Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1680, Ephraim White, Conn. Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
White, Ephraim Hope
N 1680
Continental
Mass.
CONTENTS
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Connecticut Ephraim White
of Hartford Co in the State of Connecticut who was a Captain in the company commanded by Captain Knapp of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shepard in the Mass. line, for the term of three years from 1777 to 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eighty eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1832 and sent to J. H. Parsons Esq. Hartford. Ct.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $88. - Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1832 44 - $132. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Rec. Book 2. Vol. 3. fol. 74
Let. to Hon. J. S. Hamp. on July 20th '48

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, County Court.
On this 5 th day of July A D 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison Ephraim White
aged sixty six years resident in Gilbert in said county, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
He enlisted for the term of seven months in the latter part of the month of April A D 1775 in the State of Connecticut, in the company commanded by Capt. Ezekiel Scott in the Reg t commanded by Col. M'Collough in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the first part of the month of Dec r following when he was discharged from the said seven months service in the State of Massachusetts. That he enlisted again in the same month of December 1775 in said State of Connecticut for the term of one year in the company commanded by Capt. Abram Tyler in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jeremiah Huntington in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps until December 1776 when he was discharged from said service in the State of New Jersey. That he enlisted again in the month of March in the year 1777 for the term of three years, in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Mose Knapp in the Reg t commanded by Col. William Shepard in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps until the 6 th day of March 1780 when he was discharged from said service in the State of New York.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 provision 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.

The following is all the property both Real & Personal which I own
50 acres of 3 d Rate land, about 25 acres of the same improved, the remainder of the 50 acres unimprovable.
1 Cow —————
2 two year old Heifers —
1 yearling — Do —
4 Sheep —
2 Swine 1 year old.
I am indebted to the town of Colebrook the sum of two hundred & thirty seven dollars, for the security, of which said town of Colebrook have a mortgage of forty acres of said land above mentioned. — That I am indebted to various other persons to the amount of one hundred & forty dollars — and that I have not due or owing to me more than ten dollars. — I am a farmer by occupation, my health is as good as the generality men of my age. Although am not able to perform but very little hard labour. I have a wife who is & hath for a considerable length of time been in a feeble state of health & unable to do any thing of consequence she is fifty years old, name Hope White. — Dennis White my son who is eighteen years old resides in my family, he is lame & not able to perform much labour. —
I have heretofore applied for the pension under the act of the 18 th March 1818 & have received it, commencing on the 9 th of April 1818 — 1641 is the number of my pension certificate —
Ephraim White

Sworn to and declared on the 5 th day of July A. D. 1820 before me Asst. Frederick Wolcott Clerk
Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court Litchfield, July 5 1820
I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is four hundred fourteen dollars and 69 cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of July 1820
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

found in Rollas control,
$88 per ann.

State of Connecticut } S. Hartford County of Hartford }
On this 11th day of July 1832, before me the Subscriber a Notary Public for the County of Hartford, personally appeared Ephraim White of Colebrook in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut - aged seventy  eighty years, and made solemn oath that he served in the revolutionary war as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Scott of Farmington in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wyllys - for the term of seven months . discharged at Roxbury in the year 1775.
also - as a private in the company commanded by Captain Tyler of Wadsworth, Middlesex County, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sedgwick - for the term of one year , and was discharged at Norwich for one year , and was discharged into the State of New Jersey -
also as a corporal in the company commanded by Captain Moses Knapp of Mansfield in the County of Hartford  Holland , in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd of Westfield, State of Massachusetts, for three years , and discharged as a Sergeant in March 1780 - at Spokane West Point State of New York -
also, in Militia , not the State of Rhode Island in the company commanded by Captain Keith of East Greenwich in the State of Massachusetts - served about 3 weeks, - a year about 3 weeks under another Captain name not now recollected -

That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut under the Act of March 18. 1818, and stricken therefrom on account of his property.
That at the time of his first application he resided in said Colebrook, where he has resided about forty years past - was born in the Town of Mansfield in the State of Massachusetts on the 3 rd day of January 1754
Ephraim White
State of Connecticut } ss. Hartford County of Hartford }
On this 11 th day of July 1832 before me the Subscriber a Notary Public personally appeared Ephraim White the signer of the preceding affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same; and I further certify that said White is a person of veracity.
Witness my hand & seal This 11 th day of July 1832 Samuel H. Parsons Notary Public

91 - Connecticut
Hope White of Ephraim White
served in the Revolutionary war, as a
Corporal Mass Line
subscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of March '49 and sent to
Hon. R. Smith member of Congress
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act R. 1848, Page 99 Vol. 1
July 3 Book D
Hope White
Set J. S. Fagua June 14. 1853
Same Sep 10 1853 S. L. Loomis Apr 24 1854.
3rd adu Oct. 30/56
S. L. Loomis
Nov. 5 1856

State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield }
ss. Colbrook On this 1 st
day of February
1853, personally appeared Asa White of the town of Colbrook County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, and son of Ephraim and Hope White of the town of Colbrook County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut deceased before me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
Ford G. Bidwell
J. P.
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield }
ss
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Ford G. Bidwell
ESQ. before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of Litchfield County Court,
this twenty second day of February
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Frederick D. Bedman
Clerk.

