Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,212, Ebenezer Vining, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Vining, Ebenezer
S. 43,212
CONTENTS

16,219
New York
Ebenezer Wining
of Sattaraugus in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Soper of the regiment commanded by Colonel Brice in the Massachusetts line, for the term of twelve months from January 1776 to January 1777 .
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11. day of May 1818 . and
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d of December 1819 and sent to M c Buell Esq. Le Roy: New York .
Continued on the Roll on 5 th day of November 1828 and notification sent to Abel N. Clarke at Elliotville New York Pension commencing on the 11. of October 1828 .
Amount due on 4th of March 1829
$ 37. 67
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, 8. May 1, 1820.

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss:-
ss in the ss in the
Joseph E. Vining, of the town of Elliottville, in the said County, being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that he, this deponent, is the son of Ebenezer Vining of the said town, a revolutionary Pensioner, under the laws of the United States; and that he, this deponent received from the said Ebenezer Vining in the month of February or March 1819, one hundred dollars as a compensation for taking care of the said Ebenezer Vining, and Abigail Vining his wife, the latter of whom had been sick for three years, the said hundred dollars so received is named in the affidavit of the said Ebenezer Vining accompanying this - and further this deponent saith not -
Joseph E. Vining
Subscribed & sworn this 14th day of Oct. 1828. before me -
James P. Smith Judge
at common pleas
manded by Colonel Walker on the line of the State of Massachusetts

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss.
I, John W. Staunton, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that James Parmele Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn to, and subscribed, was on the day of the date of the same, a Judge of the court of Common Pleas of said county, Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such. And further that I am acquaint- ed with the hand writing of the said Judge, and verily believe that the signature of James Parmele subscribed to the same, is the proper hand writing of the said Judge. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 14th. day of October A. D. 1825.
John W. Staunton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cattaraugus.
Common Pleas in and for the county

At a court of Common Pleas held at the court house in the Town of Ellicottville in and for the County of Cattaraugus in the State of New York on the 14th day of October of the Term of October in the year of our Lord 1828 being a court of Record in pursuance of the Constitution of the State of New York which has unlimited jurisdiction and keeps records of its proceedings and exercises the power of fine and imprisonment Present the Honorable James Parmelee, Dan Allen & Henry Gay Judges
Cattaraugus County, ss.
On this 14th day of October 1828 personally appeared in open court, being a court of Record, Ebenezer Vining resident in said county aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820, that he the said Ebenezer Vining enlisted for the term of nine months in the month of April 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Amasa Williams in the regiment commanded by Colonel Walker in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until January 1776 when he was discharged from the service in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts, when he again enlisted for the term of twelve months in the company commanded by Captain Oliver Soper in the regiment commanded by the said Colonel Walker and that he served to the end of the term when he was discharged from the service in White Plains in the State of New York that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name has been placed on the pension list, that the number of his pension certificate is 15249 and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property; not because it was sufficient to support him, but because until recently he derived a considerable part of his support from the voluntary contributions of a congregation to which he preached. And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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 on the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th 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.
Schedule Real Estate I have none-
Personal Property
   One mare 14 years old, worth " " $ 25.00   one Cow " " 12.00   one old saddle & bridle " " 4.00   one old desk / been in use 30 years " " 2.00   one small pine book case " " 1.00   one old table " " .75   A small library of old books containing 9 Vols. " " 9.00   1 Pine Cupboard " " 2.50   2 old pine chests / been in use 40 years " " 1.50   5 old kitchen chairs " " 1.87   1 Iron & pair kettles / broken " " 1.00   1 small iron pot " " .75   1 Small iron dish kettle " " .50   1 Iron tea kettle / broken " " .12   1 Iron basin / broken " " .25   1 pr. Cast Iron Andirons / broken " " .12   1 Iron Shovel & tongs " " 1.50   1 old tin pail " " .18   2 Tin milk pans " " .75   1 Small tin trunk " " .50   1 Earthen jug " " .50   1 Old meat barrel " " 1.00   2 Old flour barrels " " .37   1 Old sugar tub " " .50   1 Small Looking glass " " .75   1 Old silver chased watch " " 4.00   5 Tea cups & saucers " " .25   5 Plates " " .50   1 Platter " " .37  

