Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11705, Christopher Webb, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
conn.
Webb, Christopher
S. 11705
CONTENTS
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20.994 20994 New York
Christopher Webb
of Madison Co. in the State of New York who was a Sgt. Re. in the Co. commanded by Captain Lattrop of the Regt. commanded by Col. Douglass the Co. O. 1st ★ line for 2 months Sergeant 9 " 28 days Private
Worm. Sept. 1812 ★
Records completed May 1832
Inserted on the Roll of New York at the rate of 43 Dollars 08. Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Oct: 1833 and unto B. Beckwith Cazenovia
Arrears to the 1th of Sept 33 $107.70 Pension allowance ending 4 M. 34 21.50
$129.20
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk Book C. Vol. 1. Page 10

13887.
Christopher Webb Madison County New York -
5.16
P. 37 1/2
Admitted
Sagast 2 m 10
Private 1/2 9. " 28 days
11 m 28 days 43.68
107.70
21.50
Barak Beckwith Madison County New York. Canada

BRIEF in the case of  Christopher Webb  of  Madison Co.  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 77  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteered In 1775 about 4 weeks day not recd private Gen. Commanded by Nathaniel Bishop   Enlisted 5 Col. Douglass's company of artillery to   Entered 1776 2 the Huntingdon regiment Lieut. Campbell   Entered 1777 2 Ensign Nathaniel Bingham   Entered as a Substitute 1777 2 Sergeant Maj. Rogers, Capt. Perkins, Lieut. Adams   Ensign Sam d Lovett.   The same Officers -   Col. Salomon Capt. Rathbun  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lisbon, Connecticut.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Y. Oliver Examining Clerk

State of New York } Ebenezer Webb of the Town of Malone Franklin County } in the County of Franklin and State of New York, aged seventy five years, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he knows Christopher Webb of the Town of Carlinovia, in the County of Madison & State of New York — that the said Christopher is a brother of the deponent — that as this deponent has been told and truly believes, the said Christopher was born in Windham in the State of Connecticut in the year 1755 and that the said Christopher shortly after Lexington Battle, in the year 1775, joined as a volunteer soldier, a company of Militia raised, in place then called Hanover in the State of Connecticut to go to Boston, Massachusetts to serve against the common enemy, and truly believes that he went there, as he was absent from home a number of weeks, before returned, but knows not how long he served at that time, this deponent does not know — that in the summer of the same year 1775 the said Christopher enlisted into a company of Connecticut troops in a Regiment commanded, by Col. Frederick Huntington, and came to Roxbury, Massachusetts, where this deponent saw him frequently, as this deponent was then a soldier stationed at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and knows that the said Christopher, served against the com- mon enemy at that time, five months, and after being honorably discharged returned home to Connecticut in company with this deponent — And that, in the following year 1776, as this deponent then understood, and now truly believes (while this deponent was in the service of his country at Ticonderoga in the State of New York) the said Christopher enlisted or volunteered into a Regiment of Connecticut troops, but what regiment this deponent does not now recollect, and was marched to White Plains in the State of New York, to serve against the common enemy but how long he served at that time this deponent cannot say — And further that in the winter of 1776 & 1777 this deponent well remembers, that said Christopher entered a

a volunteer into a Regiment of Connecticut Troops to go to Providence, in the State of Rhode Island to serve against the common enemy, when the British lay at Newport, and verily believe that he went there as this deponent learned at the time and never heard it contradicted, but how long he served at that time this deponent does not know. And this deponent further says that in the summer of 1777, this deponent was knowing to the said Christopher's enlisting or entering into a Regiment of Militia raised in New London County, commanded by Col. Lillimer as a substitute for Daniel Butler, a Sergeant in said Regiment for the term of two months to go to Saratoga to serve against the common enemy, and verily believe, as he understood at that time, that the said Christopher went to Saratoga, and was present and assisted at the capture of General Burgoyne and his army.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. August 23rd 1832.
Ebenezer Webb
Benjamin Clark Justice of the Peace
State of New York } I John H Russell Deputy Clerk Franklin County } of the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Clark, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Ebenezer Webb purports to have been made, and whose name is subscribed to the above certificate of the taking of the same, was on the day of the date of said certificate a Justice of the Peace in the said County duly appointed and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said certificate is his proper hand writing and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 23rd day of August 1832. John H Russell Deputy Clerk