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Asa White of the town of Colbrook county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut and son of Asa  Asa and Hope White of the town of Colbrook county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut deceased have constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute and appoint, J. S. JAQUA, of West Winsted, Ct. my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocally, with power of substitution, for me and in my name place, and stead to ask and receive of and from the United States any Bounty Land, extra pay, Pension, Money or Moneys that now is or are due to me on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in my name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such Bounty Land, extra pay, Pensions, Patents, and Money due as aforesaid. and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, and, generally, to do any and every other other act or acts, that I myself might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof: hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue whereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 1 st
day of February 1853.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered } Two in the presence of } Witnesses
J. S. Whipple Wood G. Bidwell
Asa White

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield } ss.
Be it known that on this Tenth day of February in the year eighteen hundred & fifty three before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County, and State aforesaid, personally appeared Asa White a resident of Colebrook in said County, and made oath ac- cording to law, that he is the son of Ephraim White deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum, that he has been informed, that his father was on account of his services in the war of the Revolution also entitled to Bounty Land, that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Land, and also in any additional pay or pension which may be due under the act of 15 th May 1828 or other acts, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, } Asa White For. G. Bidwell Just. Peace
I For. G. Bidwell Justice of the Peace in and for the County, and State aforesaid do hereby certify, that Asa White who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe directly, interested in said claim as therein set forth,
For. G. Bidwell Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } S
I Frederick D Beeman Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Ford L. Bidwell Esq before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and that the name thereunto subscribed is his signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and have affixed my Official Seal this 25 th day of February A.D. 1853.
Frederick D. Beeman Clerk
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } S
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Roland Witches a Judge — of the Court of Probate for the district of Winchester, — that Ephraim White, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum, and that he died on the twenty third day of August in the year eighteen hundred forty three, and his widow Hepsibah White, who was also a pensioner of the United States under Act 4 th March 1848, and who died on the 25 th day of September 1851, leaving surviving five children, viz Asa White, Dennis White, Sally Bronson, Abigail Williams, and Polly Beecher, and that the said Asa White Dennis White, Sally Bronson Abigail Williams and Polly Beecher are the only surviving children of the aforesaid Ephraim White and Hepsibah White deceased, and I further certify that the said Ephraim White & Hepsibah Bennett were married at Colebrook on the first Monday of May 1796. In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office

this 10 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Roland Atkinson Judge of the } Court of Probate for the Dist of Winchester }

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Jan'y. 20 th 1833
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Ephraim White in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office and find the name of Ephraim White on a Pay Roll under the following heading viz. "A Pay Roll of the second Company in the 2 d Regiment, raised by order of the General Assembly, Connecticut, 1775," where the said White is credited with service as a private from May 8 th 1775 to December 18 th 1775 = 7 mos. & 10 days.
A. G. Pinney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk

Declaration.
State of Connecticut. } Litchfield County ss. }
On this 9 th day of Nov. A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the court of probate in & for the District of Michieville, in said county, Hope White a resident of the town of Colebrook, in said District & county, of the age of eighty five years, & who, after being sworn in due form of law, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress granting pension & widows of soldiers married prior to eighteen hundred; that she is now of the age aforesaid; that she is the widow of Ephraim White who was a corporal & she believes a sergeant in the war of the revolution; that he drew a pension at the time of his death at the rate of $88. per annum, & that she refers to the papers of her husband on file in the pension office; that her said husband, the said Ephraim White died on the 23 rd day of August, A.D. 1842; and that she was married to the said Ephraim White, (by the Rev. Rufus Babcock since deceased) on the first Monday in May seventeen hundred

and ninety Six, in the town of Colebrook aforesaid; and that the said Hope White is unable to find any written certificate or memorandum of the said marriage in any family record or elsewhere.
Given unto John D. Stone } Gideon Hall Jr. } Hope Y White mark
State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss. }
The undersigned, Judge of Probate for the District of Winchester, in said county, hereby certifies that, at Colebrook, in said District, on the 9 th day of November, A.D. 1848, personally appeared before said court, Mrs Hope White , the above named individ- ual who subscribed in manner aforesaid the foregoing declaration, first, in open court, having made oath to the truth of the same in due form of law.
attest, Gideon Hall Jr., Judge of Probate for the District of Win- chester. -

State of Connecticut ss. } Litchfield County - } Probate Court - Manchester } District. _____
The undersigned Clerk of said Court of Probate hereby certifies that Grace Hall is Judge of said Court of Probate for the District of Manchester, and that the signature foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my official signature and, this 9 th day of November A.D. 1848.
Riley Whiting. Clerk of Probate for Manchester District.

