Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11485, Ezra Whitney, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Whitney, Ezra Sally
R11485
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State of New York Allegany County Clerks Office I William Windsor Clerk of said County, Do hereby certify that Samuel C. Wilson is first judge of said County Courts, duly Commissioned and qualified, and that his signa- ture to the jurats of the several affidavits hereto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand and the official Seal of said county at Angelica, in said county, the 15 th day of Dec. A.D. 1845.
William Windsor Clerk of Allegany Co.,

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and the several acts amendatory thereof - State of New York
Albany County, ss - On this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, Personally appeared before me Samuel C. Wilson, First Judge of the County Court of said County, Sally Whitney, a resident of the town of Burns in the County of Albany, and State of New York, aged seventy-seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, and the act approved the 7 th day of July, 1838, and the act approved the 13 th day of August 1842, and the act approved the 3 rd day of June 1843, and the act approved the 17 th day of June 1844:
That Ezra Whitney, the late husband of this declarant served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier in the first New Hampshire Regiment, under Colonel Joseph Gilley, in the army of the United States, in the year 1780, for a period of six or nine months, and which she cannot now recollect, as she has always understood from the said Ezra Whitney.
That the said Ezra Whitney was born in the year 1759 in the state of New Hampshire as she has always understood from the said Ezra Whitney. That the declarant whose maiden name was Sally Hooker was married to the said Ezra Whitney in the month of December 1785, at the town of Athens, in the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, by Seth Oakes Esquire, a justice of the Peace; and that after the said marriage they lived in the said County of Windham, Vermont, until the year 1817, when they removed to the town of Burns in the County of Albany, in the State of New York, where

she continued to live with the said Ezra Whitney until his death, which took place on the 8 th day of May 1842, and that she still remains his widow; and that to her knowledge the said Ezra Whitney never made appli- -cation for a pension—
Subscribed and sworn to the
Sally her X Whitney mark
day and year first above
written before me, And I also
Certify that the reason why the
preceding Declaration was
made and taken before me
out of Court, and not in Open
Court, is, that the said declarant resides about seventeen
Miles from the Court House, in said County, and that
from a long continued Rheumatic affection, it is with
extreme difficulty that she could travel that distance
Samuel C. Wilson first judge Allegany County Courts
I further Certify that the above declarant Sally Whitney, is a respectable woman and en- -titled to full credit
Sam C. Wilson first judge Allegany County Courts

State of New York Allegany County p- Andrew Whitney being duly sworn says he is a son of the said Ezra Whitney deceased aged forty one years - That he resides in the town of Buno in said county of Allegany - That he lived with his father until he was twenty one years of age, and after that time lived within about a mile of his father - That he has often heard his father speak of being in the Revolutionary army -
That the paper hereto annexed, purporting to be a dis- charge signed by Col. Jos. Billey, This deponent found among some old papers, in an old chest, that his father Ezra Whitney, kept his papers in, in the month of June or July last, and that he remembers, his father once showed it to him about seven or eight years ago, and he believes it to be the same paper - That the paper is now the same as when found except the small strip of paper put on the back with wafers, which this deponent put on to secure the two pieces that had become detached -
Subscribed and sworn this 5 Andrew Whitney
3rd day of Decr. 1845 before me Sam C. Wilson first judge Allegany County Courts
I also certify that the above deponent is a respect- able citizen and entitled to full credit
Sam C. Wilson first judge Allegany County Courts

State of New York Allegany County ss -
Lucretia Franklin, on this 13 th day of December, 1825, came before me Samuel C. Wilson, just judge of said County Court, and being by me duly sworn deposes and says, that she now resides in the town of Allen, in the said County of Allegany - that she is now in the seventy fourth year of her age, that she is a sister of Ezra Whitney, now deceased, named in the annexed affidavits, and Declaration of Sally Whitney widow of the said Ezra Whitney, deceased - That she distinctly remembers of seeing her mother and older Sisters preparing clothes for her brother Ezra, and that they made him a knapsack, such as were usually prepared for soldiers at that time - That she has no distinct recollection of seeing her brother start from home, but she well recollects that he was gone from home several months, and it was understood in the family that he had gone into the army - That she distinctly remembers the time when he returned, that it was cold weather - that she was about nine years old at the time, and does not recollect with sufficient distinctness to state how long he was gone from home, but believes it to have been six months or more - That she well remembers the time when her brother Ezra Whitney was married to the said Sally Hooker, his present widow, but she was not present at the marriage - That her father at the time lived in the town of Rockingham in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, and that the said Ezra Whitney was married in the town of Athens, in the said County of Windham, Vermont - That they continued to live together as husband and wife until his decease - That she (the said Lucretia) remained there until the year 1806, when she removed with her husband to the town of Middletown, in the County of Delaware, in the State of New York, and lived

there until the year 1826, when she removed to her present place of residence, in the same county where her brother Ezra Whitney, then lived, and where he died.
Sworn and subscribed this her Lucretia F. Franklin 13 th day of December 1845, before me mark
Saml. Wilson first judge.
Allegany county courts
I also certify that the above named Lucretia Franklin is personally known to me to be a creditable witness and entitled to full credit.
Saml. Wilson first judge
Allegany county courts

