Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43272, Abraham Webster, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Webster, Abraham
S. 43272
CONTENTS

20. 103
New York
Abraham Webster
of Madison Co. in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Stevens of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Burrell in the Connecticut line, for the term of one year. from February 1776 to February 1777
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 day of February 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of February 1830 and sent to Hon. T. Beck. Mem. House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $ 2. 17 Semi-annual all'ce ending
$ 2. 17
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec: Beck T. Vol. 5. fol. 154.

The Absolute affs for a future
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State of New York
Madison County ss
Abraham Webster the applicant for a pension under the Laws of the United States, being duly sworn, saith that all the debts alleged in his declaration & proof by this Auditor, which declaration & proof are on file, of the Pension office, are justly & bona fide due from this deponent; & that the consideration of those debts is truly stated in the affidavits of the respective creditors of this deponent on file as aforesaid; and further that none of the said debts, or any part thereof was contracted with the view of obtaining a pension or of becoming an applicant therefor but they were all massively contracted for the support & maintenance of this deponent's family & to procure money to pay other & preexisting debts contracted for similar purposes.
I certify that Abraham Webster } to me known to be the applicant above named & to be a credible person, personally came before me on the 15 th day of Dec r 1829. & made oath to the above affidavit.
Abraham Webster
John Foote Justice of the peace
I John G. Curtis Clerk of the County of Madison in the State of New York certify that John Foote, is a Magistrate as above, & that the foregoing certificate, purporting as by him is given, is full & true. In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office & subscribed my name this 18 th day of Dec r 1829.
John G. Curtis Clk, Mad n Co.

Warrenton Mad Co. N.Y. 1829.
James L. Edwards Esq.
The annexed affidavit is forwarded in compliance with the requisition in your letter of Sept. 25. 1829. in which you say, "That the property of the applicant is 981 which is sufficient to exclude him & the debts alleged to be due from him cannot be taken into consideration as there is no evidence that they can not be contracted with the view of obtaining a pension, as this is the only objection to the allowance of Mr. Debutus claim. I further that the requisition of your letter dated May 25 th 1829, have been satisfactorily complied with in all other respects except that indicated in your last letter. He states Jan. 25 th 1829.
He has supplied the defect in the only possible way, that is, his own oath. This is the only evidence in addition to that contained in his declaration & in the statement of the consideration of his debts in the affidavits of his creditors on file in the department, which the nature of the law admits. His debts nearly or quite absorb his property & that he is in fact very poor . The disposition of his property for the payment of his debts cannot now be made without a sacrifice, & great inconvenience to himself in his present circumstances & that this might after all subject him to the imputation of disposing of his property to obtain a pension.
I trust that the annexed evidence furnished by the annexed affidavit will be deemed sufficient, as the applicant is a very worthy & also a very needy man.
Yours Sincerely

State of New York Madison County ss
Abraham Webster the applicant for a pension under the Laws of the United States being duly sworn saith that all the debts alleged in his declaration & proved by their Creditors, which declaration & proof are on file in the Pension office, are justly & bona fide due from this deponent; & that the consideration of those debts is truly stated in the affidavits of the respective Creditors of this deponent on file as aforesaid; and further that none of the said debts nor any part thereof was contracted with the view of obtaining a pension or of becoming an applicant therefor but they were all massing contracted for the support & maintenance of this deponent's family, & to procure money to pay other & preexisting debts contracted for him by his parents.
I certify that Abraham Webster to me known to be the applicant above named & to be a Credible person personally came before me on the 15 th day of Dec r 1829. & made oath to the above affidavit.
Abraham Webster
John Foote Justice of the peace
I John G. Curtis Clerk of the County of Madison in the State of New York certify that John Foote is a Magistrate as above, & that the foregoing certificate, purporting to be his is genuine. In full may I say I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office & subscribed my name this 18 th day of Dec r 1829
John G. Curtis Clk, Mad n Co.