State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss.
On this 9 th day of Nov r A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for the district of Manchester, in said County, Mr. Asa White a resident of Cole- brook in said County, who, after being sworn in due form of law, deposes & says that he has made diligent search, with the aid of the Town clerk of the town of Cole- brook, for a certificate of the marriage of Mr. Ephraim White with Miss Hope Barnes, now the surviving widow of the said Ephraim, and also a like search for a family record or memorandum of said marriage, & that he is wholly unable to find any such certificate or memorandum, there or anywhere. And further says not. —
Asa White
Note, Sworn & subscribed as per the certificate on the last page following:

State of Connecticut. Litchfield County ss. }
On the 9 th day of November A.D. 1848, before the Court of Probate in & for the District of Manchester, in said County, Mr. Leonard Bettes, now a resident of Lanesfield, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who, after being sworn in due form of law, deposes & says that, at the time of his death, and for more than sixty years before, he was well acquainted with Mr. Ephraim White late of said Callicook deceased, and that he the said White died in the month of month of Aug t . 1842, & that I attended his funeral; that the said White married Miss Hope Burnett, who is now the surviving widow of the said Ephraim White, in the spring of the year 1796, & that I was well acquainted with the said Hope several years before she was so married; that the said Ephraim & Hope were so married by the Rev. d Rufus Babcock then of said Callicook, but since deceased. And further saith not. Leonard Bettes
Note. Sworn & subscribed as per the certificate of the Court on the last page. —

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss.
On the 9 th day of November A.D. 1848, before the court of probate in & for the district of Winchester in said county, Mr. Bannier White of Cole- brook in said county, who, after being sworn in due form of law, deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Mr. Ephraim White late of Colebrook deceased; that he was present at his intermarriage with Miss Hope Bennet, now his the Ephraim's surviving widow Mrs. Hope White; that the said Ephraim was so married to the said Hope White on the first Monday of May, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & ninety six, by the Rev d Rufus Babcock, in said town of Colebrook; that the said Ephraim White, died in said town, on the 23 rd of August, A.D. 1842, and that the said Hope White is now the surviving widow of the said Ephraim White, who at the time of his death as aforesaid, drew a pension, and that the said Rufus Babcock died about five years ago. And

further the deponent saith not Barnice White
State of Connecticut. Litchfield county ss.
The undersigned judge of probate for the district of Winchester, in said county, qualified as such, & to administer oaths &c., hereby certifies that at Colb- rook, in said district, on the 9 th day of Nov. A.D. 1848, person- ally appeared before him, the before mentioned Asa White , Leonard Bettee and Barnice White , the signers respectively of the said foregoing affidavits, and who made oath to the truth of the same, in open court, & in due form of law.
Gideon Hall Jr., Judge of the court of probate for the district of Winchester. —
State of Connecticut ss. Litchfield county ss. —
The undersigned, clerk of the court of probate in & for the district of Winchester, hereby certifies that Gideon Hall Jr. is judge of said court of probate, and that the above signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 9 th day of Nov. A.D. 1848. Riley Whiting. Clerk of Probate for the District of Winchester.
officers too each the positions have been taken again that they might be more full and specific as to the positions

October 23, 1935.
Mr. Clarence B. Wooding 10 Church Street Plantville, Connecticut.
BA-J/ILL Ephraim White W. 1680.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ephraim White, who died in Colebrook, Connecticut, at the age of ninety years.
The record of Ephraim White is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1680, based upon his service in that war.
Ephraim White was born January 3, 1754 in Mansfield, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Bristol County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in Connecticut about the last of April 1775, served as a private in Captain Ezekiel Scott's company, Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Connecticut regiment, at Boston, and was discharged during the "fore part" of December, in Massachusetts; he re-enlisted late in December, served one year as a private in Captain Abraham Tyler's company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment, during which service he was stationed at Boston until after the evacuation of the British, went to New York and Long Island, and was discharged in New Jersey. He enlisted March 7, 1777, served as corporal and sergeant in Captain Moses Knapp's company, Colonel William Shepard's 4 th Massachusetts regiment and was discharged March 7, 1780, at the Highlands in New York. He served subsequently three weeks in Captain Keith's Massachusetts company; and another three weeks in the Massachusetts troops, names of officers not shown.
Ephraim White was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he resided in Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He continued to reside there until his death on August 23,

