Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2296, Ebenezer Whiting, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Whiting, Ebenezer Elizabeth
W 2296
CONTENTS

Ebenezer Whiting has a claim for a considerable property in U. Canada. This he stated to me, while in Wash n on the 14 th Oct. 1825. He must be particular in regard to this property whenever he may render a schedule.
D.L.E. order to pay No. 12 th 1824, to Pen. Agt.
Certificate sent to State of New York Spencer Kellogg 20 th October 1826.
7107
New York
Ebenezer Whiting
Underhook in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wang of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8... Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar. 1819 and sent to the the Judge Varnum. Present
Arrears to 4th of Mar d 1819 \frac{11}{30} \frac{4}{31} = 83.43
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sep r 1819 48
$131 1/4
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Contested 20 th Oct 1826
January 12. October 1826

Elmer Whiting
Apr 22, 1818
Did not serve since appointment.
Inadmissible
Adm c
Judge Van Klief. Present
rate cut: 5 March

Southern District of New York ss:
On this 22 d day of April 1818 before me William Van Klief District Judge of the United States for the Southern District of New York , personally appears Ebenezer Whiting aged fifty eight years resident in the town of Kinderhook in the aforesaid District who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, depos on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" That he the said Ebenezer Whiting enlisted in the town of Barrington, in the State of Massachusetts, early in the month of May in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six according to the best of his recollection for the term of one year, in the company comman- -ded by Cap n William King, and in the regiment commanded by Col Ward. That he continued to serve in the said company and regiment or in the service of the United States, in active service until some time in the Fall of the

year aforesaid, when he was taken sick, and advised by his officers to return home, he being then unfit for duty - That in consequence of his sickness he was not afterwards called upon to join the army and therefore did not receive his discharge -
That he was after his enlistment, in the Skirmish at Flatbush on Long Island, and at the battle of Whiteplains - That he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has now no other evidence in his favor of his services -
Declared & sworn before me
This 22 April 1818
Ebenezer Whiting.
W. P. Van Klief
I William P Van Klief District Judge of the United States for the Southern District of New York do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ebenezer Whiting did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Apr 22, 1818
W. P. Van Klief
(Personally known to me)

I do further certify that Ebenezer Whiting is personally known to me, that he is in very reduced circumstances and apparently in need of assistance for support.
Feb y 16. 1819
W. P. VanRip

In Högabom Pleas May Term 1826
Path & declaration
of
Ebenezer Whiting to obtain a pension
Facit $1.25

At a Court of Common Pleas held at Owego in & for the County of Tioga in the State of New York, (the same being a Court of record, having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having a Seal & Clerk,) on the 2 nd day of May 1826
Present.
Hon Latham A. Burrows } Jacob Willsey } John M c Connel }
Esquires Judges.
Personally appeared in open Court Ebenezer Whiting, a resident of said County, and made & subscribed a declaration in the following words viz:
"State of New York } Tioga County } ss
On this fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty six personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record like Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tioga aforesaid Ebenezer Whiting, resident in said County aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the first May 1820 that he the said Ebenezer Whiting enlisted for the term of one year, as he thinks, in the month of March or April in the year 1776 in the Town of Great Barrington in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain William King in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ward, in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the regular Continental Establishment; that he continued in the to serve in the said Corps until the month of January afterwards, when he was discharged from the service at Great Barrington in the State of Massachusetts, having been carried home, sometime previous in a sick & disabled condition & that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except what he is entitled to under the present application. That his name has been placed on the Pension list, & that the member of his pension certificate he has forgotten, having left it three years ago last August in Batavia: not having supposed the

