Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35729, Ebenezer Williams, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Williams, Ebenezer
S 35 729
CONTENTS

D. Aft. 8. 1819 Spencer book.
8868
Connecticut.
Ebenezer Williams, Saybrook in the state of Connecticut.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons, of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. of March, 1818 and sent to Jeremiah G. Brainard Judge, New-London, Conn.
  Arrears to 4th of March, 1819.  88.76    Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819.  48. " "    10 mo. \frac{29}{30} } 8 \frac{4}{31} }  $: 136.76  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

A
State of Connecticut
to Lyme April 30 th 1818
Be it remembered that at said Lyme on this Tuesday of April A D 1818 before me Jeremiah G. Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut
Personally came and appeared Ebenezer Williams of the Town of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex in said State of Connecticut and being duly and solemnly sworn according to the usage of this State did on his said oath by me to him administered declare depose and say that at said Saybrook some time in the Month of Dec r A D 1775 he Enlisted for the term of twelve or thirteen Months as a Soldier in Capt n Abraham Waterhouse's Company Col. Samuel H. Parsons Regiment in the Connecticut Line on the Continental establishment that he faithfully served in said capacity the full period of time for which he had Enlisted when he was honably discharged at or near Livingston's Manor in the State of New York about the first of Jan y 1777 that he is now in the 59 th year of his age and that he now is and ever has been a Resident Citizen of the United States -
That as to a Discharge he thinks he never had a written One - As the Regiment was discharged at the End of the Term - of this Enlistment -
That from his reduced circumstances he needs the Assistance of his Country for Support
Ebenezer Williams
Sworn before me the Date and Date aforesaid
In witness whereof I have hereunto caused the Seal of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut to be hereunto affixed at New London in said State the Day Month and Year aforesaid
Jeremiah Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut
Sworn

I Jeremiah G. Brainard Judge of the Superior Court do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Williams did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aftermentioned Act of Congress - The foregoing declaration was made to me as the applicant declared 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 & naval service of the United States in the 'Revolutionary war'"
New London April 1st 1818
Witness the seal of said Court Jeremiah G. Brainard Jeremiah G. Brainard Judge of the Superior Court State of Connecticut
I certify that Ebenezer Williams the applicant in this case is in poor and needy circumstances Jeremiah G. Brainard Judge

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Williams 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. S. File 35,729.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 75 Abram Waterhouse Samuel H. Parsons 10 th Cont ts   dis. Jany 1. 77 John Tyler   over Livingston's Manor, N.Y.      
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Sept. 1, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, "in his 59 th year."
Remarks: This claim was allowed, he died Sept. 8, 1819, (Agency book.)

State of Connecticut. To Mr. W. L. Ordon
On this 2 nd day of February 1819 before me Jeremiah G. Brainard one of the Judges of the Superior Court of said State of Connecticut - personally appeared Thomas Anderson of Lyme in said State - a person to me well known & known by me to be a person of truth & veracity, & being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath doth declare & say. That from about the first of January 1775 to the last of December 1775. He was Quarter Master Sergeant of the regiment raised & at first commanded by Col. Sam l H. Parsons - afterwards by Col. John Tyler - a regiment raised by Congress on the continental establishment for one year. That he well knew the commissioned officers of the 5 th company in said regiment. They were Abraham Waterhouse Cap t Uriah Lee 1 st Lieut. James Day 2 d Lieut. & Henry Hill Ensign and that they are all dead - That very few of the commissioned officers of that regiment are now living.
That he well recollects Ebenezer Williams whose declaration is herunto annexed marked A. That the said Williams was a soldier in said regiment & belonged to said 5 th company during that year, and he verily believes was he was discharged with the regiment on or about the last day of December 1775. That he recollects frequently to have seen him in the regiment during the year at different times & places - both before marching from Wethersfield  Wethersfield after arrival at New York.
That as to Joseph Gladwin Gladwin & John Gripping - he has not a perfect recollection of them, but from circumstances & occurrences which they have related - he can have no doubt that they both belonged to said regiment & were private soldiers in said 5 th company during that year & served the term & in the manner they in their respective declarations have stated which he has seen & perused. That he was not himself commissioned in that regiment, but having early in the year 1777 entered again into the continental Army in the first Connecticut regiment then commanded by the late General Sedgwick & Huntington - he soon after received a commission & served in the continental army as a commissioned officer until the close of the war.
The Deponent is also satisfied that Elias Griswold - from conversation he has had with him - also belonged to said company & regiment during that year. Phoebe Anderson Sworn before me this Day and Year aforesaid Jeremiah Brainard a Judge of Sup d Court. State of Connecticut

I Selah Griswold of Saybrook in Middlesex County State of Connecticut do declare depose & say that I well recollect Ebenezer Williams of said Saybrook Inlisted as a Soldier in Capt. Abraham Waterhouse's Compy in the Regiment Commanded by Samuel St. Parsons in the Connecticut line on the Continental Establishment that the Ebenezer Williams Inlisted into said Company some time in the Month of Dec r 1775 & that he immediately joined his Reg t near Boston in the State of Massachusetts & that he continued & faithfully served as a Soldier in Reg t untill the expiration of the term for which he Inlisted which ended on or about the first day of January 1777 that he was then discharged with the rest of the Reg t .
I further declare & say that I belonged to the same Compy & same Reg t during the whole of the above mentioned period & am well knowing the facts as above stated being true. I further declare depose & say that I have ever since the above period lived in the same Town with the said Ebenezer Williams & that I have never heard & am fully persuaded that the said Ebenezer Williams never Inlisted or belonged to the Continental Establishment at any other period than the one above mentioned & further the Deposition saith not
Selah Griswold
I Phillip Tooker of Saybrook in Middlesex County State of Connecticut having Examined the above deposition of Selah Griswold do depose declare & say that I belonged to said Abraham Waterhouse Compy during the whole period therein stated & am knowing to all the facts of Ebenezer Williams Inlisting, service, & discharge being true & that I have ever since lived in the same Neighborhood with said Ebenezer Williams & am fully persuaded that he never Inlisted or belonged to the Continental Establishment at any other period than the one above mentioned
Phillip Tooker
State of Connecticut ss New London County No 2 28 th 1818 — Personally appeared Selah Griswold and Phillip Tooker & made solemn Oath to the truth of the facts as stated in the above depositions by them subscribed Sworn before me Calvin Selden Justice of the Peace

I certify that the within deponents Selech Griswold & Phillip Sookee are men of Integrity & good reputation & are entitled to full credit in their testimony Certified J t Calvin Selden Justice of the Peace
New London County ss
I do hereby certify that the above named Calvin Selden Esq r , is and for more than twelve months last past hath been a Justice of the Peace in the said County of New London, duly qualified and acting under the authority of the State of Connecticut, and that the above his signature to the attestation of the foregoing Affidavits are his signatures & in his own handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court of said New London County, in Norwich in said County this 2 nd day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Charles Lathrop Clerk

35729 Rev  INVALID.
1908 Dec. 15. Hist. to Miss Helen G. Williams P 1909 Feby. 25 " " E. G. Williams - P
File No. 85-729
Ebenezer Williams Pr Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 458
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

Pension Dept. Washington D.C.
I am descended from Ebenezer Williams who served in the Revolution. (see page 683, Com- men of the Revolution) thru the following lines.
1. Ebenezer Williams. b Sept 20. 1759. d. April 8. 1819. Revolutionary War Married Debora Rodue.
2. Ebenezer Williams. Married Philenda Pratt, see Pratt Genealogy.
3. Gilbert Williams. Married Harriet Gaultett Leah Gault.
4. Helen Gaultett Williams. Will you kindly give me the record of his services, etc. anything concerning him that your records contain.

Yours sincerely Helen Gault Williams 65 Howe Street New Haven Conn.

THE ENGINEERS' CLUB 32 WEST 40TH STREET NEW YORK
Feb. 11 th 1909
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I would like to get a copy of the official record in the Pension Bureau, certified by the official in charge, of my great-grandfather, Ebenezer Williams of Saybrook, Conn., a soldier of the Revolution. This record is required for making application for membership in the Sons of the Revolution for which purpose I wish to obtain it. Ebenezer Williams served in the

THE ENGINEERS' CLUB 32 WEST 40 TH STREET NEW YORK
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10 th Continental Regiment and died at Saybrook. Conn. April 8 th 1819. He was granted a pension shortly before his death I think in 1818.
If there is any charge in connection with the furnishing of this information please advise me and I will forward same.
IF 35729
Yours very truly E. G. Williams