1843.
Ephraim White married the first Monday in May 1796, in Colebrook, Connecticut, Miss Hope Bennet; both were then of said Colebrook.
Hope White, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 11, 1848, at which time she resided in Colebrook, Connecticut. She was then aged about eighty-five years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. She died September 23, 1851, in Colebrook, Connecticut
The names of five children of the soldier, Ephraim White, and his wife, Hope, who survived their mother were shown as follows: Asa White, of Colebrook, Connecticut; Dennis White, who was aged eighteen years in 1820; Sally Bronson; Abigail Williams; and Polly Beecher. In 1856, only Asa, Dennis and Polly Beecher were living, all then of Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of the husbands of the above named daughters are not shown.
In 1849, Betsey White witnessed the signature of Hope White, the widow, when she made application for pension; in 1849, Barnace White of Colebrook, Connecticut, stated that he was present at the wedding of Ephraim White and Hope Bennet; in 1849, Polly White, also of Colebrook, stated that she was married in June 1799 when she was aged twenty-four years, but did not designate the name of her husband. No relationship between these persons and the soldier's family was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1916 Jan. 4: History to Mrs. J. W. Trockel. M.B.H.
1935 - Aug. 26 - Hist. to Mrs. A. E. B.
1935 - Oct. 23 - Hist. to Clarence B. Wood
Henry  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1680
Hope White
Widow
Ephraim White
Crisp. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: — Vol. M. , Page 328.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mary Thomas
Con. at
4063
con
$7.52
Dear Sir,
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
Hope
Yours
Con. at 2nd
91

L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

July 12, 1853,
Letter requesting Copy of discharge of Ephraim White, Acco., Conn.
18057
J. Y. Sagu, Winchester, Litchfield co., Conn.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner

Hope White - Ephraim Con. d 29 th d. 1840
30 Oct 1840
Dear J. Binot Your Placid Washington D.C.

Ephraim White seed loan
for increase Act May 15. 1828 bounty lands
Rejected
Set J. S. Jagna June 14. 1853

Washington April 11 th 1856.
Hon Com of Pensions J. Minot
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit the papers of Ephraim and Hope White for the purpose of obtaining an increase for his services as sergeant, and an increase of Hope White accor- ding to Joint Resolution of 48 also the balances due them at the time of their death.
Respectfully yours &c
J. L. Loomis

Dec. 24. 1853
App d of Ephraim White deceased for increase of pension under act 15 th May '28 Connl. R.
Of the widow of Ephraim White
J.S. Daggett Asst. Dist. Atty. Connecticut.
J.S. Daggett Asst. Dist. Atty.
Connecticut
Ephraim White deceased for increase of pension
under act 15 th May '28
Dec. 24. 1853

1841
Connecticut roll
Ephraim White
Sergeant
Massachusetts line. 1777. 3 yrs.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and due to  Aug. Pettybone ss Litchfield Conn
Arrears to 4th of Septm 1818 Semi-annual allowance
4 mos 26/30th  $38.93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Not entitled Colebrook, Litchfield Co
Notification sent October 9. 1820 to Frederick Wolcott Litchfield Conn.

This Certifies that S er Eph m White of the 4 th Mass s Regiment, Engag d in the service of the United States March 7 th 1877, has faithfully serv d as a good & Soldier in said Regiment thru years the term for which he engag d and is discharge d the service Having turn d in his arms & accoutrements
Given Under my hand
High Lands 7 th March 1880
Lib t Ball Major Command t of the 4 th M t B y

Found three Days Provision March 9 1780 For S er H. Williams Discharge Sur t White
Scott - Carey
Vietuals Including the fourteenth of March 1780 Mark 461
Served the bearer with three Days Rations Thomas Gray A.G.
(Providence, 24 March 1780)
Served the Bearer with three Days Provision J. Wallcut A.G.

J. S. Jaqua, Sept 10/53

Pension Office
Sep 10 1853
934
Sir
The following is a copy of the discharge of Ephraim White. "This Certifies that Serg t Eph m White of the 4 th Mass t Regiment. Inas d in the service of the United States March 4 th 1777. has faithfully serv d as a good Soldier in said Regiment three years, the term for which he Inas d - and is discharged the service. Having turn d in his arms & accoutrements, - Given under my hand - Feb m Ball. Major Command t of the 4 M t B Reg t . High Land, 7 th March 1780."
J. S. Lagna Esq Winchester Litchfield Co Cl.

