Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2620, for Ephraim Jones, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Jones, Ephraim Anna
No. 2620.
CONTENTS
b Mar 23, 1758 in Norwalk Conn.
res during Rev. War Lebanon & Brookfield Conn.
In 1832 res of Stamford, Fairfield Co. Conn.
d Oct. 15, 1837

Connecticut 9219
Ephraim Jones
of Stamford in the State of Conn. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Benedict of the Regt commanded by Col _____ in the Militia time for
13 1/2 months
Enscribed on the Roll of Connecticut the rate of 45. Dollars 00 Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of April 1833. and sent to S. H. Miner Stamford, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 90. 00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 22 50
$ 112 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis T. Francioni Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 21.

168
Connecticut
Maria Jones
widow of Ephraim Jones
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Lower Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
45 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
21 day of May, 1848
and sent to
A. B. Knight Stamford CT
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb. 1. 1848, Page 85 Vol. 1
29th July, 1848
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Ephraim Jones and Lydia Bishop were married by the Rev d Moses Mather in Stamford on April 1 st 1779.
Second marriage to Anne Bishop on April first seventeen hundred Ninety four. by Reuben Scofield Esq r . Justice of Peace in Stamford
I. Edwin Scofield Jr. Town clerk of the Town of Stamford County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, certify that the above is a true copy of the Stamford Town Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows April 1 st 1794.
I. Edwin Scofield Jr. above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of Said Stamford with the exception above named as certified by me
Edwin Scofield Jr. Town clerk of Stamford
Personally appeared on this 3 rd day of October A D 1848 Edwin Scofield Jr and swore to the truth of the certificate above by him subscribed and certify that he is a credible person
Before me N D Wright Justice of Peace

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I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Jones for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & seal of Office this 2nd day of Feby 1833

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield,
Stamford Probate District
On this 25 th day of July 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before
The Court of Probate for said District
now sitting, Ephraim Jones - a resident of Stamford in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged seventy four years, who being first 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, viz,
In the fall of the year 1775 he enlisted into a Company by Capt. Daniel Benedict Lieut. Hezekiah Briggs Jacob Sellick (all of whom are dead) the Company joined Col. Waterbury's Regt. & went to New York & at the request of Genl. Lee the Company remained in Jersey until the 25 th of March 1776 at which time the Troops were coming in on their return from Boston - he was discharged under this enlistment he only believes he served five Months - In the Month of July 1776 he was drafted & marched to New York under the Command of the same Capt. Benedict & served about two Months - In 1777, as he believes, he was drafted & went in the same Company for half a Month to Byram. The Company was then under the Command of Lieut. James Wood. Capt. Benedict having died shortly before - In March 1778 he was drafted & served two Months under Capt. Charles Smith in the Town Guards in Stamford. Thos. Smith Lieut. both of whom are dead - In 1779 he removed to Brookfield in this County, was drafted to go on to the Sea Coast & served in Capt. Olmstead's Company two Months. The Company instead of going on to the Sea Coast pitched their Tents between Redford & the White Pines. In the fall of 1776 he was drafted & went to Byram under the Command of Capt. Joseph Gregory & served six weeks - That he was born in Norwalk in Connecticut on the 22 nd March 1758 when he first entered the service he lived in New Canaan - Has constantly lived in Stamford for the last forty four years. He remembers Col. Waterbury who commanded the Regt. & all under the Command of Genl. when they went to New York also Col. John McClellan -

That he believes there is a record of his age on the Town Records of Stamford - had a written discharge which I have lost - don't know who signed it - I refer to Rev. Henry Fuller of Col. Samuel Dean as neighbors who know me well who can testify as to my character in view of their knowledge of my services as a soldier in the revolution.
The said Ephraim Jones - 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 the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ch. Hazard Judge { Ephraim Jones
We, Henry Fuller a clergyman, residing in the town of Stamford and Samuel Dean - residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Jones - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 - 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.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ch. Hazard Judge { Henry Fuller Samuel Dean
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Rev. Henry Fuller - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Stamford - and that Samuel Dean - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Stamford - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Ch. Hazard Judge
I, Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate in the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Jones for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of _____ Office, this 26 th day of July A.D. 1832 .
Samuel Lockwood

