Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2819, for Ebenezer Lines, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Lines, Ebenezer Mercy
N. 2819
CONTENTS

5779 Miles Pennsylvania Mercy Viney widow of Ebenezer Viney who was a Private Conn in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of March, 1844 and sent to S. J. E. Kendale Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book S Vol. 1 Page 134
Reported Dead Letter to P. A. G. 25 Nov 1845

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 rd March 1843. granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th 1838.
State of New York Tioga County } ss.
On this Nineteenth day of December 1843. personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Lins a resident of the town of Nichols, Tioga County state of New York, aged seventy seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Ebenzer Lins, who was a private in the Army of the revolution, and the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the act of July 7 th 1838. was Eighty dollars. she further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day Mary Lins and year above written before me Charles R Barstow - Justice
State of New York } ss County of Tioga } I David Wallis clerk of the said County of Tioga certify that Charles R Barstow whose name is subscribed to the above Declaration was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid dwelling in the said County commissioned & sworn and authorized to act as Justice and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice & verily believe the signature above is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 20 th day of December 1843 D. Wallis Clerk

I hereby certify that Mrs Mary Lines personally appeared before me and made oath to the within declaration on the day and year there set forth, and that she is personally known to me, and I have full faith and credence in her word. Charles R. Barstow Justice
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State of Pennsylvania Bradford County } ss.
On this fifteenth day of February, 1839 Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Mercy Lines a resident of the Township of Pike in said county aged Seventyone years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of Ebe- nezer Lines who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution - she has no direct knowledge of the time her late husband, the said Ebenezer Lines, enlisted nor of the term and manner of his services in the Army, except from the report of himself and others soon after the close of the war, - from which reports made at that time she verily believes that he enlisted in the year 1776 or 1777 as a private soldier to serve in the Army of the Revolution during the war and that he served until the close of the war in 1783 & was then honorably discharged - she has no documentary evidence in support of the claim -
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Lines on the the 25 th day of December 1787, that their wedding took place in Woodbridge now Bethany, New Haven County in the State of Connecticut - that Lydia Clark, Adonijah French & others attended her wedding, that she resided in Woodbridge aforesaid with her said husband until his death, which took on the 23 rd day of November 1811 - that she

was, not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the mar- riage took place prior to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninetyfour viz. at the time above stated. She contin- ued to reside in the County of Newhauen Conn. until the year 1827 when she moved to Pike Township Bradford Co. Pa. where she now resides -
Mercy Fines
Sworn to & Subscribed on the day and year above written, before
David Cook Prob.

5004. Nepes lines Pennsylvania Many Lines
on roll Col. Butler Capt. Ellis for the horse, command of several not stated
David Cook Agent
Scranton Pa.

I Adonijah French of the town of Bethany in the County of New Haven and State of Conn- ecticut, being duly sworn do depose and say, that I am now in my sixty sixth year, that according to my best recollection on or about the Month of December 1787, I saw Ebenezer Lins and Mercy Tuttle Married at the House of Darius Salles in Woodbridge by the Rev. Stephen Hawley then a Clergyman in the Parish of Bethany. and furthermore the Deponent sayeth not.
Adonijah French
County of New Haven p. Bethany October 1 st 1838
Personally appeared on the day aforesaid Adonijah French who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath to the same which is taken at the request of Mercy Lins of the town of Pike State of Pennsylvania to be used in the case of said Mercy Lins of the town of Pike State of Pennsylvania Application to the Government of the United States for a Pension on account of her Husband Ebenezer Lins —
Hezekiah Thomas Justice of the Peace
I Lydia Clark of the Town of Bethany and State of Connecticut being duly sworn do depose and say, that on the 25 th day of December in the year 1787 I attended the Wedding of Ebenezer Lins and Mercy Tuttle at the House of Darius Salles in Woodbridge, that I saw them Married by the Rev. Stephen Hawley then a Clergyman in the Parish of Bethany that sundry other persons were present among whom were Adonijah French, and furthermore the Deponent sayeth not
Lydia Clark
County of New Haven p. Bethany September 26 th 1838
Personally appeared on the day aforesaid Lydia Clark who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath to the same which is taken at the request of Mercy Lins of the town of Pike State of Pennsylvania to be used in the case of said Mercy Lins Application to the Government of the United States for a pension on account of her Husband Ebenezer Lins
Hezekiah Thomas Justice of the Peace, Over

This will certify that I have been Personally acquainted with Asahel Farnham and Lydia Clark who have subscribed the foregoing depositions for a number of years that they are in respectable standing in community and considered persons of truth and veracity.
Bethany Oct. 3 d 1838
Hezekiah Thomas