" Certificate necessary on this application, and that it is not now " in his power to produce the same: that he has received three " semi annual payments under the said Certificate from the New York " agency, pursuant to the act of Congress of the eighteenth of March " one thousand eight hundred eighteen.
" That the reason why he has never applied to have his name " on the pension list under the act of 1820 was because he went to " Canada shortly after he received the aforesaid Payments, to prose- " cute a claim which he had assigned to certain lands in that " province, but the application failed; and since his return he has " not learned until this time what steps were necessary to be taken " in order to continue his pension: and that he has not received " anything upon his certificate for more than six years, but the " precise time when he received the last payment he cannot tell.
" And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do " solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States " on the 18 th 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 the 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 & Naval service of " the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day " of March 1818: 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. —
" I have no real or personal property except necessary " bedding and wearing apparel, and very little even of that.
" My occupation is that of a Watchmaker, but that " from a very severe rupture, I am unable to perform manual " labour, and my sight so much impaired, that I cannot pursue " my trade, by age and infirmity, and have not been for many years.
" I am at this time without any of my family residing " with me, and destitute of the means of support —
" I was in the Battle at Flatbush on Long Island, and " in a breast work on the East River, when it was attacked on the " time when the American Army retreated from New York, and the

"Battle at Kingsbridge the monday following, and at White Plains -
(Signed) "Ebenezer Whiting"
"From subscribed in open Court the 4 th of May 1826 "J. Maxwell Clerk"
State of New York
Troja County } ss. J. Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the said County of Clerk's office } Troja Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the above declaration made in the foregoing page do certify that the foregoing declaration of Ebenezer Whiting are truly copied from the records of the said Court now remaining in this office.
That the said Court are satisfied from the statement of the said Ebenezer Whiting that he served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War nine months, under one Enlistment. That inasmuch as the said applicant has stated in his said declaration that he has no property except necessary bedding & wearing apparel the said Court being satisfied that such is the fact, the said Court have considered a valuation thereof unnecessary.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas, the 4 th day of May 1826
J. Maxwell Clerk

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, Newly translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK:
And with the former TRANSLATIONS Diligently COMPARED and REVISED.
By His Majesty's Special Command.
Appointed to be read in Churches
DUBLIN:
Printed by BÜLTER GRIERSON, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. MDCCCLXVIII.
Whitmore Francis MS. W. 2. 9. 6

Ebenezer Whiting & Elizabeth Orr was Married on the 9 th of October 1798.
1798 Sarah was born Sunday 25 th of August at 9 o'clock & 20 minutes in the evening — 1799 —
Charles Hiltson Whiting was born June the 18 th between 3 & 4 P.M. 1805
Hugh Orr was born Mon. at 10 P.M. 1792.
Jane Wolfe Whiting born Nov r 2 nd at 5 in the Morning 1803
Ebenezer Gillet Whiting Born this Oct r 24 at one o'clock P.M. 1805
Mary Elizabeth Whiting Born 21. January 1804 A.M.
William Hiltson was Born 24 th Mar 1810 at 4 P.M.

315 Michigan
Rep
Elisabeth Whiting widow of Ebenezer Whiting
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pirate Mast Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of August 49. and sent to
Mr. Hinsdale, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 29:1848, Page 471 Vol. 1 By  Book D
Ms. Mitchell Manuscripts, Sept. 14/99

No 246 Elizabeth Whiting wid of Ebenezer Michigan act 29 July 1848 Married before 1800 husband died 1836
Adm'd 12 per m o $40. 00 per m o 4 March 1848
M. Hinsdale Kalamazoo Michigan
No 246 Petition of Mrs Elizabeth Whiting of Kalamazoo, Mich n for a Pension - act 29 July 1848 On. on Revolutionary Pensions -
C. C. Stuart
June 3. 1848. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
C. C. Stuart.

State of Michigan Kalamazoo County } ss
On this twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the Circuit Court Commissioners for the County of Kalamazoo Elizabeth Whiting a resident of Kalamazoo in the County of Kalamazoo aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and also the benefit of an act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848 entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army" That she is the widow of Ebenezer Whiting who was a private in the Army of the Revolution in the Massachusetts line but cannot say in what particular company or regiment; she is unable to state but believes he enlisted and served nearly the whole of the war but cannot say on what day month or year he entered or left the service - That she knows her husband drew a pension under some one of the acts of Congress and is quite sure the pension was ninety six dollars a year That his original pension Certificate is not in the possession of this Deponent but she believes it was left with the Pension Agent at Rochester or some other place in the western part of New York She further deposes that she was married to the said Ebenezer Whiting on the ninth day of October 1798 near to Niagara Falls