August 22, 1935.
Mrs. A. E. Belden Lincoln Highway East Liverpool, Ohio.
BA-J/ILL Ephraim White W. 1680
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ephraim White who died August 23, at the age of ninety years, in Colebrook, Connecticut.
The record of Ephraim White who died August 23, 1842 in Colebrook, Connecticut, is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1680, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Ephraim White was born January 3, 1754 in Mansfield, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Bristol County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in Connecticut about the last of April 1775, served as private in Captain Ezekiel Scott's company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Connecticut regiment at Boston, and was discharged during the fore part of December, in Massachusetts; he re-enlisted late in December, served one year as private in Captain Abraham Tyler's company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment, during which he was stationed at Boston until after the evacuation of the British, went to New York and Long Island and was discharged in New Jersey. He enlisted March 7, 1777, served as corporal and sergeant in Captain Moses Knapp's company, Colonel William Shepard's 4 th Massachusetts regiment and was discharged March 7, 1780 at the Highlands in New York. He served subsequently three weeks in Captain Keith's Massachusetts company, and another three weeks in the Massachusetts troops, name of officers not shown.
Ephraim White was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he resided in Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He continued to reside there until his death on August 23,

3rd 1843.
Ephraim White married the first Monday in May 1796, in Colebrook, Connecticut, Miss Hope Bennet; both were then of Colebrook.
Hope White, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 11, 1848, at which time she resided in Colebrook, Connecticut. She was then aged about eighty-five years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. She died September 23, 1851, in Colebrook, Connecticut.
The names of five children of Ephraim White, and his wife, Hope, who survived their mother were shown as follows: Asa White, of Colebrook, Connecticut; Dennis White, who was aged eighteen years in 1820; Sally Bronson; Abigail Williams; and Polly Beecher. In 1856, only Asa, Dennis and Polly Beecher were living, all then of Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of the husbands of the above named daughters of the soldier are not shown.
In 1848, Betsey M. White witnessed the signature of the widow, Hope White, when she applied for her pension; in 1849, Barnice White of Colebrook, Connecticut, stated that he was present at the marriage of Ephraim White and Hope Bennet; in 1849, Polly White, also of Colebrook, stated that she was married in June 1799 when she was aged twenty-four years, but did not designate the name of her husband. No relationship between these persons and the soldier's family was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim White a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. J. 1680.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 5. 1775 Dec. 18. 1775 Pvt. Ezekiel Scott Samuel Wyllys Conn.   Dec. 1775 1 year Pvt. Abraham Tyler Jedediah Huntington "   Mar. 7. 1777 3 yrs Corp'l Sgt. Moses Kimapp. William Shepard. Mass.   " 3 wks ✓ Keith "   " 3 wks ✓ Officers not stated  
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr 9. 1812. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Colebrook, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, Born in Mansfield Mass Jan 3. 1754.
Remarks: He married Hope Bennet (50 years of age in 1820) "the first Monday in May 1796" in Colebrook Conn. where he died Aug 23. 1842 and she was al- lowed pension on an ap ex. May 11. 1848 while a resident of Litchfield Co. Conn. She died Sept 23. 1851 leaving the following surviving children only: Asa White; Dennis White (18 yrs in 1820); Sally Bronson; Abigail Williams & Polly Beecher.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

10 Church Street, Plantsville, Conn.
October 16, 1935
United States Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am interested in the Revolutionary War Record of one - Ephraim White who died in Colebrook, Connecticut, August 23, 1843 at the age of 90. I would appreciate your advising me of any information you may have regarding the engagements he took part in, as well as whether or not he had any dependents and if so, who, and with whom he was living at the time his pension was last paid .
If possible, I should also like to know from what town he first enlisted.
Very truly yours,
Clarence B. Wooding Clarence B. Wooding

East Liverpool, Ohio
Veterans Administration.
Dear Sir:-
I am trying to locate the record of birth and death of Ephriam White . He died at Cohbrooks River, Connecticut Aug 23 at the age of 90.
He was a Revolutionary Pensioner. He fought in the battle at Bunker Hill, Manassas, Burgoyne, White Plains, Valley Forge, Sullivan's defeat, served five years.
If you have Mr Ephriam White's record would you please send it to me.
Thank you kindly. Bethel Baldwin.
1 E. C. [unclear]

J. W. TROXEL, C. E. WARREN, OHIO.
Rev Sec 4
December 27th. 1915.
To The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me whatever data you have relative to EPHRAIM WHITE, Revolutionary Soldier from Colebrook River Conn. and his widows name if possible. Also record of a soldier in the same company by the name of Rogers. These men were messmates.
Yours very respectfully,
Mrs J. W. Troxel 211 olive St Warren Ohio

Treasury Department Third Auditors Office November 1. 1836
Sir:
In reply to your letter of 30 th ultimo, I would state that Ephraim White deceased late a pensioner of the Connecticut Agency under Act of 7 th June 1832. was paid to the date of his death, August 23. 1843.
Hope White Widow of the above named pensioner, under Act of 29 July 1848. was paid to 4 th September 1851. as appears from the records of this Office. The papers are herewith returned.
Very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
Walter G. Simmons Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting, Esq. Comm r of Pensions