State of New York } Madison County }
On this 5 th day of September 1832 Barnh Bukwith Esquire one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for said county personally appeared before me a resident Christopher Webb, of the town of Cassadaga county of Madison & State of New York, aged 77 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz. in the beginning of the month of May in the year 1775 soon after the Lexington battle he entered a volunteer company commanded by Nathaniel Bishop, and went in said company immediately to Roxbury near Boston that at the time of his volunteering he resided in the town of Lisbon Hancock society in the county of New London and State of Connecticut that there was no regular organization of the company at the time he went to Roxbury as it was the first general alarm through the the country after the said Lexington battle that he was gone on that tour about four weeks the exact number of days he cannot recollect that he went from Lisbon to Canterbury from thence through Plainfield to Providence in Rhode Island and from thence on the main Road from Providence to Roxbury. That in the month of July in the same year he enlisted into a volunteer company called Col. Douglass's company and was attached to Col. Jedediah Huntington's regiment that he enlisted for the term of five months. The name of the Lieut. of the said Company was Mose Campbell the Ensigns name was

Nathaniel Bingham, That some time in the month of August the fore part thereof he marched with his company from Lisbon aforesaid to Plainfield and from thence to Providence aforesaid and on the same route to Roxbury as aforesaid and served for five months the time for which he enlisted, in the said Col. Jedidiah Huntington's regiment and was then honorably discharged from the service, on the 10 th day of Decr. 1775 which discharge I had for several years among my other papers but which is now lost.
That in the year 1776, he in the month of September he again entered the service of his country in a regiment of militia commanded by Major Uriah Rogers, and the captain's name who commanded the company to which he was attached and under whom he served was John Perkins Lieut. Thos. Adams, Ensign Samuel Lovett, the company then marched from Lisbon aforesaid by way of Norwich to New London thence to Gaybrook, Pawtucket, Stratford Norwalk & Stamford to a place called the "Sawpits" about 4 or 5 miles from the White Plains in the State of New York where he joined his regiment and served the term of two months the whole term for which the said regiment was raised when the regiment were discharged, but no written discharges were given.
That some time in the month of December 1776, after returning from White Plains & while the British army lay at Newport in Rhode Island he was again called into the service of his country on a general alarm, and call on the

mititia and marched to Providence in Rhode Island, belonged to the same company, and commanded by the same officers (except the ensign (who he thinks did not go into the service at this time) who commanded the company on the tour just stated above to New York, that he was in the service of his country at this time two months that is from the time of his marching with the company from Lister to his return to the same place immediately on the company's being discharged at Providence. That in the year 1777, he entered the service of his country again in a company of Militia, (raised in New London county) as a substitute for Daniel Butler a serjeant in Capt Ebenezer Lathrop's company, raised for the term of two months and served as a serjeant therein that about the first of September he with the said company marched to Saratoga in the State of New York by the way of Hartford Kinderhook & Albany, in order to assist in stopping the progress of the British army under the command of Genl. Burgoyne and was then; and assisted in the capture of his army and was then discharged with the rest of the company, but had no written discharge, that he was actually in service at this time two months, that is to say from the time we commenced our march for Saratoga untill we returned to N. London county which was done immediately on our discharge. The name of the Col. who commanded the regiment to which our company was at this time attached was Jonathan Latimer.
That he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the officer a brother of his by the name of Ebenezer Webb, whose testimony is hereto attached

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any the agency of any State
Sworn and and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Christopher Webb
Barak Buttrick a Judge of the court of common pleas in & for Madison county.
Interrogatories put to above applicant after being duly sworn according to law
1 Where & in what year was you born, Ans. I was born in town & county of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
in the 14 th day of June 1755.
2 Have you any record of your age.
Ans. I have not. I have been informed by my father that the births of his children were recorded in the town clerks office.
3 d When were you living when you entered into service. When have you lived since the revolutionary war when do you now live
Ans. I was when called into service living in Lisbon in Windham County in the State of Connecticut on leaving a family I removed into Canterbury in Windham County, in the State of Connecticut where I lived several years I then about 28 years ago removed into Connecticut where I now reside.
4 How were you called into service. Answer entered as a volunteer then after the terms of service I went as a substitute for Daniel Cutler
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental regiments and also militia as you can recollect. Ans. I know I knew at Roxbury Major Johnson Lieut Ephraim Lyon, Col. Putnam. afterwards General then officers were stationed at Cambridge, when I was at Roxbury, Col. Putnam's regiment was stationed at Cambridge
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service. Answer. I never received but one written discharge, which is lost I was honorably discharged every time when it had expired
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a veteran of the revolution. Ans. Caleb Van Riper, Edward Parker Deacon Russell Perkins, & Phinehas Bowlin
Barak Buttrick Judge &