  3 bowls " " " 58   1 Old blocktin tea Pot (broken) " " " .25   2. 1/2 pint tumblers " " " .18   1 Earthen Cream Cup " " " .18   3 Pewter table spoons " " " .18   5 block tin Tea spoons " " " .18   5 Knives & forks " " " 1.00   I have in debts due me from sundry persons about 85.00   I have in cash " " " 9.00   $ 170.00   And I am owing about " " " 30.00   $ 140.00 
That since the 18th day of March 1818. the following changes have been made in my property that is at that time I had in addition to the property I now possess about one hundred dollars in money and held a note against Nathaniel Post of New Port Berkemor County who is now dead for one hundred dollars more. which note was given for money I lent him and which has been since paid to me. one hundred Dollars of the abovementioned sums I paid to my son Joseph E. Vining in the month of February or March 1819 for taking care of myself and wife. and the other one hundred dollars has been expended at different times by me for necessary articles for myself and family And this deponent further saith that his necessary wearing apparels and bedding for himself and family does not exceed in value the sum of seventy five dollars And also that he is a preacher of the Gospel and has been for the last forty Years but in consequence of his advanced age and infirmities he is not able to perform business little labour of any kind he has a wife named Abigail aged seventy Years who is in a very feeble state of health and has not been able to perform but very little labour of any kind for the last thirteen Years. and this deponent further saith that he lives with his son Joseph E. Vining who has a family and is a very poor man on whom he is entirely dependent for the support of himself and wife except the little property above mentioned and the little labour which he is able to do -
Sworn to, and declared on the 14th day of October 1828 before me Ebenezer Vining John M. Stratton Clerks

The property named in the annexed Inventory is valued by the Court now here at the sum of $ 140.05.
James Parmalee Judges of this court of Dan Allen } Common Pleas in and Henry Day } for the county of Cattaraugus
I John M. Staunton Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cattaraugus do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Ebenezer Vining 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 in the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath 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 on the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and forty dollars and six cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1828.
John M. Staunton Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cattaraugus.

Ebenezer Vining Private
Dec 78 to Dec 76
Recd Map to
Recd
Hamilton

Ebenezer Dunning of Sweden Claim for Pension
11 th May 1818
The errors in the de- claration as to date, Ebenezer Dunning's residence The private The statements do Colonel Reeds Regt not agree with the map of line time of service 1776 - 1781 leaving the service Not on roll
Proof of service required and must certify the order

State of New York County of Genesee
ss; on this eleventh day of May eighteen hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee in the said State of New York, personally appears Ebenezer Vining aged sixty four years on the fifth day of October last. Resident of the town of Sweden in the said County of Genesee, who being by me first duly sworn, each 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 Vining, sometime in the month of April in the year 1775, enlisted into the service of the United States for eight months at the town of Easttown in the State of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Captain Amasa Williams, in the regiment commanded by Colonel the Mitchell of the Massachusetts line. That he continued to serve in the said company in the service of the United States till sometime in the month of December then next following when he was regularly and honorably discharged at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts. That he was in no battle. That he the said Ebenezer Vining sometime in the month of November in the year 1775, enlisted again into the service of the United States for one year to commence in December then next following after his term of service for eight months should expire, that in the said month of December

year 1775. I enlisted again into the service of the United States for one year to com- mence in December then next following after his term of service for eight month should expire. that in the said Month of December he entered into the company commanded by Captain — Saper. in the regiment commanded by Colonel — Reed. in the Massachusetts line at the town of Roxbury in the State of Mas- sachusetts where he also enlisted that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until some- time in the Month of December in the year 1776 when he received an honorable though not a written discharge at Wallkill in the State of New-York. That he was in the battle at Kings bridge. that he was in the army when it retreated from Long Island & New York. but in neither of the battles being on other duty. That he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assis- tance of his country for support and that he has now no other evidence in his power of his said service — Ebenezer Vining
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid Ella Smith
J. Ella Smith one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Vining did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the

D. Ella Smith one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Vining 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 Depart- ment of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act. Dated at Le Ray this
11 th day of May 1818
Ella Smith
Genesee County State of New York
Henry Wiles being by me duly sworn deposes & saith that Ebenezer Vining has had no title for lands for more than a year past, but is in possession of twenty five acres of land held under an article of agreement on which he has paid nothing, but improv- about seven acres & built a log house thereon, has one cow & one horse & some household furniture of little value, has several children all of age & poor & that the said Ebenezer is unable to work & has a sickly wife.
Sworn & Subscribed
before me Mar. 16. 1819
Henry Wiles
James W. Stevens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Genesee County
From the above affidavit it appears to my satisfaction that Ebenezer Vining is poor & has no means of support. James W. Stevens

about seven acres & built a log house thereon, has one cow & one horse & some household furniture of little value, has several children all of age & poor & that the said Ebenezer is unable to work & has a sickly wife.
Sworn & Subscribed before me Mar. 16. 1819
Henry Wiles
James W. Stevens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Genesee County
From the above affidavit it appears to my satisfaction that Ebenezer in his own right & hands in need of support.
James W. Stevens
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga County,
I CERTIFY THAT Silas Bowker
by whom the annexed proof or acknowledgment was taken, was on the day of the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga, duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge
and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I FURTHER CERTIFY, that I am well acquaint- ed with the hand writing of the said Silas Bowker and verily believe the signature to the annexed affidavit to be his hand writing. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and my name subscribed this Seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen.
James Porter Clarke
Did serve in the foregoing copy was in the hands of the said Silas Bowker

