), was that there was no clergyman at the
time in the vicinity in which Deponent resided at the time of making his said Declaration with whom he was particularly acquainted & who he supposed knew
as much about  his reputation as to veracity & the reputation of the neighbourhood
as to his revolutionary services as the said Eager who (as well as the said Blanchard) is a member of the presbytirian church in good & regular standing and further that he/this deponent knows of no person now living by whom he can prove
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his revolutionary services otherwise than by his own oath & that he has no written Document whatever to aid him in making proof thereof and this deponent further saith that he was seventy seven years of age the sixteenth day of July last part and that his age is so recorded in the Clerks office in the town of Fairfield and State of Connecticut according to his best knowledge & belief & further saith not
Ebenezer Annibil
Smith Lapham Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
Subscribed and sworn to before me, by  Ebenezer Annibil described in the foregoing affidavit with whomI a m personally acquainted & believe
to be a person of truth & veracity the
first day of August A.D. 1833 

Territory of Michigan
Wasnow County SS ⎬ John Mills, late of Manlius County of Onendaga & State of
New York but now of Dexter in the said County of Wasnow being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a son in Law of Ebenezer Annibel named in the foregoing affidavit, that he has been personally acquainted with
the said Ebenezer for about seven years last past, that the said Ebenezer has lived in the House with this Deponant for the most of the time for five years past, that he has often
heard the said Ebenezer relate his revolutionary exploits & services both before and since the passage of the pension act of June 7 1832
has heard the Original declaration of the said Ebenezer read and believes that the
relation therein given is substantially as he has often heard him relate his said services previous to 1831, and that deponent has no doubt of its Corectness in point of Substance.
scribed & sworn to before me this first day of August 1833. by John Mills named in the foregoing affidavit with whom I am personally acquainted & believe to be a person of truth & veracity
John Mills
Smith Lapham Justice
of the Peace in and for
the County aforesaid

Territory of Michigan  ) I James P Allen Clerk of 
Washtenaw County ss.)  the County of Washtenaw do hereby Certify that Smith Lapham Esq the Justice
before whom the foregoing affidavits are made is and was at the time  (of making) said affidavits were made an acting Justice of the peace in said County, and that I am
acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and believe the above signatures
to be his In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Ann Arbour the first day of August in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
Louis S Allen County Clerk
Washtenaw County
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State of New York
Onandaga County ⎬ ss: Harry Annabel of the town of
Manlius in said County being duly sworn saith
that he is of the age of thirty three years & rising
that he is a son of Ebenezer Annabil
formerly of this town (Manlius), but now of the town of
Dexter in the Territory of Michigan and whose
signature affixed to the annexed affidavit he holds
to be genuine, that he has often heard his father
the said Ebenezer relate the facts in
regard to his enlistments and service during the
Revolutionary War, both before and
since the passage of the pension law of
1832, that he has heard the declaration of the
said Ebenezer purporting to have been made and
Sworn to before his honor Judge Moseley in
the 18 day of September 1832 and to this affidavit
annexed and believes the facts detailed therein
to be in substance the same that the said Ebenezer has uniformly related in his hearing both before
his (fathers) own family & other times & before
others, and has no doubt of their correctness
both as to the amount of service and the periods &
Grades thereof
Harvey Annabil 

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
Eighth day of October 1833 by Harvey
Annabil named in the foregoing affidavit with whom
I am personally acquainted & believe to be a person of truth & veracity.
W. Eager Commish. of Deeds
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State of New York
Onandaga County  SS  William Eager of Manlius in said County being duly sworn saith that the amendment of the Declaration of Ebenezer Annabil annext was drawn by this Deponant with blanks to be filled up by Mr Annabil or by his direction that he took the Direction of Harvey Annable as to the names of the town & County of his Fathers residence that he received
the said amendment on the 21st day of September last filled up Sworn & certified to as it now appears that he finds that he has misnamed the County in which the said Annabil resides by calling it was Wasnow whereas it should have been Washtenaw as appears by the Clerks Certificate -  that he is well acquainted with
John Mills the son in Law & with Harvey Annabil
the son of the said Ebenezer Annable and believes them to be men of respectable standing in the Community and that full confidence may be placed in their affidavits
sworn before me by William Eager with whom I am
personally acquainted & believe to be person of truth and veracity this 10thday of October 1833 
D.G. Montgomery          W. Eager
Comm of Deeds & c
State of New York     )
County of Onondaga) SS
I Alanson Edwards Junior Deputy Clerk
of the said County do certify that David G
Montgomery Esquire before whom the preceding
affidavit purports to have been sworn  was at the date of the same one of the Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly appointed and qualified and
also tha t William Eager Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly appointed
and qualified to take affidavits &c. and that I am acquainted

,
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13096

Ebenez Annable
Onondaga Co N York
5 -17.
P370
4 May '33

William Eager
Orville
NY
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Brief in the case of Ebenezer Annable
of Onondaga ct the State of N 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? 76 years
State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Duration of Service.
Rank.
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Jany 1776   6mths      Private       Lt Mills
76                X             Corpr         Lt Mills
77                17 days      "         Capt Silliman Co Sillman
1778            7 mths     Seaman        Ship Defence
1781            1 mth      Ord Sargt    Capt Wheeler
                  16    17
5. In what battles was he engaged?  none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Black Rock Connt
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Fractionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers are attach'd as requ.
X ertify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

6 mo. 17 pri
1         1   Sergt
____________________
  1.88
  20
_____________
21.88
Richard Cutts

Examining Clerk.
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9618
Ann Annabil
Widow of
Ebenezer Annabil
deceased
application for a
Pension
⎬

