Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,667, Ebenezer Winship, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Winship Ebenezer.
N 22.667
Mass.
Mary
CONTENTS
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New-York
Ebenezer Winship, private, Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 31. of March, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. of Sept: 1818. and sent to Richard Riker, Esq; Recorder of the City of New-York.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1818.  $: 41.30    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. March, 1819.  48 -    5 mo: 31. 8/30  $: 89.32.  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
3 Years
1775 to close of war
Confidential New York.
Letter to Hon. H. Horn Jan. 1832 - do. to Col. T. M c Kenney March 25. 1834
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Winship, Ebenezer Cont-Mass W 2267

New York March 17/92
I do hereby certify that Colman Winship and Mary Stoney are Married According to the Rules of our Independent Church by me George Hall Pastor

8644
New York.
Mary Winship
widow of Ebenezer Winship who was a Drum Major in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 108. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1846 an- ending 4 th August 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Sept r . 1849. and sent to
W. W. Hoyt New York.
Mar '43 and
[Acts of JUNE 17, 184
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2. Page 90.
Reported
Maria Lyons
only surviving Child
589

State City and County of New York ss On this third day of May A.D. 1849 personally appeared before me Mary H. Armstrong - Mrs. Maria Lyons of said City and who on Oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the remage of pension due Ebenezer Winship & Mary Winship now deceased and she also claims the pension due the said Mary at the time of her decease. And also claims the five years half pay allowed by law to the widows and orphans of the Revolutionary Soldiers and officers who have died since 1818 - And says she is the only surviving child to her knowledge of the late Ebenezer Winship who was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death & Mary Winship his late widow (now deceased) and who was a claimant for a pension at the time of her death under the act of 1836 ch 38 at the time of her decease in virtue of the Revolutionary Services of her said father - And this deponent further saith as she is ad- vised and believes to be true that her said father only drew the pay of a private. When he was by law entitled to receive a pension in law per annum according to the grade of office which he held whilst in the Revolutionary Service of the United States - And she claims the difference between the pay of a private and that of a Colonel Major which office it appears her said father held during the greater part of his service - And for greater certainty in proof of her

Said Father's services beyond his own declared. She respec- tfully refers to documents in the War or Pension depar- tments at Washington - And this deponent says then knew that at the decease of her said Mother all the writings & effects formerly belonging to her said Father fell into her possession. And about two weeks since she was examining the same and found a Declaration of her said Father setting forth his Revolutionary Military services & which she has been advised by her Council to send to the pension department as it might throw some light on the subjects of her claims herein set up. And of which document or of its existence she had no previous knowledge. And she does hereby constitute and appoint William H. Hoyt of New York as her Solicitor in the matters of the above claims -
Subscribed to and sworn to before me On the day and year first whose Written before me
Maria Lyon
Alf. Wm. Cummings, Mayor of the City of New York and Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County of New-York, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Wm. F. Waremeyer Mayor before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said City and County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court and County, the 3 d day of May 184 9
James Conner Clerk.

Waltham May 5 th 1829
Sir
I herewith send you the enclosed documents of Mrs. Maria Lyon claiming what there was due her father and mother at the time of their decease. She shall expect to receive a report on the same in due time.
Respectfully yours Wm H. Hoyt
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James L. Edmonds Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
John D. Sleeper Clerk of Court
Heads of House

Ebenezer Winship (Revolutionary) Virginian
A

Ebenezer Wm. Hays Turner. Revolution war, Pension claim

United States of America, ) City & County of New York ) I, Ebenezer Winship being sworn to, do hereby certify that he enlisted at Salem in the Spring of 1775 in his Father's Ebenezer Winship's Company as a Drummer in Col. Nixon's Regt. Massachusetts line Continentals, and served in said Regt. upon a furlough of three years, when Col. Putnam took the command of the Regt. and shortly after DeForest was appointed Drum Major and served in that capacity until discharged at West Point in June 1783. also saith he was at the Battles of Bunker Hill, Bunker Heights, White Plains and the Battle of Saratoga, &c. in very arduous circumstances. Sworn this 27 th Day of March 1818. Before me. Ebenezer Winship
United States of America ) City and County of New York ) I, Richard E. Pease of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York as Court of Record having examined the Affidavit and other evidence of the above named Ebenezer Winship, do hereby certify that from the evidence before me it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Winship served in the Revolutionary War as a Soldier against the Common Enemy and is entitled to all the benefits arising from the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." Given under my hand this day of March A.D. 1818.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner. CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That R. Riker before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Recorder and a  Judge of said Court for said City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 30 day of May 184 9
James Conner Clerk.

State City and County of New York S.S.
On this
27 th day of August A.D. 1849 personally appeared before me in open Court Mr. Walter G. French Judge of the City Court. Then & there Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson aged 45 Grand Street said who being first duly sworn according to law, do she on oath depose and say she has always from her early years recollection been personally acquainted with the late Mrs. Mary Winship of said City and also acquainted with her husband Ebenezer Winship from defendant's early childhood until his decease as this defendant being early left an orphan destitute and for and brought up by the said Ebenezer and Mary Winship and she further deposes that the said Ebenezer was a pensioner at the time of his decease and that his widow the late Mary Winship was an applicant for a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary Military Services of her said husband at the time of her decease. Which occurred on the 4 th day of August Eighteen hundred and forty five in the City of New York. And who left her surviving but one child and who is still living and whose present name is Maria Grooms. But whose maiden name was Maria Winship. The said Mrs. Winship had other children but who have deceased. And this defendant further deposes that she has been called upon by the said Mrs. Grooms to testify to the facts herein set forth. As a disinterested witness and that she the subscriber has no personal interest in the matter herein set forth any further than to state the facts as herein set forth appertaining

to Mrs Winship's Claims on those of her daughter Mrs Maria Payson I do hereby and subscribed before Elizabeth Gibson me on the day and year first above written Elizabeth Gibson
M c Ulhofer
M c Ulhofer
Com Pleas
I do hereby certify the subscribing witness to the foregoing affidavit appears to me to be a person entitled to credit for truth and veracity - this I certify in open Court M c Ulhofer New York August 31 st 1844
M c Ulhofer

In The Winship Case
ref to Com v admits N 10/29

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Michael Ushoffer whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, Judge of the New York Common Pleas dwelling in the said City, elected and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and verily believe that the Signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the 27 th day of August 184 9
James Conner. Clerk.

State of New York City and County of New York On this fifth day of July A. D. 1845 personally appeared before me Charles J. Dodyn alder of 11 th Ward & Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Mrs Betsy Cline at present a resident of the City of New York but whose usual residence is the City of Brooklyn in said State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say she is now a widow aged seventy two years past and that her maiden name was Betsy Winship and that she is own sister to Ebenezer Winship deceased who was a pensioner prior to his death in virtue of his services rendered the U. S. in time of the Revo- lution war and who was the husband of Mrs Mary Winship who is now his widow and an applicant for a pension in virtue of the said services of her said husband as aforesaid - And this deponent further saith that she her- self was an unmarried maiden at the time that her said brother was married to Mary and that her said sister in law who was then a girl resided directly oppo- site of where she this deponent was then residing and keeping house for her said brothers and father in the street called the Bowry between Spring and Prince Streets in the City of New York where she this deponent kept house for several years prior to her own mar- riage which was two years after her brother Ebenezer was married which was in the summer or autumn of 1793 and she further saith it is fifty years since her own mar-

riage to her husband who is now deceased whose name was Cline and she knows from her own age at that time and what it now is and her family record which she has frequently seen since that she is not mistaken And though the  deponent go with her said brother and see him married she is satisfied they were married as she saw them dressed in their wedding clothes when they went and when they returned from their wedding and they then went to keeping house by themselves yet she distinctly recollects the time when they were married and when they returned and she had another brother marry a sister to the said Mary Story at that time, but they are now both deceased they then immediately commenced keeping house for themselves And she farther saith that she cannot be mistaken in the time as she herself was married the second year after her said brother was married to his said wife as aforesaid And that her this deponents eldest child is now about forty nine years of age who was born in about one year after her marriage which was in the year 1795 seventeen hundred and ninety five but she cannot shew her family record because it was destroyed by fire about one year ago
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me
Betsy X Cline mark
Charles J. Dodge Ald of the 11 th Ward & Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
9. I hereby certify that the above named Betsy Cline is of good character for truth & veracity
Charles J. Dodge Ald 11 th Ward & Judge of Common Pleas

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
That Charles J. Dodge deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, an Alderman A Judge of County Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Alderman thereunto subscribed is genuine.
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, before whom the annexed
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the
7th day of July 1845
James Conner
Clerk.