31,073
Declaration
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That after his enlistment he was marched to Laman in Connecticut, where he joined the Company, thence to Albany, thence to Fort George, thence to Li Coderoga, thence to Montreal, where orders were countermanded, thence up the River to a place called the Cedars to a small fort commanded by Major Butterfield, which was besieged by British, Canadians, and Indians, and here he was surrendered prisoner of war to the British and so continued for a short time, at the expiration of which he returned to Li Coderoga, with the army that returned from Canada, and continued in the service of the United States till the first day of February 1777 when he was discharged as stated above.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st 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 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 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 necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and that I owe the debts which I have below stated
Schedule of property.
  I have 61 acres of land in the town of Lebanon in the county of Madison aforesaid on which I reside for which I have a seed in fee - Value including buildings is about $10. pr. acre $ 610.00   I have in possession 25 acres of other land for which I have paid $8.00 pr. acre but of which I have no conveyance 200.00   I have one mare worth $50. One cow worth 18. 68.00   2 pair of year old calves $10. - 20 Sheep worth $30.00 40.00   One ox Cart worth $12.00 - 1 one horse waggon (old) $10. 22.00   Harness for one horse $3.00 - one Harrow worth $3.00 6.00   One axe $1.00 - some parts of a log chain 0.25 1.25   2 old axes - one broad & one for cutting post holes both worth 0.50   1 Set of old plough Irons worth say 0.37 \frac{1}{2}   One old hoe $0.12 \frac{1}{2} - Poultry worth probably 4.00 4.12 \frac{1}{2}   One old fashioned set of drawers worth $2.00 2.00   1 Bureau worth $5.00 - 8 dining chairs $2.00 7.00   7. More common kitchen chairs worth 1.75   Pots, kettles, and other necessary cooking utensils, worth in all as near as I can estimate about $6.25 6.25   Less table furniture of the value of about 2.00   A small number of old casks & barrels, wash tub etc. worth say - 5.00   3 old Tables, one fifty years old or more, and one about 30 years old - 2.00   One or two old spinning wheels 1.00   1 Old Loom for weaving, & some tackling at least 30 years old ? - 2.25   $ 981.50 

  I owe to Jesse Thompson  $214.  ✓    Rufus Bacon  120.  ✓    Jonathan Thayer  50.  ✓    Ephraim Leach  28.  ✓    Walter P. Clark  20.  ✓    Ezra Bacon & Lander, partners  32.  ✓    Amos Blair  170.     Other small debts which      in all probably amount to  100.     Augustus Linton  65.      799.   
150. 67 50. 19 37 20. 23 51 154 23
Abraham Webster
sworn to and declared on the twenty fourth day of March 1829 before me in open court.
John G. Curtis Atk
I John G. Curtis Clerk of the court of Oyer and terminer held in and for the county of Madison aforesaid do certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Abraham Webster did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated, in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) 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 nine hundred eighty one dollars and fifty — — — cents: — and that the said Webster owes the debts by him above stated.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county on this twenty fourth day of March 1829
John G. Curtis Atk

State of New York Madison County } I Ezra Baur of Ham- ilton in said County being duly sworn saith he hath a subsisting claim against Abraham Webster of Libanon in said County by way of a note of thirty five Dollars & Eighteen cents dated January 16 1829. That the same is now due this deponent & accrued by way of debt due Baur Canada & Company for goods sold by said Company to said Webster & that after the dissolution of said Company said note was given to this deponent for upon cash & is now his property - Subd Aug. 17. 1829
Ezra Baur
State of New York Madison County } I John Foote one of the Justices of the peace of Hamilton in said County do certify that on this 17 th day of August 1829 Ezra Baur to me well known appeared before me & subscribed to the above affidavit & being by me duly sworn did depose & say that said affidavit by him subscribed contained the truth & nothing but the truth & I certify that said depo- nent is a man of truth & veracity & that full credit is to be given to his statement given under my hand at Hamilton the day & year above written John Foote J.P.

Ab. vectoris Application
File F
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State of New York before Robert Henry Esq. Madison County ss Justices Court I hereby certify that Walter P. Clark on the 24 day of March 1824 against Abraham Webster rendered a Judgment in the above suit in favor of the Plaintiff for damages — 19.63 Cost — 1.42 Judgment $21.05
Robert Henry Justice of the Peace for Madison County
State of New York Madison County ss
On the 13 th day of July 1829 personally appeared before me the within named Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Ephraim Leach and depose to and saith that on the 31 st day of March 1826 he the said deponent sold to Abraham Webster of Lebanon and County & State aforesaid One Yoke of Oxen for which there is now due toward the said cattle twenty nine dollars & further this deponent saith not
Ephraim Leach
Sworn & subscribed to the above this 13 th day of July 1829
Before me Robert Henry J.P.