Grove Lawrence
of Syracuse
Onondaga
County
N.Y. Attorny
for applicant
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress
of the 7th of July 1838 and the 23d August 1842
State of New York
Onondaga County ⎬ On this 9th day of August
1843 personally appeared before the undersigned
First Judge of Onondaga County Court in & for
the County of Onondaga & State of New York Ann
Annabil a resident of the Town of DeWitt
in the County of Onondaga and State of New York
aged seventy five years on the sixth day
of June last who being first duly sworn
according to Law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress
passed July 7. 1838 and the 23d of August 1842
granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the Revolutionary war.-
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Annabil
who was a Private Sergeant and Seaman
in the Revolutionary war & who was placed
on the Pension roll of the United States under the
act of June
7th 1832 & and drew the sum of Eighty nine dollars & fifty three Cents per annum up to the fourth of September 1842. - she has often heard the said Ebenezer Annabil her husband state the names of the officers under whom he served she knows of his being in the battle at the time the British burned the town of
Fairfield in the State of Connecticut saw the light of the town on fire & heard theCannon & saw
the said Ebenezer Annabel on his return from the
battle he was a resident of said town of Fairfield
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at the time he entered the service he afterward
went to the town of New Stratford in the County of
Fairfield & State of Connecticut to reside the is
informed & believes that her said husband has
filed in the pension office full proof of his
service in the army of the Revolution at the
time his pension certificate was issued
which was March 3d 1834 & signed by Lewis Cass
Secretary of was and is now in her possession
She also declares that she was married
to the said Ebenzer Annabil on the fifth
day of February in the year seventeen hundred
and Eighty nine that her husband
the aforesaid Ebenzer Annabil died on the
twenty third day of September 1842 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four viz:
at the time above stated. She further declares
that after the death of the aforesaid husband
she was never again married and that
she is still a widow. - she further declares
that she was married to the said above
Annabel at her fathers house in Watertown
aforesaid by the Reverend Mr Gridley then
the Presbyterian Clergyman settled in said
town of Watertown on the 5th day of February
1789 That she has no family word of
her said marriage that her said husband
the said Ebenezer Annabil kept a record of
said marriage & the births of her children in a
small book that he usually kept in his chest
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that the book has after him examined by the
Children & was missed about three years ago
since which time there has been frequent
searches made for the book but it is not to be
found; the record was in her said husband's
own handwriting - - That she had Eight Children
by the said Ebenzer Annabil her
said husband. The first Samuel was born
July 4th 1791 Anna was born May 15th 1793
Sally was born December 25th 1794 Harvey
was born May 25th 1800 Elizabeth was born
August 16th 1802 Maria was born April 23d 1805
Ira was born July 4th 1807 Ruth M was born October 23d 1809 all of whom are now living  except Sally who died January 13th 1827 & Maria who died October 6th 1834 that she now resides with her son Harvey
in the Town of De Witt in said County of Onondaga
that her said son Samuel resides in Wood County State of Ohio & all the other children that are living reside in Washtenaw County & State of Michigan that her said husband died at the town of Sharon in Washtenaw
County in the State of Michigan where he
resided at the time of his death - that she
Cohabited with her said husband from the time
of her said marriage till the time of his death ┃
She does not know of but two persons that
are now living who were present at the time of
her said marriage & is not sure that they are now living but were living but one  year since - they are her brother Asahel Merriam& who resides in West Harpursfield in the County of Delaware & State of New York
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Elizabeth Merriam her sister who resides in
Meriden, County of New Haven & State of Connecticut
to whom she shall write to get them affidavits
of their attendance & presence at said Marriage
if they on still living they are each younger
than herself - she further saith that in consequence of old age & infirmity she is unable to attend Court to make her declaration & therefore makes the same before a Judge of the said Court. --the figures 1789 erased before signing
her
Ann X Annabil
Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written
before me
Daniel Pratt               First Judge of Onondaga
                                  County Courts-
State of New York
Oneida County ⎬ I certify that the above named Ann
Annabil is a reputable person & that the reason she has made her mark to his signature is that from old age  is unable to unto her name she wrote her Chistian name but could not complete her other name & made
her mark given under my hand at Syracuse this
9th day of August 1843.-
Daniel Pratt                                       First Judge of
                                                 Onandaga County Court
State of New York     
Onondaga County,  SS
Clerk's Office,
I certify that the Honorable Daniel Pratt is First
Judge of the County Court in and for the County
aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with his hand
writing and verily believe that his signature above
is genuine. Given under my hand and official
seal at Syracuse August 9, 1843. 
Chas. T. Hicks Clerk
&
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State of New York
Onandaga County  Harry Annabil being
first duly sworn according to law doth
depose & say that he is forty three years of
age on the twenty fifth day of May last
& is the son of Ebeneser Annabil & Ann
Annabil That his father the said Ebenezer
Annabil died on the 23 day of September
1842 & that his matter the said Ann Annabil
still remains his widow & resides with this
deponent in the town of De Witt, that
this deponents father the said Ebenezer
Annabil was a soldier of the Revolution
as this deponent always understood & verily
claims to be true this deponent has heard
him relate a great many incidents that happened during his service as a soldier many of them this deponent could now state if necessary; he drew a pension as such revolutionary soldier and his
certificate is now present before this deponent & has date March 3. 1834 & signed Lew Cass Secretary of War under the seal of the War department
& Countersigned J.L. Edwards Commissioner of
Pensions-- This deponent knows that
his said father & matter cohabited together ever since
was this deponents recollection as husband & wife & this deponent has read the declaration of his said mother which she swore to before David Pratt first
Judge of Onondaga County & which is hereunto annexed & that this deponents age & that of this deponents brothers & sisters
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& their number & names are all correctly
stated in said declaration as the same were
recorded in a book kept by this deponents said
father in his own hand writing & which this
deponent has often seen & is the same book
referred to in this deponents mothers declaration
before mentioned this deponent has made thorough
search for the said book where it has been kept but is unable to find it This deponent is well acquainted with his Uncle Asahel Merriam who is one brother to this deponents mother & his affidavit is hereto annexed & this deponent knows his hand writing to said affidavit & the same is genuine this deponent is also well
acquainted with his Aunt Elizabeth Merriam
& her hand writing to the affidavit
made by her & which is also hereunto annexed is
her own proper signation-- both of
said affidavits were forwarded by mail to
Grove Larson of Syracuse at the request
of this deponent to be annexed to the
said declaration of this deponents mother
the said Ann Annabil & further saith not
Submitted & sworn to
before me in due form             Harvey Annabel
of law this 7th day
of Sept 1843
Chas T. Hicks Clerk of Onondaga County and Com. of Deeds
State of New York
Onondaga County SS: I Charles T. Hicks Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Charles T.
Hicks before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner
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of Deeds in and for said County duly commissioned
and sworn, and authorized to take affidavits &c. that
I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe that his name subscribed to the Jurat of said
affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Court of Common Pleas of said County
AD.
1843.

