Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42949, for Ebenezer Macomber, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Macomber, Ebenezer
S. 42949
{ B.L.Wt. 13116-300- bap Issued Apr. 20, 1790. No papers
CONTENTS

Note in account sent to him 1837 to Major to Dr. Murray Street New York
Dead. paid to 4 March 1829 - died April 4. 1829. See letter to Edward Macomber Dec. 1837. same Dec 28 1837.
124 00  New York
Ebenezer Macomber of Brooklyn in the state of N. York who was a Lieut. Col. in the regiment commanded by Colonel Angd. of the Rhode Island line, for the term of the war.
Incribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of August 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Sept. 1819. and sent to Peter V. Day, Esq. N. York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 - \frac{21.4}{31.30} = 16.20 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820 - 120.00
Continued A: 136 20 
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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State of New-York, } ss. I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of City and County of New-York, } the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify , That PETER AUGUSTUS JAY , Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavit were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further , that the said Court is a Court of Record; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay, and verily believe that the signature of P. A. Jay subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Sixteenth day of August — 1819
Benj. Ferris Clerk

In the matter of Ebenezer Allacombe a Pensioner
20 Sept 1820 14 Nov
Mar 1820

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
IN the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of June term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter Augustus Jay Esquire Recorder of the City of New York City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Ebenezer McCounley aged Sixty five years, resident in the City of New York in the State of New York United States of America who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That is to say, he entered the Contin- -ental Army in the second Regiment of Rhode Island Infantry as an Ensign in the fall of the year 1775 commanded by Colonel Witchcoch in the company commanded by Captain Westcott at Providence , and in the year 1776 he was promoted to a Lieutenancy deponent was at the Battle of Trenton shortly after, which Colonel Witchcoch died when Colonel Angel took command of the Regiment, he was at the Battle of Red Bank, Monmouth at Newport under General Sullivan and at the Battle of Springfield , was also at the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia when Lord Cornwallis surrendered, and then he was prom- oted to the Captaincy and took command of the second Com- -pany in the Regiment and marched from York Town to Philadelphia where the Regiment Garrisoned for the win- ter, which was in the year 1781 and in the fall of 1782 went to Saratoga and lay there for the winter, and was honorably discharged by Colonel Olney at Saratoga in the month of April or May 1783
and that his original declaration is dated the eleventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and nineteen - and that his pension certificate is No. 14,400 -
(copy)
Ebenezer McCounley

AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 provisions 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 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has 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, to wit:
Real Estate
None —
Personal Estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted)
Declarant has no trade his occupation is a boarding house keeper he has a wife Nabby McCoulter aged 60 years she is not able to do any thing - he has four children residing with him William McCoulter aged 30 years who is not able to contribute any thing towards his support, he is a cripple & afflicted with fever-sores - Ann McCoulter aged 25 years who does the house work and is not able to do any thing more -
Robert McCoulter aged 18 years, he is studying medicine & is supported by his brother Edward McCoulter who is in business for himself & who is aged 24 years & boards with declarant & supports himself and his brother Robert -
Declarant is old and infirm he is much afflicted with the loss, he is not able to do any kind of business, he was formerly a merchant but through misfortunes he was obliged to take the benefit of the act when the whole of his property was assigned over to assignees for the benefit of his creditors who have left declarant his furniture for the present but declarant does not know how soon they may deprive him of it - He says he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country, that is to say, without the aid of the General Government except by private or public charity -
Sworn to in open court Eben: McCoulter this 18 th day of July 1820 -
Benj: Ferris Clerk

4 3 I, Benjamin Ferris — Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition and the 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 Nothing —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Seventh — day of August 1820
Benj. Ferris Clerk

Ebenezer Macomber Officer in U.S. Army during revolutionary War - Application for Pension -
Lieut. & Capt. in the Rhode Island Regt. from May 1776, for the war - W. August 1819
W. August 1819

To the Honorable Peter Augustus Jay, Recorder of the City of New York & one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the said City.
The declaration under oath of Ebenezer Macomb formerly an Officer in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War showeth
That he is a Citizen of the United States, and resides at Brooklyn in the County of Kings, in the State of New York. That in the Year 1776 he received a Commission as Lieutenant in the first Rhode Island Regiment which Commission was signed by John Hancock Esquire President of Congress. That in the Year 1777 he received another Commission as Lieutenant in the second Rhode Island Regiment signed by John Jay President of Congress. That in 1782 he received a Commission as Captain in the Rhode Island Regiment signed by John Hanson President of Congress all which Commissions are hereto annexed -
That under the said Commissions he served during the whole Revolutionary War & did not leave the Army till the Year 1783 when the Regiment was disbanded -
That the Applicant was in the Battle of