by a Clergyman who was a Missionary but whose name she does not recollect That her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Whiting died on the ninth day of July One thousand Eight hundred and thirty six. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Ser- vice but the marriage took place previous to the first day of Janu- ary Eighteen hundred and above stated. She further declared that the family record here attached is in the hand writing of her late husband Ebenezer Whiting that the entry of the mar- riage was made immediately after the marriage. She further states that Hugh Orr the record of whose birth appears on this record was the son of this Deponent and John Orr by a former marriage that her first husband John Orr died in 1797 and that the record of her first marriage. The birth of her first son Hugh was destroyed by fire in the house of her father about the year 1801 and that then the birth of Hugh was inserted in the family record here attached. She further says that the said record has been constantly in her possession from the time it was made to the fourth day of April last When it was sent to Washington attached to a petition and re- turned to me about two months since.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
Elizabeth Whiting
State of Michigan Kalamazoo County
Personally appeared
Elizabeth Whiting and made solemn oath that

That the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true and I certify that in my opinion the said Elizabeth Whiting is un- able by reason of bodily infirmity to appear in Open Court Mitchell Hinsdill Circuit Court
Commission for Rutland Co. Vermont
Chiefs Office of the Supreme Court 3 d Judicial Circuit — I Edmund Rice Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that Mitch- ell Hinsdill is Circuit Court Com- missioner and by virtue of his said Office is authorized to do and per- form all acts which a Judge of the Supreme Court at Chambers can do and that his signature is genuine In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this 20 th day of October 1848
Edmund Rice
Clerk Sup. Court 3 d Circuit

I David W. Whiting aged thirty five years do affirm and say that I am the Son of Elizabeth Whiting, and that I have been accustomed to see the family most attached to the deletion of Elizabeth Whiting from my birthhood, that I know it to be the kind writing of my father Ebenezer Whiting and further say not
David W. Whiting
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of October A.D. 1848 and I testify that the witness is credible Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year above written Matthew Hinsdill const commission for Barnes County

I Ebenezer Hildreth Whiting aged forty two years do confess and say that I am the son of Elizabeth Whiting that she now resides in my family, that I have from childhood been accustomed to observe the family record attached to her affidavit, and know it to be in the hand writing of my father Ebenezer Whiting, and further say not
E. H. Whiting
State of Michigan } Washtenaw County } ss April 4 th 1848
Personally appeared Ebenezer G. Whiting and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Mitchell H. Henside County Court Commissioner for said County
The above affidavit of Ebenezer G. Whiting was taken before me on the day of its date and the family record now attached to the declaration of Elizabeth Whiting was then by me affixed to an affidavit by her subscribed for the purpose of proving a special case in her favor. E. G. Whiting has since removed from this State October 20 th 1848 Mitchell Henside County Court Commissioner for Washtenaw County

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HMM
May 20, 1930.
Mrs. Joseph A. Cushman 76 Brook Road Sharon Massachusetts.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2296 , it appears that Ebenezer Whiting was the son of Lieutenant Gamaliel Whiting of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Lieutenant Gamaliel Whiting served in 1775 at Boston in Captain William King's Company Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment.
Ebenezer Whiting enlisted in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1776 and served as a private in Captain William King's Company Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts Regiment. He was in the battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights and White Plains, and served until in January 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was living in Kinderhook, New York, and was aged fifty-eight years.
In 1826 he was living in Berkshire, Tioga County, New York.
He died July 9, 1836 in Racine County, Wisconsin, having moved there a short time before his death.
The soldier married October 9, 1798, near Niagara Falls, Elizabeth, the widow of John Orr. He died in 1797.
She was allowed pension on account of the services of Ebenezer Whiting , on her application executed October 20, 1848, at which time she was living in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and was aged eighty-two years.
The children of Ebenezer Whiting and his wife Elizabeth :

   Sarah  born  August  25,  1799    Charles Hilton  "  June  11,  1801    James Wolfe  "  November  2,  1803    Ebenezer Gillet  "  October  24,  1805    Mary Elizabeth  "  January  21,  1808    William Hilton  "  M(torn)  24,  1810    David W.-  thirty-five years of age in    1848.   
The above noted is the history of the only Ebenezer Whiting found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Continued 20 th October, 1826 Commy. 12 th Oct. 1826, at $8 To month due letter to Platt & Street of the 20 th Oct 1826.
Let to Hm. J D Doty apl. 25. 1840. Dead. let to B B Cary June 27. 1843.
File (Sept 1819).