Chas. T. Hicks Clerk
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County SS    Elizabeth Merriam of
the town of Meriden in said County
being duly sworn says that she is
Sixty three ____ years of age
That Ann Annabil the
widow of Ebenezer Annabil is one  sister of this deponent that she was present at her fathers
home on the 5 day of February 1789 & saw the
said Ebenzer Annabil & the said
Ann Merriam married by the Reverend
W. Gridley then a a settled Presbyterian
Clergyman in said town of Watertown
That her parents & brothers & sisters
and a large number of other persons
were present at the marriage but this
deponent does not now know of any other person living who was present except her brother Asahel
Merriam who resides in West
Harpersfield in the County of Delaware &
State of New York -- The said Ebenezer Annabil & the said Ann his wife
cohabited together as man & wife from
the time of said Marriage till the
time of his death which was September
23. 1842 & they had eight children
six of whom deponent believes are still living
& further saith not.
the word "Annabil" written on Erasure
before signing --    Elizabeth Merriam
Subscribed & sworn to in due form
of law  before me this 14th , day
of August 1843 -
Levi Yale   Jus Peace
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State of Connecticut )  
New Haven County  )  
I certify that Elizabeth Merriam who has made the 
foregoing affidavit before me is a reputable person & full faith & credit is due to her statements under oath or otherwise.  Given under my hand August 13 1843
Levi Yale Just Peace

State of Connecticut    Probate District of Meriden
New Home County SS⎬  I certify that
Levi Yale Esqr before whom the foregoing
affidavit was taken & who has made the foregoing certificate was at the date of each a
Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that
I am well acquainted with the signature of
said magistrate & duly believe his signature
annexed to the foot of said affidavit &
to the said certificate are in his own proper hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 14th day of August 1843
James S Brooks
Judge of Probate for
the District of Meriden
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State of New York
Delaware County     Asahel Merriam
being duly worn says that he is
sixty nine years of age & resides in West Harpersfield in said County
that Ann Annabil widow of Ebenezer
Annabil deceased is one sister of this
deponent, that this deponant was present
at his fathers house in Watertown in
the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut
& witnessed the marriage of the said
Ebenezer Annall to his said Sister Ann
Merriam by the Reverend W Gridley
who was a Presbyterian Clergyman
with in said town of Watertown that
said marriage took place February
5. 1789 - that his sister Elizabeth Merriam was
present & witnessed said marriage who
is the only person that this deponent knows
of now living that was present at that
time. there were a great many persons
present at the time but deponent do not
know of any others living now who were then
present- the said Ebenezer &
Ann have cohabited together
within said marriage up to the time of
the death of said Ebenezer which took Place
September 23. 1842 & they had Eight Children six of whom are now living & further saith not
subscribed & sworn to before
me in due form of Law
                                                    Asahel Merriam
this 21st day of August 1843

Benjamin F Gibbs
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Delaware County    I certify that Asahel
Merriam who has made the forgoing
affidavit before me is a reputable man &
full faith & credit is due to his statements
under oath or otherwise.
Given under my hand this
21st day of August 1843
Benjamin F Gibbs    Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Delaware County
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of said
 County certify that Benjamin F
Gibbs Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit
was taken & who has made the foregoing certificate was at the date of Such a Justice of the peace in & for said County & duly (?uning?)
to take the same & that I am acquainted with
his signature & truly believe this signature relevent
to the jurat of said affidavit & to
said certificate to be his proper
hand writing in witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand &
affixed the seal of said Cnty
this 23 day of August 1843
C B Sheldon Clk
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State of New York
Onondaga County ss Ann Annabil being
duly sworn says she is the widow of Ebenezer
Annabil who was a solder of the Revolution &
who died September 23. 1842 in the town of
Bridgewater County of Washtenaw & State of
Michigan & who was a pension of the United
State & placed on the pension Roll March
3d 1834 and draw Eighty nine dollars &
fifty three cent, per annum as appears
by his pension certificate now in the possession
of this deponent-- when this deponent made
her declaration in order to obtain a
pension this deponent was unable to
accompany it by any documentary
evidence of the marriage of this deponent
but jurand positive proof of the marriage
by her brother Asahel Merriam & his wife
Elizabeth Merriam who are both still living
as this deponent is informed & believes
This deponent is informed that the commissioner
of Pensions requires documentary Evidence
still of the marriage; this deponent has made
diligent search for a small book on which
her husband entered the marriage of this
deponent with him the said Ebenzer Annabil
but cannot find it he made a small book
with a sheet of paper which he kept in his
Chest on which he noted their marriage &
birth of our children, there was no blank
leaf in our small bible large enough to ┃
make and record upon was the reason it
was not entered in the bible-- this deponent &
her said husband the said Ebenezer Annabel moved to the State of Michigan about twelve years ago & I came to this County on a visit &
was here at the time of his death & have not
returned but resided at ever since his death in this
County. this deponent now saw the said book often
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she moved to the State of Michigan & has no
doubt it was lost or destroyed before this deponent moved to Michigan as aforesaid - there
was no record of marriages kept at Watertown in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut at the time this deponent was married neither did Mr Gridley the Clergyman keep any record of marriages to the knowledge or belief of this deponent; he has been dead many years as this deponent is informed & believes-- this deponent is wholly unable to provide any documentary
Evidence of her Marriage & can only refer to her original declaration & the proof furnished as signed by the Pension department & now on file in that department. This deponent & the said
Ebenezer Annabil did not keep house for
more than three years previous to his death
but we lived together with our children
part of the time with one & part of the time
with the other & all the said Ebenezer
Annabils writing & papers were at Conn (?)
and considered of not much value &
were lost or destroyed many years ago

Sworn before me this                           Ann Annabil
⎬19th day of October 1844
Lewis J Gillen Dep Clerk
of Onondaga County (Clerk absent.)