State of New York } Madison County } ss
We Samuel S. Hays, and Wheeler Dyer
residing in the town of Cazenovia hereby certify that we are now & have been for several years intimately acquainted with Christopher Webb who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of 77 years that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion And we further certify that we have at various times for a series of years past heard him speak of his being a soldier of the revolution, and mention particular events that took place when he was in the service, and we have no doubt but that the above declaration which he has made is true, and we have never entertained a doubt but that he actually was a soldier in the american army in the war of the revolution.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Samuel S. Hays
Barak Beckwith a Judge of Madison county court of common pleas
Wheeler Dyer
I Roswell Beckwith a Clergyman residing in the town of Cazenovia hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Christopher Webb, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be 77 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Roswell Beckwith before me
Barak Beckwith a Judge of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Madison

I Barak Beckwith one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Madison do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that Roswell Beckwith who has signed the pending certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Cazenovia and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
And I do further certify that it appears to me that Samuel S. Hays, & Wheeler Dryer who have signed the certificate immediately pending the one signed by Roswell Beckwith are both residents of the town of Cazenovia men of religious character of reputable standing in society and that their statement is entitled to credit
And I do hereby further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me as one of the judges in and for of the said county of Madison in the matter of the application of Christopher Webb for a pension and seal In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, the 5 th day of September 1832
Barak Beckwith. Judge
I also further certify that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court
Barak Beckwith Judge

State of New York } Madison County } ss I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County do Certify that Barak Beck with before whom the three preceding affida- vits purport to have been Sworn and also whose name appears to the two preceding Certificates, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and Certificates to be his proper hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 27 th day of September 1832 A. S. Sloan Clk.

13887
In the matter of Christopher Webb.
Declaration
To Haines, a pension
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Amended declaration of Christopher Webb.
State of New York
Madison Co. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the court of common pleas in & for said county Christopher Webb who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades — For nine months three weeks & four days I served as a private soldier, and for two months I served as a Sergeant; and for such service I claim a pension. Christopher Webb
Sworn & subscribed before me this 17 th day of July 1833
Barak Beckwith Judge
State of New York & Madison County } ss. I Andrew S

State of New York { Madison County } ss I, Andrus S. Sloan Clerk of said county do certify that Barah Buttrick before whom the within Affidavit amendatory to the declaration of Christopher Webb purports to have been sworn and subscribed was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the county courts in and for said county. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand and seal of office This 24 th day of July - 1833.
A. Sloan Clk.

November 16, 1939
BA-J/ANF Christopher Webb S. 11705
Miss Mary F. Call 605 University Avenue Syracuse, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Christopher Webb, born in Connecticut, June 14, 1755 and died in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York March 10, 1837.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 11705, based upon service of Christopher Webb in the Revolutionary War.
Christopher Webb was born June 14, 1755 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Lisbon "Hanover Society", New London County, Connecticut, Christopher Webb enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows:
From early in May, 1775, about four weeks as private in Captain Nathaniel Bishop's company, stationed at Roxbury, near Boston, Massachusetts; from sometime in July or August, 1775, five months as private in Captain Douglass' company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's regiment; in the fall of 1776, about two months in Captain John Perkins' company, under Major Zabdiel Rogers; again about two months in Captain John Perkins' company, under Major Zab-