N 246
Elizabeth Whiting
Mich.
Lt. & M c . Huns & al
May 26. 49
act 29 July 1848

Ebenezer Whiting, Mynk roll - act March 18 1818 -
Be pleased to say to what time he was paid.
Resign office { aprl 23. 1840. }
pdt. 4 Sept 1836 21/2

Sharon, Mass., Mar. 7, 1930
Pension Commission, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Could you send me the service record of Ebenezer very  Whiting of West Roxbury or Roxbury as it was called in Revolutionary days. and oblige,
Yours truly, Hreeda B. Cushman

Rev. Mass
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2286 Elizabeth Whitney, Widow Benjamin Whitney, Prs. Rev. Wash.
Act July 29, 1848.
Index:—Vol. 22 , Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1930-May 28 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Joseph C. Cushman area.

Whiting is a resident of Canada; but see letter March 29. 1834 to Pen. Agt. do to same 20 May 1834
Ebenezer Whiting 1 May 1820.
1 May 1820.
E. S. Smart, Esq.
Cones.
Recd June 13. 1834.
Recd Sept 16. 1834
Mr. Whiting free
Hon. James Barbour
Secretary of War
Washington city

Ameggo Village 7 th June 1826
To the Honorable the Secretary at War
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Ebenezer Whiting to be continued upon the pension list of the United States for Revolutionary services which was sent to the war department a short time since and returned because the declaration did not set out what changes had taken place in his property since the 18 th March 1818. &c.
If the supplementary declaration herewith enclosed is deemed sufficient in that particular we wish a certificate forwarded to this place as soon as his claim shall have been decided upon with information as to what time he will be entitled to have his pension well commence as he has received nothing for more than six years past. &c. If the statement is not sufficient we wish the department would inform us in what particular it is defective. &c.
Yours Respectfully
William Platt for E. S. SWEET

Nalunagoa October 20 th 1848
Sir
At the request of Mrs Elizabeth Whiting I forward her declaration for the purpose of procuring a pension. It will be observed that the affidavit of Ebenezer G. Whiting was taken in April last. It was done for the purpose of procuring a special act in her favor, but when the general law passed the petition and papers were withdrawn. I can with the most perfect confidence certify that she is fully entitled to credit, and should have done so had the testimony been taken for the present purpose. Her record itself bears evidence of great age, and I apprehend that the evidence fully establishes its authenticity. I am not advised at what time this pension commences, but am informed by Mr. Hastings the Pension Agent that it commences at the death of her husband. I suppose however it will commence agreeable to the rules established under the law.
I am Sir respectfully

Your obedient Servant Mitchell Hinsdill
Hon J. L. Edwards to Commission of Pensions Washington
Any communication on this subject may be made to me M. Hinsdill

Rehoboth Mich. Sept. 7. 1849
L. L. Edwards
Dear Sir - I have just recd a pension certificate of $40, per year for Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting, widow of Ebenezer Whiting. She is confident that her husband's pension was $96, per year. I suppose she is entitled to the same as her husband, and therefore conclude that there is some mistake. Will you inform me at your earliest convenience what the pension of Ebenezer Whiting was, and if there is any error, I will return this certificate that it may be corrected.
I am Sir, Your Obedient Servt.
Mitchell Hinsdill

Kalamazoo Jan y 1849
Sir
I herewith send the additional affidavit of Mrs. Whiting to identify her as the Widow of the deceased under whom she claims. In relation to the proof of her marriage, I permit to remark that, as I understand the rules of evidence, the family Register is conclusive proof of the marriage. The rule on the subject is, that if the record is made so early that the person making it could have had no object to fabricate a record for the purpose of proving the fact sought to be established then it is entitled to all the authority of any ancient record. If a record is whatever in its nature age cannot make it true, so if it is made at a time when the person making it could have no sinister object then it is entitled to the same weight as it will be a century before. This Record on which she relies to prove the marriage is proved to have existed more than thirty years, it bears the marks of age, it is made in the usual form of keeping family record, (viz) in a blank page of their family Bible. Mrs. Whiting's former affidavit