State of New York
Onondaga County  John Mills being duly sworn
says he married Elizabeth Annabil the daughter
of Ebenzer & Ann Annall at the town of Marcellus
April 3d 1825 in said county; this deponent moved to the State of Michigan three years ago this month & the said Ebenezer & Ann Annabil moved there also about the same time & resided part of the time in my family & part of the time with their other daughter Maria Burke wife of Marvin Burke 
part of the time with Ruth Burke who married
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the said Marvin Burke after the death of his
first wife Maria:- the said Ebenzer Annabil
died at my house in Michigan the 23d day
of September 1842 & while his wife the said
Ann Annabil was on a visit to the
County of Onondaga & State of New York & she has now returned to Michigan but resided with her son Harry Annabil this deponent knows the said Ebenezer Annabel drew his pension during the time he resided in Michigan after he was placed on the pension roll & his pension certificate which is now in the possession of his widow the said Ann Annabil ( & is now present before this deponent ) is the same which he had
& with which he drew his half yearly payments
at Detroit in the State of Michigan
the said Ebenezer Annabil left no property & his widow is wholly dependent on the assistance of her children for support; before the death of the said Ebenezer Annabil his pension was a partial support for him & his wife. This deponent is now on a visit only to the county of Onondaga & State of New York where he makes this affidavit at the request of the said Ann Annabil & further saith not.-
Sworn before me this
19th day of October 1844        John Mills
Lewis J Gillet Dept Clk
of Onondaga County
Clerk absent
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State of New York,
Onondaga County,   SS
Clerk's Office.-

I certify that Lewis J. Gillet before whom the
within affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same Deputy Clerk of the said County, and Deputy Clerk of the County Courts in and for the said County, and duly authorized by law to take affidavits to be read in all Court of Law and Equity in the state of New York, and administer 
oaths and affirmations, (in the absence of the Clerk from his Office, ) and I further certify that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Syracuse, this 19th day of October 1844,

Chas T. Hicks, Clerk
By L. J. Gillet Dept Clk

In the matter of Ann Annabil who is applying to be placed on the Pension Roll
_____________________________________
Supplemental Affts.

Grove Lawrence
of Syracuse
Onandaga County
New York   Attny
for applicant
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State of Michigan
Washtenaw County ⎬ SS.
Elizabeth Mills of the town of Bridgewater
County and State aforesaid being duly sworn saith that she is now forty two years of age and in one of the daughter of Ebenezer
Annabil described in the within affidavits and that Ann Annabil whose affidavit appears below is mother to this deponent
that this deponant about twenty years since was married to John Mills in the State of New York and from thence they removed to Michigan where she now resides, that her
father was a Revolutionary pensioner and had resided in the State of Michigan a number of years before his death which took place at the house of this deponant on the 23d day of
September 1842. that her mother resided in the State of Michigan a number of years with her father but was at the time of his death in the State of New York and some time last fall returned to the State of Michigan and now resides with this deponant, who has been unable to find any bible record of the marriage of her father and mother, but this deponant has frequently seen a record of their marriage in a small book kept in the family for years which is now lost or mislaid and cannot be found, from this record and from what this deponent has ever understood that the
marriage of her father and mother took place in Watertown in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut in the year 1789. and further saith not.
subscribed and sworn
before me this 29th day of       Elizabeth Mills
January 1845
Daniel Hixson J.P.

State of Michigan
Washtenaw County SS
Ann Annabil now of the town of
Bridgewater in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn saith that she was seventy six years of age in June last and that Ebenezar Annabil whose signature appears to the within affidavits was her husband that they were married in Watertown Litchfield County and State of Connecticut on the fifth day of February 1789. by the Revd Mr. Gridley and
that this deponant resided for a number of years with her husband in Michigan at the home of her son Ira Annabil and with her son in law John Mills who married her 
daughter Elizabeth whose affidavit is hereunto attached that some time before the death of her husband she returned to New York and continued there until last fall at which
time she returned to reside with her daughter the said rs. Mills where she now resides, and that the signatures
to the within affidavits are in the proper hand writing of her husband who was a Revolutionary pensioner as therein
set forth and died at the residence of her daughter as set forth in her affidavit hereunto attached. And this deponent further swears that there was no bible record of her said
marriage but that there was a small book containing the record which was kept in the family but that is now mislaid or lost and further saith not
Subscribed and sworn before
me this 29th day of Jan. 1845.     Ann Annabil
Daniel Hixon J. P.
in all
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Territory of Michigan,
County of Washtenaw
ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that before me, Lazarus Hull a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid, personally appeared Ebenezer Annabil and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical Ebenezer Annabil named in an original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Ebenezer Annabil of the State of New York
who was a Private Sergeant and Seaman in the Revolutionary is entitled to receive Eighty nine
dollars and fifty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the fourth day
of March 1831 and payable semiannualy on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this 3d day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and countersigned,
J. L. EDWARDS,      Lewis Cass  Secretary of War
Commissioner of Pensions.
that he now resides in  Sharon Washtenaw and has resided there for the space of 4 years
past; and that previous thereto, he resided in Manis Onadaga County State of N. York.
Sworn and subscribed this 10th
day of October 1836          Ebenezer Annabil
before me,
Lazarus Hull Justice of the Peace.


PENSION AGENCY,
Detroit,  October ______ 1836

October
Received of ELLIS DOTY, Agent for paying pensions, forty four dollars Seventy six cents, being for Six -----months pension due to Ebenezer Annabil
from the fourth day of March___1836, to the fourth day of September__ 1836 for which I
have signed duplicate receipts.
dollars

Ebenezer Annabel
PENSION AGENCY
Detroit, October
1836
Received of ELLIS DOTY, Agent for paying pensions, Forty four
Seventy six cents, being for Six
months pension due to Ebenezer Annabel dollars
from the fourth day of March 1836, to the fourth day of September 1836, for which I
have signed duplicate receipts:
Ebenezer Annabil
$44.76
Ebene
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Michigan 9603
__________________________________
Ann Annabil
widow of Ebenezer Annabil
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 23 Sept 1862
of Clinton in the State of Michigan

who was a Pr. Seaman & sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Sullivan
Of the Regt commanded by Gen. Sillman in
the N. York Troops line for
__________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan
at the rate of 89 Dollars & 53
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
_____________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of
September 1845 and sent to E. P. Hastings
Detroit, Michigan
_________________________________________
Total amount,                         $

Recorded by

(Act July 7, 1838.
& reso. Jan. 23. 1845 &
act. Feb 1865  Clerk,
Book D.   Vol.  1    Page  461
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Revy  WIDOW, &C.