I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Requests for the district of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Jones for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 2nd day of Feby 1833 -
Samuel Lockwood Clerk
Ephraim Jones Esq No 1385 Pension July 20th 1833 Office 3
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Stamford
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No 228
Anna Jones widow, of Ephraim let
act 24 July 1848
Marmie 1794
metano dard
Mus' aco 150 d 217
Adm, $45 00 Spn
Pr. 4 March 1848
N. D. Wright Stanford let

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield } Stamford Probate District
On this 27th day of September A D 1848 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for said District Anna Jones a resident of Stamford in said district and in said County and State aged 84 years on this day  and of sound who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 29th day of July 1848 entitled an Act "for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army" 1 That she is the widow of Ephraim Jones deceased late of said Stamford, who was a private in the Revolutionary war and who drew a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and whose Pension Certificate is hereto annexed in proof of the services rendered by her late husband in the Revolutionary war and for which he drew a pension. Declarant refers to the evidence accompanying his application now on file in the War Department, in support of this her claim to a pension. She further declares that she was married to the said Ephraim Jones April 1 st 1794 by Reuben Peabody Esq a Justice of the Peace then resident in said Stamford, duly authorized by law to celebrate marriages, that her husband (the aforesaid Ephraim Jones) died on the 15th day of October A D 1837
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January 1800. She further declares that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me William P. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford district
Anna her Jones mark

Personally appeared before Said Court of Probate on the day and year aforesaid Almina Jones of Said Stamford, who being first sworn according to law, testifies that she is the daughter of Ephraim Jones late of Said Stamford deceased whose widow is now an applicant for a pension as aforesaid. That her father the said Ephraim Jones was known to this deponent to be a pensioner and that he died on the 15 th day of October A.D. 1837
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me William J. Minor Judge of the court of Probate for Stamford district
Almina Jones
State of Connecticut Newfield County Probate Court, district of Stamford S.S. I William J. Minor Judge of Said Court and acting clerk thereof do hereby certify that William J. Minor is the Sole presiding Judge of Said Court and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his to the verifications of the foregoing applications and deposition are his own proper handwriting and signature In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my official seal the 28 th day of September A.D. 1848 Eight hundred and forty eight
William J. Minor Judge and acting clerk of the court of Probate for Stamford district

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Apl 25 , 19 22
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Jones a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his or (his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 2620
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1775 5 mos. Pvt. Danl. Benedict Waterbury Conn.   July 1776 2 Mos.   Fall 1776 6 wks. Joby Gregory   1777 1 mo. Dr. Jas. Weed   Mar. 1778 2 mos 3 Chas. Smith in Town Guards Stamford   1779 2 mos almsted  
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Canaan, Conn. Date of application for pension, July 25, 1832 - al. Residence at date of application, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Conn. Age at date of application, Mar 23, 1758 in Norwalk, Conn.
Remarks: He m. Apl 1, 1779 in Stamford, Conn. Lydia Bishop - date of death not stated  in Stamford, Conn.  Apl 1, 1794 he m. Anna Bishop; he d. Oct. 15, 1835  in Stamford, Conn.  She was al. pen. on an ap. ex. Sept. 27, 1848 on wh. day she was 84 yrs old  in Stamford, Conn.  Her dau. Alonia Jones lived in same Stamford in 1848. No fur. data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1922, Apl. 25 hist. to Ellen Shaffer Ev.
Rose  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2620
Anna James Widow Ephraim James Br. Ben. War
Act: July 29 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 376
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ephraim Jones, 61- act 7 June 1832 $45 00 per
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office May 18, 48
p a to 1 st Sept. 1837. 46 A B213

