Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16161, for Ebenezer Ingalls, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
M.H.
Ingalls, Ebenezer
S.16161
carded
CONTENTS

New York. N o 24,907
Ebenezer Ingalls Essex Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Thomas of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Reid in the N. Hampshire for 10 months & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 34 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1834 and sent to Hon. R. Wharton, M.P.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 103.39 military allowance ending 6 Sep. " 17.21
$120.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Set June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk.
Book E.
Vol. 4
Page 63

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Esther Ingleton ✓ Application for a Room
30,108
Com d 10mo. 10 ds. pri
M. Whallon

State of New York Essex County ss.
On this 20 th day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty three personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Ebenezer Ingalls, a Resident of the Town of Reene in the County of Essex and State of New York aged Eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth upon his said oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 - That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the Year 1775. with Captain Philip Thomas. and served in Colonel James Rides Regiment of the Continental Line. under the following named Officers. To wit
Colonel James Rides. Lieutenant Colonel Gelman. Major Nathan Hale. Captain Philip Thomas Lieutenant Harper and Ensign Rand. - He enlisted at the Town of Jeffery. Cheshire County New Hampshire. on the first day of May. in the year 1775. and left the Service on the first day of January in the year 1776. he was discharged at Winter Hill in or near Charlestown in Massachusetts. He enlisted for Eight Months Service & Marched. under the Command of One Captain Coffin with the other recruits raised in Jeffery. to a place called Mystic in Massachusetts. at which place he was mustered and joined the Regiment. Marched with the Regiment from Mystic to Bunker Hill in Boston. and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill the 16 th June 1775. under General Warren - at which time they Retreated. & was Marched to Winter Hill

in or near Charleston and was stationed there for some length of time and were employed in building fortifications. All the time while there was Mark one from Westport before going to Bunker Hill to Chelsea a British Schooner had grounded on the Bar near Winasmet Ferry and the Regiment were marched down to Chelsea and set fire to and burnt the Schooner. The crew having all either been killed by their fire or taken prisoners or having escaped - We had kept up a heavy fire on her for some time before she was set fire to. After the Battle of Bunker Hill and marching to Winter Hill he was kept at the latter place until the first of January 1776 when he received his discharge and went home to Jeffery. He did not receive a written discharge. The whole Brigade were dismissed on parade by General Sullivan who had the command - there were two other Continental Regiments stationed with them at Winter Hill and commanded by Col. Stark the other by Col. Poor was in no other engagement during the period of service & marched through part of New Hampshire from Jeffery to Westport from there to Bunker Hill and from there to Winter Hill -
And the said Elizer Sagalls further declares on his said oath. That in January 1775 he volunteered as a Minute Man in the Militia of New Hampshire being before his enlistment offered and was to hold himself in readiness to march at a moment's notice he was not called on until the 20 th of April 1775 when he was called out under Captain Hale. The Company in which he served being the only Company marching at the time. The British had marched out of Boston to Lexington and having been driven back by the Militia. The alarm

Was spread through the Country and. Capt. Hall called out his Company and we were Marched to Cambridge near Boston. on Arriving at Cambridge the British had retreated into Boston. and. The Company remained there. a few days when he made up his mind to Enlist. and. on Returning he did Enlist as before set forth. he served at this place for ten days. not getting the Service after being called out. on this alarm. until discharged. he not having been discharged. before he signed his Enlistment — And. the said Ebenezer Linsley. upon his said oaths further declares and says. that. in the month of July 1777 and deponent believes the 15 th he served as a substitute for one. John Henderson of Jeffrey's pond and being one of his Neighbors. — the said Henderson was Drafted for Two Months Service in the New Hampshire Militia and having a sickly family said deponent to take his place. he (deponent) immediately entered the Service under Col. Nichols & Major Moor. Captain Salmon Stone Second Lieut. & Ensign Mason in General Stark's Brigade of New Hampshire Militia. joined the Regiment at Charleston New Hampshire and Marched to Manchester in Vermont remained at Manchester eight or ten days. until General Stark arrived — being under Command of Genl Lincoln of the Continental Line until Genl Stark came & took Command. Marched from Manchester to Brownington Vermont and was in the Battle of Bennington With the British Troops under Col. Dunbar on the 16. & 17 th Aug t — 1777. after the Battle of Bennington they remained a short time. when the Brigade Marched to Stillwater or Bemus Heights. deponent was left at Bennington as one of the Guard left by General Stark. to take charge of the men who were unable

to follow or mark with the Brigade Adjutant had the Charge of the guard No Commisariat or Warrant Officer having been left at Buntington. He remained at Bun- -tington having Charge & Com of the Line until the Middle or 15 th of September 1777. When General Stark returned with his Troops and Adjutant was Discharged did not know a Written Discharge. He has no documentary Evidence of his Service and he knows of no person living whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his Service. Engrl. Caleb Phelps whom affidavit is annexed He then by William West being Claim Whatson 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.
And he further says that from Old age and the consequent loss of Memory he can not swear positively as to the precise times of entering the Service at all his periods of Service but from the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods here after stated and in the following Quarters. First from April 20 th 1775 to May 1 st 1775 being 10 days I served as a private from 18 th May 1775 to first Jany 1776 I served as a private & for the two months service in 1777. from July 10 th to 1 st Nov r I served as a private for such Service I claim a Pension
Subscribed & sworn to this day and year aforesaid in open Court before me Second Story Clerk
Ebenezer Dyer
The Court pronounced the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. to which the Applicant made the answers following. to the first interrogatory

