Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,210, for Benjamin Stebbins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Stebbins Benjamin or Stebins
S. 41,210
CONTENTS

He died Aug. 22. 1833 A.B.
14.580 R
Vermont
Benjamin Stebbins
of Orleans City in the state of Vermont was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nason of the Mapach line, for the term of One Year Dec. 5. 1775.
Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 13 of May 1812
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Sep r and in the name of Timothy Stanley Esq. Greenboro: Vermont
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  125.90    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar. 1820.  48.00    15 Mo.  \frac{19}{31} \frac{4}{30}  $173.90  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued notification sent Oct. 3 1820 to Ira. Allen, Irasburg, Vt.

Benjamin Stebbins Declaration, Westfield, Orleans County, Vermont.
19580
13 Sept 19
Mar 20

State of Vermont At Bennington on this 26 th day of June 1820 personally • Orleans County ss appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county by Statute Law of the State Benjamin Stebbs aged sixty one resident in Westfield in said county who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Nixon in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Thompson in the line of Massachusetts as p er Original Declaration sent to the War Department dated the thirteenth of May A.D. 1818 for which he received a Pension Certificate numbered fourteen thousand five hundred & eighty (14,580) And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not now had any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - necess- ary clothing and bedding excepted. Viz. two cows one yearling Heifer all which I have purchased with the pension money already received, also an old watch a few articles of Iron ware and wood not worth ten dollars in the whole. By occupa- -tion a Farmer or husbandman in poor health unable to do but very little labour, my wife aged sixty two years in poor health, I owe about eight or ten dollars in the whole
Benjamin Stebbs
Sworn to and declared in open court this 26 th day of June 1820. William Howe Judge of Orleans County court
I the undersigned Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this this 18 th day of July -
1820.
Ira H. Allen Clerk of the court of the County of Orleans.

Benjamin Stebbins private to Moxon's Regt Mass line 1775 1 year
May 13 th 1818
Further evidence of Service wanting —
17 May 1819
13 May 1818
Admitted

I Benjamin Stebbins of Westfield in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont Testify and say I enlisted in the Continental service Dec r 2 nd 1775 in Captain Joseph Thompson's Company in Col n Nixon's Regiment being the fourth regiment in Massachusetts line served one year, I then volunteered for one month in Captain William Loogood's Company in the same Regiment served one month and six days and then was discharged in Chatham in New Jersey, in the year 1777 the 1 st of May I enlisted in Capt n May's Company & went to Siconderoga in Col n Leonard's Reg t continued there till that place was evacuated the 6 th day of July of the same year - I further Testify and declare that I am in reduced circumstances & need the assistance of my Country for support.
Benja Stebbins
State of Vermont Orleans County ss } Greensboro May 13 th 1818 Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Stebbins and being duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed contained the truth and nothing but the truth before me
Tim o Stanley Judge of Orleans County Court
And I hereby certify that the said Benjamin Stebbins has produced satisfactory proof that he served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his declaration - and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for support and I transmit the proceedings to the Secretary of the department of War
Tim o Stanley Judge of Orleans County Court
State of Vermont Orleans County, ss
I certify that the Hon Timothy Stanley is an assistant Judge of Orleans County Court and that the above is his signature
M. Ira H. Allen Clerk & Notary Public

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sion claim S. 41210, it appears that Benjamin Stebbins was born at Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, date not stated.
He enlisted December 2, 1775 and served one year in Captain Joseph Thompson's Company, Colonel John Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment; at the expiration of this service, he enlisted and served one month and six days in Captain William Toogood's Company, Colonel John Nixon's Regiment.
He enlisted May 1, 1777 and served in Captain May's Company, Colonel Learned's Massachusetts Regiment, went to Ticonderoga and was there when it was evacuated, served until in October.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818, while a resident of Westfield, Orleans County, Vermont.
In 1820, he was sixty-one years old, and referred to his wife as aged sixty-two years, but did not state her name. There is no further data on file as to family. He died August 23, 1833.
In order to obtain the name of person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should apply
From A.B.
Enlist of this letter in Solomon Aiken S38488 addressed to Senator Arthur Capher

to the Civil Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Benjamin Stebbins, Certificate No. 14580, issued September 13, 1818, rate $8.00 per month, commenced May 13, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
1 enclosure.