Long Island in 1776 - at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton - at the battle of Monmouth - at the battle of Springfield in New Jersey - In the battle at Rhode Island at the time of General Sullivan's Expedition at the defence at Red Bank - at the siege of Yorktown. That the Applicant is Sixty four Years old and upwards - and is by reason of his reduced Circumstances in life in need of Assistance from his Country for Support - That he conceives himself entitled to the Benefit of the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed 18 March 1818 - He therefore requests your Honor to examine into the truth of the Matters aforesaid & to certify & transmit the testimony in this Case & the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War to the end that such relief may be granted in the premises as is by law directed - Dated the 11 th August 1819 -
Ebenezer Macomber
city of New York. Ebenezer Macomber the applicant

above named being duly sworn saith that the matters set forth in the foregoing Declaration are in all respects true - Sworn the 11 Aug. Abraham Macomber 1819 Before me P. A. Jay
City of New York ss: Abraham Macomber being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with the Circumstances and Affairs of the above named Ebenezer Macomber who is his deponent's Father & that he knoweth the said Ebenezer Macomber to be in reduced Circumstances in life & to need the Assistance of his Country for support. That the said Ebenezer now maintains himself by hiring a house & keeping boarders at Brooklyn. Sworn the 14 Aug. 1819 Edw d Macomber Before me P. A. Jay
Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me Peter Doughty S r Recorder of the city of New York & one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the said City which is a Court of Record of the State of New York personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Macomber who being by me duly sworn deposed

to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing Declaration Whereupon I being satisfied by means of the said Deposition and of the Commission hereto annexed that the said Ebenezer Macomber did serve in the army of the United States on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for more than the term of nine months in the manner stated in the said declaration and it also appearing satisfactorily to me that the said Ebenezer Macomber is in reduced circumstances in life and by reason thereof needs the assistance of his country for support And that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the act entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War approved March 18. 1810 Therefore I do hereby certify & transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon as before set forth to the honorable the Secretary of the Department of War - Given under my hand & seal of the said Court at the city of New York the day & year above written.
C. A. Jay

Brooklyn 7 th December 1837.
Sir,
Your respected letter of the 5 th instant, is received acknowledging the receipt of mine of the 20 th ult o . in which you observe that you had enclosed the necessary forms for me to receive from the President of the Mechanics Bank, the months pay due my late father - as I did not find any such papers enclosed - I presume there must have been some mistake - will you therefore be pleased to forward them. -
one of the certificates enclosed to you on the 20 th ult o . was in reference to my having obtained letters of administration upon the estate of my late mother Abby Macomber to which you do not allude - it was sent you under the presumption that there was an act of Congress making provision for the widows of Revolutionary officers also - will you do me the favor to inform me. -
Very respectfully
Your ob st Serv t .
Edw d Macomber
J. L. Edwards Esq r .
Commission of Pensions
City of Washington

Brooklyn 18 th Dec r 1837-
Sir
Upon application at the office for the payment of Pensions in the city of New York in relation to the amt due my late father Capt. Ebenezer Macomber. I was shewn the 3 d section of the act of the 4. July 1836. and also the explanatory act of 2 d March 1837 in regard to Pensions &c.
I have therefore to state that my father was an officer in the Rhode Island line of the Revolutionary army from 1775 until the army was disbanded in 1783. That my parents were married in the month of August or September 1783. - my father died on the 4 th day of April 1829 and my mother on the first day of April 1833. my object is to enquire if the above statements should be satisfactorily proved, whether in that case, my late mother would be entitled to a continuance of my late father's pension until the day of her death. your answer, with such directions as the case may require is respectfully requested. Yr. Obedt Servt. Edw d Macomber To J. L. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions, Washington.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
For Francis Macomber Esq: Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a lieutenant in the Second Rhode Island Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 12 day of June A.D. 1777. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of such lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Lineaments And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time, as you, shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
J. M c Clure Secretary of the Board of War
Witness His Excell: John Jay Esq: President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the twelfth day of April — 1777, and in the Third — Year of our Independence.
John Jay

IN C O N G R E S S.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to
Benjamin Hacomber. Gentleman. Greeting.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant of the South Company in the first Regiment of the Brigade raised by the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the defence of the United Colonies...
in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Lieutenant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Lieutenant of said Company. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated the Twenty sixth day of August 1776.
By Order of the Congress
Attest. Charles Thompson
John Hancock
PRESIDENT.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Spencer Macomber Esquire
Greeting.
We Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Captain in the Rhode Island Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the seventeenth day of March 1782. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Captain. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness His Excellency John Hanson Esq President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the twenty third day of May A.D. 1782 and in the Sixth Year of our Independence.
John Hanson
By Order of Congress Benjamin Russell Secretary at War.

42949 INVALID.
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Olneyes Chamber Capt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 521
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No of Org. Rent 25.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
10 June 1828.
Ebenezer Macomber — of Brooklyn — in the County of Kings — in the State of New York — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Captain in the _____ regiment of the Rhode Island line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of four hundred & eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of New York.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
# 42,949 Ind.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
June 11 th 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Capt n Ebenezer Macomber in the Rhode Island line, amounting to Twenty four hundred dollars.
It further appears that Capt n Ebenezer Macomber is now on the pension list of the New York agency, and has been since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of twenty dollars per month.
John Hagner Aud.

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Revolutionary Claims.
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Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Ebenezer Macomber of Brooklyn , in the county of Kings , in the State of New York , do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* from 1775. To the end of the war
at which period I was a Captain in the regiment of the Rhode Island line.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826,† Four Hundred and eighty dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the state of New York.
Witness my hand, this seventh day of June , in the year 1828. —
Ebenezer Macomber
Before me,‡ John Garrison a Justice of Peace in the county of Kings , in the State of New York , personally appeared, this day, — Thomas Parsons and — Edward Macomber , of the said county, who did severally make oath that Ebenezer Macomber , by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this seventh day of June , in the year 1828.
John Garrison Justice of the Peace Thos. Parsons Edw. Macomber
I, Abraham Vanderveer , Clerk of the Court of the county of Kings , in the State of New York , do hereby certify, that — John Garrison , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace , and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this the seventh day of
June 1828.
A. Vanderveer
* Here insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under that arrangement.
† Here insert, The sum of dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of _____ . If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.
‡ A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.