Washington Dec 17 th 1856.
Gen Parsons
Dear Sir
Sometime early last Spring I submitted the papers in the case of Ephraim and Hope White claiming an increase for her and a ballance due to both at their death. Soon after I had a reply stating that no increase was due as his name was dropped by act of 1820. but have had no reply as to the balances due them.
Your attention is respectfully called to the unusual delay in this case .
Yours Respectfully
J. L. Loomis H

Pension Office
June 14. 1853
Sir
The application of Ephraim White, deceased, of Connecticut, for bounty land, also for additional pension under the act of May 15 th , 1820, has been examined, and is rejected.
To entitle a revolutionary soldier to bounty land, he must have enlisted to serve to the end of the war and must have actually served to its close in 1783. Nothing of the kind is pretended in this case. Ephraim White, in his own declaration states his service, as shown by the rolls in this office, at three years in the Mead's line, from 1777 to 1780, and some other service in the militia. To have entitled him to a pension under the act of 1828, he must also have enlisted for and served to the close of the war. His pension under the act of 1832, was at the highest rate he could have been entitled to under the act of 1828. under the act of June 7, 1832. If there is any claim for increase it will be, for the time he served as Sergeant, of which there is no evidence in this office. This evidence can only be found in the office of the

Secretary of State of Mass; . A declaration made before a Justice of the Peace is not in conformity with the regulations of this office. It should be made before a court of record; and, whenever the court certifies to any facts as proved, the evidence upon which the certificate is based must accompany or be embodied in the certificate.
J. S. Jaqua. June 14/53
J. S. Jaqua Esq West Winsted 6't.

Winchester Litchfield Co Ct July 8th 1883
Dear sir
Will you oblige me as Atty for Asasa White son of Ephraim White deceased. with a copy of the discharge of Ephraim Wh- ite who was a pensioner as a Corporal under the act of June 7th 1832 at Hartford Agency, Connecticut
Very respectfully
your obedient servant
J S Jaqua
To L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Hartford July 11 th 1832
Sir: I herewith forward the Affidavit & pension Warrant of Ephraim White, late a pensioner on the roll of the Connecticut Agency under the Act of 18 March 1818, but suspended on account of his property.
He is now desirous of being reinstated under the Act of June 7. 1832.
I am, Sir: very respectfully, Yr. Ob. ft. Samuel H. Parsons J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office War Department Washington

Payable on the 1 st March & 1 st Sept r of each year, at the Branch Bank N.Y. at Middletown Conn -
Colbrook, River Road Offi.
Record

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the 18 th March 1818 — Ephraim White late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution — is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight — dollars — cents per month, to commence on the Ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen —
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this Thirteenth day of June — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secy of War

N 136 Hope White mo of Ephraim son act 29 July 1848 Mumma 1796 Instana duo 1842 Adna 2 years Arizona $88 Pm 4 March 1848
H. R. Smith Member of Congress

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield: LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Frederick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jane B. Foster of Colebrook in said County is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to admin- ister OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 26 th day of June A. D., 1848 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D., 1849
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 12 th day of January A. D., 1849.
Frederick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County ss } Colebrook Jan. 27 th A.D. 1849 I hereby certify that I am the person named in the above certificate which I have procured from the Clerk of our County Court. J. B. Foster Justice of the Peace "

Ephraim 9 April Correct DH

I Ephraim White of Colebrook in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut Depose and Declare that in the month of April 1774 I enlisted into the service of my Country in the revolutionary war against the Common Enemy in the Connecticut line I was in Capt. Scott Company in Col Samuel Hillys Regt and General Spencer Brigade my enlistment was for Seven Months and Served my time out I served at Boston - I again enlisted for the term of One year in Capt. Tylers Company Jediah Huntington Regiment Served at Boston until the British Evacuated that Place then went to New York and Long Island and in that Quarter Served until my time was out when I was Discharged
On the 7 th day of March 1777 I again enlisted for the full term of three years in Capt Moses Knapp's Company and Col William Shepards Regt in the 4 th Massachusetts Regiment where I served until my time of enlistment had expired - I enlisted as a Corporal the latter part of the time I served as a Sergeant - I was Discharged Honorably 7 th of March 1780 at the High Lands - My Discharge I have preserved and send with this my affidavit which will fully substantiate my Claims to a Pension - I see the Depose and say I am poor and about Sixty five years of age and destitute of property and very poor and Stand in need of the Assistance of my Country for Support -
Ephraim White

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss, April 9 th day AD 1818 - Personally appeared Ephraim White, Signer of the aforesaid affidavit and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge of Litchfield County Court
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss I Augustus Pettibone Esq r Chief Judge of the County Court for said Litchfield County do hereby certify the aforesaid affidavit and that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said Ephraim White served in the revolutionary war as a Corporal and Sergeant against the common Enemy on the Continental Establishment for more than Nine Months - That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his Country for Support To the Hon ble John: L: } For testimony whereof I have hereunto Calhoun Secretary } set my hand and caused the seal of of War - - - - - } the said Court which is a Court of Record to be affirmed as of this 14 th day of April Anno Domini 1818
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, certify that Augustus Pettibone Esq r is Judge of said Court, that the above signature is his hand writing & that the seal hereto annexed is the seal of said Court. May 5. 1818. Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

The widow claims pay for her husband as Sergeant under act of 1832, and alleges that his discharge as Sergeant, is on file in the Pension office.

