Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19603, Joseph Webster, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Webster, Joseph Keziah
W. 19603
B.L. 27691-160-55-
CONTENTS

New York N. 28,508
Joseph Webster of Westchester Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. Inf. & Drag. in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Holmes in the N. York Troops, line for 12 months Pr. Inf. 40.00 6 " " Drag. 25.00 $65.00
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 65 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of April 1834 and sent to Hon. A. Ward.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 195.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep. " 32.50 $227.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 135

Reported
505, New York City. Keziah Webster widow of Joseph Webster N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pri Supt & Dragoons
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of June 1848. and sent to.
Hon. M. Nelson H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 240 Vol. 4

Cir Wm Lockwood Oct 9/55
63677 act 3 March/55
April 14/55
Keyiah Webster, widow
Joseph Webster Private
Regiment — New York,
Revolutionary War
MS. Feb 48-505
at 160 Allen May 19/57
BRP/Dr
2
Vol 102. page 93.
Wm Lockwood Pound Ridge Westchester Co. N. York,

State of New York
County of Westchester ss
On this twenty eighth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for said County and State upon said Eliza Webster age eighty eight years a resident of the town of Lewisboro in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Webster deceased who was a private of Infantry and Dragoons in the revolutionary war that she does not recollect under what officer her said husband did service but would most respectfully refer to the evidence on file in the war office, which her said husband produced in order to obtain a pension certificate under the act of Congress of the 1 th June 1832, that he did obtain a pension certificate and drew a pension to the day of his death; that this claimant made application under act of February 2 nd 1848 for and obtained a pension certificate dated the 27 th Day of June 1848 and now draws a pension of fifty five Dollars per annum; She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Webster in the town of South Salem (now Lewisboro) on the 25 th day of September 1791 by one Solomon Mead a Presbyterian Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Eliza Benedict and that her said husband died at Lewisboro on the 16 th day of January 1838 and that she now is a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty said to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855
Eliza X Webster Mark

We James R. Lockwood of Pound Ridge and Mary Webster of Lewisboro and residents of the county of West Westchester and State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Keziah Webster in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
James R. Lockwood Mary E. Webster
63677
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year aboven written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
William Lockwood
Justice of the peace
I, Aaron L. Linsley, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of South Salem, in the town of Lewisboro, County of Westchester, State of New York, do certify that I have in my possession the Marriage Records of said Church, and that the following is a true extract from said Records, in words, figures, &c: "Joseph Webster and Keziah Benedict, Sept. 28, 1791."
Salem Lewisboro March 30, 1858.
Aaron L. Linsley
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER WILLIAM L. BOND Notary Public

STATE OF NEW YORK, County of Westchester, ss.
I, ROBERT R. OAKLEY, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Lockwood Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, residing in said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Courts and County, this _____ day of _____ 185_____
Robt. R. Oakley
CLERK.

State of New York Westchester County ss:
On this 28 th day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the court of common pleas of the said county of Westchester (the same being a court of Record) Elizabeth Webster , a resident of the town of South Salem in said county, aged seventy two 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Joseph Webster, late of the town of South Salem aforesaid, deceased, who was a Private of Infantry and Dragoons in the Revolutionary War. That the said Joseph Webster, as the declarant is informed and believes to be true, entered the American Service soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary War, to wit, in the Spring of the year 1775 as a volunteer, and was marched towards the Northern frontier of the State of New York, on the Canada line; That he continued in said service during the period of his enlistment, or until he was honourably discharged, which the declarant believes to be six or nine months. That the said Joseph Webster again enlisted into the American Service, as a private in a Company of Dragoons, commanded by Capt Samuel Belavan in a Regiment commanded by Col. Drake of Westchester County, in the year 1776, as the declarant is informed & verily believes, and continued in the said Service in said Company and Regiment, in various parts of said county, for one year and seven months or upwards, but the period of his enlistment, or the exact term of service the declarant is not able more particularly to set forth. The declarant further upon her oath saith - That she is informed and verily believes that the said Joseph Webster performed other Services during the Revolutionary War, which she is, at this time unable more particularly to set forth, and which she is unable fully to prove - But that the said Joseph Webster, her late husband, made application for a Pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 and received a Certificate from the Secretary of War, bearing date on or

about the 5 th day of April 1834 allowing him a Pension of sixty five Dollars per annum during his natural life. That the Applicant is unable to procure further evidence of the services of the said Joseph Webster due to that already obtained and accompanying said Application, said Rec d now in the Office of the proper Department at Washington, to which she would respectfully refer the Department for evidence in behalf of her claim to a pension as aforesaid.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Joseph Webster on the twenty fifth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one. That her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Webster died on the sixteenth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. Given to said subscribers this 28 th day of May 1839 in open court. Her Hannah Webster mark John H. Smith Clerk W. C. C. Comptroller
Westphalia County ss. I John H. Smith Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Hannah Webster for a pension. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eight day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
John H. Smith Clerk W. C. C. Comptroller