Ebenezer Winship
3022
March 1819
Friend Ebenezer Winship Dear Sir,

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
IN the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of July — term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter A. Jay Esquire Recorder
City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the twenty fifth day of July — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Ebenezer Winship aged Sixty years, resident in the City and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted at Salem in the
Spring of 1775 in his father's (Ebenezer Winship Sen.) Company as a drummer, in Col: Vose's Regiment Massachusetts line Continental establishment and served in said Regiment upward of three years, when Col. Putnam took the Com- mand. and shortly after Deponent was appointed a Drum Major and served in that Capacity until discharged at West Point in June 1782, also was at the Battles of Bunker Hill, Harlem Heights, White Plains and at the Capture of Burgoyne!
and that his original declaration is dated the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 3022

AND I do solemnly Avea — that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
Real Estate None — Personal estate None except wearing apparel in actual use and the following articles of furniture — 6 Chairs, 3 pots & Kettle, 2 pine tables, 1 small looking Glass, 1/2 Doz knives & forks, 1 pan and iron shovel and tongs — fruit on hand for sale $1.50.
And further that my family consists of myself my wife Mary aged forty eight years who is unable to provide for her own maintenance Mary a Daughter of the said Ebenezer Winship aged fifteen years, William Winship son of the said Ebenezer Winship aged thirteen years and that the said Children are unable to provide for their own support, and that my occupation is a retailer of fruit, but from age and one lame leg and other infirmities he is unable to obtain a livelihood, he is in indigent circumstances and requires the aid of his Country and hath no other business or income other than above stated.
Sworn in open Court this 25 th day of July  day of July 1820 — Benj a Farris Clerk
Ebenezer Winship
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I, Benjamin Ferris Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Not exceeding twenty five Dollars
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Twenty Seventh day of July 1820
Benj. Ferris Clerk

1 V 215 Oct 1838 Mary Winship widow of Ebenezer
NY. act 7 July 38
5 years
Maria 4 March 1792
Husband died 14 March 1831
for life estate of the house
admitted as Dower Major 2 yrs $108 per on for 4 March 1836, to 4 March 1841, & for 4 March 1843 to 4 Aug 1845 when she died payable to Maria Lyons,
J. F. Talmadge Esq. W. K. Noyes New York

State of New York City of New York 3 rd ss: On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me one of the competent Justices of the City of New York Mary Munship a resident of said city aged sixty two years who, by reason of her infirmity is unable to attend court, being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1833. entitled "an act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Ebenezer Munship late of the city of New York deceased, who was enlisted at Salem in the Spring of 1775 in his father Ebenezer Munship's Company as a drummer in Col. Nixon's Regt Massachusetts Line Continental, and served in said Regt a period of three years, when Col. Putnam took command of the Regt: Shortly after which said Ebenezer was appointed Drum Major & served in that capacity until discharged at West Point in June 1783. that said Ebe- nezer was as she has been informed since at the battle of Bunker Hill, Harlem Heights, White Plains & the Capture of Burgoyne, that said Ebenezer made proof of the aforesaid services on 27 March 1818 before Hon: R. Pike the Recorder of the city of New York, from which the above recital is taken. And she further declares that said Ebenezer was "inserted on the Pension list Roll of New York Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 31 March 1818. as appears from a certificate now in her possession issued by the War Department under the hand & seal of Office of the Hon J. B. Calhoun then secretary of War. bearing date 26. Sept. 1818. And she further declares that the "name of said Ebenezer" was "directed to be continued on the Pension Roll." by an order of the "War Department number 3022. Pension Office No: 3. 1820." signed by "J. L. Edwards". She further declares that she was

married to the said Ebenezer Winship in the City of New York on the 4 (fourth) day of March 1792. Seven hundred & ninety two by George Wall Pastor of the Independent Church in said City as will appear by an original certificate of marriage signed by said George Wall, now in her possession a copy which she declares to have been and contained in her possession from the date thereof to the present time a copy of which is herewith that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer died in the City of New York on the fourteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty one : that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first January - Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated. and that she has not been married since given to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Mary Winship
I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original certificate of the City of New York
I certify that the above named applicant, to all appearance cannot from her bodily infirmity attend court, which is at a great distance from her residence
[Signature] D. J. S. [?] Esq.
Copy certificate of marriage above referred to New York March 4. 1792
I do hereby certify that Ebenezer Winship & Mary Brown are married according to the Rules of our Independent Church by me George Wall Pastor
I certify that I have collated & compared the above copy of certificate with a paper in the handwriting of the said Mary Winship, containing the original certificate of marriage. and that the same is a true copy thereof. word for word. & figure for figure. and that upon inquiry made there does not appear to be any other record thereof
[Signature] Esq.

State of New York City & County of New York ss. Susan Webb of the City of New York, wife of Alexander Webb of said City M ps , founder being sworn according to law deposes & says that she has been acquainted with the within named Mary Winship for sixteen years past - that she knew her during the life time of her husband George Winship with whom deponent was also acquainted. that said Winship drew a pension as a Revolutionary soldier for many years previous to her death - that she has known said Mary since the death of her husband George Winship. and that she still remains unmarried.
Given before me this
8 day of Aug: 1838
Susan Webb
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Hoxie, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William H. Bell — whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, dwelling in the said City, commissioned and sworn.
And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the Ninth day of August 1838.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.

State City and County of New York ss. On this 8 th day of August A D 1849. Personally appeared before me Michael W m Shaffer first Judge of Peace New York and said City Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson aged 45 years past. And after being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say. She has always from her earliest recollection been personally acquainted with the late Mrs. Mary Winship of said City and also was acquainted with her husband Ebenezer Winship from deponent's early childhood until his decease. As she this deponent being early left an orphan was taken, cared for, and brought up by the said Ebenezer and Mary Winship. And she further saith that the said Ebenezer was a pensioner at the time of his decease. And that his widow the late Mary Winship was an applicant for a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary Military Services of her said husband at the time of her decease, which occurred on the 4 th day of August 38 th . And who died on the fourth day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty five in the City of New York. And who left her surviving but one child and who is still living, and whose present name is Maria Lyons, but whose maiden name was Maria Winship. The said Mrs. Mary Winship had other children but who have deceased. And this deponent further saith that she has been called upon by the said Mrs. Lyons to testify to the facts herein set forth as a distinguished witness. And that she the Subscriber has no personal interest in the matter of herein set forth, appertaining to Mrs. Winship's claims or those of her daughter Mrs. Maria Lyons.
Sworn to in open Court before me on the day and year first above written
M c Shaffer
Elizabeth Gibson

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner. CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Michael Ullhaeffer Esq. before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, First Judge of said Court for said City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 8 day of August 184 9
James Conner
Clerk.

State of New York City and County of New York ss. On this fifth day of September 1845 personally appeared before me R. T. Compton Alderman of the Eighth Ward and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said City and County.
Samuel Brown a resident of the State City and County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath of affirmation depose and say he is now aged eighty six years in October last past. And that he was born and brought up from a child in the City of New York and that he has always resided here except during the revolutionary war in most of which he was in the service and held as a pensioner of war by the British. And he further saith immediately after the revolution war in 1784 or 1785 he became acquainted with Ebenezer Winship his father and three brothers. And the father of the said Sons and brothers had served as a Colonel of a Regiment of Massachusetts Troops in the Revolution War as he was then informed and believes and that his Son Ebenezer who was about this deponants age according to his best recollection was also out in the service as a private as he was then informed and believes. And he further saith that he this deponant was a cooper by trade and occupation and that he was located in business in Greenwich Street in said City near to what is now called Washington Market and that he commenced business there immediately after the Revolution War and there continued his business for about forty years. And he further saith that three of the said Winships carried on the butchering business in said Market commencing

about the same time that he this deponent commenced business and continued until their decease. And in 1793 the said Winships barrelled a large quantity of beef for shipping and that he this deponent made the barrels in which it was put up and in the same year three of the Winships were married as it was then reported though he this deponent did not attend any of their weddings which date he defines by his accounts with the said Winships and others were kept. And he further saith that the said Ebenezer Winship was one of the brothers who were said to be married that year of whom the said Ebenezer and one other brother married two sisters by the name of Story. And he further saith that the said Ebenezer and Mary his Wife ever after lived and had children together in good repute as husband and Wife until his death.
And he further saith that the said Winships and himself were ever after from their youth intimately acquainted. And that he always did their coopering for them when they barrelled beef and pork and that he and they were always on terms of intimacy and friendship. And though he did not see Ebenezer married yet he verily believes he was lawfully married as he and his wife ever after lived together in good repute as husband and wife until his death.
Affirmed and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me
R. T. Compton
Atty. 8 th Ward and fringe of County Court
I do hereby certify the foregoing subscriber is a gentleman of respectability belonging to a Society called Friends and whose statements are entitled to full confidence for truth and veracity.
R. T. Compton