File No. 5629

Ann Annabil
Widow
Ebenezer Annabil
Sergt Rev. War
Act: June 17 '44
Index: --Vol. a   Page  14
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Michigan 7276
Ann Annabil
widow of Ebenezer Annabel
Conn
who was a Private, Seaman & Sergeant,
in the Revolution
______________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
89 Dollars 53
Cents per annum, to commence of
the 4th day of March, 1843.
_________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of Sept. 1845
and sent to E.P. Hastings, Esq
Detroit, Michigan
______________________
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A. & June 17. 1846
Vol.  2.     Page 239
Repd.
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Ann Annabil
Widow
in of Ebenezer
Annabil, private,
Seaman & Sergeant
$89:53 per annum,
married 5 Feb. 1789
husband died 23 Sept. 1842
$ Acts 7 July 38 -)    one
reso Jan. 1845 -  )    cat:
act Feb. 1845-     )
also another Cat
acts '43 & '44
Michigan Roll
8131
852
Cert to
E. P. Hastings,
Detroit
Michigan
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Watertown Ct
July 31                               83/4
Grove Lawrence
Syracuse
Onondaga Co.
New York
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State of Michigan
Washtenaw County S.S.
Ira Annabil of the town of
Sharon in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn saith that I am the son of Ebenezer and Ann Annabel and am the person referred to in my mothers affidavit hereunto attached, and also have read and examined the affidavits of my sister Mrs. Mills as well as my mothers and believe them to be true so far as my knowledge of the facts extend, and further this deponent further swears that the signature of my father Ebenezer Annabil to the receipts and affidavit upon the paper hereunto attached are in his own proper hand and subscribed in my presence
Subscribed and sworn
before me this 29th day            Ira Annabil
of January 1845.
Daniel Hixson J.P
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Comptrollers Office
January 11th 1834-
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts
of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears by the journal of the Council of Safety, under date 22nd March 1776, that John Mills was appointed Lieutenant of the troops employed for defence at the certifications at Fairfield. that the pay roll of his company is charged to the United States under date November 30 1776 & that no roll of his company has been found or proof of the duration of their service
That under date January 27th 1777, it appears
also that Lieut George Burr who was appointed by the Assembly in December last appointed of the company of 20 at Fairfield declines the service. Iand thereupon this board do appoint Mr Isaac Barr to be Lieut of said company & commission given. At the same time the Council of Safety increased the number of this company from 20 to 25 men
It appears by the books of the Pay Table
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under date date July 18th 1777 that the pay roll of
Lt. Isaac Barr's company stationed at Black
Rock, was charged to the U States; also under date January 28th 1778, the pay roll of Lt Isaac Barrs company stationed at Fairfield, is charged also to the United States. No roll of this company has been found, or proof of the duration of service.
That no roll of Capt. Seth Silliman's company
has been found; but the pay roll of Ens Samuel
Sillimans company as charged to the
United on the books of the pay Table, under date 21st Feb. 1781, & for service at Fairfield.
The Council of Safety on the 7th February 1777 appointed Lieut. Samuel Smedley to be Captain of the Brig Defence belonging to this State dec'd James Angel Street, be Lieut for the present cruise Capt. Harding being unwell.
On the 15th January 1778 the Council of Safety appointed Lt Joseph Squire  Capt of Marines on board the Ship Defence. No roll of the crew of this vessel has been found, or proof of the continuance of their service.
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And under date March 15th 1781 the pay roll of
Lieut Isaac Wheeler company is charged on the
books of the Pay Table to the United States. But
no roll of his company has been found, or proof
how long they were in service
E Phelps

de Annabil
de Annabil
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I Holbrook Curtis of Watertown in Litchfield
County State of Connecticut of lawful age
do depose and say that I hold the office of
Town Clerk in the County Town and State
aforesaid, and that I have examined the
records of the Town of Watertown and that
no entry or record has ever been made therein
of the Marriage of Ebenezer Annabila & Ann
Merriam, & further depose & say that
Marriages (??) to have taken in said town
have never with a small number of the
been entered on
goods, and that from
in my own experience in having occasion
to examine it is my thorough belief & Conviction that no record of any marriage
which took place in this Town prior to the
year Eighteen hundred and in case
found among the Records of any Minister
Clergyman or Justice of Peace or any
other person or officer who had authority to marry persons in the Town and
wide to that period, and that no minister
or other officer who had a legal right
to perform the Marriage Ceremony in said
Town before that period Viz 1810  is now
living.
Holbrook Curtis Town Clerk
Sworn before me
Leman W Cutler Justice of the peace
Dated at Watertown July 26th 1843
State of Connecticut SS -  I, Noah A. Phelps Secretary of State for the State of
Connecticut do certify that Leman W. Cutler
before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was a Justice of the Peace in & for the town of Watertown County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut & was so at the date of said affidavit & I am acquainted with the signature of said Justice & believe the same to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereto
at my hand & affixed the seal of said state this
21st day of November 1843
Noah A. Phelps
Secretary of State
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State of Connecticut 
Litchfield County
At a Court of Probate for the District of Water
town holden at Watertown in sd district on
the 31st day of July AD 1843
I Charles S Woodward
Clerk of sd Court of sd Watertown do hereby
Certify that Leman W Cutler of sd Watertown
is a Justice of Peace for the County of Licht-
field well known to me to have been appointed to that office by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut and that the within official Signature to the Deposition of Holbrook Curtis Town Clerk of sd Town by sd Justice was duly made by him & is in
his handwriting for that of the sd Justice
of Peace In Testimony Whereof I have
hereunto affixed my hand and the seal of sd
Court of Probate for sd District of
Watertown in Litchfield County Connt
S West
Charles S. Woodward
and Clerk of Probate
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I Elizabeth Merriam of Meriden in the County
of New Haven in the State of Connnecticut aged Sixty five years, on oath depose & say, that I was present at the marriage of Ebenezer Annabil with Ann Merrian (now Ann Annabil) the marriage arimony was performed by the Revd. Uriel Gridley of Watertown, the marriage was had on the 5th day of February AD 1789, I know that they were, then married, from the fact, that I was there not nine years old; and from the occurrance of other circumstances viz. it was customary there to salute the Bride & when the Bridegroom put his arm about the neck of the Free I thought he would injure the Brides elegant Cap which she wore. I went to live with said Annabil & his wife on the 9th of March in the year 1789 and lived with them eight years, in the Town then called New Stratford. I distinctly remember
that Thomas Merriam Asahel Merriam and Joel
Merriam were present at said Marriage, they
are dead excepting Asahel, who lives in Harpersfield in the State of New York - I am now Sixty five years old and was born on the 13th of March 1780-
and further I say not -  Elizabeth Merriam