I hereby certify that the within named Ephraim Leach is a man of unblemished character as for truth and veracity Eaton July 13. 1829
Robert Henry Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County Lebanon September 1829
Susan Gates of Lebanon in the County of Madison & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth testify & say that she hath a promissory note against Abraham Webster of Lebanon said County for the sum of nineteen Dollars & Eighty three cents dated the 9 th April 1829 and on interest the consideration of the said note is Money lent by the deponent to said Webster many months previous to the date of said note which sum of nineteen Dollars & eighty three cents  due now to the deponent with interest from the said Webster Susan Gates
Sworn and subscribed before me this 12 day of September 1829 Brown Blair Justice of the Peace
I here by certify that I am here only augmenting with the above named deponent and believe her to be a person of truth. Brown Blair Justice of the Peace

Clerks Office Madison County State of New York } ss.
I John G. Curtis Clerk of the County of Madison do hereby certify that John Foote, Robert Henry and Brown Blair Esqrs. whose names appear subscribed to the several within certificates of Oaths &c. was on the day of the date thereof Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to act as such. And further the within signatures of "John Foote Robert Henry and Brown Blair" are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 14th day of September A.D. 1829
John G. Curtis Clerk

Clerk's Office, } ss. ONEIDA COUNTY, }
I, John H. Ostrom, Clerk of the County of Oneida, do hereby certify, that James H. Collins whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the annexed affidavit or Instrument in writing
and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said certificate, a Justice of the Peace elected in and for said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of DEEDS, and discharges of MORTGAGES, &c.  act as such and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice James H. Collins and verily believe the signature of James H. Collins subscribed to the said certificate, to be the proper hand writing of the said Justice
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this 4 th day of September A. D. 1829
J. H. Ostrom Clerk.

State of New York
Oneida County ss. Isaac Adams of the Town of Vernon County of Oneida and State aforesaid being duly sworn, saith that Abraham Webster of the Town of Sebago County of Madison & State aforesaid is honestly and justly indebted to this deponent on a promissory Note dated the Twenty fourth day of October A. D. 1828, for Twenty Five Dollars & Eighty Five Cents & interest: that there is now due on to this deponent on the same the sum of Twenty Seven Dollars & Forty three Cents; that said Note was given by the said Webster to this deponent for Money lent by deponent to said Webster And further this deponent saith not.
Isaac Adams
Oneida County ss. On this Ninth day of September A. D. 1829 personally appeared before me I Amos H. Collins one of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of Vernon & County of Oneida the above named Isaac Adams to me known (who is an inhabitant of the Town of Vernon aforesaid of respectability & character & a credible  creditable witness) and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the same
Given Under My hand & Seal at Vernon aforesaid on the day & year aforesaid
I Amos H. Collins Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Machack County } vs Tazewell County } That he hath a subsisting demand against Abraham Webster of Lebanon in Tazewell County (who this deponent is in- formed is applying for a pension), to the amount of one hundred and eight dollars & eighty eight cents, on note dated the 9 th of August 1827. The said note was given a settlement of accounts at that time & the account was for goods wares & merchan- dizes sold some time before & money paid out for him at different times. The account had been running for some time & payments had been made at different times leaving the balance for which the note was given. The fact of the demand having been accrued as above mentioned & the note having been given for a balance of accounts this deponent is unable to state the particular items of goods or sums of money for which it was given & the whole account was some hundreds of dollars all of which accrued since 1818.
Sworn this 15 th day of June 1829 before
Rufus Bacon
John Hoots Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County ss.
I John Root one of the Justices of the peace of Hamilton in said County do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Ralph Bane who has subscribed & made oath to the foregoing dis- sertation & that said Bane retains the thereof in common of a person of truth & veracity & from my own knowledge of the Christianity I have no doubt of the truth of the facts contained in his affidavits given under my hand this 15. day of June 1829. John Root J.P.