State of New York Westchester County } ss
Martin Mead of the town of South Salem in said county being sworn according to law, deposes and says; that deponent's father the Reverend Solomon Mead deceased; was a presbyterian minister; and was settled over the presbyterian society in the said town of South Salem, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty two; and continued the pastor until the year one thousand eight hundred; as by the Records kept by the said Revd Solomon Mead deceased appears; which records are now in deponent's possession - And deponent further says, that a list of the Marriages solemnized by the said Revd Solomon Mead deceased, is contained in the said records, and that it appears from the said records, that Joseph Webster was married to Hephzibah Benedict on the twenty fifth day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety one by the said Revd Solomon Mead deceased; and that the record of the said marriage is in the hand writing of deponent's said Revd father as deponent believes, he being well acquainted with the same; and further deponent saith not - Sworn and subscribed this twenty third day of May 1839 before me Thomas Mead justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above deponent and that he is a man of truth and veracity - Thomas Mead justice of the peace

Westchester County ss
Molly Webster of the town of South Salem in said county being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Hester Webster, widow of Joseph Webster deceased, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, late of the town of South Salem aforesaid, and that the said Hester Webster, has not intermarried, but still remains the widow of the said Joseph Webster deceased, and further deponent saith not —
Molly Webster
Sworn and subscribed this 27 th day of May 1839
before me Thomas Mead justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Molly Webster the above deponent and that he is a man of truth and veracity — Thomas Mead justice of the peace
State of New York County of West Chester ss.
I John H. Smith Clerk of the County of West Chester and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Do hereby certify that Thomas Mead before whom the Annexed and foregoing affidavits of Martha Mead, Phoebe Benedict & Molly Webster purporting to have been taken, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the said assembly duly authorized to take the same and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine signed to Surats & certificates of character.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 28 th day of May A.D. 1839
John H. Smith Clk

State of New York Westchester County } ss
Phoebe Benedict of the town of North Salem in said county being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is seventy one years of age, that she is well acquainted with Hephzibah Webster widow of Joseph Webster deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner that she deponent was present at the marriage of the said Joseph Webster to Hephzibah Benedict now Hephzibah Webster which marriage was solemnized by the Revd Solomon Mead formerly of the town of South Salem in said county deceased - Deponent further says that the day month or year when the said marriage was solemnized she does not now remember; and further deponent saith not -
Sworn and subscribed this 23 rd day of May 1839 before
Phoebe Benedict
me Thomas Mead justice of the peace
The word to written over an erasure before signing - I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above deponent and that she is a person of truth and veracity. Thomas Mead justice of the peace
5759

Application of Joseph Webster for pension
26. 279.
Entered
I hereby relinquish on behalf of the claimant all claim for service & capt per U.S. War Dept Col. B. M. Ward of Ward & Co Company -
Enl d 11 th Aug 1775
Muster d to 9 th Oct 1775
Admitted
Private of Infantry 12 mos do of Dragoons 6 "
Hon.
A. Ward H. R.
sent to Groton Major Ward Co. St. Johnsbury

State of New York } ss. County of Westchester }
On this seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, Personally appeared Joseph and Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Westchester, Joseph Webster (a resident of the town of South Salem in said County aged seventy seven 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 provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated, That is to say. That some time in the Month of August, in the year 1775 this declarant enlisted as a private Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Benedict, in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Atkinson in the war of the Revolution. That shortly after the said enlistment the declarant joined the said company and marched from Salem (now South Salem) to Peekskill and thence to Albany and from thence to Fort Edward in Saratoga County, and was there ordered by the Officers of his Company to take charge of the sick and there remained in that charge until about the Month of November when he had orders to return home with the sick and was verbally discharged from further duty under said enlistment. That the period for which the declarant enlisted he believes to have been four or five months and that he continued in actual service for about three months to the best of his recollection and belief. And the declarant further states that he again enlisted as a private Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Hason, in the Regiment of Col. Brattle for the term of three months, some time in the Month of December in the year 1775 and joined said Company and was marched to the City of New York and was in said Company and Regiment in this City and at a place called Horn's Hook in actual service until about the first of April 1776 when the declarant was verbally discharged and returned home.