State of New York Allegany County ss - John Bennet being duly sworn deposes and says that he resides in the town of Nunda in the County of Allegany and State of New York and that he has resided there since 1835 - That he is now seventy two years of age, that he was born in the town of Rockingham, County of Wind- ham and State of Vermont, and that he resided there until he moved to the said County of Allegany in the year 1835 - That he has been acquainted with Ezra Whitney, now deceased, since he was a small boy - That the father of the said Ezra Whitney lived about two miles from this deponent's father - That he distinctly remembers that the next day after the said Ezra Whitney returned from the Army, he came to this deponent's father's house, and showed his father his discharge, and that his father took it and read it - That he remembers the time he started to go into the Army, and the time he returned, but does not recollect how long he was gone, but has always had the impres- sion that he was a three years man -
That he will remember the time when the said Ezra Whitney was married, and was acquainted with his wife Sally Hooker, before their marriage, and that her father lived within one and a half miles of this deponent's father That he remembers of hearing Seth Baker speak of marrying them a few days after they were married and that he has been acquainted with the said Ezra Whitney and Sally his wife ever since to the time of his death, and that he knows the said Ezra Whitney to be the identical person for whose services in the Revolutionary war, the said Sally Whitney his widow, has made her application her to annuity, for a pension
John Bennet
Sworn and subscribed this 3 rd day of December 1845, before me
Sam l C. Wilson Vice Judge Allegany Co. Courts

I also certify that the said John Bennett is a reputable citizen and entitled to full credit. Sam L. Wilson first judge Allegany County Courts
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"Ezra Whitney and Sally his wife married" I Isaac B. Wilson of lawful age depose, testify and say that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in semi-legible figures as follows "December 22 d 1785" Joseph Bullen
I Isaac B. Wilson whose name is subscribed that I hold the office of town clerk of the town of Athens in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, and that the above is a true extract of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified Newfane November 1-1845
Isaac B. Wilson
State of Vermont } Newfane November Windham County ss } 1 st 1845
Personally appeared Isaac B. Wilson & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me, Brog d Cramden Justice of the Peace

9 State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerk's Office Rensselaer November 27 th D. 1845
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, certify, that Benjamin Pemsbrey is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his Commission bears date October 31 st 1844 and will expire on the 30 th day of November 1845 and that his signature within written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my Official hand and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk

The Bearer Ezra Whitney being a Bad Scavvy in the First N Hampshire Regt. is unfit for duty is hereby Discharged from the service & has leave to Return to the State of N Hampshire
All Issuing Commissaries are desired to issue Provisions to the above named Ezra Whitney until the fourteenth of Decr: he present- ing a Certificate of his last drawing -
Camp: Soldier's Rest Nov: 24 - 1780
John Gillely Col.

This refers that Dear Whitney is the traced up to the state Indian for services for Wm Bell Aft
M Thompson
Dec 16 9 80
Youed the contents M Church Aft
Shelby Schuyler

Ezra Whitney - time of service 5 mos 11 days
See Roll One Series raised by the state of New Hampshire for 1780 for 6 months - filed with A. Harvey

11, 4825 P. O. Sally Whitney Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1840 March 18th
E. S. Edwards Cure of Prison Molyns
March 18th

Washington Jan'y 30' 1869
Dear Sir
Mr Joy wishes me to ask "What the objection was to granting Sally Whitney Widow of Ezra Whitney an applicant from New York a pension. & what service 'is admitted'"
Yrs
A. Blackman
C. S. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions

No 12413 Sally Whitney Maw of Ezra NY
act 7 July 1838
Marned 1785-
husband died 8 May 1842
New Severn Jan 1780 N.H.
Ezra Whitney 5 mo 11 days
not entitled

Washington Dec 29 th 1845
Dear Sir
Herewith I transmit to you the application and papers of Mrs Sally Whitney widow of Ezra Whitney Deed for a pension. Your early attention to this case is respectfully solicited. If there is any defect in the papers be so good as to advise me
Yours Respectfully Martin Green