I Indock Nichols of Brimfield county of Hampden Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, depose & say, that I have always been (since I was a boy, and I am now sixty four years old) well acquainted with Benjamin Stebbins who was born in Brimfield was well knowing to his being in the Revolutionary war against Great Britain. But the great time of his service I am not able to state. I however know that he was in the service and was at Winter Hill near Boston the first of January A. D. 1776. That he belonged to Capt. Joseph Thompson's company Nixon's Regiment. - I further say that I belonged to Capt. Parker's company Col. Larned's Regiment. That I was ordered to New York and the Regiment to which I belonged also. Nixon's Regiment was also ordered to New York and I fur- ther say and testified the said Stebbins during the Summer which not succeeded the January when I saw him at Winter Hill - I further more say as late as the month of October was in the service and in the company of others of the same year. - I further say that after this service I have no recol- lection of seeing him as my company was ordered into New Jersey. - and further say that the Stebbins sustains a good character for truth and veracity and that I have no doubt that he joined the (United States)

a longer period than the above - and further saith not -
Zadok Nichols
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. Bristol ss June 26. 1849 I hereby certify that Zadok Nichols above named personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. I also certify that from my own knowledge he sustains a good character for truth and veracity. - Stephen Pynchon Justice of the Peace -
No 6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Hampden do certify that Stephen Pynchon Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within the said County of Hampden & that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all acts done by him in said capacity & that the above signature is his proper handwriting Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas this third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen John Ingersoll Clerk

Deposition of Capt. Nels. Nelsone
[The following text is written in a cursive script and is oriented vertically in the image, though it reads horizontally.] 18th Dec 1841 London My dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, [Signature]
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Wortham, Tex. May 23 rd 1815
Capt Meli Hildreth of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of Lawfull age do hereby affirm that he is well acquainted with one Benjamin Stevens now living in Wat field in the County of Orleans in State of Vermont and that of war with him in the revolutionary war and that he served in the Massachusetts Line in the year 1778 in the fourth regiment commanded by Colonel Vine and in the company of Capt Hildreth and that he served at his time which he enlisted for which was one year and further the Deponent saith not. — — — — — Meli Hildreth
State of Vermont Westminster May the 13th 1818
State of Vermont. In the Superior Court, July Term 1818. Windham. vs. Thomas Calhoun. The foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me J. H. ... Attorney General of the State.

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office Brattleborough, July 28 th 1818.
I hereby certify that Ephraim Ramey Esquire of Westminster in this county, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Windham aforesaid, that he was duly commissioned as such by the Governor of this State, on the first day of November last, that he has since that time been acting in his said office, and as such has been and still is authorized to take and certify depositions in cases where they are required or authorized by the Laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of the said Court, the day and year as written.
Attest.
James Elliott, Clerk

J. 41.210
Benjamin Stebbins May 13, 1818. Westfield Orleans Co., Vt. - 59 -
Dec 2, 75 Capt Jos. Thompson
Col. John Nixon
4th  line 4 th  line  regt  regt
1870
Capt Wm Woodgood
same regt. No 68.
May 1, 77 Capt May
to Col Learned
July 6, 77

Westfield Vt July 3, 05
I would ask for the record of Benjamin Stebbins a Revolutionary soldier who served in Mass. and I think died in Westfield Vt also the record of Harry Farman an 1812 soldier drafted from Bath N.H. and died I think in Troy Vt an answer would greatly oblige Respectfully yours
Willard Farman
PO add Westfield Vt

United States Senate
Washington, D. C., Jan. 8, 1927.
Respectfully referred to
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
As requested.
Benjamin Stebbins S. 41210 Solomon Aiken S. 38488
Letter from J. E. Luper Hiawatha - Kansas referred to Senator Capper - Jan. 12 - 27
Respectfully,
Arthur Capper

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[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 18, 1905 History to Willard Farman Westfield
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1979 Jan. 11-Recd. to Sam. Capelle for J. E. Supper Eng.