State of Connecticut )   C/s Mordecai
New Haven County   )
Mecredell -
On the 23d day of April AD 1845 Personally
appeared Elizabeth Merriam and made solemn
oath to the truth of the above Deposition by her Subscribed, and I hereby certify, that the said Elizabeth Merriam is a credible person-
Before me
James S Brooks
Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven SS      Meriden
Hereby certify that James S. Brooks Esquire
before whom the preceding Deposition of Elizabeth Merriam and the following Deposition of Asahel Merriam were taken, was at the time of
taking the same, a Justice of the Peace for said
County duly commissioned & sworn and by the 
laws of this State, duly authorized to administer
Oaths, and that full faith is due to his
Official Acts
In Testimony whereof I this 16th day of July
AD. 1845 hereunto subscribe my Official signature and affix the Seal of Court
to
Benajah Andrews Judge of
the Court of Probate for the
Probate District of Meriden
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I Asahel Merriam of Meriden in the County
of New Havens in the State of Connecticut
aged fifty six years, on oath depose & say,
that are the 15th day of April 1845. I carefully
examined the Town & Parish Records of the
Town of Watertown in said State, and upon
such examination I was unable to find any
Record of the Marriage of Ebenezer Annabil
and Ann Merriam ( now  Annabil,) and do not believe that there is any record
evidence of their marriage--
And further say not.-- Asahel Merriam
State of Connecticut
New Haven County SS        Meriden ---
On this 23d day of April AD 1845, personally
appeared before me a Justice of the Peace
Asahel Merriam and made Solemn oath
to the truth of the facts, in the above deposition
by him subscribed; and I certify that the said
Asahel Merriam, is a credible person--
---
Before me-
James S Brooks
Justice of the Peace
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Ebenezer Annabil
24,787
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
Territory of Michigan
County of Washtenaw
On this 20th day of May 1884
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Washtenaw
personally appeared Ebenezer Annabil
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Mills
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Swift of Connecticut in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the Territory, of Michigan where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following 
are his reasons for removing from Manius in the State of New York to Sharon Washtenaw County, Michigan and that one of his sons & a son in law were moving into that place and himself & wife being old & infirm he preferred going
with them rather remain in Manlius
Sworn and subscribed to, before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
Ebenezer Annabil
E. W. Morgan One of the Justices of the Peace
of Washtenaw County Michigan Territory
________________________________________
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above
directed.
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Territory of Michigan
Washtenaw County

John Mills & Ira Annabil
of Sharon in said County
being duly sworn do severally make oath that they
are well acquainted with Ebenezer Annabill the
person who made & subscribed the written affi
davit in their presence & that he is the identical
person described in said affidavit & further
these deponents say not
                                                        John Mills
                                                 Ira Annabil
E. Morton one of the Justices
the peace of said County do
hereby certify that on this 20th
day of May 1834 the above
described John Mills & Ira Annabil
 severally subscribed & took
the above oath before me And I do further
certify that they are men of truth & veracity
E. W. Morgan Justice of the Peace
Territory of Michigan
Washtenaw County ss
I James T. Allen County Clerk of said County do hereby certify that E. W. Morgan before whom the within & above affidavits of Ebenezer Annabil & John Mills & Ira Annabil purport to have been made was on the 20th day of May A.D. 1834 a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned & qualified and that his official signature to the above affidavits is genuine
I being well acquainted with his signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the Seal of the Court of said County ┃
this 20th day of May AD 1834 at Ann Arbour
in said County
Jas T Allen Clerk
By Charles Morley Dep Clerk
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'-


West Harpersfield   25
NY June 14th
John Mills
Clinton

Lenaway Co
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State of New York
Delaware County
On this 20th day of May 1845
personally came before me Asahel Merriam
of Harpersfield in the County of Delaware aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn doth on his Oath depose and say as follows viz
I am now seventy one years of age and
and  am the brother of Ann Annabil widow
Ebenezer Annabil deceased I was fifteen
years of age when my sister Ann was married to Ebenezer Annabil in Watertown Litchfield County
Connecticut by the Rev Mr. Gridley  I think it was sometime in the winter of 1788 or 9 I am positive it was previous to January 1794 for I know that when she moved I was not twenty years of age  I recollect distinctly that i saw them married and that after they were married my sister moved away from home  Some few months after she moved she came back to my fathers on a visit and on her return my father sent me with her to assist her in driving a cow which he had given her
                                      Asahel Merriam


sworn an subscribed before me
this day and year above written
Benjamin F. Gibbs
Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Asahel Merriam and that his statements are entitled
full credit
Benjamin F Gibbs Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Delaware County
May
On this 24t day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally came below me
Peter Merriam with whom I am well
acquainted and after being by me duly sworn doth
On his oath depose and say as follows
I am a cousin of Ann Annabil wife of Ebenezer Annabil deceased my Father and hers lived an half a mile of each other in the town of Watertown Litchfield County Connecticut at the time the was married. i was present and saw their marriage. I am now sixty seven years of age and was then ten or eleven years of age cannot say
which but it previous to 1794
I recollect the following circumstance at the wedding
Annabil, his wife some others were sitting in another
room after the ceremony had been performed he had on a pair of short knickers and silk stockings he laid one of his legs across his wifes lap and the haze of the sun
glistened on the silk stocking and I requested my brother who was younger than myself to look and see
glaze flying out of Annabils shins. This excited much laughter among us that we left the room and did not return till Thomas Merriam a brother of Ann called us back   to treat us with some
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Thing, I have since that been acquainted with
Ebenezer and Ann Annabil they have lived together as
husband and wife
Sworn and subscribed before
7
of
me the day and year above   Peter Merriam
Mentioned
Benjamin F Gibbs
Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Peter Merriam
 is well known to me and that his statements
are entitled to full credit and belief
Benjamin F Gibbs
Justice of the Peace