State of Connecticut } New Haven County } New Haven Oct r 4 th 1838
Be it remembered, that before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Personally appeared, Col. Elisha Sanford to me well known as a person on whose veracity full faith & reliance may be placed, now 79 - years of age, & o ath Deposes that he knew Ebenezer Lines from his youth till his death, that they both resided in that part of New Haven, which is now Bethany - that the Deponent served in the army of the Revolution during the war - That he knew that s d Lines enlisted as a soldier in Col Lamb's Regiment of Artillery in the year 1776 or 1777 for the war & that upon the reorganization of the army, the said Lines was transferred to the 3 d Connecticut Reg t commanded by Col. Webb - in which the Deponent served as orderly Sergeant - in which the said Lines served during the remainder of the war & was honorably discharged in 1783 - and afterwards lived as a neighbor to the Deponent in Bethany & there died on the 23 d Nov r 1811 being then 52 years old - Elisha Sanford
Sworn to & subscribed this 4 th day of Oct r 1838 before me Dennis Kimberly Just. Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY : COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss.
In T Beach
I, ROBINSON S. HENNETT Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the
Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Horace Kimball Thomas L Dennis Kimball
Esq r is a JUSTICE OF PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioned and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A.D. 1838, and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1839. That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 4 th day of October A.D. 1838
In T Beach Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County } / 3
I David Cash Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do Certify that the foregoing contains the origi- al proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Lines for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal of said Court this 18 th day of March 1839.
David Cash Protho.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Limes a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. File 2819
Ref 286 Bureau book
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 or 7 Pri. ✓ Lamb's Cont. Arty. 3 Conn.   discharged 1783 ✓ Wills  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Haven, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Feby 15 1839 . Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Pike Twp., Bradford Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, 71 yrs.
Remarks: Adm. Woodbridge, Conn. Dec. 25, 1787 Mercy Tuttle died Nov. 23, 1811 at Bethany, Conn.
In 1843 she resided at Nichols, Tioga Co., N.Y.

1910 Mar. 18, Hist. to Mrs. J. G. Beck. 2
Rey  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2879
Mary Lines
Widow
Change Lines
Dis. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1878
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 485-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Morrey Lines of Ebenezer Pennsylvania
— suspended — Oct 16 July 1839 David Cook.
Act 7 July 1838

5004 Mercy Lines of Phebe Pennsylvania
admitted
Pr 2 yrs $80. bap 300 Cal Butten con.
died 23 Nov: 1811
Act 7 July 1838
To Mr. David W. Morris H.R.

Pennsylvania 4974
Mercy Lins widow of Ebenezer Lins, dec d who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 23 Nov 1811 of Bradford in the State of Penn a who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Ellis of the reg t commanded by Col Butler in the Penn a line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Jan y 1840 & sent to Hon Sam d W. Morris 96 R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1839 $ 280.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 40.00
$320.00 { Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by D.M. Curdy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2, Page 157.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 5 th April 1838, from 14 March to 4 Sep 1840. Age notified 2 Oct 1841
Julia C. A. J. E. Kendall 5 Feb. 44.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Mar 12, 1910.
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Ebenezer Linn.
Service Com.  Rev.
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.W.S. W or R. as above except W F 2812.

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
I, David Cask, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that Jesse C. Bullock is a duly qualified acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Commissioned on the 7 th day of April 1858 to continue during good behavior and that I am acquainted with his signature and believe the foregoing purporting to be his are genuine Witness my hand and official Seal This Second day of November A.D. 1859 David Cask Prothonotary J. M. Wallis D.P.

State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County } ss
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Personally appears Mary Gines who being duly sworn, doth state that there has been no family record kept in her family since having been m- arried to Ebenezer Gines — and further saith not Mary Gines
Sworn and Subscribed Nov. 28, 1839 Referee
J. E. Bullock Justice of the Peace —
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Denison Johnson Esq. P. M.
Le Royville Bradford Co. Pa.
Northway Ct. } Sept. 26. }

Bethany Sept. 26. 1839—
Dear Sir— In behalf of Col. E. Sanford who recently received your letter of Aug. 10. in relation to the application of Mrs. Mercy Lins for Pension, I now give you a reply.— You wish to have forwarded a certificate of the Record either in town or Parish Records— of the Marriage of Mercy to Ebenezer Lins,— or in case that cannot be procured, an Affidavit to the fact from some other person.— The most I can say is this,— every effort has been made that can be made to obtain evidence concerning this matter; but it appears that no Record of her Marriage exists in either in town or Parish. The Rev. Mr. Warby who married them perhaps may have made a private Record of the fact, but as his papers are not now in existence, or at any rate cannot be found, of course no evidence from this source can now be obtained. In regard to Affidavits you have already had sent you two, one from Adonijah French— and the other from Mrs. Clark— in support of the fact that Mercy Lins was actually married,

to Ebenezer Lins by old Parson Hovey. In addition to this this I have lately ascertained that there is in town another living witness to the same fact - viz. Mrs. Maynard, the wife of Capt. Chilborn Sprague. Thus you perceive that every reasonable effort has been made in the premises, and that the above is all the information that can possibly be procured in this quarter. And this, it would seem would be suf- ficient to satisfy all prudent coun- cils, that would be convinced with
any thing
Very Respectfully
John H. Rouse Pastor of Christ Church Bathurst