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
Be it known that on this 11 th day of May 1848 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Saphie White and made oath in due form of Law that she is the Widow of Ephraim White who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and who drew a pension from the United States at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum that he was a private and sergeant while in the war that he died on the twenty third day of August eighteen hundred and forty two that she was married to the said Ephraim White on the first Monday of May 1796 that she has continued his widow since his death that she asks for an increase of the pension due her husband as private and sergeant.
In presence of Abiram Chamberlain Betsey M White
Signed Saphie her White marks
I swear to an subscribed before me and certify that I have been personally acquainted with her for twenty one years and that she is the widow of Ephraim White a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States
Abiram Chamberlain Justice of the peace

Court of Probate, District of Barkhamsted State of Conn te
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been adduced before the Court of Probate for the district of Barkhamsted to show that Ephraim White, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, died on the 23 rd day of August 1842, and that Hope White is his widow & that she is now living.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fourth day of May A D 1848
Hiram Goodwin, Judge of the Ct of Probate for the District of Barkhamsted, Conn te

Abiram Chamberlain Justice of the peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Fredrick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Abiram Chamberlain of Colebrook in said County is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 20 th day of June A. D., 1847 and will ex- pire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1848, & that the signature hereto attached, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 20 th day of May A. D. 1848.
Fredrick D Beeman Assistant Clerk

I Barnice White of the Town of Colebrook County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut being of lawful age do depose and say - That I was present and witnessed the marriage of Ephriam White to Hope Bennet on the first Monday in May in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. The ceremony was performed by Elder Rufus Babcock of Colebrook who has since died. The reason why I know that it was the first Monday in May is because it was on our Malitah training day, and many of the neighbors were gone to training. And why I know that it was in one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, is, that it was four years, (and they, the said Ephriam White, and Hope Bennet had had two children born to them) after their marriage that I commenced building the Farmington River turnpike, and I know that I commenced work on that, in the year one thousand eight hundred. And I further say that to my knowledge the said Ephriam White and Hope Bennet (which was her maiden name) lived together, as husband and wife from the time of their marriage until the death of the said Ephriam White, and that the said Hope his widow is now living in the said Town of Colebrook, where she and her husband had always resided until his death, and where I now reside, and have resided since their marriage, and that the said Ephriam White for a number of years previous to his death drew an annual pension as a revolutionary soldier, from the government. Dated at Colebrook Jan. 23 rd A.D. 1849
Barnice White

Hitchfield County of State of Connecticut Colebrook January the 23 rd A.D. 1849
Be it remembered that on the day aforesaid Burnee White who hath subscribed foregoing Deposition appeared before me and made sol- emn oath to the truth of the same deposition.
J.B. Foster Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Burnee White, the signum of the foregoing deposition, for quite a number of years and that he is a person of truth & veracity.
J.B. Foster Justice of the Peace

Leitchfield Co. Jr. Cobbrook Jun. 24 th A.D. 1849
I Leonard Bettes of the Town of Sandisfield County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts being of lawful age do depose and say that Ephriam White and Hope Bennet (which was her maiden name) were married by Rufus Batstock who in the year one has since died thousand seven hundred and ninety six, in the spring of the year but I do not recollect what month but I know it was in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six because I was married myself the next fall after the marriage of the said Ephriam White and Hope White (Bennet) and I know my marriage took place on the evening of the twenty seventh of December A.D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, and the said Ephriam White and his wife Hope attended my wedding and I and my wife went home with them that night after our marriage and staid through the night with them, the said Ephria- im White & his wife Hope. And I further say that I have resided in Sandisfield in Massachu- setts joining the Connecticut state line and within a mile of the said Ephriam White since my marriage, and that they the said Ephriam White and his wife Hope lived together as hus- band and wife from the time of their marriage in seventeen hundred and ninety six until the death of the said Ephriam White — and that I was personally acquainted with the said Ephriam White and his wife Hope Bennet for a number of years previous to their marriage, and that the said Ephriam White for a number of years previous to his death drew a pension annu- ally from the government as a revolutionary soldier, and that his widow is now alive and residing in Cobbrook Connecticut.
Leonard Bettes