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
That R F Compton  DO HEREBY CERTIFY, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, an Alderman Judge of County Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Alderman thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 6 th day of September 184 5
James Conner Clerk.
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Sept 8. 1845. June 17 45
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May Winship
Memoranda of Business Washington D.C.
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Aug 16, 1845
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May Winthrop
Paris 5
James D. Edwards
Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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State of New York City and County of New York On this thirteenth day of August A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me B. J. Meserole Alderman of the tenth ward and one of the Judges of the County Court Daniel Winship who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say he is now aged seventy two years past and has always resided in the City of New York from the year 1783 until within a few years past when he retired from business and moved to West Chester County in this said State - And he further saith he is a butcher by trade which occupation he has always followed for a liveli- hood - And he had a brother by name of Ebenezer Winship who was also a butcher by trade; but who is now deceased - And he further saith that his said brother was twelve or thirteen years older than himself and that he himself his brother Ebenezer and another brother who is now deceased carried on their butchering business together from 1792 to 1796 and during that period they all three married them wives - And he further saith that his two said brothers married two sisters by the name of Story - And that his brother Ebenezer marri- ed Mary Story who is now his widow and an applicant for a pension in virtue of the services of her said husband (who was this deponants brother) which was rendered in the revolutionary war - And he further saith that there was but little difference between the pe- riod of his own marriage and that of his two elder brothers - And that he himself was married in the year A.D. 1793 which he

knows by the time of the birth of his first child which was born in just one year and two months after his marriage which was in the year A.D. 1794 - And he further saith that he did not attend the wedding of his said brother Ebenezer and Mary Story yet he verily believes they were married in Seventeen hundred and ninety three as they lived together in good repute as husband and wife that year and they were said to have been married and he never heard the legality of their marriage called in question and that they had children together and ever after lived together in good repute until the death of his said brother who was a pensioner several years prior to his death in virtue of his services in the revolutionary war. And that he left his wife Mary a widow who has ever since remained his widow and who is an applicant for a pension in virtue of the services of her said husband rendered the U.S. in the war of the revolution and he further saith not
Sworn to and Subscribed } Daniel Winship on the day and year first above written
B. J. Merriale Pld 10 Nov 7 and one of the Justs. of the County Courts
I do hereby certify the foregoing Subscriber Mr. Daniel Winship is a gentleman of high respectability and whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit
B. J. Merriale Pld 10 Nov 7 and one of the Justs. of the County Courts

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That B. J. Meserole before whom the annexed deposition was taken; was, at the time of taking the same, an Alderman Judge of County Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Alderman thereunto subscribed s genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 13 day of August 184 5
James Conner Clerk.

New York Aug t 13 th 1845
Sir
I herewith send you the required testimony in the case of Mary Winship's claim for a pension which was given by the brother of her said husband who testifies to their being reputed to have been married in 1793 and to their living together as man and wife in that year which he says he knows by his own marriage and the birth of his first child
I am Sir
Respectfully Yours
W m H. Harrison
522 Grand St.
James L. Edwards Esq o
Commissioner &c.
By me

22,667 Rev. WIDOW, &c.
Dec. 12, 1901 Richd C. Winship - Phila Pa
File No. 22667 Mary Winship Wid of Ebenezer Winship Drum. Inf. Pa. Vol.
Act: June 17 th /44 March 30 th
Index: — Vol. 143 , Page 345
[Arrangement of 1870.]

B th payable on the 1 st of March, and 1 st of Sept. each year, at the Branch Bank of the United States, City of New-York.
Liberty Mutual
Recorded
Winship, Ebenezer Cont-Mass W22667

WAR DEPARTMENT.
I CERTIFY that in _____ of the U _____ ATES,
of the 18 th of March, 1838, Ebenezer Winship,
_____ late a private _____ in the Massachusetts line of the revolutionary army.
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New-York Agency, at the rate of Eight $ dollars, 25 cents per month, to commence on the thirty first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this twenty sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
L. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Daniel D. Briggs before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, an alderman Judge of County Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said alderman thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 30th day of July 184 5
James Conner Clerk.
105-22-1845-11-22-45 105-22-1845-11-22-45

Winship, Ebenezer Cont - Mass. W22667

State of New York City and County of New York ss On this twenty ninth day of July A. D. 1845 personally appeared before me Samuel G. Briggs Alderman and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Jeremiah Dodge who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depo- and say in addition to what he has alrea- said in the case of Mrs. Mary Winship the reputed widow of Ebenezer Winship deceas- and who is an applicant for a pension in virtue of the services of her said husband which were rendered the U. S. in the war the Revolution. And in accordance with the requests of the Pension Department at Washin- ton he defines the particular period of the marriage or the time when he this deponant knew the said Ebenezer and Mary Winship lived together as husband and Wife was as he before stated they occupied a tenement in one of this deponents houses as tenants and lived as such for three years commencing in seventeen hundred and ninety three and he himself being a Carver by trade commenced doing business the same year in the same house and occupied a part of the same for a workshop at that particular period when the said Win- ship occupied a part of the same house for a

dwelling and the said Winship was a butcher by trade and worked at his trade with his brothers who were also butchers Viz. in 1793- 4 5 And he further saith that he does not know that he can now produce any documentary testimony by which more clearly to satisfy the department of that particular period but that he knows by his own age and other concurrent circumstances that he was correct in his statements before made as to the year and particular period stated that the said Winship and Wife did live together in good repute as husband and wife at that partic- ular date. —————
Sworn to and subscribed Jeremiah Dodge on the day and year first above written.
Levi Dorr Briggs Judge New York Common Pleas
I do hereby certify I am well acquainted with Jeremiah Dodge the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and know him to be a man of high respectability and whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Levi Dorr Briggs Judge N.Y. Common Pleas

Ebenezer Winship
Soldier Col Nixon's Regt Mass: line
compare this case.
31. March, 1818.
New York rolls.
Correct
vol 4 page 183 to 1 Jan 1782. $29 66 / 100 refd to Com Sep 13 49 for rate of per diem and allowed under act 7 Feb. 1838 as a Drown Major, p 108 for an

To the Honorable Richard Buel Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayors Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York,
The Declaration under oath of Ebenezer Wirtley formerly Drum Major — engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the City & County of New-York
Respectfully Showeth, that the said Ebenezer Wirtley enlisted as a Soldier the Revolutionary Army in the Continental Establishment at Salem Massachusetts in the Spring of 1775 in his father Ebenezer Wirtley's Company as a Drummer in Colonel Nixon's Infantry Regiment Massachusetts Line & served therein three years & upwards when Colonel Putnam took the Command of the Regiment That Department was then appointed Drum Major & served in that capacity until discharged honorably at West Point in June 1778 That Department was in the Battle of Bennington Hill — Brattleboro Heights White Plains and the capture of Burgoyne — That his discharge was honorably lost or destroyed And this Declaration further representeth that the said Ebenezer Wirtley is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in the City & County aforesaid,

and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support;
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, approved, March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the Depositions - of himself and of Colin Winship hereafter set forth,
Dated, the 31 st day of March 1818 Eleazer Winship
City and County of New-York, ss.
John Winship Benjamin Winship being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn the 31 st day of March 1818 before me, }
J. Miller
John Winship
Eleazer Winship
Recorder of the City of New York
City of New York ss Asa Holden being sworn says he knew the applicant Eleazer Winship to have served in the Army of U. States during the revolutionary war & believes the facts by him stated to be
Sworn this 31 March 1818 J. Miller
Asa Holden

City and County of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the 31 st day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, Richard Piker, Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, personally appeared the aforesaid Benjamin Wirtshup Applicant, and John Wirtshup his brother the brother,
entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration and affidavits by them subscribed, and the said Applicant also having subscribed the foregoing
Declaration
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Army of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, at the City of New-York, the day and year last above written.
R. Piker

10729 New York
Mary Winship
Widow of Ebenezer Winship who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 14 th March 1831.
in the State of who was a Major Major in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Mass. line for
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 108 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Septm 1849 and sent to W. W. Hoyt, New York
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book D
Vol. 1
Page
Clerk,
533

let: 2 nd Augt - 1849 to Mr. W. Hoyt to same 23 rd August 1849 to same 25 th Augt 49 " same 29 " " do. Sept. 10. 1849 to Sec. Interior
Act 4 July 1858

Set to F. A. Talmadge Sep 21. 1838 " Hon J. M c Keen Feb. 3. 1841 " Sylvester Spencer March 12. 1841. " John Bigelow July 7. 1842 " " " Aug 13. 1842 " L. L. Burd April 3. 1845. " W. H. Harrison May 30. " " W. H. Hoyt June 25 " " W. H. Harrison July 26. " " " " Aug 14 " " Same " 22 " " Same Sep 11. " " Same " 30 " " Same Oct 9. " Hon W. L. Marcy " 17 " " Wm H. Hoyt Dec. 21. '47 " do Jan'y 18. '48 Set 28 June 6. / W. H. Hoyt.

Lt. Col. H. Hays July 31 '48
Lt. Col. J. A. Duff March 15 '48 Lt. Col. W. B. MacLay. Oct 21. '48
Lt. Col. W. H. Hays May 5 '49 to same May 22 '49 Lt. Col. J. A. Duff

Dear Sir: -
May I ask you to allow him to the enclosed? -
Yours, Respectfully Yours,
John A. Dix.
2 March 1878.
Col. Edward Com. Perrine.

