Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32072, Ebenezer Williams, Conn.

SERVICE
St low
Williams, Ebenezer
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 32072
CONTENTS

Q423
New York
Ebenezer Williams
of Andesburg in the State of New York who was a Fr. Ar. Sgt. in the Company commanded by Captain Gordon of the Regt commanded by Col Douglass in the Connecticut line for 2 months Private 6 months Artificer and 8 months Sergeant
Date of death not on a. R.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 82 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. Edichsen Asst Repres.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1832 $123.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 41.33 $165.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Brownwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 205

No. 9195. Ebenezer Williams
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30 No. 32
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Thos Beals Canandaigua N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Williams of Canandaigua in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy Seven years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.  
Feb. 7
In 1776
2
Private
Col: S r Douglas
States that in May 1776 he enlisted for Six Months in Col: Chestus Reg t , and was discharged soon after Christmas in the same year
Further States that he enlisted as a Sergeant for one year, in the month of May 1778, in Col: M c Callum, Reg t , but does not specify the time of his Discharge
Further States that, he was attached to Col: Herricks family as a Waiter for two months, in the year 1779.
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Canterbury — Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by documentary and traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct in form and authentication
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. Gordon
Examining Clerk.

State of New York } In the matter of Ebenezer Williams Ontario County } application for a Pension -
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Ebenezer Williams, who being duly sworn according to Law deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot give answers to all the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. He will proceed to answer them in their order according to his best recollection. The 1 st 2 d and 3 rd interrogatories are answered in his original declaration - to the 4 th Interrogatory he says he voluntarily entered the service and served as stated - to the 5 th Interrogatory he says that he does not remember the names of any of the Regiments - He knew General Putnam and saw him at Roxbury and at Cambridge. He has seen General Washington at Cambridge, and he afterwards saw him at Fort Washington and at Fort Lee - The 6 th interrogatory he has answered, also the 7 th - He now says that he served in 1776 two months as a private soldier - In 1777 as under his 2 d head he served six months as an artificer -
In May 1778 he enlisted for one year, but was discharged in January 1779 and served eight months as a Sergeant - He did not receive his warrant until August, when it was made out at West Point, where he was then on duty - In 1779 I served two months as a waiter to Colonel Herick at Fishkill and claim for this two months as a private -
He served in all not less than eighteen months viz Two tours of two months each as a private is 4 months 1 tour as an artificer is 6 months 1 tour as a Sergeant is 8 months and for such service I claim a pension -
Sworn to and subscribed this Seventh day of January 1833. before me -
Henry Chapin J.P.
Ebenezer Williams

State of New-York Ontario County ss. I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that Henry Chapin, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the with- =in affidavit, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of January A. D. 1833.
Charles Crane.

9195- Ebenezer Williams
Service as water distal. low id
Adm d 8 mo. Serf 6 mo. artist 2 " pri 16 mo.
Thomas Beals agent Canandaigua

State of New York Ontario County ss:
On this twenty, sixteenth  eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the County Court now sitting. Ebenezer Williams a resident of Canandaigua County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy seven 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.
1 st In February 1776 at Canterbury in the State of Connecticut, he enlisted as a common soldier in Captain James Gordons Company in Colonel John Douglass Regiment for two months. Was mustered in said Canterbury and was marched to Cambridge and remained there about one month was then marched to Roxbury and continued there until I was regularly discharged and then returned home with the company. 2 o In May following at Canterbury he enlisted for six months in the Company commanded by Captain Asa Bacon and does not remember the name of the Colonel of the Regiment, but believes it was Colonel Chester. Was marched from Canterbury to Norwich and there went on board of a Schooner with the Company and sailed for New York and landed in the City of New York and there did duty for about two weeks, when he was joined to a Company of Artificers under Captain James Clearland and marched to Fort Washington and there remained working on the public works until the Fort was taken by the British, at which time nine of said Company being in the Woods getting timber were taken prisoners. After the Fort was taken this deponent with the Company crossed the River to Fort Lee.

and there remained until General Washington retreated to Trenton and crossed the Delaware marched to near Philadelphia, was there employed at the Ferry until the 25 th December when he marched with same Company to Newtown and was there honorably discharged, and then returned home to Canterbury in Connecticut.
3 rd In the month of May 1778, at Canterbury he, this deponent enlisted in Captain Abner Robinsons Company Colonel Samuel M c Collums Regiment for the term of one year, and on or about the first day of June thereafter was marched to Horse Neck and there done duty, and from thence was marched to White Plains and from thence to West Point and there done Garrison duty until the Company was ordered to New London and there discharged. He enlisted as a Sergeant, and received his Warrant from Colonel M c Collum in August which Warrant is hereto attached.
4 th In the month of October 1779 went to Fishkill and was attached to Colonel Herricks family as waiter for the term of two months. Then lived in Duchess County in the State of New York and was married in 1780.
He has no documentary evidence except the Warrant hereto attached - never had a discharge in writing. Knows of no living witness who can testify to his service except Warren Williams who did live in Oneida County and whether now living or not does not know. He enlisted with him in May 1776 and was with him in the same Company until they were discharged at Newtown.
Was born in Providence Rhode Island in 1755 have a copy of the record of my age, been in my

possession about fifty years - lived in Canterbury in Connecticut at the time I first enlisted, and was apprenticed to a Carpenter. I voluntarily enlisted - often saw General Putnam at Fort Washington - knew him well. While at West Point Commodore Malcomb was in Command. While at Fishkill often saw Judge Zephaniah Platt who was then a Colonel. He has lived in Ballston and Charlton Saratoga County until I moved to Canandaigua where I now live and have resided for about thirty five years past. Knows Moses Atwater and Abner Barlow in said Canandaigua and have known them for thirty five years past. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn and subscribed the 3 day and year aforesaid in open Court. } Ebenzer Williams
We Solomon Goodell a Clergyman residing in the Town of Bristol in the County and State aforesaid and the Moses Atwater and Abner Barlow residing in the Town of Canandaigua - in the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenzer Williams who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid in open Court. } Moses Atwater Abner Barlow Solomon Goodall
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the

