Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11718, Isaac Webster, Mass. New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass New York
Webster, Isaac
S. 11718
CONTENTS
carded

864 3/4 New York
Nathan Webster
of Columbia Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Darrow of the 2d Regt; commanded by Col. Shepherd in the N.Y. Genl. and Mass. for 13 m. 20 d.
and July 25, 1808
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $5 Dollars 60 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of April 1833 and sent to Ebenezer Waerworth Brainerd Bridge
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $91.20 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. " 22.80
$114.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 35

11, 101
Deane Webster
admitted.
detail of service reg 
12 Dec 32
El Wadsworth Brannard's Lodge N. York N.H.

11, 181
11,101 BRIEF in the case of Isaac Webster - Chatham, Co of Columbia in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No 3. How old is he? 72 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.     June 1776 — 5 — As a private Genl. V. L. Gano, W. B. Dailey, Col. Van Dyck, W. Col. Van Dyck   apt In 1777 — 3 — " Col. J. Warner, W. B. Brady, Col.   Aug 1777 — 3 — " Whiting, W. Col. A. Waterman, Col. D. Smith, W. Perry, Ensign Perry, Col. Shepherd, Lieut. Glover, Lieut. Galt, Lieut. Arnold   at other & various times at least three months.   
5. In what battles was he engaged? St. Matthews 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chatham, Columbia Co., N.Y. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses for the 1 st & 2 nd terms, & Trady. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. H. H. Examining Clerk.

January 30 th 1862 Isaac Webster Declaration Isaac Webster 3 rd v Simon Burnam's affidavit
admitted
13 mo. 20 days Private
$ 40 3.33 2.21 45.59
10111

State of New York, County of Columbia ss.
On the 21 st day of September 1832 personally appears before Mead Butler one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Columbia
Isaac Webster a resident of Chatham in said County of Columbia aged Seventytwo years who first being 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 names, officers and served as herein stated
In June 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer under Captain George Nairn & Lieutenant Samuel Bailey, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Van Dyck, & Lieut. Col. Ten Eyck, marched to Albany & lay there about four weeks from thence to Saratoga and lay there about three weeks from thence by Fort Schuyler Fort Edward to Kingsbury from thence was employed in making a road and bridges from Kingsbury to Fort Edward and this work is ballancing up & down Wood Creek from Fort Edward to Starborough (now White Hall) and remained till late in the fall say November from thence to Fort Edward and was then dismissed serving five months his company generally served in the aforesaid manner during said Campaign not connected with any other
In April 1777 he volunteered, on an alarm, under Captain Josiah Warner & Lieutenant Ebenezer Cady in a regiment commanded by Colonel Whiting & Lieutenant Colonel Asa Walcutt and marched by Albany, Stillwater, Fort Schuyler & Fort Edward to Fort George and remained there a few days & returned guarding the baggage provisions and munitions of War which were at that time brought away from Fort George defending them against depredations by Loyalists & Tories and on arriving at Fort Edward a part of the militia was dismissed and he voluntarily remained and served there and in that neighborhood till some time in July following and was dismissed serving in all at this Campaign three months while at Fort George the brig, on Lake George was burned by the American troops

13 About the first of August following (viz. 1777) he volunteered under Captain John Smith & Lieutenant Perry & Ensign Perry and marched by a detour to Stillwater and was put into Colonel Ship- hards regiment in General Glovers brigade and remained there till after the memorable battle battle was fought with Burgoyne Army at Stillwater in which he was engaged General Gates commanded against by General of Lord Howe & others. Soon after this he fell sick & was sent to Troy to the hospital and remained there till about the first of November following and was dismissed serving at this town three months during which time Burgoyne surren- dered on the 17th of October
And he further declares that he was frequently & at all times of year when not in service or absent called out on a alarm one up the Mohawk against Indians one at Saratoga once Palatine one at Poper after it was burnt and various other times & places the particulars of which he cannot now distinctly recollect all of which would amount in his opinion to at least three months of continued service
He was born at Sheffield in Massachusetts October 1. 1759 has no record of his age except in his family bible copied from from his fathers family bible
He lived in a place then called Kings District in a part now called Chatham in Columbia County aforesaid where he went into the service at all times before stated & was aided there ever since and does still
He always entered the service by voluntary enlistment
Names of persons in the neighborhood where he resides who can testify to their belief of his services are  are Charles the  the Ebenezer Root. Simon Beekman James Peeks. Joseph Melvin
He has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whom testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except that of Simon Beekman and Joseph Melvin his name annulled He never received a discharge as he recollects but always served out his engagements and was honorably dismissed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension

roll of the agency of any state Isaac Webster Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Edward B. Bittner
We Eleazar Root & Samuel W. Beaman residing in Chatham aforesaid
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Webster, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is re- puted and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the day Eleazar Root year aforesaid before me Samuel W. Beaman Edward B. Bittner
And the said Isaac Webster doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states And the said Isaac further certifies that it appears to him that Eleazar Root and Samuel W. Beaman who signed the foregoing certificate are residents of the said town of Chatham and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and also that the said Isaac Webster cannot from bodily infirmity attend a regular session of a court of record in said County of Columbia without dan- ger of material prejudice to his health and therefore begs to be excused therefrom here this declaration is taken out of form pursuant to instructions of the War Department for such cases provided In testimony of all of which I have hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid
Edward B. Bittner

State of New York } Columbia County } J. Joseph D r Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Medad Fuller Esq. before whom the preceding and annexed Affidavits purport to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said Affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal this 26 th day of Septem ber 1832.
J. D r Monell

In reply to your request of June 16, 1908, received June 17, 1908 for a statement of the military history of Isaac Nesbitt a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. See file 11718
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 5 MOS. Sergt. George Darrow Van Dyck N.Y.   Apr. 1777 3 mos. Private Jeriah Warner Whiting Mass.   Aug. 1777 3 mos. " John Smith Shepherd N.Y.   — 3 wks. " Ebenezer Gady — N.Y.   — 4 wks. " Elijah Bostwick — N.Y.   — 3 wks. " Ebenezer Benjamin — N.Y.   — 10 days " went to Esopus — —  
New Shepherd, New York, with John Smith
Battles engaged in, Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kings District, now called Chatham, Columbia Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, September 21, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Chatham, N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born Oct. 1, 1757 at Sheffield, Mass.
Remarks: No middle name stated
For date of last payment of pension and possible date of soldier's death address the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department citing the following data. Isaac Nesbitt, Inv. of No. 5643, named Apr. 22, 1833 under act June 7, 1832, New York
Very respectfully,

War Department Prison Office
Washington City

Sir
Brainards Bridge N.Y. April 1. 1833
I herewith return the declarations of Seb. Ollons  Simon Freeman & Isaac Webster amended so as to read the time on which they claim pensions. In the case of Seb. Ollons where it is noted in the brief that "service was not provided for by the Act" I inferred from the instructions of the War Department that when a soldier was held to military duty by the terms of his engagement but was temporarily taken from the ranks to drive a Continental team from the immediate necessity of the case and so drove the team for a time and returned to duty again that would all be good service on which to claim a pension which was Ollons case precisely but if otherwise constructed by the War Department it will deduct two months from his claim as stated in his amended declaration.
In relation to the aggregate service of Freeman & Webster they have detailed as far as their memory was distinct and if due credit cannot be given to the whole of 3 months thus claimed they must be content with what they have detailed satisfied that all due liberality will be exercised towards them by the War Department. It is desirable on their part that a decision in their case, as well as on the part of others should be had as soon as may be convenient.
On the 11th. of Feb y last I wrote to the War Department requesting the return of Asa Evans papers for explanation and from which I have had no answer. If consistent with the application under the law of 1818. I am entitled to affidavits together with the declaration under the Law of June 7. 1832 and the annexed documents (as I have no copies) to be returned.
Very respectfully Your obedient Servant
E. B. Wadsworth
Please to address all communications in relation to the foregoing to me at Brainards Bridge N.Y.

State of New York Columbia County ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of New York, Isaac Wetster, who first being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of all the periods of his service in the revolutionary war which are mentioned in his declaration of the 21 st of September 1832 made in order to obtain the benefits of the Law of June 7, 1832 passed by Congress. So far as relates to services on a farm, not particularly described but according to the best of his recollection when he was at the Mechanic's farm he served not less than three weeks and was under command of Captain Ebenezer Cady, when at Saratoga not less than four weeks and was under command of Captain Elijah Borlwick, when at Palmetto was in the County of Saratoga not less than three weeks under command of Captain Ebenezer Benjamin. When at Saratoga not less than ten days but cannot tell when command was under as Captain as he went to Albany to be mustered and from there to P'keepsie under officers who were strangers and cannot recollect their names. was under General DeKalb and further in relation to the services of six short terms or seasons mentioned in said declaration he cannot state be certain but surely believes as stated in said declaration that it would amount to at least three months. Just his claim on the time specified and further that supposing I think that the first term specified for five months under Captain George Darrow he was a sergeant and served as such during said five months which fact was omitted in the said declaration. Hence according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For five months I served as a sergeant for eight months and twenty days I served as a private and for such service I claim a pension, Isaac Wetster. Subscribed and sworn to this 18th day of March 1833 before me Ezra Howland

State of New York Columbia County 3
James D. Merrill Clerk of the said County. do Certify That Ezra Rowland before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his ever hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 28 th day of March 1832.
J. D. Merrill

State of New York County of Columbia ss
On the 21 st of September 1832 personally appeared before me Edward Butler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Joseph Miller of Chatham in said County of Columbia who first being duly sworn according to law oath on his oath did say that he is well acquainted Isaac Webster of Chatham aforesaid that he knew him in the Revolutionary War to be in the service of the United States and that he has heard the declaration of said Isaac Webster so far as relates to his service in 1777 under Captain John Smith at Stillwater read and that he knew him to be in said Company but this deponent does not know how long he served but very believes his relation in said declaration to be true and that this deponent was in the army at the same time and place and that this deponent is eighty one years of age Sworn to & subscribed this 21 st day of September 1832 before me
Joseph Miller
Edward Butler
I Edward Butler Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Columbia do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Joseph Miller and that he is a credible person and that his statement in the foregoing affidavit which he has subscribed and sworn to is entitled to credit
Edward Butler

State of New York Columbia County } ss
personally appeared to me Alfred Butler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Columbia caucusa Simon Beeman of Chatham in said County of so who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is well ac- quainted with Isaac Webster that he has resided in the same neigh- borhood with him ever since before the revolutionary War that he knows him during the same and that he has heard the annexed de- claration of said Isaac Webster read and knows that his first statement of service therein made is true as therein stated viz that which commenced in June 1776 and ended in the November following that he this deponent was a soldier enlisted at the same time in the same company and served with him during the same time and he further says that said Isaac Webster again went into the service of the United States in the summer of 1777 but where or how long he served cannot distinctly state and he also under- stands that during the revolutionary War he was called out on alarms frequently serving at different places and different periods of time which he has always supposed and still believes would amount to at least three months continuous service and from frequent conversations with said Isaac Webster & others who served with him in addition to what he positively knows he firmly believes that the facts set forth by him in his said declaration are true and also that this deponent is perfectly unimpeachable
Sworn to & subscribed this 21 st day of September 1832 before me
Alfred Butler
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Simon Beeman who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit that he is a credible person and that his statement is enti- tled to credit.
Alfred Butler

history to June 26, 1908 Mrs. C. L. Schminke Rochester N.Y. 57 Barrington St. A.P. 1909 May 6 First to Inez A. Nichols V.P.M.
Rev. May
11,718 INVALID.
File No. 11,718
Isaac Webster
Rich. R.W. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 399
[Arrangement of 1870.]

by 5643 File 11776 Fifty Seven Barrington St Rochester, N.Y. June, Sixteenth, Nineteen hundred Eight
Pension Bureau
Will you kindly give me information re Isaac Fosberg Webster who applied for a pension Sept- 21 st 1832 while residing at Chatham. Columbia Co. N.Y. When was last pension paid & I want the date of his death. Would be deeply grateful for all data you can give. Cordially Yours Mrs C A Schminke

R. M. NICHOLS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WIS.
4.
Please do what you can for me and as soon as convenient.
Yours Very Truly. Inez Ashcroft Nichols.

R. M. NICHOLS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WIS.
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records of Isaac Webster and William Ashcroft who served in the Rev. War. I send you herewith a copy of Isaac Webster's record as I received it from a cousin, but wish it verified by you. In regard to Wm. Ashcroft, I have a certified statement taken from the Connecticut Rolls & signed & sealed by the Adjutant General of Vermont, that Wm. Ashcroft was a private, also a Connecticut Pensioner of 1818 under Gen.

Law passed March 18, 1815 providing that survivors of the Rev. War who served nine months or more become Pensioners of the Government.
From other records I have that said. Mr. Licheroft was born Dec. 22, 1750. (place not known to me) + that his wife's name was Tamarin Gady + they were married June 24, 1773.
I am the daughter of Hiram Licheroft. His Grandson + Matilda Webster.

R. M. NICHOLS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WIS.
Sheboygan Falls, Wis April 23, 1909.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
On the return of my letter requesting the military records of two of my ancestors I realize my stupidity in not stating the war in which they served. I am wishing to become a member of the D. A. R. and wish the military