Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,977, Ebenezer Whitney, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Whitney Ebenezer Mehitable
26 25,977
CONTENTS

Maine
11,538
Ebenezer Whitney of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain N o Colb of the Reg t commanded by Col Hanley - in the Mass s State Troops -
18 Mo Private - p. 60.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1833 and sent to - R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 120. 00 Servant allowance ending 4 Sept - 30
$ 150 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 63

V. D. 1831 Boston June 6 July 21 Robert D. Dore Esq. August Maine

State of Maine.
THE Eli Purrington a Clergyman, residing in the town of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln and John Small residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Whitney who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; 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.
Ebenezer Purrington John Small
State of Maine.
Lincoln ss.—Sworn and subscribed this Twentyfirst day of July A. D. 1832,
Before me,
William Sturtevant Justice of the Peace.
Wm Sturtevant Esq is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev Eli Purrington is a Clergyman residing in Bowdoinham And John Small of the same town is a credible person & their Statement is entitled to be believed. Nathan Weston Jr

Ebenezer Whitney
Private Mass. troops.
Lemont's Co. } 9 months Mr. Robbins } 9 months
Read's Co. } 9 months Hunter's reg. }
18 months as a private.
R. C. Vose august me

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this nineteenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Ebenezer Whitney a resident of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged sixty nine 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1781 with Captain Benjamin Lement and served in Col. Pam. M c Cobb regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Lement capt
and McCobb col. That he enlisted in that company & regiment as a private in April 1781 for nine months. That this period he fully served out at Coye's head at the mouth of Kennebec river, where he was discharged in January 1782.
That in February 1783 he again enlisted as a private for nine months in capt. John Reed's company & Col. James Hunter's regiment of the same troops; that he served the whole of that period in Maine at Waldoborough & on the coast from that place to the British line, & was discharged in November of the same year.

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department he answered:
(That he was born at Brunswick, Maine, in 1763, where his age is recorded. That during his revolutionary services his home was at Bath where he lived for many years - then removed to Litchfield where he lived eighteen years, then in Bowdoin two years, in Topsham seven years & lastly in Bowdoinham where he now lives three years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he received a written discharge from his first service which is now lost. From his second service he was discharged verbally. That he has no record of his officer as he now recollects. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services he names the Rev. Eli Purington & Deacon Small.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Ebenezer his X mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathan Weston Jun not S.P.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun
July 19.

I Stephen Austin of Wiscasset, Kennebec County, Maine, aged sixty nine years, do upon oath testify say that having served at the same time in the same company of regiment I well know that the within named Ebenezer Whitney served nine months in Capt. Reed's company in Col. Hunter's regiment in 1783 as he has secondly within stated. —
Stephen Austin Mark
Subscribed and sworn to, August 29, 1832,
the deponent being a credible witness, Before Nathan Weston Jun. Just S.P.C.
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, be- fore whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Whitney for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 29th day of August
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler

Maria
Mehitable Whitney, widow of Ebenezer Whitney who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1848.
February 1849.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of June 1850, and sent to
Woon C. Sawtelle H of R -
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of February 9, 1848, Page 44 Vol. 1
H. C. Robinson
Rate of death not on file -

Mehitable Whitney for Pension under Act of Feb. 2, 1848

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution. Approved February 2 nd 1848.
State of Maine } Lincoln County } S.S. On the 13 th day of August 1849 personally appeared before me Judge of the court of Probate for said County of Lincoln Mehitable Whitney a resident of Richmond in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged 84 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed February 2 nd 1848. entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution" That she is the widow of Ebenezer Whitney who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States on the Maine roll under the act of June 3 rd 1832 at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum which pension was paid to him up to the fourth day of September 1848, from which time to the fourth day of February 1849 she was paid the pension as his widow. She refers to a declaration made by him, of his services in the Revolution in support of her claim. presumed to be in possession of the War Department. She further declares that her

Maiden name was Mehitable Johnson that she was married to the said Ebenezer Whitney on the 9 th day of Janry in the year seventeen hundred & 82. Know that her husband, the aforesaid Ebenezer Whitney died in the said town of Richmond on the fourteenth day of February 1849. since which time she has re- mained a widow.
Attest Eno Abbott
Mehitable { Whitney marks
Lincoln ss at a Probate Court held at Bowdoinham within & for said county on the 13 th day of August A D 1849. Personally appeared Mehitable Whitney aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscription. Before me
Annola Blaney Judge of Probate

John Hubbard
Governor of the State of Maine.
To all who shall see these presents,
Greeting.
Know Ye, That Ammi R. Mitchell, of Bath, in the County of Lincoln, Esquire, whose name is borne upon the paper hereto annexed, is, and was at the date of his within attestation, a Justice of the Peace and Lucrum, within and for the County of Lincoln; that Arnold Blaney, of Wiscasset, is and was on the thirteenth day of August A.D. 1849, Judge of Probate within and for the County of Lincoln, aforesaid; and that to their acts and attestations as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
John Hubbard
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereto affixed.
Given under my hand at Augusta, this sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and in the seventy fourth year of the Independence of the United States.
By the Governor.
Ezra B. French Secretary of State.

"Married by Rev Francis Winter, January ninth seventeen hundred and eighty five, both of Bath" I certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage between Ebenezer Whitney and Mehitable Robinson, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows "January 9. 1785" William Torrey City Clerk
State of Maine
County of Lincoln } City of Bath } ss
I, William Torrey above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of City Clerk for the City of Bath, in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the late Town, now the City of Bath, with the exception above named, as certified by me
William Torrey City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me, on the fourteenth day of May 1850
Ammi R. Mitchell Justice of the Peace.
..... Secretary of State.

Melitable Whitney, widow of Ebenezer, Me Act 2 February 1848.
Married 1785 Husband died 14 Feb. 1849
Adm d 18 mo's private $60 per annum. from 14 Feby 1849
Wm E. Sawtelle W of R.

I Thomas G. Whitney of Ballardin in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine do depose and say that I was present when my late brother Ebenezer Whitney was married to Mehitable Robinson, which marriage was solemnized in the town of Bath in the then District of Maine in the month of February in the year Seven hundred & eighty seven (1787). My said brother even after his marriage continued to live with his said Mehitable as her husband till his death which took place in the month of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine since which time he and said Mehitable has remained a widow they brought up a family of children seven of whom are now living the oldest being up wards of sixty years of age. My said brother was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
Thomas G. Whitney
Aug 25. 1849
State of Maine Penobscot County S.S. On the twenty second day of August 1849, personally appeared Thomas G. Whitney, being a reputable witness, and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Geo. W. Morton. Justice Peace

I Samuel Hinkley of Richmond in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, do depose and say, that I have been acquainted with Abigail Whitney (the re-futed widow of Ebenezer Whitney) for several years last past; her late husband the said Ebenezer was a Revolutionary War veteran of the United States and died in said town of Richmond on the 14th day of February 1849. The said Abigail and Ebenezer lived together as husband and wife from my earliest recollection of them till the death of said Ebenezer. She was the wife of her husband and they have children now living upwards of sixty years old.
Samuel Hinkley
State of Maine, Wernobec County, S.S. On this thirtieth day of August 1849, personally appeared Samuel Hinkley above named, he being a reputable person and entitled to credit and belief, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me
Francis Davis Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
Kennebec ss
I, William M. Stratton, Clerk of the Jud. Courts holden within and for the County of Kennebec hereby certify that George N. Morton and Francis Davis Esquires were at the date of the certificates hereon by them signed Justices of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that their signatures are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Jud. Court this sixth day of April Anno Domini 1850
W m M. Stratton

24574
Ebenezer Whitney Lincoln P.O. Maine
John C 18 mos $60.-
R. B. Vose Esq. Augusta Kennebec Co. Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Ebenezer Whitney, Lincoln Co. Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1781 " 9 " Priv Col. M. Cobb Capt. B. Lemont 69 years Bath Secy. A. Lithgaw's Certificate Wit. J. Laborie   1783 " 9 " " Col. Hunter Capt. J. Reed Maine  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this            day of            personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of            in the county of            and State, Territory or District of            aged (c)            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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with            and served in the            (e) regiment of the            line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I            of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of            &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the            and C. D. residing in (the same)           , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with           , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the            and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,            Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this            day of            &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if he lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 here or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen.

November 28, 1938
BA-J/AWF Ebenezer Whitney W. 25977
Mrs. M. C. Pearce P.O. Box 61 West Memphis, Arkansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ebenezer Whitney, of Kennebec County, Maine, Isaac Whitney, of Lincoln County, Maine, and information in regard to Susanna Boon (Boone or Bone), who was living in Smith County, Tennessee, in 1840.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.
The record of Ebenezer Whitney is furnished you, as found in papers on file in pension claim, W. 25977, based on his military service in the War of the Revolution.
Ebenezer Whitney was born in the year 1763, in Brunswick, District of Maine. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Bath, District of Maine, Ebenezer Whitney enlisted April 1, 1781, served nine months as private in Captain Benjamin Lemont's company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted sometime in February, 1783, served nine months as private in Captain John Read's company, Colonel James Hunter's Massachusetts regi-

ment.
The soldier, Ebenezer Whitney, lived in Bath, District of Maine, "many years", then moved to Litchfield, District of Maine, lived eighteen years, to Topsham, District of Maine, seven years, thence to Bowdoinham, District of Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19, 1832, then a resident of said Bowdoinham.
Ebenezer Whitney married January 9, 1785, Mehitable Robinson; they were both then of Bath, District of Maine. The date and place of birth of Mehitable Robinson was not stated, nor are the names of her parents given.
Ebenezer Whitney died February 14, 1849 in Richmond, Maine. His widow, Mehitable Whitney, was allowed pension on her application executed August 13, 1849, at which time she was eighty-four years old, and living in Richmond, Maine.
They reared a family of children, seven of whom were living in 1849; no names designated.
Thomas G. Whitney, brother of the soldier, Ebenezer Whitney, was living in 1849 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Mehitable Whitney, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the

following data:
Mehitable Whitney, widow of Ebenezer Whitney Certificate # 5457 Issued June 24, 1850 Rate $60.00 per annum Commenced February 14, 1849 Act of February 2, 1848 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Will you please let me have the following
Rev.pensions;
EBERNEZER WHITNEY- age 79 in 1840- Kennebec Co.Maine.
ISAAC WHITNEY- age 83 in 1840- Lincoln Co.Maine.
Mrs. Pearce Mrs.McCallister Pearce, P.O.Box 61- West Memphis,Ark. Recd 11/11/41

Letter to Am April 13.
B. Sautelle 1830 —

Recd
WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 25977
Mehitable Whitney
Wid. of
Ebenezer Whitney
Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 d . 1848
Index: — Vol. IV , Page 325
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WEST MEMPHIS FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
INSURANCE EXCHANGE BUILDING---PHONES 95-96-97
WEST MEMPHIS, ARK.
Oct. 15, 1938.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
Will you please let me have the Rev.pension of Susanna Boon (Boone-Bone) who resided in Smith Co. Tenn. 1840- she was aged 79-
yours Truly, Mrs. Pearce Mrs.M.C.Pearce. P.O.Box 61- West Memphis, Ark.

Ebenezer Whitney pt. Col McCobb. Map. Reg April 17 81 to Jan'y 1782. 9 mo
April 18. 1810
Dear Sir, Lita Feld
Ebenezer Whitney

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Ebenezer Whitney , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Litchfield , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the eighteenth day of September , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this Sixth day of October in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston C. Just. C.C.C. Pleas.
Ebenezer Whitney Declaration for pension

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand :
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty four
John Davis

This may Certify that Ebenezer Whitney of Litchfield in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts served as a Soldier in Capt Benjamin Sements Company in Col Samuel M. Cobb regi- -ment during the term of nine months in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one -
Dated at Augusta this fourth day of Sept. Anno Domini 1818
Arthur Litchfield, Lieut. of Capt M c Sements Co. C. Same M c Cobb Reg t in AD 1781-

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Ebenezer Whitney, aged fifty six years, a citizen of the United States, born in Brunswick in the District of Maine, now residing in Litchfield in said District, upon Oath testify and declare that I entered April the first 1781. in the war of the revolution upon the continental establishment against the common enemy, into the company commanded by Col. Benjamin Lemen and regiment by Col. Samuel M c Cobb. of the Massachusetts troops or line. I enlisted for the period of nine months, and fully served the period out, and took my honorable discharge in January 1782. my discharge I have lost, and it is not now in existence to my knowledge, the deposition of Arthur Litchfield who was my Lieutenant is the only evidence now in my power to produce. From my reduced circumstances in life I now need the assistance of my country for support. I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States, if any, but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. —
his Ebenezer his mark Whitney
Henniker Jp.
On the eighteenth day of September A.D. 1842 Ebenezer Whitney above named, after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him signed. the same having been first distinctly read to him. before me Nathan Weston Esq.
Ebenezer Whitney

Signature of Whitney mark
Henniker Jp.
On the eighteenth day of September A.D. 1910 Ebenezer Whitney above named, after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him signed. the same having been first distinctly read to him. Before me Nathan Weston Jm C. Just. C.C.C. Plus 2 d E.C. in unit
I James L'Abbe, aged fifty six years, upon oath testify and declare that I know that Ebenezer Whitney above named enlisted as he has above stated. I served in the same company and regiment the first two months of his period above stated, and was then myself detached on board the Sloop of war defencer. When I returned I found him still serving and I know that he was honorably but verbally discharged in Jan'y. 1702 as he has above stated.
James L'Abbe
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Henniker Jp. On the third day of October A.D. 1910 James L'Abbe above named, a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me. Nathan Weston Jm C. Just C.C.C. Plus

I Arthur Litchgow aged fifty seven years, upon oath testify and declare that being myself at the time an officer in the same regiment, from circumstances by the within named Ebenezer Whitney to me stated that he could not otherwise know, I am fully satisfied that he served as he has within stated. With Litchgow
Heincke p. On the third day of October A.D. 1910 Arthur Litchgow above named, being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of of the above deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Wilson Jun C Just C.C.C. Pias 2 E. Circuit.