 1. When and in what year were you born? Ans. Was born in Andover, Dors. County Massachusetts, in the year 1765. Nov. 18 th  2. Have you any Record of your age & if so where is it? Ans. Has a record of his age in the Clerks office in Andover & found has no other Record of his age  3. Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live? Ans. Lived in Jeffery Cheshire County New Hampshire when called into service at each time. Has lived since in Unity New Hampshire until the year 1823 when he moved to Rensselaer County New York & now resides in Rensselaer  4 th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom?  Ans. For the first term of 30 days I volunteered. The second term for eight months I enlisted and the last term for two months. I was a substitute for John Henderson.  5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service Ans. — While at Winter Hill. Major Genl. S d Brig d Genl Sullivan Genl Latorne. Col. Poor & Col. Stark & Col Reed were all Regular Officers stationed there — and the Continental Regiments in their Quarters — at Bennington. Genl Stark & General Lincoln (Lincoln however was not in the Battle — Col. Rains Regiment of Militia from Massachusetts were also at Bennington & came thru as a Reinforce — in part 

6. - Were Rev d a Mitten discharge.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for honesty & their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution
As - Caleb Ingalls & Solomon Grew. And I could name others - but none that are here attending Court and I did not think it would be required most of my service being in the Continental line. We have no Cluggymen living in the town where I reside
We Caleb Ingalls, and Solomon Grew, both residents of the Town of Rum in the County of - Ulster and State of New York do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Ingalls who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be eighty seven years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed in open court Ebenezer Ingalls the day & year aforesaid before me Solomon Grew Clerk
State of New York East County ss.
Caleb Ingalls of Rum New York Age 78 years being duly sworn, doth affirm his said oath and say that he was well acquainted with the Applicant named in and who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration - Ebenezer Ingalls during the Revolutionary War. That he knows that he the said Applicant volunteered as a minute man in 1775 and knew that he joined the Company in April 1775 to March to Cambridge, did not see him again

until the month of October following when he saw him at Winterhouse doing duty as a soldier in Captain Thomas Company in Col. Thross Regiment & Salmons Brigade Learned from said Ingalls & also from his officers that that he had been a soldier in said Regiment & Company since the 1 st May 1775. Upon which enlisted in the same Company & Regiment on the last day of October 1775 and served in said Company with said Ebenezer Ingalls till the first day of January 1776. at which time (said Ebenezer Ingalls) was discharged and went home. Upon which continued with the Regiment until the next fall. in the year 1777. Upon which served in the same Company with the said Ebenezer Ingalls under Capt. Salomon Hove & saw him there at the Battle of Brimton & knows that he served for the full term of two months as a Moteta Soldier, from the time he had as a substitute for John Clancey. which Mota was known to until discharged at Brimton Upon which served with him until the Troops left for New -Jersey-
Caleb Ingalls
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court the day & year aforesaid before me
Second Store Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Inter- rogatories prescribed by the Department of War that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that of Officers to them that there is no clergyman residing in the Town of Kennebec where the above Applicant resided and that Caleb Ingalls and Gilman Groves who have signed the foregoing Certificate are both

Residents of the Town of Kennebec and an Respectable And Credible persons and that these Statutes is Subscribed to Credit
Signed by Order of the Court
Leonard Stow Clerk
I Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Ingalls for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal of Office this 26th day of September in the Year 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk
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September 29, 1924
Mrs. Frank I. Lee 3421 University Ave. Des Moines, Iowa
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10161, that EBENEZER INGALLS was born November 18, 1745, at Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, he enlisted and served as a private with the New Hampshire troops as follows:
From April 20, 1775, ten days in Captain Hale's Company.
From May 1, 1775, until January 1, 1776, in Captain Phillip Thomas' Company in Colonel James Reed's Regiment; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
From July 15, 1777, until September 15, 1777, in Captain Salmon Stone's Company in Colonel Nichols' Regiment; he was in the battle of Bennington.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Keene, Essex County, New York.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
In order to find date of last payment of pension and possibly the date of death of Ebenezer Ingalls you should apply to Civil Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data:

EBENEZER INGALLS, Certificate 24907, issued March 19, 1834, rate $34.43 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORCAN Acting Commissioner

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Ebenezer Ingalls S.S. 16/61
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 20, 1775 10 days private Philip Hake William Reed N.H.   May 1, 1775 July 1, 1775 private Philip Thomas James Reed "   July 5, 1777 Feb 1, 1778 " Salmon Danks Nichols "  
Battles engaged in, June 17, 1775 Bunker Hill  Aug 16, 1777 Bennington  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Jeffrey's Creek  Date of application for pension, Sept 26, 1843  Residence at date of application, Acree, Oregon  Age at date of application, 72
Remarks: He was noted as the only soldier of that name

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Ebenezer Ingalls
Service N.Y.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim as above Try Ind. # 16161

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August 11 1926
Pension Department
Revolutionary Dept.
We are desirous of knowing if in your Revolutionary Records are to be found the record of Ebenezer Ingalls whose enlistment is on Roll from New Hampshire. April 23 - 1775 in Capt Philip Thoms Co Col James Reed's Reg. 7th Co - also in Gen. Parson's Co expedition against Canada 1777
Also in Capt Salomon Stone Co. each enlistment was of short service. We are trying to find a record of death also of his wife Elizabeth Wheeler Ingalls. If pensions were granted to either no doubt you may furnish us with dates - Sincerely Yours Mrs Frank I Lee.

16.161 INVALID.
File No. 16.161
Ebenezer Ingalls Pr. How was
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 Jan 24. List to K. A. Lumsden, V.L.M. 1926, Sept. 29 list to Miss Frank D. See m.c.s

To the Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Can you tell me if there is any record of service in Revolutionary war, New York State of one Ibedezer Ingalls from Madison Co. N.Y. I have been referred to you by the Adjutant General
Yours Truly
K.A. Furman
225 Lafayette St.
Schenectady
N.Y.
June 14, 1888.