Delaware County
Clerks Office ss:   I Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware do certify that Benjamin F. Gibbs Esquire the Justice of the peace before whom
the forgoing affidavits and certificates of credibility purport to have been sworn & acknowledged was at the time of the execution of the said instruments a Justice of the peace of said County duly authorized to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signatures affixed
to the said instruments are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of the said
County this 26th day of May A.D. 1845.
C. B. Sheldon  Clerk
pr P R Smith Dep
                        clk
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                                      Syracuse N Y. Dec 1. 1843
Hon. J. L. Edward
Dear Sir
You impkied to say in your letter returning the enclosed certificate of Town Clerk of the Court of Probate of Litchfield County State of Connecticut

County State of Continent, that the official Character of Leman W. Cutler Justin of the Peace
 not be authenticated by the proper form
also that the proof of service of Ebenezer
Annabil the Soldier & husband of Ann
Annabil was not satisfactory on which he
was pensioned. I enclose the certificate to
the Secretary of State of Connecticut to get his
certificate as to the official signature of this Justice
& I herewith Enclose it back to you to be again annexed to the papers of Widow Annabil 
I also wrote to the Secy of State of the State of Connecticut for any proof from his record 
in relation to the person of Ebenezer Annabil & enclosed I send you his reply which you will please 
 also annex to the papers of Widow Annabil.-
I prime from this enclosure together with that on which you pensioned Mr. Annabil you will place his widow on the roll.  I think I have only sent applications for 4 widows & each case has been returned with the same 
objection that the service of the soldier was not sufficiently passed by the papers on which he was pensioned to have entitled him to a pension.  I have 
been thus far unable to get documentary proof but it 
would be improbable in many cases for a widow to  get additional evidence & why it should be signed
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under the atter law the oath of the
soldier whose character was shown to be
good by a clergymen &c was taken as
proof - however I hope, this testimony which
I send you will be found in consideration of
Ebenezer Annabil & sufficent.-
I called your attention in my last letter
to the cases of Sarah Dervin & Dolly Laming
whose applications to be placed on the pension
roll for an other year each which had (?and
of land but no return?)
please let me know what difficulty remains
in these cases
your obdt. Svt.
Grove Lawrence
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Syracuse Onondaga Co
NY Sept 7. 1843
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find papers & application
Ann Annabil to be placed on the
Pension roll.-- I think you will
find the the proof satisfactory
conclude to establish her claim
Please Excuse & advise
me if any thing more is required and
if not send certificate to me when executed
I sent you some  weeks since
applications of Dolly Laming &
Sarah Divin to be again placed
on the pension roll have their cases run? Examination?

your obt svt
Grove Lawrence
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                                                   Syracuse Onondaga Co
                                                   NY Oct. 21st 1844.
Honl. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir

I herewith send you supplimental affts in the matter of the application of Ann Annalbi-- I hope
they will be satisfactory & that she may be
speedily fouded for.-- you will see
by the papers heretofor sent that I have had to get
proof of the service of the late husband
to entitle her to a pension although in
his lifetime he found sufficient proof to
enable him to draw his pension for 12 years in this case we have already proved by this living witness, a rare thing at this late day. The marriage of Ann Annabil & the witnesses both were living not long since & are reputable & reputable people & in addition you have the oath of Mrs Annabil & on account for the want of documentary evidence I think fully according to the requirements of the Pension Department.  This application has been so long delayed I hope it will now
see immediate action.   I am respectfully yr
obt svt.   Grove Lawrence
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Mrs Brockway claim under act of March 3rd '43admin 28 inst.
                                        Syracuse April 4 1845

Honl. J L Edwards
Dear Sir
I enclose you the  previous  appl of Laypham Brooking
She was not found  in  first place till after the five
years had expired I believe & I suppose she was then passed for the other years but on applying at the pension office at Albany I find  she has only drawn 
same for the five years- please place her
now on the roll & said certificate
In the case of Ann Annabil widow
I have again written to Watertown when she
formerly resided & there are no old People
living there who knew her at the time she was married
she moved from there it was so long ago that they cannot find who can be acquainted
at that time-- I had supposed the proof
perfect & more than perfect when I found two reputable persons living who were present at the marriage & have known both ever since that time & they give the time & year you have on oath also of the past; but if this is not satisfactory I see no other course
but to lay the proof before Congress at
the next session & see if it will not be satisfactory to them. I suppose the Proof on file can be referred to without getting it certified & sworn to again. Please
inform me on this subject
yr obt svt
Grove Lawrence
Late First Judge of Onondaga
Co. N Y.
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Washington City
Feby 19. 1843-
J. L. Edwards Esq.
ISir 
In the case of Ann Annabel I have either lost my memorandum of who sent her papers to me or I sent it to you. Will you be kind enough to look at the papers & see who sent them to me so that I can reply to him.
Yrs Respy
R McClelland
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Pension Office
February 20. 1845
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 19th
inst. I have the honor to state that the papers
of Ann Annabil were sent to you by Mr D. A.A.
Ensworth, of Clinton, Michigan. I herewith inclose his letter, and have to request that you
will be pleased to acknowledge its receipt
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servant,
J L Edwards


The letter of Mr Amsworth
Dly rec this evening
R W Mc Clelland
Feby 20. 1845

Hon. R. McClelland
House of Representatives
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Aug 7, 1845
Addl to case
Anne Annabil