shows that a record made at an earlier period had been destroyed by fire - This record would be sufficient to prove the legitimacy of the issue, and did the title to any amount of property outfined on this record it would be conclusive upon any court when the rules of evidence known to the common law prevailed. The record took place on the frontier of New York at an early period, when civilization had hardly extended to that region. The court consisted of a Missionary clergyman, one of three persons of investigation whose name she has forgotten -
By a diligent search of the records of New York I have found no Law requiring persons who solemnize a marriage to keep a record, or to provide for registering it in any office, and it is not probable that the clergyman so situated would make or preserve a record -
If then the family origin is such as to give it credit in cases where the legitimacy of the children, and consequently the amount of property outfined on the validity or legality of the marriage, I am at a loss to to discover why it should be rejected in the present application for a Pension. I hope this case will
receive your careful examination and with that I have very little fear of the result - Any further communication on this subject

may be addressed to me - I am Sir very respectfully Your Obedient Servant Mitchell H. Hinsdale
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Ebenezer Whiting, New-York R.R., a/c of March 18. 1828,
Be pleased to say to what time payment was made in the case?
Pension Office June 26. 1843. } Paid to 4 th Sept. 1836 ~ — Albany P.D.B.
[Be pleased to designate Albany a New-York City in your enquiries of pensions in New York State, and oblige you. P.D.B.]

Waukegan May 5 th 1849
Sir
I have just been shown a letter from you to C. E. Stuart in which it is said that it does not appear that any papers in support of the claim of Mrs Elizabeth Whiting had been read at the Pension Office sent by you on the 20th of December last.
Some time in December probably from the 10 th to the 20 th I waited on Frank- age in support of her Union to a Union. I cannot be more specific as to time. From your answer to Mr Stuart I should infer that he stated the person to have been waited on the 20 th . Mrs Whiting is far advocated in life, but I am not abundant on the security of her friend for support. I hope these considerations may induce a further search as to the time of relation, as I considered the proof fully entitled her to the benefit of the provisions of the Law -
I have the honor to be very
Respectfully your obedient Servt Thos J. L. Edwards D.D. Minister to Florida Comm. of Pensions

Office Bank U States New York April 22 1834
Sir
I enclose the Papers in the case of Ebenezer Whiting, who resides in Upper Canada; Also a Paper in the case of Josiah Knight, residing in Lower Canada.
I also enclose the Papers in the case of John Stratton whose name was returned to the War Dept. in the semiannual Report of Dec r 31. 1831. as having failed to apply for his pension for 2 years.
I am very respectfully
Sir
Your obedt Servt.
Isaac Lawrence Lts. Col. Acting as Agent for Pensions
James L Carrad Eagle Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Michigan Kalamazoo County
Elizabeth Whiting of the Town of Kalamazoo in said County being duly sworn declares and says that she is the Widow of Elbridge Whiting who was a Pensioner for services rendered in the War of the Rebellion. That she is quite sure he was pensioned under the Pension Law of 1878. That the amount of his stipend was ninty six dollars per year. That for several years previous to his death his pension had been paid at Buffalo in the State of New York. That he died in Kalamazoo County Michigan in July 1886, but had resided there but a short time previous to his death and had not been transferred to any other Pension Agency, but that the last payment of his pension was made at Buffalo New York.
Elizabeth Whiting
On this fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared Elizabeth Whiting and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and

affixed the seal of the Supreme Court, that being my official seal Mitchell Hinds is sworn to and commission for Kalamazoo County
Office of Clerk of the Supreme Court 3 Judicial Circuit of the State of Michigan I Edmund Rice Clerk of the Supreme Court for said circuit do hereby certify that Mitchell Hinds is sworn to and commission for the County of Kalamazoo and that by virtue of said Office he has full jurisdiction and has the same power and authority as a justice of the Supreme Court at the times and has power to administer oaths in all cases, that I am acquainted with his signature and know it to be his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal This 4th day of June 1849
Edmund Rice Clerk