Esther Jones
40 years
Stanford Penn New Canaan
Payments to be made at Hartford by Rev. Mr. Branch bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Esther Jones
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 1 st Vol. 3 rd Page 21. by Francis Francion Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Ephraim Jones of the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty five — dollars and — — — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
L. W. C.
Secretary of War.
Sealed and countersigned. }
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Connecticut } Stamford Probate District July 25 th 1832 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for said District Samuel Dean a resident of said Stamford who being first duly sworn says that in the year 1778 the deponent was serving as a lieutenant in a company of Town guards in said Stamford commanded by Capt. Charles Smith & served three months & Ephraim Jones who has signed & sworn to the foregoing declaration was a soldier in the same company & served for the same time. Samuel Dean
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
Ch. H. Judson - Judge
Certify that Samuel Dean the above deponent is a person of credibility being well known to me
Ch. H. Judson - Judge

State of Connecticut } / Stamford Probate District Fairfield County } Date Feb 17/833
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said district, in open court now sitting, Ephraim Jones who Subscribed & swore to the foregoing Declaration who first being duly sworn says: That by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he can not swear properly to the precise length of his Service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods named below - viz I served as a Private in Capt. Benedict's Comp y for five Months from Oct r 1775 til the 25 th March 1776 from the 1 st of July 1776 I served in the same Company as a Private for two Months In 1777 I was drafted & served in the same Company (which was then under the Command of Lieut. Wild) for the term of one month & was constantly on duty - From March 1778 I served as a Private under Capt. Smith for the term of two Months in Stamford - I served under Capt. Kimball as stated in my original Declaration for two Months but know of no person living who was with me I also served six weeks on a Draft under Capt. J. Gregory in the fall of 1776 but can not state the precise date
Ephraim Jones Sworn to & Subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid - W. Hawley Judge
See

State of Connecticut } to Stamford Probate District July 25 th 1832 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared Aaron Comstock Esq r of Naugatuck in said County who being first duly sworn deposes & states that in the fall of the year 1775 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Benedict & served in the same until the 25 th March 1776 & went with said Company which joined Col. Waterbury's Regt. to New York & served five months & was discharged in New York on the 25 th of March Ephraim Jones who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration was an enlisted soldier in the same Company & served for the same time - On the 10 th of July he was drafted & went in the same Company to New York & served two months the said Jones served in said Company for the same time - In 1777 he was drafted & went to Byram in the same Company which was then commanded by Lieut. James Wood Capt. Benedict was then dead - said Jones served in said Company for the same time - In 1778 in Chesnut Hill he was drafted & went to Byram under Capt. Gregory & served six weeks & the said Jones was also drafted & served for the same time -
sworn
Aaron Comstock
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court this day Byram aforesaid -
Ch. Hawley Judge -
I certify that Aaron Comstock Esq r - the above deponent is a person of credibility being well known to me -
Ch. Hawley Judge

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State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid, and keeping the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of the Peace for said County, do certify, that Nathaniel H. Houghton is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and acting as such, and duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths, and take the acknowledgment of deeds. That his Commission is dated June 24 th 1848 and will expire with the 19 th day of June 1849.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County Court in Norwalk this 28 th day of September 1848
Thomas Robinson Clerk

Rev Sec of War
Ashland, Ohio, Mar. 22, '22.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
Please let me know if there is anything in your Department relative to Ephraim Jones, of Stamford, Conn. He was a pensioner, and served in Capt. Daniel Benedict's Company, as private under Col. David Waterbury, Jr. Would like to know names of his wife, children, etc.
In "Connecticut Men in Revolution" page 462, Abraham Jones served in Capt. Ephraim Warren's Company, which marched to Westchester, N. Y., it being the 5th Company in the 11th Regt. of Militia, in the colony of Conn. I would like

to know the names of his wife and children.
I thank you kindly in advance.
Yours very truly, Ellen Sharick 206 Center St.