State of New-York Madison County Lebanon September 12 th 1829
I Erastus B. Burroughs of Lebanon said county Physician being duly sworn do testify & say that I have a demand against Abraham Webster of Lebanon in the County a- foresaid to the amount
of Twenty three Dollars Fifty four Cents for attendance and medicine administered to his family in times of their sickness since the year 1824 and previous to the 24 th of March 1829, all of which sum is now of Twenty three Dollars & Fifty four Cents is now due to me from the said Webster
E. B. Burroughs
And I do further testify that for four years last past the said Webster on account of advanced age and ill health has been able to do but very little towards earn- ing a support
Erastus B. Burroughs
Sworn and subscribed this 12 day September 1829 Before me Brown Blair Jute Plan

I am personally acquainted with the wither- named opponent and believe him to be a man of unquestionable truth and integrity.
Brown Blair Justice

Mad. Co. N. Y.
Harriston Ap. 17. 1829
Hon. John H. Eaton
Sir
I enclose the papers in the case of Abraham Curtis an applicant for a pension.
The papers show that altho Mr. Curtis has property far beyond the amount allowed by the rules of the Department, he owns so much as to reduce it within the limit. I am not aware what is the practice of the Department in that respect nor whether the applicant must become divested entirely of property to the specified limit before his petition can be granted.
If the claim is rejected you will do me a favor by stating the reason whether on account of want of proof of service, or because of a defect in the description for the property.
Respectfully yours
Brof. Stowe

A Webster - aff'd for Russia - 1000 P. Giddley Esq.
Monsville Nov
Dear Sir
Pa. G. Washington City.
26 Dec 1829

Wausau Jan 15 1879.
Dear Sir,
I have taken the liberty to enclose to you an afft. & letter for Mr. Drendt the Clerk in the District of Columbia in behalf of Mr. St. Valentine.
I hope you will deliver these papers as requested. The applicant is a most worthy man (a brother of Mr. Valentine of N. Haven) & is a proper subject for the benefit of the acts.
Yours Sincerely, J. H. Tracy

Admitted pen-to-cam: Feb. 25. 1830

Washington 25- February 1830
Mr Edwards Sir
I am well acquainted with Philo Giddley Esquire (the Gentleman who has sent the Journal papers of Abraham Wolcott to the Junior off.) He is a Gentleman of high sense of honor & of unim- peachable integrity - & full reliance may be placed on all his statements. He is the District Attorney for the District of Madison County, in the State of New York.
Respectfully Yours &c.
W. Pickman

State of New-York } Madison County } Lebanon July 11 th 1829 }
I Adolphus Eddy of Lebanon in said County being duly sworn doth testify and say That he hath a demand against Abraham Webster of Lebanon in
said County aforesaid on a note given to Augustus Sexton and by him transferred to me for the sum of sixty five dollars dated March 16 th 1829 and on interest said note was given for a mare sold to said Webster by said Sexton
Adolphus Eddy
Sworn and subscribed This 21 st day of August Barnum Brown Blair Justice of Peace }
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Adolphus Eddy signer of the above & believe him to be a man of unimpeachable truth and integrity Lebanon August 21 st 1829 Brown Blair Justice of Peace

State of New-York } Madison County } Lebanon July 11 th 1829 }
I Jonathan Thayer in said County being duly sworn doth testify and say that I have a demand against Abraham Webster of Lebanon in said County for the sum of sixty two dollars, fifty five cents in note and seven dollars in Book account making sixty nine dollars, said note on Interest the above demand is for good, and sawing of timber all of which has been had since the year 1818
Errors excepted-
Subscribed and sworn this } 11 th day of July 1829 before } me Brown Blair }
Jonathan Thayer

I do here by certify that Jonathan Thayer signer of the within is a man of unimpeachable truth & veracity Likoni July 11 th  1829 Brown Blair J. D.

State of New York Madison County ss
I Amos Amos Blair of said county being duly sworn doth testify and say that I have a demand against
Abraham Wobler of Lebanon in said county for the sum of one hundred ninety dollars and eighteen cents for money loaned since the year 1818
Amos Blair
Lebanon July 20th 1829
Sworn and subscribed before me July 20th 1829
Brown Blair Justa Pac

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Amos Blair signer of the within and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity. Lebanon July 11th 1829
Brown Blair J. Vice
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Abraham Webster of New York
Act 18. March 1818
Brief
Letter in this case to Hon J. G. Storer, Sept 25. 1829.
Recd from 26 Dec 1829 from Hon. J. Beckman H. R.:

Original Claim  N o 31.073.
Abraham Webster of New York, enlisted as a private in 1776, for one year in Col. Burnells Regiment, Connecticut line. For evidence of service see Paper A.
This declaration is dated 24 March 1829.
Exhibits, real estate valued at 810. 00
Personal ditto. 171. 50
$ 981. 50.
He owes $799.
See Paper B.
The testimony
Names of the claimants creditors who have exhibited affidavits, showing how and when the debts originated.
  C Affidavit of Jesse C. Thompson, for money lent Augt 1827. 219. 00   D " " Rufus Bacon, for goods & money between 1818 & 1827. 108. 88   E " " Jonathan Thayer, for goods & sawing timber, since 1818. 62. 00   F " " Ezra Bacon, for goods, previous to 1829. 32. 18   " " " W. P. Clark, a judgement in 1829 - origin not stated. 21. 05   " " " Ephraim Leach; a dyke of Oxen in 1826. 29. 00   " " " Susan Bates: money lent, previous to 1829. 19. 83.   G " " Amos Blair: money lent, since 1818. 190. 00   $ 681. 94 
Carried Over.

  Brought forward 681. 94   H Affidavit of A Eddy, for a mare in March 1829 65. 00   I " " E. G. Burroughs - medical services between 1824 & 1829 23. 54   K " " Isaac Adams, money lent Oct 1828. 27. 43   Amount of debts proved $ 797. 91 
The deponents are entitled to be credible witnesses.
The paper marked L contains an additional affidavit of the claimant in which he states that the foregoing debts are bona fide and have not been contracted with a view to obtain a pension.
The same paper also contains a letter from P. Gridley Esq, the claimant's Agent, stating, that the claimant has complied with the requisition of the Department in the only possible way he can.

State of New York } On a County } J. Lyle E. Thompson of Paris in said County being only room doth testify and say that I now have a substantial Demand against Abram Wetmore of Lebanon Madison County in said State for money on note of hand loaned on the 7th day of Augt. 1827 - for an amount of two hundred dollars. on int. - Endorsed Aug 7th 1828 - nine dollars amounting to this day about two hundred and nineteen dollars. Dated at Paris July 22nd 1829. which is now due
J. Lyle E. Thompson
Sworn before me this 22nd day of July 1829 - Henry Wm. Justice Pease
I hereby certify that the above named J. Lyle E. Thompson is a man of truth and veracity.
Henry Wm. Justice Pease

State of New York
Cayuga County ss Clerks Office
I John H. Olsson Clerk of the County of Cayuga Do hereby certify that Henry M c Neil Esquire whose name is subscribed to the within certificate of oath &c. was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly authorized by Law to act as such.
And further that the within signatures "Henry M c Neil" are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 3 rd day of August A.D. 1829.
J. H. Olsson Clerk

We Benjamin Stevens and Daniel Farway of Litchfield County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do certify that we enlisted with Capt. John Stevens of Said Litchfield of Col. Charles Bunker's Regiment of the Continental Establishment to serve one year from the first day of February 1776, that Abraham Webster of Hartford joined us a Soldier in Said Company at Addison in Vermont in the Month of March following and served in Canada and was Taken prisoner with us at the Cedars and was discharged with us at Mount Independence on the first day of February 1777 when our year Service Expired, and farther say Not. Dated at Litchfield 28 th July 1829 Benjamin Stevens Daniel Farway
Litchfield County ss. Litchfield 28 th July 1829 Personally appeared Benjamin Stevens and Daniel Farway signers to the above certificate and made oath to the truth of the same before me.
James Foss, Justice of the Peace and I further certify that the above named Benjamin Stevens and Daniel Farway are credible witnesses and disinterested and known to me to be such James Foss, Justice of the Peace

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify to whom it doth or may concern that James Fenn, Esq. whose name is sub- scribed to the foregoing certifi- cate in his proper hand writing to me well known, is, & for more than one year last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly appointed, commissioned & qualified, & that full credence is due to his official acts & attestations. - In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand at Litchfield in said County & affix the seal of said Court the 28 th Day of July A. D. 1829. Frederick Wolcott.
Evidence of Service
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Abraham Webster
Dr. Rev. Dr.
Act: 18 th March 16 th
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