diel Rogers; from about September 1, 1777, two months as sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Lathrop's company, Colonel Jonathan Latimer's regiment, and was at the capture of Burgoyne.
The soldier, Christopher Webb, after the Revolution, "having a family" moved from Windham, to Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, lived several years, then moved to Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, then a resident of Cazenovia, New York, where he had lived about twenty-eight years. He did not give the names of his family.
Ebenezer Webb, brother of the soldier, Christopher Webb, was a resident of Malone, Franklin County, New York, in 1832, then aged seventy-five years.
dw The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data, nor is the date of the death of Christopher Webb shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Christppher Webb Certificate #20994 Issued October 23, 1833 Rate $43.08 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of New York } Franklin County } ss
On this eleventh day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Franklin personally appeared Benjamin Clark Esquire and Francis L. Harrison both of the Town of Malone in the said County of Franklin and who after being duly sworn by me deposed and testified as follows 1 st The said Benjamin Clark says that some time in the month of August or September last past he being then a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Franklin did administer an oath to Ebenezer Webb of the said Town of Malone attesting to the truth of an affidavit to which the said Ebenezer Webb subscribed his name proving the services of one Christopher Webb of Coeymans in the State of New York during the revolutionary war. and that he the Deponent subscribed the said affidavit as such Justice but omitted to certify that the said Ebenezer Webb was a man of good character because he did not then recollect that such certificate was required. and the said Benjamin Clark & Francis L. Harrison severally and respectively depose and say that they have been well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Webb for more than twenty years during all which time the said Ebenezer Webb has sustained a fair character and been considered among all his neighbors as a man of truth & veracity
Subscribed & sworn before me this 11 th day of June 1833
Isaac Hascall Justice of the peace
And the said Justice do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponents & also with said Ebenezer Webb & that the moral character of each & all of them is good Isaac Hascall J.P.

State of New York } I, John H. Russell Deputy Clerk Franklin County ss } of the county of Franklin aforesaid
Do hereby certify, That Asa Hascall before whom the within Affidavit of Benjamin Clark and Francis L. Harrison purports to have been taken, and whose name is Subscribed to the Certificate of the taking of the same; and also to the certificate thereunder written was at the time the said affidavit purports to have been taken a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Franklin, duly appointed and sworn. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said within Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said justice and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 11th day of June A D 1833.
John H. Russell Dep. Clerk

I David Kingsley of Brooklyn in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventyfour Years do testify and say, that on or about the 1 st day of August 1775 I enlisted into the Connecticut State Troops at Norwich in Connecticut in the Reg t commanded by Col e Huntington, our second Lieut t name was Campbell and Ensign Nathaniel Bringham. I joined said Comp y at Plainfield Connecticut, & marched from thence through Providence in R.I. to Roxbury in Massachusetts, where I was stationed for the period of five months and was discharged from said service at said Roxbury on or about the 1 st day of January 1776 - I well recollect that Mr. Christopher Webb who now lives in Casenovia in the State of New York was a member of said Company, that he enlisted at the same time with me, and that he continued to serve in said Comp y & Reg t with me as above stated, at Roxbury - we both belonged to the same "mess" during the whole term of five months, and were both dismissed from said service at the same time and returned home together in Jan y . 1776 -
I further depose and say that in the first week in August in the year 1776 I was drafted at Norwich (Conn.) and joined a Comp y there commanded by Capt e John Perkins, in the Reg t commanded by Col e Rogers, & marched from said Norwich through New London, New Haven, New York &c to a place called Rye in the State of New York where I was stationed for the period of three months, and at the end of said time I was dismissed from said service at said Rye - I well recollect that during this term of duty Mr. Christopher Webb abovenamed was a private in said Comp y .

and Prof. that he was drafted at the same time with me, and that he continued to serve in said Company, and Prof. with me for the full period of three months , and we were both discharged from said service at said Place at the same time. Both returned home to Connecticut together.
Brooklyn July 8 th 1853
Gregory Kingsley
State of Connecticut } Brooklyn July 8 th 1853 County of Windham }
Then Mr. Solomon Kingsley signer of the foregoing affidavit, who is a person well known to me as a credible witness personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in said affidavit.
Before me Almin Bolles Justice of the Peace
Do Almin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Almin Bolles before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing in the form
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 8 th day of July A.D. 1853
Almin Bolles Clerk

State of Connecticut } City of Norwich }
I Alexander Lathrop Clerk of the City Court of the City of Norwich do hereby Certify that Samuel C Morgan whose signature is affixed to the annexed papers is a Justice of Peace within and for the County of New London and that the signature is in his own proper hand writing and I do further Certify that Ebenezer Allen whose signature is affixed to the annexed papers is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New London and the signature is in his own proper hand writing and that they are duly authorized by Law to administer oaths &c.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 9 th day of July Anno Domini 1833
Alex Lathrop Clerk