And The declarant on his oath further states that, during the summer of the year 1776 he was frequently called into service in the Company of Militia to which he belonged under the command of Capt. Elijah Gilbert and marched with said Company in the Reg t of Col. Thomas Thomas to various parts of Westchester County to repel the incursions of the enemy and was occasionally detached & served under other officers and from the first of April in that year until the first of December following The declarant from the best of his recollection and belief has no doubt that the period of his service was Three months and upwards.
3- And The declarant on his oath further states that some time in the Winter of the year 1776 & 1777 and as this declarant believes in the month of December 1776 he enlisted in the Company of Capt. Samuel Delavan and as the declarant believes in the Reg t of Col. Crane and joined the said Company and marched to White Plains and other parts of Westchester, and was stationed a part of the time at Ward's house in Eastchester and was in the engagement at that place when a Major Campbell of the British forces was killed, one or two others were killed and some wounded and several of said Company were taken prisoners - And the declarant says he has no documentary evidence of the period of his enlistment but believes that he served at least six months therein -
62- And The declarant further states that some time in the year 1778 and as he believes, in the month of April of that year he joined a Company called Rangers and were mounted and done duty on horseback com- manded by said Samuel Delavan and as he believes said Company was attached to Col. Shatuck's Reg t - That he continued to serve in said Company on the lines and at various stations until the close of the War - That the said Company was some part of the time at North Castle, Bedford, Pines Bridge, & Peek's Town and was employed frequently in scouting Parties and formed the out-guard of the American troops in said County and watching and repelling the advances of the enemy And that the period of his service in the 12- said Company of Rangers was at least One year and seven Months

That The Declarant has no documentary evidence of the exact time of his service in said Company but well recollects that he received a certificate from The Auditor of Accounts, viz, Isaac Banta late Treasurer of The State of New York by which The declarant was entitled to pay for One year and seven months and two weeks which certificate is lost And The declarant further states that from the commencement of The Revolutionary War to its termination he has no doubt of his having served in The whole for at least two years and ten Months as above stated
That he has no documentary or other evidence of his service except The annexed affidavits -
And in answer to The several interrogatories prescribed by The war Department The declarant further maketh Oath and says - That he was born in Conundridge in The said County of Westchester on The fourth day of January 1756 That he has a record of his age in his family Bible now presents That he resided at South Salem aforesaid at the several times he was called into service as aforesaid - and has resided there ever since - That The declarant always entered The service as a volunteer except when called out in The Militia as aforesaid - was never drafted, nor a substitute -
That he recollects, General Washington, Genl Putnam, Col. Drake, Col. Crane, Col. Thomas, Major Nathaniel Delavan, who were with the troops when he served, and That The nature of his service was as is above stated - That he does not recollect of ever having received a written discharge from The service but was always discharged verbally That The declarant is known in his present neighborhood to Stephen Gilbert Esquire, and Martin Mead who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a Soldier of The Revolution That The declarant was always a true friend to American Independence - And That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity and salary except The present and declares That his name is not on The pension roll of The Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed The day and year aforesaid
Joseph Webster
before me Ezra Sockwood One of the Justices of The Court of Com. Pleas in & for said County

We Stephen Gilbert and Martin Mead both residing in the town of South Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Webster who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. - That we believe him to be seventy seven years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
The 19 th day of April 1833
Stephen Gilbert
Before me
Martin Mead
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges of The Court of Common Pleas in & for The said County.
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. - And I the said Judge do further certify, that it appears to me that Stephen Gilbert and Martin Mead who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of South Salem aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And do further certify, that by reason of advanced age and bodily infirmity the said Joseph Webster is unable to attend court for the purpose of making his aforesaid application.
Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges in for said County