Racine Wisconsin June 16 1893
Hon. S. L. Edwards
Sir
I write to enquire whether Mrs Whiting the widow of Ebenezer Whiting deceased is not entitled to a Pension. Mr Whiting was a pensioner for some years before his death & I believe belonged to the Massachusetts Line of Revolutionary Troops. Mrs Whiting was married to him in 1797. While I was visiting the last of her children on her home she has relied for support is dying. Should any information be necessary further than what is contained above I will endeavor to furnish it.
Did the estate of Ebenezer Whiting receive from your office the balance due him at his death? If not how can it be obtained?
Very respectfully your
obed Servt
B. B. Gay

I William Watson of Poultney in the County of Rutland State of Vermont - Being in the Seventieth Year of My Age - Depose and Testify
That Ebenazer Whiting Now of the Town of Underhook in The County of State of New York; was Son of Lieut. Gomalidd Whiting of the Town of Great Barrington - County of Berkshire, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Paid Lieut Whiting with His Eldest Son William Served all the Campaign of 1775 at Boston, with Capt William King, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Fallowsto which I Belong) in the Continental Army - Mr. Whiting getting a Little Blind Conceiv'd Himself Rather Unfit for Service, and Retired to a Young Family - But Sent His Eldest Son William into the Sea Service - And Ebenazar enlisted for the Year 1776 and Serv. it thro', in the Company of Capt William King, (of which I Chiefly Had the Charge) in a Massachusetts Regt Jonathan Ward Col. (Wagonet Things) in the Battle of Long Island Whiting was with Me - Being Advanced Piquet, we Began before Day and had to Fight on the Retreat 3 Hours, the Boy Behav'd Well all the way, and After Many Were Prisoners and we completely Surrounded Col. Huntings Tom Entire Regt, wounded their Horses - Genl. Lord Starling - & Sullivan had given themselves Up, we rather than Be Prisoners Dashed thro' Double Our Numbers Highland Gra- nadiers, with the Loss of Only 3 Men killed and one Wounded who we Brought Off, and Made good Our Retreat in Order
Whiting was a Brave Lad of about 19 years He was with Me in the Battles of Harlem Heights & White Plains In December He was Seiz'd with a Fever at Peekskill, I wrote to His Father who came, and as Soon as convalescent Carried Him home - The Next Winter being on the Recruiting Service I went To See Him, He was Rich & apparently in a Dangerous Delirium But Recover'd, & was Afterwards in Service but how Much I Do Not know - But as to His years Service & Identity I am Positive - The Above Statements I Declare to be the Truth According to the Mr Best Knowledge & Remembrance
So Help Me God - William Watson
Poultney 15 th Aug st 1818 -

To be forwarded to M rs Dead Butcher E ff P.M. Hinderhook Landing Ky
Paid to Magistrate & County Clerk one Dollar Postage on 2 Large Letters from M rs Whiting 04 3/4 8 1-4 h —
W at son
Capt H. A. T. & Co. Schooner
Gov.
Ebenezer Whiting —

State of Vermont } on the 9 th . day of October A D 1818 Rutland County } before me Elisha Ashley Esq. one of the Justices of the peace within and for the County of Rutland personally came William Watson the signer of the within deposition known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath that the facts contained in the within statement are true to the best of his knowledge & belief
Elisha Ashley Just. Peace
State of Vermont
I Robert Temple Clerk of Rutland County Court do certify that Elisha Ashley Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is a justice of the peace acting under the authority of this State - and that the above is his signature -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Rutland this 14 th day of Nov. 1818
R Temple

State of New York Tioga County ss.
Ebenezer Whiting of the town of Berkshire in the said county of Tioga being duly sworn upon the holy evangelists according to Law doth for the purpose of having his name replaced upon the pension list of United States Pensioners for Revolutionary Pensions depose and say that he was not on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen possessed of any real or personal estate whatsoever except one bed and a scanty supply of bedding for the same and wearing apparel for himself and from that until the present day he has been in possession of no property other than when his clothes have become unfit for wearing he has purchased others in their stead and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed the 6th day of June 1826 before me Jedediah H. Ray Commissioner for said County
Ebenezer Whiting.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, TIOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I DO CERTIFY, that the above named, Jedediah H. Ray Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the Acknowledgment of the annexed Indenture in writing, was on the day of the date thereof, a
Commissioner in and for said county,
duly authorized by law to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. and that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature of the said
Jedediah H. Ray Esquire whose name is subscribed to said certificate, is his proper hand-writing.—In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said county, the Seventh day of June 1826
Horatio D. D. Dep. Clerk