20
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Detroit Aug 2nd. 1845
I enclose the Proof of marriage of Ann Anna
bil widow of Ebenezer Annabil late a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency
Her declaration I am informed was forwarded
by Grove Lawrence Esq. of Syracuse N. Y. and is 
on file in your office. Mrs Annabel resides
at Curton Lenawee Co. Mich.
I am sir
respectfully your
Obt Servant
E.P. Hastings
Pension Agent
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

NEW YORK
JUL
31
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Mechanics Bank
New York July 30 1834
Sir
In answer to the enquiry contained in
your Letter of the 29th Inst I have to state that
Ebenezer Annabil has received no payment at this Agency his pension appears due from the 4th of March 1831
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Svt
J N. Fleming Presd & pens ag.
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Hon.
James L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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Orville N.Y. 17. Jany 1834
Dear Sir,
I have a few minutes since recd the enclosed-
Cert from Mr Phelps. You will see that it does not establish any particular service only to corroborate the facts of the exhistiance of the various companies in which the
applicant swears he served, and that there was such a vessel as the Ship Defence belonging to the State of Connecticutt which
was cruising as well as the 7 Feb. 1777 and that she was still in service on the 15. Jan 7. 1778. The applicant swears that
he enlisted in the service of that ship about the first of Jany and he swear positively that he enlisted for & served 7 months in that service
as a marine, aboard that ship, 8 Mo. a private & 3 Mo. Corporal under 2 of the Mills' 
17 day as guard under Silliman & one Mo as
Orderley Sergeant under Capt. Wheeler

I observe that the examining Clerk ( W Cutts) has erred in his Cert in his answer to the 8th Interrogatory. It will be found that the certificate of the Court with the seal & cert of
the Clerk, are all on the Same Sheet on which the original Declaration is made, by a careful examination it will appear that the two
leaves of that sheet are not cut assunder,
 (?intrity?).-- The ans is I presume
a non inadmiting, arising out of the multiplicity of certs.
I have the Cert of Mr Phelps recd enclosed in the Same Letter, in the lap of Dea Leavitt but retain it until I have Mr Merrells Cert which I hope to have very Shortly
Most respectfully
You Obt Sevt.
W. Eager
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130.96
Ebenezer Annable
Admitted
Private    8 mo & 17 days
Seaman  7   "
Sergt       1  "
               -------
               16 17

Rep to E. Phelps for
Inf  Dec   th  33
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
Dec. 24  33
Sir;
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ⎬
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim

Statement, shewing the service of Ebenzer Annable
Period when this service was rendered
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
days
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army.
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this     day of    personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of    and State, Territory or District
of     aged (c)     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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)        , with and    and served in the     (e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                   of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                                     & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the  and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                                   years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}
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 states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                                     Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this                             day of        &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
By applying to Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of the State of Connecticut
the applicant will be able to procure evidence of service
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
{To a Soldier
(Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was (it given , and what has become of it?
6.
(To an Officer.
(Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and (what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
      ______________________________________________________________
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rules laid down for his guidance
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and----days, I served as a-
--------------------------   For ----months and ----days I served as a --------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Grove Lawrence Esq
Syracuse
N. York
S

HARTFORD NOV 22

3h

pri  6 17    21.88
Sergt           5
                  ______
                26.88
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford 22d Novr 1843
I certify that on application for evidence of
the revolutionary service of Ebenezer Annabil, alleged
to have been rendered eight months as a private under
Lieutenant Mills in 1776- also three months as a Corporal
same year under the same officer - Seventeen days in 1777 under Capt Silliman, Ship Defence in 1778 seven
months as a seaman, and in 1787 one month as
acting Sergeant under Captain Wheeler. I find
as follows viz
There is an account on Pay Table Ledger
A. with Lieut John Mills Commencing July 4th 1776 and
closing December 2 of that year when his account was
rendered. In the Pay Table Journal there is charged to
" war Dp to order on Treas Lt John Mills act send for
his Co at Fairfield ￡851, 16. 2. "
In Haskells Receipts there is the following
entry 1781 Oct 17th "Capt David Wheeler Coast Guard at Fairfield
￡278, 7-"
I find no evidence of service under Capt
Silliman, nor do I find the name of Ebenezer Annabil
There are no Pay Rolls of Lt Mills or Capt Wheeler as above
Gideon Welles Comptroler
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Hartford Nov. 22. 1843
Grove Lawrence Esq
Dr Sir.
Herewith are tranmitted
to you the documents required by your letter of the
17th inst. The money sent is sufficient to pay the fees
of both offices
Respectfully
Yr Svt
N.A. Phelps
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Klamath Falls Oregon
August 15 - 1923
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am a great grand daughter
Ebenezer Annabel
who was a Colonel in the
Revolutionary War. He lived in
Connecticut at that time
His wife whom
he married after the close of the Revolution

PENSIONS
AUG
22
23
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was a Miss Ann Merriman
are there any records in your office
which will assist me in furnishing
official proof of my Great Grandfathers
Revolutionary service?
I wish to join the  D.A.R. society
on this record
Thanking you for an early reply,
 I am,
Yours very truly
( Mrs Chas)      Linne Mills Martin
405.N. 4th Street
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JESSE C. BITLER                        RUSSELL P. MORRISON )DEPUTIES
JUDGE                                               WINIFRED BITL     )


HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO
PROBATE COURT
FINDLAY, OHIO
March 24, 1924
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Several weeks ago I wrote you concerning the
the authenticity of the military record of Ebenezer Annabil of the
Revolutionary War. According to the certificate sent to me from
the State Librarian at Hartford Connecticut, the data is as follows:
Annabil, Ebenezer, Conn. & Conn. Sea Service
Widow Ann                      W 5629
A copy of the application for pension should be
sent to me from your office. What is the fee, if there is one. In this office, there is no fee connected with a military record, that is for a certified copy of the birth or marriage. I do not know whether you require a fee so will await your answer to this request. I want to join the D. A. R. soon.

Sincerely Yours,
Winifred Bitler, Deputy Clerk in the office of
my father, the Probate Judge, Jesse C. Bitler.
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio.
WB/WB
PENSION
MAR
U  26  S
1924
OFFICE