State of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss. On this seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally came before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Amon Marshall of Boundaries in said County aged seventy nine years who being duly sworn according to law, On his oath saith That he is well acquainted with Joseph Webster of South Salem in said County named in the annexed affidavit, and has been acquainted with him ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary war. That the deponent served in said war two years and upwards as a private soldier - That said Joseph Webster was a soldier in Captain Samuel Delavan's Company at the time stated in his annexed Declaration and the deponent believes served therein as therein stated - but is not positive as to the length of time he served -
The deponent further on his oath, saith That he repeatedly saw said Webster in the American Service at other times and in other companies - And from what the deponent saw and understood at the time he has no doubt that said Webster served the amount of time stated in his declaration herein annexed - Sworn and subscribed
The 17 th day of April 1833
Amon his Marshall mark
before me
Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges in & for said County -
I do Certify that I am well acquainted with Amon Marshall who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a credible person and his statement entitled to full credit -
Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges in for said County -

Application of Joseph Webster for Pension
all such time as he was a prisoner

We Stephen Saunders, a clergyman, residing in town of South Salem in the County of Westchester and Moses Boulton residing in South Salem aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Webster who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; That he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhoods where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the 29 th day of May  in the year aforesaid before me.
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges in for said County. Stephen Saunders, Moses Boulton
As an amendment of the foregoing and annexed declaration the foregoing Affidavit of Stephen Saunders a clergyman residing in the town of South Salem and Moses Boulton is hereto annexed who are credible persons and their statement entitled to full credit.
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges in for Westchester County
I Nathaniel Baylis Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Ezra Lockwood before whom the foregoing declaration of Joseph Webster was made known to and the foregoing affidavits were sworn to was on the day above stated a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the said then duly appointed sworn and that I believe the signatures subscribed thereto as his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twenty ninth day of July 1853
N. Baylis Clk

27.691
SV Sho Tsung

New York City
Joseph Webster, ad June 7, 1832 to what time April?
Due 16 th Jan y 1838 p st . that period of /A
16 Jan 1838

4370 New York
Act July 7. 1838
Jeriah Webster
✓ Married 25. Sept. 1791
Husband died 16. Jan 1838
Col Holmes — Capt Benedict
Admitted
Private of Infantry 12 mos
" of Dragoons 6 "
Ezra Lockwood Esq. 18 mos
Pamel Ridge
New York

New York 4370.
Eliziah Webster, widow of Joseph Webster who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 16 Jany 1835, of Westchester in the State of N.Y. who was a Pr. In't in the Company commanded by Captain Benedict of the Reg't commanded by Col. Holmes in the N.Y. line for
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. City at the rate of 65 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Jany 16. Jany 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Jany 43 and sent to Hon. J. Ward. H. Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Miss S. Wood Clerk, Book Vol. Page

Reported.
A new certificate was issued in this case under the opin- ion of the Atty. Genl. of 2: Feb 1842, given in consequence of the Resolution of Congress of the 16 Aug. 1842!

New York 4370
Keziah Webster widow of Joseph Webster
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832 and who died on the 16. January 1838 of Westchester Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. Inf. D. Organ, in the company commanded by Captain Benedict of the 1st. Regt. commanded by Col. Holmes in the N. York line for 12 months Pr. Inf. 40 " " " " Drngt 25 $ 65
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 65 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 17. January 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. day of Oct. 1839 and sent to Ezra Lockwood Pound ridge, N. York
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 105.61 Semi-annual allowance ending Oct. '40 32.50 $ 138.11
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book A, Vol. 2 Page 110

See letter to Hon. A. Ward, H. R. Dec. 27. 1842 -

2282
New-York City
Haziah Webster
widow of Joseph Webster who was a Pri. M t Dragoon,
in the N. York line Co.
Rept Oct 19
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to Stephen Pardue South-Salem New-York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 116.

Oct. 24, 1900 Nitz to Mrs. M. Williams Elgin Ill.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19603 Keziah Webster Wid. of Joseph Webster Rev Rev War N.Y. Act: Feb-2 d  1/48 Index:—Vol. M , Page 323
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ezra Lockwood, Esq. Bedford Westchester County N.Y.

War Department Pension Office 18. September 1833
Sir, The claim of Joseph Webster has been examined and his papers are herewith returned. It is indispensable that the length and grade of each term of service should be recited in precise language. As the regulations require the best evidence in the power of claimants to produce; and as he alleges that he received a certificate from the Auditor of the State for a specified amount of service it is indispensable that he should furnish a certified copy of it, or a Certificate from the Auditor shewing a satisfactory reason why he cannot furnish a copy.
I am,

I am, respectfully your ob t serv t
J. L. Edwards

State of New York Comptroller Office I certify that upon a careful examination of the papers remaining in this office, which have any connection with Revolutionary services, no paper is found which does in any manner affect the claim for a Pension by Joseph Webster, nor does his name appear in any manner among such papers.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 4 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Philip Phelps D r Comptroller

Washington Dec. 24 th 1842
My Dear Friend
After the compliments of the Season. Allow me to comment the enclosed communication to your honorable action. I have no doubt there must be some error in the Dept which will entitle the widow to an additional allowance. How it is that the persons named, have obtained it remains unknown. But the old lady is unwilling, it seems, to pay so large a sum as demanded or to submit her claims in the hands of a stranger.
Please return W. the letter with your answer after you have all examined the case.
Truly A. Ward

11
free
Dear Officer, Pension Department 1831 7 July 1831 Pundridge NY July 9 th  5759 1831
Hon d
J. L. Edwards Hon d of Pensions Washington D. C.
to Capt. Mckee
int of Dept
Miss

Greenbridge, Ulster Co. July 1. 1839
To the Hon. J. S. Edwards Comt. of Pensions
I herewith inclose to you the Application of Keziah Webster, widow of the late Capt. Joseph Webster decd. of South Salem, for a Pension. Capt. Webster was well known to the Hon. Citi- zens generally of this vicinity as a man of good moral character and was reputed a worthy Soldier of the Revolution and as justly deserving the bounty he recd. from Govt. for his services to his country during the war.
The application of the widow is confidently submitted to the favorable consideration of the Department over which you preside.
By your Obt. Servt. Ezra S. Lockwood

State of New York Westchester County } ss.
On this 12 th day of March in the year of our Lord 1834, personally appeared before me, Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Stephen Gilbert of South Salem in said County, aged seventy two years, and being duly sworn, deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Joseph Webster in the annexed Application, named, and has been acquainted with him since the commencement of the Revolutionary War -
That the deponent well recollects that the said Joseph Webster enlisted as a private Soldier in the Company of Capt. Joseph Benedict in the year 1775 - And that he saw said Webster join said Company and March when they set out for the Northward - S d Webster was gone from home some time as the deponent was then informed, was with the Army at the North, or at Saratoga -
That in the Winter following the deponent saw said Joseph Webster in the Company of Capt. Elmer Mason, doing duty as a private Soldier -
And the deponent further saith that in the year 1776 Abijah Gilbert, the father of this deponent, commanded a Company of Militia in the Reg t of Col. Thomas Thomas, and that said Company were under Arms doing Military duty a considerable part of the time during that year, That said Joseph Webster was a Soldier in said Company and the deponent frequently saw him doing duty as a private Soldier therein -
That the deponent understands that S d Webster was a Soldier in Capt. Delavan's Company in 1776 or 1777 - but he well remembers that in the Spring of the year 1778 the deponent was a Soldier in Capt. Samuel Delavan's Company of Dragoons or Rangers - And that the said Joseph Webster was a private Soldier in said Company - That said Joseph Webster remained and continued a Soldier in said Company until the close of the Revolutionary War - That the said Company was not discharged until about the time of the Evacuation

of the British troops from New York -
The deponent further saith that the said Joseph Webster was a soldier in said Company and done military duty therein the term of One year, seven months and two weeks -
The deponent further saith that the said Company was attached (as he understood and believes) to the Brigade of Westchester County and was commanded by the Officers on the Lines in said County.
And the deponent further saith that the said Joseph Webster was reputed to be a good soldier and a true friend to the American Independence.
Sworn and subscribed
The day and year aforesaid
Stephen Gilbert
before me Ezra Lockwood One of the
Judges in said County -
I do certify that I am personally acquainted with Stephen Gilbert who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding Affidavit. That he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to full credit and belief -
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges of Westchester County -

Isiah Webster Declaration
Cyrus Lawrence Agent South Salem Westchester Co N.Y.
Admitted
Hon. W. Nelson H R
Hon W. Nelson H R

State of New York County of Westchester } ss
On this nineteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight before me Cyrus Lawrence a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Keziah Webster who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the ben- -efit of the Act of Congress passed February 4 th 1848 That she is the widow of Joseph Webster who was a private in the War of the Revolution That she received a pension under the Act of June 17 th 1844 at the rate of Sixty five dollars per Annum And that she still remains a widow ————— Keziah Webster mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19 th day of June 1848 —
Cyrus Lawrence Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with up Keziah Webster And that she is the identical person above named
Cyrus Lawrence Justice of the peace
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Cyrus Lawrence Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace , in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, ac- cording to the laws of the said State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the
Twenty first day of June
1848
M. I. Lockwood Clerk.

✓ Keziah Webster N.Y. amt 7. July 38 $65 from 4 March 1836 to 16 Jan'y '38
For A. Ward N.Y.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain arrears of Pensions due from March 4, 1836, under the act of July 7, 1838.
On this second day of January 1843, personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace, Hester Webster of the State of New York a resident of Lewisboro in the County of Westchester aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4th of March, 1836, to the seventeenth day of January 1838 from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7th July, 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Joseph Webster who was a private of Cavalry during the revolutionary war; that her pension was allowed at the rate of sixty five dollars and cents per annum, and was paid to her at the Agency in the City of New York in the State of New York. And further she saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
me Thomas Mead Justice of the Peace
N. B.—In case the widow should have died since receiving the pension, her children must make application for the arrears, and prove before a Court of record that they are her children. The administrator of the deceased widow may, if the children are willing, receive the money The papers must be properly authenticated.
State of New York 5 U.S. Charles A. Brady Atty of the County of Westchester County 3 Westchester and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that Thomas Mead Esq before whom the above deposition of Hester Webster was taken was at the time of making the same a Justice of the Peace in said County of Westchester duly sworn and duly authorized to law to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and with belief the signature purporting to be her genuine. The foregoing whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and same this 3rd day of January A D 1843 Charles A Brady Atty

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Stephen Paine South Salem New York

State of New York Westchester County } ss
On this 28 th day of June 1843 personally appeared before me Thomas Mead a Justice of the peace of the town of Lewisboro in said county Hester Webster a resident of said town of Lewisboro aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Webster who was a private of Infantry and Dragoons in the army of the Revolution; but declarant cannot tell the name of the Captain of the company or the commandant of the Regiment in which he served, but would refer to her former declaration. The annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 th 1832 was sixty five dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow -
Sworn and subscribed this her Hester X Webster 28 th day of June 1843 before me mark Thomas Mead Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Hester Webster the above declarant and that her statements are entitled to full credit -
Thomas Mead Justice of the Peace
State of New York Westchester County } ss. I Charles A. Pond, Clerk of the county of Westchester and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify, That Thomas Mead Esq before whom the preceding Affidavit and by whom the preceding certificate was made was in the day of this date being a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, Severally qualified and authorized to act as such Justice. And that his signature to the foregoing are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at the 29 th day of June 1843 Charles A. Pond, Clerk

State of New York Westchester County ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Westchester, Joseph Webster of South Salem in said County, in the annexed application named, who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively 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 three Months, in the year 1776, I served as a private in the company of Capt Joseph Benedict in the Reg. t of Col. Holmes - For the term of three months I served in the company of Capt Ebenezer Haxon in Col. Dyer's Regiment as a private soldier - For the term of three months at least, I served as a private soldier in Capt Abijah Gilbert's Company in the Reg. t of Col. Thomas, - This was in the year 1776 - That in the latter part of the year 1776 or commencement of the year 1777 I entered the service as a private soldier in the company of Capt. Samuel Delavan, which company was a company of mounted men or Dragoons, and belonged to the Brigade of Westchester County Militia or was attached to said Brigade as the deponent believes) and I served in said company for the term of six months - And in the year 1778 I enlisted as a private soldier in a company of Dragoons raised by said Capt. Samuel Delavan sometimes called Rangers, and served in said company One year, seven months and fourteen days. I believe said company was attached to the Brigade of Westchester County Militia. - And for such services I claim a pension. And I the said Joseph Webster do further depose and say that I have employed agents to examine the Records of the State in relation to my services and that the annexed Certificate is all I have been able to obtain in relation thereto - And that I know of no other persons living from whom

I can obtain any proof of my services except those persons whose Affidavits are herewith annexed.
Sworn and Subscribed the 12 th day of March 1834 before
Joseph Webster
me) Ezra S. Knapp one of the Judges in & for Westchester County -