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fourteenth day of April 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

May to Wmship
Syl Shenen Myak

Mary Winship. — Her husband was a pensioner, she was married by the Rev. Mr. Wall of whom she obtained a certificate, at the time, which was sent on, but objections being made, I obtained the book of marriages of Rev. Mr. Wall, which Mr. Spencer took to Washington with him. My wish was that the hand writing of the certificate might be compared with that of the book, as no entry of the marriage was in it, no doubt torn out, as there was only a part of the book left. — But the book was sent back, without any information given whether the hand writings had been compared, or, indeed, any thing else.
In the letter from Mr. Edwards the certificate is said to appear to be a copy. — She says it is the original, and for that reason I wished it compared with the hand writing in the book. J. de la Pierre

(Copy)
Department of the Interior, Washington, August 1, 1849.
Sir:
In the case of Mary Winship, widow of Ebenezer Winship, decd. I have examined the papers, and am of opinion that the testimony establishing the marriage of the parties is as satisfactory and direct as can be expected to prove an event transpiring at so distant a period of time.
As this seems to be the only question in the case, I think the certificate should be issued.
The papers are here with returned.
I am Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your Ob't Servant,
(Signed) T. Ewing, Secretary.
The Commission of Pensions. 3

Mch 25/1868
M rs H. Hoyt for Mary Winship Widow Ebenezer

New York March 23 rd 1848
Sir
I take the liberty of writing & of asking you to grant us the favor of examining yourself personally the evidence that has been furnished & is now on file in the pension department in support of the marriage Mrs Mary Winship Widow of Ebenzer Winship deceased - This case is well supported in evidence to my certain knowledge - And it is very evident to my mind that it has been rejected by the former commissioner (Mr Eldridge) from feelings of prejudice rather than on principles of law - As the requirements of the law on the subject of proof of marriage has been strictly complied with - This is a case that the attention of the department was called to a short time since by the Hon John A. Dix of the U.S. Senate - In answer to which a letter was addressed Mr Dix and by him transmitted to myself dated March 15 th Inst enclosing a copy addressed the Secretary of War Hon W. L. Marcy dated Oct 17 th 1845 in reply to my appeal to that officer to examine the case under consideration - And which it seems that gentleman did not examine as it is not his custom to do any more than to endorse the decisions of the commissioners - This is a case that it seems

has been pending for some two years and one too as I believe meritorious or I should not urge its allowance. And in which it is reasonable to presume that yourself can have no prejudice for or against. Therefore we ask it as a favor that you will take up this case yourself person- ally and examine the evidence in detail in support thereof that has been furnished particularly by or through any own influence. (Which is those proofs that have been filed within the last three years). As I have no certain knowledge of what had previously been done in the case. It has been alleged by your predecessors -for that the case in question has been attempted to be supported by fraud. Of the merits or demerits of whose allegations I have no means of judging - But this I do know that the proofs that have been filed since I have had the case under consideration are sufficient to establish the rights of the claimant to the pension according to law. And we urge its allow- ance on that principle. If the department have a legal or discretionary right to reject a case wholly in respect of the rights of the claimant merely because there may have been an attempted fraud by their solicitors or because of their prejudices against the claim or the individual having charge thereof. It is something I have yet to learn. As these historical supposed the law ideas or at least should be the governing principle. We ask it therefore as a particular favor that you will at your convenience

examine the case in question yourself, and favor us with the result of your own conclusions As we have reason to believe no credit has been given or importance attached to the testimony that has of late been adduced in support of said Marriage
I have the honor to be with you respect your humble Servt
Wm H Kept
H B Evans Esq Commissioner of Pensions Pension Department Washington D.C.

W. L. L. Edwards Chief Pension Bureau War Dept Washington D. C.

Philad a . February 27. 1834
To Col. J. L. Edwards of the Pension Bureau Washington,
Dear Sir,
I have had placed in my hands by Capt. Winship of this City, your letter of the 24 th . January 1832 to Henry Boon; and the papers to which it refers.
If I did not know the most acute observer may sometimes overlook the turning point in a case, such as this, I would assume it, from my knowledge of your power of the duties of the place you fill, that your decision was not unnecessary. You have in this case confounded the son with the father. This, I confess was most natural, seeing their names are the same; and their services relating to the same period, & in the same

same glorious cause.
You will see on reference to papers which I have marked A that Ebenezer Winship swears he enlisted at Salem in the spring 1775 for in his father's, Ebenezer Winship's company, as a drummer, in Col. Nixons regiment. This oath of the son, and the collateral circumstances, confirm that there was a capt. Winship - & his son both in the service. To this son the pension was allowed, as a private , according to the certificate of McCalhon in 1818, marked B
The direct proof that there was a Capt Ebenezer Winship, you have in the certificate of the Secretary of Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - It is for this capt Winship the

the pension is asked.
I will do no more at present than state, that the son, not the owner, but a Brother, is known to me. Of him I have received a circumstantial account of his father's, & Brother's services - the one as captain, the other as a officer & private. Every word of this statement I rely upon - & if such gallant acts of a father, combined with his noble resolve to bring his son into the field, thro' a lad, cannot secure a pension, I know not what could. If now I will be at the trouble of furnishing this narrative. Pray have the pension granted. Should any thing further be required, write to me, & I will see what can be done towards setting what may be needed . In haste - but very truly Yrs Thos M'Kesson

War Department Pension Office January 24. 1832
Sir,
The papers in the case of Ebenezer Winship have been examined and are here-with returned. I do not know the precise object for which they were sent here. He was placed on the pension roll in 1818, as a private soldier. I find however from the enclosed certificate from the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, that a person of that name served as Captain. If he be the same person who held that rank, he should state the fact under oath; and the rate of pension allowed by law to a commissioned officer will be granted him.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully Your Obedt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Hon: Henry Horn House of Representatives

Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

New-York June 8 th 1839 Hon. J. S. Edwards
Sir,
Accompanied are the papers of the widow Margaret Van Orden, whose proofs of being the widow of the soldier Charles Van Orden who served in Captain Tiebout's company, you required, as per your letter of May 9 th . I trust they will prove satisfactory.
Also the affidavit of the widow Mary Winship. In the fall of 1838 I was called upon by a person (her daughter) with a letter from the Hon. J. S. Edwards to F. A. Talmadge Esq. of this city. She informed me that her mother had obtained the services of Mr. Talmadge in her case, that he had forwarded her papers to the Pension Department, that the letter then shown me, was in answer thereto, but as Mr. Talmadge had been elected a representative to our State Legislature, he would be compelled to leave this city, and could not give further attention to her business, advising her to give it over into my hands, which she accordingly did. She then made every search in her power but was unable to obtain the required proofs, as will appear by her affidavit. Subsequently to the date

thereof, however, I made some search and enquiry, and was so fortunate as to obtain a sight of the original book of marriages, in the handwriting of the Rev. George Wall, or at least the remains thereof, it being much mutilated, but there was no entry of her marriage, and from the fact of his having united very many couples, as appears from the run of the dates of other entries, and there being an interval of (say) some fourteen months, where no entries appear, and at about the time her marriage took place, it leaves no doubt on my mind of its having been torn out.
Perhaps you may satisfy yourself of the authenticity of Mrs. Winship's marriage certificate, by comparing it with that of the widow Van Orden, who was also married by the Rev. Mr. Wall at within a year or two of the same time and an entry of which I read in said book - Or, if you will send me the certificate, sent you by Mr. Talmadge, I may have it identified by Mrs. Browne in this city, in whose possession possession said part of book is, she having been well acquainted with said Rev. Wall in his life time, as her father or grandfather, Mr. Matlock, sent for Mr. Wall who was then in England, and who succeeded him as Pastor of the Independent church. She was often present when he joined couples in wedlock, and

often saw him enter such in his book, and is well acquainted with his hand writing.
Respectfully yours
B. de la Pierre
P.S. If it is not transgressing the rules of the depart- ment, I would crave your attention to the claim of the widow Mary Griggs, forwarded in the same envelope, with that of the widow Simmons, and as I have received an answer, some time ago, to the latter, I have been in daily expectation of one to the former.

✓ Aug 23/49 Wm H. West
August 23/49
Respecting his appeal to the Department in the case of Elizabeth Romans & five others. Revolutionary Pension Claims - refers particularly to the latter cases of Maria Blauvelt & Maria Brink -
W. W. Alliston, immediate ✓ attention
Comm: of Pension please answer
Dept of the Interior August 24/49

New Yorke August 23 rd , 1849
Sir
On the 7 th Inst we received two communications purporting to come from the Pension Department. One of them was dated on the 2 nd Inst and the other on the 4 th stating that the Secretary of the Interior had ordered the settlement of two pension claims. One in favor of the heirs of Maria Blundell and the other in favor of those of Mary Winship which we had previously appealed to that Department. And the Commissioner of pensions therein demanded of us proof of the period of the decease of the Original claimants. Which proof we procured and sent him on the 8 th Inst and since which time we have not received the certificates. Nor can we obtain any explanation of the cause of this extraordinary delay. Having written the pension Department on the 18 th Inst for the reasons of this delay and not being able to obtain any intelligence on the subject. We have taken the liberty of addressing Your Honor. And respectfully request that those claims that have been ordered paid may be settled without any further unnecessary delay. — We also on the 9 th of July appealed the five following Revolutionary pension claims

to the Secretary of the Interior. W th Elizabeth Romans. Elizabeth Frits. Mary Smith. Hannah
I am with high consideration
Wm. H. Hays.
Very Thomas H. Ewing

Oct 6. 1845
Francis Nash, Esq. Pioneer of Pennsylvania Harrisburg Pa
PAID

New York Oct 4 th 1845
Sir
In Answer to yours of the 30 th ult d I have to say the language used in the final rejection of the Claim of Mary Minship for a pension I consider both uncalled for and unjustifiable on the part of yourself or any Gentleman until your suspicion or grounds for the same are susceptible of proof. (Which I do not believe) As Mr DellaPierre who had the preparing and former management of that Claim is a Gentleman of Respectability and one who would not be guilty of being accessory to such an act. And as the testimony in the above Case has been prepared and furnished in accordance with the rules established by the pension Department on which pensions are granted in similar Cases I therefore respectfully request the Claim of Mary Minship with all the proofs and documents appertaining to the same may be referred and handed over to the Secretary at War for his examination adjudication and decision on the same.
I am Very Respectfully
Your humble Servant
Wm H Garrison
522 Grand St N.Y.
James V Edwards Esq Commissioner etc

5
Mary Windup
Thang

State of New York City and County of New York ss. } Mary Winship of the city of New York, widow of Ebenezer Winship decea- sed, being duly sworn according to law, maketh oath and saith, in relation to the contents of a letter from Hon. J. L. Edward, Commissioner of Pensions, dated at Washington September 31 st 1838, and directed to T. A. Talmadge Esq. of said city of New York, That she can not procure from the records of the Independent church referred to in said letter a copy of the record of her marriage, to the said Ebenezer Winship, her late husband, said church having been long since dissolved, and she can find no trace of the record, though great exertion has been used. She also says, in regard to the observation in said letter concerning her age, that she has no fami- ly record of births that occurred in her father's family, but knows that she was of the age of eigh- teen, or thereabout, at the time of her marriage to said Ebenezer Winship in the year 1792, and that if she called her age, in 1838, sixtytwo , it was an error, as by the above statement, she now is sixty five years, or thereabout. She fur- ther says, she does not know what her late hus- band's statement on that head, may have been, when interrogated, as he did not consult her be- fore giving it in, nor communicate it to her after.
Sworn this 6. May 1839 before me.
A. H. 1838
Mary Winship
Justice of the Peace for the City of New York

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Hoxie, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Wm H Bell Esq before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Justice thereto subscribed is genuine.
my transcript
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 10 th day of June 1839.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.

STATE OF NEW YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Michael P. Mason before whom the annexed deposition, were taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of the said Court in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 28 day of Jany 1848
James Conner Clerk.

State City and County of New York ss
I The Subscriber hereto Certifies that he is personally acquainted with Mrs. Betsey Cline whose Maiden name is reputed to be Betsey Winship And who is reputed to have testified in the case of the marriage of Mrs. Mary Winship and her brother Ebenezer Winship deceased. And the said Mary being a Suimant for a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary services of her said husband Ebenezer deceased. And the subscriber further testifies that the said Betsey Cline has been a member of his congregation and attended his ministry for a number of years past, and that three of her daughters have been worthy members of his Church, two of whom are now deceased - The other has recently removed her Church relation to another Church in an adjoining City - And he further saith that the said Betsey Cline is not to his knowledge a public professor of religion - but is a very exemplary and worthy woman in every respect - And that she is a lady of good repute - And maintains an irreproachable character, and whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit. And that her family and connections are people of the first respectability in this community - And whose statements he believes entitled to full confidence.
And the subscriber further saith not
Subscribed and affirmed on this 27 th day of January A.D. 1848 before me Michael P. Mason Consur. of deeds &c
Geo. Benedict Pastor of the Norfolk St. Baptist Church New York City

State, City, and County of New York, ss. —
I, the subscriber hereto, do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Mr. Samuel Brown , who has been one of our most aged and respectable citizens, ever since my ministry in said City, being 19 years, and who is reputed to have spent his days in said City - but who deceased about one year since - (and who was reputed to be a man near ninety years of age, (and a member of a religious society in this City, called Friends - (and the said Brown is reputed to have testified in the case of Mrs. Mary Winship's marriage, who is said to be a claimant for a pension, in virtue of the revolutionary services of her husband, Ebenezer Winship , deceased - and whose statements I believe to be entitled to full faith and credit; as he was reputed to be a man of good and unimpeachable character, and whose word I believe to be entitled to full confidence - And this deponent further saith not
Duncan Dunbar -
Sworn to and subscribed on this 26 th day of January A.D. 1848
Minister and Pastor of the Mt. Douglas St. Baptist Church, New York City -
Michael P. Mason
Commr. of deeds &c

State & County of New York ss. The Subscriber hereby certifies, that he is personally acquainted with Mr Daniel Winship, who is reputed to have testified in the case of the marriage of Mrs Mary Winship, a claimant for a pension in virtue of the revolutionary services of her husband Ebenezer Winship deceased. And the Subscriber further testifies that the said Daniel Winship, though not to his knowledge a public professor of religion, is regarded as one of our most agree & respectable citizens. The Subscriber has within the last twelve years been repeatedly called to perform Parochial duty in his family, and to visit him the said Daniel Winship, while lying low on a bed of sickness, and to administer consolation in the midst of severe afflictive bereavements; and he further states that according to his knowledge and belief, the character of said Winship for truth & veracity is good, and his statements entitled to full confidence.
Further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 th day of Jany. 1848 3 Michael Pillsbury -Commiss. of deeds &c.
Lot Jones. Rector of the Ch. of the Epiphany.

State City & County of New York The subscriber do hereby certify I am pastor of the 5 th Universalist Church of this City - And that Jeremiah Dade Who is reported to have testified in the case of Mary Winship the revolutionary claimant for a pension, is a member of my Congregation and is a very aged and respectable citizen of this City. And whose reputation for truth and veracity is good. And whose statements I believe to be entitled to full confidence. He now and has been for many years an Officer under the General Government and connected with the Custom house of this City - And the subscriber further deposits that Sworn to and Subscribed on this twenty fourth day of February 1848 LePhanick Baker Michael P. Mason Commr. of auditors

Payment to be made
at
by
Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol- ume 2 Page 90 by
Jac. T. Chase Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844 Mary Winship deceased, late of New York, widow of Ebenezer Winship, who was a Drum Major and died on the 14 th day of Mar. 1831 is inscribed on the Pension roll at the rate of One hundred Eight dollars, per annum, commencing on the 4 th March 18 1843 43, and ending on the 4 th March Augt 1845.
The amount is due and payable to Maria Lyons, only surviving child of Mary Winship dec d .
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 13 th day of Sep r one thousand eight hundred and forty= nine
Examined and Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions

N.B. This dication is in the same writing as the Pastors certificate
To Mr John W m Bean Esq r

A Statement of the Case of Mary Winship, an applicant for a Pension under the Act of '38 - Her Husband was a Doctr Major in the War of the Revolution and rec d his Certificate Pension up to his Death - Was Married in 1792 by Rev d Mr Wall - an Universalist clergyman in NY. City - and she rec d her Certificate of Marriage from him - and her Husband died about 8 or 9 years ago - She has never been remarried - since her Husband's papers were forwarded to the Cont. Pension Offic e & her Case and yet remains in Wisconsin has been considered doubtful because the statements did not correspond - and no more proof was required by Com tee of Pensions to make it so - The Old Book containing the Record of Marriages - was with much difficulty found - and sent on to the Com tee 's offi ce - A number of Leavers in said Book were lost - as upon examining the record of the Marriages there not having been particular attention paid to preserve it -
Hyatt Lyon
Jan: 23. 1841
NY. City

New York August 31 st 1824
Sir
We herewith return the testimony with the additional evidence required with the Judges Certificate in the case of the claim of the heir to the late Mary Winship. The affidavit of the claimant herself as required will be found now on file with the other papers in this case in the Pension Department. As to her own identity and that she is the only surviving heir of the said Mary Winship. And whose name will be found like Maria Lyons. As sworn by other witnesses -
Respectfully your humble servant
Wm. K. Hoyt
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions

New York, Dec 9, '47,
Genl. H. Hoyt.
Asks decision of Sec War on Mary Ulmship's pen- sion claim.
A. 291. see Dec 11/47
Pension Office
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To the Hon William L. Marcy Secretary of War Sir,
I have had the honor to receive a letter addressed to you by the Commissioner of Pensions on the 11 th of Oct 1845 in the case of Mary Winship an Applicant for a pension under the act of 1838. And this claim I believe to be a meritorious one in all respects. And the proof on file would be satisfactory before any jury That the marriage occurred prior to the limitation specified in the pension act. The Commissioner of Pensions claims that some evidence that was adduced when the claim was first asserted was fraudulent and seems to have a prejudice against all the subsequent proof on that account. The character of the witnesses however can be shown to the department to be good and trustworthy & I believe if the five affidavits which I have presented in support of the

marriage were examined by yourself personally - you don't be satisfied as to the justice of the claim - The time of the marriage which occurred in 1793 as specified should not be an objection of any weight as if fraud were designed - It would have been as easy to have specified an earlier date for its occurrence - I would invite your attention to the resolution of Congress passed at the last session doing away with the stringency which had before been manifested by the pension office as to proof of marriage & I would respectfully ask the benefit of that resolution for the widow of a man whom it has been admitted has faithfully and loyally served his country - I am Sir
Respectfully Your humble Servt Wm. H. West
NYork
Dec 9 th 1847

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Mary Winship do widow of Ebenezer N.Y.
Aug 7 July 1838

New York January 28 th 1848
Sir
I herewith enclose to you four certificates of clergymen of different religious denominations of the character of the several witnesses whose testimony has been filed in the case of Mary Winship claiming a pension in virtue of the revolutionary services of Ebenezer Winship her late husband deceased. And which I trust may be deemed sufficient to satisfy the Department that the testimony filed in the above case is worthy of consideration.
I have the Honor to be
Very respectfully your humble servant
Wm. H. Hoyt.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

New York June 20 th 1849
Sir
I wrote you on the 4 th Inst and requested that the claims of the heirs of Maria Blauvelt and Mary Winship should be submitted to the Hon Thomas H Ewing Secy of The War Department - And since which have had no reply - We respectfully request an appeal to that officer be attended to and an answer to the same as soon as his action may be had on the above claims.
I am
Respectfully Your obedt Servt
Thos H Hogg
James L Edmonds Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Yours sincerely J. L. Edwards Esq.
15 March 1872
London
21181
Yours sincerely
all in a moment
the way of the world
etc.
21181

New York July 30 th 1845
Sir.
I herewith enclose to you all that Mr. Dodge can say in addition to what he before stated testified to in the case of Mrs. Winship
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yours
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
William H. Harrison N o 522 Grand St.
W. H. Harrison Esq.

July 9 1845
Adelaid ter care
May Whistler
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sir I herewith enclose to you additional testimony in the case of Mrs. Mary Winship which you will please put on file with her other papers which I trust will be taken up and examined in due time
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yours
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
William H. Harrison N o 522 Grand St. New York July 7 th , 1845

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NY. Aug 13.
7 July 1838.
J. G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

New York Aug th 10 th 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir, In due course, at the request of Mrs. M c Intosh, the papers that are deemed necessary to secure to her the benefit of the Law passed at the last Session of Congress. — If the papers are satisfactory will you please indorse the certificate to me & I will immediately transmit it to her.
I am very Respectfully Yr Obed t Serv t
Fred k H. Tallmadge

May 30 '45. James V. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.
Mary Winship New York.

New York May 28 1845
Sasa Edwards Esq
Sir I write you on - behalf of Mrs Mary Winship Widow of Ebenezer Winship she having previously written through the agency of Wm K Hoyt to gain some information respecting her claim for a pension which was asserted 5 or 6 years past by a Mr Schapierre of this city and not being able to obtain any information on the subject I am requested to make some enquiries respecting it and wish an immediate answer as the Claimant is very poor sick and dependant - upon the charity of her friends she and they are anxious to know whether she has a legal claim for a pension which they think she has and if so to know how far her claim has been sustained by proof that they may know what if any further be required
I am Sir Your very humble Servant
Wm Lloyd Garrison 322 Grand St

Pension Office
Oct. 17. 1845.
Comt. of Pensions
Relative to the claim of Mary Wmship.

Pension Office,
October 17. 1845.
Sir,
I have the honor to return you Mr. Harrison's letter, and to lay before you the declarations and proofs in the case of Mary Winship, numbered from one to nine, inclusive. The only issue is, the sufficiency of the testimony to establish, with the requisite certainty, the relation of husband and wife prior to January 1794. When the claim was first presented, claimant asserted that she had the Clergyman's certificate given to her at the time of her marriage in 1792, of which she furnished a copy. The original being called for, a paper, in process of time, was presented purporting to be the original, which bears conclusive evidence of being fabricated for the occasion. It was clearly made by the same individual who wrote "To Mr. John M c Keon Esq r ." upon the half sheet on which Mr. Lyon drew up a statement of her case on the 23 d January 1841, marked 10. Since that time her claim has passed through several examinations upon the parol testimony which the industry of the several agents has collected. Although these proofs connect events and dates so as to give a plausible precision to the latter, it should not be

overlooked that it is ex parte, and should be taken with great caution. They are not deemed sufficient under any administrative rule which the Department could safely adopt.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obtd Servt,
J. L. Edwards
Hon. W. L. Marcy Secretary of War.

War Department, 3022
PENSION OFFICE,
Nov 3 d 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. S. Edwards
To Mr. Ebenezer Winship, City of New York

Edw. T. Wm. H.  Wm.  H.  Wm.  H.

New York August 8 th 1849
Sir
Herewith inclose to you an affidavit in accordance with your requests of the 2 d Inst in the case of Mary Winship late of said City, claiming a pension & interest of the Revolutionary Military Services of her late husband Ebenezer Winship deceased.
I am
Very respectfully Yours &c
Mark H. Hoyt
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Jan 25. 1841
Inal
NY.
Mary Wright
Washington
Greenwich
NY

Dear Sir,
You will oblige me by informing me whether under the enclosed statement the applicant is entitled to a pension.
With great respect Your Obedient Servant John L. Russell
Wash. Aug. 23. 1841
J. L. Russell

July 5. 1842
M rs .
Mary Windship
H. Edwards Esq. Tenn t of Pension Washington D.C.

New York City July 2 o 1842
J. L. Edmonds Esq.
Sir
I have been directed by Mrs Mary Winship at present an applicant for a pension under the act of 1838 to intercede with your department on her behalf and to call your attention again to the merits of her claim.
The papers I am informed by Mr Delapierre with whose concurrence I now act were forwarded to Washington by Fred. Talmadge Esq. of this City. I understand by your reply that there is an inconsistency between the applicant's age as stated in her own affidavit and the statement of her husband in 1830. and also that you require an authenticated copy of from the records of marriage kept by the "Independent Church" of which the Rev. George Wallroad Pastor.
The last Mr. Delapierre tells me has been procured and sent on. To the first point I would suggest that those affidavits were made by the male applicants in 1830 when they were unexpectedly called upon to answer the questions about their families and age and without convenient opportunities for fortifying or correcting their memory.

Through a desire to avoid disappointment they may have sworn to what they believed to be the age of the parties inquired about and yet have been in error. I am informed by my client that such substantially must have been the case with her husband for she does not think he knew the exact date of her marriage except by reference to authorities which he probably had not consulted. This of course is not in Evidence. I allude to it merely as a fact which may direct your own impressions somewhat and which can hardly be at variance with your own and official professional experience.
If this discrepancy should still be deemed serious I would ask if the rating of Ebenezer Winship would throw Mrs. Winship's case out of the Statute of 1838. And if not I would presume you have sufficient proof to entitle her to her pension. I regret that I have not sufficient material for forming an opinion of the exact condition of the Evidence and that I am compelled to trouble your department with a request to State

the objections if there be any to her claim, and if it be not entirely in violation of your rules; to return the paper already submitted in the case, that I may be enabled to supply if possible any defect that may exist.
Your Very Resp y .
M rs Sigeloo
of your hble

New York May 19 th 1845
James L. Edwards Esq r
Sir
Will you please inform me under what act Robert Wiersick was pensioned. What grade he was said to hold in the Army - and the amount he drew per annum - and the parts - cutus so far as may be in a accordance with the rules to give respecting the proof that has been forwarded in the case of the widow. and that may be required to substantiate her claim - As she is now confined to her house and taken bed by bodily infirmity and in great distress of body & mind and whose recollection cannot be supposed to be sufficiently strong to give with very great correctness an capitulation of her former declaration -
I am Sir Very respectfully Your humble Servant
William K. Hayt
No 44 W th Street

Col. James G. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
At the request of one of my constituents, I address you respecting the case of Mrs. Mary Winship which has been unsuccessfully prosecuted under the pension act of July 1838. I am informed that the evidence on file in this case is very strong as to the time of marriage and that several respectable witnesses have sworn that the applicant was living in Wedlock with Ebenezer Winship for some time previous to the limitation prescribed in the pension act.
It appears however that a church record was once presented which was believed by the department to be a forgery and I suppose that to be the reason for the case not being allowed upon the other evidence filed.
I am induced however to ask a re-examination of this claim from a conviction that if any wrong has been committed it was without the knowledge or consent of the applicant, and I hope that if the evidence on file would justify the allowance of a pension without regard to the questioned record that

you will allow it in this case
With great respect
Your obed Servt.
W T Maslay
New York Oct 16/48.