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 Solomon Goodale who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bristol, and that Moses Atwater and Abner Barlow, who have also signed the same are both residents of the town of Canandaigua, and are credible persons, and that the above statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Williams for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of September A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane

December 6, 1935
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Mrs. L. R. Verdon 2318 Glenwood Drive Kalamazoo, Michigan
EBENEZER WILLIAMS S. 32072 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of three Revolutionary War soldiers named Ebenezer Williams, one of whom was of Plainfield, Connecticut; one served as sergeant in Captain Robinson's company, Colonel McLellan's regiment, and the third served in Captain Bacon's company of the Sixth Battalion.
There is no Revolutionary War pension claim on file for an Ebenezer Williams in which it is shown that he lived in Plainfield, Connecticut. If you will furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to that particular soldier in whom you are interested, another search of the records will be made and a report furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
A claim for pension has been found of an Ebenezer Williams who performed both services described by you, and it is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32072, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Ebenezer Williams was born in 1755 in Providence, Rhode Island; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Canterbury, Connecticut, Ebenezer Williams volunteered in February, 1776, and served two months as private in Captain James Gordon's company, Colonel John Douglass' Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in May, 1776, in Captain Asa Bacon's company, Colonel Chester's Connecticut regiment, then joined Captain James Cleveland's company in which he served as artificer engaged on the public works at Fort Washington until the fort was taken by the British, thence to Fort Lee where he remained until General Washington crossed the Delaware, was then employed at the ferry near Philadelphia, after which he marched to Newtown and was discharged in December, 1776. He enlisted in May, 1778, served as private in Captain Abner Robinson's company, Col. Samuel McClellan's Connecticut regiment; August 10, 1778,

he was appointed 3 rd sergeant by Colonel McClellan and was discharged in January, 1779. While residing in Dutchess County, New York, he went to Fishkill in October, 1779, and served two months as private in Colonel Herrick's regiment.
The soldier lived in Ballston and Charlton, in Saratoga County, New York, before moving to Canandaigua, Ontario County, that state.
Ebenezer Williams was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was residing in Canandaigua, New York, where he had lived thirty-five years.
The soldier married in 1780; the name of his wife and place of their marriage not given.
No reference was made in the claim to children.
In 1832, the soldier referred to one Warren Williams of Oneida County, New York, who served with him in May, 1776, no relationship stated.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Ebenezer Williams Certificate #6423 Issued March 1, 1833 Rate $82.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

I love you
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Samuel M c Lellan Esq r Colonel of the 2 d
Battallion, of New Levies from the State of Connecticut.
To Ebenezer Williams Reposing Especial Trust & Confidence in Your Skill Courage & Good Conduct, I Do by these presents Appoint, Authorize, & Constitute You the said Ebenezer Williams , 3 rd Serjeant in the 2 d Company in said Regiment, all the duties of which Office You are faithfully to Discharge & You are to Obey all Your Superior Officers in all their Commands According to Military Discipline & for Your So doing this Shall be Your Sufficient Warrant . Given Under my hand this 10 th day of August. A, 1778
Sam c M c Lellan Colo

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S. 32072
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Ebenezer Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1776 2 mos. Pvt. James Gordon John Douglass Conn.   May 1776 6 mos. artificer { Asa Bacon James Cleveland Chester   May 1778 to Aug 10, 1778 Pvt. Abner Robinson Samuel McClellan   Aug 10-1778 to Jan. 1779 3d Sgt.   Oct. 1779 2 mos. Pvt. Herrick  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Canterbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Canandaigua Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, born 1755 in Providence, R. I.
Remarks: In 1779 soldier lived in Dutchess Co., N. Y. He married in 1780, wife's name not stated. There is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,

Kalamazoo, Mich. Nov. 20, 1935
Veterans Administration. Washington, D.C., 3rd Floor.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me any information concerning his family that may have been given in the pension application of Ebenezer Williams of Plainfield, Conn. who served in the Revolutionary War and of Ebenezer Williams , Sergeant in Capt. Robinson's Co. of Colonel McLean's Regiment. Also of Ebenezer Williams of Captain Bacon's Co. of the 6th Battalion.
Thanking you, Very truly Mrs. L. R. Seaton 2318 Glenwood Drive Kalamazoo, Mich.

32 072 Key INVALID.
File No. 32,072
Ebenezer Williams Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1824
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 455
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1922-Nov. 1. History to Mrs. Angie W. Cox. See letter in claim of Ebenezer Williams-S, 28950 ans. 1935 Dec. 5-Not. to Mrs. L. P. Verdin ms.