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss.
Before the subscribers a justice of the Peace in & for said County, personally appeared Denison Johnson, who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he was acting as an agent for the Mrs. Mercy Lines who being alive and informed that she received a letter from Daniel Cook copy of which the following is an extract - August 1 st 1839 "I have, after a long time, heard from the Pentian Department - Mr. Edwards, the commissioner, writes that the papers in the case of Mrs. Mercy Lines have been examined & filed with suspended cases - a copy of the Town or Church Record, if any exist, showing the date of the marriage must be produced. If there be no such record the person having charge of the same will make affidavit of the fact - The family register may, perhaps, show the date of the marriage but if there be no family register the claimant should state that fact under oath." I immediately wrote to Col. Elihu Sanford the person named in the foregoing and received the proceeding in answer - And further the
the deponent saith not. Denison Johnson
Sworn & subscribed
Oct. 28. 1839 Before me
J. E. Bullock Justice of the Peace

Washington March 4 th 1844
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed please find the declaration of Mrs Mary Lins to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843, returned with the required certificate of the justice that she is personally known to him.
Please let us have your decision in this case as soon as practicable and oblige
Very respectfully Your Obedt Servt A. B. F. E. Kendall

For Pension Agency Philadelphia Pa.
November 19. 1835
As I authorized in paying the Balance due Mary Jones, dec d . under the Act 17 June 1834. upon the Enrolled Voucher - the Oath of Identity not being in the form prescribed by the Department - the justice of the Peace omitting to certify to the Identity of the Pensioner
Respectfully
Your obedt. Servt.
Samuel D. Smith Pension Agt.
J. M. Barron
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Washington January 29th 1844
J L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Sir,
Please find enclosed the declaration of Mrs Mary Lines to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows who have received the benefits of the act of July 7 th 1838, and the declaration of Stratton Sherwood to obtain the benefit of the resolutions of Congress of the 16 th and 18 th September 1776 granting bounty in land to Officers and Soldiers who were or should be enlisted in the service for the close of the war, with a letter of Attorney and memorandum of agreement allowing us one fourth of the Scrip or whatever other title may be granted in satisfaction of his claim.
Will you please let us have your action on these claims as early as the business of the Office will permit, and much Oblige.
Very respectfully Your Oble Servt A & J E Kendall

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 2 nd , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Lines a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Edward B. Norris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

North & Co. per Add from Mercy James
J. G. Edwards Esqr. Com. Pensions Washington City

Towanda Pa. Nov. 2 d 1859
Sir After some trouble & much delay I have obtained the enclosed additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Mercy Giles, widow of Ebenezer Giles dec d .
I trust that it will be sufficient proof of the non existence of record evidence, & justify the admission of parol positive proof of the marriage by the two witnesses, Adonijah French & Mrs. Clark, whose depositions accompanied the declaration of the applicant.
Please to inclose to me a blank power of Atty. &c. to draw a Widows pension under the act of 1838 -
Very Resp ff .
Your Ob t servant
David Clark "
J. L. Edwards Esq r Com. Pensions

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J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

pa Toowanda, March 19. 1839
Sir, Inclosed I send the applications of Betsy Wright, Wealthy Ann Spalding & Mercy Lines for pensions under the act of 1838- These applications were left with me at our last Feb. Court and have been accidentally been overlooked until this time, I shall therefore be much gratified if you will have the kindness to permit these claims to receive the action of the department at as early a day as possible. Since the Pensions delegation in Congress have left Washington, I have no acquaintance at that City to refer you to, must therefore rely upon the confidence (moral & political) indicated by Gov. Porter, under whose appointment I keep the Seal of the Court affixed to those papers, to justify due attention to the Agent of these Widows- I make this remark as I have observed, I believe, in some of the pension regulations, that Agent of agents would not be considered by the pension department, without some indication of the respectability of such Agent- Very Respectf.
J. L. Edmond Esq. Com. of Pensions
David Cook

Chief of Record & Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I wish a certificate of the Revolutionary War Service of Ebenezer Limes, who enlisted near New Haven, Conn.
His widow drew a pension as a resident of Tioga County N. Y. Please give the date & place of his birth & death, name of wife & children, if the records show these facts. An early reply will favor.
Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly,
(Mrs) J. H. Beck
38 N. 21 st St.
Indianapolis, Ind.
3-1-1910.