I John Bingham of the town of Sibson in New London County State of Connecticut aged seventy seven years depose & say that in the month Sept 1776 I was called out with the militia to the place called the saw pits near White Plains and served two months in the Co commanded by John Perkins Lieut Thos Adams Ensign Samuel Lovett in the Regt was commanded by Maj Gabriel Rogers. I well recollect that Christopher Webb went with us and staid there the whole of the above named two months. He resided at that time within the limits of this militia company, and now resides in the town of Cazenovia County of Madison State of York. I well recollect the said Webb and have seen him at different times since in this town and have no doubt but that the said Christopher Webb now of Cazenovia is the same Christopher Webb who was with said company as before stated and is about seventy eight years of age and further the deponent says not John Bingham
New London County ss Sibson June 25 1883 Then personally appeared Capt John Bingham the above deponent a person well known to me as a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Ebenezer Allen Justice of Peace for New London County

I Enoch Baker of the town of Griswold in New London County State of Connecticut aged seventy eight years, depose and say That in the Month of Sept r 1777 I went as a substi- tute for Rufus Lothrop & Christopher Lufkin well known of Norwich in New London Coun- ty in the company commanded by Col l . Ebenezer D r ake to Saratoga where we ar- rived the day previous to the battle at Still- waters. and was there when Gen l . Burgoyne surrendered. and will recollect that Chris- topher Webb was with us in this campaign and served as a sergeant. He at that time resided either in Norwich or the town of Windham which I do not now recollect. and now resides in the town of Coosonia County of Madison State of New York. I will recollect the said Webb and saw him at my house about three years ago, and he then informed me that he resided in Coosonia as aforesaid. I am well satis- fied that the said Christopher was with us as much as two months and have no doubt but that the said Christopher Webb now of Coosonia is the same Chris- topher Webb who was with us said com- pany as before stated and is about

my age. I well recollect that Dea r John Bostone of Canterbury in Windham County was with us in this campaign - and further this deponent says not Enoch Baker
New London County ss. Griswold June 11 th 1833. Then personally appeared the above deponent M c Enoch Baker a person well known to me as a credible wit- ness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presence - before me - Samuel Morgan Justice of Peace for New London County

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Christopher Webb which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Applicant required to furnish the date & length of each line of service and name of officer under whom served, with the best evidence to be had to support the declaration. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes   If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes  Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes    XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
¶ QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
¶ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Rev. man
11705 INVALID.
File No. 11705-
Christopher Webb Sergt. Rev. War.
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Index: —Vol. A Page 899
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1939. Nov. 16. link to Mary S. Call and
1931- Feb. 2 V. High Br. Ray W. Chatterton

RAY W. CHATTERTON BELLEVILLE, WISCONSIN
1-30-1931
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please give me the records in the American Revolution
of Christopher Webb , Born, 1755- Cazenovia, N.Y.
✓ Ebenezer Webb - Born - 1719 - 1803, N.Y.
Respectfully yours
Ray, W. Chatterton

605 University Ave. Syracuse, New York October 28, 1939
Clerk of Pension Records Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- Please send to me a copy of the pension record of Christopher Webb born in Scotland (Windham) Conn. June 14, 1755 and who died in Cazenovia, Madison Co. N.Y. March 1, 1837.
Thanking you for the favor Truly yours
(Miss) Mary L. Call

February 20, 1931
Mr. Ray W. Chatterton Belleville, Wisconsin
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11705, that Christopher Webb was born June 14, 1755 in Windham, Connecticut.
While residing in Lisbon "Hanover Society", New London County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows:- from May, 1775, about four weeks as private in Captain Nathaniel Bishop's company; from in July or August, 1775, five months as private in Captain Douglass' company, ✓ Colonel Jedediah Huntington's regiment; from in August or September, 1776, about four months in Captain John Perkins' company under Major Zebdiel Rogers; in the fall of 1777, two months as sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Lathrop's company, Colonel Jonathan Latimer's regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne. Conn. Book R. P. 307.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, at which time he was living in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York.
He stated that having a family he moved from Windham to Canterbury, Connecticut, but did not state the names of his family.
His brother Ebenezer was a resident of Malone, New York in 1832, and was aged seventy-five years.
There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner