Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,890, Eleazer Webster, Conn. Cont.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Webster, Eleazer
D 33,890
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
4.366
4
Ebenezer Webster
Capt Bigell
Private
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of Nov 1818 and sent Sam Hinckley Esq Judge Northampton, Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 4. 17/30 316. 52 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48. —
$ 84.52
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Mr. Graft
Northampton
Hampshire Co.
Date of death not on QB

To Eleanor Webster's application for a pension
Honble J. C. Calhoun Secretary for the war Department Washington
Notary Public

I Eleazer Webster formerly of Easthartford in the State of Connecticut now of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Testify I say in the month of May 1775 I enlisted into the Company of George Pitkin in the Regt. of Col. Eno as a soldier & I served in the Army in the Connecticut line until Jan y 1776, when I was discharged when I again immediately enlisted into the service as a soldier in the Company of Capt. Bissell & Col. Huntington's Regiment in the Connecticut line and I served as a soldier in sd. Company & Regt. in the Continental establishment & in the Connecticut line until January 1777 when I was regularly discharged at Pecos Kilns in the State of New York, having served out the year, but my discharge I have lost, I have never recd. any pension from the United States, and from my reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my Country for support April 18. 1818 Eleazer Webster
Hampshire ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts Personally appeared before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c. being a Court of Record in for said County, the above named Eleazer Webster, and he being carefully examined and anti- oned to testify the whole truth made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth - as I know him to be in all other circumstances and I have heretofore from his Country that I supposed to offered the seal of the Court aforesaid - Taken this Eighteenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord 1818 Before me Samuel Hinsley Judge of the Court aforesaid for said County —
Hampshire ss Octv. 30 th 1818 I further certify that the above named Eleazer Webster is a very poor man & in indigent circumstances. Samuel Hinsley Judge as above mentioned

March 8, 1940
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Mr. Robert Webster Allen 199 West Pearl Street Coldwater, Michigan
ELEAZER WEBSTER S. 33890 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
You are furnished herein the record of Eleazer Webster as found in the papers of pension claim, S. 33890, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Eleazer Webster and names of his parents were not given.
Eleazer Webster enlisted in May, 1775, served as private in Captain George Pitkin's company, Colonel Enos' Connecticut regiment, and was discharged in January, 1776. He immediately reenlisted in January, 1776, served as private in Captain Ozias Bissell's company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged in January, 1777.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 18, 1818, at which time he was living in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He had formerly been a resident of East Hartford, Connecticut.
It is not shown in the claim whether the soldier ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Eleazer Webster, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Eleazer Webster, certificate #4366, issued November 12, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced April 18, 1818, Act of 18th of March, 1818, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Northampton MS Nov 3
Free
Admitted
Old copy
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Sentry of War Washington

From Biffle Deportation
Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secretary for the War Department Washington

I Ozias Bispell, of Vernon in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, of lawful age depose and say, that - in the month of December 1775, having received a Captain's Commission with Orders to enlist men to serve in the continental Army for one year; & that I enlisted Elazar Webster, as a private soldier in my Company, in the month of Dec. aforesaid - and marched him with the Company to Roxbury near Boston Massachusetts. Joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Sedadiah Huntington of the Connecticut line & Continental establishment where he served as a private soldier until the month of Sept. following, when being taken a Prisoner by the Enemy on Long Island (myself, I cannot testify as to the time he was discharged, I being detained a prisoner for about one year - The above named Elazar Webster having applied to me for my Deposition respecting his services & enlistment I recognized him to be the same Elazar Webster whom I enlisted as above stated - further the Deponent saith not -
Ozias Bispell
Vernon 14 th October 1810 -
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss - Personally appeared the above named Ozias Bispell & he being examined & cautioned to testify the truth, made solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the whole truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - The above named Deponent being personally known to me as a Credible, and in this Deposition disinterested person - Given this 14 th day of October A.D. 1810 - before me
Seaborn F. Tinker Justice of Peace in Tolland County

I Elisha Stearns Clerk of the county court for the County of Litchfield certify that the within named Lelebee P Tinker is a Justice of the peace for said county his Commission being deposited and remaining in my office and that the within is his signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County & State of Connecticut, this 14 day of Oct. A.D. 1848 E Stearns Clerk

I Stephen Gibbs of the town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut certify and declare that on the 4 th day of January A D 1776 I joined the Company Com- manded by Capt Elias Bissell in the Regiment commanded by Col Deah Huntington at Rox- bury near Boston. after I had been absent about twenty days from the Company in furlough and that at the time I joined the Company as aforesaid Ebenezer Webster was then a private soldier in the Company & Regiment in the Connec- -ticut Line of Continental establishment - at Roxbury & in New York from the day aforesaid until the taking of fort Washington on York Island which was about the 11 th day of Nov. A D 1776 - after which I left New York for Southward and saw the S d Webster no more until he applied to me for this certificate when I recognized him to be the same person who belonged to the Company & etc. and is afraid that he served faithfully in the Company as private soldier as aforesaid during all the time aforesaid Dated at East Windsor this 14 th day of Oct 1811 Stephen Gibbs
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. East- Windsor. Oct. 15 th A D 1818 - Personally appeared Step- -hen Gibbs signer of the foregoing Certificate and after being cautioned to testify the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth - made solemn oath. That the same and the matters therein contained is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth. The above Deposition is known to me to be a credible before me Godfrey Scarborough Just. Peace

I Thomas Chester clerk of the county court or court of common Pleas of the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut do certify that the within named Godfrey Scarborough Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hartford As I believe the signature of the name of the said Justice to be the handwriting of
the said Godfrey Scarborough Esq. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 15 th day of October 1818.
Thomas Chester clerk
Stephen Gibbs Deputat n

33890 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,890
Chas. Webster
Pa Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 448
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 31-1900 Rev. M. R. Webster Bradford Pa 1940, Mar. 8-Heard to Robt. M. Allen M.L.B.

First Methodist Episcopal Church,
BRADFORD, PA.
REV. MELVILLE R. WEBSTER, D. D., PASTOR.
PARSONAGE, 3 TIBBITTS AVENUE.
Bradford, Penn., Mch 17, 1900.
Old War and Navy Division,
Pension Office, Wash n , D.C.:- I wish the family and military history of two Revolutionary Soldiers of my family, viz., (1) Daniel Webster who enlisted July 1, 1776, at what place in Conn., not to me known, in Capt Samuel Elmore's Reg't, & Capt Lathrop Allen's Co. He was "in garrison" at Ft. Dayton (German Flats). Apparently the same Daniel, 1778 in Col. Roger Enos' Reg't, and Capt Ozias Bissell's Co. "On the Hudson" was he granted a pension, and what was his wife's name. Want all facts. (of Conn.)
(2) Eleazer Webster a private who served from May 22, to Dec. 10, 1775 in 2d Co. of Col. Benf. Hinman's Reg't. Was at the Siege of Boston. He d. in 1819 at East Hampton, Mass. The administrators of his estate acknowledge the receipt of $21.55 on a/c of his pension granted about the time of his death. He left a widow. Did she receive a pension, and what was her name. The Probate records refer to her only as "the widow" or "his widow." Respectfully, M. R. Webster

March 8, 1940
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Mr. Robert Webster Allen 199 West Pearl Street Coldwater, Michigan
Dear Sir:
Eleazer Webster (See file in this class) S. 33890 *****
Zadok Allen B.L. Wt. 46685-120-55 *****
Zadock G. Allen B.L. Wt. 92983-120-55 *****
BA-J/MHF:MLB
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Eleazer Webster, File No. S. 33890, who applied for pension in 1818, also the Revolutionary War or War of 1812 record of Zadok (Zadoc) Allen, wife, Lucy, both of Montgomery, Massachusetts, until after 1796, later, residents of Vermont and New York States. You enclosed copy of data relative to military service of men with the name Eleazer (Elizur, etc.) Webster.
Revolutionary War claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States are the only source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration.
Those records have been searched and one claim for pension or bounty land, only, found based upon service in that war of an Eleazer Webster under any spelling of that given name, and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of a Zadoc(k) Allen (Allin, Allyn, etc.). The War of 1812 record has been found of a Zadok Allen, of Massachusetts (Maine), also the record of a Zadock G. Allen, of New York State, who served in what was called the "Patriot War", 1838-1839. All three records are furnished you herewith in hope they will aid you in your research.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Robert W. Allen
199 West Pearl Street Coldwater, Michigan
January 12, 1940.
A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir :-
Under date of October 13, 1939 I wrote to you asking where and how I might obtain a complete transcript of the Revolutionary War record of Eleazor Webster, as contained in Invalid File No. 33,890, April 18, 1818 f . I have received no reply from you or your department as yet.
There were two men, both residents of East Hartford, Conn., and both often signing their names "Eleaser" Webster, who served in the Revolutionary War, and I am attempting to find out which man is entitled to which service record. Portions of Invalid File No. 33,890 are reprinted in the History of the Gov. John Webster Family, p.205, and the compilers also attribute to this Eleazor Webster an additional service record which I believe to belong to Elizur Webster, as it is not mentioned in the Invalid File. I am enclosing a copy of a query which I am inserting in in the Genealogical Dept. of the Hartford Times, that describes more fully these two men and the two service records.
I will sincerely appreciate your attention and help in this matter.
Yours truly,
Robert Webster Allen.