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Sam. L. Edward Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Recd May 11th. Sept. 15, 1845

New York Sept. 3-1845
James V. Edwards Esq.
Sir In answer to yours of the 11 th Inst. in the Case of Mary Winship's claim for a pension, you acknowledge the recd. of a supplemental affidavit of Jeremiah Dodge without alluding to the subsequent affidavits of Daniel Winship and Samuel Brown both in the same case, the latter of which was sent on the 6 th Inst which is presumed you must have overlooked in the multiplicity of your communications and papers -
I Am Very Respectfully your Humble Servant
Wm Lloyd Garrison 522 Grand St NY

New York, Oct. 13. '45.
Wm H Harrison
Appeals on pension claim of Mary Winship
H 342. Recd Oct 16/45.
Referred to Pension Bureau for a report
W. B. G. Washington
War Department Secretary of War To the Hon. William L. Marcy
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To the Hon. William L. Marcy Secretary of War War Department Washington D.C.
Wm Lloyd J. M. [?] of Mary [?] Appleton [?] Oct 13, 1845

New York Octr. 13 th 1845
Honorable Wm L. Marcy Secretary at War War Department of the United States
Sir I write you on behalf of Mary Winship a claimant for a pension in virtue of the services of her late husband deceased the late Ebenezer Winship who was a revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death. (And in virtue of which his widow subsequently, her asserted claim which has been disal- lowed and has passed through the hands of several agents in this City which within a few months past has been put into my own for investigation since which time I have held a correspondence with the pension department on the subject of said Claim which they aver is disallowed on the ground that they charge a spurious Certificate of marriage to have been produced as proof at an early state of the claim. The merits or demerits of which allegation I am not competent to judge any further than knowing the parties previously having charge of said business to be men of respectability. Since I have had this business in hand within a few months I have found four individuals who were acquainted with the said Winship and his wife at the time of their marriage and knew they lived together in good repute as husband and wife in the year 1793 and who ever after lived together

in good repute until his decease. On which testimony according to the rules established by the department her pension should have been granted, irrespective of whatever former testimony might have been forwarded, as it is now an established rule by the Department to receive substantial proof in cases of the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers and Officers Claims for pensions (where there is no documentary testimony to be had) that the parties lived together in good repute as husband and wife at a designated date prior to the first of January 1794.
On the grounds of said Department not following the precedent established by themselves I take the liberty respectfully to appeal from their decision, and therefore request that the said claim of Mary Winship asserted as supposed under the Act of 1836 with all the evidence in support of the same may be carefully examined by the Secretary of War and reported on accordingly
I am Sir
Respectfully Your
Humble Servant Wm H Garrison No 532 Grand St NY

New York January 20 th 1848
Sir
In reply to Mr. Grumps letter I have had, the honor to receive dated Janu 18 th just in the case of Mary Winship. Claiming a pension in virtue of the revolutionary services of her late husband Ebenezer Winship deceased - I would say I have regard to the past correspondence which has been quite lengthy & find therein the non allowance of her claim founded upon the alleged spurious Certificate having been produced by an agent having the early management of the case & which allegation I shall not undertake to disprove -
Since I have had the management of the above case I have procured testimony from the most respectable & reliable sources it could be obtained showing the reputation and respectability of the parties. And the object of my letter to the Department dated Dec 31 st and now is to know whether the testimony I have furnished in this case would be deemed satisfactory were I to obtain Certificates from Clergymen or other gentlemen in whom entire confidence could be placed as to the credibility of the witnesses. And if I may be permitted this privilege I would most cheerfully satisfy the Department that my own costs have been none other than honorable & reasonable & should

be pleased to recive an early answer advising me whether the proposed certificates would add to the credibility of the testimony filed through my agency in this case -
I am very respectfully Your humble Servt
James L. Edwards Esq. commissioner of pensions
Wm. H. Floyd.

Sir
I have had the honor to receive from you a letter respecting the claim of the widow of Ebenezer Winship deceased.
The certificate to which you refer I know nothing of & it is not on that I rest the allowance of the claim. When I assumed the management of the case I was informed of your opinion as to the genuineness of the Certificate then on file. And endeavored in the best way to remove your doubts as to the time of marriage by adducing parole evidence from persons bearing the best character for integrity and truth & which I was fortunate enough to obtain. It is of this I speak in my letter to the Secretary of War as sufficient to establish the case before a jury in a Court of law.
All the letters I have had the honor to receive from you seem to indicate a suspicion of the evidence produced founded on the assumed forgery of the marriage Certificate. But I respectfully suggest if the allowance of a pension should be withheld from a poor widow

because her testimony may have acted dishon- orably without her knowledge. The witnesses whose affidavits are on file and which I have referred to are persons who can be shown to the Department as bearing in this community the best character for truth and integrity, & I would gladly obtain Certificates of clergyman or others who may know them and who would be prone to give to be persons entitled to consideration. If it would have the effect to disprove your views of any friend being designed by the clankest.
I have the honor to be most respectfully yours &c
Wm. K. Hoyt.
NYork Dec 31 st 1847
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions Washington D.C.

New York February 4 th 1848
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 31 st Ultimo I would say. I obtained certificates from several Clergymen having knowledge of the character of some of the witnesses who have given their testimony in the case of Mary Winship claiming a pension in virtue of the revolutionary services of Ebenezer Winship her late husband deceased. And mailed the same on the 28 th Ultimo addressed to the pension Department which by the ordinary course of mail should have reached its destination prior to the date of your last letter on the same subject.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your humble Servt
Wm. R. Hoyt.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

7. H. S. Edwards Esq.

New York Aug. 17 th 1912
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pension.
Sir I herewith send to you two affidavits to substantiate the genuineness and authenticity of the Marriage Certificate in the case of Mrs Mary Winship. The testimony is necessarily to some degree general, inasmuch as I am not informed of the specific objections which are entertained made to the Certificate, and was therefore unable to consult the memory of the witnesses upon any particular points - relating to that document, in which it may appear defective in the view of the Department. If the evidence

now transmitted is irrelevant, or insufficient being relevant, is insufficient, I would be obliged to you, Sir, for a more precise state- ment of the particular defects in the certificate or in the case generally, - if such an explanation would be consistent with your sense of propriety and even in such not in violation of any rule of the department, - so that I may be enabled to ascertain if any evidence is in existence which may remove the difficulties in the case.
I am Sir Very Respectful Your Obedient Servt
John Bigelow
77 Nassau St New York

State, City and County of New York ss
On this 31 st day of August A.D. 1849, personally appeared before me in Open Court
Cornelius Waldron Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath depose and say that he resides in the City of New York aforesaid, and that he is an Under Taker by occupation and that he finds by reference to his books in which he keeps the records of the dates of the deaths of persons whom he officiates in interring, that he officiated in interring Mrs Mary Winship the late widow of Ebenezer Winship deceased of said City and he finds the date of the decease of the said Mrs Mary Winship there recorded as having occurred on the 4 th day of August A.D. 1845 on the fourth day of August Eighteen hundred and forty five. And he further saith that the said Mrs Mary Winship was and is reputed to be the mother of Mrs Maria Lyons who is now claiming what there was due her said mother from the United States Government at the time of her decease and he further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above
written
Cornelius Waldron
John L. Mason one of the Justices of the Superior Court of the City of New York.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
D. R. Floyd Jones I, JESSE OXLEY, Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of New-York, a Court of Record, having a Clerk and Seal, DO CERTIFY, That John L. Mason whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument, is one of the Justices of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn. And I do FURTHER CERTIFY, That the said name, so subscribed, is the genuine signature of the said
John L. Mason IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 31 st day of
August 1849.
D. R. Floyd Jones CLERK.

State of New York City and County of New York St
On this sixteenth day of May A.D. 1881
Personally appeared before me
Chase, J. D. aged Alderman of the Eleventh Ward
Mrs Mary Winship the widow of Ebenezer Winship deceased aged about sixty five nine years according to her recollection the being first lady known according to law doth on her oath depose and say she is the widow of the above named Ebenezer Winship who was a pensioner prior to his death in virtue of his services in the Revolution. I am sure that she as his widow made applic- cation for her pension some five or six years ago through the agency of a Mr Barnthalamus Delapicka of this City and not having obtained her claim she does hereby make the power of Attorney given to him or any other person hereto fore for that purpose and she does now hereby appoint substitute and appoint William H. Knight of New York as her lawful Attorney and agent to investigate her right of claim according to law and if her claim has now been assented at Washington she requests the

Department to inform her through her said agent what the report was on the street of it has been acted upon and to let her know what if any objections to confirming her petition. I owe to her indebtedness before me on the day and your just above written
Charles J. Dodge } Mary Winship
Alderman of the Eleventh Ward and Associate Judge of the County Court of the City of New York
I hereby certify to the Identity of the above named Mary Winship being the widow and individual whom she represents herself to be
Charles J. Dodge Alderman & Judge
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Charles J. Dodge — before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Alderman of the 11 th Ward a Judge of Court here in and for said City and County, duly commissioned  sworn and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Charles J. Dodge thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 19 th day of May 1845
James Conner
Clerk.

Aug 21. 45
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James K Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

New York Aug. 19 1845
Sir
In answer to yours of the 14 th Inst s in the Case of Mrs Winship's Claim for a pension and the doubts of the genuineness of the testimony of her late husband's Brother & Sister that arose in your mind on account of that testimony not having been before produced to the Department I will now endeavour to explain the matter to the best of my ability which was in consequence of the discord that has for many years existed between the family of Ebenezer and those of his brother Daniel and Sister whose testimony has caused suspicion in your mind. And their variance has been so great and of so long duration & continuance that they have not even known each other in sickness or death nor would the brother even now have given his testimony had it not been for the interposition of disinterested individuals on the behalf of the widow. And the said brother and Sister to the deceased Ebenezer Winship had not even known that the widow was an applicant for a pension until they were called upon by myself for their testimony. Sir I am Very Respectfully Yours W m H. Edwards Esq. Commissioner &c
W m H. Garrison 522 Grand St N.Y.