Leitchfield County ss State of Kentucky at Coolebrook Jan. 9th A.D. 1879
Be it remembered that Leonard Bettes who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition personally appeared before me on the day above stated and made solemn Oaths to the truth of the same deposition J.B. Foster Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Leonard Bettes who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition is a person of respectability and credibility J.B. Foster Justice of the Peace

I Polly White of the Town of Colebrook County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being of lawful age do depose and say that Ephraim White and Hope White his wife both of Colebrook aforesaid were married about the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six as I understood by common report; and I further say that they, the said Ephraim White and Hope White his wife to my certain knowledge lived together as man and wife a number of years previous to the year one thousand eight hundred, and so continued to live together as man and wife until the death of the said Ephraim White, and why I know that they lived together and maintained the relations of husband and wife, is, because I was nurse to the said Hope White when her two first children were born, at two different times - and the reason why I know that it was previous to the year one thousand eight hundred, is, that I nursed the said Hope White when her two first children were born before my own marriage - which took place in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, when I was twenty four years of age. Polly White
Dated at Colebrook } Jany. 20 th A.D. 1849 }
Litchfield County } State of Connecticut } Colebrook Jany. 20 th A.D. 1849 }
Be it remembered that on the day aforesaid, Polly White who heretofore subscribed the foregoing deposition, appeared before me, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same deposition.
J. B. Foster Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Polly White, the signer of the above deposition, for a number of years, and that she is a person of truth and veracity. J. B. Foster Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut. County of Litchfield
Be it known that before me Reuben Rockwell a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Asa White and made oath in due form of law that he is the son of Ephraim and Hope White the identical persons who were pensioners of the United States and are now dead and to whom certificates of pension were issued that Ephraim White has been surrendered to the pension agent at Danford 23 which and that Hope White has been lost or mislaid and can't be found
That the deceased Ephraim White resided in the county of Litchfield State of Connecticut for the space of forty years before his death; and that previous thereto, he resided in the county of Bristol State of Massachusetts.
That the said deceased Hope White widow of said Ephraim resided in the county of Litchfield State of Connecticut for the space of fifty years before her death.
That the said Ephraim White died on the 23 d day of August 1853.
That the said Hope White died on the twenty third of September eighteen hundred fifty one.
That the said Ephraim White entered the service of the United States as corporal March 7 th 1778 and was discharged at the Highlands March 7 th 1780 as Sergeant . That he was pensioned under act March 18 th 1818. at eighty eight dollars per month year.
That the said Hope White was also a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum.
That this declaration and oath of identity is made by the aforesaid Asa White for the purpose of obtaining the amount due the heirs of Ephraim

White for service as Sergeant
2 d For obtaining an increase due Hope White according to the Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 1 st 1848.
3 d For arrearages due at the time of their death.
Asa White
Sworn to and subscribed this thirty first day of March eighteen hundred fifty six before me
Witnesses
1 Ruben Rockwell 2 George H. Corbin
Ruben Rockwell
Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents that I Asa White of the County of Litchfield state of Connecticut do hereby constitute and appoint Silas L. Loomis of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive, and receipt for, from the United States whatever sum or sums of money may have been due the deceased pensioners at the time of their death.
Witness my hand and seal this 31 st day of March 1856.
Sealed and delivered Asa White
in presence of these witnesses
1 Ruben Rockwell 2 George H. Corbin

State of Connecticut. County of Litchfield
Be it known That on the 31 st day of March 1856. before me a subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Asa White above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his free act and deed. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
Reuben Rockwell Justice of the Peace.
State of Connecticut. County of Litchfield
Be it known That Polly Beecher and Dennis White the only other surviving heirs of Ephraim and Hope White deceased hereby constitute and appoint Asa White to collect and receive for them and in their name any and all monies due them as heirs of said Ephraim and Hope by the United States.
Signed This 12 th day of March 1856.
Dennis White Polly Beecher

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield 3 d
I Fred k D. Beeman clerk of the Superior court of said County holden at in and for said county do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court  me that Ephraim White was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ($88.00) Eighty  Eighty Eight dollars per annum, was a resident of the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut and died in the year 1843. on the 23 d day of August.
That Hope White was the widow of said Ephraim White and also a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, was a resident of the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut and died in the year 1851 on the twenty third day of September, remaining a widow till death
That they left three children whose names are Asa White, Dennis White and Polly Beeman
and that the said Asa White, Dennis White and Polly are the only surviving children of the said Ephraim and Hope White.
And I further certify that Reuben Rockwell Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing oath of identity was taken was at that time a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the above is his genuine signature and that the aforesaid
Asa White is the son of the deceased pensioners
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Litchfield this third day of April 1856 A.D. Fred k D. Beeman Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME White, Ephraim GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7969 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 12, 1790 to Silas Halsey, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.