State of New York Cayuga County
ss: on this 7 th Day of September in the year 1819 - before me I, the undersigned one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County in the
said State - appear to William Williams of the town of Grotton in the County of Tompkins - to me person- ally known and after being sworn Dath Doper and say that he was a Sergeant in Capt. Oliver Doper's Company in Colonel Joseph Reed's Regiment in the Massachusetts line - in the year 1776 - and that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Vining Vining and that he knows that the said Ebenezer Vining Did serve in the Revolutionary War - as he has stated in the foregoing application - from the 1 st of January 1776 - to the last of December the same year - the whole time for which he enlisted and that he was then honorably Discharged - this Deponent further saith that the said Vining and himself belonged to the same Company in the said years service and that he knew him to be a faithful Soldier and that he has frequently seen him since the war ended and knows him to be the same person described in and who made the foregoing application for a pension - further this Deponent saith not
William Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7 th day of September 1819 John Sprague Judge of Cayuga County
See copy the above writings to be a credible witness from the long acquaintance I have had with him John Sprague Judge of Cayuga County

State of New York, Oneida County, - § 15.
On the 13. Sept r . 1819. Before me came George Fidal to me known, as a man of truth and veracity - who being sworn did say that from December 1775. to December 1776. he this deponent was a Sergeant in Captain Soper's Company of Colonel Rugg's Regiment and Massachusetts line, and that Ebenezer Vining was during that period a Soldier in the said Company, and was always considered a true and faithful man.
George Fidal
Sworn 13. Sept r . 1819.
Before me
H. S. Miller
Writ Judge of Oneida.
Clerk's Office Oneida County
I certify that Morris S. Miller was a Judge in and for the County of Oneida at the time of taking the above affidavit and is duly authorized to take the same, and I being acquainted with his hand writing, do verify his signature to the same to be of his own proper hand writing. Witness the seal of said County & my hand this 13 th Sept r . 1819. William P. Ferrick Dep y Clk

Genesee County ss: Ebenezer Gining being sworn, saith that on the first day of January A.D. 1819 the year aforesaid and a twenty six, this deposition, written into the name of the United States, for the term of one year, and that he served like the last day of December of the same year, instead of the term of one year within mentioned - and that all the att- facts within mentioned and the matter contained in the subsequent affidavits of William Williams and George Fires are strictly true. Ebenezer Gining
Subscribed & sworn to Nov.
State of New York Genesee County
I S.S. I Simeon Cummings, Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Richard Smith, before whom the above affidavit appears to have been made is & was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Genesee, acting under the authority of this State, & that the name subscribed thereto Officially is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 9 th day of Nov. A.D. 1819. Simeon Cummings by R. C. Smead, Dep. Clk.
State of New York Genesee County
I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James W. Stevens & Ella Smith were at the dates of the within, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County and that the within are their signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Batavia this 26 th day of March A.D. 1819
S. Cummings

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
awt.
April 9, 1924.
Mrs. N. R. Wilber, 406 Ariel Bldg., Erie, Pa.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 43212, it appears that Ebenezer Vining was born October 5, 1753.
He enlisted at Easton, Massachusetts in April 1775 and served as a private eight or nine months in Captain Macey Williams's Company, Colonel Walker's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted January 1, 1776 and served as private one year in Captain Oliver Soper's Company, Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the retreat from Long Island and the battle of Kings Bridge.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 11, 1818, while a resident of Sweden, Genesee County,

New York.
In 1828, soldier was living in Cattaraugus County, New York, aged seventy five years and had a wife Abigail, aged seventy years.
They had several children, only name stated being Joseph E. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

See letter of July 1828 to State M. Clarke.
16. 249 R New York
Ebenezer Vining of Sweden in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Beebe 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 11 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of Dec r 18 and sent to Willis Buck Esq. Le Roy New York
  Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819.  126.47    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820.  48.00    15 Mo \frac{21}{31} \frac{4}{50}  $174.47  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

43 212
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43 212
Ebenezer Pringle
Pr. Old Inv
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 525
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924-Apr. 9. Hist. to Mrs. N. R. Wilber sent. 1924-June 17. Mrs. N. R. Wilber advised place of birth not on record.

March 13, 24
Department Interior Pension Office
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me any information concerning an Ebenezer Vining who served in the Revolutionary War either enlisted from New York or New England States? And oblige 406 Ariel Bldg (Mrs) N. R. Gilber Erie Penna.

May 14 th 1924.
Mayo Kaymaker Commissioner Dear Sir:-
Thank you very much for the data you furnished me about Ebenezer Vining. Have not been able to find his birth place and wonder if your records would have it.
The pension claim was S. 432/2.
Sincerely Revolutionary War 406 Ariel Bldg Mrs. H. R. Gilbey Erie Penna

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section mmstf
June 17, 1924
Mrs. N. R. Milber 406 Ariel Blvd., Erie, Penna.
Madam:
I have to advise you that in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 43212 of Ebenezer Vining, the place of his birth is not on record.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Elizabethton October 24. 1828
Hon. Peter B. Porter Sec. of War Washington City D. Sir,
Enclosed are the papers of Ebenezer Kinney, a revolutionary soldier relating to his pension.
Very respectfully Your most obedt. Servt. Stanley N. Blake