Mar 31 '45
Mat
May Wrinkip
L. Edwards Esq.
Mission Officer
Washington City
[Large stylized signature or mark]

New York March 22 o - 1845
Sir The Application of Mary Winship of this city for the return of her papers in relation to a pension denied her or as it appears never acted upon . A detail of the facts in relation to her claim are set forth fully and substantially in her papers now on file - and alluded to in a late letter to the Hon. Mr. Præcip. which he sent to the Department as he says - "Mrs Winship is highly respectable and cannot account for a delay in either of returning her papers for a period of more than two years, or of giving a reason why they are withheld. She says they are of great value to her - will you be kind enough to cause a search for them, and return the papers or an answer"
Respectfully Yours
L. D. Dyer

June 14, 1845.
Postal to cousin
Friendship.
Francis A. [unclear] Esq.
Commissioner of Customs
Washington City
Pa

State of New York City and County of New York ss
I know all men by these presents that I Jeremiah Dodge aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say he is personally acquainted with Mrs. Mary Winship the widow of Ebenezer Winship deceased and who is now an applicant for a pension in virtue of the services of her said husband rendered the U. S. in the revolutionary war and he this deponent further saith that he was also personally acquainted with the said Winship in his life time and was informed and believes he was a pensioner himself prior to his death and that he knew the said Winship and wife about fifty years ago in the City of New York and that he and Wife were people in good repute and he further saith that the said Winship and wife were tenants under him this deponent for three years commencing in the year 1793 and ending in 1796 and who were then said to have just commenced house keeping after marriage which was sometime during the summer or that year autumn of and that they lived together in good repute as husband and wife and had children together and that he never heard the legality of their marriage called in question and he further saith that the said Mary Winship is now the reputed Widow of the said Ebenezer and that she has never been married since her said husbands death to this deponents knowledge or belief and that she is now his reputed widow Sworn to and subscribed on this twelfth day of June A. D. 1845 before me
Jeremiah Dodge
of Anne D. Briggs Judge N York Common Pleas

State of New York City and County of New York ss
I know all men by these presents that I Jeremiah Dodge aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say he is personally acquainted with Mrs. Mary Winship the widow of Ebenezer Winship deceased and who is now an applicant for a pension in virtue of the services of her said husband rendered the U. S. in the revolutionary war and he this deponent further saith that he was also personally acquainted with the said Winship in his life time and was informed and believes he was a pensioner himself prior to his death and that he knew the said Winship and wife about fifty years ago in the City of New York and that he and wife were people in good repute and he further saith that the said Winship and wife were tenants under him this deponent for three years commencing in the year 1842 and who were then said to have been after marriage which was sometime and that they lived together band and wife and had he never heard the legality in question and he further Mary Winship is now the said Ebenezer and that she since her said husbands death knowledge or belief and the reputed widow sworn to and subscribed on this twelfth day of June A. D. 1845 before me
Daniel D. Briggs Judge N York Common Pleas
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, }
I, James Connex, Clerk of the City and County of New-York,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Daniel D. Briggs, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, an Alderman and Judge of Common Pleas in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Alderman and Judge thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 12 day of June 1845.
James Connex
Clerk.

I do hereby certify I am personally acquainted with the foregoing Subscriber Jeremiah Dodge and know him to be a man of high respectability and that his statements are entitled to full confidence
Laurence D. Drips Judge N.Y. Common Pleas
Mr. Edwards. Sir
I herewith enclose to you an affidavit in the case of Mrs. Mary Winship which I hope may be considered satisfactory as to Marriage.
DC.
Yours Respectfully Wm Lloyd Garrison No 522 Grand St N.Y.

Payment to be made at New York City by Benj. ad. Hart Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of New York City N. Y.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D. Vol- ume 1 Page 533 by
J. P. Chase Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838, Mary Winship dec d late of New York, widow of Ebenezer Winship, who was a Drum Major and died on the 14 th day of March 1831, is inscribed on the Pension roll at the rate of ($108) One hundred and eight dollars per annum, commencing on the 4 th March 1836, and ending on the 4 th March 1841.
The amount is due & payable to Maria Lyons, only surviving Child of Mary Winship dec d
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 13 day of Sept r one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Examined and { Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

In the Supreme Court of Sessions of the City & County of New York for { On this Second day of August in the year 1842 before me personally appeared Elizabeth Gibson wife of Abram Gibson a resident of the City and County of New York and being by me duly sworn the said Elizabeth Gibson says that she was brought up by Mary Winship an applicant for a Pension as this deponent is informed, that she has lived with the said Mary Winship since her infancy, until about the year 1827 that she remembers having seen the certificate referred to and described in the foregoing affidavit of Mrs Lyon, very frequently, as far back as when she was only ten or twelve years of age that she has seen a great number of times since that, and also since her marriage and removal from the house of the said Mary Winship. That she verily believes that the said certificate of marriage was a genuine certificate and that it has been sent on to the Pension Department at Washington as mentioned in the preceding affidavit of Mrs Lyon And further this deponent saith not further that she was forty years of age the 8 th day of July instant and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn before me in Open Court this 2 nd Elizabeth Gibson day of August 1842 Abraham H. Field Alderman 11 th Ward
& one of the Judges of the Court of Sessions

STATE OF NEW-YORK. CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Abraham Hatfield Esq before whom the annexed deposition 5 were taken, was, at the time of taking the same an Alderman of said City & Justice of the Peace in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Alderman thereunto subscribed are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 9 day of August 1842
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

In the Supreme Court of Sessions City & County of New York ss. On this Second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two before me appeared Maria Lyon wife of Hyatt Lyon a resident of the City and County of New York and being by me duly sworn in open court says that she is the wife of the said Hyatt Lyon and daughter of — Mary Winship now and heretofore an appli- cant for a pension under the act of 1838. that she this deponent will be forty years of age the seventeenth day of December next That she remembers when she was a child and almost as soon as she was able to read that she used to climb up to the drawer of her mothers bureau where her mother kept the certificate of her marriage and there this deponent frequently read said certificate, that scarcely a year has elapsed since that time that this deponent had not read said certificate which she now the contents of which she remembers as she thinks with perfect accuracy — It runs as this deponent believes as follows — " New York March 4 1792
This I do hereby certify that Ebenezer Winship and Mary Story are married according to the rites of our Independent Church by me George Wall Pastor."
This deponent further says that the said certificate was taken as she had been informed and verily believes by her husband Hyatt Lyon and given to — Mr Salma Dyar by whom as this deponent verily believes the said certificate

was transmitted to the Pension department at Washington. This deponent farther says that when she says that she has read the said certificate, almost every year since her childhood she would be understood as excepting the period which has elapsed since the said certificate was sent to Washington. And farther this deponent saith not.
Sworn to before me This 2 d day August 1842 } Maria Lyon Abraham H. Outfield } Alderman 11 th Ward }
One of the judges of the Court of Sessions This is to certify that Elizabeth Gilson & Maria Lyon personally appeared before me , and that I am well acquainted with them and that they are respectable reputable person
Abraham H. Outfield } Ald r 11 th Ward }

Capital, $1.000.000.
Richard Y. Cook, President. Harry J. Delany, Vice-President and Treasurer. John Jay Gilroy, Secretary.
Richard C. Winship, Trust Officer. Howard E. Young, Assistant Treasurer. Samuel M. Zacharias, Sup't of Vaults.
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
316, 318 and 320 Chestnut Street.
ESTATE OF
TRUST DEPARTMENT.
Philadelphia, March 29 th 1901
Department of Interior Pension Office Washington D.C. Dear Sir Will
you please send me a certified copy of the record in the matter of Revolutionary Pension granted to Ebenezer Winship Jr who was in Captain Ebenezer Winship's Company in Col. Vose's Massachusetts Regiment in the Revolutionary War and oblige
Yours truly Richd C. Winship.
REC-1901

VT 3024 11/10/18
Elmer Winship
D.
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NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
In the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of June term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter A. Jay Recorder.
City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the twenty Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Ebenezer Winship aged Sixty years, resident in the City & State of New York , who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he Enlisted at Salem in the Spring of 1775 in his Father's (Ebenezer Winship Sen's) Company as a Drummer, in Col. Moxon's Regiment Massachusetts line Continental, and served in said Regiment upwards of three Years, When Col. Putnam took the Command and Shortly deponent was appointed Drum Major and served in that capacity untill Discharged at West Point in June 1783, also was at the Battles of Bunker Hill Harlem Heights White Plains and that of Burgoyne, and is in very indigent Circumstances
and that his original declaration is dated the one thousand eight hundred and
day of and that his pension certificate is No. 3022

AND I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
Two Tables Two Beads and a Beading, and iron Shovel and Tongs, likewise other Common Furniture.
Wife and two Children - one a Daughter about Sixteen and the other a Son about twelve - with no other means of Gaining a livelihood but by keeping a Fruit Shop and the dependance from my Services in the War
Sworn in open Court the 26 th June 1820
Ebenezer Minslip
Benj. Ferris CLK

I, Benjamin Ferris — Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify , That the foregoing deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Not exceeding one hundred Dollars —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth — day of July — 1820
Benj. Ferris By