Question to be inserted in the Genealogical Department of the Hartford Times. By Robert Webster Allen, 199 West Pearl Street, Coldwater, Michigan.
Question. (1) WEBSTER. Appreciation to B. L.B. for Rev. Service record of Eleazer Webster, given in reply to my Densmore-Webster question (No.4520) in the Apr.15,1939 issue. Unfortunately, it appears to belong to another Eleazer Webster, as the Gov. John Webster Gen., p.205, gives this same service for Eleazar, 8th child of Capt.Ezekiel and Rebecca (Gaines) Webster, of East Hartford, which states "Eleazer Webster, enlisted May 22,1777, discharged Dec.10,1777, private in 2d Co. of Col. Benj. Hinman's Reg't." I note that in your reply you give the year as 1775, instead of 1777, but the months and days of both records are exactly the same.
Is it possible that the compilers of the Gov. John Webster Gen. have made an error in attributing this service to Eleazar Webster ? My Eleazer (Elizur), b. Glastonbury, Sept.30,1743, was the 6th child of Jonathan and Mabel (Risley) Webster, of Glastonbury, and is given in Webster Gen.,p.193, as serving in the Rev. as a teamster. He was of East Hartford during the period of the war, later removing to Poultney, Vt., and to Whitehall, Washington Co.,N.Y., where he died in 1791.
Eleazar Webster, son of Capt.Ezekiel, in his own account of his service, (Invalid File, No.33,890, April 18,1818), states he was formerly of East Hartford but now of Northampton, Mass., and "that he enlisted in May 1775 in Capt. George Pitkin's Co., of Col. Enos's Reg't, in the Conn. Line, served until Jan.1776, when he was discharged." "Immediately enlisted again in Capt.Bissell's Co., of Col.Huntington's Reg't ,in the Conn. Line, Continental Establishment, and served until Jan.1777, when he was discharged at 'Peekskiln,' N.Y., Had lost his discharged". Thus, he does not mention service in Col. Hinman's 2d Company, May 22 - Dec.10, which does leave room for doubt as to his identity with this service record. Both men often spelled their name the same, "Eleazer". Are there records of Col. Benj. Hinman's Reg't. that might settle this question ? Opinion and help solicited in behalf of numerous descendants of Elizur.
R. W. A.

Robert W. Allen
199 West Pearl Street Coldwater, Michigan
October 13, 1939.
A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir :-
Will you please advise me where I may obtain a complete transcript of the Revolutionary War record of Eleazar Webster, of East Hartford, Conn. and Northampton, Mass., as contained in Invalid File No. 33,890, April 18, 1818 ?
Also, do the records in your department contain pension or land bounty claim for Zadok (Zadoc) Allen or his wife, Lucy Allen, based on Revolutionary or 1812 War service ? They resided in Montgomery, Mass., until after 1796, and later removed to Vermont or New York. Zadoc Allen served a short enlistment with Massachusetts troops, and was both he and his wife were still living in 1811, place unknown.
Yours sincerely,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "Robert Webster Allen", written in dark ink over a horizontal line.
Robert Webster Allen.