1 May 1820. and  of
Edwiser Whiting, N.Y.
Messrs Platt & Sweet, Logan County, Oswego Village, N.Y.
Recd. 18 Oct. 1826
Sept 1819

State of New York Niagara County ss Elizabeth Whiting of the town of Berkshire in the county of Niagara aforesaid being sworn upon the holy evangelists for the purpose of making a supplemental declaration to enable her to be restored to the Pension List of United States Pensioners pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress passed 1 st May 1820 doth depose and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninetythree the Government of Upper Canada gave to every person who would take possession and build thereon a lot of land in the village of Niagara containing one half acre of land provided the said buildings were erected within one year from the time of taking such possession & that one Henry Wischkuhn did take possession of a certain Lot in the said Village of Niagara in conformity to the aforesaid conditions and the same year sold the said Lot to this deponent who then resided in the county of Berkshire in the state of Massachusetts and that this deponent in the year last aforesaid removed to the said Village of Niagara and built a house & shop upon the said lot. That this deponent continued to reside upon the said Lot until the year 1798 when he returned to the state of Massachusetts where he continued to reside until August 1819 without having received a single cent of the rents and profits of his said Lot in Niagara when he left Massachusetts and went to see what has become of his property in Upper Canada. That when he arrived at the Village of Niagara he found that the house and shop had been destroyed by the American Troops when they burnt Niagara during the late War and that the Lot having become vacant the Government had taken possession of the same and the year before conveyed it to one John A. Stevenson and that this deponent had no other written evidence of ownership to the said Lot than a Land Board certificate which was originally given to the said Wischkuhn and assigned by him to this deponent which said certificate was left in the hands of one James Second and by him lost as this deponent is informed and believes true.
That the claim which this deponent sought to recover upon was for the land which the Government of Upper Canada had taken possession of in the manner above mentioned and for the house and shop which had been destroyed upon the same.

That after prosecuting the aforesaid claim against the said Government of Upper Canada for more than two years and an half with all the diligence and attention in the power of this deponent the claim was finally rejected and this deponent was left in his old age entirely destitute and deeply involved in debt. — And this deponent further saith that the value of the said lot of Land and buildings thereon was about fifteen hundred dollars and that the reason assigned for refusing this deponent's claim was that he was during the late war in the country of an enemy to the Government of Upper Canada and was not therefore entitled to remuneration from the said Government. —
Taken & Subscribed the 11th day of October 1826
before me Jedediah H. Ray Commis: Pub:
Ebenezer Whitin
State of New York Broome County Clerks Office
I do hereby certify that the above named Jedediah Ray Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed indenture of writing, was on the day of the date thereof, a commissioner in and for said County, duly authorized by Law to take the acknowledgments of Deeds &c and that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and firmly believe the signature of the said Jedediah Ray Esq whose name is subscribed to said certificate, is his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County, the twelfth day of October 1826.
Horatio Root Dep: Clk

Owego Village Oct. 12th 1826
Sir
Yours of the 5 th ult. came to hand by the way of Oswego and in compliance with the directions therein contained we send the information required by the Department to enable them to make a decision on the application of Ebenezer Whiting to be continued on the Pension list of United States Pensioners.
We humbly conceive that the affidavit herewith enclosed together with the papers already in possession of the Department show most conclusively that the Petitioner is entitled to be restored to the Pension List if ever an individual was since the passage of the act under which he makes application. If Mr Whiting should be restored to the Pension List will it not also be equitable that his certificate should allow him to draw all his pension back to the time when he received the last payment under the certificate which he received from the Department under the act of 1818. These questions however must be determined by the Department and we would request an answer as soon as is consistent after the receipt of this as the old soldier's situation is such as to need immediate assistance from some quarter. The reason why your communications were not met sooner was owing to a misdirection. You will please to direct - No Plate & Street Owego Village Tioga County New York
We are respectfully
Yours &c
Plate & Street
Hon. James Barbour Secy of War